Francisco 'Francis' Roig Genís (born 1 April 1968) is a retired professional
tennis
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player from
Spain
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, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
. He is primarily a doubles player, winning 9
ATP World Tour
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titles and reaching 12 more finals. He acted as the alternate coach of fellow Spaniard
Rafael Nadal
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from 2005 until 2022.
ATP Tour finals
Doubles (9 titles)
Finalist (12)
*1992: Guaruja (with
Diego Pérez, lost to
Christer Allgårdh
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Career
Allgårdh won the doubles event at the 1982 Junior Orange Bowl, with Bruno Orešar of Yugoslavia. Back home in Sweden he was a national junior ...
and
Carl Limberger
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).
*1993:
Umag
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It is the westernmost town of Croatia, and it includes Bašanija, the westernmost point of Croatia.
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Umag has a population of 7,281, with a total municipal populatio ...
(with
Jordi Arrese
Jordi Arrese i Castañé (; born 29 August 1964) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.
Born in Barcelona, Arrese won the men's singles silver medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in his home town. In the final, he was defeated in a mara ...
, lost to
Filip Dewulf
Filip Dewulf (born 15 March 1972) is a former professional male tennis player from Belgium.
In his career, he won two ATP Tour singles titles and one title in doubles. In 1997 he reached the semifinals of the French Open, his best singles resu ...
and
Tom Vanhoudt
Tom Vanhoudt (born 28 July 1972, in Diest, Flemish Brabant), is a former professional tennis player from Belgium.
Vanhoudt achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 36 in 2001. He participated in 9 Davis Cup ties for Belgium
Be ...
).
*1994: Santiago (with
Tomás Carbonell
Tomás Carbonell Lladó (born 7 August 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.
Carbonell won 2 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. He won French Open in 2001 in mixed doubles with Virginia Ruano Pascu ...
, lost to
Karel Nováček
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and
Mats Wilander
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).
*1994:
Buenos Aires
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(with
Tomás Carbonell
Tomás Carbonell Lladó (born 7 August 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.
Carbonell won 2 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. He won French Open in 2001 in mixed doubles with Virginia Ruano Pascu ...
, lost to
Sergio Casal
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and
Emilio Sánchez
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).
*1995:
Dubai
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(with
Tomás Carbonell
Tomás Carbonell Lladó (born 7 August 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.
Carbonell won 2 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. He won French Open in 2001 in mixed doubles with Virginia Ruano Pascu ...
, lost to
Grant Connell
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and
Patrick Galbraith
Patrick Galbraith (born April 16, 1967) is an American former doubles world No. 1 tennis player.
Career
A doubles specialist, Galbraith reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1993. During his career he won 38 top-level doubles titles. He w ...
).
*1995:
Rotterdam
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(with
Tomás Carbonell
Tomás Carbonell Lladó (born 7 August 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.
Carbonell won 2 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. He won French Open in 2001 in mixed doubles with Virginia Ruano Pascu ...
, lost to
Martin Damm
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and
Anders Järryd
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).
*1996:
Casablanca
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(with
Tomás Carbonell
Tomás Carbonell Lladó (born 7 August 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.
Carbonell won 2 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. He won French Open in 2001 in mixed doubles with Virginia Ruano Pascu ...
, lost to
Jiří Novák
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Career
Novák turned professional in 1993 and won seven singles and 18 doubles ...
and
David Rikl
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).
*1996:
Stuttgart Outdoor (with
Tomás Carbonell
Tomás Carbonell Lladó (born 7 August 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.
Carbonell won 2 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. He won French Open in 2001 in mixed doubles with Virginia Ruano Pascu ...
, lost to
Libor Pimek
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Pimek's best Grand Slam singles result came at the 1987 US Open when he reached the 3rd round, losing to Swede Mats Wilander in straight sets. He won one singles tou ...
and
Byron Talbot
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).
*1998: Antwerp (with
Tomás Carbonell
Tomás Carbonell Lladó (born 7 August 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.
Carbonell won 2 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. He won French Open in 2001 in mixed doubles with Virginia Ruano Pascu ...
, lost to
Wayne Ferreira
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Career
As a junior player, Ferreira was ranked world no. 1 junior doubles player and no. 6 junior singles player. He ...
and
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
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).
*1998: Lyon (with
Tomás Carbonell
Tomás Carbonell Lladó (born 7 August 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.
Carbonell won 2 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. He won French Open in 2001 in mixed doubles with Virginia Ruano Pascu ...
, lost to
Olivier Delaître
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and
Fabrice Santoro
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).
*1999: Majorca (with
Alberto Berasategui
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, lost to
Lucas Arnold
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Arnold Ker started playing tennis in the Olivos Tenis Club of Buenos Aires, under coach Malcolm Campbell. He is the younger brother of Patricio Arnold ...
and
Tomás Carbonell
Tomás Carbonell Lladó (born 7 August 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.
Carbonell won 2 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. He won French Open in 2001 in mixed doubles with Virginia Ruano Pascu ...
).
*2001: Majorca (with
Feliciano López
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, lost to
Donald Johnson
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and
Jared Palmer
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).
Top 10 wins
* Roig has a 1–7 (.125) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
References
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1968 births
Living people
Tennis players from Catalonia
Spanish male tennis players
Tennis players from Barcelona
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