Flávio Saretta
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| Medal record | |||
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Competitor for  Brazil |
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| Gold | Rio de Janeiro 2007 | Singles | |
Flávio Saretta Filho (born on June 28, 1980 in Americana, São Paulo) is a professional tennis player from Brazil who turned professional in 1998.
Saretta has won one ATP Tour title, the 2004 Croatia Open Umag doubles title when, together with José Acasuso, he defeated Czech players Jaroslav Levinsky and David Skoch in the final (4–6, 6–2 and 6–4)
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.
During the Hamburg Masters in 2006, Saretta scored one of his biggest wins against the Russian former world number one Marat Safin. The score was 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 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.
[edit] Singles Titles
| Legend (Singles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (0) |
| Challengers (7) |
| Futures (1) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | November 1, 1999 |  León |
Clay | Marco Osorio |
6–2 6–7 6–2 |
| 2. | January 1, 2001 | São Paulo |
Hard |  Guillermo Coria |
7–6 6–2 |
| 3. | September 3, 2001 | Curitiba |
Clay |  Luis Horna |
7–6 6–1 |
| 4. | April 15, 2002 |  Bermuda |
Clay |  Vince Spadea |
6–3 7–5 |
| 5. | December 30, 2002 | São Paulo |
Hard | Andres Dellatorre |
7–6 6–3 |
| 6. | April 14, 2003 | Bermuda |
Clay |  Nicolás Massú |
6–1 6–4 |
| 7. | August 8, 2005 | Gramado |
Hard |  Jacob Adaktusson |
6–1 6–3 |
| 8. | January 2, 2006 | São Paulo |
Hard | Thiago Alves |
7–6 6–3 |
