# Guillermo Pérez Roldán

Guillermo Pérez Roldán (Spanish pronunciation:; born 20 October 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.
Pérez Roldán was known particularly as a strong clay court player. He turned professional in 1986. Between 1987 and 1993, he won nine top-level singles titles. His best Grand Slam performance came at the 1988 French Open, where he reached the quarter-finals, beating Alberto Mancini, Tore Meinecke, Patrik Kühnen and Stefan Edberg on the way, before being knocked out by Andre Agassi.

## Tennis career
### Juniors

Pérez Roldán had an excellent junior career, winning the French Open Boys' Singles championship on his favored red clay in both 1986 and 1987 – since the open era, he is the only individual to have captured the Boys' Singles championship at the French Open more than once.
Junior Grand Slam results:
Australian Open: - French Open: W (1986, 1987) Wimbledon: 2R (1985) US Open: 3R (1985)

### Pro tour

He burst onto the scene as a teenager in 1987, winning two tour titles at the age of seventeen. In 1988, already seeded 14 by age eighteen, he reached the final of the Italian Open, where he battled Ivan Lendl in five grueling sets. Later that year, he followed up his clay-court success at the French Open, reaching the quarterfinals with wins over Alberto Mancini, Tore Meinecke, Patrik Kühnen and Stefan Edberg, before losing to Andre Agassi. He was named Rolex Rookie of the Year in 1988.
At the 1988 US Open, John McEnroe expressed outrage at being seeded lower than Pérez Roldán, who had not yet won a match on hard courts. However, Pérez Roldán silenced critics by progressing further in the tournament than McEnroe.
Pérez Roldán's career-high singles ranking was World No. 13 (in 1988), and his career prize-money earnings totaled $1,686,341. Despite his teenage success, in the early 1990s, his career was hamstrung by injuries, and he finally retired from the professional tour in 1996.
Pérez Roldán is currently tied for tenth on the list of most titles won by a teenager in the Open Era (five).

## Personal life

He is married to Daniela with whom he has three sons. He has alleged suffering extensive physical, mental and financial abuse during his tennis career from his coach and father Raúl Pérez Roldán. A biopic based on his life was directed by Rodolfo Lamboglia and released on Star network.

## Junior Grand Slam finals
### Singles: 2 (2 titles)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1986 | French Open | Clay | Stéphane Grenier | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 1987 | French Open | Clay | Jason Stoltenberg | 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 |

### Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1986 | French Open | Clay | Franco Davin | | 0–0, 0–0, 0–0 |
| Loss | 1987 | French Open | Clay | Franco Davin | Jim Courier Jonathan Stark | 7–6, 4–6, 3–6 |

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 20 (9 titles, 11 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–1)
* ATP Championship Series (0–2)
* ATP World Series (9–8)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (9–11)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (9–11)
* Indoors (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | May 1987 | Munich, Germany | Grand Prix | Clay | Marián Vajda | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jun 1987 | Athens, Greece | Grand Prix | Clay | Tore Meinecke | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Jul 1987 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Grand Prix | Clay | Miloslav Mečíř | 4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 3–1 | Nov 1987 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Grand Prix | Clay | Jay Berger | 3–2 ret. |
| Win | 4–1 | May 1988 | Munich, Germany | Grand Prix | Clay | Jonas Svensson | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–2 | May 1988 | Rome, Italy | Masters Series | Clay | Ivan Lendl | 6–2, 4–6, 2–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Jul 1988 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Grand Prix | Clay | Emilio Sánchez | 3–6, 1–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4–4 | Aug 1988 | Prague, Czech Republic | Grand Prix | Clay | Thomas Muster | 4–6, 7–5, 2–6 |
| Loss | 4–5 | Nov 1988 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Grand Prix | Clay | Javier Sánchez | 2–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 4–6 | Sep 1989 | Geneva, Switzerland | Grand Prix | Clay | Marc Rosset | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 5–6 | Sep 1989 | Palermo, Italy | Grand Prix | Clay | Paolo Canè | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–7 | Mar 1990 | Casablanca, Morocco | World Series | Clay | Thomas Muster | 1–6, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 2–6 |
| Loss | 5–8 | Apr 1990 | Barcelona, Spain | Championship Series | Clay | Andrés Gómez | 0–6, 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 6–3, 6–0, 2–6 |
| Loss | 5–9 | Jul 1990 | Stuttgart, Germany | Championship Series | Clay | Goran Ivanišević | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 1–6, 4–6, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Win | 6–9 | Aug 1990 | San Marino, San Marino | World Series | Clay | Omar Camporese | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 6–10 | Apr 1991 | Munich, Germany | World Series | Clay | Magnus Gustafsson | 6–3, 3–6, 3–4 ret. |
| Win | 7–10 | Jul 1991 | San Marino, San Marino | World Series | Clay | Frédéric Fontang | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 8–10 | Mar 1992 | Casablanca, Morocco | World Series | Clay | Germán López | 2–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 8–11 | Jun 1992 | Genova, Italy | World Series | Clay | Andrei Medvedev | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 9–11 | Mar 1993 | Casablanca, Morocco | World Series | Clay | Younes El Aynaoui | 6–4, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–0)
* ATP World Series (0–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (0–3)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (0–3)
* Indoors (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 1988 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Grand Prix | Clay | Magnus Gustafsson | Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez Vicario | 6–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Sep 1988 | Geneva, Switzerland | Grand Prix | Clay | Gustavo Luza | Mansour Bahrami Tomáš Šmíd | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Sep 1989 | Geneva, Switzerland | Grand Prix | Clay | Mansour Bahrami | Andrés Gómez Alberto Mancini | 3–6, 5–7 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals
### Singles: 5 (4–1)

* Legend (singles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (4–1)
* ITF Futures Tour (0–0)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (4–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Mar 1990 | Agadir, Morocco | Challenger | Clay | Thomas Muster | 2–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 1–1 | Sep 1990 | Messina, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Stefano Pescosolido | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jul 1991 | Salerno, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Claudio Pistolesi | 4–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–1 | Mar 1992 | Agadir, Morocco | Challenger | Clay | Francisco Roig | 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–1 | Aug 1992 | Graz, Austria | Challenger | Clay | Karel Novacek | 3–6, 6–2, 7–5 |

### Doubles: 2 (1–1)

* Legend (singles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
* ITF Futures Tour (0–0)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 1990 | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Luis Herrera | Leonardo Lavalle Jorge Lozano | 7–5, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Sep 1991 | Messina, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Renzo Furlan | Jan Apell Markus Naewie | 6–4, 6–2 |

## Performance timelines

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

### Singles

| Tournament | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| French Open | 1R | QF | 4R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 8 | 10–8 | 56% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| US Open | A | 3R | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | 67% |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 6–2 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 10 | 14–10 | 58% |
| ATP Masters Series ||||||||||||
| Miami | A | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Monte Carlo | A | 2R | QF | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | 40% |
| Hamburg | 2R | QF | 3R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | 5–6 | 45% |
| Rome | 2R | F | QF | QF | 1R | 2R | QF | A | 0 / 7 | 16–7 | 70% |
| Canada | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Cincinnati | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Paris | A | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 2–2 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0 / 26 | 27–26 | 51% |