Marta Marrero

Marta Marrero
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceLas Palmas de Gran Canaria
Born (1983-01-16) 16 January 1983 (age 41)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro1998
Retired2010
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$888,544
Singles
Career record256–191
Career titles0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 47 (18 October 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2001)
French OpenQF (2000)
Wimbledon2R (2001, 2002)
US Open1R (2000–04)
Doubles
Career record100–115
Career titles2 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 47 (18 July 2005)

Marta Marrero (born 16 January 1983), a Spanish former professional tennis player, is a professional padel player.

In tennis, she reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, won two WTA doubles titles, and also a total of 14 ITF singles and doubles titles. Her highest singles rank on the WTA Tour was world No. 47, which she reached in 2004. Her highest doubles ranking was No. 47, set in July 2005.

Since 2015 she is a professional padel player where she has attained a world No. 1 ranking as of 2019.[1]

Career

Marrero turned professional in 1998. At the 2000 French Open, she reached the quarterfinals as a qualifier. In the second round, Marrero defeated Dominique Van Roost, who defeated number two seed Lindsay Davenport in the first round. Reaching the fourth round, she defeated Paraguay's Rossana de los Ríos in three sets. It was the first time in French Open history that two qualifiers met in the fourth round. In the quarterfinals, Marrero was defeated by eventual runner-up Conchita Martínez, 7–6, 6–1. At the 2001 French Open, she lost in the third round to Kim Clijsters, who finished runner-up.

2004 saw the Spaniard win Marrero first WTA doubles title in Sopot, Poland. In the final, she and Nuria Llagostera Vives defeated Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska. In 2005, Marrero won her second (and last, to date) WTA doubles title. Partnering Antonella Serra Zanetti, the team, which was seeded fourth, defeated Daniela and Sandra Klemenschits in the final.

At the 2007 US Open, Marrero competed in the women's doubles competition with Selima Sfar. In the first round, Marrero and Sfar defeated Roberta Vinci and former world number one doubles player Paola Suárez in three sets. They lost in the second round, however, to Alicia Molik and Mara Santangelo, who were the 2007 French Open doubles champions.

Marrero announced her retirement from tennis in 2010, after struggling with injuries.[2]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (2–1)
Tier IV & V (0–2)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2001 Basel, Switzerland Clay (i) South Africa Joannette Kruger Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
6–7(5–7), 2–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2004 Sopot, Poland Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Poland Klaudia Jans
Poland Alicja Rosolska
6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Oct 2004 Hasselt, Belgium Hard (i) Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Italy Mara Santangelo
United States Jennifer Russell
3–6, 5–7
Win 2–2 May 2005 İstanbul, Turkey Clay Italy Antonella Serra Zanetti Austria Daniela Klemenschits
Austria Sandra Klemenschits
6–4, 6–0
Loss 2–3 Aug 2005 Budapest, Hungary Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino France Émilie Loit
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
1–6, 6–3, 2–6

ITF finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 18 (9–9)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 13 September 1998 Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal Hard United States Wendy Fix 6–0, 6–0
Runner-up 1. 5 October 1998 Girona, Spain Clay Spain Ángeles Montolio 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 19 April 1999 Gelos, France Clay Belgium Stephanie Devillé 6–3, 1–6, 5–7
Runner-up 3. 11 July 1999 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Hungary Petra Mandula 6–1, 5–7, 1–6
Winner 2. 18 July 1999 Getxo, Spain Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6–2, 6–7, 6–4
Winner 3. 19 September 1999 Otočec, Slovenia Clay Germany Angelika Rösch 6–2, 6–1
Winner 4. 26 September 1999 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva 6–2, 6–3
Winner 5. 26 March 2000 Taranto, Italy Clay Italy Gloria Pizzichini 6–4, 6–4
Winner 6. 23 April 2000 Gelos, France Clay Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues 2–6, 7–5, 7–5
Winner 7. 16 November 2003 Le Havre, France Clay (i) France Aurélie Védy 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 4. 1 December 2003 Palm Beach Gardens, United States Clay United States Lindsay Lee-Waters 3–6, 3–6
Winner 8. 10 October 2004 Girona Clay Madagascar Dally Randriantefy 3–6, 7–6, 6–0
Runner-up 5. 19 January 2007 Algiers, Algeria Clay Netherlands Michelle Gerards 7–5, 0–6, 3–6
Runner-up 6. 13 May 2007 Rome, Italy Clay Belgium Caroline Maes 4–6, 6–7
Runner-up 7. 22 September 2007 Lecce, Italy Clay Russia Alisa Kleybanova 1–6, 0–6
Runner-up 8. 8 October 2007 Reggio Calabria, Italy Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Sandra Martinović 6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Runner-up 9. 26 April 2009 Torrent, Spain Clay Spain Lara Arruabarrena 2–6, 3–6
Winner 9. 4 May 2009 Badalona, Spain Clay Ukraine Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko 6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 9 (5–4)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 13 September 1998 ITF Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal Hard Sweden Aleksandra Srndovic Portugal Ana Gaspar
Portugal Frederica Piedade
6–1, 6–0
Runner-up 1. 11 October 1998 ITF Girona, Spain Clay Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
6–4, 1–6, 6–7
Winner 2. 17 April 2000 ITF Gelos, France Clay Spain Eva Bes Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 28 April 2007 ITF Torrent, Spain Clay Spain Carla Suárez Navarro Russia Ekaterina Lopes
Russia Evgeniya Rodina
6–7(7), 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 18 April 2007 ITF Gran Canaria, Spain Clay Spain Carla Suárez Navarro United Kingdom Anne Keothavong
Portugal Frederica Piedade
w/o
Winner 3. 24 September 2007 ITF Granada, Spain Clay Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Romania Alexandra Dulgheru
Romania Monica Niculescu
6–4, 6–1
Winner 4. 8 October 2007 ITF Reggio Calabria, Italy Clay Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Austria Stefanie Haidner
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sandra Martinović
6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 4. 3 February 2008 ITF Belford, France Hard (i) Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
6–7(8), 4–6
Winner 5. 15 March 2008 ITF Las Palmas, Spain Hard Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Greece Anna Gerasimou
United Kingdom Anna Hawkins
6–2, 7–6(1)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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.
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 W–L
Australian Open Q1 4R 2R 2R 1R 1R A A A A 5–5
French Open QF 3R 2R 1R 2R 1R A A Q1 A 8–6
Wimbledon Q1 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R A A A 2–5
US Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A Q2 A 0–6
Win–loss 4–2 6–4 3–4 1–4 1–4 0–4 15–22

References

  1. ^ "World padel tour rankings". Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Abandono el tenis por una lesión de tobillo" (in Spanish). La Provincia. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.

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