Martina Müller (tennis)
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| Country (sports) |  Germany |
|---|---|
| Residence | Sehnde |
| Born | 11 October 1982 Hanover, West Germany |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Turned pro | 1999 |
| Retired | 2011 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $1,040,531 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 288–255 |
| Career titles | 1 WTA, 10 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 33 (2 April 2007) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2002, 2006, 2007) |
| French Open | 2R (2002, 2006, 2007) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2006, 2007) |
| US Open | 3R (2002) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 158–167 |
| Career titles | 1 WTA, 10 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 47 (25 February 2008) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 4–8 |
Martina Müller-Skibbe (German pronunciation: [maʁˈtiːna ˈmʏlɐ];[1][2] born 11 October 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She won one singles title and one doubles title on the WTA tour.
Career
Coached by her father, Reinhard Müller, Martina had her best results on clay courts: she won her only WTA Tour singles title at the Budapest Grand Prix and a WTA Tour doubles title in 's-Hertogenbosch on grass. On the ITF Women's Circuit, she won ten singles and ten doubles titles. On 2 April 2007, she reached a career-high WTA ranking of 33. In February 2008, she peaked at No. 47 in the WTA doubles rankings.
In 2007, she started the year with middling results, reaching the second round at the Australian Open, losing to Elena Dementieva in three sets. From January to April, Müller never came past the second round of a tournament. In May, at the German Open in Berlin, she defeated Eleni Daniilidou and 13th seed Shahar Pe'er to reach the round of 16 where she lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova 3–6, 2–6. She reached the second round of Roland Garros, losing to Dominika Cibulková, and the second round at Wimbledon, retiring against Agnieszka Radwańska. In the previous round, Müller double-bageled Anna Smashnova. She reached the final at the Palermo Ladies Open, before being defeated by Hungarian Ágnes Szávay in two sets.
Müller married longtime boyfriend Florian Skibbe in August 2011 and subsequently announced her retirement.[3]
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
| Winner - Legend | |
|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |
| Tier I (0–0) | |
| Tier II (0–0) | |
| Tier III (0–0) | |
| Tier IV & V (1–1) | |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | Apr 2002 | Budapest, Hungary |
Clay |  Myriam Casanova
|
6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1. | Jul 2007 | Palermo, Italy | Clay |  Ágnes Szávay
|
0–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)
| Winner - Legend | |
|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |
| Tier I (0–0) | |
| Tier II (0–0) | |
| Tier III (0–3) | |
| Tier IV & V (1–1) | |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | Jun 2002 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands |
Grass |  Catherine Barclay-Reitz
|
Bianka Lamade  Magdalena Maleeva
|
6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1. | May 2006 | Strasbourg, France | Clay |  Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
|
 Liezel Huber  Martina Navratilova
|
2–6, 6–7(1–7) |
| Loss | 2. | Apr 2007 | Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary |
Clay |  Gabriela Chmelinová
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Ágnes Szávay Vladimíra Uhlířová
|
5–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3. | Jan 2008 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Barbora Strýcová
|
Lilia Osterloh  Mariya Koryttseva
|
3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4. | Feb 2008 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay |  Jelena Kostanić Tošić
|
Iveta Benešová Bethanie Mattek-Sands
|
3–6, 3–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
| Legend |
|---|
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
Singles (10–7)
| Result | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | 13 June 1999 | Meinerzhagen, Germany | Clay | Lydia Steinbach
|
6–0, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1. | 15 August 1999 | Rebecq, Belgium | Clay |  Daphne van de Zande
|
3–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Win | 2. | 28 January 2001 | Båstad, Sweden | Hard (i) |  Margit Rüütel
|
6–2, 6–0 |
| Loss | 2. | 15 April 2001 | San Luis Potosi, Mexico | Clay |  Maria Elena Camerin
|
4–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 3. | 19 August 2001 | Bronx, United States | Hard |  Barbara Schwartz
|
7–5, 3–6, 6–7(3–7) |
| Win | 3. | 25 January 2004 | Grenoble, France | Hard (i) |  Aravane Rezaï
|
7–5, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4. | 5 April 2004 | Patras, Greece | Hard |  Ekaterina Dzehalevich
|
4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4. | 2 May 2004 | Taranto, Italy | Clay | Nina Bratchikova
|
6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 5. | 20 June 2004 | Gorizia, Italy | Clay |  Vanina García Sokol
|
1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 5. | 4 July 2004 | Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | Nathalie Viérin
|
6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 6. | 17 April 2005 | Biarritz, France | Clay | Timea Bacsinszky
|
4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–2 |
| Loss | 6. | 9 April 2006 | Athens, Greece | Clay | Aurélie Védy
|
6–4, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 7. | 16 April 2006 | Civitavecchia, Italy | Clay |  Caroline Wozniacki
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6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 8. | 30 April 2006 | Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | Anastasiya Yakimova
|
7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–0 |
| Win | 9. | 6 August 2006 | Baden-Baden, Germany | Clay | Kateřina Böhmová
|
6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 10. | 17 September 2006 | Bordeaux, France | Clay | Sandra Klösel
|
6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 7. | 29 July 2007 | Pétange, Luxembourg | Clay | Pauline Parmentier
|
1–6, 4–6 |
Doubles (10–7)
| Result | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | 2 August 2003 | Harrisonburg, US | Hard | Surina De Beer
|
 Ana Maria Moura Danielle Wiggins
|
6–2, 7–6(4) |
| Loss | 2. | 21 September 2003 | Biella, Italy | Clay | Lenka Němečková
|
 Ľubomíra Kurhajcová Libuše Průšová
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2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3. | 26 October 2003 | Rockhampton, Australia | Hard | Natalie Grandin
|
Trudi Musgrave Abigail Spears
|
1–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 4. | 25 January 2004 | Grenoble, France | Hard (i) | Stefanie Weis
|
Antonia Matic Lenka Tvarošková
|
6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 5. | 15 February 2004 | Sunderland, UK | Hard (i) |  Helen Crook
|
 Claire Curran  Kim Kilsdonk
|
4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Win | 6. | 22 March 2004 | Athens, Greece | Hard |  Līga Dekmeijere
|
Zsófia Gubacsi Kira Nagy
|
6–2, 1–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 7. | 5 April 2004 | Patras, Greece | Hard | Vladimíra Uhlířová
|
Chantal Coombs Emily Webley-Smith
|
7–6(7), 6–3 |
| Loss | 8. | 25 April 2004 | Bari, Italy | Clay | Vladimíra Uhlířová
|
 Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Conchita Martínez Granados
|
2–6, 7–5, 2-6 |
| Loss | 9. | 19 June 2004 | Gorizia, Italy | Carpet (i) | Angelika Rösch
|
Ruxandra Dragomir Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
|
6–7(4), 2–6 |
| Loss | 10. | 22 June 2004 | Fontanafredda, Italy | Clay | Vladimíra Uhlířová
|
Erica Krauth Katalin Marosi
|
6–2, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 11. | 11 July 2004 | Darmstadt, Germany | Clay | Vanessa Henke
|
 Katarina Mišić Dragana Zarić
|
6–1, 7–5 |
| Win | 12. | 20 September 2004 | Biella, Italy | Clay | Erica Krauth
|
 Mervana Jugić-Salkić Darija Jurak
|
6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 13. | 5 February 2005 | Sunderland, UK | Hard (i) |  Sofia Arvidsson
|
Dragana Zarić Katarina Mišić
|
6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 14. | 13 November 2005 | Toronto, Canada | Hard (i) |  Olena Antypina
|
Lauren Barnikow Kristen Schlukebir
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6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 15. | 16 April 2006 | Civitavecchia, Italy | Clay | Lucie Hradecká
|
Tatiana Perebiynis Barbora Strýcová
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6–7(9), 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 16. | 28 July 2007 | Pétange, Luxembourg | Clay |  Claudine Schaul
|
Anastasiya Yakimova Carla Suárez Navarro
|
7–6(4), 1–6, 6–7(1) |
| Win | 17. | 7 April 2008 | Biarritz, France | Clay | Christina Wheeler
|
Jorgelina Cravero Betina Jozami
|
7–6(5), 3–6, [10–8] |
References
- ^ "Martina - Französisch-Übersetzung - Langenscheidt Deutsch-Französisch Wörterbuch" (in German and French). Langenscheidt. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN 9781405881180
- ^ Official Website latest also WTA Martina Müller Weds & Announces Retirement
