Andrés Gómez

Andrés Gómez

Full name	Andrés Gómez Santos
Country (sports)	Ecuador
Born	(1960-02-27) 27 February 1960 (age 66) 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	531–273 (66.0%)
Career titles	21
Highest ranking	No. 4 (11 June 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)
Grand Slam Cup	1R (1990)
WCT Finals	SF (1987)
Doubles
Career record	369–194 (65.6%)
Career titles	33
Highest ranking	No. 1 (15 September 1986)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1992)
French Open	W (1988)
Wimbledon	SF (1987)
US Open	W (1986)
Medal record Pan American Games – Tennis 1979 San Juan Singles

Andrés Gómez Santos (Latin American Spanish: [anˈdɾes ˈɣomes ˈsantos]; born 27 February 1960) is an Ecuadorian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 4 in singles and world No. 1 in doubles. Gómez won 21 singles titles and 33 doubles titles during his career, including a singles major at the 1990 French Open, and two doubles majors at the 1986 US Open and the 1988 French Open.

Andrés Gómez is the current director of the Guayaquil Challenger and the former director of the Salinas Challenger.

Personal information

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 No. 6, and another nephew, Roberto Quiroz was also a professional tennis player.

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 over Thierry Tulasne in the final. 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 20-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. 30 year old Gomez said "at this point last year, I was just thinking of taking some time off, maybe even taking time off forever". Gómez reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 that month.

Throughout 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.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

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

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

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

Career finals

Singles: 35 (21 titles / 14 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam (1–0) Grand Prix Super Series (2–0) ATP Championship Series (1–1) Grand Prix Regular Series / ATP World Series (17–13)

Finals by surface Hard (4–3) Clay (16–7) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–4)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 1980	Sarasota, United States	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	1–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Sep 1981	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Thierry Tulasne	7–6, 7–6, 6–1
Loss	1–2	Nov 1981	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	4–6, 5–7
Loss	1–3	Feb 1982	Denver, U.S.	Carpet (i)	John Sadri	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Win	2–3	May 1982	Rome, Italy	Clay	Eliot Teltscher	6–2, 6–3, 6–2
Win	3–3	Nov 1982	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Loïc Courteau	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–4	Jul 1983	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	José Luis Clerc	3–6, 1–6
Loss	3–5	Aug 1983	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Jimmy Arias	4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Win	4–5	Sep 1983	Dallas, U.S.	Hard	Brian Teacher	6–7(2–7), 6–1, 6–1
Loss	4–6	Oct 1983	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Eliot Teltscher	5–7, 6–3, 1–6
Win	5–6	Apr 1984	Nice, France	Clay	Henrik Sundström	6–1, 6–4
Win	6–6	May 1984	Rome, Italy (2)	Clay	Aaron Krickstein	2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
Win	7–6	Jul 1984	Washington, U.S.	Clay	Aaron Krickstein	6–2, 6–2
Win	8–6	Aug 1984	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	6–0, 7–6(7–5)
Win	9–6	Oct 1984	Hong Kong, U.K.	Hard	Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 6–2
Loss	9–7	Nov 1984	Wembley, U.K.	Carpet (i)	Ivan Lendl	6–7(1–7), 2–6, 1–6
Loss	9–8	Jul 1985	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Ivan Lendl	1–6, 3–6
Win	10–8	Nov 1985	Hong Kong, U.K.	Hard	Aaron Krickstein	6–3, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win	11–8	Apr 1986	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Thierry Tulasne	6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Win	12–8	May 1986	Florence, Italy	Clay	Henrik Sundström	6–3, 6–4
Win	13–8	Jul 1986	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Martín Jaite	7–5, 6–4
Loss	13–9	Aug 1986	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Miloslav Mečíř	4–6, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	13–10	Nov 1986	Hong Kong, U.K.	Hard	Ramesh Krishnan	6–7(7–9), 0–6, 5–7
Win	14–10	Nov 1986	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	15–10	May 1987	Forest Hills, U.S.	Clay	Yannick Noah	6–4, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–1)
Loss	15–11	Nov 1987	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet (i)	Tim Mayotte	6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss	15–12	Jul 1988	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Andre Agassi	4–6, 2–6
Loss	15–13	Jul 1988	Washington, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Connors	1–6, 4–6
Win	16–13	Jul 1989	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Mats Wilander	6–1, 6–4
Win	17–13	Sep 1989	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Horst Skoff	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	17–14	Feb 1990	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Pete Sampras	6–7(4–7), 5–7, 2–6
Win	18–14	Apr 1990	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Guillermo Pérez Roldán	6–0, 7–6(7–1), 3–6, 0–6, 6–2
Win	19–14	Apr 1990	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Marc Rosset	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	20–14	Jun 1990	French Open, Paris	Clay	Andre Agassi	6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	21–14	Sep 1991	Brasília, Brazil	Carpet	Javier Sánchez	6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: 51 (33 titles / 18 runners-up)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 1980	Sarasota, U.S.	Clay	Ricardo Ycaza	David Carter Rick Fagel	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–0	May 1980	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Reinhart Probst Max Wünschig	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Jul 1980	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	6–1, 4–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	Jul 1980	Washington, U.S.	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	6–4, 7–5
Win	4–1	Oct 1980	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Jan Kodeš Balázs Taróczy	3–6, 6–3, 10–8
Win	5–1	Nov 1980	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	José Luis Clerc Belus Prajoux	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Loss	5–2	Nov 1980	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Ricardo Ycaza	Álvaro Fillol Carlos Kirmayr	4–6, 3–6
Loss	5–3	Feb 1981	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Belus Prajoux	David Carter Paul Kronk	1–6, 2–6
Win	6–3	May 1981	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win	7–3	May 1981	Rome, Italy	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Bruce Manson Tomáš Šmíd	7–5, 6–2
Win	8–3	Jun 1981	Brussels Outdoor, Belgium	Clay	Ricardo Cano	Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta	6–2, 6–2
Loss	8–4	Jul 1981	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Raúl Ramírez Pavel Složil	4–6, 6–7
Win	9–4	Sep 1981	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Belus Prajoux	Jim Gurfein Anders Järryd	7–5, 6–3
Win	10–4	Oct 1981	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Heinz Günthardt Tomáš Šmíd	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	10–5	Oct 1981	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	1–6, 4–6
Win	11–5	Nov 1981	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	David Carter Ricardo Ycaza	7–5, 6–3
Win	12–5	Nov 1981	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Ricardo Cano Belus Prajoux	6–2, 7–6
Loss	12–6	Jul 1982	Washington, U.S.	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Raúl Ramírez Van Winitsky	5–7, 6–7
Win	13–6	Sep 1982	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	6–4, 6–2
Loss	13–7	Feb 1983	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Ilie Năstase	Jaime Fillol Sr. Stan Smith	7–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	13–8	Nov 1983	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Steve Meister Brian Teacher	7–6, 6–7, 2–6
Loss	13–9	Apr 1984	Nice, France	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Jan Gunnarsson Michael Mortensen	1–6, 5–7
Win	14–9	Nov 1984	Wembley, England	Carpet (i)	Ivan Lendl	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	6–2, 6–2
Win	15–9	Apr 1985	Marbella, Spain	Clay	Cássio Motta	Loïc Courteau Michiel Schapers	6–1, 6–1
Win	16–9	May 1985	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	1–6, 7–6, 6–4
Win	17–9	Nov 1985	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Guy Forget	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	6–3, 6–4
Win	18–9	Mar 1986	Ft. Myers, U.S.	Hard	Ivan Lendl	Peter Doohan Paul McNamee	7–5, 6–4
Win	19–9	May 1986	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	John Fitzgerald Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 6–3
Win	20–9	May 1986	Forest Hills, U.S.	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Boris Becker Slobodan Živojinović	7–6, 7–6
Win	21–9	Jul 1986	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Dan Cassidy Mel Purcell	4–6, 7–5, 6–0
Win	22–9	Aug 1986	Washington, U.S.	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Ricardo Acioly Cesar Kist	6–3, 7–5
Loss	22–10	Aug 1986	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Heinz Günthardt Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 3–6, 6–7
Win	23–10	Sep 1986	US Open, New York	Hard	Slobodan Živojinović	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win	24–10	Sep 1986	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Mansour Bahrami Diego Pérez	6–4, 6–3
Loss	24–11	Oct 1986	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	Ivan Lendl	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	3–6, 5–7
Loss	24–12	Nov 1986	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard (i)	Sherwood Stewart	Mike De Palmer Christo van Rensburg	6–3, 2–6, 6–7
Loss	24–13	Apr 1987	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Anders Järryd	Paul Annacone Kevin Curren	4–6, 6–7
Win	25–13	Apr 1987	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Mansour Bahrami Michael Mortensen	6–2, 6–4
Win	26–13	Jul 1987	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	7–6, 3–6, 6–1
Win	27–13	Jun 1988	French Open, Paris	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	27–14	Jul 1988	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Petr Korda Milan Šrejber	6–7, 6–7
Win	28–14	Oct 1988	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	Slobodan Živojinović	Boris Becker Eric Jelen	7–5, 5–7, 6–3
Win	29–14	Jul 1989	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Alberto Mancini	Todd Nelson Phil Williamson	7–6, 6–2
Win	30–14	Sep 1989	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Alberto Mancini	Mansour Bahrami Guillermo Pérez Roldán	6–3, 7–5
Loss	30–15	Oct 1989	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	Slobodan Živojinović	Kevin Curren David Pate	6–4, 3–6, 6–7
Win	31–15	Apr 1990	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	7–6, 7–5
Loss	31–16	Apr 1990	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Petr Korda Tomáš Šmíd	4–6, 6–7
Loss	31–17	May 1990	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Juan Carlos Baguena Omar Camporese	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	31–18	Aug 1991	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Javier Sánchez Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 6–7, 6–7
Win	32–18	Nov 1991	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Jaime Oncins	Jorge Lozano Cássio Motta	7–5, 6–4
Win	33–18	Apr 1992	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Ivan Lendl Karel Nováček	6–4, 6–4

Performance timelines

Notes

References

External links

• Andrés Gómez at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Andrés Gómez at World Tennis
• Andrés Gómez at the Davis Cup (archived)