Country (sports) Ecuador Career titles 21 Weight 84 kg Handed Left-handed Career record 523–267 Height 1.93 m Retired 1995 | Prize money $4,385,130 Role Tennis player Turned pro 1979 Residence Guayaquil, Ecuador Name Andres Gomez Grand slams won (singles) 1 | |
Born February 27, 1960 (age 64)
Guayaquil, Ecuador ( 1960-02-27 ) Plays Left-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||
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Andrés Gómez Santos (born February 27, 1960 in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian former professional tennis player. He won the Men's Singles title at the French Open in 1990.
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- Andre s go mez campeo n roland garros 1990 la tv ecuador
- Segmento mentores entrevista andr s go mez
- Career
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His son, Emilio Gómez, is a professional tennis player. His nephew Nicolás Lapentti was also a professional tennis player who reached a world ranking of number 6, and another nephew, Roberto Quiroz, is currently pursuing a career in professional tennis.
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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 in three sets, and again in 1984, when he defeated Aaron Krickstein in four sets.
In 1990, Gómez reached his first and only Grand Slam singles final at the French Open. He beat Fernando Luna, Marcelo Filippini, Alexander Volkov, Magnus Gustafsson, Thierry Champion and Thomas Muster to reach the final. 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. 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.