Martina Müller (tennis player)

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Martina Müller-Skibbe Tennis player
Martina Müller-Skibbe
Martina Müller 2007 at the Australian Open
Nation: GermanyGermany Germany
Birthday: October 11, 1982
Size: 165 cm
1st professional season: 1999
Resignation: 2011
Playing hand: Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money: $ 1,042,511
singles
Career record: 289: 257
Career title: 1 WTA , 10 ITF
Highest ranking: 33 (April 2, 2007)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 2R (2002, 2006, 2007)
French Open 2R (2002, 2006, 2007)
Wimbledon 2R (2006, 2007)
US Open 3R (2002)
Double
Career record: 159: 169
Career title: 1 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking: 47 (February 25, 2008)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 2R (2002, 2007-2009)
French Open 2R (2003, 2006, 2007)
Wimbledon 1R (2003, 2006-2008)
US Open 1R (2002, 2006-2008)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open -
French Open -
Wimbledon 1R (2007)
US Open 1R (2007)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Martina Müller-Skibbe (born October 11, 1982 in Hanover ) is a former German tennis player .

Tennis career

Martina Müller played in the German Fed Cup team from 2001 to 2003 as well as 2006 and 2008 and became German tennis champion in 1999 and 2005 . She was trained by her father Reinhard Müller.

From 1999 she was a professional player and played her first ITF tournaments, of which she was able to win ten (singles / doubles) each in her career.

Her greatest success was winning the title in 2002 at the WTA tournament in Budapest , where she defeated Swiss Myriam Casanova in the final. In the same year she reached the third round at the US Open , her best result in a Grand Slam tournament . She celebrated further successes with victories over the top 10 players Conchita Martínez , Patty Schnyder and Amanda Coetzer .

In July 2007, Müller reached the final of a WTA tournament again in Palermo , which she lost in two straight sets against Ágnes Szávay .

In 2009 and 2010 she took a break from tennis; since July 20, 2010 she has been the mother of one son.

At the beginning of 2011, she failed four times in the qualification (including in Melbourne ). On August 18, 2011, on the day of her wedding to Florian Skibbe, Martina Müller announced her withdrawal from professional tennis.

Tournament victories

singles

No. date competition category Topping Final opponent Result
1. April 21, 2002 HungaryHungary Budapest WTA Tier V sand SwitzerlandSwitzerland Myriam Casanova 6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 4

Double

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. June 22, 2002 NetherlandsNetherlands 's-Hertogenbosch WTA Tier III race AustraliaAustralia Catherine Barclay GermanyGermany Bianka Lamade Magdalena Maleewa
BulgariaBulgaria  		6: 4, 7: 5

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Career
Australian Open - 2 1 - - 2 2 1 2
French Open - 2 1 - - 2 2 1 2
Wimbledon - 1 - - - 2 2 1 2
US Open 1 3 - - 1 2 1 - 3

Double

competition 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Career
Australian Open 2 1 - 1 - 2 2 2 2
French Open - 2 1 - 2 2 1 - 2
Wimbledon - 1 - - 1 1 1 - 1
US Open 1 - - - 1 1 1 - 1

Web links

Commons : Martina Müller  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Martina Müller Weds & Announces Retirement . martina-mueller.com. August 18, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Martina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover , Germany