Guillermo Pérez Roldán

Guillermo Pérez Roldán

Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Mar del Plata, Argentina
Born	(1969-10-20) 20 October 1969 Tandil, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1986
Retired	1996 (very brief comeback in 2004)
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,686,459
Singles
Career record	241–137 (Grand Slam, ATP, Grand Prix and WCT tour, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	9
Highest ranking	No. 13 (12 September 1988)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	QF (1988)
US Open	3R (1988)
Doubles
Career record	45–45 (Grand Slam, ATP, Grand Prix and WCT tour, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 74 (1 May 1989)

Guillermo Pérez Roldán (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 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 1988 by reaching the final of the Italian Open, where he battled Ivan Lendl in five grueling sets. Later that year, at the US Open, John McEnroe famously expressed outrage at being seeded significantly 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, beating Alberto Mancini, Tore Meinecke, Patrik Kühnen and Stefan Edberg before losing to Andre Agassi. He was named Rolex Rookie of the Year in 1988, influenced no doubt by his run to the finals of the Italian Open and the quarter-finals of the French Open that year.

Pérez Roldán is currently tied for tenth on the list of most titles won by a teenager in the Open Era (five).^[1]

His career-high singles ranking was World No. 13 (in 1988), and his career prize-money earnings totalled $1,686,341. In the early 1990s, his career was hamstrung by injuries, and he finally retired from the professional tour in 1996.

Singles finals

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	4 May 1987	Munich, Germany	Clay	Marián Vajda	6–3, 7–6
Winner	2.	15 June 1987	Athens, Greece	Clay	Tore Meinecke	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	27 July 1987	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Miloslav Mečíř	4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	16 November 1987	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Jay Berger	3–2 ret.
Winner	4.	2 May 1988	Munich, Germany	Clay	Jonas Svensson	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	9 May 1988	Rome, Italy	Clay	Ivan Lendl	6–2, 4–6, 2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	25 July 1988	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	8 August 1988	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Thomas Muster	4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	7 November 1988	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Javier Sánchez	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	11 September 1989	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Marc Rosset	4–6, 5–7
Winner	5.	25 September 1989	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Paolo Canè	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	5 March 1990	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Thomas Muster	1–6, 7–6(6), 2–6
Runner-up	8.	9 April 1990	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Andrés Gómez	0–6, 6–7(1), 6–3, 6–0, 2–6
Runner-up	9.	16 July 1990	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Goran Ivanišević	7–6(2), 1–6, 4–6, 6–7(5)
Winner	6.	20 August 1990	San Marino	Clay	Omar Camporese	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	29 April 1991	Munich, Germany	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	6–3, 3–6, 3–4, ret.
Winner	7.	29 July 1991	San Marino	Clay	Frédéric Fontang	6–3, 6–1
Winner	8.	16 March 1992	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Germán López	2–6, 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	11.	15 June 1992	Genova, Italy	Clay	Andrei Medvedev	3–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	15 March 1993	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Younes El Aynaoui	6–4, 6–3

Doubles finals

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	25 July 1988	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez Vicario	6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	19 September 1988	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Gustavo Luza	Mansour Bahrami Tomáš Šmíd	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	11 September 1989	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Mansour Bahrami	Andrés Gómez Alberto Mancini	3–6, 5–7

References

External links

• Guillermo Pérez Roldán at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Guillermo Pérez Roldán at the International Tennis Federation
• Guillermo Pérez Roldán at the Davis Cup
• (Spanish) Pérez Roldán, Academia de Tenis