Marion Maruska

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Marion Maruska
Country (sports)Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Residence Hinterbrühl, Austria
Born (1972-12-15) 15 December 1972 (age 52)
Mödling, Austria
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Turned pro1992
Retired2001
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$342,007
Singles
Career record231-208
Career titles1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 50 (6 October 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (1992, 1998)
French Open 2R (1998)
Wimbledon 2R (1997)
US Open 1R (1991, 1997)
Doubles
Career record66–94
Career titles0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 123 (24 July 2000)

Marion Maruska (born 15 December 1972) is an Austrian former tennis player. She turned professional in 1992 and reached her career-high singles ranking on October 6, 1997, when she became the No. 50 of the world.

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1997 was Maruska's best year on the WTA Tour, highlighted by her first (and only) WTA title and another tour final amid a wave of inconsistent results. As the world No. 154, she won her debut WTA title at the ASB Classic held in Auckland, New Zealand. En route, she beat Anke Huber for her first top-ten win. At Wimbledon, she won her first ever Grand Slam main-draw match when she beat Adriana Gerši, before falling to recently crowned French Open champion Iva Majoli. At the ECM Prague Open, she made her second tour final, but this time failed to walk away with the title.

1998 was a poor year for Maruska in comparison. She reached the second round of the French Open but had few other results and fell out of the top 100, subsequently never reaching her level of one year ago again.

She played much of her career on the ITF circuit, where she won four singles titles and three doubles titles.

Maruska represented Austria in Fed Cup five times: 1997, 1997, and 2000–2002. She earned a 2–6 record in those ties.

In 2001, she played her last professional singles match, at the US Open, losing to Nathalie Viérin in the first round of qualifying. Her final career match, however, was a Fed Cup doubles loss to the American team of Lisa Raymond and Monica Seles.

WTA career finals

Singles (1–1)

Grand Slam
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV-V (1-1)
ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jan 1997 Auckland, New ZealandHard Flag of Austria.svg Judith Wiesner 6–3, 6–1
Loss1–1Jul 1997 Prague, Czech RepublicClay Flag of South Africa.svg Joannette Kruger 1–6, 1–6

Doubles (0–1)

Grand Slam
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV-V (0-1)
ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1May 1997 Bol, CroatiaClay Flag of Argentina.svg María José Gaidano Flag of Argentina.svg Laura Montalvo
Flag of Slovakia.svg Henrieta Nagyová
3–6, 1–6

ITF finals

Singles (4–4)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.21 November 1988 Wels, AustriaClay (i) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eva Švíglerová 3–6, 1–6
Win2.17 September 1990Wels, AustriaClay Flag of Luxembourg.svg Karin Kschwendt 3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win3.29 June 1992 Ronneby, SwedenClay Flag of Sweden.svg Åsa Carlsson 4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss4.7 February 1994 Sunderland, EnglandCarpet (i) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gaby Coorengel 2–6, 5–7
Loss5.20 February 1994 Newcastle, EnglandCarpet (i) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Linda Niemantsverdriet 6–7, 4–6
Loss6.27 March 1995 Reims, FranceClay Flag of Italy.svg Flora Perfetti 4–6, 6–2, 5–7
Win7.17 April 1995 Plovdiv, BulgariaClay Flag of South Africa.svg Mareze Joubert 6–0, 6–4
Win8.1 April 2001 Stone Mountain, United StatesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alicia Molik 6–3, 6–3

Doubles (3–2)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.24 October 1988 Linz, AustriaHard (i) Flag of Austria.svg Petra Schwarz Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cristina Casini
Flag of Poland.svg Katarzyna Nowak
6–3, 6–4
Win2.9 April 1989 Bari, ItalyClay Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Elena Pampoulova Flag of Hungary.svg Andrea Noszály
Flag of Germany.svg Eva-Maria Schürhoff
w/o
Win3.16 June 1991 Mantua, ItalyClay Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano Pascual Flag of Japan.svg Yone Kamio
Flag of Japan.svg Hiromi Nagano
3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss4.11 February 1996 Mar del Plata, ArgentinaHard Flag of France.svg Noëlle van Lottum Flag of Argentina.svg Laura Montalvo
Flag of Argentina.svg Paola Suárez
3–6, 1–6
Loss5.10 October 1999 Albuquerque, United StatesHard Flag of India.svg Nirupama Sanjeev Flag of the United States.svg Debbie Graham
Flag of Japan.svg Nana Smith
4–6, 5–7