title: Roberto Carruthers
text: # Roberto Carruthers
  
  Roberto Carruthers is an Argentine tennis coach and former professional player.
  
  Known as "Kiko", Carruthers competed during the 1970s and 1980s, most successfully as a doubles player. He won two doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour and featured in the main draws at both the French Open and Wimbledon.
  
  Carruthers was the first coach of Gastón Gaudio, who he took under his guidance at the Temperley Lawn Tennis club when the future French Open champion was 12 years of age. He also coached Guillermo Pérez Roldán on tour.
  
  ## ATP Challenger titles
  
  ### Doubles: (2)
  
  | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Dec 1980 | Buenos Aires Challenger Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Ricardo Cano | Alejandro Gattiker Carlos Gattiker | 6–2 6–4 |
  | 2. | Feb 1981 | Río de la Plata Challenger Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Carlos Landó | Charles Strode Morris Strode | 0–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
  