Argüello was an ambidextrous player, capable of using right-handed shots for balls to his right and left-handed stokes for balls to the left of him. He however favoured a two-handed forehand and backhand.[2]
In 1982, the year of the Falklands War, he left tennis in order to serve with the Argentine Army. He played just one tournament that season, the Buenos Aires Open in February.[2]
Argüello returned to the Grand Prix tennis circuit in 1983 and made an immediate impression, winning the Venice Open, as a qualifier. The 20-year-old defeated top seed Eliot Teltscher in the opening round and secured the tournament with a win over Jimmy Brown in the final. This made him just the fourth qualifier to ever win a Grand Prix title.[2]
Also in 1983, Argüello upset world number seven José Luis Clerc to make the quarter-finals in Indianapolis and made another quarter-final appearances at Bordeaux.[2]
Argüello attained his career best ranking, 38th in the world, in 1984, after making the semi-finals at Nice. He was also a semi-finalist in Palermo.[2]
In 1985 he had his most consistent year on tour, reaching the quarter-finals of five tournaments, Buenos Aires, Nice, Bari, Palermo and Geneva. Another notables performances that season included beating world number six Anders Järryd in Hamburg and defeating Yannick Noah in Barcelona, when the Frenchman was also sixth in the world.[2]
Argüello was a semi-finalist at Buenos Aires in 1986, the last time he would make it that far in a tournament. He did however make three further quarter-final appearances, at both Guarujá and Buenos Aires in 1988 and St Vincent in 1989.[2]
While Argüello had success on the Grand Prix circuit, he struggled to make an impact in Grand Slam tournaments. He entered the main draw of six Grand Slams but only once made it past the first round, at the 1985 French Open, when he defeated Marty Davis in straight sets. The Argentine was then eliminated in the second round by Tomáš Šmíd.[3]
His Davis Cup record for Argentina stands at 1-1. He had a win over Italian Francesco Cancellotti in 1983, to give Argentina a 5-0 clean-sweep of their World Group Quarter-final but lost to Raúl Viver of Ecuador in 1985. Both matches were dead rubbers.[4]
roberto, argüello, born, 1963, former, professional, tennis, player, from, argentina, country, sports, argentinaresidencebuenos, airesborn, 1963, 1963, rosario, argentinaheight1, playsambidextrousprize, money, 299singlescareer, record61, 84career, titles1highe. Roberto Arguello born 12 May 1963 is a former professional tennis player from Argentina 1 Roberto ArguelloCountry sports ArgentinaResidenceBuenos AiresBorn 1963 05 12 12 May 1963 age 60 Rosario ArgentinaHeight1 73 m 5 ft 8 in PlaysAmbidextrousPrize money 241 299SinglesCareer record61 84Career titles1Highest rankingNo 38 16 Apr 1984 Grand Slam singles resultsFrench Open2R 1985 US Open1R 1984 1985 DoublesCareer record10 26Career titles0Highest rankingNo 109 26 Nov 1984 Contents 1 Career 2 Grand Prix career finals 2 1 Singles 1 1 0 3 Challenger titles 3 1 Singles 1 4 References 5 External linksCareer editArguello was an ambidextrous player capable of using right handed shots for balls to his right and left handed stokes for balls to the left of him He however favoured a two handed forehand and backhand 2 The Argentine was the 1977 Junior Orange Bowl champion and four years later won the Under 18s Orange Bowl 2 In 1982 the year of the Falklands War he left tennis in order to serve with the Argentine Army He played just one tournament that season the Buenos Aires Open in February 2 Arguello returned to the Grand Prix tennis circuit in 1983 and made an immediate impression winning the Venice Open as a qualifier The 20 year old defeated top seed Eliot Teltscher in the opening round and secured the tournament with a win over Jimmy Brown in the final This made him just the fourth qualifier to ever win a Grand Prix title 2 Also in 1983 Arguello upset world number seven Jose Luis Clerc to make the quarter finals in Indianapolis and made another quarter final appearances at Bordeaux 2 Arguello attained his career best ranking 38th in the world in 1984 after making the semi finals at Nice He was also a semi finalist in Palermo 2 In 1985 he had his most consistent year on tour reaching the quarter finals of five tournaments Buenos Aires Nice Bari Palermo and Geneva Another notables performances that season included beating world number six Anders Jarryd in Hamburg and defeating Yannick Noah in Barcelona when the Frenchman was also sixth in the world 2 Arguello was a semi finalist at Buenos Aires in 1986 the last time he would make it that far in a tournament He did however make three further quarter final appearances at both Guaruja and Buenos Aires in 1988 and St Vincent in 1989 2 While Arguello had success on the Grand Prix circuit he struggled to make an impact in Grand Slam tournaments He entered the main draw of six Grand Slams but only once made it past the first round at the 1985 French Open when he defeated Marty Davis in straight sets The Argentine was then eliminated in the second round by Tomas Smid 3 His Davis Cup record for Argentina stands at 1 1 He had a win over Italian Francesco Cancellotti in 1983 to give Argentina a 5 0 clean sweep of their World Group Quarter final but lost to Raul Viver of Ecuador in 1985 Both matches were dead rubbers 4 Grand Prix career finals editSingles 1 1 0 edit Result W L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score Win 1 0 1983 Venice Italy Clay nbsp Jimmy Brown 2 6 6 2 6 0Challenger titles editSingles 1 edit No Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score 1 1990 Geneva Switzerland Clay nbsp Daniel Orsanic 6 3 6 0References edit Guillermo Salatino El Septimo Game Page 183 2006 donde salieron Jose Luis Clerc Fernando Dalla Fontana Roberto Arguello a b c d e f g h ATP World Tour Profile ITF Tennis Profile Davis Cup ProfileExternal links editRoberto Arguello Official website Roberto Arguello at the Association of Tennis Professionals nbsp Roberto Arguello at the International Tennis Federation nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roberto Arguello amp oldid 1080570423, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
