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Sergio Roitman
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1996
PlaysRight-handed;
Prize money$1,206,782
Singles
Career record25–59
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 62 (October 8, 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 record41–62
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 45 (September 8, 2008)
Last updated on: May 25, 2009.

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

Roitman's achieved his career-high singles ranking of # 62 on October 8 2007, and his career-high doubles ranking of # 45 as of September 8, 2008. His singles ranking as of April 27, 2009, was # 107, and his doubles ranking was # 57.

He has no singles titles to date, but has won several Challenger and Futures singles titles in his career. In addition Roitman has won two ATP doubles titles in his career, at Amsterdam in 2000 and Umag in 2001.

At the age of 17 Roitman was at a Hermetica concert and was shot in the stomach with a rubber bullet. Roitman studied classical piano between the ages of 6 and 12, but chose tennis instead.[2] He speaks Spanish, Portuguese, English and Italian.[3]

Tennis career

Roitman began playing tennis at age 10 and turned professional in 1996.[4]

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

In 2001, once again with Schneiter he won his second ATP doubles title in Umag. Roitman won four challenger singles titles between 2002-05, in the process defeating Rafael Nadal at Cherbourg in 2003. At the 2003 Roland Garros Roitman aplayed 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 in the 3rd set, but ended up losing in 5 sets.[3]

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. In November he won the title at Challengers in Aracaju and Guayaquil

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. In June he captured the Prostejov Challenger title. In September he picked up another Challenger title in Szczecin, Poland. He closed the season with the title at the Buenos Aires Challenger.[1] He had wins over world # 41 Jose 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 Jurgen Melzer of Austria on clay, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 on clay 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 Nicolas Massu 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.

In the 2009 Buenos Aires tournamnent Roitman lost 6-0, 6-0 to Juan Monaco. In June 2009, he retired from his first round match due to a recurring injury to the acromion in his right shoulder.[2]

Challengers and futures (17)

Challengers (10)
Futures (7)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 20 July 1998 Brazil Londrina Clay Brazil Paulo Taicher 6-3 6-4
2. 9 November 1998 Paraguay Asuncion Clay Peru Alejandro Aramburu 6-1 6-3
3. 16 November 1998 Paraguay Asuncion Clay Spain Ivan Rodrigo 6-2 2-6 6-3
4. 13 September 1999 Peru Lima Clay Greece Solon Peppas 6-3 7-5
5. 17 April 2000 Chile Santiago Clay Morocco Mauricio Hadad 6-4 6-3
6. 1 May 2000 Chile Santiago Clay Chile Adrian Garcia 6-3 6-3
7. 8 May 2000 Argentina Mendoza Clay Argentina Jose Acasuso 1-6 7-6(2) 6-2
8. 29 July 2002 Russia St Petersburg Clay Russia Andrei Stoliarov 7-6(3) 6-2
9. 24 February, 2003 France Cherbourg Clay Spain Rafael Nadal 6-3 5-7 6-4
10. 6 June, 2005 Spain Barcelona Clay Russia Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-2 6-3
11. 29 August, 2005 Germany Freudenstadt Clay Italy Flavio Cipolla 7-5 6-4
12. 30 October, 2006 Brazil Aracaju Clay Serbia Boris Pashanski 6-1 6-3
13. 13 November, 2006 Ecuador Guayaquil Clay Argentina Mariano Zabaleta 6-3 4-6 6-1
14. 4 June, 2007 Bermuda Prostejov Clay Germany Florian Mayer 7-6(1) 6-4
15. 17 September, 2007 San Marino Szczecin Clay Czech Republic Ivo Minář 6-2 7-5
16. 12 November, 2007 Argentina Buenos Aires Clay Brazil Marcos Daniel 6-1 6-4
17. 3 November, 2008 Ecuador Guayaquil Clay Argentina Brian Dabul 3–6 6–3 6–2

Jewish heritage

Roitman, along with Wayne Odesnik, Dudi Sela, Jesse Levine and Shahar Pe'er are one of a number of young Jewish tennis players recently ranked in the top 100.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ (Spanish) "Sergio Roitman Blog from Casablanca". ATP. 2009-06-07. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ Source
  3. ^ a b "Sergio Roitman Player Profile". ATP. 2009-06-07. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) Cite error: The named reference "Profile" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  4. ^ Source
  5. ^ Israeli star trains at Maccabi courts (January 10, 2008)
  6. ^ Wechsler, Robert, Day by Day in Jewish Sports History, pp. 168, 311, 324, KTAV Publishing House, 2007, ISBN 0881259691, 9780881259698
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