Milagros Sequera

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Milagros Sequera Tennis player
Milagros Sequera
Milagros Sequera 2007 at the Australian Open
Nation: VenezuelaVenezuela Venezuela
Birthday: September 30, 1980
Size: 165 cm
1st professional season: 1999
Resignation: 2008
Playing hand: Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money: $ 845,115
singles
Career record: 314: 211
Career title: 1 WTA , 11 ITF
Highest ranking: 48 (July 9, 2007)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 2R (2007)
French Open 2R (2007, 2008)
Wimbledon 3R (2007)
US Open 2R (2003)
Double
Career record: 207: 132
Career title: 3 WTA, 18 ITF
Highest ranking: 29 (January 31, 2005)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open AF (2005)
French Open 2R (2003, 2004)
Wimbledon AF (2003, 2005)
US Open 2R (2004, 2006)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 1R (2005)
French Open -
Wimbledon HF (2003)
US Open -
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Milagros Sequera (born September 30, 1980 in San Felipe ) is a former Venezuelan tennis player .

Career

Sequera started tennis at the age of seven, preferring the hard court. In 1994 she played her first ITF tournament and in 1999 she became a professional player.

She won her first WTA title in March 2004 at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco in doubles. With her partner Lisa McShea she defeated the pairing Olga Blahotová / Gabriela Navrátilová 2: 6, 7: 6 5 , 6: 4. In the same year she also won the tournaments in Strasbourg and 's-Hertogenbosch with MacShea .

In singles, she won a single WTA tournament, in 2007 the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Fès . There she defeated Aleksandra Wozniak 6: 1, 6: 3.

For the Venezuelan Fed Cup team , she played 47 games between 1998 and 2008, of which she won 36.

Personal

On December 29, 2009, Milagros Sequera married the former Australian professional tennis player Stephen Huss near Melbourne .

Tournament victories

singles

No. date competition category Topping Final opponent Result
1. May 20, 2007 MoroccoMorocco Fez WTA Tier IV sand CanadaCanada Aleksandra Wozniak 6: 1, 6: 3

Double

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. March 2004 MexicoMexico Acapulco WTA Tier III sand AustraliaAustralia Lisa McShea Czech RepublicCzech Republic Olga Blahotová Gabriela Navrátilová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic  		2: 6, 7: 6 5 , 6: 4
2. May 2004 FranceFrance Strasbourg WTA Tier III sand AustraliaAustralia Lisa McShea SloveniaSlovenia Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia  		6: 4, 6: 1
3. June 2004 NetherlandsNetherlands 's-Hertogenbosch WTA Tier III race AustraliaAustralia Lisa McShea CroatiaCroatia Jelena Kostanić Claudine Schaul
LuxembourgLuxembourg  		7: 6 3 , 6: 3

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

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

Double

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

Web links

Commons : Milagros Sequera  - collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Sequera, Milagros
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Venezuelan tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH San Felipe , Venezuela