Emilio Gómez Estrada (; born 28 November 1991) is an

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inactive professional

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player who competed primarily on the

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. On 20 February 2023, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 90 and a doubles ranking of world No. 254, achieved on 14 September 2015. He is currently the No. 3 Ecuadorian tennis player.

Career

2016–2018

He defeated Adam Hornby of Barbados during Davis Cup play on March 4, 2016, by a score of 6–0, 6–0, 6–0, making him the first player to win by such a scoreline at any tournament since 2011, and one of two players to accomplish the feat on that day (

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of Finland earned a triple bagel victory over

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of Zimbabwe at Davis Cup competition elsewhere).

2019–2021: First Challenger title, Top 200 & Grand Slam debuts

He reached the top 200 on 29 April 2019 following his first title at the 2019 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger in Florida. Gómez made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the

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as a qualifier where he was defeated by

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in the first round.

2022: Australian Open debut, Two Challenger titles & four more finals, Top 100

He made his

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debut as a qualifier where he lost to 27th seed

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. He reached his sixth Challenger final of the year in

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, South Korea. As a result, he reached the top 100 in the rankings at a new career-high of world No. 98 on 10 October 2022.

2023: First ATP quarterfinal, top 90

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he defeated

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and fourth seed

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to reach the quarterfinals. Before the tournament he had won only three ATP matches. As a result, he moved to a new career high of No. 94 on 13 February 2023. In his next tournament in

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, he continued his good form winning his opening match against qualifier

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. He reached the top 90 on 27 February 2023.

Personal life

Emilio is the son of Grand Slam champion and former doubles world no. 1

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and

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Performance Timeline

''Current through the 2023 French Open qualifying.''

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 22 (14–8)

Doubles: 22 (12–10)

Record against other players

Gómez's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 50, with those who are active in boldface.
ATP Tour, Challenger and Future tournaments' main draw and qualifying matches are considered.

Notes

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomez, Emilio 1991 births Living people Ecuadorian male tennis players Tennis players from Guayaquil Tennis players at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Ecuador Pan American Games bronze medalists in tennis South American Games gold medalists for Ecuador South American Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Bolivarian Games silver medalists for Ecuador Bolivarian Games medalists in tennis Bolivarian Games bronze medalists for Ecuador