Marta Marrero

Marta Marrero

Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Born	(1983-01-16) 16 January 1983 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1998
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$888,544
Singles
Career record	256–191
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 47 (18 October 2004)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4th (2001)
French Open	QF (2000)
Wimbledon	2nd (2001, 2002)
US Open	1st (2000–04)
Doubles
Career record	100–115
Career titles	2 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 47 (18 July 2005)

Marta Marrero (born 16 January 1983) is a former professional Spanish tennis player. She reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, won two WTA doubles titles, and also won a total of 12 ITF singles and doubles titles. Her highest singles rank on the WTA Tour was World Number 47, which she reached in 2004. Her highest doubles ranking was also World Number 47, reached in July 2005.

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, 0–6, 7–5, 7–5. Reaching the fourth round, she defeated Paraguay's Rossana de los Ríos in three sets, 4–6, 6–0, 6–4. 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 (5), 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 U.S. 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.^[1]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 5 (2-3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	5 August 2001	Basel, Switzerland	Clay	Joannette Kruger	Anabel Medina Garrigues María José Martínez Sánchez	6–7(5–7), 2–6
Winner	2.	14 August 2004	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	3 October 2004	Hasselt, Belgium	Hard (i)	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Mara Santangelo Jennifer Russell	3-6 5-7
Winner	4.	21 May 2005	İstanbul, Turkey	Clay	Antonella Serra Zanetti	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	5.	31 August 2005	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Émilie Loit Katarina Srebotnik	1–6, 6–3, 2–6

Titles

Singles

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	13 September 1998	Póvoa de Varzim	Hard	Wendy Fix	6–0, 6–0
2.	18 July 1999	Getxo	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6–2, 6–7, 6–4
3.	19 September 1999	Otočec	Clay	Angelika Roesch	6–2, 6–1
4.	26 September 1999	Sofia	Clay	Lubomira Bacheva	6–2, 6–3
5.	26 March 2000	Taranto	Clay	Gloria Pizzichini	6–4, 6–4
6.	23 April 2000	Gelos	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	2–6, 7–5, 7–5
7.	16 November 2003	Le Havre	Clay (I)	Aurélie Védy	6–3, 6–3
8.	10 October 2004	Girona	Clay	Dally Randriantefy	3–6, 7–6, 6–0

Grand Slam Singles performance timeline

References

External links

• Marta Marrero at the Women's Tennis Association
• Marta Marrero at the International Tennis Federation
• Marta Marrero at the Fed Cup