# Sergio Roitman

Sergio Andres Roitman (born 16 May 1979), nicknamed 'Motoneta' (Shotgun in Spanish) is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina.
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. 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.
His father (Hugo) is an executive salesman for a plastic enterprise company, and his mother (Lidia) is a retired financial adviser. He has an older brother who teaches tennis, named Ivan.
Roitman studied classical piano between the ages of 6 and 12, but chose tennis instead. At the age of 17, he was at a Hermética concert and was shot in the stomach with a rubber bullet. He speaks Spanish, Portuguese, English and Italian.

## Tennis career

Roitman began playing tennis at age 10 and turned professional in 1996.
Between 1998 and 2000 Roitman won seven futures singles titles, all of them in South America on clay. On 2000-07-23 he won the ATP doubles title with fellow countryman Andrés Schneiter in Amsterdam in 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 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. 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.
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 Prostějov 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. 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.
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.
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.

## 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.

## ATP career finals
### Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

* 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
### Singles: 32 (17–15)

* 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)

* 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

Key :
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |