María José Martínez Sánchez

María José Martínez Sánchez
María José Martínez Sánchez
Country  Spain
Residence Barcelona, Spain
Born 12 August 1982 (1982-08-12) (age 29)
Yecla, Murcia, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro 1998
Retired Active
Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money $2,206,837
Singles
Career record 307–190
Career titles 5 WTA, 12 ITF
Highest ranking No. 19 (10 May 2010)
Current ranking No. 35 (20 October 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 3R (2009)
French Open 3R (2009)
Wimbledon 3R (2008, 2011)
US Open 3R (2009)
Doubles
Career record 317–135
Career titles 15 WTA, 22 ITF
Highest ranking No. 5 (18 January 2010)
Current ranking No. 20 (20 October 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open QF (2009)
French Open SF (2010)
Wimbledon QF (2008, 2009)
US Open QF (2009)
Other Doubles tournaments
WTA Championships W (2009)
Last updated on: 22 June 2011.

María José Martínez Sánchez (born 12 August 1982) is a Spanish professional tennis player. In singles, she has won five WTA singles titles, the 2009 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, the 2009 Swedish Open, the Premier 5 event, 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, the 2011 Gastein Ladies and the 2011 Hansol Korea Open. She was also a runner-up at the 2008 Barcelona KIA. As a junior she won the 1999 Orange Bowl, a year-ending tennis event for junior players. She reached her career high ranking in singles of World No. 19 on 10 May 2010.

In doubles, Martínez Sánchez has won 14 WTA titles, nine of which came with Nuria Llagostera Vives, including the 2009 WTA Tour Championships. She has also won four titles with Anabel Medina Garrigues. Martínez Sánchez reached a career high doubles ranking of World No. 5 on 18 January 2010.

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Early career

As a Junior, Martínez Sánchez won the 1999 Orange Bowl, a year-ending tennis event for Juniors. She made her first Grand Slam draw at the 2001 Australian Open losing to the 3rd seed Venus Williams.

2008

At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, she advanced to the third round where she lost to eventual champion Venus Williams. In her next Grand Slam, the 2008 US Open, she lost in the first round to Sabine Lisicki.

She finished off the year of a ranking of 87, and only the second time of her career that she finish the year in the top 100 (her first being all the way back in 2001).

2009

Martínez Sánchez started the year playing at the 2009 Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year. In the first round, she upset the 32nd seed Tamarine Tanasugarn 7–5, 6–3. She then defeated Akgul Amanmuradova 6–2, 6–4 but lost in the third round to compatriot Carla Suárez Navarro 6–1, 6–4. In doubles, she and Nuria Llagostera Vives were seeded 11th and defeated 6th seeds Yan Zi and Zheng Jie in the third round but they lost a tough match in the quarterfinals to Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo 3–6, 7–6(7), 7–6(6).

Maria Jose next played at the 2009 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas where she was seeded 7th. She defeated Anastasiya Yakimova, Arantxa Parra Santonja and Betina Jozami to reach the semi-finals where she won a close match against Patricia Mayr 7–5, 7–5. She captured her first WTA singles titl when she defeated 3rd seed Gisela Dulko 6–3, 6–2 in the final. In doubles, Mártinez Sánchez and Llagostera Vives were the top seeds and they reached the final where they beat second seeds Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta 7–5, 3–6, 10–7 to win their first doubles title of the year.

She reached the third round at Roland Garros. In that match against Serena Williams she was accused of cheating and poor sportsmanship.[1]

Martinez Sanchez won her second singles title at the year at the 2009 Swedish Open. On the way she defeated 4th seed Kaia Kanepi, Carla Suárez Navarro and Gisela Dulko before beating top seed and World No. 9 Caroline Wozniacki 7–5, 6–4 in the final.

Martinez Sanchez and her partner Nuria Llagostera Vives won the year ending championships in doubles. As the third seeds, they defeated Venus Williams and Serena Williams 2–6, 6–4, [10–8] before winning the biggest title of their careers against World No. 1's Cara Black and Liezel Huber 7–6(0) 5–7, [10–8] in the final.

Maria qualified to play at the 2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions in Bali. She recovered from a first set deficit to beat Szávay in 3 sets 4–6 6–4 6–0 in her second group round robin match she beat Stosur in straight sets 7–6(4) 7–5 where Stosur served a 208kmps world record serve. In the semifinal she lost against Aravane Rezaï 6–2 6–3, who clearly outplayed her on that day.

Overall, Martinez Sanchez had the greatest year of her career. The highlights were winning two singles WTA titles at Bogotá and Båstad (Sweden) and by reaching the third rounds at the Australian Open, French Open, US Open. She ended the year ranked World No. 30.

In doubles, she won seven titles with Nuria Llagostera Vives at Bogotá, Acapulco, Barcelona, Palermo, Toronto, New Haven and the most important, the WTA Tour Championships in Doha. She ended the year ranked World No. 5.

2010

Her first tournament of the year was winning the Hopman Cup with partner Tommy Robredo. They reached the Final after defeating top seeds Australia, the United States, and Romania without losing a single match. However she had a shock loss to young British prospect Laura Robson but was able to secure a 2–1 win for Spain.

Martinez Sanchez was seeded 24th at the 2010 Australian Open but lost in the second round to World No. 35 Zheng Jie 2–6, 6–2, 6–3.

At Indian Wells, she entered in the second round against A. Dulgheru and struggled through in three sets, 2–6 6–3 6–1. Then she went on winning in straight sets over Belarussian Victoria Azarenka in the third round, 7–6(4), 6–2, and another straight sets win over Belgian Yanina Wickmayer in the fourth round, 6–4, 6–4. In the quarterfinals she was defeated by Samantha Stosur in straight sets, 3–6 6–7(7).

Martinez Sanchez major breakthrough tournament came at the Italian Open, a Premier 5 event in Rome where nine of the top ten women were competing. She upset World No. 17 Francesca Schiavone, World No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki and then Lucie Šafářová in straight sets. She then defeated Ana Ivanović in the semifinals 6–4, 6–2 and went on to beat World No. 7 Jelena Janković in the final 7–6(5), 7–5 to win the biggest title of her career so far. Due to her impressive performance in Rome, she became a top 20 player for the first time, at No.19. However, she was unable to carry any momentum at all into the 2010 French Open, suffering defeat in the first round, because her neck was injured while she was training the same day and she could hardly move the neck in the match.

She returned in Eastbourne, winning the first match against Vera Zvonareva and the second round again Aravane Rezaï. She was defeated in the quarterfinals by Marion Bartoli in a really hard match. But more bad luck came to María once again when her leg was injured due to bad movement before her quarterfinals doubles match. This time would be worse for she would miss Wimbledon and most of the summer season, before returning in New Haven and losing in the first round against wildcard Elena Dementieva.

In the 2010 US Open, she failed to repeat her 3rd round finish of the previous year, losing in the 2nd round against Patty Schnyder in a tight match 7–6, 6–4. Overall the result was good for Martinez Sanchez who had made a lot unforced errors and Schnyder who had her best match in the past few months.

2011

Martinez Sanchez started off the year at the 2011 Medibank International Sydney where she defeated Daniela Hantuchová in the first round 6–2, 6–4 before setting up a meeting with Alisa Kleybanova where she lost 6–2, 6–4. In the 2011 Australian Open Martinez Sanchez was seeded 26. In the first round she faced Gréta Arn who had recently won the 2011 ASB Classic event in Auckland. Martinez Sanchez won against Arn although was subsequently defeated by Frenchwoman Alizé Cornet in the second round.

At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, Martínez Sánchez came from a set down to upset 15th seed Jelena Janković in the first round. She then made quick work of Romanian Monica Niculescu in the following match. She is up against 23rd seed and 5-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams in the third round.

She has earned two International Championships in 2011. In July, Martinez Sanchez defeated Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 6-0, 7-4 at the Bad Gastein Ladies in Bad Gastein, Austria. She followed that win with a 7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–2) victory over Galina Voskoboeva at the Hansol Korea Open in September.

WTA Career Finals

Singles: 6 (5-1)

Winner — Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tournament of Champions (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (1–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (4–1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (1/0)
Grass (0/0)
Clay (4/1)
Carpet (0/0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 15 June 2008 Spain Barcelona Clay Russia Maria Kirilenko 0–6, 2–6
Winner 1. 22 February 2009 Colombia Bogotá Clay Argentina Gisela Dulko 6–3, 6–2
Winner 2. 11 July 2009 Sweden Båstad Clay Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 7–5, 6–4
Winner 3. 8 May 2010 Italy Rome Clay Serbia Jelena Janković 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Winner 4. 17 July 2011 Austria Bad Gastein Clay Austria Patricia Mayr 6–0, 7–5
Winner 5. 25 September 2011 South Korea Seoul Hard Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva 7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–2)

Doubles: 25 (15–10)

Winner
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (1–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (3-2)
Premier (1–1)
International (10–6)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 4 March 2001 Mexico Acapulco Clay Spain Anabel Medina Spain Virginia Ruano
Argentina Paola Suárez
6–4, 6–7(5), 7–5
Winner 2. 8 April 2001 Portugal Porto Clay Spain Anabel Medina France Alexandra Fusai
Italy Rita Grande
6–1, 6–7(5), 7–5
Winner 3. 6 May 2001 Croatia Bol Clay Spain Anabel Medina Russia Nadia Petrova
Slovenia Tina Pisnik
7–5, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 16 July 2001 Italy Palermo Clay Spain Anabel Medina Italy Tathiana Garbin
Slovakia Janette Husárová
4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 29 July 2001 Morocco Casablanca Clay Argentina Emilia Salerni Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva
Sweden Åsa Svensson
6–3, 6–7(4), 6–1
Winner 4. 5 August 2001 Switzerland Basel Clay Spain Anabel Medina South Africa Joannette Kruger
Spain Marta Marrero
7–6(5), 6–2
Runner-up 3. 11 August 2002 Finland Espoo Clay Spain Eva Ostariz Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Spain Arantxa Sánchez
6–3, 6–7(5), 6–3
Runner-up 4. 13 July 2003 Italy Palermo Clay Spain Arantxa Parra Italy Adriana Serra
Italy Emily Stellato
6–4, 6–2
Winner 5. 2 March 2008 Mexico Acapulco Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 11 May 2008 Germany Berlin Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
3–6, 6–2, [10–2]
Runner-up 6. 15 June 2008 Spain Barcelona Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Winner 6. 21 February 2009 Colombia Bogotá Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Winner 7. 28 February 2009 Mexico Acapulco Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
6–4, 6–2
Winner 8. 19 April 2009 Spain Barcelona Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Romania Sorana Cîrstea
Slovenia Andreja Klepač
3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Runner-up 7. 11 July 2009 Sweden Båstad Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
6–2, 0–6, [10–5]
Winner 9. 19 July 2009 Italy Palermo Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva
Belarus Darya Kustova
6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 8. 16 August 2009 United States Cincinnati Hard Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
6–3, 0–6, [10–2]
Winner 10. 23 August 2009 Canada Toronto Hard Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Australia Samantha Stosur
Australia Rennae Stubbs
2–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Winner 11. 29 August 2009 United States New Haven Hard Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
6–2, 7–5
Winner 12. 1 November 2009 Qatar Doha Hard Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
7–6(0), 5–7, [10–7]
Winner 13. 20 February 2010 United Arab Emirates Dubai Hard Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
7–6(5), 6–4
Runner-up 9. 9 May 2010 Italy Rome Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 10. 23 October 2010 Russia Moscow Hard (i) Italy Sara Errani Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
6–3, 2–6, [10–6]
Winner 14. 20 February 2011 United Arab Emirates Dubai Hard United States Liezel Huber Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
7–6(5), 6–3
Winner 15. 9 July 2011 Sweden Båstad Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
6–3, 6–3

Team events (1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score
Winner 1. 9 January 2010 Hopman Cup
Australia Perth, Australia
Hard Spain Tommy Robredo United Kingdom Andy Murray
United Kingdom Laura Robson
2–1 in matches

Singles performance timeline

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Career SR Career Win-Loss
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 1R A A A A A Q2 3R 2R 2R 0 / 4 4–5
French Open A 1R Q1 A A A A Q2 1R 3R 1R 2R 0 / 4 3–5
Wimbledon A 1R A A A A Q3 Q1 3R 1R A 3R 0 / 3 4–4
U.S. Open Q2 1R A A A A 1R Q2 1R 3R 2R 0 / 5 3–5
Grand Slam Win-Loss - 0–4 0–1 - - - 0–1 - 2–3 6–4 1–2 4–3 0 / 16 10–16
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells A A Q2 A A A A A A Q1 QF 3R 0 / 2 4–2
Key Biscayne Q1 1R A A A A A A A 2R 2R 3R 0 / 4 2–4
Madrid Not Held 1R 2R 1R 0 / 3 0–3
Beijing Not Held Not Tier I 3R 1R 0 / 1 2–1
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai NH Not Tier I A 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2
Rome A A Q1 A A A A A A QF W 1R 1 / 3 9–2
Cincinnati Not Held Not Tier I 2R A 0 / 1 1–1
Montréal / Toronto A A A A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1
Tokyo A A A A A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Year-end ranking 153 92 278 348 397 109 173 92 27 28

Grand Slam Doubles performance timeline

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Career SR Career Win-Loss
Australian Open A A 2R 1R A A A A A QF 3R 2R 0 / 4 6–4
French Open A 1R 2R 1R A A A 3R QF 1R SF 3R 0 / 8 14–9
Wimbledon A 1R A A A A 3R 2R QF QF Aabs 0 / 4 9–5
U.S. Open A 1R A A A A 2R A 2R QF 1R 0 / 4 4–4
Grand Slam Win-Loss - 0–3 2–1 0–2 - - 3–2 3–2 7–3 9–4 6–3 1–1 32–21

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