Bárbara Gatica (born 16 August 1996) is a banned Chilean tennis player.[1]

Bárbara Gatica
Country (sports) Chile
Born (1996-08-16) 16 August 1996 (age 28)
Santiago, Chile
PlaysRight (one-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 117,949
Singles
Career record261–166
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 201 (18 July 2022)
Doubles
Career record217–138
Career titles18 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 158 (18 July 2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup17–12
Last updated on: 22 February 2024.

She has career-high WTA rankings of 201 in singles, achieved on 18 July 2022, and 158 in doubles, reached the same week. To date, Gatica has won two singles titles and 18 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.[2]

Playing for Chile in Fed Cup competition, Gatica has a win–loss record of 17–12 (doubles: 13–4).[3]

In June 2022, Gatica was provisionally suspended from competing, after testing positive for boldenone in April of that year.[4] In December, Gatica was fined $5,000 and banned from professional tennis for three years after she admitted to being paid to deliberately lose a match in 2016.[5][6]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 10 (2 titles, 8 runner–ups)

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Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (1–5)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Amina Anshba 6–2, 7–5
Loss 1–1 Sep 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Despina Papamichail 3–6, 3–6
Loss 1–2 Aug 2018 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador 15,000 Clay   Fernanda Brito 2–6, 2–6
Loss 1–3 Sep 2018 ITF Luque, Paraguay 15,000 Hard   Gabriela Cé 6–7(3), 2–6
Loss 1–4 May 2019 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia 15,000 Clay   Julieta Lara Estable 2–6, 6–3, 6–7(5)
Loss 1–5 Jun 2019 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia 15,000 Clay   Mayar Sherif 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–6 Oct 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard   Sina Herrmann 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–7 Jan 2022 ITF Florianopolis, Brazil 25,000 Hard   Elizabeth Mandlik 0–6, 4–6
Win 2–7 Mar 2022 ITF Salinas, Ecuador 25,000 Hard   Suzan Lamens 6–4, 7–6(2)
Loss 2–8 May 2022 ITF Roma, Italy 60,000 Clay   Tena Lukas 1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 38 (18 titles, 20 runner–ups)

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Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (16–18)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2015 ITF Manzanillo, Mexico 10,000 Hard   Stephanie Petit   Zoë Gwen Scandalis
  Renata Zarazúa
1–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2015 ITF San Carlos Centro, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Stephanie Petit   María Fernanda Álvarez Terán
  Catalina Pella
2–6, 0–6
Win 1–2 Apr 2016 ITF Lins, Brazil 10,000 Clay   Stephanie Petit   Paula Ormaechea
  Constanza Vega
7–5, 6–3
Loss 1–3 May 2016 ITF Villa María, Argentina 10,000 Clay   Stephanie Petit   Carolina Alves
  Constanza Vega
1–6, 6–7(4)
Win 2–3 Jul 2016 ITF Schio, Italy 10,000 Clay   María Herazo González   Alice Balducci
  Deborah Chiesa
7–5, 1–6, [10–5]
Win 3–3 Nov 2016 ITF Cúcuta, Colombia 10,000 Clay   Daniela López   María Paulina Pérez
  Paula Andrea Pérez
6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
Win 4–3 May 2017 ITF Benavídez, Argentina 15,000 Hard   Stephanie Petit   Naomi Totka
  Madison Bourguignon
6–2, 7–6(1)
Loss 4–4 Sep 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Lara Escauriza   Aleksandra Pospelova
  Adriana Sosnovschi
6–7(2), 5–7
Win 5–4 Sep 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Lara Escauriza   Suzan Lamens
  Erika Vogelsang
7–5, 6–4
Loss 5–5 Oct 2017 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina 15,000 Clay   Guillermina Naya   Fernanda Brito
  Camila Giangreco Campiz
5–7, 6–0, [5–10]
Win 6–5 Nov 2017 ITF Encarnación, Paraguay 15,000 Clay   Lara Escauriza   Nathaly Kurata
  Thaisa Grana Pedretti
6–4, 6–4
Win 7–5 Apr 2018 ITF Villa Dolores, Argentina 15,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Victoria Bosio
  Julieta Lara Estable
6–2, 6–4
Loss 7–6 Aug 2018 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador 15,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Fernanda Brito
  Sofía Luini
1–6, 0–6
Loss 7–7 Aug 2018 ITF Lambaré, Paraguay 15,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Fernanda Brito
  Camila Giangreco Campiz
4–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Win 8–7 Sep 2018 ITF Hilton Head, United States 15,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Allura Zamarripa
  Maribella Zamarripa
7–6(2), 3–6, [11–9]
Loss 8–8 Nov 2018 Copa Santiago, Chile 60,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Quinn Gleason
  Luisa Stefani
0–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Win 9–8 Nov 2018 ITF Villa del Dique, Argentina 15,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Fernanda Brito
  Carla Lucero
6–3, 6–3
Loss 9–9 Mar 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Rina Saigo
  Yukina Saigo
6–4, 2–6, [5–10]
Loss 9–10 May 2019 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia 15,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Kristyna Hrabalová
  Joanna Zawadzka
6–7(4), 7–6(7), [9–11]
Win 10–10 May 2019 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia 15,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Eva Vedder
  Stéphanie Visscher
6–3, 1–6, [10–5]
Loss 10–11 Jun 2019 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia 15,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Natasha Fourouclas
  Ingrid Vojčináková
6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Win 11–11 Jun 2019 ITF Périgueux, France 25,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   María Herazo González
  Diāna Marcinkeviča
6–4, 6–2
Loss 11–12 Jul 2019 ITF Denain, France 25,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Daria Mishina
  Xu Shilin
0–6, 5–7
Win 12–12 Sep 2019 ITF São Paulo, Brazil 15,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Eugenia Ganga
  Thaisa Pedretti
6–2, 6–4
Loss 12–13 Oct 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
  Eliessa Vanlangendonck
4–6, 6–7(3)
Win 13–13 Oct 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Weronika Falkowska
  Lisa Ponomar
3–6, 7–6(3), [17–15]
Loss 13–14 Nov 2020 ITF Las Palmas, Spain 15,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Andrea Gámiz
  Guillermina Naya
6–3, 5–7, [7–10]
Loss 13–15 Dec 2020 ITF Madrid, Spain 15,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Ángela Fita Boluda
  Oksana Selekhmeteva
6–7(4), 6–1, [5–10]
Loss 13–16 Apr 2021 ITF Córdoba, Argentina 25,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Amina Anshba
  Panna Udvardy
3–6, 3–6
Loss 13–17 Jul 2021 ITF Tarvisio, Italy 25,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Caijsa Hennemann
  Nika Radišić
4–6, 1–6
Loss 13–18 Jul 2021 ITS Cup, Czech Republic 60,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Jessie Aney
  Anna Sisková
1–6, 0–6
Win 14–18 Jul 2021 Kozerki Open, Poland 60,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Jang Su-jeong
  Lee Ya-hsuan
6–3, 6–1
Loss 14–19 Oct 2021 ITF Rio do Sul, Brazil 25,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Katharina Gerlach
  Daniela Seguel
6–7(8), 3–6
Win 15–19 Jan 2022 ITF Blumenau-Gaspar, Brazil 25,000 Clay   Andrea Gámiz   Sofia Sewing
  Eva Vedder
6–4, 6–1
Loss 15–20 Jan 2022 ITF Florianopolis, Brazil 25,000 Hard   Rebeca Pereira   Andrea Gámiz
  Sofia Sewing
4–6, 1–6
Win 16–20 Feb 2022 ITF Tucumán, Argentina 25,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Andrea Gámiz
  Paula Ormaechea
6–3, 7–5
Win 17–20 Mar 2022 ITF Salinas, Ecuador 25,000 Hard   Rebeca Pereira   María Herazo González
  María Paulina Pérez
6–4, 6–0
Win 18–20 May 2022 ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic 60,000 Clay   Rebeca Pereira   Jesika Malečková
  Miriam Kolodziejová
6–4, 6–2

References

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  1. ^ "Barbara Gatica's WTA Profile".
  2. ^ "Barbara Gatica's ITF Profile".
  3. ^ "Barbara Gatica at Fed Cup".
  4. ^ "La chilena Bárbara Gatica, suspendida provisionalmente por dopaje". ESPN (in Spanish). 23 June 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  5. ^ Román, Ariel (15 December 2022). "Bárbara Gatica es suspendida por tres años por arreglo de partidos". Septimo Game (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  6. ^ Comunicaciones, Compañia Chilena de. "La chilena Bárbara Gatica fue expulsada del tenis". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 December 2022.
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