Marta Marrero

Marta Marrero
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Born	16 January 1983 (age 41); Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1998
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$888,544
Singles
Career record	256–191
Career titles	0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 47 (18 October 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (2001)
French Open	QF (2000)
Wimbledon	2R (2001, 2002)
US Open	1R (2000–04)
Doubles
Career record	100–115
Career titles	2 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 47 (18 July 2005)

Last updated April 24, 2024

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

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)	Joannette Kruger	Anabel Medina Garrigues María José Martínez Sánchez	6–7^(5–7), 2–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2004	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–2	Oct 2004	Hasselt, Belgium	Hard (i)	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Mara Santangelo Jennifer Russell	3–6, 5–7
Win	2–2	May 2005	İstanbul, Turkey	Clay	Antonella Serra Zanetti	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	6–4, 6–0
Loss	2–3	Aug 2005	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Émilie Loit 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	Wendy Fix	6–0, 6–0
Runner-up	1.	5 October 1998	Girona, Spain	Clay	Ángeles Montolio	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	19 April 1999	Gelos, France	Clay	Stephanie Devillé	6–3, 1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	11 July 1999	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Petra Mandula	6–1, 5–7, 1–6
Winner	2.	18 July 1999	Getxo, Spain	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6–2, 6–7, 6–4
Winner	3.	19 September 1999	Otočec, Slovenia	Clay	Angelika Rösch	6–2, 6–1
Winner	4.	26 September 1999	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Lubomira Bacheva	6–2, 6–3
Winner	5.	26 March 2000	Taranto, Italy	Clay	Gloria Pizzichini	6–4, 6–4
Winner	6.	23 April 2000	Gelos, France	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	2–6, 7–5, 7–5
Winner	7.	16 November 2003	Le Havre, France	Clay (i)	Aurélie Védy	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	1 December 2003	Palm Beach Gardens, United States	Clay	Lindsay Lee-Waters	3–6, 3–6
Winner	8.	10 October 2004	Girona	Clay	Dally Randriantefy	3–6, 7–6, 6–0
Runner-up	5.	19 January 2007	Algiers, Algeria	Clay	Michelle Gerards	7–5, 0–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	13 May 2007	Rome, Italy	Clay	Caroline Maes	4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	7.	22 September 2007	Lecce, Italy	Clay	Alisa Kleybanova	1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	8.	8 October 2007	Reggio Calabria, Italy	Clay	Sandra Martinović	6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	26 April 2009	Torrent, Spain	Clay	Lara Arruabarrena	2–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	4 May 2009	Badalona, Spain	Clay	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	Aleksandra Srndovic	Ana Gaspar Frederica Piedade	6–1, 6–0
Runner-up	1.	11 October 1998	ITF Girona, Spain	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6–4, 1–6, 6–7
Winner	2.	17 April 2000	ITF Gelos, France	Clay	Eva Bes	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Anabel Medina Garrigues	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	28 April 2007	ITF Torrent, Spain	Clay	Carla Suárez Navarro	Ekaterina Lopes Evgeniya Rodina	6–7⁽⁷⁾, 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	18 April 2007	ITF Gran Canaria, Spain	Clay	Carla Suárez Navarro	Anne Keothavong Frederica Piedade	w/o
Winner	3.	24 September 2007	ITF Granada, Spain	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Alexandra Dulgheru Monica Niculescu	6–4, 6–1
Winner	4.	8 October 2007	ITF Reggio Calabria, Italy	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Stefanie Haidner Sandra Martinović	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	3 February 2008	ITF Belford, France	Hard (i)	María José Martínez Sánchez	Lucie Hradecká Andrea Hlaváčková	6–7⁽⁸⁾, 4–6
Winner	5.	15 March 2008	ITF Las Palmas, Spain	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Anna Gerasimou 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

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References

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

External links

Marta Marrero at the Women's Tennis Association
Marta Marrero at the International Tennis Federation
Marta Marrero at the Billie Jean King Cup

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[1] "World padel tour rankings" . Retrieved 30 July 2019.

[RetirementMartaMarrero-2] "Abandono el tenis por una lesión de tobillo" (in Spanish). La Provincia. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.

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