Andrés Gómez

 

Andrés Gómez

Country	Ecuador
Residence	Guayaquil, Ecuador
Date of birth	February 27 1960
Place of birth	Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height	m ()
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Turned Pro	1979
Retired	1995
Plays	Left
Career Prize Money	US$4,385,130
Singles
Career record:	523 - 267
Career titles:	21
Highest ranking:	4 (June 11, 1990)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	4R (1990)
French Open	W (1990)
Wimbledon	QF (1984)
U.S. Open	QF (1984)
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.

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-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.

1990	French Open	Men's Singles
Round	Defeated	Score	Opponent's Rank	Notes
First Round	Fernando Luna (Spain)	7-6, 6-1, 7-6	163
Second Round	Marcelo Filippini (Uruguay)	7-6, 6-2, 6-1	62
Third Round	Alexander Volkov (Russia)	6-2, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3	92
Fourth Round	Magnus Gustafsson (Sweden)	Walkover	19
Quarterfinals	Thierry Champion (France)	6-3, 6-3, 6-4	191
Semifinal	Thomas Muster (Austria)	7-5, 6-1, 7-5	9	Muster went on to win the French Open in 1995.
Final	Andre Agassi (United States)	6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4	5	First and only Grand Slam title; and only final

Grand Slam singles final

Win (1)

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

Runner-ups (0)

Grand Slam men's doubles finals (2)

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score/Final
1986	U.S. Open[1]	Slobodan Živojinović	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
1988	French Open	Emilio Sánchez	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6-3, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3,

Runner-ups (0)

Singles titles (21)

Legend Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup (0) Grand Prix (20)

Titles by Surface Hard (4) Grass (0) Clay (16) Carpet (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1981	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Thierry Tulasne	7-6, 7-6, 6-1
2.	1982	Rome, Italy	Clay	Eliot Teltscher	6-2, 6-3, 6-2
3.	1982	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Loic Courteau	6-3, 6-4
4.	1983	Dallas, U.S.	Hard	Brian Teacher	6-7, 6-1, 6-1
5.	1984	Nice, France	Clay	Henrik Sundström	6-1, 6-4
6.	1984	Rome, Italy	Clay	Aaron Krickstein	2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
7.	1984	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	Aaron Krickstein	6-2, 6-2
8.	1984	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	6-0, 7-6
9.	1984	Hong Kong	Hard	Tomáš Šmíd	6-3, 6-2
10.	1985	Hong Kong	Hard	Aaron Krickstein	6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
11.	1986	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Thierry Tulasne	6-4, 7-6
12.	1986	Florence, Italy	Clay	Henrik Sundström	6-3, 6-4
13.	1986	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Martin Jaite	7-5, 6-4
14.	1986	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	4-6, 6-4, 6-4
15.	1987	Forest Hills, U.S.	Clay	Yannick Noah	6-4, 7-6, 7-6
16.	1989	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Mats Wilander	6-1, 6-4
17	1989	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Horst Skoff	6-4, 6-4, 6-2
18.	1990	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Guillermo Pérez-Roldán	6-0, 7-6, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2
19.	1990	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Marc Rosset	6-3, 7-6
20.	1990	French Open, Paris	Clay	Andre Agassi	6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
21.	1991	Brasilia, Brazil	Carpet	Javier Sánchez	6-4, 3-6, 6-3

Runner-ups (14)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1980	Sarasota, U.S.	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	6-1, 6-1
2.	1981	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	6-4, 7-5
3.	1982	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	John Sadri	4-6, 6-1, 6-4
4.	1983	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	José Luis Clerc	6-3, 6-1
5.	1983	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Jimmy Arias	6-4, 2-6, 6-4
6.	1983	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Eliot Teltscher	7-5, 3-6, 6-1
7.	1984	Wembley, England	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	7-6, 6-2, 6-1
8.	1985	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Ivan Lendl	6-1, 6-3
9.	1986	Kitzbuhel, Austria	Clay	Miloslav Mečíř	6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3
10.	1986	Hong Kong	Hard	Ramesh Krishnan	7-6, 6-0, 7-5
11.	1987	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet	Tim Mayotte	7-6, 6-4
12.	1988	Stuttgat Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Andre Agassi	6-4, 6-2
13.	1988	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Connors	6-1, 6-4
14.	1990	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Pete Sampras	7-6, 7-5, 6-2

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	4R	A	1R	0 / 2
French Open	A	2R	2R	4R	4R	QF	3R	QF	QF	2R	2R	W	A	2R	1 / 12
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	1R	A	QF	A	1R	4R	A	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 7
US Open	2R	2R	3R	A	4R	QF	A	2R	4R	3R	3R	1R	1R	A	0 / 11
Grand Slam SR	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 3	1 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 2	1 / 32

Doubles titles (33)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1980	Sarasota, U.S.	Clay	Ricardo Ycaza	David Carter Rick Fagel	6-3, 6-4
2.	1980	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Reinhart Probst Max Wunschig	6-3, 6-4
3.	1980	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	6-4, 7-5
4.	1980	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Jan Kodes Balázs Taróczy	6-2, 6-2
5.	1980	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	José Luis Clerc Belus Prajoux	6-3, 1-6, 6-4
6.	1981	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6-4, 3-6, 6-4
7.	1981	Rome, Italy	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Bruce Manson Tomáš Šmíd	7-5, 6-2
8.	1981	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Ricardo Cano	Carlos Kirmayr Cassio Motta	6-2, 6-2
9.	1981	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Belus Prajoux	Jim Gurfein Anders Järryd	7-5, 6-3
10.	1981	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Heinz Günthardt Tomáš Šmíd	6-2, 3-6, 6-3
11.	1981	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	David Carter Ricardo Yycaza	7-5, 6-3
12.	1981	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Ricardo Cano Belus Pranjoux	6-2, 7-6
13.	1982	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	6-4, 6-2
14.	1984	Wembley, England	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	Pavel Slozil Tomáš Šmíd	6-2, 6-2
15.	1985	Marbella, Spain	Clay	Cassio Motta	Loic Courteau Michiel Schapers	6-1, 6-1
16.	1985	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6-4, 6-3
17.	1985	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Guy Forget	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	6-3, 6-4
18.	1986	Ft. Myers, U.S.	Hard	Ivan Lendl	Peter Doohan Paul McNamee	7-5, 6-4
19.	1986	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	John Fitzgerald Sherwood Stewart	6-4, 7-6
20.	1986	Forest Hills, U.S.	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Boris Becker Slobodan Živojinović	7-6, 7-6
21.	1986	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Dan Cassidy Mel Purcell	7-5, 6-2
22.	1986	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Ricardo Acioly Cesar Kist	7-6, 6-0
23.	1986	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Slobodan Živojinović	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
24.	1986	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Mansour Bahrami Diego Perez	7-6, 3-6, 6-3
25.	1987	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Mansour Bahrami Michael Mortensen	6-4, 6-3
26.	1987	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	6-3, 6-3
27.	1988	French Open, Paris	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6-3, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3
28.	1988	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Slobodan Živojinović	Boris Becker Eric Jelen	7-5, 5-7, 6-3
29.	1989	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Alberto Mancini	Todd Nelson Phillip Williamson	3-6, 6-3, 6-4
30.	1989	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Alberto Mancini	Mansour Bahrami Guillermo Pérez-Roldán	6-3, 7-5
31.	1990	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	7-5, 7-6
32.	1991	Sao Paolo, Brazil	Hard	Jaime Oncins	Jorge Lozano Cassio Motta	6-4, 6-4
33.	1992	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Ivan Lendl Karel Nováček	6-3, 6-1

Runner-ups (17)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1980	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	1-6, 6-4, 6-4
2.	1980	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Ricardo Ycaza	Alvaro Fillol Carlos Kirmayr	6-4, 6-3
3.	1981	Vina del Mar, Chile	Clay	Belus Prajoux	David Carter Paul Kronk	6-1, 6-2
4.	1981	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	6-1, 6-4
5.	1982	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Raúl Ramírez Van Winitsky	7-5, 7-6
6.	1983	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Ilie Năstase	Jaime Fillol Sr. Stan Smith	6-2, 6-7, 6-2
7.	1983	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Steve Meister