| Country | Great Britain Gibraltar |
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| Residence | Bicester, Oxfordshire |
| Born | 16 May 1990 Gibraltar |
| Turned pro | 2008 |
| Retired | Active |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Career prize money | US$21,424 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 73–62 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA (3 ITF) |
| Highest ranking | No. 400 (24 August 2009) |
| Grand Slam results | |
| Australian Open | – |
| French Open | – |
| Wimbledon | – |
| US Open | – |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 30–20 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA (6 ITF) |
| Highest ranking | No. 494 (14 December 2009) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | – |
| French Open | – |
| Wimbledon | – |
| US Open | – |
| Last updated on: 3 March 2010. | |
| Medal record | ||
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| Tennis | ||
| Competitor for Gibraltar | ||
| Island Games | ||
| Gold | 2007 Rhodes | Women's Singles |
| Gold | 2007 Rhodes | Women's Team |
| Gold | 2011 Isle of Wight | Women's Singles |
| Gold | 2011 Isle of Wight | Women's Doubles |
| Gold | 2011 Isle of Wight | Women's Team |
| Silver | 2007 Rhodes | Mixed Doubles |
Amanda Carreras (born 16 May 1990, Gibraltar) is a Gibraltarian tennis player, currently residing in Bicester, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. She is currently British no. 11, ranked at 423 in the world (as of 1 March 2010). She reached her career-high singles ranking of world no. 400 on 24 August 2009 and has so far won three ITF singles titles and six ITF doubles titles. Due to her winning her first two singles and doubles titles back-to-back, the ITF website wrote a "Spotlight On..." article on Carreras in May 2009.[1]
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Carreras' parents are named Mark and Joanna and her personal interests are football, running and golf.
Carreras only competed in a total of nine tournaments over the course of her junior career, reaching the quarterfinals of only one of them. As a doubles competitor she reached two semifinals and two quarterfinals. By July 2008, when she played in her last junior tournament, she had accumulated win-loss records of 8–9 in singles and 8–8 in doubles. Her career-high combined junior ranking was world no. 548 (achieved on 18 July 2005).[2]
Carreras first competed on the adult ITF tour in February 2006 but during the rest of 2006 she failed to pass the second round in any of her tournaments. She ended 2006 without a world ranking.[3]
She continued competing on the ITF tour in 2007 and reached her first ever quarterfinal as a qualifier in July in a $10,000 clay court event in Tampere, Finland. In her very next tournament (also a $10,000 clay court event) she again managed to qualify and this time she reached her very first ITF semifinal. She ended her 2007 season with her world ranking at world no. 873.[3]
In March 2008 she reached another ITF quarterfinal, this one in Antalya. In May she reached her first ever ITF final in a $10,000 event in Tortosa where she was beaten by Beatriz García Vidagany, 2–6 3–6. She reached the final in her very next tournament where she lost to Elitsa Kostova in three sets, 6–3 2–6 2–6. In August she reached another semifinal and in September and October she reached three more quarterfinals. In November she again fell just short of winning a tournament when she lost in the final of a $10,000 event in El Menzah, Tunisia. Her worldwide ranking at the end of 2008 had risen almost 300 places to no. 591.[3]
Carreras began her 2009 season on clay courts and reached another $10,000 ITF semifinal in March. She followed this up by reaching the quarterfinals of her following tournament which was also a $10,000 ITF. Carreras continued competing on the ITF circuit without any notable results until May, when she reached the semifinals of a $10,000 ITF in Badalona, Spain. She then headed to Antalya where she won both the singles and doubles in two consecutive events, giving her the first four ITF titles of her career and prompting the official ITF website to feature her in their "Spotlight On..." article for May.[1] This momentum then carried her to another semifinal in her next tournament, when Natasha Zoric from Serbia ended her winning streak of 13 singles matches. Despite this promising first part of the year, Carreras did not pass the second round in any of her remaining tournaments in 2009 with the exception of one quarterfinal showing in late October and one runner-up position in another $10,000 clay court ITF in late November. By the end of 2009, her year-end singles ranking was world no. 423.[3]
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| Outcome | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 27 May 2008 | $10,000 Tortosa, Spain | Clay | Beatriz García Vidagany | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 17 June 2008 | $10,000 Alcobaça, Portugal | Hard | Elitsa Kostova | 6–3, 2–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 4 November 2008 | $10,000 El Menzah, Tunisia | Hard | Federica Grazioso | 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 4–6 |
| Winner | 11 May 2009 | $10,000 Antalya, Turkey | Clay | Garbine Muguruza Blanco | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Winner | 18 May 2009 | $10,000 Antalya, Turkey | Clay | Sandra Roma | 7–6(9–7), 6–7(2–7), 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 23 November 2009 | $10,000 Vallduxo, Spain | Clay | Laura Thorpe | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 2 November 2010 | $10,000 La Marsa, Tunisia | Clay | Erika Zanchetta | 7–6(7–4), 6–0 |
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| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partnering | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 13 May 2008 | $10,000 Badalona, Spain | Clay | Maite Gabarrus Alonso | Benedetta Davato Lisa Sabino |
6–2, 2–6, [8–10] |
| Winner | 12 May 2009 | $10,000 Antalya, Turkey | Clay | Valentina Sulpizio | An-Sophie Mestach Sofie Oyen |
4–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
| Winner | 19 May 2009 | $10,000 Antalya, Turkey | Clay | Valentina Sulpizio | Julia Klackenberg Sandra Roma |
6–0, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 4 August 2009 | $10,000 Vienna, Austria | Clay | Raphaela Zotta | Jana Jandova Monika Kochanova |
5–7, 7–5, [14–16] |
| Runner-up | 13 October 2009 | $10,000 Antalya, Turkey | Clay | Valentine Confalonieri | Çağla Büyükakçay Albina Khabibulina |
6–2, 5–7, [7–10] |
| Winner | 24 November 2009 | $10,000 Vallduxo, Spain (1) | Clay | Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino | Yera Campos Molina Sandra Soler Sola |
6–4, 3–6, [11–9] |
| Winner | 3 May 2010 | $25,000 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Clay | Bianca Botto | María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Andreja Klepač |
3–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
| Winner | 2 November 2010 | $10,000 La Marsa, Tunisia | Clay | Sheila Solsona-Carcasona | Ximena Hermoso Ivette López |
6–4, 7–5 |
| Winner | 22 November 2010 | $10,000 Vallduxo, Spain (2) | Clay | Andrea Gámiz | Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino Benedetta Davato |
7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
| Winner | 14 June 2011 | $10,000 Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal | Hard | Andrea Gámiz | Ximena Hermoso Ivette López |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 13 August 2011 | $10,000 Gijón, Spain | Hard | Andrea Gámiz | Amy Bowtell Lucy Brown |
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