Amanda Carreras


Amanda Carreras is a British tennis player.
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.
On 24 July 2012, Carreras carried the Olympic flame in the torch relay in Ealing, London. Nicola Bosio 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 9 medals, 8 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 single 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 6th seed Olivia Rogowska of Australia 6-2 6-4. Thus far 2010 has been the only time tennis has ever been included in the games' program.

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.

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 $10,000 clay court event in Tampere, Finland. In her very next tournament 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 $10,000 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 $10,000 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 $10,000 ITF semifinal in March. She followed this up by reaching the quarterfinals of her following tournament which was also a $10,000 event. Carreras continued competing on the ITF circuit without any notable result until May, when she reached the semifinals of a $10,000 ITF 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 $10,000 clay-court event in late November. By the end of 2009, her singles ranking was world No. 423.

ITF finals

Singles: 23 (11 titles, 12 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1May 2008ITF Tortosa, Spain10,000Clay Beatriz García Vidagany2–6, 3–6
Loss0–2Jun 2008ITF Alcobaça, Portugal10,000Hard Elitsa Kostova6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Loss0–3Nov 2008ITF El Menzah, Tunisia10,000Hard Federica Grazioso6–2, 6–7, 4–6
Win1–3May 2009ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000Clay Garbiñe Muguruza7–5, 7–5
Win2–3May 2009ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000Clay Sandra Roma7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Loss2–4Nov 2009ITF La Vall d'Uixó, Spain10,000Clay Laura Thorpe2–6, 2–6
Win3–4Nov 2010ITF La Marsa, Tunisia10,000Clay Erika Zanchetta7–6, 6–0
Win4–4May 2012ITF Getxo, Spain10,000Clay Yvonne Cavallé Reimers6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss4–5Sep 2012ITF Madrid, Spain10,000Clay Tatiana Búa3–6, 5–7
Loss4–6Oct 2012ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina25,000Clay Teliana Pereira1–6, 2–6
Win5–6Nov 2014ITF Vinaròs, Spain10,000Clay Diana Šumová6–4, 6–1
Loss5–7Nov 2014ITF Castellón, Spain10,000Clay Olga Sáez Larra6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Win6–7Feb 2015ITF Palma Nova, Spain10,000Clay Olga Sáez Larra6–4, 7–6
Win7–7Feb 2015ITF Palma Nova, Spain10,000Clay Cristina Bucșa7–5, 6–0
Loss7–8Apr 2015ITF Cairo, Egypt15,000Clay Katarzyna Kawa5–7, 1–6
Win8–8Sep 2015ITF Pula, Italy10,000Clay Jessica Pieri6–4, 6–3
Win9–8Nov 2015ITF Benicarló, Spain10,000Clay Diana Šumová6–3, 6–2
Loss9–9May 2016ITF Chiasso, Switzerland25,000Clay Isabella Shinikova3–6, 6–7
Loss9–10Nov 2016ITF Oslo, Norway10,000Hard Jacqueline Cabaj Awad3–6, 3–6
Loss9–11Nov 2016ITF Benicarló, Spain10,000Clay Jessika Ponchet0–6, 6–7
Win10–11Nov 2018ITF Solarino, Italy15,000Carpet Catalina Pella6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Win11–11Mar 2019ITF Le Havre, France15,000Clay Emeline Dartron4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss11–12Apr 2019ITF Tabarka, Tunisia15,000Clay Rosa Vicens Mas4–6, 2–6

Doubles (15–11)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.12 May 2008Badalona, SpainClay Maite Gabarrus Alonso Benedetta Davato
Lisa Sabino		6–2, 2–6,
Winner1.11 May 2009Antalya, TurkeyClay Valentina Sulpizio An-Sophie Mestach
Sofie Oyen		4–6, 6–3,
Winner2.18 May 2009Antalya, TurkeyClay Valentina Sulpizio Julia Klackenberg
Sandra Roma		6–0, 6–3
Runner-up2.3 August 2009Vienna, AustriaClay Raphaela Zotta Jana Jandová
Monika Kochanová		5–7, 7–5,
Runner-up3.12 October 2009Antalya, TurkeyClay Valentine Confalonieri Çağla Büyükakçay
Albina Khabibulina		6–2, 5–7,
Winner3.23 November 2009La Vall d'Uixó, SpainClay Lara Arruabarrena Yera Campos Molina
Sandra Soler Sola		6–4, 3–6,
Winner4.3 May 2010Rio de Janeiro, BrazilClay Bianca Botto María Fernanda Álvarez Terán
Andreja Klepač		3–6, 6–4,
Winner5.1 November 2010La Marsa, TunisiaClay Sheila Solsona Carcasona Ximena Hermoso
Ivette López		6–4, 7–5
Winner6.22 November 2010La Vall d'Uixó, SpainClay Andrea Gámiz Lara Arruabarrena
Benedetta Davato		7–6, 6–3
Winner7.13 June 2011Montemor-o-Novo, PortugalHard Andrea Gámiz Ximena Hermoso
Ivette López		6–3, 6–4
Runner-up4.8 August 2011Gijón, SpainHard Andrea Gámiz Amy Bowtell
Lucy Brown		w/o
Runner-up5.18 November 2011Vinaròs, SpainClay Carolina Prats Millán Anastasia Grymalska
Evgeniya Pashkova		3–6, 1–6
Runner-up6.28 April 2012Vic, SpainClay Ximena Hermoso Evgeniya Pashkova
Isabella Shinikova		1–6, 2–6
Runner-up7.11 October 2013Sant Cugat del Vallès, SpainClay Lara Arruabarrena Tatiana Búa
Andrea Gámiz		6–4, 2–6,
Winner8.14 February 2015Palma Nova, SpainClay Alice Savoretti Irina Maria Bara
Ágnes Bukta		6–4, 6–1
Winner9.24 July 2015Viserba, ItalyClay Alice Savoretti Martina Di Giuseppe
Giorgia Marchetti		6–3, 3–6,
Winner10.2 October 2015La Vall d'Uixó, SpainClay Alice Savoretti María Cañero Pérez
María Gutiérrez Carrasco		6–1, 6–2
Winner11.13 November 2015Benicarló, SpainClay Alice Savoretti Oleksandra Korashvili
Ioana Loredana Roșca		6–3, 6–2
Runner-up8.20 February 2016Palma Nova, SpainClay Alice Savoretti Valeria Savinykh
Alyona Sotnikova		6–2, 4–6,
Runner-up9.26 March 2016Heraklion, GreeceHard Alice Savoretti Aleksandra Pospelova
Alina Silich		2–6, 2–6
Winner12.20 May 2016Caserta, ItalyClay Alice Savoretti Oleksandra Korashvili
Maria Marfutina		6–7, 7–6,
Winner13.24 June 2016Nieuwpoort, BelgiumClay Alice Savoretti Steffi Distelmans
Quirine Lemoine		6–2, 6–7,
Runner-up10.1 July 2016Denain, FranceClay Alice Savoretti Michaela Hončová
Shérazad Reix		1–6, 3–6
Winner14.18 November 2016Benicarló, SpainClay Charlotte Römer Oleksandra Korashvili
Isabelle Wallace		5–7, 6–3,
Runner-up11.14 April 2017Pelham, United StatesClay Tena Lukas Emina Bektas
Sanaz Marand		w/o
Winner15.14 April 2019Tabarka, TunisiaClay Angela Fita Boluda Sarah Lee
Chelsea Vanhoutte		6–2, 6–3