Andrés Gómez

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Andrés Gómez

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Country	Ecuador
Residence	Guayaquil, Ecuador
Date of birth	February 27, 1960
Place of birth	Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height	6'4 (193 cm)
Weight	185 lbs (84 kg)
Turned Pro	1979
Retired	1995
Plays	Left
Career Prize Money	$4,385,130
Singles
Career record:	523 - 267
Career titles:	21
Highest ranking:	4 (June 11, 1990)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open
French Open	W (1990)
Wimbledon
U.S. Open
Doubles
Career record:	369 - 194
Career titles:	33
Highest ranking:	1 (September 15, 1986)
Infobox last updated on: February 22, 2007.

Andrés Gómez (born February 27, 1960, in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 1990.

Contents 1 Career 2 Grand Slam singles finals 2.1 Wins (1) 3 Singles titles (21) 4 External links

[edit] 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 with Slobodan Živojinović.

Gómez won a second Grand Slam men's doubles title in 1988 at the French Open.

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-old Andre 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 in Barcelona.

[edit] Grand Slam singles finals

[edit] Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1990	French Open	Andre Agassi	6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4

[edit] Singles titles (21)

• 1981 - Bordeaux
• 1982 - Rome, Quito
• 1983 - Dallas
• 1984 - Nice, Rome, Washington, Indianapolis, Hong Kong
• 1985 - Hong Kong
• 1986 - Indianapolis, Florence, Boston, Itaparica
• 1987 - Forest Hills
• 1989 - Boston, Barcelona
• 1990 - Barcelona, Madrid, French Open
• 1991 - Brasilia

[edit] External links

• Official ATP profile
• tenniscorner.net profile
• Davis Cup record