Sergio Roitman
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| Country (sports) |
 Argentina
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|---|---|
| Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Born |
16 May 1979 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 1996 |
| Retired | 2009 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $1,206,782 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 25–59 |
| 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) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 41–62 |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 45 (8 September 2008) |
Sergio Andres Roitman (born 16 May 1979) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, nicknamed 'Escopeta' (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 has no main tour singles titles, but has won several Challenger and Futures singles titles in his career. In addition Roitman has won two ATP doubles titles - at Amsterdam in 2000 and Umag in 2001.
At the age of 17 Roitman was at a Hermética concert and was shot in the stomach with a rubber bullet. Roitman studied classical piano between the ages of 6 and 12, but chose tennis instead. He speaks Spanish, Portuguese, English and Italian.
Roitman began playing tennis at age 10 and turned professional in 1996.
Between 1998 and 2000 Roitman won seven futures singles titles all of these were in South America on clay. On 2000-07-23 he won the ATP doubles title with fellow countryman Andres Schneiter in Amsterdam at 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 at 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
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