Angélica Gavaldón Loaiza (born 3 October 1973) is a Mexican retired
tennis player.
Gavaldón has dual nationality, was born in the United States and comes from a Mexican family, and turned pro in 1990.
That same year, she qualified for the quarterfinals in the
1990 Australian Open, from which she was eliminated in a match against
Claudia Porwik
Claudia Porwik, born on 14 November 1968, is a former professional tennis player.
She played on the WTA Tour from 1986 to 1996 and reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 1988 and the semifinals in 1990. Porwik retired with a 195 ...
. Her greatest career achievement is widely considered to be the
1995 Australian Open
The 1995 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 83rd edition of the Australian Open and was held from 16 through 29 January 1995.
Seniors
Men's ...
, when she again came through the qualifying tournament to reach the quarter-finals; this helped raise her year-end ranking for 1995 to 36th in the world and marked the peak of her
Grand Slam. Her one tournament win came in Tashkent in June 1997. She played for Mexico in the
Federation Cup from 1990 to 1997, and at the
Olympic Games in 1992 and 1996.
Since retiring in 2000, Gavaldon has become a coach to other tennis players, and she released her own clothing label Angalo Activewear in 2007.
ITF finals
Singles: 4 (3-1)
Doubles: 1 (1-0)
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1973 births
Living people
Mexican female tennis players
American emigrants to Mexico
Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic tennis players of Mexico
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