Sergio Roitman
Sergio Andres Roitman (born 16 May 1979), nicknamed 'Motoneta' (Shotgun in Spanish)[1] is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina.
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Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Born | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 16 May 1979
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Turned pro | 1996 |
Retired | 2009 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,296,022 |
Singles | |
Career record | 25–62 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 62 (8 October 2007) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2007, 2008) |
French Open | 1R (2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2007, 2008, 2009) |
US Open | 1R (2007, 2008) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 43–66 |
Career titles | 2 |
Highest ranking | No. 45 (8 September 2008) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2007) |
French Open | 3R (2002) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2001, 2002, 2003, 2009) |
US Open | SF (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
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
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
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
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 2000 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | World Series | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 2–0 | Jul 2001 | Umag, Croatia | World Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–5 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 32 (17–15)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 1998 | Brazil F1, Londrina | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–1 | Aug 1998 | Ecuador F1, Guayaquil | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 1–2 | Aug 1998 | Ecuador F3, Ibarra | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 2–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Nov 1998 | Paraguay F2, Asunción | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 3–2 | Nov 1998 | Paraguay F3, Asunción | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 2–6, 6–3 |
Win | 4–2 | Sep 1999 | Peru F3, Lima | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 4–3 | Oct 1999 | Bolivia F2, Cochabamba | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 4–4 | Nov 1999 | Argentina F5, Lanús | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–7, 3–6 |
Win | 5–4 | Apr 2000 | Chile F4, Santiago | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 6–4 | May 2000 | Chile F6, Santiago | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 7–4 | May 2000 | Argentina F4, Mendoza | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–2 |
Loss | 7–5 | Aug 2000 | Bressanone, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 4–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 7–6 | Apr 2001 | Argentina F3, Santa Fe | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 2–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 7–7 | Aug 2001 | Brasília, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 8–7 | Aug 2002 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(7–3), 6–2 |
Win | 9–7 | Mar 2003 | Cherbourg, France | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 5–7, 6–4 |
Loss | 9–8 | Apr 2004 | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 10–8 | Jun 2005 | Barcelona, Spain | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 11–8 | Sep 2005 | Freudenstadt, Germany | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 11–9 | Apr 2006 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 11–10 | Jul 2006 | Reggio Emilia, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 7–5, 2–6 |
Loss | 11–11 | Aug 2006 | San Marino, San Marino | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 3–6 |
Win | 12–11 | Nov 2006 | Aracaju, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 13–11 | Nov 2006 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 4–6, 6–1 |
Win | 14–11 | Jun 2007 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(7–1), 6–4 |
Win | 15–11 | Sep 2007 | Szczecin, Poland | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 7–5 |
Win | 16–11 | Nov 2007 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 16–12 | Jun 2008 | Braunschweig, Germany | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 16–13 | Aug 2008 | Graz, Austria | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 1–6 |
Win | 17–13 | Nov 2008 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
7–6, 6–4 |
Loss | 17–14 | Nov 2008 | Medellín, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 17–15 | Nov 2008 | Lima, Peru | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
Doubles: 48 (29–19)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 1998 | Ecuador F1, Guayaquil | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 1–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Aug 1999 | Uruguay F2, Jose-Ignacio | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 2–1 | Sep 1999 | Peru F2, Lima | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–2 | Oct 1999 | Bolivia F2, Cochabamba | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Oct 1999 | Paraguay F3, Asunción | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 4–2 | Mar 2000 | Chile F2, Temuco | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 5–2 | Mar 2000 | Chile F3, Santiago | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 6–2 | May 2000 | Argentina F4, Mendoza | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 7–2 | Aug 2000 | Sopot, Poland | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 8–2 | Sep 2000 | Budapest, Hungary | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 9–2 | Sep 2000 | Skopje, Macedonia | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 5–7, 6–3 |
Loss | 9–3 | Nov 2000 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
Win | 10–3 | Apr 2001 | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, 7–6(7–3) |
Win | 11–3 | May 2001 | Budapest, Hungary | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 11–4 | Jul 2001 | Budaörs, Hungary | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–5, 6–7(6–8) |
Loss | 11–5 | Aug 2001 | Ribeirão Preto, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 7–6(8–6), 4–6 |
Loss | 11–6 | May 2002 | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 11–7 | Jun 2002 | Weiden, Germany | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 2–6 |
Loss | 11–8 | Jul 2002 | Oberstaufen, Germany | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 12–8 | Sep 2002 | Brindisi, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), 6–4 |
Win | 13–8 | Sep 2002 | Budapest, Hungary | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–5 ret. |
Win | 14–8 | Sep 2002 | Maia, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 14–9 | Nov 2002 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 14–10 | Nov 2002 | Knoxville, United States | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 15–10 | Mar 2003 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 15–11 | Jun 2003 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 15–12 | Oct 2003 | Seville, Spain | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
Loss | 15–13 | Oct 2003 | Barcelona, Spain | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 16–13 | Sep 2004 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 17–13 | Nov 2004 | Bogotá, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 17–14 | Dec 2004 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 6–1, 3–6 |
Loss | 17–15 | Mar 2005 | Salinas, Ecuador | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 18–15 | May 2005 | Turin, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(4–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–2) |
Win | 19–15 | Sep 2005 | Genoa, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 20–15 | Sep 2005 | Budapest, Hungary | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 5–7, 6–3 |
Win | 21–15 | Nov 2005 | Aracaju, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–3 |
Win | 22–15 | Jan 2006 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 23–15 | Apr 2006 | Florianópolis, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 3–6, [10–5] |
Loss | 23–16 | May 2006 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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0–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 23–17 | Jun 2006 | Lugano, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 23–18 | Jun 2006 | Braunschweig, Germany | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 4–6 |
Win | 24–18 | Aug 2006 | San Marino, San Marino | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 25–18 | Oct 2006 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
Win | 26–18 | Nov 2006 | Aracaju, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(8–6), 3–6, [10–6] |
Win | 27–18 | May 2008 | Bordeaux, France | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 27–19 | Jun 2009 | Lugano, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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walkover |
Win | 28–19 | Jul 2009 | Poznań, Poland | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 29–19 | Oct 2009 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(4–7), 6–0, [10–8] |
Performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | SR | W–L | Win% | ||||||||||||
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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
Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | SR | W–L | Win% | ||||||||||||
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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
References
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- "Jewish Post 4 June 2003 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov.
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- Archived June 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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- "Sergio Roitman, el ex tenista que ofrece alojamiento y logística para grandes eventos deportivos". lanacion.com.ar. 9 February 2017.
External links
- Sergio Roitman at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Sergio Roitman at the International Tennis Federation
- Roitman world ranking history
- Interview w/Sergio Roitman, 6/22/09
