Petra Martić

Petra Martić
Petra Martić in Wimbledon (2013)
Nation:	Croatia
Birthday:	January 19, 1991
Size:	181 cm
Weight:	63 kg
1st professional season:	2008
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Martijn Bok
Prize money:	$ 5,128,866
singles
Career record:	345: 238
Career title:	1 WTA , 1 WTA Challenger, 4 ITF
Highest ranking:	14 (January 13, 2020)
Current placement:	15th
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	121: 109
Career title:	0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking:	53 (March 17, 2014)
Current placement:	281
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: March 16, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Petra Martić (born January 19, 1991 in Split ) is a Croatian tennis player .

Career

Martić, who started playing tennis at the age of five, made her debut on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour in 2005 . At the US Open 2006 and the French Open 2007, she advanced to the quarter-finals of the junior women's competition and rose to position 26 in the junior world rankings. In 2007 she reached her first final on the professional tour and won a tournament in the $ 25,000 category in Jersey 2008 her first title. In the same year Martić started in Portorož for the first time in the main draw of a WTA tournament and, after an opening win over Angelique Kerber, played her straight away in the quarter-finals, in which she was defeated by Julia Görges . In New York , she subsequently appeared for the first time in the qualification of a Grand Slam tournament, but failed in the first round.

At the French Open 2009 Martić made it into the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. There she immediately moved into the second round after a success against Mara Santangelo , in which she lost to Aleksandra Wozniak . After reaching two WTA quarter-finals in Budapest and Portorož, she also qualified for the main round of the US Open and also reached the second round there. Then she won at an ITF tournament in the $ 100,000 category in Biella its largest ever title, closing the year for the first time among the top 100 in the rankings from. In the following year Martić tried to establish himself on the WTA Tour, but with a total of eleven first-round defeats in the course of the season, she fell back significantly in the world rankings. In 2011 she reached her first two WTA semi-finals in Bogotá and Copenhagen . She also reached the second round at the Australian Open , US Open and Wimbledon and advanced to the round of 16 in Cincinnati . At the end of the year she was included in the top 50 of the world rankings for the first time. At the beginning of 2012 Martić was in her first WTA individual final in Kuala Lumpur , in which she had to give up against Hsieh Su-wei at 1: 4 in the third set due to injury. Three weeks earlier, she had lost her first WTA double final at the side of Anna-Lena Grönefeld against Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond in Paris . In addition, she made it into the round of 16 of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time at the French Open , after she was able to record her first success over a top 10 player in the second round against Marion Bartoli before she was eliminated by Angelique Kerber. Her second she succeeded towards the end of the season in Tokyo , where she came to the third round after beating Petra Kvitová and was only stopped there by the eventual winner Nadja Petrowa .

In the years that followed, Martić struggled with poor form and persistent injury concerns. In 2013, she only achieved a quarter-finals on the WTA Tour in Katowice , so she finished the season outside of the top 100 despite her first move into the third round of Wimbledon , where she was defeated by Zwetana Pironkowa . In 2014 Martić then only won a single win in the main draw of a WTA tournament. In addition, she lost in her three main field appearances at the Australian Open , French Open and Wimbledon in the first round and only won a single game. In 2015 Martić started increasingly in WTA qualifications, but was unable to win a game in a WTA main field despite reaching the main round several times. Her best result of the season she achieved at a tournament of the WTA Challenger Series in Dalian with a place in the semifinals. In 2016 Martić first reported back with reaching the semi-finals at the WTA tournament in Rio de Janeiro , but after a first round defeat in the qualification of Wimbledon , she was forced to take an indefinite break due to a prolonged back problem. The doctors diagnosed her with a disc protrusion and for a long time it was not clear whether Martić would be able to continue her career.

After a ten-month hiatus, she made her successful comeback in April 2017 at an ITF tournament in the $ 25,000 category in Santa Margherita di Pula , which she won straight away. At the French Open Martić started with a protected ranking in the qualification and immediately pushed into the main field in her fifth tournament after the injury break, in which she reached the round of 16 after victories over Madison Keys and Anastasija Sevastova ; there she finally had to admit defeat to Elina Switolina . In Wimbledon , she reached a month later from the qualification out the fourth round in which they of magdaléna rybáriková was defeated. This means that within a few weeks Martić moved from a placement outside the top 250 back to the top 100 in the world rankings, among which she was last in 2013. After having to pay tribute to the efforts of the previous months at the end of 2017, Martić also advanced to the round of 16 in Melbourne at the beginning of 2018 , in which she was defeated by Elise Mertens . In Indian Wells , she then achieved her first quarter-finals at a tournament in the Premier Madatory category, beating Jeļena Ostapenko in the second round after six years, a player from the top ten in the ranking before she reached the last eight was stopped by Simona Halep . This was followed by mixed results on clay court and grass before she was in Bucharest for the first time after Kuala Lumpur 2012 in a WTA final, which she lost to Anastasija Sevastova. She celebrated her biggest title to date after her first round elimination at the US Open in New York at the WTA Challenger in Chicago , which she won without losing a set after a final victory against Mona Barthel . At the end of the season, she reached a WTA semi-finals in Tianjin , but in which she had to give up against Caroline Garcia and then ended the year. Nevertheless, Martić wintered in the top 50 of the world rankings for the first time since 2011.

After a cautious start to the 2019 season, she reached the semifinals at the start of the clay court season in Charleston , where she failed to Caroline Wozniacki . As a result, Martić's performance increased continuously. First she won bin Istanbul after a three-set win in the final against Markéta Vondroušová, her first WTA title. She then reached the quarter-finals at the Premier Mandatory tournament in Madrid , where she lost to Sloane Stephens , and then scored the first round of eight at a grand at the French Open , including after a second-round win over second-placed Karolína Plíšková -Slam tournament in which she then had to admit defeat Vondroušová. On grass, Martić was able to confirm her strong condition by making it to the semi-finals in Birmingham before advancing into the fourth round for the second time at Wimbledon , in which she was defeated by Elina Switolina. Also in New York she managed for the first time to reach the last sixteen, which she lost to Serena Williams . Towards the end of the season she was in Zhengzhou for the first time in a tournament of the Premier category in the final, but this time lost significantly to Karolína Plíšková. She also made it to the quarter-finals in Wuhan , where she failed only at the top rankings Ashleigh Barty . Due to her consistently good performance, Martić was able to qualify for the WTA Elite Trophy 2019 in Zhuhai for the first time , but was eliminated in the preliminary round after a defeat against Madison Keys and a win over Zheng Saisai . Nevertheless, she ended the season in the top 20 in the ranking for the first time.

At the beginning of 2020 Martić achieved her highest world ranking position to date with 14th place. She then reached the semifinals in Dubai , but was eliminated there against Jelena Rybakina .

In 2008 Martić gave her debut for the Croatian Fed Cup team in the 4-1 quarter-final defeat against Japan . Since then she has contested 17 matches in singles and doubles for her country, of which she was able to win eight (individual balance 6: 5).

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 13, 2008	Zagreb	ITF $ 75,000	sand	Yvonne Meusburger	6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 2
2.	September 13, 2009	Biella	ITF $ 100,000	sand	Sharon Fichman	7: 5, 6: 4
3.	June 8, 2013	Nottingham	ITF $ 75,000	race	Karolína Plíšková	6: 3, 6: 3
4th	April 9, 2017	Pula	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Kathinka von Deichmann	6: 4, 7: 5
5.	September 9, 2018	Chicago	WTA Challenger	Hard court	Mona Barthel	6: 4, 6: 1
6th	April 28, 2019	Istanbul	WTA International	sand	Markéta Vondroušová	1: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1

Double

No.	date	competition	Topping	category	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	May 9, 2009	Zagreb	sand	ITF $ 50,000	Ajla Tomljanović	Ksenija Mileuskaja Anastassija Piwowarowa	6: 3, 6: 7 4 , [10: 5]
2.	December 19, 2010	Dubai	Hard court	ITF $ 75,000	Julia Goerges	Sania Mirza Vladimíra Uhlířová	6: 4, 7: 6 7
3.	May 7, 2011	Cagnes-sur-Mer	sand	ITF $ 100,000 + H	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Darija Jurak Renata Voráčová	1: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
4th	October 18, 2014	Tampico	Hard court	ITF $ 50,000	Maria Sanchez	Kateryna Bondarenko Valeria Savinych	3: 6, 6: 3, [10: 2]
5.	February 6, 2015	Burnie	Hard court	ITF $ 50,000	Irina Falconi	Xinyun Han Junri Namigata	6: 2, 6: 4
6th	5th June 2016	Bol	sand	WTA Challenger	Xenia Knoll	Raluca Olaru İpek Soylu	6: 3, 6: 2

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Career
Australian Open	-	1	2	1	1	1	1	Q1	-	AF	3	2	AF
French Open	2	1	-	AF	1	1	1	Q2	AF	2	VF		VF
Wimbledon	-	2	2	1	3	1	Q1	Q1	AF	1	AF		AF
US Open	2	1	2	1	-	Q1	Q3	-	1	1	AF		AF

Double

competition	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2017	2018	2019	Career
Australian Open	-	1	1	AF	1	AF	1	-	-	AF	AF
French Open	-	2	1	2	1	-	1	-	1	2	2
Wimbledon	-	1	-	AF	AF	-	1	-	2	AF	AF
US Open	-	AF	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	AF

Web links

Commons : Petra Martić  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile Petra Martić (English)
• ITF profile Petra Martić (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Petra Martić (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Petra Mrtić Fights Back from Injury to Reach French Open Fourth Round. In: tennis.com. June 4, 2017, accessed August 8, 2020 .