Career

Gómez turned professional in 1979. Early success in his career came mainly in doubles competition. He won five doubles titles in 1980, and seven in 1981.

In 1986, Gómez attained the world No. 1 doubles ranking. He won seven doubles events that year, including the US Open men's doubles title (partnering Slobodan Živojinović). Gómez won a second Grand Slam men's doubles title in 1988 at the French Open (partnering Emilio Sánchez).

His first top-level singles title came in 1981 in Bordeaux. He then won the Italian Open in 1982, beating Eliot Teltscher in the final in three sets, and again in 1984, when he defeated Aaron Krickstein in four sets.

The crowning achievement of Gómez's career came in 1990 when he reached his first (and only) Grand Slam singles final at the French Open. There he faced 19-year-old Andre Agassi who, like Gómez, was playing in his first Grand Slam singles final. The up-and-coming American star was considered the favourite, but Gómez seized the moment and claimed the title with a four-set win. Gómez reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 later that year.

Over the course of his career, Gómez won 21 singles and 33 doubles titles. His last singles title was won in 1991 in Brasília. His final doubles title came in 1992 in Barcelona.

Path to the French Open title

Gomez had to defeat the following people in order to win the Grand Slam French Open title over Agassi.

Round	Defeated	Score	Opponent's Rank	Notes
First Round	Fernando Luna	7-6(7-2), 6-1, 7-6(7-5)	163
Second Round	Marcelo Filippini	7-6(7-5), 6-2, 6-1	62
Third Round	Alexander Volkov	6-2, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3	92
Fourth Round	Magnus Gustafsson	W/O	19
Quarterfinals	Thierry Champion	6-3, 6-3, 6-4	191
Semifinal	Thomas Muster	7-5, 6-1, 7-5	9	Muster went on to win the French Open in 1995.
Final	Andre Agassi	6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4	5	Agassi went on to win 8 Grand Slams, including the 1999 French Open.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1-0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1990	French Open	Clay	Andre Agassi	6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4

Doubles: 2 (2-0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1986	US Open	Hard	Slobodan Živojinović	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Winner	1988	French Open	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6-3, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3

Career finals

Singles: 35 (21-14)

Legend Grand Slam (1-0) Tennis Masters Cup (0-0) Championship Series (1-1) Grand Prix (19-13)

Titles by Surface Hard (4-3) Clay (16-7) Grass (0-0) Carpet (1-4)

Outcome	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1980	Sarasota, US	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	1-6, 1-6
Winner	1981	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Thierry Tulasne	7-6, 7-6, 6-1
Runner-up	1981	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	4-6, 5-7
Runner-up	1982	Denver, US	Carpet	John Sadri	6-4, 1-6, 4-6
Winner	1982	Rome, Italy	Clay	Eliot Teltscher	6-2, 6-3, 6-2
Winner	1982	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Loïc Courteau	6-3, 6-4
Runner-up	1983	North Conway, US	Clay	José Luis Clerc	3-6, 1-6
Runner-up	1983	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Jimmy Arias	4-6, 6-2, 4-6
Winner	1983	Dallas, US	Hard	Brian Teacher	6-7, 6-1, 6-1
Runner-up	1983	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Eliot Teltscher	5-7, 6-3, 1-6
Winner	1984	Nice, France	Clay	Henrik Sundström	6-1, 6-4
Winner	1984	Rome, Italy	Clay	Aaron Krickstein	2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
Winner	1984	Washington, US	Clay	Aaron Krickstein	6-2, 6-2
Winner	1984	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	6-0, 7-6
Winner	1984	Hong Kong, UK	Hard	Tomáš Šmíd	6-3, 6-2
Runner-up	1984	Wembley, UK	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	6-7, 2-6, 1-6
Runner-up	1985	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Ivan Lendl	1-6, 3-6
Winner	1985	Hong Kong, UK	Hard	Aaron Krickstein	6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Winner	1986	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Thierry Tulasne	6-4, 7-6
Winner	1986	Florence, Italy	Clay	Henrik Sundström	6-3, 6-4
Winner	1986	Boston, US	Clay	Martín Jaite	7-5, 6-4
Runner-up	1986	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Miloslav Mečíř	4-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2, 3-6
Runner-up	1986	Hong Kong, UK	Hard	Ramesh Krishnan	6-7, 0-6, 5-7
Winner	1986	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	4-6, 6-4, 6-4
Winner	1987	Forest Hills, US	Clay	Yannick Noah	6-4, 7-6, 7-6
Runner-up	1987	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet	Tim Mayotte	6-7, 4-6
Runner-up	1988	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Andre Agassi	4-6, 2-6
Runner-up	1988	Washington, US	Hard	Jimmy Connors	1-6, 4-6
Winner	1989	Boston, US	Clay	Mats Wilander	6-1, 6-4
Winner	1989	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Horst Skoff	6-4, 6-4, 6-2
Runner-up	1990	Philadelphia, US	Carpet	Pete Sampras	6-7, 5-7, 2-6
Winner	1990	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Guillermo Pérez-Roldán	6-0, 7-6, 3-6, 0-6, 6-2
Winner	1990	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Marc Rosset	6-3, 7-6
Winner	1990	French Open, Paris	Clay	Andre Agassi	6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Winner	1991	Brasília, Brazil	Carpet	Javier Sánchez	6-4, 3-6, 6-3

Doubles: 51 (33-18)

Outcome	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1980	Sarasota, US	Clay	Ricardo Ycaza	David Carter Rick Fagel	6-3, 6-4
Winner	1980	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Heinz Gildemeister	Reinhart Probst Max Wünschig	6-3, 6-4
Runner-up	1980	Boston, US	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	6-1, 4-6, 4-6
Winner	1980	Washington, US	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	6-4, 7-5
Winner	1980	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Jan Kodeš Balázs Taróczy	3-6, 6-3, 10-8
Winner	1980	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	José Luis Clerc Belus Prajoux	6-3, 1-6, 6-4
Runner-up	1980	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Ricardo Ycaza	Álvaro Fillol Carlos Kirmayr	4-6, 3-6
Runner-up	1981	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Belus Prajoux	David Carter Paul Kronk	1-6, 2-6
Winner	1981	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6-4, 3-6, 6-4
Winner	1981	Rome, Italy	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Bruce Manson Tomáš Šmíd	7-5, 6-2
Winner	1981	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Ricardo Cano	Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta	6-2, 6-2
Runner-up	1981	Boston, US	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Raúl Ramírez Pavel Složil	4-6, 6-7
Winner	1981	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Belus Prajoux	Jim Gurfein Anders Järryd	7-5, 6-3
Winner	1981	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Heinz Günthardt Tomáš Šmíd	6-2, 3-6, 6-3
Runner-up	1981	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	1-6, 4-6
Winner	1981	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	David Carter Ricardo Ycaza	7-5, 6-3
Winner	1981	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Ricardo Cano Belus Prajoux	6-2, 7-6
Runner-up	1982	Washington, US	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Raúl Ramírez Van Winitsky	5-7, 6-7
Winner	1982	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	6-4, 6-2
Runner-up	1983	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Ilie Năstase	Jaime Fillol Sr. Stan Smith	7-6, 4-6, 3-6
Runner-up	1983	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Steve Meister Brian Teacher	7-6, 6-7, 2-6
Runner-up	1984	Nice, France	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Jan Gunnarsson Michael Mortensen	1-6, 5-7
Winner	1984	Wembley, England	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	6-2, 6-2
Winner	1985	Marbella, Spain	Clay	Cássio Motta	Loïc Courteau Michiel Schapers	6-1, 6-1
Winner	1985	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	1-6, 7-6, 6-4
Winner	1985	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Guy Forget	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	6-3, 6-4
Winner	1986	Ft. Myers, US	Hard	Ivan Lendl	Peter Doohan Paul McNamee	7-5, 6-4
Winner	1986	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	John Fitzgerald Sherwood Stewart	6-4, 6-3
Winner	1986	Forest Hills, US	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Boris Becker Slobodan Živojinović	7-6, 7-6
Winner	1986	Boston, US	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Dan Cassidy Mel Purcell	4-6, 7-5, 6-0
Winner	1986	Washington, US	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Ricardo Acioly Cesar Kist	6-3, 7-5
Runner-up	1986	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Heinz Günthardt Tomáš Šmíd	6-4, 3-6, 6-7
Winner	1986	US Open, New York	Hard	Slobodan Živojinović	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Winner	1986	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Mansour Bahrami Diego Pérez	6-4, 6-3
Runner-up	1986	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	3-6, 5-7
Runner-up	1986	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard (i)	Sherwood Stewart	Mike De Palmer Christo van Rensburg	6-3, 2-6, 6-7
Runner-up	1987	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Anders Järryd	Paul Annacone Kevin Curren	4-6, 6-7
Winner	1987	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Mansour Bahrami Michael Mortensen	6-2, 6-4
Winner	1987	Boston, US	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	7-6, 3-6, 6-1
Winner	1988	French Open, Paris	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6-3, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3
Runner-up	1988	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Petr Korda Milan Šrejber	6-7, 6-7
Winner	1988	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Slobodan Živojinović	Boris Becker Eric Jelen	7-5, 5-7, 6-3
Winner	1989	Boston, US	Clay	Alberto Mancini	Todd Nelson Phil Williamson	7-6, 6-2
Winner	1989	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Alberto Mancini	Mansour Bahrami Guillermo Pérez-Roldán	6-3, 7-5
Runner-up	1989	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Slobodan Živojinović	Kevin Curren David Pate	6-4, 3-6, 6-7
Winner	1990	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	7-6, 7-5
Runner-up	1990	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Petr Korda Tomáš Šmíd	4-6, 6-7
Runner-up	1990	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Juan Carlos Baguena Omar Camporese	4-6, 6-3, 3-6
Runner-up	1991	Schenectady, US	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Javier Sánchez Todd Woodbridge	6-3, 6-7, 6-7
Winner	1991	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Jaime Oncins	Jorge Lozano Cássio Motta	7-5, 6-4
Winner	1992	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Ivan Lendl Karel Nováček	6-4, 6-4

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	SR
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	A	4R	A	1R	0 / 2
French Open	A	2R	2R	4R	4R	QF	3R	QF	QF	2R	2R	W	A	2R	1 / 12
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	1R	A	QF	A	1R	4R	A	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 7
US Open	2R	2R	3R	A	4R	QF	A	2R	4R	3R	3R	1R	1R	A	0 / 11
SR	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 3	1 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 2	1 / 32
Year-End Championship
Tennis Masters Cup	A	A	A	A	QF	A	SF	RR	A	A	A	RR	A	A	0 / 5
Year End Ranking	61	44	37	15	14	5	15	10	11	24	17	6	70	179

Doubles

Tournament	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	0 / 2
French Open	A	2R	2R	A	1R	1R	A	2R	3R	W	1R	A	A	1R	1 / 9
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	SF	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3
US Open	2R	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	A	W	SF	3R	2R	A	3R	A	1 / 10
SR	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 0	1 / 3	0 / 3	1 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 2	2 / 24

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