María José Martínez Sánchez
Martínez Sánchez at the 2010 US Open
Nation:
Spain Spain
Birthday:
August 12, 1982
Size:
176 cm
Weight:
68 kg
1st professional season:
1996
Resignation:
22nd December 2019
Playing hand:
Left, two-handed backhand
Trainer:
Alejo Mancisidor
Prize money:
$ 4,409,022
singles
Career record:
361: 246
Career title:
5 WTA , 12 ITF
Highest ranking:
19 (May 10, 2010)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000 0
Double
Career record:
491: 259
Career title:
21 WTA, 23 ITF
Highest ranking:
4 (July 5, 2010)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000 0
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000 0
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )
María José Martínez Sánchez (born August 12, 1982 in Yecla ) is a former Spanish tennis player .
Career
Martínez Sánchez started playing tennis at the age of six. She has been a professional since 1996 and has been on the WTA Tour since 1998 . According to the ITF, she prefers hard courts, although she has won her first nine doubles and four singles titles in clay court tournaments.
In 2008 Martínez Sánchez competed for the Spanish team at the Olympic Games in Beijing .
In her first attempt to reach the main draw in a Grand Slam tournament , she failed in the second qualifying round of the 2000 US Open . In the individual, she has won five WTA tournaments so far, including the 2010 clay court classic in Rome, her most important title so far.
In 2012 she also took part in the London Olympics for Spain.
In doubles, she was already in fourth place in the WTA world rankings (July 5, 2010). She has already won 17 WTA titles, eleven of them alongside her compatriot Nuria Llagostera Vives . From June 2013 she took a longer break on the women's tour. Since March 2015, it has almost only taken part in double competitions.
The doubles specialist competed in the German tennis Bundesliga for the TC Blau-Weiss Bocholt until 2012 .
On December 22, 2019, she announced the end of her career on Instagram.
Personal
María José Martínez Sánchez is the only daughter of Ricardo and Fini; she has two younger brothers, Ricardo and Alejandro.
Tournament victories
singles
No.
date
competition
category
Topping
Final opponent
Result
1.
February 22, 2009
Colombia Bogotá
WTA International
sand
Argentina Gisela Dulko
6: 3, 6: 2
2.
July 11, 2009
Sweden Båstad
WTA International
sand
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
7: 5, 6: 4
3.
May 8, 2010
Italy Rome
WTA Premier 5
sand
Serbia Jelena Janković
7: 6 5 , 7: 5
4th
July 17, 2011
Austria Bad Gastein
WTA International
sand
Austria Patricia Mayr-Achleitner
6-0, 7-5
5.
September 25, 2011
Korea South Seoul
WTA International
Hard court
Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboyeva
7: 6 0 , 7: 6 2
Double
No.
date
competition
category
Topping
Partner
Final opponents
Result
1.
March 4, 2001
Mexico Acapulco
WTA Tier III
sand
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez Argentina
6: 4, 6: 7 5 , 7: 5
2.
April 8, 2001
Portugal postage
WTA Tier IV
sand
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
France Alexandra Fusai Rita Grande Italy
6: 1, 6: 7 5 , 7: 5
3.
May 6, 2001
Croatia Bol
WTA Tier III
sand
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Russia Nadja Petrowa Tina Pisnik Slovenia
7: 5, 6: 4
4th
August 5, 2001
Switzerland Basel
WTA Tier IV
sand
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
South Africa Joannette Kruger Marta Marrero Spain
7: 6 5 , 6: 2
5.
March 1, 2008
Mexico Acapulco
WTA Tier III
sand
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová Petra Cetkovská Czech Republic
6: 2, 6: 4
6th
February 21, 2009
Colombia Bogotá
WTA International
sand
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Argentina Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta Italy
7: 5, 3: 6, [10: 7]
7th
February 28, 2009
Mexico Acapulco
WTA International
sand
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja Spain
6: 4, 6: 2
8th.
April 19, 2009
Spain Barcelona
WTA International
sand
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Romania Sorana Cîrstea Andreja Klepač Slovenia
3: 6, 6: 2, [10: 8]
9.
July 13, 2009
Italy Palermo
WTA International
sand
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Ukraine Marija Korytzewa Darja Kustawa Belarus
6: 1, 6: 2
10.
August 23, 2009
Canada Toronto
WTA Premier 5
Hard court
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Australia Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs Australia
2: 6, 7: 5, [11: 9]
11.
August 29, 2009
United States New Haven
WTA Premier
Hard court
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová Lucie Hradecká Czech Republic
6: 2, 7: 5
12.
November 1, 2009
Qatar Doha
WTA Tour Championships
Hard court
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Zimbabwe Cara Black Liezel Huber United States
7: 6 0 , 5: 7, [10: 7]
13.
February 21, 2010
United Arab Emirates Dubai
WTA Premier 5
Hard court
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Czech Republic Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik Slovenia
7: 6 5 , 6: 4
14th
February 20, 2011
United Arab Emirates Dubai
WTA Premier 5
Hard court
United States Liezel Huber
Czech Republic Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik Slovenia
7: 6 5 , 6: 3
15th
July 9, 2011
Sweden Båstad
WTA International
sand
Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja Spain
6: 3, 6: 3
16.
June 23, 2012
United Kingdom Eastbourne
WTA Premier
race
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
United States Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond United States
6: 4, task
17th
19th June 2016
Spain Santa Ponça
WTA International
race
Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam Laura Siegemund Germany
6: 4, 6: 2
18th
23 September 2017
Japan Tokyo
WTA Premier
Hard court
Slovenia Andreja Klepač
Australia Darja Gavrilowa Darja Kassatkina Russia
6: 3, 6: 2
19th
June 24, 2018
Spain Mallorca
WTA International
race
Slovenia Andreja Klepač
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová Barbora Štefková Czech Republic
6: 1, 3: 6, [10: 3]
20th
3rd May 2019
Morocco Rabat
WTA International
sand
Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo
Spain Georgina García Pérez Oksana Kalashnikova Georgia
7: 5, 6: 1
21st
23 August 2019
United States new York
WTA International
Hard court
Croatia Darija Jurak
Russia Margarita Gasparjan Monica Niculescu Romania
7: 5, 2: 6, [10: 7]
Web links
Individual evidence
↑ Martínez Sánchez calls time on storied career. In: wtatennis.com. January 15, 2020, accessed on March 11, 2020 .
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