Emilio Gómez Estrada (; born 28 November 1991) is an
Ecuadorian
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inactive professional
tennis
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player who competed primarily on the
ATP Challenger Tour
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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 (
Jarkko Nieminen
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of Finland earned a triple bagel victory over
Courtney John Lock
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He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 189 achieved on 18 November 2024.
Lock represents Zimbabwe at the Davis Cup alongside his brother Benjamin Lock. He has won ...
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
2020 French Open
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as a qualifier where he was defeated by
Lorenzo Sonego
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in the first round.
2022: Australian Open debut, Two Challenger titles & four more finals, Top 100
He made his
2022 Australian Open
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debut as a qualifier where he lost to 27th seed
Marin Čilić
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.
He reached his sixth Challenger final of the year in
Gwangju
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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
In
Dallas
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he defeated
Gabriel Diallo
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and fourth seed
Miomir Kecmanović
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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
Delray Beach
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, he continued his good form winning his opening match against qualifier
Wu Tung-lin
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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
Andrés Gómez
Andrés Gómez Santos (; 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 caree ...
.
He is also the cousin of former singles world no. 6
Nicolás Lapentti
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and
Roberto Quiroz
Roberto Quiroz Gómez (; born 23 February 1992) is an Ecuadorian professional tennis player.
Quiroz is the nephew of Andrés Gómez and the cousin of Emilio Gómez and Nicolás Lapentti. He attended and played collegiate tennis at the Universi ...
.
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
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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