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Sergio Roitman

Sergio Andres Roitman (born 16 May 1979), nicknamed 'Motoneta' (Shotgun in Spanish)[1] is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina.

Sergio Roitman
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1979-05-16) 16 May 1979 (age 44)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2009
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,296,022
Singles
Career record25–62
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 62 (8 October 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2007, 2008)
French Open1R (2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Wimbledon1R (2007, 2008, 2009)
US Open1R (2007, 2008)
Doubles
Career record43–66
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 45 (8 September 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2007)
French Open3R (2002)
Wimbledon1R (2001, 2002, 2003, 2009)
US OpenSF (2008)
Last updated on: 8 July 2021.

He achieved a career-high rankings of world No. 62 in singles in October 2007, and world No. 45 in doubles in September 2008.

He won several Challenger and Futures singles titles in his career. In addition, Roitman won two ATP doubles titles – at Amsterdam in 2000, and Umag in 2001.

Early and personal life edit

Roitman was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is Jewish.[2][3] Roitman, along with Dudi Sela, Diego Schwartzman, and Camila Giorgi was one of a number of recent Jewish tennis players ranked in the top 100.[4][5]

His father (Hugo) is an executive salesman for a plastic enterprise company, and his mother (Lidia) is a retired financial adviser.[6] He has an older brother who teaches tennis, named Ivan.[6]

Roitman studied classical piano between the ages of 6 and 12, but chose tennis instead.[7] At the age of 17, he was at a Hermética concert and was shot in the stomach with a rubber bullet.[8] He speaks Spanish, Portuguese, English and Italian.[9]

Tennis career edit

Roitman began playing tennis at age 10 and turned professional in 1996.[10]

Between 1998 and 2000 Roitman won seven futures singles titles, all of them in South America on clay.[11] On 2000-07-23 he won the ATP doubles title with fellow countryman Andrés Schneiter in Amsterdam in his debut at that level.[11]

In 2001, once again with Schneiter, he won his second ATP doubles title in Umag.[11] Roitman won four Challenger singles titles between 2002 and 2005, in the process defeating Rafael Nadal 6–3, 6–7, 6–4 in the $50,000 ATP Challenger final in Cherbourg in 2003.[12][11] At the 2003 Roland Garros Roitman played defending champion Albert Costa in the first round and was leading 2 sets to 0 and 4–1 (with a break point for 5–1), but ended up losing in 5 sets.[13]

2006 saw Roitman finish in the Top 100 of ATP rankings for the first time in his career, he compiled a 41–19 match record, and won two titles in Challenger action.[11] In November he won the title at Challengers in Aracaju and Guayaquil.[11]

2007 was the most successful season for Roitman, where he reached his highest ranking and finished in the top 75 for the second straight year, highlighted by a career-best 11 ATP match wins and three Challenger titles.[11] In June he captured the Prostějov Challenger title. In September he picked up another Challenger title in Szczecin, Poland.[11] He closed the season with the title at the Buenos Aires Challenger.[14] He had wins over world # 41 José Acasuso of Argentina, 7–6 (4), 6–1, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In April he defeated world # 76 Jan Hernych, 7–5, 7–6 (7), in Valencia, Spain, and world # 29 Jürgen Melzer of Austria on clay, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 in Monte Carlo. In June he beat world # 28 Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany, 6–2, Ret, in 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands on grass. In July he defeated world # 65 Nicolás Massú of Chile 7–5, 6–2, and twice defeated world # 18 (and 20) Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, and 6–1, 6–2, on clay.[11]

In the 2009 Buenos Aires tournament Roitman lost 6–0, 6–0 to Juan Mónaco. In June 2009 at Wimbledon, he retired from his first round match due to a recurring injury to the acromion in his right shoulder.[15][16]

On September 25, 2009, he announced that the Copa Petrobas Challenger in Buenos Aires would be his last professional tournament, citing injuries as the main reason for his retirement.[17]

Career after retiring from tennis edit

After retiring from tennis, in 2015 Roitman and two partners started a company (GO Events) that supplies turnkey customized accommodations, cleaning staff, drivers, mobiles, and services for media work teams attending large-scale sporting events.[18]

ATP career finals edit

Doubles: 2 (2 titles) edit

Legend (doubles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (2–0)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2000 Amsterdam, Netherlands World Series Clay   Andrés Schneiter   Edwin Kempes
  Dennis van Scheppingen 		4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 2–0 Jul 2001 Umag, Croatia World Series Clay   Andrés Schneiter   Ivan Ljubičić
  Lovro Zovko 		6–2, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 32 (17–15) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (10–10)
ITF Futures (7–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (16–15)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1998 Brazil F1, Londrina Futures Clay   Paulo Taicher 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Aug 1998 Ecuador F1, Guayaquil Futures Clay   Luis Horna 1–6, 6–7
Loss 1–2 Aug 1998 Ecuador F3, Ibarra Futures Clay   Miguel Tobón 1–6, 2–6
Win 2–2 Nov 1998 Paraguay F2, Asunción Futures Clay   Alejandro Aramburú Acuña 6–1, 6–3
Win 3–2 Nov 1998 Paraguay F3, Asunción Futures Clay   Ivan Rodrigo-Marin 6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Win 4–2 Sep 1999 Peru F3, Lima Futures Clay   Solon Peppas 6–3, 7–5
Loss 4–3 Oct 1999 Bolivia F2, Cochabamba Futures Clay   Rodrigo Cerdera 6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 4–4 Nov 1999 Argentina F5, Lanús Futures Clay   Mariano Delfino 6–7, 3–6
Win 5–4 Apr 2000 Chile F4, Santiago Futures Clay   Mauricio Hadad 6–4, 6–3
Win 6–4 May 2000 Chile F6, Santiago Futures Clay   Adrián García 6–3, 6–3
Win 7–4 May 2000 Argentina F4, Mendoza Futures Clay   José Acasuso 1–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Loss 7–5 Aug 2000 Bressanone, Italy Challenger Clay   František Čermák 7–5, 4–6, 1–6
Loss 7–6 Apr 2001 Argentina F3, Santa Fe Futures Clay   Leonardo Olguín 6–1, 2–6, 5–7
Loss 7–7 Aug 2001 Brasília, Brazil Challenger Clay   Gastón Etlis 5–7, 3–6
Win 8–7 Aug 2002 Saint Petersburg, Russia Challenger Clay   Andrei Stoliarov 7–6(7–3), 6–2
Win 9–7 Mar 2003 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard   Rafael Nadal 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Loss 9–8 Apr 2004 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay   Mariano Delfino 4–6, 4–6
Win 10–8 Jun 2005 Barcelona, Spain Challenger Clay   Teymuraz Gabashvili 6–2, 6–3
Win 11–8 Sep 2005 Freudenstadt, Germany Challenger Clay   Flavio Cipolla 7–5, 6–4
Loss 11–9 Apr 2006 Aguascalientes, Mexico Challenger Clay   Juan Martín del Potro 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 11–10 Jul 2006 Reggio Emilia, Italy Challenger Clay   Olivier Patience 4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss 11–11 Aug 2006 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay   Albert Montañés 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Win 12–11 Nov 2006 Aracaju, Brazil Challenger Clay   Boris Pashanski 6–1, 6–3
Win 13–11 Nov 2006 Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay   Mariano Zabaleta 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Win 14–11 Jun 2007 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Florian Mayer 7–6(7–1), 6–4
Win 15–11 Sep 2007 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay   Ivo Minář 6–2, 7–5
Win 16–11 Nov 2007 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay   Marcos Daniel 6–1, 6–4
Loss 16–12 Jun 2008 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay   Nicolas Devilder 4–6, 4–6
Loss 16–13 Aug 2008 Graz, Austria Challenger Clay   Jérémy Chardy 2–6, 1–6
Win 17–13 Nov 2008 Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay   Brian Dabul 7–6, 6–4
Loss 17–14 Nov 2008 Medellín, Colombia Challenger Clay   Leonardo Mayer 4–6, 5–7
Loss 17–15 Nov 2008 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay   Martín Vassallo Argüello 2–6, 6–4, 4–6

Doubles: 48 (29–19) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (23–17)
ITF Futures (6–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (29–17)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1998 Ecuador F1, Guayaquil Futures Clay   Rodrigo Pena   Luis Horna
  Rudy Rake 		4–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Aug 1999 Uruguay F2, Jose-Ignacio Futures Clay   Andres Zingman   Patricio Arquez
  Emiliano Redondi 		6–3, 6–1
Win 2–1 Sep 1999 Peru F2, Lima Futures Clay   Enzo Artoni   Iván Miranda
  Américo Venero 		6–4, 6–2
Loss 2–2 Oct 1999 Bolivia F2, Cochabamba Futures Clay   Rodrigo Pena   Adrián García
  Jaime Fillol 		3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 3–2 Oct 1999 Paraguay F3, Asunción Futures Clay   Enzo Artoni   Daniel Caracciolo
  Leonardo Olguín 		6–4, 6–4
Win 4–2 Mar 2000 Chile F2, Temuco Futures Clay   Eduardo Medica   Alejandro Olivera
  Júlio Silva 		6–4, 6–4
Win 5–2 Mar 2000 Chile F3, Santiago Futures Clay   Eduardo Medica   Adriano Ferreira
  Flávio Saretta 		6–3, 6–2
Win 6–2 May 2000 Argentina F4, Mendoza Futures Clay   Juan Pablo Guzmán   Juan Pablo Brzezicki
  Miguel Miranda 		6–3, 6–4
Win 7–2 Aug 2000 Sopot, Poland Challenger Clay   Andrés Schneiter   Oscar Hernandez
  Germán Puentes Alcañiz 		6–4, 6–2
Win 8–2 Sep 2000 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Clay   Andrés Schneiter   David Miketa
  David Škoch 		6–3, 6–3
Win 9–2 Sep 2000 Skopje, Macedonia Challenger Clay   Enzo Artoni   Dejan Petrovic
  Sebastián Prieto 		7–5, 5–7, 6–3
Loss 9–3 Nov 2000 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay   Andrés Schneiter   Lucas Arnold Ker
  Pablo Albano 		3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win 10–3 Apr 2001 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay   Edgardo Massa   Paul Hanley
  Nathan Healey 		6–4, 5–7, 7–6(7–3)
Win 11–3 May 2001 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Clay   Daniel Melo   Jordan Kerr
  Damien Roberts 		6–2, 6–4
Loss 11–4 Jul 2001 Budaörs, Hungary Challenger Clay   Andrés Schneiter   Petr Dezort
  Radomír Vašek 		3–6, 7–5, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 11–5 Aug 2001 Ribeirão Preto, Brazil Challenger Clay   Andrés Schneiter   Adriano Ferreira
  Antonio Prieto 		1–6, 7–6(8–6), 4–6
Loss 11–6 May 2002 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay   Andrés Schneiter   Gabriel Trifu
  Vladimir Voltchkov 		1–6, 2–6
Loss 11–7 Jun 2002 Weiden, Germany Challenger Clay   Andrés Schneiter   Jens Knippschild
  Dušan Vemić 		6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss 11–8 Jul 2002 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay   Patricio Arquez   Jaime Fillol
  Ricardo Schlachter 		2–6, 4–6
Win 12–8 Sep 2002 Brindisi, Italy Challenger Clay   Mariano Delfino   Marc López
  Salvador Navarro 		7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), 6–4
Win 13–8 Sep 2002 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Clay   Paul Baccanello   Jan Frode Andersen
  Oliver Gross 		6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–5 ret.
Win 14–8 Sep 2002 Maia, Portugal Challenger Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Paul Baccanello
  Todd Perry 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 14–9 Nov 2002 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay   Luis Horna   Mariano Hood
  Sebastián Prieto 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 14–10 Nov 2002 Knoxville, United States Challenger Hard   Hugo Armando   Dmitry Tursunov
  Martin Verkerk 		3–6, 4–6
Win 15–10 Mar 2003 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Massimo Bertolini
  Giorgio Galimberti 		6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 15–11 Jun 2003 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo   Jaroslav Levinský
  David Škoch 		2–6, 2–6
Loss 15–12 Oct 2003 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay   Enzo Artoni   Oscar Hernandez
  Albert Portas 		4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 15–13 Oct 2003 Barcelona, Spain Challenger Clay   Enzo Artoni   Juan Ignacio Carrasco
  Mariano Delfino 		5–7, 3–6
Win 16–13 Sep 2004 Kyiv, Ukraine Challenger Clay   Albert Portas   Igor Kunitsyn
  Yuri Schukin 		6–1, 6–1
Win 17–13 Nov 2004 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay   Santiago Ventura   Richard Barker
  Frank Moser 		7–5, 6–4
Loss 17–14 Dec 2004 Guadalajara, Mexico Challenger Clay   Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo   Alejandro Hernández
  Santiago González 		6–7(5–7), 6–1, 3–6
Loss 17–15 Mar 2005 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard   Juan Pablo Guzmán   Juan Pablo Brzezicki
  Cristian Villagrán 		2–6, 4–6
Win 18–15 May 2005 Turin, Italy Challenger Clay   Franco Ferreiro   Francesco Aldi
  Alessio di Mauro 		6–7(4–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–2)
Win 19–15 Sep 2005 Genoa, Italy Challenger Clay   Leonardo Azzaro   Marco Pedrini
  Andrea Stoppini 		6–1, 6–4
Win 20–15 Sep 2005 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Clay   Leonardo Azzaro   Philipp Petzschner
  Lars Uebel 		6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Win 21–15 Nov 2005 Aracaju, Brazil Challenger Clay   Máximo González   Carlos Berlocq
  Martín Vassallo Argüello 		6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–3
Win 22–15 Jan 2006 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay   Máximo González   Jorge Aguilar
  Felipe Parada 		6–4, 6–3
Win 23–15 Apr 2006 Florianópolis, Brazil Challenger Clay   Máximo González   Thiago Alves
  Júlio Silva 		6–2, 3–6, [10–5]
Loss 23–16 May 2006 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Ramón Delgado   Petr Pála
  David Škoch 		0–6, 0–6
Loss 23–17 Jun 2006 Lugano, Switzerland Challenger Clay   Leonardo Azzaro   Oliver Marach
  Giorgio Galimberti 		5–7, 3–6
Loss 23–18 Jun 2006 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay   Máximo González   Tomas Behrend
  Christopher Kas 		6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win 24–18 Aug 2006 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay   Máximo González   Jérôme Haehnel
  Julien Jeanpierre 		6–3, 6–4
Win 25–18 Oct 2006 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay   Máximo González   Guillermo Cañas
  Martin García 		6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win 26–18 Nov 2006 Aracaju, Brazil Challenger Clay   Máximo González   Tomas Behrend
  Marcel Granollers 		7–6(8–6), 3–6, [10–6]
Win 27–18 May 2008 Bordeaux, France Challenger Clay   Diego Hartfield   Tomasz Bednarek
  Dušan Vemić 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 27–19 Jun 2009 Lugano, Switzerland Challenger Clay   Máximo González   Jean-Julien Rojer
  Johan Brunström 		walkover
Win 28–19 Jul 2009 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay   Alexandre Sidorenko   Michael Kohlmann
  Rogier Wassen 		6–4, 6–4
Win 29–19 Oct 2009 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay   Brian Dabul   Máximo González
  Lucas Arnold Ker 		6–7(4–7), 6–0, [10–8]

Performance timelines edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles edit

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q2 Q1 A Q1 A A 1R 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open A A 1R Q1 Q2 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 5 0–5 0%
Wimbledon Q1 Q2 A Q2 Q1 A 1R 1R 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
US Open A A Q2 Q1 Q1 A 1R 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–4 0–4 0–2 0 / 12 0–12 0%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A Q1 1R 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Miami A A A A A A 1R 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Monte Carlo A A A A A A 2R A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–2 0–0 0 / 5 1–5 17%

Doubles edit

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R A A A A 2R 1R A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
French Open 1R 3R 2R A A A 2R 2R 2R 0 / 6 6–6 50%
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R A A A A A 1R 0 / 4 0–4 0%
US Open 2R A A A A A 1R SF 1R 0 / 4 5–4 56%
Win–loss 1–4 2–3 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 5–3 1–3 0 / 18 12–18 40%

See also edit

References edit

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