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.
Country (sports) | |
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Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Born | Oberá, Argentina | 31 January 1981
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Turned pro | 2006 |
Retired | 2010 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $571,141 |
Singles | |
Career record | 18–28 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 73 (10 September 2007) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2008) |
French Open | 2R (2007) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2007) |
US Open | 1R (2007) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 4–12 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 149 (9 June 2008) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | Q1 (2006) |
US Open | 1R (2007) |
Last updated on: 15 November 2021. |
Career
edit2000 : 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
editSingles: 16 (7–9)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2001 | Argentina F4, Mendoza | Futures | Clay | 6–7(5–7), 3–6 | |
Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2002 | Bolivia F3, Santa Cruz | Futures | Clay | 4–6, 4–6 | |
Win | 1–2 | Oct 2002 | Chile F5, Viña del Mar | Futures | Clay | 6–7(4–7), 6–0, 6–3 | |
Loss | 1–3 | Sep 2003 | Argentina F3, Buenos Aires | Futures | Clay | 6–3, 3–6, 1–6 | |
Win | 2–3 | Oct 2003 | Chile F5, Santiago | Futures | Clay | 6–4, 6–4 | |
Loss | 2–4 | Nov 2003 | Uruguay F1, Montevideo | Futures | Clay | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 | |
Win | 3–4 | Nov 2004 | Chile F3, Santiago | Futures | Clay | 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–2 | |
Loss | 3–5 | May 2005 | Colombia F4, Pereira | Futures | Clay | 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6 | |
Win | 4–5 | May 2005 | Argentina F5, Córdoba | Futures | Clay | 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–4 | |
Loss | 4–6 | Nov 2005 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | 5–7, 6–3, 4–6 | |
Win | 5–6 | May 2006 | Atlanta, United States | Challenger | Clay | 7–5, 6–0 | |
Win | 6–6 | May 2006 | Tunica Resorts, United States | Challenger | Clay | 6–4, 6–4 | |
Win | 7–6 | Oct 2006 | Bogotá, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | 6–3, 7–5 | |
Loss | 7–7 | Jan 2007 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | 7–8 | Jun 2008 | Milan, Italy | Challenger | Clay | 4–6, 6–4, 4–6 | |
Loss | 7–9 | Jul 2008 | Scheveningen, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | 3–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 19 (10–9)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2001 | Argentina F5, Córdoba | Futures | Clay | 6–7(5–7), 3–6 | ||
Loss | 0–2 | Aug 2001 | Argentina F7, Buenos Aires | Futures | Clay | 6–3, 2–6, 2–6 | ||
Win | 1–2 | Oct 2001 | Paraguay F1, Asunción | Futures | Clay | 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(9–7) | ||
Loss | 1–3 | Sep 2002 | Bolivia F1, La Paz | Futures | Clay | 3–6, 5–7 | ||
Win | 2–3 | Sep 2002 | Bolivia F2, Cochabamba | Futures | Clay | 7–5, 3–6, 6–1 | ||
Win | 3–3 | Sep 2002 | Bolivia F3, Santa Cruz | Futures | Clay | 7–5, 6–2 | ||
Loss | 3–4 | Jun 2003 | Slovenia F1, Kranj | Futures | Clay | 6–7(1–7), 7–6(8–6), 4–6 | ||
Win | 4–4 | Oct 2003 | Chile F4, Santiago | Futures | Clay | 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(7–4) | ||
Loss | 4–5 | Oct 2003 | Argentina F4, Mendoza | Futures | Clay | 6–7(4–7), 4–6 | ||
Loss | 4–6 | Nov 2003 | Uruguay F1, Montevideo | Futures | Clay | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
Win | 5–6 | Jan 2004 | El Salvador F1, San Salvador | Futures | Clay | 6–0, 6–2 | ||
Loss | 5–7 | May 2004 | Colombia F1, Cali | Futures | Clay | 5–7, 4–6 | ||
Win | 6–7 | Jun 2004 | France F8, Blois | Futures | Clay | 7–5, 6–4 | ||
Win | 7–7 | Jun 2004 | Netherlands F1, Alkmaar | Futures | Clay | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
Win | 8–7 | May 2005 | Colombia F4, Pereira | Futures | Clay | 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–1) | ||
Loss | 8–8 | Nov 2005 | Nashville, United States | Challenger | Hard | 6–7(6–8), 4–6 | ||
Win | 9–8 | Mar 2007 | Bogotá, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | 6–4, 3–6, [10–5] | ||
Loss | 9–9 | Oct 2007 | Andrézieux, France | Challenger | Hard | 3–6, 1–6 | ||
Win | 10–9 | May 2008 | Bordeaux, France | Challenger | Clay | 6–4, 6–4 |
Performance timeline
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Singles
editTournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | SR | W–L | Win% | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | – |