Maria João Koehler

Maria João Koehler

Koehler at the 2015 Fed Cup
Full name	Maria João Koehler
Country (sports)	Portugal
Born	(1992-10-08) 8 October 1992 Porto, Portugal
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Prize money	$319,334
Singles
Career record	219–162
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	102 (25 February 2013)
Current ranking	852 (19 September 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2013)
French Open	1R (2013)
Wimbledon	1R (2013)
US Open	1R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	52–41
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	151 (18 June 2012)
Current ranking	—
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	11–16
Last updated on: 19 September 2016.

Maria João Koehler (born 8 October 1992) is a Portuguese tennis player.

Koehler has won three singles and four doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 25 February 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 102. On 18 June 2012, she peaked at world number 151 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Portugal at the Fed Cup, Koehler has a win–loss record of 11–16.^[1]

Career

Born in Porto, Koehler made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit at the age of 14 at a $10,000 event in Braga. Having qualified for the main draw, she lost her first match to Catarina Ferreira.

She made her WTA tour main draw debut at the 2009 Estoril Open. Having been awarded a wild card, she played world number 77 Kristina Barrois in the first round, losing in straight sets.^[2]

ITF finals (7–12)

Singles (3–8)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	9 June 2008	$10,000	Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	Hard	Mélanie Gloria	7–6(7–2), 3–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	18 May 2009	$10,000	Cantanhede, Portugal	Carpet	Nanuli Pipiya	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Winner	2.	1 June 2009	$10,000	Amarante, Portugal	Hard	Mélanie Gloria	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	8 February 2010	$10,000	Vale do Lobo, Portugal	Hard	Julia Mayr	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	8 November 2010	$10,000	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Lara Arruabarrena	6–7(2–7), 3–6
Runner-up	4.	31 January 2011	$25,000	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Nina Bratchikova	6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	16 July 2012	$50,000	Donetsk, Ukraine	Hard	Vesna Dolonc	2–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	23 July 2012	$100,000	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Marta Sirotkina	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	8 October 2012	$50,000	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Monica Puig	6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	22 July 2013	$100,000	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	8.	12 September 2016	$10,000	Ponta Delgada, Portugal	Hard	Inês Murta	4–6, 6–3, 6–7(7–9)

Doubles (4–4)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	11 May 2009	$10,000	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal	Clay	Joana Pangaio Pereira	Rebeca Bou Nogueiro Sheila Solsona Carcasona	2–2, ret.
Runner-up	1.	1 November 2010	$10,000	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Avgusta Tsybysheva	Lara Arruabarrena Inés Ferrer Suárez	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	15 November 2010	$10,000	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Avgusta Tsybysheva	Diana Enache Raluca Elena Platon	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	2.	11 July 2011	$25,000	Cáceres, Spain	Hard	Richèl Hogenkamp	Victoria Larrière Irena Pavlovic	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	29 August 2011	$25,000	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Maria Abramović Ana Vrljić	7–5, 6–7(3–7), [4–10]
Winner	3.	12 September 2011	$50,000+H	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Maria Abramović Mihaela Buzărnescu	6–0, 6–3
Winner	4.	24 September 2011	$75,000	Shrewsbury, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Katalin Marosi	Amanda Elliott Johanna Konta	7–6(7–3), 6–1
Runner-up	4.	11 June 2012	$50,000	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Réka Luca Jani	Sally Peers Ashleigh Barty	6–7(2–7), 6–3, [5–10]

Grand Slam performance timeline

Koehler at the 2013 US Open, where she lost in round one to Alizé Cornet

Singles

References

External links

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