Ángeles Montolio

Ángeles Montolio
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona
Born	6 August 1975 (age 48); Barcelona
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	February 1990
Retired	2003
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$720,661
Singles
Career record	276–200
Career titles	3 WTA, 12 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 22 (25 February 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2000)
French Open	2R (2000, 2001)
Wimbledon	3R (2001)
US Open	3R (1999, 2001)
Doubles
Career record	46–54
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 114 (21 April 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1997)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	2–1

Last updated August 03, 2024 • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Ángeles Montolio (born 6 August 1975) is a former tennis player from Spain.

Montolio reached a career-high ranking of world No. 22 in February 2002, and won three WTA Tour titles at the small events in Porto, Estoril, and Bol, as well as reaching the finals of Madrid and Palermo. Her best results in Grand Slam tournaments were appearances in the third round of the Wimbledon Championships in 2001, and of the US Open in 1999 and 2001.

As a junior, she won the 1993 Orange Bowl for over-18s.

WTA career finals

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

Winner – Legend
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III (1–1)
Tier IV & V (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1999	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Anastasia Myskina	6–3, 6–7^(3–7), 2–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2001	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Elena Bovina	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	2–1	May 2001	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Mariana Díaz Oliva	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–2	May 2001	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	5–7, 0–6
Win	3–2	Apr 2002	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Magüi Serna	6–1, 2–6, 7–5

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles (12–6)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	2 May 1993	Lerida, Spain	Clay	Rosa Maria Llaneras	6–7⁽³⁾, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	2.	9 May 1993	Balaguer, Spain	Clay	Caroline Toyre	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 4–6
Win	1.	10 May 1993	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Mariam Ramón Climent	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–4
Loss	3.	17 May 1993	Tortosa, Spain	Clay	María Sánchez Lorenzo	2–6, 5–7
Win	2.	21 February 1994	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Sofia Prazeres	6–3, 6–0
Loss	4.	28 February 1994	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor	4–6, 3–6
Win	3.	5 June 1994	Hebron, Spain	Hard	Cristina Torrens Valero	6–3, 6–2
Win	4.	12 June 1995	Hebron, Spain	Clay	Federica Fortuni	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–7⁽³⁾, 6–4
Win	5.	13 July 1998	Getxo, Spain	Clay	Kira Nagy	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Win	6.	5 October 1998	Girona, Spain	Clay	Marta Marrero	6–4, 6–1
Win	7.	1 February 1999	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Gisela Riera	6–0, 6–3
Win	8.	14 February 1999	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Emmanuelle Curutchet	6–3, 6–7⁽⁷⁾ , 6–1
Loss	5.	29 March 1999	Pontevedra, Spain	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	1–6, 2–6
Win	9.	9 May 1999	Athens, Greece	Clay	Laura Pena	6–0, 6–2
Win	10.	16 May 1999	Edinburgh, UK	Clay	Patricia Wartusch	6–3, 6–4
Win	11.	20 June 1999	Marseille, France	Clay	Cristina Torrens Valero	6–4, 7–5
Loss	6.	27 June 1999	Gorizia, Italy	Clay	Anastasia Myskina	1–6, 3–6
Win	12.	12 June 2000	Marseille, France	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	6–2, 6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–4

Doubles (1–3)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	3 May 1993	Balaguer, Spain	Clay	Yolanda Clemot	Melissa Beadman Vanessa Menga	2–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	20 February 1995	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Estefanía Bottini	Petra Raclavská Kateřina Šišková	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	3.	10 June 1996	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Fabiola Zuluaga	Virág Csurgó Nóra Köves	7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Win	1.	14 February 1999	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	María Fernanda Landa	Emmanuelle Curutchet Kelly Liggan	2–6, 6–4, 7–6

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	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	W–L
Australian Open	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	2R	1R	1R	Q1	1–5
French Open	1R	Q1	1R	1R	A	Q2	2R	2R	1R	A	2–6
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	3R	1R	A	2–4
US Open	1R	Q1	1R	A	A	3R	1R	3R	1R	A	4–6
Win–loss	0–2	0–1	0–3	0–2	0–0	2–1	2–4	5–4	0–4	0–0	9–21

External links

Ángeles Montolio at the Women's Tennis Association
Ángeles Montolio at the International Tennis Federation
Ángeles Montolio at the Billie Jean King Cup

Sporting positions
Preceded by Barbara Mulej	Orange Bowl Girls' Singles Champion Category: 18 and under 1993	Succeeded by Mariam Ramón

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