- Andrés Gómez
Infobox Tennis player
playername = Andrés Gómez
nickname =
country = ECU
residence =Guayaquil ,Ecuador
datebirth =February 27 1960
placebirth =Guayaquil ,Ecuador
height = height|m=1.93
weight = convert|84|kg|lb st|abbr=on
turnedpro = 1979
retired = 1995
plays = Left
careerprizemoney = US$4,385,130
singlesrecord = 523–267
singlestitles = 21
highestsinglesranking = 4 (June 11 ,1990 )
AustralianOpenresult = 4R (1990)
FrenchOpenresult = W (1990)
Wimbledonresult = QF (1984)
USOpenresult = QF (1984)
doublesrecord = 369–194
doublestitles = 33
highestdoublesranking = 1 (September 15 ,1986 )
updated =February 22 ,2007 Andrés Gómez (born
February 27 1960 , inGuayaquil ,Ecuador ) is a former professionaltennis player from Ecuador. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at theFrench Open in 1990.Career
Gómez turned professional in 1979. Early success in his career came mainly in doubles competition. He won five doubles titles in 1980, and seven in 1981. His first top-level singles title came in 1981 in
Bordeaux .In 1986, Gómez attained the World No. 1 doubles ranking. He won seven doubles events that year, including the US Open men's doubles title (partnering
Slobodan Živojinović ).Gómez won a second Grand Slam men's doubles title in 1988 at the French Open (partnering
Emilio Sánchez ).The crowning achievement of Gómez's career came in 1990 when he reached his first (and only) Grand Slam singles final at the
French Open . There he faced 19 year-oldAndre Agassi who, like Gómez, was playing in his first Grand Slam singles final. The up-and-coming American star was considered the favourite, but Gómez seized the moment and claimed the title with a four-set win (6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4). Gómez reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 4 later that year.Over the course of his career, Gómez won 21 singles and 33 doubles titles. His last singles title was won in 1991 in
Brasília . His final doubles title came in 1992 inBarcelona .Path to the French Open title
Gomez had to defeat the following people in order to win the Grand Slam
French Open title over Agassi.Runner-ups (0)
ingles titles (21)
Doubles titles (33)
References
External links
*ATP|id=G023
*ITF male profile|number=10000531
*DavisCupplayerlink|id=10000531
* [http://www.tenniscorner.net/index.php?corner=M&action=players&playerid=GOA002 tenniscorner.net profile]
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