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Anabel Medina

Anabel Medina Garrigues
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Medina Garrigues at the 2015 French Open
Full name Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues
Country (sports)  Spain
Residence Valencia, Spain
Born (1982-07-31) 31 July 1982 (age 34)
Valencia, Spain
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 12 in)
Turned pro January 1998
Retired Active
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $ 5,889,758
Singles
Career record 478–351
Career titles 11 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking No. 16 (4 May 2009)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 4R (2002, 2009)
French Open 4R (2007)
Wimbledon 3R (2006, 2008, 2009)
US Open 3R (2005, 2007, 2011)
Doubles
Career record 423–278
Career titles 28 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking No. 3 (10 November 2008)
Current ranking No. 26 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open SF (2008)
French Open W (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon SF (2009)
US Open SF (2008, 2012)
Olympic Games Silver medal.svg Silver medal (2008)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open SF (2009)
French Open 2R (2011)
Wimbledon SF (2015)
US Open SF (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 18–16
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Ana Isabel "Anabel" Medina Garrigues (Spanish: [anaˈβel meˈðina ɣaˈriɣes], Valencian: [anaˈβɛɫ meˈðina ɣaˈriɣes]; born 31 July 1982) is a Spanish professional tennis player. She reached a career high WTA Tour ranking of No. 16 on 4 May 2009, and has won 11 singles titles and 28 doubles titles, including the 2008 French Open and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual. Like many of her Spanish compatriots, she is a clay court specialist who grinds to win most of her rallies. However, unlike most of her fellow Spaniards, she prefers to play on hard courts. She won the WTA tournament in Strasbourg, France, beating Katarina Srebotnik in the final in May 2008, thus defending the title she won the previous year against Amélie Mauresmo. Her other singles titles came in Palermo in 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2001; Canberra in 2006; Strasbourg in 2005 and Fès in 2009.

Together with Virginia Ruano Pascual, she wins the French Open and the silver medal at the Summer Olympics.

Anabel began 2011 by losing in the first rounds of 2011 ASB Classic, 2011 Australian Open, and 2011 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas and the qualifying draw of 2011 Medibank International Sydney. She then reached her first semifinal in 9 months in the 2011 Abierto Mexicano Telcel with wins over 1st seed Julia Görges and 7th seed Carla Suárez Navarro before losing to Gisela Dulko in straight sets. In the 2011 BNP Paribas Open she defeated Tamira Paszek before losing to Maria Sharapova.


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