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{{short description|Argentine tennis player}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Celeste Contín
| name = Celeste Contín
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| plays =
| plays =
| careerprizemoney = $68,132
| careerprizemoney = $68,132
| singlesrecord =
| singlesrecord = 177-116
| singlestitles =
| singlestitles = 8 ITF
| highestsinglesranking = No. 236 (1998/07/20)
| highestsinglesranking = No. 236 (20 July 1998)
| doublesrecord = 121-85
| currentsinglesranking =
| doublestitles = 11 ITF
| AustralianOpenresult =
| highestdoublesranking = No. 142 (8 September 1997)
| FrenchOpenresult =
| Wimbledonresult =
| USOpenresult =
| doublesrecord =
| doublestitles =
| highestdoublesranking = No. 142 (1997/09/08)
| currentdoublesranking =
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| FrenchOpenDoublesresult =
| WimbledonDoublesresult =
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}}
}}

'''Celeste Contín''' (born 17 February 1978) is a former professional [[tennis]] player from Argentina.
'''Celeste Contín''' (born 17 February 1978) is a former professional [[tennis]] player from Argentina.


==Biography==
==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]], who she beat at an ITF tournament in a Spartanburg in 1998.
Contín, who reached a career-high singles ranking of 236 in the world, competed mostly on the [[ITF Women's Circuit|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]].<ref>{{cite news |title=La Argentina empezó muy mal con Australia |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/104671-la-argentina-empezo-muy-mal-con-australia |work=[[La Nación]] |date=26 July 1998 |language=Spanish}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Suárez arrancó firme la defensa del título |url=https://www.clarin.com/deportes/suarez-arranco-firme-defensa-titulo_0_ryzzbHCgCYg.html |work=[[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]] |date=18 February 1999 |language=Spanish}}</ref>


==ITF finals==
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]].
===Singles (8–7)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:15%;"
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| $25,000 tournaments
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| $10,000 tournaments
|}
{|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97%
!Outcome
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Surface
!Opponent
!Score
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 1.
| 8 October 1995
| [[Lima]], Peru
| Hard
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Maria-Farnes Capistrano]]
| 6–4, 6–3
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 1.
| 5 November 1995
| [[Santiago]], Chile
| Clay
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Miriam D'Agostini]]
| 2–6, 1–6
|-style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 2.
| 18 August 1996
| [[Guayaquil]], Ecuador
| Clay
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kristine Kurth]]
| 6–3, 6–2
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 2.
| 8 September 1996
| [[Santiago]], Chile
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Luciana Masante]]
| 4–6, 6–2, 2–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 3.
| 15 September 1996
| [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Veronica Stele]]
| 7–5, 7–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 3.
| 3 November 1996
| Minas Gerais, Brazil
| Clay
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Martina Nejedly]]
| 6–7<sup>(2)</sup>, 2–6
|-style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 4.
| 11 November 1996
| [[São Paulo]], Brazil
| Clay
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Zdeňka Málková]]
| 6–3, 6–4
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 4.
| 7 April 1997
| [[Viña del Mar]], Chile
| Clay
| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Katalin Marosi]]
| 1–6, 4–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 5.
| 12 October 1997
| [[Montevideo]], Uruguay
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Clarisa Fernández]]
| 6–7, 4–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 5.
| 12 April 1998
| [[Viña del Mar]], Chile
| Clay
| {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Paula Cabezas]]
| 6–2, 6–4
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 6.
| 5 September 1999
| [[San Juan, Argentina|San Juan]], Argentina
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Romina Ottoboni]]
| 1–6, 6–4, 4–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 7.
| 19 August 2002
| [[Asunción]], Paraguay
| Clay
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Maria Fernanda Alves]]
| 1–6, 1–6
|-bgcolor=#f0f8ff
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 6.
| {{dts|format=dmy|2002-09-01}}
| [[Santiago]], Chile
| Clay
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruna Colósio]]
| 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
|-bgcolor=#f0f8ff
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 7.
| {{dts|format=dmy|2002-09-29}}
| [[San Salvador]], El Salvador
| Clay
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jacquelyn Rosen]]
| 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 8.
| 6 October 2002
| [[Mexicali]], Mexico
| Hard
| {{flagicon|URU}} [[Ana Lucía Migliarini de León]]
| 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
|}


===Doubles (11–9)===
On the WTA Tour, Contín's best performance came when she won her way through to the round of the 16 at Bogota in 1999, having made the main draw as a qualifier.
{|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97%
|-
! Outcome
! No.
! Date
! Tournament
! Surface
! Partner
! Opponents
! Score
|-style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 1.
| 8 September 1996
| [[Santiago]], Chile
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Romina Ottoboni]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Renata Brito]] <br/> {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Luciana Masante]]
| 6–2, 6–7, 6–3
|-style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 2.
| 15 September 1996
| [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Romina Ottoboni]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Renata Brito]] <br/> {{flagicon|PER}} [[María Eugenia Rojas (tennis)|María Eugenia Rojas]]
| 6–4, 4–6, 7–6
|-style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 3.
| 22 September 1996
| [[Asunción]], Paraguay
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Romina Ottoboni]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Mariana Faustinelli]] <br/> {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Geraldine Aizenberg]]
| 6–2, 4–6, 6–0
|-style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 4.
| 3 November 1996
| [[Minas Gerais]], Brazil
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Romina Ottoboni]]
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Martina Nejedly]] <br/> {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Lilian Silva]]
| 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 1.
| 7 April 1997
| [[Viña del Mar]], Chile
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Luciana Masante]]
| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Katalin Marosi]] <br>{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Veronica Stele]]
| 1–6, 7–5, 2–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 2.
| 4 May 1997
| [[Balaguer]], Spain
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Conchita Martínez Granados]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Nuria Montero]] <br/> {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Lourdes Domínguez Lino]]
| 6–0, 2–6, 4–6
|-style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 3.
| 5 October 1997
| [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Romina Ottoboni]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Laura Montalvo]]<br>{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Mercedes Paz]]
| 6–4, 2–6, 4–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="FFA07A"| Runner-up
| 4.
| 23 November 1997
| [[São Paulo]], Brazil
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Cintia Tortorella]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Vanessa Menga]] <br/> {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Miriam D'Agostini]]
| 1–6, 3–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 5.
| 6 April 1998
| [[Viña del Mar]], Chile
| Clay
| {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Paula Cabezas]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Melisa Arévalo]] <br/> {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Daniela Muscolino]]
| 3–6, 4–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 5.
| 27 April 1998
| [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]], United Kingdom
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Mariam Ramón Climent]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Lizzie Jelfs]] <br> {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Amanda Keen]]
| 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 6.
| 12 September 1998
| Mexico City, Mexico
| Hard
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Jessica Fernández]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Seda Noorlander]] <br /> {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Christína Papadáki]]
| 3–6, 1–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 6.
| 28 November 1999
| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| Clay
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Joana Cortez]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Miriam D'Agostini]] <br/> {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Carla Tiene]]
| 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 7.
| 1 April 2001
| [[Santiago]], Chile
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Romina Ottoboni]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcela Evangelista]] <br/> {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Letícia Sobral]]
| 6–1, 6–3
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 8.
| 6 April 2002
| [[Belo Horizonte]], Brazil
| Hard
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Romina Ottoboni]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Vanessa Menga]] <br/> {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Maria Fernanda Alves]]
| 6–4, 2–6, 7–5
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 7.
| 3 June 2002
| [[Poznań]], Poland
| Clay
| {{flagicon|URU}} [[Ana Lucía Migliarini de León]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Jolanda Mens]] <br/> {{flagicon|NED}} [[Tessy van de Ven]]
| 2–6, 2–6
|-bgcolor=#f0f8ff
| bgcolor=98FB98|Winner
| 9.
| {{dts|format=dmy|2002-9-1}}
| [[Santiago]], Chile
| Clay
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruna Colósio]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Larissa Carvalho]] <br/> {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Soledad Esperón]]
| w/o
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 8.
| 29 September 2002
| [[San Salvador]], El Salvador
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Micaela Moran]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jacquelyn Rosen]] <br/> {{flagicon|GER}} [[Jacqueline Froehlich]]
| w/o
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 10.
| 1 October 2002
| [[Mexicali]], Mexico
| Hard
| {{flagicon|URU}} [[Ana Lucía Migliarini de León]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcela Evangelista]] <br/> {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Letícia Sobral]]
| 6–4, 6–2
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 11.
| 7 October 2002
| [[Los Mochis]], Mexico
| Clay
| {{flagicon|URU}} [[Ana Lucía Migliarini de León]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Jorgelina Barrera]] <br/> {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Florencia Rivolta]]
| 7–5, 6–1
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 9.
| 14 June 2002
| [[Pachuca]], Mexico
| Clay
| {{flagicon|URU}} [[Ana Lucía Migliarini de León]]
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Erika Clarke]] <br/> {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Graciela Vélez]]
| 0–6, 1–6
|}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of Argentina Fed Cup team representatives]]
* [[List of Argentina Fed Cup team representatives]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{WTA|30351}}
* {{WTA}}
* {{ITF}}
* {{Fed Cup player|800195159}}
* {{ITF profile|20005628}}
* {{Fed Cup player}}


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Latest revision as of 21:00, 22 October 2022

Celeste Contín
Country (sports) Argentina
Born (1978-02-17) 17 February 1978 (age 46)
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)

Celeste Contín (born 17 February 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.

Biography[edit]

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[edit]

Singles (8–7)[edit]

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 8 October 1995 Lima, Peru Hard Sweden Maria-Farnes Capistrano 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 1. 5 November 1995 Santiago, Chile Clay Brazil Miriam D'Agostini 2–6, 1–6
Winner 2. 18 August 1996 Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay United States Kristine Kurth 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 8 September 1996 Santiago, Chile Clay Argentina Luciana Masante 4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Winner 3. 15 September 1996 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Veronica Stele 7–5, 7–6
Runner-up 3. 3 November 1996 Minas Gerais, Brazil Clay Canada Martina Nejedly 6–7(2), 2–6
Winner 4. 11 November 1996 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Czech Republic Zdeňka Málková 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 4. 7 April 1997 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Hungary Katalin Marosi 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 5. 12 October 1997 Montevideo, Uruguay Clay Argentina Clarisa Fernández 6–7, 4–6
Winner 5. 12 April 1998 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Chile Paula Cabezas 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 6. 5 September 1999 San Juan, Argentina Clay Argentina Romina Ottoboni 1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up 7. 19 August 2002 Asunción, Paraguay Clay Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves 1–6, 1–6
Winner 6. 1 September 2002 Santiago, Chile Clay Brazil Bruna Colósio 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Winner 7. 29 September 2002 San Salvador, El Salvador Clay United States Jacquelyn Rosen 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner 8. 6 October 2002 Mexicali, Mexico Hard Uruguay Ana Lucía Migliarini de León 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles (11–9)[edit]

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 8 September 1996 Santiago, Chile Clay Argentina Romina Ottoboni Brazil Renata Brito
Argentina Luciana Masante 		6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Winner 2. 15 September 1996 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Romina Ottoboni Brazil Renata Brito
Peru María Eugenia Rojas 		6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Winner 3. 22 September 1996 Asunción, Paraguay Clay Argentina Romina Ottoboni Argentina Mariana Faustinelli
Argentina Geraldine Aizenberg 		6–2, 4–6, 6–0
Winner 4. 3 November 1996 Minas Gerais, Brazil Clay Argentina Romina Ottoboni Canada Martina Nejedly
Brazil Lilian Silva 		4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 1. 7 April 1997 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Argentina Luciana Masante Hungary Katalin Marosi
Argentina Veronica Stele 		1–6, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 4 May 1997 Balaguer, Spain Clay Spain Conchita Martínez Granados Spain Nuria Montero
Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino 		6–0, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 5 October 1997 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Romina Ottoboni Argentina Laura Montalvo
Argentina Mercedes Paz 		6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 23 November 1997 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Argentina Cintia Tortorella Brazil Vanessa Menga
Brazil Miriam D'Agostini 		1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 6 April 1998 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Chile Paula Cabezas Argentina Melisa Arévalo
Argentina Daniela Muscolino 		3–6, 4–6
Winner 5. 27 April 1998 Hatfield, United Kingdom Clay Spain Mariam Ramón Climent United Kingdom Lizzie Jelfs
United Kingdom Amanda Keen 		3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 6. 12 September 1998 Mexico City, Mexico Hard Mexico Jessica Fernández Netherlands Seda Noorlander
Greece Christína Papadáki 		3–6, 1–6
Winner 6. 28 November 1999 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Clay Brazil Joana Cortez Brazil Miriam D'Agostini
Brazil Carla Tiene 		6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Winner 7. 1 April 2001 Santiago, Chile Clay Argentina Romina Ottoboni Brazil Marcela Evangelista
Brazil Letícia Sobral 		6–1, 6–3
Winner 8. 6 April 2002 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Hard Argentina Romina Ottoboni Brazil Vanessa Menga
Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves 		6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up 7. 3 June 2002 Poznań, Poland Clay Uruguay Ana Lucía Migliarini de León Netherlands Jolanda Mens
Netherlands Tessy van de Ven 		2–6, 2–6
Winner 9. 1 September 2002 Santiago, Chile Clay Brazil Bruna Colósio Brazil Larissa Carvalho
Argentina Soledad Esperón 		w/o
Runner-up 8. 29 September 2002 San Salvador, El Salvador Clay Argentina Micaela Moran United States Jacquelyn Rosen
Germany Jacqueline Froehlich 		w/o
Winner 10. 1 October 2002 Mexicali, Mexico Hard Uruguay Ana Lucía Migliarini de León Brazil Marcela Evangelista
Brazil Letícia Sobral 		6–4, 6–2
Winner 11. 7 October 2002 Los Mochis, Mexico Clay Uruguay Ana Lucía Migliarini de León Argentina Jorgelina Barrera
Argentina Florencia Rivolta 		7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 9. 14 June 2002 Pachuca, Mexico Clay Uruguay Ana Lucía Migliarini de León Mexico Erika Clarke
Mexico Graciela Vélez 		0–6, 1–6

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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.

External links[edit]

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