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Diego Hartfield

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Diego Hartfield
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1981-01-31) 31 January 1981 (age 43)
Oberá, Argentina
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2006
Retired2010
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$571,141
Singles
Career record18–28
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 73 (10 September 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2008)
French Open2R (2007)
Wimbledon1R (2007)
US Open1R (2007)
Doubles
Career record4–12
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 149 (9 June 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQ1 (2006)
US Open1R (2007)
Last updated on: 15 November 2021.

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

Career

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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.[citation needed]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 16 (7–9)

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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 Argentina Guillermo Carry 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2002 Bolivia F3, Santa Cruz Futures Clay Argentina Cristian Villagrán 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Oct 2002 Chile F5, Viña del Mar Futures Clay Austria Marko Neunteibl 6–7(4–7), 6–0, 6–3
Loss 1–3 Sep 2003 Argentina F3, Buenos Aires Futures Clay Argentina Carlos Berlocq 6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Win 2–3 Oct 2003 Chile F5, Santiago Futures Clay Argentina Brian Dabul 6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–4 Nov 2003 Uruguay F1, Montevideo Futures Clay Argentina Edgardo Massa 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win 3–4 Nov 2004 Chile F3, Santiago Futures Clay Austria Marko Neunteibl 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–2
Loss 3–5 May 2005 Colombia F4, Pereira Futures Clay Brazil Bruno Soares 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6
Win 4–5 May 2005 Argentina F5, Córdoba Futures Clay Argentina Rodolfo Daruich 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–4
Loss 4–6 Nov 2005 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay Argentina Carlos Berlocq 5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Win 5–6 May 2006 Atlanta, United States Challenger Clay Canada Frank Dancevic 7–5, 6–0
Win 6–6 May 2006 Tunica Resorts, United States Challenger Clay United States Mardy Fish 6–4, 6–4
Win 7–6 Oct 2006 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Austria Daniel Köllerer 6–3, 7–5
Loss 7–7 Jan 2007 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Hard Argentina Guillermo Cañas 3–6, 4–6
Loss 7–8 Jun 2008 Milan, Italy Challenger Clay Russia Teymuraz Gabashvili 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 7–9 Jul 2008 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay Netherlands Jesse Huta Galung 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 19 (10–9)

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

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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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  – 
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