Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | 17 February 1978 |
Prize money | $68,132 |
Singles | |
Career record | 177-116 |
Career titles | 8 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 236 (20 July 1998) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 121-85 |
Career titles | 11 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 142 (8 September 1997) |
Celeste Contín (born 17 February 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.
Biography
[edit]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
[edit]Singles (8–7)
[edit]$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 8 October 1995 | Lima, Peru | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 1. | 5 November 1995 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 2. | 18 August 1996 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 2. | 8 September 1996 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–2, 2–6 |
Winner | 3. | 15 September 1996 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 3 November 1996 | Minas Gerais, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(2), 2–6 |
Winner | 4. | 11 November 1996 | São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 4. | 7 April 1997 | Viña del Mar, Chile | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 12 October 1997 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Clay | ![]() |
6–7, 4–6 |
Winner | 5. | 12 April 1998 | Viña del Mar, Chile | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 6. | 5 September 1999 | San Juan, Argentina | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 19 August 2002 | Asunción, Paraguay | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 6. | 1 September 2002 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 3–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 7. | 29 September 2002 | San Salvador, El Salvador | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 8. | 6 October 2002 | Mexicali, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Doubles (11–9)
[edit]Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 8 September 1996 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–7, 6–3 |
Winner | 2. | 15 September 1996 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, 7–6 |
Winner | 3. | 22 September 1996 | Asunción, Paraguay | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 4–6, 6–0 |
Winner | 4. | 3 November 1996 | Minas Gerais, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 1. | 7 April 1997 | Viña del Mar, Chile | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 7–5, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 4 May 1997 | Balaguer, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–0, 2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 5 October 1997 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 23 November 1997 | São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 6 April 1998 | Viña del Mar, Chile | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 5. | 27 April 1998 | Hatfield, United Kingdom | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 6. | 12 September 1998 | Mexico City, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 6. | 28 November 1999 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 3–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 7. | 1 April 2001 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 |
Winner | 8. | 6 April 2002 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 2–6, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 7. | 3 June 2002 | Poznań, Poland | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 9. | 1 September 2002 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | ![]() |
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w/o |
Runner-up | 8. | 29 September 2002 | San Salvador, El Salvador | Clay | ![]() |
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w/o |
Winner | 10. | 1 October 2002 | Mexicali, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 11. | 7 October 2002 | Los Mochis, Mexico | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 9. | 14 June 2002 | Pachuca, Mexico | Clay | ![]() |
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0–6, 1–6 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "La Argentina empezó muy mal con Australia". La Nación (in Spanish). 26 July 1998.
- ^ "Suárez arrancó firme la defensa del título". Clarín (in Spanish). 18 February 1999.