Andres Gomez (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.
Andres Gomez, Roland Garros champion in 1990, assures, "comes another major change in Latin American tennis. Del Potro and Gonzalez as established figures and Thomas Bellucci immersed with potential are the highlights nowadays. Monaco, Mayer and Cevallos are waiting for the results that they want. But it is important that in junior tournaments improve the competition, so the disadvantage finish with European tennis”.
Gomez affirms at the Academy Sanchez-Casal Naples (Florida), where he works for the whole month of March for player development by providing experience, knowledge and talent, says: "The recipe for professional tennis is: talent, work, sacrifice, patience, endurance, calm in tough times, and with all this in place, and a little bit of luck it will come. Tennis is very physical and strength but intelligence is still the most important, with exceptions”. About Davis Cup tie, Croatia-Ecuador, considers that "the only fact of being in the World Group is a triumph and that is obtained through the efforts of the players. With history and competitive as we are, we want the victory but we must recognize that Croatia is more powerful. We have little infrastructure and lack financial support to the players." About Roger Federer says: "The beginning of 2010 could not be better for him and maybe in the Australian Open, we have seen the best Federer of all time. The question is whether he can follow up and get the Grand Slam in the same year. He looks more settled and mature, enjoying every moment he spent on court. Happiness of being a parent allows him to be more comfortable off the court”.
On the other hand, he gives his opinion about Rafael Nadal: "Nadal will be a determining factor on clay. The ATP tour has always been and will be demanding on the physical, but the amount of matches that Rafa played made him pay for that effort, but he will arrived renewed and always with the hunger to regain the top spot and that will make this 2010 be an exciting year for tennis”. Gomez, who has been the best player in the history of Ecuador, individual winner at Roland Garros in 1990, double Roland Garros and U.S. Open, and in total came in his 21 career individual titles, was a finalist in 14 and won 34 in the doubles, holding a number 4 ranking ATP. 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 Živojinovic). Andres Gomez 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, Andres Gomez 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.
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 First Round Fernando Luna 7–6, 6–1, 7–6
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