Amanda Carreras

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Amanda Carreras
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Amanda Carreras at Biarritz, 2021
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar
Born (1990-05-16) 16 May 1990 (age 34)
Gibraltar
Turned pro2008
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 167,336
Singles
Career record454–300
Career titles11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 236 (24 April 2017)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon Q1 (2013, 2015)
Doubles
Career record136–96
Career titles15 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 279 (24 April 2017)
Medal record
Last updated on: 29 August 2024.

Amanda Carreras (born 16 May 1990) is an inactive British tennis player from Gibraltar.

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Carreras has won 11 singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 April 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 236, and peaked at No. 279 in the doubles rankings.

Due to Carreras winning her first two singles and doubles titles back-to-back, the ITF website wrote a "Spotlight On…" article on Carreras in May 2009. [1]

On 24 July 2012, Carreras carried the Olympic flame in the torch relay in Ealing, London. Nicola Bosio (another Gibraltarian athlete) passed on the flame to Amanda who was described as one of Gibraltar's finest sportswomen. [2]

The three additional gold medals, she won at her home Island Games in 2019, pushed her total up to nine medals, eight of them gold, and made her the most decorated athlete in the history of the games. As well as this, she holds a 12–0 record in singles and has won half of all her singles matches without the loss of a single game, twice in 2011, and in all four of her matches in 2019.

With a total of 401 singles match-wins, Carreras is ranked fourth all time amongst female British tennis players, and second amongst active players for most single wins. As well as 353 of those wins being on clay, she has won more matches on the surface out of any British player, male or female. With this impressive feat it is surprising, she has never been nominated to play in a Fed Cup tie, especially given the GB is 0–3 in Fed Cup ties since Carreras professional debut back in 2008 and has a win/loss total of 4–9 on clay.

In addition, Carreras competed in the 2010 Commonwealth games held in Delhi where she reached the round of 16 in singles, after winning her opening-round match 6–0, 6–0 against Tiriata Keeba of Kiribati, but then lost to eventual fourth placer and sixth seed, Olivia Rogowska of Australia, 2–6, 4–6. Thus far, 2010 has been the only time tennis has ever been included in the games' program.

She has twice beaten Garbiñe Muguruza on the ITF Circuit, including back in May 2009 to win her first title in Ankara, Turkey with a score of 7–5, 7–5. Muguruza would later go on to become world No. 1 in 2017, and capture two Grand Slam titles at Roland Garros and Wimbledon.

Career

Junior career (2004–2008)

Carreras only competed in a total of nine tournaments over the course of her junior career, reaching the quarterfinals in only one of them. As a doubles competitor she reached two semifinals and two quarterfinals. By July 2008, when she played in her last junior tournament, she had accumulated win–loss records of 8–9 in singles and 8–8 in doubles. Her career-high combined junior ranking was world No. 548 (achieved on 18 July 2005). [3]

2006–2007

Carreras first competed on senior events in February 2006, but during the rest of the year she failed to pass the second round in any of her tournaments. She ended 2006 without a world ranking. [4]

She continued competing on the ITF Women's Circuit in 2007 and reached her first ever quarterfinal as a qualifier in July at a $10k clay-court event in Tampere, Finland. In her very next tournament (also a $10k clay-court event), she again managed to qualify and this time she reached her very first ITF semifinal. She ended the 2007 season with a ranking of world No. 873. [4]

2008

In March 2008, Carreras reached another ITF quarterfinal, this time in Antalya. In May, she reached her first ever ITF final in a $10k event in Tortosa where she was beaten by Beatriz García Vidagany. She reached the final in her very next tournament where she lost to Elitsa Kostova, in three sets. In August she reached another semifinal and in September and October she reached three more quarterfinals. In November, she again fell just short of winning a tournament when she lost in the final of a $10k event in El Menzah, Tunisia. Her ranking at the end of 2008 had risen almost 300 places to world No. 591. [4]

2009

Carreras began her 2009 season on clay courts and reached another $10k semifinal in March. She followed this up by reaching the quarterfinals of her following tournament which was also a $10k event. Carreras continued competing on the ITF Circuit without any notable result until May, when she reached the semifinals of a $10k tournament in Badalona, Spain. She then headed to Antalya where she won both the singles and doubles in two consecutive events, giving her the first four ITF titles of her career and prompting the official ITF website to feature her in their "Spotlight On…" article for May. [1] This momentum then carried her to another semifinal in her next tournament, when Nataša Zorić from Serbia ended her winning streak of 13 singles matches. Despite this promising first part of the year, Carreras did not pass the second round in any of her remaining tournaments in 2009 with the exception of one quarterfinal showing in late October and one runner-up position in another $10k clay-court event in late November. By the end of 2009, her singles ranking was world No. 423. [4]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 24 (11 titles, 13 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (10–10)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1May 2008ITF Tortosa, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Spain.svg Beatriz García Vidagany 2–6, 3–6
Loss0–2Jun 2008ITF Alcobaça, Portugal10,000Hard Flag of Bulgaria.svg Elitsa Kostova 6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Loss0–3Nov 2008ITF El Menzah, Tunisia10,000Hard Flag of Italy.svg Federica Grazioso6–2, 6–7(5), 4–6
Win1–3May 2009ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000Clay Flag of Spain.svg Garbiñe Muguruza 7–5, 7–5
Win2–3May 2009ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000Clay Flag of Sweden.svg Sandra Roma 7–6(7), 6–7(2), 6–4
Loss2–4Nov 2009ITF La Vall d'Uixó, Spain10,000Clay Flag of France.svg Laura Thorpe 2–6, 2–6
Win3–4Nov 2010ITF La Marsa, Tunisia10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Erika Zanchetta7–6(4), 6–0
Win4–4May 2012ITF Getxo, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Spain.svg Yvonne Cavallé Reimers 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss4–5Sep 2012ITF Madrid, Spain10,000Clay (i) Flag of Argentina.svg Tatiana Búa 3–6, 5–7
Loss4–6Oct 2012ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina25,000Clay Flag of Brazil.svg Teliana Pereira 1–6, 2–6
Win5–6Nov 2014ITF Vinaròs, Spain10,000Clay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Diana Šumová6–4, 6–1
Loss5–7Nov 2014ITF Castellón, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Spain.svg Olga Sáez Larra 6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Win6–7Feb 2015ITF Palma Nova, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Spain.svg Olga Sáez Larra6–4, 7–6(3)
Win7–7Feb 2015ITF Palma Nova, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Spain.svg Cristina Bucșa 7–5, 6–0
Loss7–8Apr 2015ITF Cairo, Egypt15,000Clay Flag of Poland.svg Katarzyna Kawa 5–7, 1–6
Win8–8Sep 2015ITF Pula, Italy10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Jessica Pieri6–4, 6–3
Win9–8Nov 2015ITF Benicarló, Spain10,000Clay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Diana Šumová6–3, 6–2
Loss9–9May 2016 Chiasso Open, Switzerland25,000Clay Flag of Bulgaria.svg Isabella Shinikova 3–6, 6–7(1)
Loss9–10Nov 2016ITF Oslo, Norway10,000Hard (i) Flag of Sweden.svg Jacqueline Cabaj Awad 3–6, 3–6
Loss9–11Nov 2016ITF Benicarló, Spain10,000Clay Flag of France.svg Jessika Ponchet 0–6, 6–7(6)
Win10–11Nov 2018ITF Solarino, Italy15,000Carpet Flag of Argentina.svg Catalina Pella 6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Win11–11Mar 2019ITF Le Havre, France15,000Clay (i) Flag of France.svg Émeline Dartron4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss11–12Apr 2019ITF Tabarka, Tunisia15,000Clay Flag of Spain.svg Rosa Vicens Mas 4–6, 2–6
Loss11–13Oct 2020ITF Platja d'Aro, Spain15,000Clay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sebastianna Scilipoti4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 26 (15 titles, 11 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (14–9)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1May 2008ITF Badalona, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Spain.svg Maite Gabarrús-Alonso Flag of Italy.svg Benedetta Davato
Flag of Italy.svg Lisa Sabino
6–2, 2–6, [8–10]
Win1–1May 2009ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Valentina Sulpizio Flag of Belgium (civil).svg An-Sophie Mestach
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sofie Oyen
4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win2–1May 2009ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Valentina Sulpizio Flag of Sweden.svg Julia Klackenberg
Flag of Sweden.svg Sandra Roma
6–0, 6–3
Loss2–2Aug 2009ITF Vienna, Austria10,000Clay Flag of Austria.svg Raphaela Zotta Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jana Jandová
Flag of Slovakia.svg Monika Kochanová
5–7, 7–5, [14–16]
Loss2–3Oct 2009ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Valentine Confalonieri Flag of Turkey.svg Çağla Büyükakçay
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Albina Khabibulina
6–2, 5–7, [7–10]
Win3–3Nov 2009ITF La Vall d'Uixó, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Spain.svg Lara Arruabarrena Flag of Spain.svg Yera Campos Molina
Flag of Spain.svg Sandra Soler Sola
6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Win4–3May 2010ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil25,000Clay Flag of Peru.svg Bianca Botto Flag of Bolivia.svg María Fernanda Álvarez Terán
Flag of Slovenia.svg Andreja Klepač
3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win5–3Nov 2010ITF La Marsa, Tunisia10,000Clay Flag of Spain.svg Sheila Solsona Carcasona Flag of Mexico.svg Ximena Hermoso
Flag of Mexico.svg Ivette López
6–4, 7–5
Win6–3Nov 2010ITF La Vall d'Uixó, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Venezuela.svg Andrea Gámiz Flag of Spain.svg Lara Arruabarrena
Flag of Italy.svg Benedetta Davato
7–6(5), 6–3
Win7–3Jun 2011ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal10,000Hard Flag of Venezuela.svg Andrea Gámiz Flag of Mexico.svg Ximena Hermoso
Flag of Mexico.svg Ivette López
6–3, 6–4
Loss7–4Aug 2011ITF Gijón, Spain10,000Hard Flag of Venezuela.svg Andrea Gámiz Flag of Ireland.svg Amy Bowtell
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lucy Brown
w/o
Loss7–5Nov 2011ITF Vinaròs, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Spain.svg Carolina Prats Millán Flag of Italy.svg Anastasia Grymalska
Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniya Pashkova
3–6, 1–6
Loss7–6Apr 2012ITF Vic, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Mexico.svg Ximena Hermoso Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniya Pashkova
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Isabella Shinikova
1–6, 2–6
Loss7–7Oct 2013ITF Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain25,000Clay Flag of Spain.svg Lara Arruabarrena Flag of Argentina.svg Tatiana Búa
Flag of Venezuela.svg Andrea Gámiz
6–4, 2–6, [7–10]
Win8–7Feb 2015ITF Palma Nova, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Alice Savoretti Flag of Romania.svg Irina Bara
Flag of Hungary.svg Ágnes Bukta
6–4, 6–1
Win9–7Jul 2015ITF Viserba, Italy10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Alice Savoretti Flag of Italy.svg Martina di Giuseppe
Flag of Italy.svg Giorgia Marchetti
6–3, 3–6, [10–3]
Win10–7Oct 2015ITF La Vall d'Uixó, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Alice Savoretti Flag of Spain.svg María Cañero Pérez
Flag of Spain.svg María Gutiérrez Carrasco
6–1, 6–2
Win11–7Nov 2015ITF Benicarló, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Alice Savoretti Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksandra Korashvili
Flag of Romania.svg Ioana Loredana Roșca
6–3, 6–2
Loss11–8Feb 2016ITF Palma Nova, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Alice Savoretti Flag of Russia.svg Valeria Savinykh
Flag of Ukraine.svg Alyona Sotnikova
6–2, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss11–9Mar 2016ITF Heraklion, Greece10,000Hard Flag of Italy.svg Alice Savoretti Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandra Pospelova
Flag of Russia.svg Alina Silich
2–6, 2–6
Win12–9May 2016ITF Caserta, Italy25,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Alice Savoretti Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksandra Korashvili
Flag of Russia.svg Maria Marfutina
6–7(9), 7–6(5), [10–6]
Win13–9Jun 2016ITF Nieuwpoort, Belgium10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Alice Savoretti Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Steffi Distelmans
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Quirine Lemoine
6–2, 6–7(4), [10–8]
Loss13–10Jul 2016ITF Denain, France25,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Alice Savoretti Flag of Slovakia.svg Michaela Hončová
Flag of France.svg Shérazad Reix
1–6, 3–6
Win14–10Nov 2016ITF Benicarló, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Ecuador.svg Charlotte Römer Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksandra Korashvili
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Isabelle Wallace
5–7, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss14–11Apr 2017ITF Pelham, United States25,000Clay Flag of Croatia.svg Tena Lukas Flag of the United States.svg Emina Bektas
Flag of the United States.svg Sanaz Marand
w/o
Win15–11Apr 2019ITF Tabarka, Tunisia15,000Clay Flag of Spain.svg Ángela Fita Boluda Flag of the United States.svg Sarah Lee
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Chelsea Vanhoutte
6–2, 6–3

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