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Conchita Martínez
Conchita Martínez at the 2010 US Open
Full nameInmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceBarcelona, San Diego
Born (1972-04-16) 16 April 1972 (age 52)
Monzón, Huesca, Spain
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned proFebruary 1988
Retired15 April 2006
PlaysRight-handed (one handed-backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 11,527,977
Singles
Career record739–297
Career titles33 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 2 (30 October 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenF (1998)
French OpenF (2000)
WimbledonW (1994)
US OpenSF (1995, 1996)
Doubles
Career record414–232
Career titles13 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 7 (11 January 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1998, 2002)
French OpenF (1992, 2001)
WimbledonQF (1995, 2003)
US OpenSF (2005)
Team competitions
Fed CupW (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998)
Medal record
Olympic Games – Tennis
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Doubles
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1987 Latakia Singles

Conchita Martínez Bernat (born 16 April 1972) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She is the only Spanish player to have won the women's singles title at Wimbledon, where she beat Martina Navratilova to win the 1994 title. Martínez also was the singles runner-up at the 1998 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open. She reached a highest world ranking of No. 2 in October 1995 and finished the season in the top 10 for nine years. Martínez won 33 singles and 13 doubles titles during her 18-year career. She is currently the captain of the Spain Fed Cup team and the Spain Davis Cup team.

Career

1988–1992: Breakthrough, top 10, Grand Slam quarterfinals

Born in Monzón, Martínez turned professional in 1988. At the age of just 16, she reached the fourth round at the French Open in her third professional tournament. She upset ninth-seed Lori McNeil en route before losing to Bettina Fulco in two sets.[1] In 1989, her breakthrough year, Martínez got rid of Sabatini to win the title at Tampa and also won two Tier V tournaments (Wellington, Phoenix). She also reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, losing to Steffi Graf. She finished the year World No. 7. In 1990 and 1991, Martínez won a further six titles and again reached the quarterfinals at the French Open both years (losing to Graf in 1990 and Monica Seles in 1991).

The following year, Martínez was a silver medalist in doubles at the Olympic Games in Barcelona (partnering Arantxa Sánchez Vicario) and the runner-up in women's doubles at the French Open.[2] Once again, Martínez was a quarterfinalist at the French Open, losing a tight match with Sabatini. In 1992 she was runner up in Indian Wells and San Diego.

1993–1996: Highest ranking, Wimbledon singles title

In 1993, Martínez became the first Spanish woman since Lilí de Álvarez in 1928 to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon, where she lost to Steffi Graf in two sets. In November Martínez defeated Graf for the first and only time in her career, at a tournament in Philadelphia in the final. At the Italian Open, Martínez defeated Sabatini in the final in straight sets to become the first Spaniard to win the tournament since de Álvarez in 1930.[3] She again reached the quarterfinals at the French Open for the fifth year in a row, losing a 2-hour, 45 minute three-set battle with Anke Huber.[4]

Martínez reached the Wimbledon singles final in 1994 beating Rene Simpson, Nana Smith, Nathalie Tauziat, Kristine Kunce and Lindsay Davenport in the quarterfinal and Lori McNeil in the semifinals where the third set went to 10–8, where she faced nine-time Wimbledon champion Martina Navratilova. Navratilova's last Wimbledon triumph had come four years earlier, but many observers felt that the 37-year-old Czech-born American was the favourite going into the match given her long track record of success on grass courts, whereas Martínez's most significant tournament victories up to that time had been on slower-playing surfaces, particularly on clay courts. Martínez, however, won the match in three sets and became the first Spanish woman to win Wimbledon.[5][6] In 1995, Martínez was a semifinalist at all four Grand Slam tournaments and reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 2. In the Australian Open she beat Lindsay Davenport in the quarterfinals before losing to Mary Pierce in the semifinals. At Wimbledon, Martínez beat Sabatini in the quarterfinals before losing to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the semifinals. She also had a new coach that year, Carlos Kirmayr.

In 1996, Martínez became the only player to win the Italian Open singles title four consecutive years after a straight-sets victory in the final against 15-year old Martina Hingis.[7][8] She also partnered Sánchez Vicario to claim a women's doubles Olympic bronze medal in Atlanta.[2]

1997–2006: Out of Top 10 and return, Australian and French Open runner-up

In 1998, Martínez reached her second career Grand Slam singles final at the Australian Open. She beat Lindsay Davenport in the semifinals before losing to Martina Hingis in the final in straight sets.[9][10] At the German Open in May she defeated Amélie Mauresmo to win her first singles title in 18 months.[11] She also helped Spain win the Fed Cup that year, beating Patty Schnyder of Switzerland 6–3, 2–6, 9–7 in 3 hours, 19 minutes in the final.

In January 2000 at the Australian Open Martínez beat Elena Likhovtseva in the quarterfinals after Likhovtseva twice failed to serve for the match to reach the semifinals where she was beaten by Martina Hingis. Martínez reached the final of the French Open in 2000, where she lost to Mary Pierce in two sets after beating Sánchez Vicario in the semifinals.[12] She also won the German Open, beating Hingis in a semifinal and Amanda Coetzer in the final.[13][14] In 2001, Martínez was a runner-up in the women's doubles at the French Open (partnering Jelena Dokić). Martínez also reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon for the first time in six years but lost to Justine Henin of Belgium. In 2003 Martínez reached her last grand slam quarterfinal in the French Open losing to Kim Clijsters. Also that year she reached the final at Eastbourne losing to Chanda Rubin.[15]

Martínez won her second Olympic silver medal in the women's doubles in 2004 in Athens, Greece (partnering Virginia Ruano Pascual).[2] In 2005, Martínez won her first singles title in five years at Pattaya, Thailand. It was her last singles title, bringing her career total to 33 top-level singles titles, 9 of which were Tier I events, and 13 doubles titles. On 15 April 2006, aged 33 and after 18 years of playing professionally, she announced her retirement, having won more professional singles tournaments than any other Spanish female tennis player.[16][17]

In 2008, 2009 and 2010 Martínez played at Wimbledon in the Ladies Invitations Doubles. In 2010 her partner in doubles was Nathalie Tauziat.

Playing style

Martínez was a patient, right-handed baseline player who won matches by disrupting her opponents' rhythm through changes of spin, pace, depth, height, and angle. She had a strong backhand, played single-handedly, and used heavy topspin on her forehand and slower topspin and slice on her backhand.[18][19] A characteristic shot of Martínez was to hit a deep, looping forehand with a lot of topspin with the intent to drive her opponent to the back of the court and make them hit the ball at shoulder height.[20][21] She was known for expending "plenty of time and energy securing the ball with which she had just won the previous point so she could serve it again," a major irritant to her opponents.[22]

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 3 (1–2)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1994 Wimbledon Grass United States Martina Navratilova 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up 1998 Australian Open Hard Switzerland Martina Hingis 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2000 French Open Clay France Mary Pierce 2–6, 5–7

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1992 French Open Clay Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Puerto Rico Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2001 French Open Clay Serbia and Montenegro Jelena Dokić Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
2–6, 1–6

Olympics

Doubles: 3 (2 silver medals, 1 bronze medal)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Silver 1992 Barcelona Clay Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario United States Gigi Fernández
United States Mary Joe Fernández
5–7, 6–2, 2–6
Bronze 1996 Atlanta Hard Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
6–3, 6–1
Silver 2004 Athens Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual China Li Ting
China Sun Tiantian
3–6, 3–6

Tier I

Singles: 14 finals (9 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1992 Virginia Slims of Florida Hard Germany Steffi Graf 6–3, 2–6, 0–6
Runner-up 1992 Charleston Open Clay Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 1–6, 4–6
Winner 1993 Italian Open Clay Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 7–5, 6–1
Winner 1993 Virginia Slims of Philadelphia Carpet (i) Germany Steffi Graf 6–3, 6–3
Winner 1994 Charleston Open Clay Belarus Natasha Zvereva 6–4, 6–0
Winner 1994 Italian Open (2) Clay United States Martina Navratilova 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Winner 1995 Charleston Open (2) Clay Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva 6–1, 6–1
Winner 1995 Italian Open (3) Clay Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–1, 6–1
Runner-up 1996 Indian Wells Masters Hard Germany Steffi Graf 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)
Winner 1996 Italian Open (4) Clay Switzerland Martina Hingis 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 1997 Italian Open Clay France Mary Pierce 4–6, 0–6
Winner 1998 German Open Clay France Amélie Mauresmo 6–4, 6–4
Winner 2000 German Open (2) Clay South Africa Amanda Coetzer 6–0, 6–3
Runner-up 2004 Charleston Open (2) Clay United States Venus Williams 6–2, 2–6, 1–6

WTA Tour finals

Singles 55 (33–22)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–2)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Olympic Games (0–0)
Tier I (9–5)
Tier II (7–9)
Tier III (5–4)
Tier IV (8–0)
Tier V (3–2)
Titles by Surface
Hard (11–10)
Grass (1–1)
Clay (19–9)
Carpet (2–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 8 August 1988 Sofia Hard (i) Austria Barbara Paulus 6–1, 6–2
Winner 2. 6 February 1989 Wellington Hard Australia Jo-Anne Faull 6–1, 6–2
Winner 3. 17 April 1989 Tampa Clay Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 1. 28 May 1989 Geneva Clay Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere 4–6, 0–6
Winner 4. 11 September 1989 Phoenix Hard United States Elise Burgin 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 22 October 1989 Bayonne Hard (i) Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva 2–6, 2–6
Winner 5. 17 September 1990 Paris Clay Argentina Patricia Tarabini 7–5, 6–3
Winner 6. 15 October 1990 Phoenix Hard United States Marianne Werdel 7–5, 6–1
Winner 7. 5 November 1990 Indianapolis Hard (i) Soviet Union Leila Meskhi 6–4, 6–2
Winner 8. 22 April 1991 Barcelona Clay Switzerland Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere 6–4, 6–1
Winner 9. 15 July 1991 Kitzbühel Clay Austria Judith Wiesner 6–1, 2–6, 6–3
Winner 10. 16 September 1991 Paris Clay Argentina Inés Gorrochategui 6–0, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 1 March 1992 Indian Wells Hard Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 4. 8 March 1992 Boca Raton Hard Germany Steffi Graf 6–3, 2–5, 0–6
Runner-up 5. 30 March 1992 Hilton Head Clay Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 1–6, 4–6
Winner 11. 6 July 1992 Kitzbühel Clay Switzerland Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere 6–0, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up 6. 24 August 1992 San Diego Hard United States Jennifer Capriati 3–6, 2–6
Winner 12. 4 January 1993 Brisbane Hard Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 7. 28 February 1993 Linz Carpet Switzerland Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere 2–6, 0–1 ret.
Winner 13. 22 March 1993 Houston Clay Germany Sabine Hack 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 8. 19 April 1993 Barcelona Clay Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1–6, 4–6
Winner 14. 3 May 1993 Rome Clay Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 7–5, 6–1
Winner 15. 26 July 1993 Stratton Mountain Hard United States Zina Garrison 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 9. 31 October 1993 Essen Carpet Ukraine Natalia Medvedeva 7–6(7–4), 5–7, 4–6
Winner 16. 8 November 1993 Philadelphia Carpet Germany Steffi Graf 6–3, 6–3
Winner 17. 28 March 1994 Hilton Head Clay Belarus Natasha Zvereva 6–4, 6–0
Winner 18. 2 May 1994 Rome Clay United States Martina Navratilova 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Winner 19. 20 June 1994 Wimbledon Grass United States Martina Navratilova 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Winner 20. 31 July 1994 Stratton Mountain Hard Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 10. 12 March 1995 Delray Beach Hard Germany Steffi Graf 2–6, 4–6
Winner 21. 27 March 1995 Hilton Head Clay Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva 6–1, 6–1
Winner 22. 3 April 1995 Amelia Island Clay Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 6–1, 6–4
Winner 23. 1 May 1995 Hamburg Clay Switzerland Martina Hingis 6–1, 6–0
Winner 24. 8 May 1995 Rome Clay Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–3, 6–1
Winner 25. 31 July 1995 San Diego Hard United States Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–0
Winner 26. 7 August 1995 Manhattan Beach Hard United States Chanda Rubin 4–6, 6–1, 6–3
Runner-up 11. 16 March 1996 Indian Wells Hard Germany Steffi Graf 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up 12. 29 April 1996 Hamburg Clay Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 0–6
Winner 27. 6 May 1996 Rome Clay Switzerland Martina Hingis 6–2, 6–3
Winner 28. 28 October 1996 Moscow Carpet Austria Barbara Paulus 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up 13. 11 May 1997 Rome Clay France Mary Pierce 4–6, 0–6
Runner-up 14. 27 July 1997 Stanford Hard Switzerland Martina Hingis 0–6, 2–6
Runner-up 15. 31 January 1998 Australian Open Hard Switzerland Martina Hingis 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 16. 12 April 1998 Amelia Island Clay France Mary Pierce 7–6(10–8), 0–6, 2–6
Winner 29. 11 May 1998 Berlin Clay France Amélie Mauresmo 6–4, 6–4
Winner 30. 13 July 1998 Warsaw Clay Italy Silvia Farina Elia 6–0, 6–3
Winner 31. 12 July 1999 Sopot Clay Slovakia Karina Habšudová 6–1, 6–1
Runner-up 17. 3 January 2000 Gold Coast Hard Croatia Silvija Talaja 0–6, 6–0, 4–6
Runner-up 18. 16 April 2000 Amelia Island Clay United States Monica Seles 3–6, 2–6
Winner 32. 8 May 2000 Berlin Clay South Africa Amanda Coetzer 6–0, 6–3
Runner-up 19. 10 June 2000 French Open Clay France Mary Pierce 2–6, 5–7
Runner-up 20. 29 September 2002 Bali Hard Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Runner-up 21. 21 June 2003 Eastbourne Grass United States Chanda Rubin 4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up 22. 12 April 2004 Charleston Clay United States Venus Williams 6–2, 2–6, 1–6
Winner 33. 31 January 2005 Pattaya Hard Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–3, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles 41 (13–28)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–2)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Olympic Games (0–2)
Tier I (5–9)
Tier II (5–10)
Tier III (2–3)
Tier IV (0–1)
Tier V (1–1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (6–12)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (7–12)
Carpet (0–4)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 8 August 1988 Sofia Hard (i) Austria Barbara Paulus Croatia Sabrina Goleš
Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva
1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 17 July 1989 Estoril Clay Argentina Gabriela Castro Czech Republic Iva Budařová
Czech Republic Regina Rajchrtová
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 2 March 1992 Boca Raton Hard United States Linda Wild Latvia Larisa Neiland
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
6–2, 6–2
Winner 2. 20 April 1992 Barcelona Clay Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario France Nathalie Tauziat
Austria Judith Wiesner
6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 3. 25 May 1992 French Open Clay Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Puerto Rico Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 4. 28 July 1992 Barcelona Clay Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario United States Mary Joe Fernández
Puerto Rico Gigi Fernández
7–5, 2–6, 6–2
Runner-up 5. 24 August 1992 San Diego Hard Argentina Mercedes Paz Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Latvia Larisa Neiland
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 6. 19 October 1992 Brighton Carpet Slovakia Radka Zrubáková Latvia Larisa Neiland
Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 7. 15 November 1992 Philadelphia Carpet France Mary Pierce Puerto Rico Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
6–1, 6–3
Winner 3. 4 January 1993 Brisbane Hard Latvia Larisa Neiland United States Kimberly Po
United States Shannan McCarthy
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 8. 22 February 1993 Linz Carpet Austria Judith Wiesner Russia Eugenia Maniokova
Georgia (country) Leila Meskhi
walkover
Winner 4. 25 April 1993 Barcelona Clay Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva
Switzerland Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere
4–6, 6–1, 6–0
Runner-up 9. 14 November 1993 Philadelphia Carpet Latvia Larisa Neiland Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
United States Katrina Adams
6–2, 4–6, 7–6(9–7)
Runner-up 10. 25 July 1994 Stratton Mountain Hard Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario United States Pam Shriver
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
7–6(7–4), 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up 11. 7 May 1995 Hamburg Clay Argentina Patricia Tarabini Puerto Rico Gigi Fernández
Switzerland Martina Hingis
6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 12. 14 May 1995 Rome Clay Argentina Patricia Tarabini United States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natalia Zvereva
3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Winner 5. 19 August 1996 San Diego Hard Puerto Rico Gigi Fernández Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Latvia Larisa Neiland
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 13. 11 May 1997 Rome Clay Argentina Patricia Tarabini United States Nicole Arendt
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 14. 27 July 1997 Stanford Hard Argentina Patricia Tarabini United States Lindsay Davenport
Switzerland Martina Hingis
6–1, 6–3
Winner 6. 5 April 1998 Hilton Head Clay Argentina Patricia Tarabini United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner 7. 5 April 1999 Amelia Island Clay Argentina Patricia Tarabini United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
7–5, 0–6, 6–4
Winner 8. 26 September 1999 Tokyo Hard Argentina Patricia Tarabini South Africa Amanda Coetzer
Australia Jelena Dokić
6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 15. 23 April 2000 Hilton Head Clay Argentina Patricia Tarabini Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
7–5, 6–3
Winner 9. 14 May 2000 Berlin Clay Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario United States Corina Morariu
South Africa Amanda Coetzer
3–6, 6–2, 7–6(9–7)
Winner 10. 15 April 2001 Amelia Island Clay Argentina Patricia Tarabini United States Martina Navratilova
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 16. 28 May 2001 French Open Clay Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jelena Dokić Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 17. 7 April 2002 Sarasota Clay Belgium Els Callens Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jelena Dokić
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 18. 19 May 2002 Rome Clay Argentina Patricia Tarabini Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 19. 28 July 2002 Stanford Hard Slovakia Janette Husárová Australia Rennae Stubbs
United States Lisa Raymond
6–1, 6–1
Runner-up 20. 12 January 2003 Sydney Hard Australia Rennae Stubbs Belgium Kim Clijsters
Japan Ai Sugiyama
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 21. 13 April 2003 Charleston Clay Slovakia Janette Husárová Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
6–0, 6–3
Winner 11. 28 February 2004 Dubai Hard Slovakia Janette Husárová Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
6–0, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up 22. 5 March 2004 Doha Hard Slovakia Janette Husárová Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
7–6(7–4), 6–2
Runner-up 23. 3 May 2004 Berlin Clay Slovakia Janette Husárová Russia Nadia Petrova
United States Meghann Shaughnessy
6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Runner-up 24. 19 July 2004 Los Angeles Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Russia Nadia Petrova
United States Meghann Shaughnessy
6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 25. 22 August 2004 Athens Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual China Sun Tiantian
China Li Ting
6–3, 6–3
Winner 12. 17 April 2005 Charleston Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
6–1, 6–4
Winner 13. 7 August 2005 San Diego Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Japan Ai Sugiyama
6–7(7–9), 6–1, 7–5
Runner-up 26. 15 August 2005 Toronto Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
United States Martina Navratilova
5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 27. 9 October 2005 Bangkok Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Japan Shinobu Asagoe
Argentina Gisela Dulko
6–1, 7–5
Runner-up 28. 30 October 2005 Linz Hard (i) Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Argentina Gisela Dulko
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
6–2, 6–3

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Career SR
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 2R A A 4R 4R QF SF QF 4R F 3R SF 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 15
French Open 4R QF QF QF QF QF SF SF SF 4R 4R QF F 3R 2R QF 2R 1R 0 / 18
Wimbledon A A A A 2R SF W SF 4R 3R 3R 3R 2R QF 3R 3R 1R 3R 1 / 14
US Open 1R 4R 3R QF 1R 4R 3R SF SF 3R 4R 4R 3R A 2R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 17
SR 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 64
Year-End Championship
Virginia Slims or Chase Championships A 1R QF 1R QF QF QF QF QF 1R 1R 1R QF A A A A A 0 / 12
WTA Tier I Tournaments
Rome - - QF SF A W W W W F 3R 3R A SF 2R QF 3R QF 4 / 14
Berlin - - QF A A SF A A A 3R W 3R W QF 2R 1R 1R 3R 2 / 11
Charleston - - QF A F A W W SF SF 2R 3R SF SF 2R 3R F 1R 2 / 14
Philadelphia Not Tier I or Was Not Held W 1R QF Not Tier I or Was Not Held 1 / 3
Boca Raton - - - 2R F Not Tier I or Was Not Held 0 / 2
San Diego Not Tier I or Was Not Held 3R 1R 0 / 2
Tokyo Not Tier I or Was Not Held A A QF SF QF A A A A A A A A 0 / 3
Moscow Not Tier I or Was Not Held SF QF 1R A A A A A A 0 / 3
Miami A A SF A A A A A A A 4R 3R 4R A 2R A A A 0 / 5
Montreal/Toronto - - A A A A A A A SF QF 3R SF A A A A 3R 0 / 5
Zurich Not Tier I or Was Not Held A A A 2R A 2R A A A SF 1R A 1R 0 / 5
Indian Wells Not Tier I or Was Not Held F QF QF 3R QF 2R 2R SF QF QF 0 / 10
Chicago - - A Not Tier I or Was Not Held 0 / 0
Career statistics
Tournaments Won 1 3 3 3 1 5 4 6 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 33
Year End Ranking 40 7 11 9 8 4 3 2 5 12 8 15 5 35 34 18 42 32 N/A

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

– = tournament either not held or was not classified as a Tier I event on the Women's Tennis Association tour at the time it was held.

Doubles

Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 SR W–L
Australian Open A A A A A QF 3R 3R 3R QF SF 1R 2R 1R SF QF 3R 1R 0 / 13 26–13
French Open A A 3R A F QF 1R 3R 3R QF QF 3R QF F 1R 1R QF 3R 0 / 15 33–15
Wimbledon A A A A 2R A 1R QF 3R 1R 1R 2R 2R 3R 3R QF 3R 3R 0 / 13 19–13
US Open A 1R A 2R 3R A 3R QF 3R QF 1R 3R QF A 3R QF QF SF 0 / 14 29–14
Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 8–3 6–2 4–4 10–4 8–4 8–4 6–4 5–4 7–4 7–3 8–4 9–4 10–4 8–4 0 / 55 107–55
Year-End Championships
Tour Championships A A A A A A A QF A QF QF QF A A A A A SF 0 / 5 0–5
Tier I Tournaments
Tokyo Not Tier I A A SF 1R SF A A A A A A A A 0 / 3 4–3
Indian Wells NH Not Tier I 2R 1R 2R SF QF 1R 1R 2R QF QF 0 / 10 12–10
Miami Not Tier I 2R A A A A A 3R A SF 3R A A 2R A A A 0 / 5 7–5
Charleston Not Tier I 1R A SF A 1R QF 1R QF W 2R F 1R SF F A W 2 / 13 26–11
Berlin Not Tier I 1R A A 2R A A A A QF A W SF 2R 2R F QF 1 / 9 16–7
Rome Not Tier I 1R A A A 1R F SF F QF 2R A SF F A SF QF 0 / 11 25–11
San Diego Not Tier I 2R W 1 / 2 5–1
Montreal / Toronto Not Tier I A A A A A A A 2R SF 1R 1R A A A A F 1 / 5 7–5
Moscow Not Held NTI QF QF 1R A A A A A A 0 / 3 2–3
Zürich Not Tier I A A A QF SF QF A A A 1R QF A QF 0 / 6 5–6
Boca Raton Not Tier I 1R F Not Tier I Not Held 0 / 2 4–2
Philadelphia Not Held Not Tier I F SF 1R Not Tier I Not Held Not Tier I 0 / 3 5–3
Career statistics
Year End Ranking 147 67 106 51 8 10 41 17 28 19 16 24 29 19 16 21 14 9
  • SR=the ratio of the number of tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played

WTA Tour career earnings

Year Grand Slam
singles titles
WTA
singles titles
Total
singles titles
Earnings ($) Money list rank
1988–89 0 4 4 231,988 [n/a]
1990 0 3 3 248,184 17
1991 0 3 3 304,790 15
1992 0 1 1 445,768 11
1993 0 5 5 1,208,795 3
1994 1 3 4 1,540,167 2
1995 0 6 6 1,266,558 3
1996 0 2 2 1,111,401 6
1997 0 0 0 528,544 13
1998 0 2 2 903,131 10
1999 0 1 1 486,392 17
2000 0 1 1 1,067,930 6
2001 0 0 0 444,517 25
2002 0 0 0 329,316 37
2003 0 0 0 496,178 20
2004 0 0 0 395,880 31
2005 0 1 1 518,438 24
Career 1 32 33 11,527,977 18

Head-to-head vs. top 10 ranked players

Player Record W% Hardcourt Clay Grass Carpet
Number 1 ranked players
Czechoslovakia/United States Martina Navratilova 4–1 80% 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–0
United States Lindsay Davenport 8–9 47.1% 4–5 2–1 1–0 1–3
United States Jennifer Capriati 4–6 40% 1–5 2–1 0–0 1–0
Russia Dinara Safina 1–2 33.3% 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4–14 22.2% 1–4 3–8 0–1 0–1
Switzerland Martina Hingis 3–11 21.4% 0–8 3–2 0–0 0–1
France Amélie Mauresmo 1–4 20% 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–0
Belgium Kim Clijsters 1–5 16.7% 1–3 0–1 0–1 0–0
Germany Steffi Graf 1–13 7.1% 0–5 0–4 0–1 1–3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles 1–20 4.8% 1–7 0–8 0–0 0–5
Serbia and Montenegro/Serbia Jelena Janković 0–1 0% 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0
United States Chris Evert 0–2 0% 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0
United States Venus Williams 0–3 0% 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1
United States Serena Williams 0–5 0% 0–2 0–3 0–0 0–0
Belgium Justine Henin 0–7 0% 0–4 0–2 0–1 0–0
Number 2 ranked players
Russia Anastasia Myskina 1–3 25% 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–0
Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic Jana Novotná 1–4 20% 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–4
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 0–2 0% 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0
Number 3 ranked players
South Africa Amanda Coetzer 15–3 83.3% 8–2 6–1 1–0 0–0
France Nathalie Tauziat 8–2 80% 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–1
Russia Elena Dementieva 3–2 60% 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–0
Russia Nadia Petrova 2–2 50% 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1
Bulgaria/Switzerland Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere 4–5 44.4% 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–2
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 6–9 40% 1–2 4–5 1–0 0–2
France Mary Pierce 6–12 33.3% 1–4 4–7 0–0 1–1
Number 4 ranked players
Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 1–0 100% 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0
Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva 11–1 91.7% 5–0 5–0 0–1 1–0
United States Zina Garrison 6–1 85.7% 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–0
Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic Helena Suková 4–2 66.7% 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1
Italy Francesca Schiavone 2–1 66.7% 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Croatia Iva Majoli 5–4 55.6% 0–0 4–3 0–0 1–1
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Australia Jelena Dokić 6–5 54.5% 4–1 2–4 0–0 0–0
United States Mary Joe Fernández 4–4 50% 0–3 4–0 0–1 0–0
Japan Kimiko Date-Krumm 2–6 25% 2–3 0–0 0–1 0–2
Germany Anke Huber 2–7 22.2% 1–2 1–4 0–0 0–1
Number 5 ranked players
Germany Sylvia Hanika 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
United Kingdom Jo Durie 1–0 100% 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0
Soviet Union/Belarus Natasha Zvereva 8–4 66.7% 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–1
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová 3–3 50% 0–3 2–0 1–0 0–0
Number 6 ranked players
Germany Bettina Bunge 1–0 100% 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0
Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva 7–1 87.5% 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–0
United States Chanda Rubin 9–3 75% 4–1 5–0 0–2 0–0
Number 7 ranked players
Hungary Andrea Temesvári 2–0 100% 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0
United States Kathy Rinaldi 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
France Marion Bartoli 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Romania Irina Spîrlea 4–1 80% 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
France Julie Halard-Decugis 7–2 77.8% 2–1 5–0 0–0 0–1
Austria Barbara Schett 4–2 75% 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0
Switzerland Patty Schnyder 8–3 72.7% 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–1
Czech Republic Nicole Vaidišová 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Number 8 ranked players
Japan Ai Sugiyama 5–1 83.3% 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–0
France Sandrine Testud 6–2 75% 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–1
Russia Anna Kournikova 5–3 62.5% 2–2 3–0 0–0 0–1
Australia Alicia Molik 1–2 33.3% 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0
Number 9 ranked players
Argentina Paola Suárez 2–0 100% 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0
Belgium Dominique Monami 3–1 75% 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1
Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 4–2 66.7% 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–2
United States Lori McNeil 3–3 50% 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–2
Number 10 ranked players
United States Stephanie Rehe 3–0 100% 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0
Sweden Catarina Lindqvist 2–0 100% 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0
Russia Maria Kirilenko 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Czechoslovakia/Slovakia Karina Habšudová 6–2 75% 0–2 4–0 1–0 1–0
Austria Barbara Paulus 4–2 66.7% 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–0
Total 219–215 50.5% 79–95 (45.4%) 98–66 (59.8%) 14–13 (51.9%) 28–41 (40.6%)

See also

References

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Awards
Preceded by Spanish Sportswoman of the Year
1994
Succeeded by