Diego Hartfield

Diego Hartfield (born 31 January 1981), nicknamed 'El Gato Hartfield' (Hartfield the Cat in Spanish) is a stockbroker and a former tennis player on the ATP Tour from Argentina.

Diego Hartfield
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1981-01-31) 31 January 1981
Oberá, Argentina
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2006
Retired2010
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$571,141
Singles
Career record18–28
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 73 (10 September 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2008)
French Open2R (2007)
Wimbledon1R (2007)
US Open1R (2007)
Doubles
Career record4–12
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 149 (9 June 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQ1 (2006)
US Open1R (2007)
Last updated on: 15 November 2021.

Career

2000 : Diego began his pro career by playing Futures in South America.

2001 : He reached his first career Futures final in Mendoza (Argentina), was three times Doubles finalist at Futures, and won one title in Asunción (Paraguay)

2002 : He won his first career Futures Singles title in Viña del Mar (Chile) and reached the final in Santa Cruz (Bolivia). He won two Doubles titles in Bolivia at the Cochabamba and Santa Cruz Futures and reached the final in La Paz (Bolivia).

2003 : Diego won the Futures title in Viña del Mar, for the second time. He reached the Singles finals in Uruguay and Buenos Aires. He won a Futures doubles title in Santiago de Chile and reached three finals in Argentina, Uruguay and Slovenia.

2004 : He won a Futures title at Santiago de Chile and three Futures doubles titles in San Salvador, Netherlands (Alkmaar) and France (Blois).

2005 : He reached his first career Challenger Singles final in Buenos Aires and in Doubles in Nashville (USA). He won a Futures title in Córdoba (Argentina), reached the Futures Singles final in Colombia, but won the title in Doubles.

2006 : He won three Challenger titles in Atlanta (USA), Tunica Resorts (USA), Bogotá (Colombia) and entered the Top 125 for the first time. He played his first Gran Slam in Roland Garros as a qualifier and entered the main draw, but lost vs. world No. 1 Roger Federer after a hard battle.

2007 : He reached the final of the São Paulo Challenger and advanced to his first ATP SF in his hometown of Buenos Aires. He reached the semis at the Prague and San Marino Challengers. He was Doubles finalist at the Challenger in Andrézieux (France) and Singles finalist in Bogotá (Colombia). In Roland Garros, he defeated Ginepri in five sets in the first round before losing to Ferrer in the second round. For the first time, he reached a QF indoor in Lyon (France). Always improving his ranking, he finished in the Top 100 for the first time.

2008 : He reached the Singles Challenger final in Milano (Italy) and Scheveningen (the Netherlands) and the Doubles final at the Bordeaux Challenger (France).

2009 : During a practice at the Copa Petrobras Challenger in Buenos Aires, Diego twisted his knee and tore its ligaments. The same accident happened to his other knee at the Copa Telmex in Buenos Aires. After two surgeries that took him away from the courts until September, he made a short comeback at Futures in Adrogué (Argentina). He's training hard to be back on tour during Spring 2010.

2010: Hartfield announces his retirement from professional tennis.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 16 (7–9)
Legend
ATP Challenger (3–4)
ITF Futures (4–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (7–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)


Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2001 Argentina F4, Mendoza Futures Clay Guillermo Carry 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2002 Bolivia F3, Santa Cruz Futures Clay Cristian Villagran 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Oct 2002 Chile F5, Viña del Mar Futures Clay Marko Neunteibl 6–7(4–7), 6–0, 6–3
Loss 1–3 Sep 2003 Argentina F3, Buenos Aires Futures Clay Carlos Berlocq 6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Win 2–3 Oct 2003 Chile F5, Santiago Futures Clay Brian Dabul 6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–4 Nov 2003 Uruguay F1, Montevideo Futures Clay Edgardo Massa 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win 3–4 Nov 2004 Chile F3, Santiago Futures Clay Marko Neunteibl 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–2
Loss 3–5 May 2005 Colombia F4, Pereira Futures Clay Bruno Soares 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6
Win 4–5 May 2005 Argentina F5, Cordoba Futures Clay Rodolfo Daruich 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–4
Loss 4–6 Nov 2005 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay Carlos Berlocq 5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Win 5–6 May 2006 Atlanta, United States Challenger Clay Frank Dancevic 7–5, 6–0
Win 6–6 May 2006 Tunica Resorts, United States Challenger Clay Mardy Fish 6–4, 6–4
Win 7–6 Oct 2006 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Daniel Koellerer 6–3, 7–5
Loss 7–7 Jan 2007 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Hard Guillermo Canas 3–6, 4–6
Loss 7–8 Jun 2008 Milan, Italy Challenger Clay Teimuraz Gabashvili 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 7–9 Jul 2008 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay Jesse Huta Galung 3–6, 4–6


Doubles: 19 (10–9)
Legend
ATP Challenger (2–2)
ITF Futures (8–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (10–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2001 Argentina F5, Cordoba Futures Clay Ignacio Gonzalez King Mariano Delfino
Patricio Rudi		 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2001 Argentina F7, Buenos Aires Futures Clay Juan-Pablo Guzman Daniel Caracciolo
Martin Vassallo Arguello		 6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Win 1–2 Oct 2001 Paraguay F1, Asuncion Futures Clay Matias O'Neille Sebastian Decoud
Sebastian Uriarte		 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(9–7)
Loss 1–3 Sep 2002 Bolivia F1, La Paz Futures Clay Ignacio Gonzalez King Casey Smith
Martin Stringari		 3–6, 5–7
Win 2–3 Sep 2002 Bolivia F2, Cochabamba Futures Clay Ignacio Gonzalez King Casey Smith
Martin Stringari		 7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Win 3–3 Sep 2002 Bolivia F3, Santa Cruz Futures Clay Ignacio Gonzalez King Sebastian Decoud
Juan-Felipe Yanez		 7–5, 6–2
Loss 3–4 Jun 2003 Slovenia F1, Kranj Futures Clay Ignacio Gonzalez King Ivan Cerovic
Aleksander Slovic		 6–7(1–7), 7–6(8–6), 4–6
Win 4–4 Oct 2003 Chile F4, Santiago Futures Clay Patricio Rudi Diego Junqueira
Edgardo Massa		 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 4–5 Oct 2003 Argentina F4, Mendoza Futures Clay Damian Patriarca Brian Dabul
Diego Moyano		 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Loss 4–6 Nov 2003 Uruguay F1, Montevideo Futures Clay Sebastian Decoud Gustavo Marcaccio
Patricio Rudi		 4–6, 4–6
Win 5–6 Jan 2004 El Salvador F1, San Salvador Futures Clay Gustavo Marcaccio Lucas Engel
Marcio Torres		 6–0, 6–2
Loss 5–7 May 2004 Colombia F1, Cali Futures Clay Damian Patriarca Michael Quintero Aguilar
Carlos Salamanca		 5–7, 4–6
Win 6–7 Jun 2004 France F8, Blois Futures Clay Brian Dabul Steve Darcis
Stefan Wauters		 7–5, 6–4
Win 7–7 Jun 2004 Netherlanda F1, Alkmaar Futures Clay Cristian Villagran Jun Kato
Jean-Julien Rojer		 6–2, 6–3
Win 8–7 May 2005 Colombia F4, Pereira Futures Clay Daniel Garza Pablo Gonzalez
Bruno Soares		 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–1)
Loss 8–8 Nov 2005 Nashville, United States Challenger Hard Santiago Gonzalez Ilija Bozoljac
Brian Wilson		 6–7(6–8), 4–6
Win 9–8 Mar 2007 Bogota, Colombia Challenger Clay Martín García Fred Gil
Dick Norman		 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Loss 9–9 Oct 2007 Andrézieux, France Challenger Hard Jose Acasuso Martín García
SebastiaPrieto		 3–6, 1–6
Win 10–9 May 2008 Bordeaux, France Challenger Clay Sergio Roitman Tomasz Bednarek
Dusan Vemic		 6–4, 6–4


Performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles
Tournament2005200620072008SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q1 A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A 1R 2R Q2 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wimbledon Q2 Q3 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open Q1 Q1 1R Q3 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 0 / 5 1–5 17%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami A A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 



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