Gabriela Castro (born 11 July 1966) is an Argentine former professional tennis player.

Gaby Castro
Full nameGabriela Castro
Country (sports) Argentina
Born (1966-07-11) 11 July 1966 (age 58)
Prize money$34,582
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 230 (18 July 1988)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 73 (16 July 1990)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open3R (1990)
US Open1R (1989)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (1984)

Biography

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Castro was a top 100 doubles player and had her most successful period on the WTA Tour when she became the doubles partner of Conchita Martínez in 1989.[1] The pair were runners-up at the Estoril Open and won two ITF $25,000 titles that year. At the 1990 French Open, Castro and Martínez made the round of 16, beating third seeds and former Wimbledon champions Kathy Jordan and Liz Smylie en route. When Castro retired from the tour in 1990 she became Martínez's coach.

Since 2012, Castro has been a director and coach at CEI Tennis in Buenos Aires. She operates the centre with Spanish former professional player Ana Almansa, who runs the Barcelona venue.[2]

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles (0–1)

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Result    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 17 July 1989 Estoril, Portugal Clay   Conchita Martínez   Iva Budařová
  Regina Rajchrtová
2–6, 4–6

ITF finals

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$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (0–2)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 29 November 1987 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Cristina Tessi 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 30 May 1988 Adria, Italy Clay   Inmaculada Varas 5–7, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles (3–4)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 24 August 1987 Porto, Portugal Clay   Ana Segura   Janet Souto
  Ninoska Souto
6–4, 2–6, 0–6
Winner 1. 31 August 1987 Vilamoura, Portugal Clay   Ana Segura   Sandrine Jaquet
  Andrea Martinelli
6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 2. 21 March 1988 Reims, France Clay   Ana Segura   Luciana Tella
  Andrea Vieira
3–6, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 4 April 1988 Bari, Italy Clay   Ana Segura   Michaela Frimmelová
  Petra Langrová
4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 4. 15 August 1988 Caltagirone, Italy Clay   Ana Segura   Janet Souto
  Titia Wilmink
4–6, 2–6
Winner 2. 18 June 1989 Modena, Italy Clay   Conchita Martínez   Debora Garat
  Florencia Labat
6–3, 6–2
Winner 3. 26 June 1989 Arezzo, Italy Clay   Conchita Martínez   Anne Grousbeck
  Ei Iida
w/o

References

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  1. ^ "Conchita, en busca de la ilusión perdida". El País (in Spanish). 17 December 1989.
  2. ^ "CEI Tennis - Entrenamiento Tenis". ceitennis (in Spanish).
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