Celeste Contín

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

Celeste Contín
Country (sports) Argentina
Born (1978-02-17) 17 February 1978
Prize money$68,132
Singles
Career record177-116
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 236 (20 July 1998)
Doubles
Career record121-85
Career titles11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 142 (8 September 1997)

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
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 8 October 1995 Lima, Peru Hard Sweden Maria-Farnes Capistrano 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 1. 5 November 1995 Santiago, Chile Clay Brazil Miriam D'Agostini 2–6, 1–6
Winner 2. 18 August 1996 Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay United States Kristine Kurth 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 8 September 1996 Santiago, Chile Clay Argentina Luciana Masante 4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Winner 3. 15 September 1996 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Veronica Stele 7–5, 7–6
Runner-up 3. 3 November 1996 Minas Gerais, Brazil Clay Canada Martina Nejedly 6–7(2), 2–6
Winner 4. 11 November 1996 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Czech Republic Zdeňka Málková 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 4. 7 April 1997 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Hungary Katalin Marosi 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 5. 12 October 1997 Montevideo, Uruguay Clay Argentina Clarisa Fernández 6–7, 4–6
Winner 5. 12 April 1998 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Chile Paula Cabezas 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 6. 5 September 1999 San Juan, Argentina Clay Argentina Romina Ottoboni 1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up 7. 19 August 2002 Asunción, Paraguay Clay Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves 1–6, 1–6
Winner 6. 1 September 2002 Santiago, Chile Clay Brazil Bruna Colósio 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Winner 7. 29 September 2002 San Salvador, El Salvador Clay United States Jacquelyn Rosen 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner 8. 6 October 2002 Mexicali, Mexico Hard Uruguay Ana Lucía Migliarini de León 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles (11–9)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 8 September 1996 Santiago, Chile Clay Argentina Romina Ottoboni Brazil Renata Brito
Argentina Luciana Masante
6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Winner 2. 15 September 1996 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Romina Ottoboni Brazil Renata Brito
Peru María Eugenia Rojas
6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Winner 3. 22 September 1996 Asunción, Paraguay Clay Argentina Romina Ottoboni Argentina Mariana Faustinelli
Argentina Geraldine Aizenberg
6–2, 4–6, 6–0
Winner 4. 3 November 1996 Minas Gerais, Brazil Clay Argentina Romina Ottoboni Canada Martina Nejedly
Brazil Lilian Silva
4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 1. 7 April 1997 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Argentina Luciana Masante Hungary Katalin Marosi
Argentina Veronica Stele
1–6, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 4 May 1997 Balaguer, Spain Clay Spain Conchita Martínez Granados Spain Nuria Montero
Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
6–0, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 5 October 1997 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Romina Ottoboni Argentina Laura Montalvo
Argentina Mercedes Paz
6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 23 November 1997 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Argentina Cintia Tortorella Brazil Vanessa Menga
Brazil Miriam D'Agostini
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 6 April 1998 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Chile Paula Cabezas Argentina Melisa Arévalo
Argentina Daniela Muscolino
3–6, 4–6
Winner 5. 27 April 1998 Hatfield, United Kingdom Clay Spain Mariam Ramón Climent United Kingdom Lizzie Jelfs
United Kingdom Amanda Keen
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 6. 12 September 1998 Mexico City, Mexico Hard Mexico Jessica Fernández Netherlands Seda Noorlander
Greece Christína Papadáki
3–6, 1–6
Winner 6. 28 November 1999 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Clay Brazil Joana Cortez Brazil Miriam D'Agostini
Brazil Carla Tiene
6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Winner 7. 1 April 2001 Santiago, Chile Clay Argentina Romina Ottoboni Brazil Marcela Evangelista
Brazil Letícia Sobral
6–1, 6–3
Winner 8. 6 April 2002 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Hard Argentina Romina Ottoboni Brazil Vanessa Menga
Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves
6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up 7. 3 June 2002 Poznań, Poland Clay Uruguay Ana Lucía Migliarini de León Netherlands Jolanda Mens
Netherlands Tessy van de Ven
2–6, 2–6
Winner 9. 1 September 2002 Santiago, Chile Clay Brazil Bruna Colósio Brazil Larissa Carvalho
Argentina Soledad Esperón
w/o
Runner-up 8. 29 September 2002 San Salvador, El Salvador Clay Argentina Micaela Moran United States Jacquelyn Rosen
Germany Jacqueline Froehlich
w/o
Winner 10. 1 October 2002 Mexicali, Mexico Hard Uruguay Ana Lucía Migliarini de León Brazil Marcela Evangelista
Brazil Letícia Sobral
6–4, 6–2
Winner 11. 7 October 2002 Los Mochis, Mexico Clay Uruguay Ana Lucía Migliarini de León Argentina Jorgelina Barrera
Argentina Florencia Rivolta
7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 9. 14 June 2002 Pachuca, Mexico Clay Uruguay Ana Lucía Migliarini de León Mexico Erika Clarke
Mexico Graciela Vélez
0–6, 1–6

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