Roberto Carretero: "I have broken fewer rackets than people believe"

Fernando Murciego | 20 Oct 2025 | 21.42

Interview with Roberto Carretero on 'Llamada a pista'. Source: Punto de Break

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The story of Roberto Carretero will always be one of the great stories in Spanish tennis. A story that deserved a book – published a week ago – and therefore an interview on our podcast. Here we fulfill our part of the deal.

With Carlos Calderón leading the conversation, we will be able to firsthand discover the story of Roberto Carretero, famous today for almost two decades of tennis commentary on television, although his connection to this sport started much earlier. As a player, winning Roland Garros Junior, conquering the Masters 1000 in Hamburg at only 20 years old, then experiencing a setback that prevented him from continuing to evolve on the court. He talks about everything in his new book, ' Tennis from Within,' a work that reviews his entire journey from when he picked up his first racket to when he held a microphone for the first time.

Roberto Carretero, the story of a shooting star

If you are not yet familiar with what happened during his time as a player, we not only invite you to get a copy of his book but also encourage you to listen to the interview we had with him on 'Llamada a pista,' where Roberto talks to us, precisely, hours before presenting his autobiography publicly. In the conversation, he will talk about his beginnings, what it meant to have to move to Barcelona, sharing an era with people like Albert Costa or Àlex Corretja, and also about what it means to have an immense potential that everyone talks about.

That's where things start to go wrong, right after his biggest success, the Masters 1000 in Hamburg. The pressure, the expectations, the mental struggle, but also the injuries, a different physique, and the lack of a suitable environment to guide him towards better preparation. As you'll see, we also don't want to reveal too much from the 50 minutes of the interview we had with Carretero, so it's best to leave the content here for you to enjoy.