Bárbara Gatica

Chilean tennis player

Bárbara Gatica
Singles
Country (sports)	Chile
Born	(1996-08-16) 16 August 1996 (age 27) Santiago, Chile
Plays	Right (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 117,949
Career record	261–166 (61.1%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 201 (18 July 2022)
Doubles
Career record	217–138 (61.1%)
Career titles	18 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 158 (18 July 2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	17–12 (58.6%)
Last updated on: 22 February 2024.

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

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

Singles: 10 (2 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (1–5)
Carpet (0–0)

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 Rome, Italy	60,000	Clay	Tena Lukas	1–6, 4–6

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

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (16–18)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

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	15,000	Clay	Rebeca Pereira	Eva Vedder Stéphanie Visscher	6–3, 1–6, [10–5]
Loss	10–11	Jun 2019	ITF Tabarka	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	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

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