Celeste Contín Explained

Celeste Contín
Birth Date:17 February 1978
Careerprizemoney:$68,132
Singlesrecord:177-116
Singlestitles:8 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 236 (20 July 1998)
Doublesrecord:121-85
Doublestitles:11 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 142 (8 September 1997)

Celeste Contín (born 17 February 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.

Biography

Contín, who reached a career-high singles ranking of 236 in the world, competed mostly on the ITF Circuit, winning eight singles titles. She also has a career win over Justine Henin, whom she beat at an ITF tournament in Spartanburg in 1998.

Her career included a Fed Cup appearance for Argentina in 1998, a World Group II Play-off tie against Australia in Canberra. She played in the second singles rubber, which she lost to Nicole Pratt.[1]

On the WTA Tour, Contín's best performance came when she won her way through to the round of 16 at the 1999 Copa Colsanitas in Bogota, having made the main draw as a qualifier.[2]

ITF finals

Singles (8–7)

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.8 October 1995Lima, PeruHard Maria-Farnes Capistrano6–4, 6–3
Runner-up1.5 November 1995Santiago, ChileClay Miriam D'Agostini2–6, 1–6
Winner2.18 August 1996Guayaquil, EcuadorClay Kristine Kurth6–3, 6–2
Runner-up2.8 September 1996Santiago, ChileClay Luciana Masante4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Winner3.15 September 1996Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Veronica Stele7–5, 7–6
Runner-up3.3 November 1996Minas Gerais, BrazilClay Martina Nejedly6–7(2), 2–6
Winner4.11 November 1996São Paulo, BrazilClay Zdeňka Málková6–3, 6–4
Runner-up4.7 April 1997Viña del Mar, ChileClay Katalin Marosi1–6, 4–6
Runner-up5.12 October 1997Montevideo, UruguayClay Clarisa Fernández6–7, 4–6
Winner5.12 April 1998Viña del Mar, ChileClay Paula Cabezas6–2, 6–4
Runner-up6.5 September 1999San Juan, ArgentinaClay Romina Ottoboni1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up7.19 August 2002Asunción, ParaguayClay Maria Fernanda Alves1–6, 1–6
Winner6.Santiago, ChileClay Bruna Colósio6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Winner7.San Salvador, El SalvadorClay Jacquelyn Rosen4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner8.6 October 2002Mexicali, MexicoHard Ana Lucía Migliarini de León4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles (11–9)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.8 September 1996Santiago, ChileClay Romina Ottoboni Renata Brito
Luciana Masante
6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Winner2.15 September 1996Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Romina Ottoboni Renata Brito
María Eugenia Rojas
6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Winner3.22 September 1996Asunción, ParaguayClay Romina Ottoboni Mariana Faustinelli
Geraldine Aizenberg
6–2, 4–6, 6–0
Winner4.3 November 1996Minas Gerais, BrazilClay Romina Ottoboni Martina Nejedly
Lilian Silva
4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up1.7 April 1997Viña del Mar, ChileClay1–6, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up2.4 May 1997Balaguer, SpainClay Nuria Montero
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
6–0, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up3.5 October 1997Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Romina Ottoboni Laura Montalvo
Mercedes Paz
6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up4.23 November 1997São Paulo, BrazilClay Cintia Tortorella Vanessa Menga
Miriam D'Agostini
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up5.6 April 1998Viña del Mar, ChileClay Melisa Arévalo
Daniela Muscolino
3–6, 4–6
Winner5.27 April 1998Hatfield, United KingdomClay Mariam Ramón Climent Lizzie Jelfs
Amanda Keen
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up6.12 September 1998Mexico City, Mexico Hard Seda Noorlander
Christína Papadáki
3–6, 1–6
Winner6.28 November 1999Rio de Janeiro, BrazilClay Joana Cortez Miriam D'Agostini
Carla Tiene
6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Winner7.1 April 2001Santiago, ChileClay Romina Ottoboni Marcela Evangelista
Letícia Sobral
6–1, 6–3
Winner8.6 April 2002Belo Horizonte, BrazilHard Romina Ottoboni Vanessa Menga
Maria Fernanda Alves
6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up7.3 June 2002Poznań, PolandClay 2–6, 2–6
Winner9.Santiago, ChileClay Bruna Colósio Larissa Carvalho
Soledad Esperón
w/o
Runner-up8.29 September 2002San Salvador, El SalvadorClay w/o
Winner10.1 October 2002Mexicali, MexicoHard6–4, 6–2
Winner11.7 October 2002Los Mochis, MexicoClay7–5, 6–1
Runner-up9.14 June 2002Pachuca, MexicoClay0–6, 1–6

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: La Argentina empezó muy mal con Australia . . 26 July 1998 . Spanish.
  2. News: Suárez arrancó firme la defensa del título . . 18 February 1999 . Spanish.