Amanda Carreras
Introduction '''Amanda Carreras''' (born 16 May 1990) is an inactive British tennis player from Gibraltar.Carreras has won 11 singles titles 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.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.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).===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.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.===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.===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. 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.
ITF Circuit finals ===Singles: 24 (11 titles, 13 runner–ups)=== Legend $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (0–3)Clay (10–10)Carpet (1–0)ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 May 2008ITF Tortosa, Spain10,000 Clay  Beatriz García Vidagany 2–6, 3–6Loss 0–2 Jun 2008ITF Alcobaça, Portugal10,000 Hard  Elitsa Kostova 6–3, 2–6, 2–6Loss 0–3 Nov 2008ITF El Menzah, Tunisia10,000 Hard  Federica Grazioso 6–2, 6–7(5), 4–6Win 1–3 May 2009ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Clay  Garbiñe Muguruza 7–5, 7–5Win 2–3 May 2009ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Clay  Sandra Roma 7–6(7), 6–7(2), 6–4Loss 2–4 Nov 2009ITF La Vall d'Uixó, Spain10,000 Clay  Laura Thorpe 2–6, 2–6Win 3–4 Nov 2010ITF La Marsa, Tunisia10,000 Clay  Erika Zanchetta 7–6(4), 6–0Win 4–4 May 2012ITF Getxo, Spain10,000 Clay  Yvonne Cavallé Reimers 6–3, 4–6, 6–4Loss 4–5 Sep 2012ITF Madrid, Spain10,000 Clay (i)  Tatiana Búa 3–6, 5–7Loss 4–6 Oct 2012ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina25,000 Clay  Teliana Pereira 1–6, 2–6Win 5–6 Nov 2014ITF Vinaròs, Spain10,000 Clay  Diana Šumová 6–4, 6–1Loss 5–7 Nov 2014ITF Castellón, Spain10,000 Clay  Olga Sáez Larra 6–3, 1–6, 2–6Win 6–7 Feb 2015ITF Palma Nova, Spain10,000 Clay  Olga Sáez Larra 6–4, 7–6(3)Win 7–7 Feb 2015ITF Palma Nova, Spain10,000 Clay  Cristina Bucșa 7–5, 6–0Loss 7–8 Apr 2015ITF Cairo, Egypt15,000 Clay  Katarzyna Kawa 5–7, 1–6Win 8–8 Sep 2015ITF Pula, Italy10,000 Clay  Jessica Pieri 6–4, 6–3Win 9–8 Nov 2015ITF Benicarló, Spain10,000 Clay  Diana Šumová 6–3, 6–2Loss 9–9 May 2016Chiasso Open, Switzerland25,000 Clay  Isabella Shinikova 3–6, 6–7(1)Loss 9–10 Nov 2016ITF Oslo, Norway10,000 Hard (i)  Jacqueline Cabaj Awad 3–6, 3–6Loss 9–11 Nov 2016ITF Benicarló, Spain10,000 Clay  Jessika Ponchet 0–6, 6–7(6)Win 10–11 Nov 2018ITF Solarino, Italy15,000 Carpet  Catalina Pella 6–4, 3–6, 7–5Win 11–11 Mar 2019ITF Le Havre, France15,000 Clay (i)  Émeline Dartron 4–6, 6–3, 6–1Loss 11–12 Apr 2019ITF Tabarka, Tunisia15,000 Clay  Rosa Vicens Mas 4–6, 2–6Loss 11–13 Oct 2020ITF Platja d'Aro, Spain15,000 Clay  Sebastianna Scilipoti 4–6, 4–6===Doubles: 26 (15 titles, 11 runner–ups)=== Legend $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (14–9)Carpet (0–0)ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 May 2008 ITF Badalona, Spain10,000 Clay  Maite Gabarrús-Alonso  Benedetta Davato   Lisa Sabino 6–2, 2–6, 8–10Win 1–1 May 2009 ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Clay  Valentina Sulpizio  An-Sophie Mestach   Sofie Oyen 4–6, 6–3, 10–4Win 2–1 May 2009 ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Clay  Valentina Sulpizio  Julia Klackenberg   Sandra Roma 6–0, 6–3Loss 2–2 Aug 2009 ITF Vienna, Austria10,000 Clay  Raphaela Zotta  Jana Jandová   Monika Kochanová 5–7, 7–5, 14–16Loss 2–3 Oct 2009 ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Clay  Valentine Confalonieri  Çağla Büyükakçay   Albina Khabibulina 6–2, 5–7, 7–10Win 3–3 Nov 2009 ITF La Vall d'Uixó, Spain10,000 Clay  Lara Arruabarrena  Yera Campos Molina   Sandra Soler Sola 6–4, 3–6, 11–9Win 4–3 May 2010 ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil25,000 Clay  Bianca Botto  María Fernanda Álvarez Terán   Andreja Klepač 3–6, 6–4, 10–8Win 5–3 Nov 2010 ITF La Marsa, Tunisia10,000 Clay  Sheila Solsona Carcasona  Ximena Hermoso   Ivette López 6–4, 7–5Win 6–3 Nov 2010 ITF La Vall d'Uixó, Spain10,000 Clay  Andrea Gámiz  Lara Arruabarrena   Benedetta Davato 7–6(5), 6–3Win 7–3 Jun 2011 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal10,000 Hard  Andrea Gámiz  Ximena Hermoso   Ivette López 6–3, 6–4Loss 7–4 Aug 2011 ITF Gijón, Spain10,000 Hard  Andrea Gámiz  Amy Bowtell   Lucy Brown w/oLoss 7–5 Nov 2011 ITF Vinaròs, Spain10,000 Clay  Carolina Prats Millán  Anastasia Grymalska   Evgeniya Pashkova 3–6, 1–6Loss 7–6 Apr 2012 ITF Vic, Spain10,000 Clay  Ximena Hermoso  Evgeniya Pashkova   Isabella Shinikova 1–6, 2–6Loss 7–7 Oct 2013 ITF Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain25,000 Clay  Lara Arruabarrena  Tatiana Búa   Andrea Gámiz 6–4, 2–6, 7–10Win 8–7 Feb 2015 ITF Palma Nova, Spain10,000 Clay  Alice Savoretti  Irina Bara   Ágnes Bukta 6–4, 6–1Win 9–7 Jul 2015 ITF Viserba, Italy10,000 Clay  Alice Savoretti  Martina Di Giuseppe   Giorgia Marchetti 6–3, 3–6, 10–3Win 10–7 Oct 2015 ITF La Vall d'Uixó, Spain10,000 Clay  Alice Savoretti  María Cañero Pérez   María Gutiérrez Carrasco 6–1, 6–2Win 11–7 Nov 2015 ITF Benicarló, Spain10,000 Clay  Alice Savoretti  Oleksandra Korashvili   Ioana Loredana Roșca 6–3, 6–2Loss 11–8 Feb 2016 ITF Palma Nova, Spain10,000 Clay  Alice Savoretti  Valeria Savinykh   Alyona Sotnikova 6–2, 4–6, 6–10Loss 11–9 Mar 2016 ITF Heraklion, Greece10,000 Hard  Alice Savoretti  Aleksandra Pospelova   Alina Silich 2–6, 2–6Win 12–9 May 2016 ITF Caserta, Italy25,000 Clay  Alice Savoretti  Oleksandra Korashvili   Maria Marfutina 6–7(9), 7–6(5), 10–6Win 13–9 Jun 2016 ITF Nieuwpoort, Belgium10,000 Clay  Alice Savoretti  Steffi Distelmans   Quirine Lemoine 6–2, 6–7(4), 10–8Loss 13–10 Jul 2016 ITF Denain, France25,000 Clay  Alice Savoretti  Michaela Hončová   Shérazad Reix 1–6, 3–6Win 14–10 Nov 2016 ITF Benicarló, Spain10,000 Clay  Charlotte Römer  Oleksandra Korashvili   Isabelle Wallace 5–7, 6–3, 10–7Loss 14–11 Apr 2017 ITF Pelham, United States25,000 Clay  Tena Lukas  Emina Bektas   Sanaz Marand w/oWin 15–11 Apr 2019 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia15,000 Clay  Ángela Fita Boluda  Sarah Lee   Chelsea Vanhoutte 6–2, 6–3
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