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Marta Marrero

Marta Marrero
Country (sports)  Spain
Residence Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Born (1983-01-16) 16 January 1983 (age 34)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro 1998
Retired 2010
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money US$888,544
Singles
Career record 256–191
Career titles 0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking No. 47 (18 October 2004)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 4th (2001)
French Open QF (2000)
Wimbledon 2nd (2001, 2002)
US Open 1st (2000–04)
Doubles
Career record 100–115
Career titles 2 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking No. 47 (18 July 2005)

Marta Marrero (born 16 January 1983) is a former professional Spanish tennis player. She reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, won two WTA doubles titles, and also won a total of 12 ITF singles and doubles titles. Her highest singles rank on the WTA Tour was World Number 47, which she reached in 2004. Her highest doubles ranking was also World Number 47, reached in July 2005.

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, 0–6, 7–5, 7–5. Reaching the fourth round, she defeated Paraguay's Rossana de los Ríos in three sets, 4–6, 6–0, 6–4. 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 (5), 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.


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