Angélica Gavaldón Explained

Angélica Gavaldón
Full Name:Angélica Gavaldón Loaiza
Birth Date:3 October 1973
Birth Place:El Centro, California, U.S.
Retired:2000
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$504,376
Singlesrecord:184-162
Singlestitles:0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 34 (1 January 1996)
Australianopenresult:QF (1990, 1995)
Frenchopenresult:2R (1994)
Wimbledonresult:3R (1990, 1995)
Usopenresult:3R (1995)
Doublesrecord:10–7
Doublestitles:0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 236 (11 March 1991)

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.[1] [2] That same year, she qualified for the quarterfinals in the 1990 Australian Open, from which she was eliminated in a match against Claudia Porwik. Her greatest career achievement is widely considered to be the 1995 Australian Open, 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)

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ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.8 December 1991San Luis Potosí, MexicoHard Suzanne Italiano6–2, 6–2
Win2.25 October 1992San Luis Potosí, MexicoHard Maureen Drake6–1, 6–4
Loss3.27 April 1997Monterrey, MexicoClay Sandra Cacic3–6, 2–6
Win4.2 June 1997Tashkent, UzbekistanHard Anna Smashnova6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 1 (1-0)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nina Bick. Tennis; Hitting Volleys and the Books. The New York Times. 21 January 1990.
  2. Web site: Jerry Magee . Gavaldon helps nurture Mexican talent . BanderasNews . July 2005.