# Roberto Azar

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{{short description|Argentine tennis player}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
 | name = Roberto Azar
 | image =  
 | caption = 
 | country = {{ARG}}
 | residence = [Buenos Aires](/source/Buenos_Aires)
 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|3|21|df=yes}}
 | birth_place = [Lincoln](/source/Lincoln%2C_Buenos_Aires_Province), [Argentina](/source/Argentina)
 | death_date = 
 | death_place =
 | height = {{height|m=1.85}}
 | turnedpro = 1984
 | plays = Left-handed
 | careerprizemoney = $441,303
 | singlesrecord = 48-90 
 | singlestitles = 0
 | highestsinglesranking = No. 81 (11 June 1990) 
 | currentsinglesranking =  
 | FrenchOpenresult =  3R ([1990](/source/1990_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles))
 | Wimbledonresult = 1R ([1992](/source/1992_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles), [1993](/source/1993_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles))
 | USOpenresult = 1R ([1990](/source/1990_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles), [1991](/source/1991_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles))
}}
'''Roberto Azar''' (born 21 March 1966) is a former professional [tennis](/source/tennis) player from [Argentina](/source/Argentina).

==Career==
Azar was runner-up at the [San Marino Open](/source/San_Marino_CEPU_Open) in 1989. He also reached the semi-finals at the [Bologna Outdoor tournament](/source/Bologna_Outdoor) that season, beating world number 27 [Ronald Agenor](/source/Ronald_Agenor) in the quarter-finals. He finished runner-up in the

In 1990 he made quarter-finals in Casablanca and then put together the best performance of his career up to that date by reaching the round of 16 in the [ATP German Open](/source/1990_ATP_German_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles), one of the tours most prestigious events. He defeated 11th seed and world number 18 [Carl-Uwe Steeb](/source/Carl-Uwe_Steeb) in the second round. Another solid effort in [Umag](/source/ATP_Studena_Croatia_Open) saw him make the quarter-finals and he entered the [1990 French Open](/source/1990_French_Open) as a qualifier, but had entered the top 100 for the first time. In what was his first ever [Grand Slam](/source/Grand_Slam_(tennis)), Azar defeated American [Lawson Duncan](/source/Lawson_Duncan) and Czech [Martin Střelba](/source/Martin_St%C5%99elba), before losing to [Jonas Svensson](/source/Jonas_Svensson_(tennis)) in the third round. He also made the semi-finals of the [Sanremo Open](/source/1990_Sanremo_Open), later that year.<ref>[http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10000065 ITF Tennis Profile]</ref>
 
He was a quarter-finalist at [Genoa](/source/Genoa) and a semi-finalist at [San Marino](/source/ATP_San_Marino) in 1991. The following year he won his only other Grand Slam match, the [French Open](/source/1992_French_Open) against [Henrik Holm](/source/Henrik_Holm_(tennis)). In 1993 made the quarter-finals at [Atlanta](/source/Verizon_Tennis_Challenge).<ref>[http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Az/R/Roberto-Azar.aspx ATP World Tour Profile]</ref>

==Grand Prix career finals==
===Singles: 1 (0–1)===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:40px"|Result
!style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W/L 
!style="width:60px"|Date
!style="width:140px"|Tournament
!style="width:50px"|Surface
!style="width:160px"|Opponent
!style="width:110px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|0–1
|Aug 1989
|[San Marino](/source/San_Marino_CEPU_Open), San Marino
|Clay
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [José Francisco Altur](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Francisco_Altur)
|7–6, 4–6, 1–6
|}

===Doubles: 1 (0–1)===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:40px"|Result
!style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W/L 
!style="width:60px"|Date
!style="width:140px"|Tournament
!style="width:50px"|Surface
!style="width:160px"|Partner
!style="width:160px"|Opponents
!style="width:110px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|0–1
|Apr 1987
|[Bari](/source/Hypo_Group_Tennis_International), Italy
|Clay
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [Marcelo Ingaramo](/source/Marcelo_Ingaramo)
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [Christer Allgårdh](/source/Christer_Allg%C3%A5rdh)<br />{{flagicon|SWE}} [Ulf Stenlund](/source/Ulf_Stenlund)
|3–6, 3–6
|}

==Challenger titles==
===Singles: (1)===
{|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97%
!width=20|No.
!width=50|Year
!width=200|Tournament
!width=55|Surface
!width=180|Opponent
!width=90|Score
|- 
|1.
|1992
|[Reggio Calabria](/source/Reggio_Calabria), Italy
|Clay
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [Alberto Berasategui](/source/Alberto_Berasategui)
|6–4, 6–2
|}

==References==
{{reflist|1}}

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Category:1966 births
Category:Living people
Category:Argentine male tennis players
Category:Tennis players from Buenos Aires
Category:South American Games gold medalists for Argentina
Category:South American Games silver medalists for Argentina
Category:South American Games medalists in tennis
Category:Competitors at the 1982 Southern Cross Games
Category:People from Lincoln Partido
Category:20th-century Argentine sportsmen

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