Anabel Medina Garrigues:
| Ana Isabel "Anabel" Medina Garrigues |
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| Country |
Spain |
| Residence |
Valencia, Spain |
| Date of birth |
31 July 1982 (1982-07-31) (age 26) |
| Place of birth |
Valencia, Spain |
| Height |
1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight |
59 kg (130 lb/9.3 st) |
| Turned pro |
January 1998 |
| Retired |
Active |
| Plays |
Right; Two-handed backhand |
| Career prize money |
$2,546,989 |
| Singles |
| Career record: |
339–214 |
| Career titles: |
8 WTA (6 ITF) |
| Highest ranking: |
No. 22 (20 October 2008) |
| Grand Slam results |
| Australian Open |
4r (2002) |
| French Open |
4r (2007) |
| Wimbledon |
3r (2006, 2008) |
| US Open |
3r (2005, 2007) |
| Doubles |
| Career record: |
224–142 |
| Career titles: |
12 WTA (3 ITF) |
| Highest ranking: |
No. 3 (10 November 2008) |
| Grand Slam doubles results |
| Australian Open |
SF (2008 |
| French Open |
W (2008) |
| Wimbledon |
QF (2006) |
| US Open |
3r (2007) |
| Mixed Doubles |
| Career record: |
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| Career titles: |
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| Highest ranking: |
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Infobox last updated on: 27 October 2008.
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- This is a Spanish name; the first family name is Medina and the second is Garrigues.
Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues (born 31 July 1982 in Torrent, Valencia), better known as Anabel Medina, is a Spanish female tennis player. She reached a career high WTA Tour ranking of No.22 in October 2008, and has won eight singles titles and 12 doubles titles, including the 2008 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual.
[edit] Career
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 and Strasbourg in 2005.
As of October 2008, she is the highest-ranked Spanish women's professional tennis player.
[edit] WTA tour and ITF circuit Titles
[edit] Singles (14)
| Legend (Singles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tour Championships (0) |
| Tier I Event (0) |
| Tier II Event (0) |
| Tier III Event (3) |
| Tier IV-V Event (5) |
| ITF Circuit (6) |
[edit] Singles Finalist (5)
[edit] Doubles (15)
| Legend (Doubles) |
| Grand Slam (1) |
| Tour Championships (0) |
| Tier I Event (0) |
| Tier II Event (1) |
| Tier III Event (2) |
| Tier IV Event (8) |
| ITF Circuit (3) |
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents in final |
Score in final |
| 1. |
Jul. 11, 1999 |
Vigo |
Clay |
Lourdes Domínguez Lino |
Patricia Aznar
Ana Salas |
7–5 6–1 |
| 2. |
Aug. 29, 1999 |
Bucharest |
Clay |
Lourdes Domínguez Lino |
Nadejda Ostrovskaya
Zuzana Valekova |
7–5 6–2 |
| 3. |
Mar. 4, 2001 |
Acapulco |
Clay |
María J. M. Sánchez |
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez |
6–4 6–7 7–5 |
| 4. |
Apr. 8, 2001 |
Porto |
Clay |
María J. M. Sánchez |
Alexandra Fusai
Rita Grande |
6–1 6–7 7–5 |
| 5. |
6 May 2001 |
Bol |
Clay |
María J. M. Sánchez |
Nadia Petrova
Tina Pisnik |
7–5 6–4 |
| 6. |
Aug. 5, 2001 |
Basel |
Clay |
María J. M. Sánchez |
Joanette Kruger
Marta Marrero |
7–6 6–2 |
| 7. |
Jun. 29, 2003 |
Perigueux |
Clay |
María J. M. Sánchez |
Lana Popadic
Natacha Randriantefy |
6–0 6–3 |
| 8. |
Jul. 25, 2004 |
Palermo |
Clay |
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
Ľubomíra Kurhajcová
Henrieta Nagyová |
6–3 7–6 |
| 9. |
Jun. 18, 2005 |
`s-Hertogenbosch |
Grass |
Dinara Safina |
Iveta Benešová
Nuria Llagostera Vives |
6–4 2–6 7–6 |
| 10. |
Sep. 25, 2005 |
Portorož |
Hard |
Roberta Vinci |
Jelena Kostanić
Katarina Srebotnik |
6–4 5–7 6–2 |
| 11. |
Jul. 30, 2007 |
Stockholm |
Hard |
Virginia Ruano Pascual |
Chin-Wei Chan
Tetiana Luzhanska |
6–1 5–7 10–6 |
| 12. |
Jan. 11, 2008 |
Hobart |
Hard |
Virginia Ruano Pascual |
Eleni Daniilidou
Jasmin Woehr |
6–2 6–4 |
| 13. |
Jun. 6, 2008 |
French Open |
Clay |
Virginia Ruano Pascual |
Casey Dellacqua
Francesca Schiavone |
2–6 7–5 6–4 |
| 14. |
Jul. 27, 2008 |
Portorož |
Hard |
Virginia Ruano Pascual |
Vera Dushevina
Ekaterina Makarova |
6–4 6–1 |
| 15. |
Sep. 28, 2008 |
Beijing |
Hard |
Caroline Wozniacki |
Han Xinyun
Xu Yi-Fan |
6–1 6–3 |
[edit] Singles performance timeline
| Tournament |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
Career SR |
Career Win-Loss |
| Australian Open |
2R |
4R |
1R |
3R |
1R |
1R |
1R |
2R |
0 / 8 |
7–8 |
| French Open |
1R |
A |
A |
2R |
3R |
3R |
4R |
3R |
0 / 6 |
10–6 |
| Wimbledon |
1R |
A |
A |
1R |
1R |
3R |
1R |
3R |
0 / 6 |
4–6 |
| U.S. Open |
1R |
A |
A |
2R |
3R |
1R |
3R |
2R |
0 / 6 |
6–6 |
| Grand Slam Win-Loss |
1-4 |
3-1 |
0-1 |
4-4 |
4-4 |
4-4 |
5-4 |
6-4 |
N/A |
27-26 |
[edit] External links
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World rankings • Top ten tennis players as of November 17, 2008 |
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