Inés Gorrochategui

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameInés•Gorrochategui
Used nameInés•Gorrochategui
Born13 June 1973 in Córdoba, Córdoba (ARG)
Measurements169 cm / 58 kg
NOC Argentina

Biography

Inés Gorrochategui was an Argentine tennis professional. Gorrochategui achieved a career-best singles ranking of 19 in the world in October 1994, and a doubles ranking of 9 in the world in May 1995.

Gorrochategui won her first two titles at the ITF São Paulo in October 1989 with victory in the singles and doubles. She would win six more titles in the singles and doubles, with her final two titles also coming at the same event, when she won at the ITF Brindisi, Italy, in May 1991. In 1994 Gorrochategui reached the quarter-finals of the French Open where she lost to Steffi Graf. Two years later she played in the singles at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, losing to American Mary Joe Fernandez.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1996 Summer Olympics Tennis ARG Inés Gorrochategui
Singles, Women (Olympic) =9