Andrés Schneiter (born 8 April 1976) is a former professional
tennis
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player from
Argentina
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and works as a coach on
ATP tour. His career-high
ATP Entry singles ranking was No. 219 in 1998 and No. 62 in doubles in 2003.
Playing career
On the futures tour, Schneiter won four singles titles, three on clay and the other on carpet.
He was a doubles specialist who won two doubles titles with
Sergio Roitman
Sergio Andres Roitman (born 16 May 1979), nicknamed 'Motoneta' (''Shotgun'' in Spanish) is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina.
He achieved a career-high rankings of world No. 62 in singles in October 2007, and world No. 45 in do ...
at
Amsterdam
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in 2000 and at
Umag
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Its patron saint is Peregrine (martyr), St. Peregrine.
Geography
It is the westernmost town of Croatia, and it includes Bašanija, the westernmost point of Croatia.
Demographics
According to the ...
in 2001. Schneiter was a runner up at
Bucharest
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in 2002 with
Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Emilio Benfele Álvarez (born 15 November 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Spain who retired in 2005. His favourite surface was clay, and he achieved his only ATP final in 2000 in Kitzbühel. At the same tournament he reached th ...
. His best Grand Slam doubles result was reaching the third round of the
French Open
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with
Sergio Roitman
Sergio Andres Roitman (born 16 May 1979), nicknamed 'Motoneta' (''Shotgun'' in Spanish) is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina.
He achieved a career-high rankings of world No. 62 in singles in October 2007, and world No. 45 in do ...
. Schneiter retired in 2004.
Coaching career
Schneiter was the former coach of
Mariano Puerta
Mariano Rubén Puerta (; born 19 September 1978) is an Argentine tennis coach and former professional player. He reached a career-high ATP world No. 9 singles ranking in August 2005. His career highlight is reaching the final of the French O ...
and was his coach when Puerta reached the
2005 French Open
The 2005 French Open was the 104th edition of the tournament.
On the men's side, Rafael Nadal, seeded fourth at his first French Open, was a strong favorite to win the singles title after winning the Monte Carlo and Rome Masters. Guillermo Coria ...
final, where Puerta tested positive for drugs.
He later coached
Cristian Garín
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to four ATP titles
whom he is currently coaching together with
Juan Ignacio Londero
Juan Ignacio Londero (; born 15 August 1993) is an Argentine tennis player.
Londero reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 50 in November 2019 and his highest ATP doubles ranking of world No. 186 in March 2020.
Career
Londero ...
,
Federico Coria
Federico Coria (born 9 March 1992) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 49, achieved on 13 February 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 238, achieved on 22 November 2021.
Coria has won ...
and
Emilio Gómez.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 4 (4–0)
Doubles: 29 (14–15)
Performance timelines
Doubles
References
External links
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Argentine male tennis players
Argentine people of German descent
Tennis players from Buenos Aires
1976 births
Living people