María José Martínez Sánchez
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| Country (sports) |
 Spain |
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| Residence | Barcelona, Spain | |||||||||
| Born |
12 August 1982 Yecla, Murcia, Spain |
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| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||
| Turned pro | 1998 | |||||||||
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||
| Prize money | $3,386,560 | |||||||||
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| Career record | 357–238 | |||||||||
| Career titles | 5 WTA, 12 ITF | |||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 19 (10 May 2010) | |||||||||
| Grand Slam Singles results | ||||||||||
| Australian Open | 3R (2009) | |||||||||
| French Open | 3R (2009, 2012) | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | 3R (2008, 2011) | |||||||||
| US Open | 3R (2009) | |||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||
| Career record | 384 – 181 | |||||||||
| Career titles | 16 WTA, 22 ITF | |||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 4 (05 July 2010) | |||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 126 (03 August 2015) | |||||||||
| Grand Slam Doubles results | ||||||||||
| Australian Open | QF (2009) | |||||||||
| French Open | SF (2010, 2012) | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | QF (2008, 2009, 2012) | |||||||||
| US Open | SF (2012) | |||||||||
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| Tour Finals | W (2009) | |||||||||
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | ||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R (2013, 2017) | |||||||||
| French Open | QF (2015) | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | 2R (2015) | |||||||||
| US Open | 2R (2009) | |||||||||
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| Last updated on: 03 August 2015. | ||||||||||
María José Martínez Sánchez (born 12 August 1982) is a Spanish professional tennis player. In singles, she has won five WTA singles titles, the 2009 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, the 2009 Swedish Open, the Premier 5 event, 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, the 2011 Gastein Ladies and the 2011 Hansol Korea Open. She was also a runner-up at the 2008 Barcelona KIA. As a junior, she won the 1999 Orange Bowl, a year-ending tennis event for junior players. She reached her career high ranking in singles of World No. 19 on 10 May 2010.
In doubles, Martínez Sánchez has won 14 WTA titles, nine of which came with Nuria Llagostera Vives, including the 2009 WTA Tour Championships. She has also won four titles with Anabel Medina Garrigues. Martínez Sánchez reached a career high doubles ranking of World No. 4 on 5 July 2010.
As a Junior, Martínez Sánchez won the 1999 Orange Bowl, a year-ending tennis event for Juniors. She made her first Grand Slam draw at the 2001 Australian Open losing to the 3rd seed Venus Williams.
At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, she advanced to the third round where she lost to eventual champion Venus Williams. In her next Grand Slam, the 2008 US Open, she lost in the first round to Sabine Lisicki.
She finished off the year of a ranking of 87, and only the second time of her career that she finish the year in the top 100 (her first being all the way back in 2001).
Martínez Sánchez started the year playing at the 2009 Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year. In the first round, she upset the 32nd seed Tamarine Tanasugarn 7–5, 6–3. She then defeated Akgul Amanmuradova 6–2, 6–4 but lost in the third round to compatriot Carla Suárez Navarro 6–1, 6–4. In doubles, she and Nuria Llagostera Vives were seeded 11th and defeated 6th seeds Yan Zi and Zheng Jie in the third round but they lost a tough match in the quarterfinals to Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo 3–6, 7–6, 7–6.
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