In 2004 he competed in the Tennis Olympic Tournament in both the singles and doubles tournaments. He was eliminated by Andy Roddick in the singles tournament round of 64 and, playing together with André Sá, he reached the doubles tournament round of 16, where he was eliminated by Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett, from Zimbabwe.
He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on September 15, 2003, when he became the number 44 of the world, capping what would be the best season of his professional career. He had his best results in all 4 of the Grand Slam tournaments, reaching the Round of 16 at Roland Garros. His clay court prowess was also evident when he was successful in defending his crown at the Bermuda Challenger tournament in April.
During the Hamburg Masters in 2006, Saretta scored one of his biggest wins against the Russian former World No. 1 Marat Safin, 5–7, 6–0, 6–4.
Flávio Saretta won the Rio Pan-American Games 2007, after saving 2 match-points at semi and at final against, respectively, Eduardo Schwank and Adrián García. In the end of 2007 Saretta had one of the biggest injuries of his entire career and he is out of the circuit since then.
In 2009, Saretta announced that he will stop playing professionally because he is tired of "fighting against the pain" of his injuries. He had an unsuccessful comeback in 2014, losing all his matches that year in three tournaments played in Brazilian soil.
In 2015 Saretta became a tennis commentator for BandSports, a Brazilian sports cable channel.
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Flavio Saretta news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message Flavio Saretta Filho born June 28 1980 is a former professional tennis player 1 from Brazil who turned professional in 1998 Flavio SarettaCountry sports BrazilResidenceAmericana BrazilBorn 1980 06 28 June 28 1980 age 43 Americana BrazilHeight1 82 m 6 ft 0 in Turned pro1998Retired2014PlaysRight handed two handed backhand Prize money 1 239 319SinglesCareer record77 80 at ATP Tour level Grand Slam level and in Davis Cup Career titles0Highest rankingNo 44 September 15 2003 Grand Slam singles resultsAustralian Open1R 2002 2003 2004 2005 French Open4R 2003 Wimbledon3R 2002 2003 US Open3R 2003 DoublesCareer record19 24 at ATP Tour level Grand Slam level and in Davis Cup Career titles1Highest rankingNo 78 July 26 2004 Grand Slam doubles resultsAustralian OpenQF 2004 French Open1R 2003 2004 Wimbledon2R 2004 Flavio Saretta Medal record Representing Brazil Men s Tennis Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro 2007 Singles Contents 1 Tennis career 2 Titles 12 2 1 Singles 7 2 2 Doubles 5 3 Runners up 14 3 1 Singles 6 3 2 Doubles 8 4 References 5 External linksTennis career editSaretta has won one ATP Tour doubles title the 2004 Croatia Open Umag with Jose Acasuso defeating Czech players Jaroslav Levinsky and David Skoch in the final In 2004 he competed in the Tennis Olympic Tournament in both the singles and doubles tournaments He was eliminated by Andy Roddick in the singles tournament round of 64 and playing together with Andre Sa he reached the doubles tournament round of 16 where he was eliminated by Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett from Zimbabwe He reached his highest singles ATP ranking on September 15 2003 when he became the number 44 of the world capping what would be the best season of his professional career He had his best results in all 4 of the Grand Slam tournaments reaching the Round of 16 at Roland Garros His clay court prowess was also evident when he was successful in defending his crown at the Bermuda Challenger tournament in April During the Hamburg Masters in 2006 Saretta scored one of his biggest wins against the Russian former World No 1 Marat Safin 5 7 6 0 6 4 Flavio Saretta won the Rio Pan American Games 2007 after saving 2 match points at semi and at final against respectively Eduardo Schwank and Adrian Garcia In the end of 2007 Saretta had one of the biggest injuries of his entire career and he is out of the circuit since then In 2009 Saretta announced that he will stop playing professionally because he is tired of fighting against the pain of his injuries He had an unsuccessful comeback in 2014 losing all his matches that year in three tournaments played in Brazilian soil In 2015 Saretta became a tennis commentator for BandSports a Brazilian sports cable channel Titles 12 editSingles 7 edit Legend Grand Slam 0 Tennis Masters Cup 0 ATP Masters Series 0 ATP Tour 0 Challengers 7 Titles by surface Hard 4 Grass 0 Clay 3 Carpet 0 No Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score 1 January 1 2001 Sao Paulo Brazil Hard nbsp Guillermo Coria 7 6 7 6 2 2 September 4 2001 Curitiba Brazil Clay nbsp Luis Horna 7 6 3 6 1 3 April 15 2002 Bermuda Bermuda Clay nbsp Vince Spadea 6 3 7 5 4 December 30 2002 Sao Paulo Brazil Hard nbsp Andres Dellatorre 7 6 5 6 3 5 April 14 2003 Bermuda Bermuda Clay nbsp Nicolas Massu 6 1 6 4 6 August 8 2005 Gramado Brazil Hard nbsp Jacob Adaktusson 6 1 6 3 7 January 2 2006 Sao Paulo Brazil Hard nbsp Thiago Alves 7 6 2 6 3 Doubles 5 edit Legend Grand Slam 0 Tennis Masters Cup 0 ATP Masters Series 0 ATP Tour 1 Challengers 4 Titles by surface Hard 1 Grass 0 Clay 4 Carpet 0 No Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score 1 September 2 2001 Campinas Brazil Clay nbsp Edgardo Massa nbsp Adriano Ferreira nbsp Antonio Prieto 1 6 7 6 5 6 4 2 July 19 2004 Umag Croatia Clay nbsp Jose Acasuso nbsp Jaroslav Levinsky nbsp David Skoch 4 6 6 2 6 4 3 January 8 2006 Sao Paulo Brazil Hard nbsp Thiago Alves nbsp Lucas Engel nbsp Andre Ghem 7 6 10 6 3 4 November 12 2006 Buenos Aires Argentina Clay nbsp Andre Ghem nbsp Tomas Behrend nbsp Marcel Granollers 6 1 6 4 5 October 19 2008 Montevideo Uruguay Clay nbsp Franco Ferreiro nbsp Daniel Gimeno Traver nbsp Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 6 3 6 2Runners up 14 editSingles 6 edit Legend Grand Slam 0 Tennis Masters Cup 0 ATP Masters Series 0 ATP Tour 0 Challengers 6 Finals by surface Hard 1 Grass 0 Clay 5 Carpet 0 No Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score 1 July 30 2001 Belo Horizonte Brazil Hard nbsp Eric Taino 5 7 6 1 6 2 2 April 4 2005 Mexico City Mexico Clay nbsp Florent Serra 6 1 6 4 3 June 6 2005 Lugano Switzerland Clay nbsp Albert Montanes 7 5 6 7 4 7 6 5 4 November 7 2005 Guayaquil Ecuador Clay nbsp Marcos Daniel 6 2 1 6 6 0 5 November 13 2006 Asuncion Paraguay Clay nbsp Guillermo Canas 6 4 6 1 6 March 12 2007 Bogota Colombia Clay nbsp Santiago Giraldo 7 6 4 6 2 Doubles 8 edit Legend Grand Slam 0 Tennis Masters Cup 0 ATP Masters Series 0 ATP Tour 0 Challengers 8 Finals by surface Hard 2 Grass 0 Clay 6 Carpet 0 No Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score 1 October 9 2000 Guadalajara Mexico Clay nbsp Fernando Meligeni nbsp Hugo Armando nbsp Alexander Waske 7 6 4 4 6 7 6 7 2 January 1 2001 Sao Paulo Brazil Hard nbsp Cedric Kauffmann nbsp Noam Okun nbsp Andre Sa 6 4 1 6 6 4 3 March 12 2001 Salinas Ecuador Hard nbsp Daniel Melo nbsp Luis Horna nbsp David Nalbandian 6 4 0 6 6 1 4 July 9 2001 Campinas Brazil Clay nbsp Jose de Armas nbsp Edgardo Massa nbsp Leonardo Olguin 6 7 6 6 2 7 5 5 April 4 2005 Mexico City Mexico Clay nbsp Marcos Daniel nbsp Lukas Dlouhy nbsp Pavel Snobel 5 7 6 4 6 3 6 July 3 2007 Turin Italy Clay nbsp Pablo Andujar nbsp Pablo Cuevas nbsp Horacio Zeballos 6 3 6 1 7 September 8 2008 Seville Spain Clay nbsp Rogerio Dutra da Silva nbsp David Marrero nbsp Pablo Santos 2 6 6 2 10 8 8 March 9 2009 Santiago Chile Clay nbsp Rogerio Dutra da Silva nbsp Sebastian Prieto nbsp Horacio Zeballos 7 6 2 6 2References edit https www atptour com en players S876 overviewExternal links editFlavio Saretta at the Association of Tennis Professionals nbsp Flavio Saretta at the International Tennis Federation nbsp Flavio Saretta at the Davis Cup nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Flavio Saretta amp oldid 1219895199, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
