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Roberto Arguello

ARG Age 63 173 cm / 5'8" ATP Tour years active: 1979–1990

Roberto Arguello represented Argentina on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 38. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 60–82 and one singles title.

Peak singles rank

38 (Apr 16, 1984)

Elo peak

1719 (57th percentile)

Singles record

60–82 (42.3%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$241,299

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Roberto Arguello's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Alexander Mronz #140	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 13, 1990*	R32	Geneva Open	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Michael Tauson #144	7-6 4-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 1, 1990*	R64	Austrian Open Kitzbühel	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Luiz Mattar #49	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 6, 1990*	R16	Rio de Janeiro	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Carpet
Pablo Albano #278	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 5, 1990*	R32	Rio de Janeiro	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Carpet
John Sobel #416	7-5 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 8, 1990*	R32	Guaruja	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Hard

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Roberto Arguello's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Pablo Arraya	2	3	5	Oct 1, 1987	H2H
Emilio Sanchez	0	4	4	Aug 5, 1987	H2H
Jimmy Brown	2	2	4	Apr 17, 1986	—
Sergio Casal	1	2	3	Apr 15, 1988	H2H
Jose Lopez Maeso	2	1	3	Nov 15, 1986	—

Singles Titles (1)

Roberto Arguello singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1983	20	1	—	—	—	1	—	Venice
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Roberto Arguello career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1979	16	0	1	1	0.0%	377	377
1981	18	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—
1982	19	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1983	20	11	5	16	68.8%	743	50
1984	21	12	15	27	44.4%	49	124
1985	22	18	15	33	54.6%	126	69
1986	23	7	15	22	31.8%	70	231
1987	24	1	10	11	9.1%	231	177
1988	25	6	7	13	46.2%	177	177
1989	26	3	7	10	30.0%	174	190
1990	27	1	4	5	20.0%	167	217
Career		60	82	142	42.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Roberto Arguello career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1979	16	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1981	18	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1982	19	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1983	20	—	—	—	—	11	5	16	68.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11	5	16	68.8%
1984	21	0	1	1	0.0%	12	14	26	46.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12	15	27	44.4%
1985	22	0	1	1	0.0%	18	14	32	56.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18	15	33	54.5%
1986	23	—	—	—	—	7	15	22	31.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	15	22	31.8%
1987	24	0	1	1	0.0%	1	9	10	10.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	10	11	9.1%
1988	25	2	1	3	66.7%	4	6	10	40.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	7	13	46.2%
1989	26	0	1	1	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	3	7	10	30.0%
1990	27	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
Career	—	2	6	8	25.0%	57	74	131	43.5%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	60	82	142	42.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Roberto Arguello career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1979	16	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1981	18	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1983	20	1	1	2	50.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	0	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%
1984	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	6	1	7	85.7%	10	12	22	45.5%
1985	22	2	1	3	66.7%	1	3	4	25.0%	7	8	15	46.7%	4	1	5	80.0%	14	13	27	51.9%
1986	23	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	5	14	19	26.3%
1987	24	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	1	10	11	9.1%
1988	25	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	4	6	10	40.0%
1989	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	3	7	10	30.0%
1990	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
Career		3	5	8	37.5%	2	13	15	13.3%	19	30	49	38.8%	18	24	42	42.9%	42	72	114	36.8%

Opponent ranking data available for 114/142 (80.3%) of Roberto Arguello's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Roberto Arguello advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1979	16	1497	104.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.19
1981	18	1504	119.2	—	—	—	—	—	+31	—	33.3%	-0.50	—	—	—	+0.05
1982	19	1488	96.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	+0.23
1983	20	1642	136.0	—	—	—	—	—	+38	—	60.0%	+0.89	4–1 (80%)	2–2 (50%)	104.9	+0.42
1984	21	1604	122.7	—	—	—	—	—	+31	—	46.9%	-0.34	2–4 (33%)	4–5 (44%)	96.7	+1.45
1985	22	1701	137.5	—	—	—	—	—	+39	—	52.7%	-0.12	3–1 (75%)	4–1 (80%)	106.2	-0.76
1986	23	1572	108.9	—	—	—	—	—	+23	—	33.3%	-1.24	3–3 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	100.8	+1.14
1987	24	1491	112.0	—	—	—	—	—	+26	—	16.7%	-2.63	0–2	2–0	—	-0.22
1988	25	1515	111.9	—	—	—	—	+6	+9	—	51.6%	+0.29	1–4 (20%)	1–4 (20%)	95.7	+1.42
1989	26	1501	116.3	—	—	—	—	—	+30	—	34.8%	-0.35	1–4 (20%)	1–4 (20%)	95.2	+0.55
1990	27	1466	102.8	—	—	—	—	+33	—	—	33.3%	-0.50	0–2	1–1	—	+0.51
Career		1719	129.8	—	—	—	—	+20	+30	—	43.5%	-0.45	14–21 (40%)	17–19 (47%)	98.8	+3.24

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Roberto Arguello Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	USO	W-L Win %
1984	21	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
1985	22	R64	R128	1–2 (33%)
1986	23	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–3 (25%)	0–2 (0%)	1–5 (17%)

ATP 500

Roberto Arguello ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	W-L Win %
1981	18	R64	0–1 (0%)
1984	21	R32	1–1 (50%)
1985	22	R64	0–1 (0%)
1986	23	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–4 (20%)	1–4 (20%)

ATP 250

Roberto Arguello ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	BUE	FLR	GEN	HAM	AUS	MAD	MC	MUN	NAP	RIO	WAS	AIX	BAR	BOL	BOR	DUT	FOR	GUA	MAR	NIC	NOR	PAL	SAN	SAO	ST.	U.S	VEN	W-L Win %
1979	16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1981	18	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1982	19	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1983	20	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	W	11–5 (69%)
1984	21	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	R32	R32	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	SF	R16	SF	—	—	—	R32	—	11–12 (48%)
1985	22	R16	QF	—	QF	R16	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	R64	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	17–12 (59%)
1986	23	—	SF	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	R32	R32	R32	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	R32	R32	—	7–13 (35%)
1987	24	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	1–10 (9%)
1988	25	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	6–7 (46%)
1989	26	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	R64	—	3–7 (30%)
1990	27	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–4 (20%)
W-L		2–3 (40%)	8–7 (53%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	2–1 (67%)	0–4 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–4 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	0–2 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	6–3 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	6–6 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	4–5 (44%)	5–0 (100%)	58–73 (44%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Apr 16, 1984

First Top 100

Aug 8, 1983

First Top 50

Sep 19, 1983

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Roberto Arguello ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1979	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	377
1980	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	365
1983	20	743	—	—	—	—	—	—	65	46	44	47	50
1984	21	56	53	52	40	51	75	75	108	110	116	111	124
1985	22	121	122	97	115	88	85	87	83	72	68	73	69
1986	23	70	74	85	92	120	129	151	165	303	291	232	231
1987	24	237	190	137	143	142	133	137	136	118	128	180	177
1988	25	170	195	244	238	221	213	204	183	196	195	181	177
1989	26	192	204	219	195	186	178	193	196	200	180	198	190
1990	27	165	172	168	205	206	205	220	186	196	196	204	217
1991	28	218	215	224	254	253	255	254	394	467	492	502	516
1992	29	519	520	524	531	526	533	642	829	829	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Roberto Arguello's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Hans Schwaier	GER	#38	1,749	141	57	84	40.4%	$295,886	0	1981–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Thomas Hogstedt	SWE	#38	1,736	243	90	153	37.0%	$609,935	1	1979–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Larry Stefanki	USA	#35	1,729	140	53	87	37.9%	$290,073	1	1979–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Bob Green	USA	#39	1,729	98	43	55	43.9%	$173,900	0	1984–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Jay Lapidus	USA	#34	1,780	182	76	106	41.8%	$245,642	1	1978–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Peter Doohan	AUS	#43	1,737	132	50	82	37.9%	$445,192	1	1979–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Peter Rennert	USA	#40	1,770	109	49	60	45.0%	—	0	1979–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Pedro Rebolledo	CHI	#36	1,802	194	91	103	46.9%	$435,551	3	1978–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Bud Schultz	USA	#40	1,774	101	47	54	46.5%	$197,894	0	1983–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Jonathan Canter	USA	#36	1,794	164	68	96	41.5%	$474,516	1	1982–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Claudio Panatta	ITA	#46	1,749	235	100	135	42.6%	$455,274	1	1979–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Christo Steyn	RSA	#42	1,748	96	43	53	44.8%	$251,474	0	1983–1988	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Roberto Arguello?: Roberto Arguello is 63 years old, born on May 12, 1963.
Which country does Roberto Arguello represent?: Roberto Arguello represents Argentina in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Roberto Arguello?: Roberto Arguello is 173 cm / 5'8".
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Roberto Arguello won?: Roberto Arguello has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Roberto Arguello won?: TennisDB does not group any of Roberto Arguello's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Roberto Arguello won?: Roberto Arguello has won 1 ATP singles title across all categories. The most recent was Venice in 1983.
What is Roberto Arguello's highest ATP ranking?: Roberto Arguello's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 38, first achieved on April 16, 1984.
What is Roberto Arguello's career win-loss record?: Roberto Arguello has a career ATP singles record of 60 wins and 82 losses (42.3%).
How much career prize money has Roberto Arguello earned?: Roberto Arguello has earned at least $241,299 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Roberto Arguello's career appear in TennisDB?: Roberto Arguello appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1979 through 1990.
On which surface does Roberto Arguello have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Roberto Arguello's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 43.5% (57–74).
Who has Roberto Arguello faced most often?: Roberto Arguello's most frequent opponent is Pablo Arraya, with a head-to-head record of 2–3 across 5 meetings.