# Diego Hartfield

Diego Hartfield (born 31 January 1981), nicknamed 'El Gato Hartfield' (Hartfield the Cat in Spanish) is a former tennis player on the ATP Tour from Argentina.

## Career

2000 : Diego began his pro career by playing Futures in South America.
2001 : He reached his first career Futures final in Mendoza (Argentina), was three times Doubles finalist at Futures, and won one title in Asunción (Paraguay)
2002 : He won his first career Futures Singles title in Viña del Mar (Chile) and reached the final in Santa Cruz (Bolivia). He won two Doubles titles in Bolivia at the Cochabamba and Santa Cruz Futures and reached the final in La Paz (Bolivia).
2003 : Diego won the Futures title in Viña del Mar, for the second time. He reached the Singles finals in Uruguay and Buenos Aires. He won a Futures doubles title in Santiago de Chile and reached three finals in Argentina, Uruguay and Slovenia.
2004 : He won a Futures title at Santiago de Chile and three Futures doubles titles in San Salvador, Netherlands (Alkmaar) and France (Blois).
2005 : He reached his first career Challenger Singles final in Buenos Aires and in Doubles in Nashville (USA). He won a Futures title in Córdoba (Argentina), reached the Futures Singles final in Colombia, but won the title in Doubles.
2006 : He won three Challenger titles in Atlanta (USA), Tunica Resorts (USA), Bogotá (Colombia) and entered the Top 125 for the first time. He played his first Gran Slam in Roland Garros as a qualifier and entered the main draw, but lost vs. world No. 1 Roger Federer after a hard battle.
2007 : He reached the final of the São Paulo Challenger and advanced to his first ATP SF in his hometown of Buenos Aires. He reached the semis at the Prague and San Marino Challengers. He was Doubles finalist at the Challenger in Andrézieux (France) and Singles finalist in Bogotá (Colombia). In Roland Garros, he defeated Ginepri in five sets in the first round before losing to Ferrer in the second round. For the first time, he reached a QF indoor in Lyon (France). Always improving his ranking, he finished in the Top 100 for the first time.
2008 : He reached the Singles Challenger final in Milano (Italy) and Scheveningen (the Netherlands) and the Doubles final at the Bordeaux Challenger (France).
2009 : During a practice at the Copa Petrobras Challenger in Buenos Aires, Diego twisted his knee and tore its ligaments. The same accident happened to his other knee at the Copa Telmex in Buenos Aires. After two surgeries that took him away from the courts until September, he made a short comeback at Futures in Adrogué (Argentina). He's training hard to be back on tour during Spring 2010.
2010: Hartfield announces his retirement from professional tennis.

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 16 (7–9)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (3–4)
* ITF Futures (4–5)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (7–8)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2001 | Argentina F4, Mendoza | Futures | Clay | Guillermo Carry | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2002 | Bolivia F3, Santa Cruz | Futures | Clay | Cristian Villagrán | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Oct 2002 | Chile F5, Viña del Mar | Futures | Clay | Marko Neunteibl | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–0, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Sep 2003 | Argentina F3, Buenos Aires | Futures | Clay | Carlos Berlocq | 6–3, 3–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 2–3 | Oct 2003 | Chile F5, Santiago | Futures | Clay | Brian Dabul | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Nov 2003 | Uruguay F1, Montevideo | Futures | Clay | Edgardo Massa | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–4 | Nov 2004 | Chile F3, Santiago | Futures | Clay | Marko Neunteibl | 6–3, 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–5 | May 2005 | Colombia F4, Pereira | Futures | Clay | Bruno Soares | 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–5 | May 2005 | Argentina F5, Córdoba | Futures | Clay | Rodolfo Daruich | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–6 | Nov 2005 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Carlos Berlocq | 5–7, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Win | 5–6 | May 2006 | Atlanta, United States | Challenger | Clay | Frank Dancevic | 7–5, 6–0 |
| Win | 6–6 | May 2006 | Tunica Resorts, United States | Challenger | Clay | Mardy Fish | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 7–6 | Oct 2006 | Bogotá, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Daniel Köllerer | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 7–7 | Jan 2007 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Guillermo Cañas | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 7–8 | Jun 2008 | Milan, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Teymuraz Gabashvili | 4–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Loss | 7–9 | Jul 2008 | Scheveningen, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | Jesse Huta Galung | 3–6, 4–6 |

### Doubles: 19 (10–9)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (2–2)
* ITF Futures (8–7)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–2)
* Clay (10–7)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | May 2001 | Argentina F5, Córdoba | Futures | Clay | Ignacio González King | Mariano Delfino Patricio Rudi | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Aug 2001 | Argentina F7, Buenos Aires | Futures | Clay | Juan Pablo Guzmán | Daniel Caracciolo Martín Vassallo Argüello | 6–3, 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Oct 2001 | Paraguay F1, Asunción | Futures | Clay | Matias O'Neille | Sebastián Decoud Sebastian Uriarte | 6–3, 4–6, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$ |
| Loss | 1–3 | Sep 2002 | Bolivia F1, La Paz | Futures | Clay | Ignacio González King | Casey Smith Martin Stringari | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 2–3 | Sep 2002 | Bolivia F2, Cochabamba | Futures | Clay | Ignacio González King | Casey Smith Martin Stringari | 7–5, 3–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 3–3 | Sep 2002 | Bolivia F3, Santa Cruz | Futures | Clay | Ignacio González King | Sebastián Decoud Juan-Felipe Yáñez | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Jun 2003 | Slovenia F1, Kranj | Futures | Clay | Ignacio González King | Ivan Cerović Aleksander Slovic | 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–4 | Oct 2003 | Chile F4, Santiago | Futures | Clay | Patricio Rudi | Diego Junqueira Edgardo Massa | 6–2, 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 4–5 | Oct 2003 | Argentina F4, Mendoza | Futures | Clay | Damián Patriarca | Brian Dabul Diego Moyano | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4–6 | Nov 2003 | Uruguay F1, Montevideo | Futures | Clay | Sebastián Decoud | Gustavo Marcaccio Patricio Rudi | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 5–6 | Jan 2004 | El Salvador F1, San Salvador | Futures | Clay | Gustavo Marcaccio | Lucas Engel Márcio Torres | 6–0, 6–2 |
| Loss | 5–7 | May 2004 | Colombia F1, Cali | Futures | Clay | Damián Patriarca | Michael Quintero Aguilar Carlos Salamanca | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 6–7 | Jun 2004 | France F8, Blois | Futures | Clay | Brian Dabul | Steve Darcis Stefan Wauters | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 7–7 | Jun 2004 | Netherlands F1, Alkmaar | Futures | Clay | Cristian Villagrán | Jun Kato Jean-Julien Rojer | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 8–7 | May 2005 | Colombia F4, Pereira | Futures | Clay | Daniel Garza | Pablo González Bruno Soares | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$ |
| Loss | 8–8 | Nov 2005 | Nashville, United States | Challenger | Hard | Santiago González | Ilija Bozoljac Brian Wilson | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 4–6 |
| Win | 9–8 | Mar 2007 | Bogotá, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Martín García | Fred Gil Dick Norman | 6–4, 3–6, [10–5] |
| Loss | 9–9 | Oct 2007 | Andrézieux, France | Challenger | Hard | José Acasuso | Martín García SebastiaPrieto | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 10–9 | May 2008 | Bordeaux, France | Challenger | Clay | Sergio Roitman | Tomasz Bednarek Dušan Vemić | 6–4, 6–4 |

## Performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||
| Australian Open | Q1 | Q1 | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| French Open | A | 1R | 2R | Q2 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Wimbledon | Q2 | Q3 | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| US Open | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | Q3 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0 / 5 | 1–5 | 17% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Miami | A | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |