Career
On 5 October 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 300. On 17 May 2010, she peaked at world number 372 in the doubles rankings. Due to Carreras winning her first two singles and doubles titles back-to-back, the International Tennis Federation website wrote a "Spotlight On…" article on Carreras in May 2009.
On 24 July 2012, Carreras carried the Olympic flame in the torch relay in Ealing.
Nicola Bosio (another Gibraltarian athlete) passed on the flame to Amanda who was described as one of Gibraltar"s finest sportswomen. Junior (2004–2008)
Carreras only competed in a total of nine tournaments over the course of her junior career, reaching the quarterfinals in only one of them.
As a doubles competitor she reached two semifinals and two quarterfinals. 2006–2007
Carreras first competed on the senior International Tennis Federation tour in February 2006, but during the rest of the year she failed to pass the second round in any of her tournaments.
She ended 2006 without a world ranking.
She continued competing on the International Tennis Federation tour in 2007 and reached her first ever quarterfinal as a qualifier in July at a $10,000 clay court event in Tampere, Finland. In her very next tournament (also a $10,000 clay court event) she again managed to qualify and this time she reached her very first International Tennis Federation semifinal. She ended the 2007 season with a ranking of world number 873.
2008
In March 2008, Carreras reached another International Tennis Federation quarterfinal, this time in Antalya.
In May she reached her first ever International Tennis Federation final in a $10,000 event in Tortosa where she was beaten by Beatriz García Vidagany. She reached the final in her very next tournament where she lost to Elitsa Kostova in three sets.
In August she reached another semifinal and in September and October she reached three more quarterfinals. In November she again fell just short of winning a tournament when she lost in the final of a $10,000 event in El Menzah, Tunisia.
Her ranking at the end of 2008 had risen almost 300 places to world number 591.
2009
Carreras began her 2009 season on clay courts and reached another $10,000 International Tennis Federation semifinal in March. She followed this up by reaching the quarterfinals of her following tournament which was also a $10,000 International Tennis Federation. Carreras continued competing on the International Tennis Federation circuit without any notable results until May, when she reached the semifinals of a $10,000 International Tennis Federation tournament in Badalona, Spain. Despite this promising first part of the year, Carreras did not pass the second round in any of her remaining tournaments in 2009 with the exception of one quarterfinal showing in late October and one runner-up position in another $10,000 clay court International Tennis Federation event in late November.
By the end of 2009, her singles ranking was world number 423.
Singles (9–8)
Doubles (11–8).
