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 Maria-Farnes Capistrano 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 1. 5 November 1995 Santiago, Chile Clay Miriam D'Agostini 2–6, 1–6
Winner 2. 18 August 1996 Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay Kristine Kurth 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 8 September 1996 Santiago, Chile Clay Luciana Masante 4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Winner 3. 15 September 1996 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Veronica Stele 7–5, 7–6
Runner-up 3. 3 November 1996 Minas Gerais, Brazil Clay Martina Nejedly 6–7(2), 2–6
Winner 4. 11 November 1996 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Zdeňka Málková 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 4. 7 April 1997 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Katalin Marosi 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 5. 12 October 1997 Montevideo, Uruguay Clay Clarisa Fernández 6–7, 4–6
Winner 5. 12 April 1998 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Paula Cabezas 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 6. 5 September 1999 San Juan, Argentina Clay Romina Ottoboni 1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up 7. 19 August 2002 Asunción, Paraguay Clay Maria Fernanda Alves 1–6, 1–6
Winner 6. 1 September 2002 Santiago, Chile Clay Bruna Colósio 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Winner 7. 29 September 2002 San Salvador, El Salvador Clay Jacquelyn Rosen 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner 8. 6 October 2002 Mexicali, Mexico Hard 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 Romina Ottoboni Renata Brito
Luciana Masante		 6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Winner 2. 15 September 1996 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Romina Ottoboni Renata Brito
María Eugenia Rojas		 6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Winner 3. 22 September 1996 Asunción, Paraguay Clay Romina Ottoboni Mariana Faustinelli
Geraldine Aizenberg		 6–2, 4–6, 6–0
Winner 4. 3 November 1996 Minas Gerais, Brazil Clay Romina Ottoboni Martina Nejedly
Lilian Silva		 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 1. 7 April 1997 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Luciana Masante Katalin Marosi
Veronica Stele		 1–6, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 4 May 1997 Balaguer, Spain Clay Conchita Martínez Granados Nuria Montero
Lourdes Domínguez Lino		 6–0, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 5 October 1997 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Romina Ottoboni Laura Montalvo
Mercedes Paz		 6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 23 November 1997 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Cintia Tortorella Vanessa Menga
Miriam D'Agostini		 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 6 April 1998 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Paula Cabezas Melisa Arévalo
Daniela Muscolino		 3–6, 4–6
Winner 5. 27 April 1998 Hatfield, United Kingdom Clay Mariam Ramón Climent Lizzie Jelfs
Amanda Keen		 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 6. 12 September 1998 Mexico City, Mexico Hard Jessica Fernández Seda Noorlander
Christína Papadáki		 3–6, 1–6
Winner 6. 28 November 1999 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Clay Joana Cortez Miriam D'Agostini
Carla Tiene		 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Winner 7. 1 April 2001 Santiago, Chile Clay Romina Ottoboni Marcela Evangelista
Letícia Sobral		 6–1, 6–3
Winner 8. 6 April 2002 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Hard Romina Ottoboni Vanessa Menga
Maria Fernanda Alves		 6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up 7. 3 June 2002 Poznań, Poland Clay Ana Lucía Migliarini de León Jolanda Mens
Tessy van de Ven		 2–6, 2–6
Winner 9. 1 September 2002 Santiago, Chile Clay Bruna Colósio Larissa Carvalho
Soledad Esperón		 w/o
Runner-up 8. 29 September 2002 San Salvador, El Salvador Clay Micaela Moran Jacquelyn Rosen
Jacqueline Froehlich		 w/o
Winner 10. 1 October 2002 Mexicali, Mexico Hard Ana Lucía Migliarini de León Marcela Evangelista
Letícia Sobral		 6–4, 6–2
Winner 11. 7 October 2002 Los Mochis, Mexico Clay Ana Lucía Migliarini de León Jorgelina Barrera
Florencia Rivolta		 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 9. 14 June 2002 Pachuca, Mexico Clay Ana Lucía Migliarini de León Erika Clarke
Graciela Vélez		 0–6, 1–6

See also

References
  1. "La Argentina empezó muy mal con Australia". La Nación (in Spanish). 26 July 1998.
  2. "Suárez arrancó firme la defensa del título". Clarín (in Spanish). 18 February 1999.
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