Andrés Gómez

Andrés Gómez

Country (sports)	Ecuador
Residence	Guayaquil, Ecuador
Born	(1960-02-27) February 27, 1960 Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1979
Retired	1995
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$4,385,130
Singles
Career record	523–267
Career titles	21
Highest ranking	No. 4 (June 11, 1990)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (1990)
French Open	W (1990)
Wimbledon	QF (1984)
US Open	QF (1984)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (1985)
WCT Finals	SF (1987)
Doubles
Career record	369–194
Career titles	33
Highest ranking	No. 1 (September 15, 1986)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1992)
French Open	W (1988)
Wimbledon	SF (1987)
US Open	W (1986)
Last updated on: April 9, 2012.

Andrés Gómez Santos (born February 27, 1960, in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian former professional tennis player, best known for winning the Men's Singles title at the French 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.

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).

His first top-level singles title came in 1981 in Bordeaux. He then won the Italian Open in 1982, beating Eliot Teltscher in the final (6–2, 6–3, 6–2), and again in 1984, when he defeated Aaron Krickstein in four sets (2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2).

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.

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.

Round	Defeated	Score	Opponent's Rank	Notes
First Round	Fernando Luna	7–6(7–2), 6–1, 7–6(7–5)	163
Second Round	Marcelo Filippini	7–6(7–5), 6–2, 6–1	62
Third Round	Alexander Volkov	6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3	92
Fourth Round	Magnus Gustafsson	W/O	19
Quarterfinals	Thierry Champion	6–3, 6–3, 6–4	191
Semifinal	Thomas Muster	7–5, 6–1, 7–5	9	Muster went on to win the French Open in 1995.
Final	Andre Agassi	6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4	5	Agassi went on to win 8 Grand Slams, including the 1999 French Open.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1990	French Open	Clay	Andre Agassi	6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1986	US Open[1]	Hard	Slobodan Živojinović	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	1988	French Open	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–3

Career finals

Singles: 35 (21–14)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	1980	Sarasota, US	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	1–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	1981	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Thierry Tulasne	7–6, 7–6, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	1981	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	1982	Denver, US	Carpet	John Sadri	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	1982	Rome, Italy	Clay	Eliot Teltscher	6–2, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	3.	1982	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Loïc Courteau	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	1983	North Conway, US	Clay	José Luis Clerc	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	1983	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Jimmy Arias	4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Winner	4.	1983	Dallas, US	Hard	Brian Teacher	6–7, 6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	1983	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Eliot Teltscher	5–7, 6–3, 1–6
Winner	5.	1984	Nice, France	Clay	Henrik Sundström	6–1, 6–4
Winner	6.	1984	Rome, Italy	Clay	Aaron Krickstein	2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	7.	1984	Washington, US	Clay	Aaron Krickstein	6–2, 6–2
Winner	8.	1984	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	6–0, 7–6
Winner	9.	1984	Hong Kong, UK	Hard	Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	1984	Wembley, UK	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	6–7, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	8.	1985	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Ivan Lendl	1–6, 3–6
Winner	10.	1985	Hong Kong, UK	Hard	Aaron Krickstein	6–3, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	11.	1986	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Thierry Tulasne	6–4, 7–6
Winner	12.	1986	Florence, Italy	Clay	Henrik Sundström	6–3, 6–4
Winner	13.	1986	Boston, US	Clay	Martín Jaite	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	9.	1986	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Miloslav Mečíř	4–6, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Runner-up	10.	1986	Hong Kong, UK	Hard	Ramesh Krishnan	6–7, 0–6, 5–7
Winner	14.	1986	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	15.	1987	Forest Hills, US	Clay	Yannick Noah	6–4, 7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	11.	1987	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet	Tim Mayotte	6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	12.	1988	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Andre Agassi	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	13.	1988	Washington, US	Hard	Jimmy Connors	1–6, 4–6
Winner	16.	1989	Boston, US	Clay	Mats Wilander	6–1, 6–4
Winner	17	1989	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Horst Skoff	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	14.	1990	Philadelphia, US	Carpet	Pete Sampras	6–7, 5–7, 2–6
Winner	18.	1990	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Guillermo Pérez-Roldán	6–0, 7–6, 3–6, 0–6, 6–2
Winner	19.	1990	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Marc Rosset	6–3, 7–6
Winner	20.	1990	French Open, Paris	Clay	Andre Agassi	6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	21.	1991	Brasília, Brazil	Carpet	Javier Sánchez	6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: 51 (33–18)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	1980	Sarasota, US	Clay	Ricardo Ycaza	David Carter Rick Fagel	6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	1980	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Heinz Gildemeister	Reinhart Probst Max Wunschig	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	1980	Boston, US	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	6–1, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	1980	Washington, US	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	6–4, 7–5
Winner	4.	1980	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Jan Kodeš Balázs Taróczy	3–6, 6–3, 10–8
Winner	5.	1980	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	José Luis Clerc Belus Prajoux	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	1980	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Ricardo Ycaza	Álvaro Fillol Carlos Kirmayr	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	1981	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Belus Prajoux	David Carter Paul Kronk	1–6, 2–6
Winner	6.	1981	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	7.	1981	Rome, Italy	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Bruce Manson Tomáš Šmíd	7–5, 6–2
Winner	8.	1981	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Ricardo Cano	Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	1981	Boston, US	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Raúl Ramírez Pavel Složil	4–6, 6–7
Winner	9.	1981	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Belus Prajoux	Jim Gurfein Anders Järryd	7–5, 6–3
Winner	10.	1981	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Heinz Günthardt Tomáš Šmíd	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	1981	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	1–6, 4–6
Winner	11.	1981	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	David Carter Ricardo Ycaza	7–5, 6–3
Winner	12.	1981	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Ricardo Cano Belus Prajoux	6–2, 7–6
Runner-up	6.	1982	Washington, US	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Raúl Ramírez Van Winitsky	5–7, 6–7
Winner	13.	1982	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	1983	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Ilie Năstase	Jaime Fillol Sr. Stan Smith	7–6, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	1983	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Steve Meister Brian Teacher	7–6, 6–7, 2–6
Runner-up	9.	1984	Nice, France	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Jan Gunnarsson Michael Mortensen	1–6, 5–7
Winner	14.	1984	Wembley, England	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	6–2, 6–2
Winner	15.	1985	Marbella, Spain	Clay	Cássio Motta	Loïc Courteau Michiel Schapers	6–1, 6–1
Winner	16.	1985	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	1–6, 7–6, 6–4
Winner	17.	1985	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Guy Forget	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	6–3, 6–4
Winner	18.	1986	Ft. Myers, US	Hard	Ivan Lendl	Peter Doohan Paul McNamee	7–5, 6–4
Winner	19.	1986	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	John Fitzgerald Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 6–3
Winner	20.	1986	Forest Hills, US	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Boris Becker Slobodan Živojinović	7–6, 7–6
Winner	21.	1986	Boston, US	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Dan Cassidy Mel Purcell	4–6, 7–5, 6–0
Winner	22.	1986	Washington, US	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Ricardo Acioly Cesar Kist	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	10.	1986	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Heinz Günthardt Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 3–6, 6–7
Winner	23.	1986	US Open, New York	Hard	Slobodan Živojinović	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	24.	1986	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Mansour Bahrami Diego Pérez	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	11.	1986	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	12.	1986	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard (i)	Sherwood Stewart	Mike De Palmer Christo van Rensburg	6–3, 2–6, 6–7
Runner-up	13.	1987	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Anders Järryd	Paul Annacone Kevin Curren	4–6, 6–7
Winner	25.	1987	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Mansour Bahrami Michael Mortensen	6–2, 6–4
Winner	26.	1987	Boston, US	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	7–6, 3–6, 6–1
Winner	27.	1988	French Open, Paris	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	14.	1988	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Petr Korda Milan Šrejber	6–7, 6–7
Winner	28.	1988	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Slobodan Živojinović	Boris Becker Eric Jelen	7–5, 5–7, 6–3
Winner	29.	1989	Boston, US	Clay	Alberto Mancini	Todd Nelson Phil Williamson	7–6, 6–2
Winner	30.	1989	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Alberto Mancini	Mansour Bahrami Guillermo Pérez-Roldán	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	15.	1989	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Slobodan Živojinović	Kevin Curren David Pate	6–4, 3–6, 6–7
Winner	31.	1990	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	7–6, 7–5
Runner-up	16.	1990	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Petr Korda Tomáš Šmíd	4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	17.	1990	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Juan Carlos Baguena Omar Camporese	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up	18.	1991	Schenectady, US	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Javier Sánchez Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 6–7, 6–7
Winner	32.	1991	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Jaime Oncins	Jorge Lozano Cássio Motta	7–5, 6–4
Winner	33.	1992	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Ivan Lendl Karel Nováček	6–4, 6–4

Performance timeline

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

• Andrés Gómez at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Andrés Gómez at the International Tennis Federation
• Andrés Gómez at the Davis Cup