Guillermo Pérez Roldán

Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Mar del Plata, Argentina
Born	(1969-10-20)20 October 1969 (age 56) Tandil, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1986
Retired	1996
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,686,459
Singles
Career record	241–137
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
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 74 (1 May 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (1988)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	1R (1987)

Guillermo Pérez Roldán (Latin American Spanish pronunciation:[ɡiˈʝeɾmoˈpeɾesrolˈdan]; born 20 October 1969) is a former professionaltennis player from Argentina.

Pérez Roldán was known particularly as a strongclay court player. He turned professional in 1986. Between 1987 and 1993, he won nine top-level singles titles. His bestGrand Slam performance came at the1988 French Open, where he reached the quarter-finals, beatingAlberto Mancini,Tore Meinecke,Patrik Kühnen andStefan Edberg on the way, before being knocked out byAndre Agassi.

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 theopen 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)

He burst onto the scene as a teenager in 1987, winning two tour titles at the age of seventeen. In 1988, already seeded 14 by age eighteen, he reached the final of theItalian Open, where he battledIvan Lendl in five grueling sets. Later that year, he followed up his clay-court success at theFrench Open, reaching the quarterfinals with wins overAlberto Mancini,Tore Meinecke,Patrik Kühnen andStefan Edberg, before losing toAndre Agassi. He was named Rolex Rookie of the Year in 1988.

At the 1988US Open,John McEnroe expressed outrage at being seeded 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.

Pérez Roldán's career-high singles ranking was World No. 13 (in 1988), and his career prize-money earnings totaled$1,686,341. Despite his teenage success, in the early 1990s, his career was hamstrung by injuries, and he finally retired from the professional tour in 1996.

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

He has alleged suffering extensive physical, mental and financial abuse during his tennis career from his coach and father Raúl Pérez Roldán.^[2] A biopic based on his life was directed byRodolfo Lamboglia and released on Star network.^[3]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1986	French Open	Clay	Stéphane Grenier	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	1987	French Open	Clay	Jason Stoltenberg	6–3, 3–6, 6–2

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1986	French Open	Clay	Franco Davin		0–0, 0–0, 0–0
Loss	1987	French Open	Clay	Franco Davin	Jim Courier Jonathan Stark	7–6, 4–6, 3–6

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 1987	Munich, Germany	Grand Prix	Clay	Marián Vajda	6–3, 7–6
Win	2–0	Jun 1987	Athens, Greece	Grand Prix	Clay	Tore Meinecke	6–2, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Jul 1987	Hilversum, Netherlands	Grand Prix	Clay	Miloslav Mečíř	4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Win	3–1	Nov 1987	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Grand Prix	Clay	Jay Berger	3–2 ret.
Win	4–1	May 1988	Munich, Germany	Grand Prix	Clay	Jonas Svensson	7–5, 6–3
Loss	4–2	May 1988	Rome, Italy	Masters Series	Clay	Ivan Lendl	6–2, 4–6, 2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	4–3	Jul 1988	Hilversum, Netherlands	Grand Prix	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	4–4	Aug 1988	Prague, Czech Republic	Grand Prix	Clay	Thomas Muster	4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss	4–5	Nov 1988	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Grand Prix	Clay	Javier Sánchez	2–6, 6–7
Loss	4–6	Sep 1989	Geneva, Switzerland	Grand Prix	Clay	Marc Rosset	4–6, 5–7
Win	5–6	Sep 1989	Palermo, Italy	Grand Prix	Clay	Paolo Canè	6–1, 6–4
Loss	5–7	Mar 1990	Casablanca, Morocco	World Series	Clay	Thomas Muster	1–6, 7–6(8–6), 2–6
Loss	5–8	Apr 1990	Barcelona, Spain	Championship Series	Clay	Andrés Gómez	0–6, 6–7(1–7), 6–3, 6–0, 2–6
Loss	5–9	Jul 1990	Stuttgart, Germany	Championship Series	Clay	Goran Ivanišević	7–6(7–2), 1–6, 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	6–9	Aug 1990	San Marino, San Marino	World Series	Clay	Omar Camporese	6–3, 6–3
Loss	6–10	Apr 1991	Munich, Germany	World Series	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	6–3, 3–6, 3–4 ret.
Win	7–10	Jul 1991	San Marino, San Marino	World Series	Clay	Frédéric Fontang	6–3, 6–1
Win	8–10	Mar 1992	Casablanca, Morocco	World Series	Clay	Germán López	2–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss	8–11	Jun 1992	Genova, Italy	World Series	Clay	Andrei Medvedev	3–6, 4–6
Win	9–11	Mar 1993	Casablanca, Morocco	World Series	Clay	Younes El Aynaoui	6–4, 6–3

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1988	Hilversum, Netherlands	Grand Prix	Clay	Magnus Gustafsson	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez Vicario	6–7, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 1988	Geneva, Switzerland	Grand Prix	Clay	Gustavo Luza	Mansour Bahrami Tomáš Šmíd	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Sep 1989	Geneva, Switzerland	Grand Prix	Clay	Mansour Bahrami	Andrés Gómez Alberto Mancini	3–6, 5–7

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1990	Agadir, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Thomas Muster	2–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	Sep 1990	Messina, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Stefano Pescosolido	6–1, 6–3
Win	2–1	Jul 1991	Salerno, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Claudio Pistolesi	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win	3–1	Mar 1992	Agadir, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Roig	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Win	4–1	Aug 1992	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Karel Novacek	3–6, 6–2, 7–5

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1990	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Luis Herrera	Leonardo Lavalle Jorge Lozano	7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Sep 1991	Messina, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Renzo Furlan	Jan Apell Markus Naewie	6–4, 6–2

• Guillermo Perez-Roldan at theAssociation of Tennis Professionals
• Guillermo Perez-Roldan at theInternational Tennis Federation
• Guillermo Perez-Roldan at theDavis Cup (archived)
• Pérez Roldán, Academia de Tenis at theWayback Machine (archived 2014-02-03)(in Spanish)

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