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María José Martínez Sánchez
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Martínez Sánchez at the 2018 French Open
Country (sports)  Spain
Residence Barcelona, Spain
Born (1982-08-12) 12 August 1982 (age 42)
Yecla, Murcia, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro 1998
Retired 2020
Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money US$ 4,409,022
Singles
Career record 361–246 (59.47%)
Career titles 5 WTA, 12 ITF
Highest ranking No. 19 (10 May 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (2009)
French Open 3R (2009, 2012)
Wimbledon 3R (2008, 2011)
US Open 3R (2009)
Doubles
Career record 491–259 (65.47%)
Career titles 21 WTA, 22 ITF
Highest ranking No. 4 (5 July 2010)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open QF (2009, 2019)
French Open SF (2010, 2012)
Wimbledon QF (2008, 2009, 2012)
US Open SF (2012)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals W (2009)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open SF (2018, 2019)
French Open QF (2015, 2017, 2018)
Wimbledon SF (2017)
US Open 2R (2009)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 10–7
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Mediterranean Games
Silver 2001 Tunis Doubles

María José Martínez Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈɾi.a xoˈse maɾˈtineθ ˈsantʃeθ]; born 12 August 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. In singles, she won five WTA Tour titles, her biggest being a Premier 5 title at the 2010 Italian Open where she defeated two former world No. 1 players, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Janković, en route to the title. As a junior, she won the Orange Bowl (1999) and French Open (2000). She reached a career-high ranking in singles of world No. 19, on 10 May 2010.

In doubles, Martínez Sánchez won 21 WTA Tour titles, ten partnering with her compatriot Nuria Llagostera Vives. Among them are the 2009 WTA Tour Championships, 2009 Rogers Cup and the Dubai Tennis Championships in 2010 and 2011. Martínez Sánchez reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4, on 5 July 2010.

Career

Martínez Sánchez won the 1999 Orange Bowl, a year-ending tennis event for Juniors. Next year she became the champion of French Open girls' doubles. She made her first Grand Slam draw at the 2001 Australian Open losing to the third seed Venus Williams, in three sets.

2008

At Wimbledon, she advanced to the third round where she lost to eventual champion Venus Williams. In her next Grand Slam event, the US Open, she lost in the first round to Sabine Lisicki.

She finished off the year of a ranking of 87, and only the second time of her career that she finish the year in the top 100 (her first being all the way back in 2001).

2009

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Sánchez playing at the 2009 US Open

Martínez Sánchez started the season playing at the Australian Open, the first major of the year. In the first round, she upset the 32nd seed Tamarine Tanasugarn, and then defeated Akgul Amanmuradova but lost in the third round to compatriot Carla Suárez Navarro both in straight sets. In doubles, she and Nuria Llagostera Vives were seeded 11th and defeated 6th seeds Yan Zi and Zheng Jie in the third round but they lost a tough match in the quarterfinals to Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo 6–3, 6–7, 6–7.

María José next played at the Copa Colsanitas where she was seeded seventh. She defeated Anastasiya Yakimova, Arantxa Parra Santonja and Betina Jozami to reach the semifinals where she won a close two-setter against Patricia Mayr. She captured her first career singles title when she defeated third seed Gisela Dulko in the final. In doubles, Martínez Sánchez and Llagostera Vives were the top seeds and they reached the final where they beat second seeds Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta to win their first doubles title of the year.

She reached the third round at Roland Garros. In that match against world No. 2, Serena Williams, she was accused of cheating and poor sportsmanship. At 2–2 in the first set, and having a break point at 30–40, Martínez Sánchez hit a drop shot and approached the net. Williams charged, and smashed a backhand, which deflected off of Martínez Sánchez, which appeared to be a winner, and Martínez Sánchez was awarded the point. Williams insisted that the ball had hit Martínez Sánchez's arm, not her racquet (which replays confirmed), but the umpire refused to change the decision. Williams, annoyed, threatened Martínez Sánchez, stating, "I'm gonna get you in the locker room girl, you don't know me." After the match Williams called her "a cheater". Martínez Sánchez went on to lose the match to Williams 6–4, 3–6, 4–6.

Martínez Sánchez won her second singles title at the year at the 2009 Swedish Open. On the way she defeated fourth seed Kaia Kanepi, Carla Suárez Navarro and Gisela Dulko, before beating top seed and world No. 9, Caroline Wozniacki in the final.

Martínez Sánchez and her partner Nuria Llagostera Vives won the year-end championships in doubles. As the third seeds, they defeated Venus and Serena Williams, before winning the biggest title of their careers against world-number-ones, Cara Black and Liezel Huber, in the final.

Maria qualified to play at the 2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions in Bali. She recovered from a first set deficit to beat Szávay in three sets, 4–6, 6–4, 6–0. In her second group round-robin match she beat Stosur in straight sets (7–6, 7–5) where Stosur served a 208kmps world record serve. In the semifinals, she lost against Aravane Rezaï (2–6, 3–6), who clearly outplayed her on that day.

Overall, Martínez Sánchez had the greatest year of her career. The highlights were winning two singles WTA titles at Bogotá and Båstad (Sweden) and by reaching the third rounds at the Australian Open, Roland Garros, and US Open. She ended the year ranked world No. 30.

In doubles, she won seven titles with Llagostera Vives, at Bogotá, Acapulco, Barcelona, Palermo, Toronto, New Haven, and the most important, the WTA Tour Championships in Doha. She ended the year ranked world No. 5.

2010

Her first tournament of the year was winning the Hopman Cup with partner Tommy Robredo. They reached the Final after defeating top seeds Australia, the United States, and Romania without losing a single match. However, she had a shock loss to young British prospect Laura Robson but was able to secure a 2–1 win for Spain.

Martínez Sánchez was seeded 24th at the 2010 Australian Open but lost in the second round to world No. 35, Zheng Jie, 6–2, 2–6, 3–6.

At Indian Wells, she entered in the second round against Alexandra Dulgheru and struggled through in three sets, 2–6, 6–3, 6–1. Then she went on winning in straight sets over Belarusian Victoria Azarenka in the third round, 7–6, 6–2, and another straight sets win over Belgian Yanina Wickmayer in the fourth round 6–4, 6–4. In her quarterfinal match, she was defeated by Samantha Stosur in straight sets.

Martínez Sánchez major breakthrough tournament came at the Italian Open, a Premier 5 event in Rome where nine of the top ten women were competing. She upset world No. 17, Francesca Schiavone, world No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki and then Lucie Šafářová in straight sets. She then defeated Ana Ivanovic in the semifinals in straight sets and went on to beat world No. 7, Jelena Janković, in the final to win the biggest title of her career so far. Due to her impressive performance in Rome, she became a top 20 player for the first time, at No. 19. However, she was unable to carry any momentum at all into the French Open, suffering defeat in the first round, because her neck was injured while she was training the same day and she could hardly move the neck in the match.

She returned in Eastbourne, winning the first match against Vera Zvonareva and the second round again Aravane Rezaï. She was defeated in the quarterfinals by Marion Bartoli in a really hard match. But more bad luck came to María once again when her leg was injured due to bad movement before her quarterfinals doubles match. This time would be worse for she would miss Wimbledon and most of the summer season, before returning in New Haven and losing in the first round against wildcard Elena Dementieva.

In the US Open, she failed to repeat her third-round finish of the previous year, losing in the second round against Patty Schnyder in a tight match. Overall, the result was good for Martínez Sánchez who had made a lot unforced errors, and Schnyder who had her best match in the past few months.

2011

Martínez Sánchez started off the year at the Sydney International where she defeated Daniela Hantuchová in the first round 6–2, 6–4, before setting up a meeting with Alisa Kleybanova where she lost in straight sets. At the Australian Open, Martínez Sánchez was seeded 26. In the first round, she faced Gréta Arn who had recently won the Auckland Open. Martínez Sánchez won against Arn although was subsequently defeated by Frenchwoman Alizé Cornet in the second round.

At Wimbledon, Martínez Sánchez came from a set down to upset 15th seed Jelena Janković in the first round. She then made quick work of Romanian Monica Niculescu in the following match. She lost to 23rd seed and five-time Wimbledon champion, Venus Williams, in the third round.

She earned two International Championships in 2011. In July, Martínez Sánchez defeated Patricia Mayr-Achleitner at the Gastein Ladies in Austria. She followed that win with a 7–6, 7–6-victory over Galina Voskoboeva at the Korea Open in September.

2012

2012 was a year of injury and struggles for Martínez Sánchez as she consequently fell out of the top 150 in singles.

After withdrawing from the Australian Open with a left knee injury, she failed to win a main-draw match until the French Open, where she reached the third round losing to 15th seed Dominika Cibulková, 2–6, 1–6. Martínez Sánchez experienced even more success in doubles where she reached the semifinals with Llagostera Vives, losing to eventual champions and No. 4 seeds, Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci.

Martínez Sánchez lost to Laura Robson and Ana Ivanovic both in three sets, at the Eastbourne International and Wimbledon, respectively, the first sending her out of the top 50. However, in doubles, again with Llagostera Vives, they won in Eastbourne without dropping a set and defeating the top-2 seeds, but they lost in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon to Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone in a tough three-setter.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Martínez Sánchez defeated Polona Hercog 6–4, 6–2, before being routed out by Victoria Azarenka 6–1, 6–2. She and Llagostera Vives routed Casey Dellacqua and Sam Stosur (6–1, 6–1), before falling to Peng Shuai and Zheng Jie (4–6, 2–6).

The Spaniard then lost in the first round of both singles and doubles in tough matches at Montreal. She fell out of the top 100 of singles following the loss to Carla Suárez Navarro.

Despite falling first round again in singles in Cincinnati, Martínez Sánchez and Llagostera Vives were pushed in the first round by Olga Govortsova and Alla Kudryavtseva, but fell to eighth seeds Katarina Srebotnik and Zheng Jie, 4–6, 3–6.

A good run at the US Open caused her to bounce back into the top 100 of singles and the top 15 of doubles. After a tough first-round match with fellow veteran Mirjana Lučić winning 6–3, 7–5, she pushed eventual champ Serena Williams, 6–2, 6–4. The scoreline was easier than it looks however. After a series of tough wins with Llagostera Vives in doubles, they met the eventual champions Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci, falling 2–6, 3–6.

Entering the Korea Open as the defending champion, she played well defeating Eleni Daniilidou, and Nadia Petrova via walkover, but lost in the quarterfinals where she was routed by Ekaterina Makarova 1–6, 1–6. The loss sent her sprawling out of the top 100 to 137. Martínez Sánchez then lost in the first round of qualifyings at Tokyo, Beijing, and Osaka. In Osaka, she managed to push second seed Zheng Jie to a tough three-setter, losing 6–4, 5–7, 4–6 despite going up a set and 5–2.

2015

After giving birth in November 2013 to a daughter, Andrea, she returned on the main tour in the Miami Open doubles draw, pairing with Vera Dushevina.

2019

Alongside partner Neal Skupski, the Spaniard was beaten in her mixed-doubles semifinal in the 2019 Australian Open.

Significant finals

Year-end championships

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2009 Doha Hard Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
7–6(7–0), 5–7, [10–7]

Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 tournaments

Singles: 1 (title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2010 Rome Clay Serbia Jelena Janković 7–6(7–5), 7–5

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2008 Berlin Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
6–3, 2–6, [2–10]
Loss 2009 Cincinnati Hard Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
3–6, 6–0, [2–10]
Win 2009 Toronto Hard Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives 2–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Win 2010 Dubai Hard Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
  • Czech Republic Květa Peschke
  • Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 2010 Rome Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives 4–6, 2–6
Win 2011 Dubai (2) Hard United States Liezel Huber Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss 2018 Doha Hard Slovenia Andreja Klepač
3–6, 3–6

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5 (1–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (4–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 15 June 2008 Barcelona, Spain Clay Russia Maria Kirilenko 0–6, 2–6
Win 1. 22 February 2009 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Argentina Gisela Dulko 6–3, 6–2
Win 2. 11 July 2009 Båstad, Sweden Clay Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 7–5, 6–4
Win 3. 8 May 2010 Rome, Italy Clay Serbia Jelena Janković 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Win 4. 17 July 2011 Bad Gastein, Austria Clay Austria Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 6–0, 7–5
Win 5. 25 September 2011 Seoul, South Korea Hard Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva 7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–2)

Doubles: 35 (21 titles, 14 runner-ups)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
WTA Tour Championships (1–0)
Premier M & Premier 5 (3–4)
Premier (3–3)
International (14–7)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 4 March 2001 Acapulco, Mexico Clay Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
Winner 2. 8 April 2001 Porto, Portugal Clay Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
  • France Alexandra Fusai
  • Italy Rita Grande
6–1, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
Winner 3. 6 May 2001 Bol, Croatia Clay Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
7–5, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 16 July 2001 Palermo, Italy Clay Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
  • Italy Tathiana Garbin
  • Slovakia Janette Husárová
6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 29 July 2001 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Argentina María Emilia Salerni
  • Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva
  • Sweden Åsa Carlsson
3–6, 7–6(7–4), 1–6
Winner 4. 5 August 2001 Basel, Switzerland Clay Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
7–6(7–5), 6–2
Runner-up 3. 11 August 2002 Espoo, Finland Clay Spain Eva Bes-Ostariz 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Runner-up 4. 13 July 2003 Palermo, Italy Clay Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
  • Italy Adriana Serra Zanetti
  • Italy Emily Stellato
4–6, 2–6
Winner 5. 2 March 2008 Acapulco, Mexico (2) Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
  • Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
  • Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 11 May 2008 Berlin, Germany Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
6–3, 2–6, [2–10]
Runner-up 6. 15 June 2008 Barcelona, Spain Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
6–4, 5–7, [4–10]
Winner 6. 21 February 2009 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives 7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Winner 7. 28 February 2009 Acapulco, Mexico (3) Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
6–4, 6–2
Winner 8. 19 April 2009 Barcelona, Spain Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Runner-up 7. 11 July 2009 Båstad, Sweden Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
2–6, 6–0, [5–10]
Winner 9. 19 July 2009 Palermo, Italy Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
  • Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva
  • Belarus Darya Kustova
6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 8. 16 August 2009 Cincinnati, U.S. Hard Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
3–6, 6–0, [2–10]
Winner 10. 23 August 2009 Toronto, Canada Hard Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives 2–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Winner 11. 29 August 2009 New Haven, USA Hard Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
6–2, 7–5
Winner 12. 1 November 2009 WTA Finals, Doha, Qatar Hard Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
7–6(7–0), 5–7, [10–7]
Winner 13. 20 February 2010 Dubai, UAE Hard Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
  • Czech Republic Květa Peschke
  • Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Runner-up 9. 9 May 2010 Rome, Italy Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 10. 23 October 2010 Moscow, Russia Hard (i) Italy Sara Errani Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
3–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Winner 14. 20 February 2011 Dubai, UAE (2) Hard United States Liezel Huber Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Winner 15. 9 July 2011 Båstad, Sweden Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
6–3, 6–3
Winner 16. 23 June 2012 Eastbourne, United Kingdom Grass Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives United States Liezel Huber
United States Lisa Raymond
6–4, ret.
Winner 17. 19 June 2016 Mallorca, Spain Grass Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam
Germany Laura Siegemund
6–4, 6–2
Winner 18. 23 September 2017 Tokyo, Japan Hard Slovenia Andreja Klepač Australia Daria Gavrilova
Russia Daria Kasatkina
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 11. 6 January 2018 Brisbane, Australia Hard Slovenia Andreja Klepač Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Netherlands Demi Schuurs
5–7, 2–6
Runner-up 12. 18 February 2018 Doha, Qatar Hard Slovenia Andreja Klepač Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 13. 8 April 2018 Charleston, U.S. Clay Slovenia Andreja Klepač Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
3–6, 3–6
Winner 19. 24 June 2018 Mallorca, Spain (2) Grass Slovenia Andreja Klepač Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
Czech Republic Barbora Štefková
6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
Winner 20. 3 May 2019 Rabat, Morocco Clay Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo Spain Georgina García Pérez
Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 14. 23 June 2019 Mallorca, Spain Grass Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
Sweden Johanna Larsson
2–6, 4–6
Winner 21. 23 August 2019 Bronx, U.S. Hard Croatia Darija Jurak Russia Margarita Gasparyan
Romania Monica Niculescu
7–5, 2–6, [10–7]

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (12–8)

Outcome No. Date Location Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 24 May 1999 Ceuta, Spain Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives 3–6, 4–6
Winner 1. 25 July 1999 Valladolid, Spain Hard South Korea Choi Ju-yeon 7–6, 6–2
Winner 2. 15 May 2000 Edinburgh, United Kingdom Clay Hungary Zsófia Gubacsi 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 4 June 2000 Modena, Italy Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Winner 3. 10 July 2000 Getxo, Spain Clay Ukraine Julia Vakulenko 6–4, 6–0
Winner 4. 23 July 2000 Valladolid, Spain Hard Spain Paula Hermida 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 4 September 2000 Denain, France Hard (i) Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–2, 5–7, 0–6
Runner-up 4. 29 April 2001 Caserta, Italy Clay Italy Tathiana Garbin 6–3, 6–7, 2–6
Runner-up 5. 2 June 2003 Galatina, Italy Clay Estonia Kaia Kanepi 3–6, 3–6
Winner 5. 2 August 2005 Vigo, Spain Hard Germany Annette Kolb 6–7(5), 7–5, 7–6(4)
Runner-up 6. 30 August 2005 Mollerussa, Spain Hard France Kildine Chevalier 2–6, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up 7. 20 March 2006 Sabadell, Spain Clay Spain Estrella Cabeza Candela 3–6, 5–7
Winner 6. 16 April 2006 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Argentina María José Argeri 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Winner 7. 1 May 2006 Catania, Italy Clay Italy Karin Knapp 3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner 8. 6 June 2006 Madrid, Spain Hard Republic of Ireland Kelly Liggan 7–6, 6–3
Winner 9. 23 October 2006 Sant Cugat, Spain Clay Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–2, 6–4
Winner 10. 17 April 2007 Calvià, Spain Clay Australia Casey Dellacqua 6–1, 6–7, 7–5
Winner 11. 17 September 2007 Madrid, Spain Hard Germany Sabine Lisicki 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Winner 12. 24 September 2007 Granada, Spain Hard Romania Monica Niculescu 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 8. 12 May 2008 Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská 4–6, 4–6

Doubles (23–16)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 11 May 1998 Tortosa, Spain Clay Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues Spain Patricia Aznar
Spain Cynthia Perez
0–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 11 October 1998 Girona, Spain Clay Spain Marta Marrero Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
6–4, 1–6, 6–7
Winner 1. 24 May 1999 Ceuta, Spain Clay Spain Rocío González Ukraine Oleksandra Kravets
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
7–6(4), 6–0
Winner 2. 27 September 1999 Porto, Portugal Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Spain Alicia Ortuño
Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková
3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Winner 3. 3 June 2000 Modena, Italy Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Slovenia Tina Hergold
Slovenia Maja Matevžič
6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 12 June 2000 Grado, Italy Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Brazil Vanessa Menga
Spain Alicia Ortuño
6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up 4. 10 July 2000 Getxo, Spain Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Croatia Maja Palaveršić
Spain Alicia Ortuño
1–6, 2–6
Winner 4. 17 July 2000 Valladolid, Spain Clay Spain Alicia Ortuño Australia Trudi Musgrave
United Kingdom Lorna Woodroffe
6–2, 6–4
Winner 5. 4 September 2000 Denain, France Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Russia Elena Bovina
Argentina Mariana Díaz Oliva
6–4, 6–0
Runner-up 5. 23 April 2001 Caserta, Italy Clay Spain Gisela Riera Spain Eva Bes
Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
1–6, 6–7(5)
Runner-up 6. 22 September 2002 Biella, Italy Clay Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva
Spain Eva Bes
5–7, 6–2, 6–7(5)
Runner-up 7. 3 May 2003 Maglie, Italy Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Romania Delia Sescioreanu
Romania Edina Gallovits-Hall
4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner 6. 22 June 2003 Périgueux, France Clay Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues Croatia Lana Popadić
Madagascar Natacha Randriantefy
6–0, 6–3
Winner 7. 29 June 2003 Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Spain Paula García France Kildine Chevalier
Greece Christina Zachariadou
6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 8. 11 August 2003 Martina Franca, Italy Clay Spain Paula García Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Croatia Darija Jurak
6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Winner 8. 5 October 2003 Girona, Spain Clay Spain Conchita Martínez Granados Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva
Italy Roberta Vinci
7–5, 6–3
Winner 9. 21 February 2005 Melilla, Spain Hard Spain Sara Errani China Sun Shengnan
China Yang Shujing
6–7, 6–0, 7–5
Winner 10. 6 August 2005 Vigo, Spain Hard Spain Anna Font Spain Estrella Cabeza Candela
Spain Matilde Muñoz Gonzalves
6–2, 6–3
Winner 11. 21 August 2005 Coimbra, Portugal Hard Portugal Ana Catarina Nogueira Germany Angelique Kerber
Germany Tatjana Priachin
6–4, 7–6(1)
Winner 12. 18 September 2005 Bordeaux, France Clay Spain Conchita Martínez Granados Germany Julia Schruff
Germany Jasmin Wöhr
7–5, 6–2
Runner-up 9. 3 October 2005 Barcelona, Spain Clay Spain Conchita Martínez Granados Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain María Sánchez Lorenzo
5–7, 7–6(4), 6–7(3)
Winner 13. 15 October 2005 Sevilla, Spain Clay Italy Sara Errani Romania Gabriela Niculescu
Romania Monica Niculescu
6–2, 7–6(5)
Runner-up 10. 30 October 2005 Sant Cugat, Spain Clay Spain Conchita Martínez Granados Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 11. 26 March 2006 Sabadell, Spain Hard Spain Marta Fraga Spain Estrella Cabeza Candela
Spain Núria Roig
1–6, 1–6
Runner-up 12. 15 April 2006 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Brazil Joana Cortez Hungary Zsófia Gubacsi
Croatia Matea Mezak
6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Winner 14. 11 June 2006 Móstoles, Spain Hard Brazil Joana Cortez Brazil Carla Tiene
Brazil Jenifer Widjaja
6–3, 6–2
Winner 15. 18 June 2006 Marseille, France Clay Spain Conchita Martínez Granados France Séverine Beltrame
France Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
7–5, 6–4
Winner 16. 14 October 2006 Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard (i) France Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
7–5, 7–5
Runner-up 13. 20 April 2007 Calvià, Spain Clay Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
5–7, 4–6
Winner 17. 17 September 2007 Madrid, Spain Clay Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja Romania Monica Niculescu
Ukraine Yevgenia Savranska
6–1, 7–6(4)
Winner 18. 24 September 2007 Granada, Spain Clay Spain Marta Marrero Romania Alexandra Dulgheru
Romania Monica Niculescu
6–4, 6–1
Winner 19. 8 October 2007 Reggio Calabria, Italy Clay Spain Marta Marrero Austria Stefanie Haidner
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sandra Martinović
6–1, 6–2
Winner 20. 22 October 2007 Sant Cugat, Spain Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Hungary Kira Nagy
France Aurélie Védy
6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 14. 3 February 2008 Belford, France Hard (i) Spain Marta Marrero Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Czech Republic Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková
6–7(8), 4–6
Winner 21. 15 March 2008 Las Palmas, Spain Hard Spain Marta Marrero Greece Anna Gerasimou
United Kingdom Anna Hawkins
6–2, 7–6(1)
Runner-up 15. 31 March 2008 Patras, Greece Clay Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja Israel Tzipora Obziler
Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova
5–7, 1–6
Runner-up 16. 7 April 2008 Monzón, Spain Hard Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja Japan Rika Fujiwara
Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi
6–1, 6–7(5), 8–10
Winner 22. 14 April 2008 Saint-Malo, France Clay Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
  • Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
  • Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova
6–2, 6–1
Winner 23. 20 December 2015 Ankara, Turkey Hard (i) Russia Marina Melnikova Poland Paula Kania
Netherlands Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
6–4, 5–7, [10–8]

Team events

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents Score
Winner 1. 9 January 2010 Hopman Cup, Perth, Western Australia Hard Spain Tommy Robredo 2–1

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

Singles

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2016 2017 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R A A A A A Q2 3R 2R 2R A Q1 Q2 A 0 / 5 4–5
French Open 1R Q1 A A A A Q2 1R 3R 1R 2R 3R A A A 0 / 6 5–6
Wimbledon 1R A A A A Q3 Q1 3R 1R A 3R 1R A A A 0 / 5 4–5
US Open 1R A A A A 1R Q2 1R 3R 2R 1R 2R A A A 0 / 7 4–7
Win–loss 0–4 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–3 6–4 2–3 4–4 3–3 0-0 0–0 0–0 0 / 23 17–23
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells A Q2 A A A A A A Q1 QF 3R 1R A A A 0 / 3 4–3
Miami 1R A A A A A A A 2R 2R 3R A A A A 0 / 4 2–4
Madrid Not Held 1R 2R 1R A A A A 0 / 3 0–3
Beijing Not Held Not Tier I 3R 1R 2R Q1 A A A 0 / 3 3–3
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai Not Tier I A 2R 1R NP5 Q2 0 / 2 1–2
Doha No Premier Event Not Held NP5 1R A Q1 NP5 0 / 1 0–1
Rome A Q1 A A A A A A QF W 1R 1R A A A 1 / 4 9–3
Cincinnati Not Held Not Tier I 2R A 1R 1R A A A 0 / 3 1–3
Canada A A A A A 1R A A A A 3R 1R A A A 0 / 3 2–3
Tokyo A A A A A A A A A 1R 1R Q1 A NP5 0 / 2 0–2
Wuhan Not Held A A 0 / 0 0–0
Year-end ranking 92 278 348 N/A 397 109 173 92 27 28 35 161 532 743 641

Doubles

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 1R A A A A A QF 3R 2R A 3R A A 1R 3R 1R 0 / 9 11–9
French Open 1R 2R 1R A A A 3R QF 1R SF 3R SF 1R A 1R 2R 3R QF 0 / 14 22–14
Wimbledon 1R A A A A 3R 2R QF QF A 2R QF A A 2R 2R 3R 3R 0 / 11 15–10
US Open A A A A A 2R A 2R QF 1R 3R SF A A A 1R QF 0 / 9 14–9
Win–loss 0–3 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 3–2 3–2 7–3 9–4 6–4 6–4 11–3 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–4 9–4 5–3 0 / 44 62–44
Year-end championships
WTA Tour Championships A A A A A A A A W A A A A A A A QF 1 / 2 2–1
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not Held A Not Held 1R Not Held 2R Not Held A Not Held 0 / 2 1–2
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells A 1R A A A A A A SF QF 1R 2R 1R A A 1R 2R QF 0 / 9 9–9
Miami A A A A A A A A QF 2R SF A QF A QF A QF 2R 0 / 7 13–7
Madrid Not Held QF SF 2R SF A A 2R A A SF 0 / 6 11–6
Beijing T IV Tier II QF QF 2R 2R A A A SF QF 0 / 6 10–6
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai Tier II A W W Prem A Prem 2R Prem 2 / 3 9–1
Doha Tier III Tier II Tier I Not Held Prem 1R A A Prem SF Prem F 0 / 3 7–3
Rome A 1R 1R A A A A A SF F QF 1R 2R A 2R A 1R 1R 0 / 10 7–10
Montréal / Toronto A A A A A 1R A A W A 1R 1R A A A A 2R SF 1 / 6 9–5
Cincinnati NH Tier III F A 1R SF A A A 1R 2R QF 0 / 6 9–6
Tokyo A A A A A A A A 1R 1R A A A A Premier 0 / 2 0–2
Wuhan Premier A 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2
Year-end ranking 40 79 112 N/A 131 62 108 30 6 15 21 15 129 N/A 115 42 24

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