Roberto Carretero Díaz (born 30 August 1975) is a Spanish former professional
tennis player. He won one singles title, the 1996
HamburgAMS.
Tennis career
Carretero, a former junior French Open Champion, shocked the tennis world by winning the Masters Series title in Hamburg in 1996 as a virtually unknown player ranked only No. 143. En route to the title he defeated two top 100 players, two top 20 players (
Washington and
Boetsch), and most notably,
Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the semi-finals, and
Àlex Corretja in the final.[1] After winning the title, Carretero lost in the first round of Roland Garros and did not have any significant results other than winning a Challenger tournament held in
Sopot, Poland in 1999.
He retired from professional tennis after the 2001 season.