Biography of Guillermo Perez-Roldan

Guillermo Perez-Roldan (born October 20, 1969, in Tandil, Argentina) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Perez-Roldan was known particularly as a very 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 before being knocked-out by Andre Agassi.

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 Perez-Roldan, who had not yet won a match on hard courts. However, Perez-Roldan silenced critics by progressing further in the tournament than McEnroe.

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

Titles (9)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (9)

Singles (9)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. May 11, 1987 Munich, Germany Clay Marian Vajda (Slovakia) 6-3 7-6
2. June 22, 1987 Athens, Greece Clay Tore Meinecke (Germany) 6-2 6-3
3. Nov 22, 1987 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Jay Berger (USA) 3-2 RET
4. May 9, 1988 Munich, Germany Clay Jonas Svensson (Sweden) 7-5 6-3
5. Nov 2, 1989 Palermo, Italy Clay Paolo Cane (Italy) 6-1 6-4
6. Aug 27, 1990 San Marino, San Marino Clay Omar Camporese (Italy) 6-3 6-3
7. Aug 4, 1991 San Marino, San Marino Clay Frederic Fontang (France) 6-3 6-1
8. Mar 23, 1992 Casablanca, Morocco Clay German Lopez (Spain) 2-6 7-5 6-3
9. Mar 22, 1993 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Younes El Aynaoui (Morocco) 6-4 6-3