Marta Marrero

Country	Spain
Residence	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Date of birth	16 January 1983 (1983-01-16) (age 26)
Place of birth	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	64 kg (140 lb)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right, two-handed backhand
Career 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 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)
Last updated on: 10 July 2008.

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

[edit] Career

Marrero turned professional in 1998.

At the 2000 French Open, Marrero 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, she was defeated by eventual runner-up Conchita Martínez, 7–6 (5), 6–1. At the 2001 French Open, Marrero lost in the third round to Kim Clijsters, who finished runner-up.

2004 saw the Spaniard win her first WTA doubles title in Sopot, Poland. In the final, Marrero 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.

At the 2007 U.S. Open, Marrero competed in the women's doubles competition with Selima Sfar. In the first round, Marrero and Sfar defeated Roberta Vinci and former world number one doubles player Paola Suárez in three sets. They lost in the second round, however, to Alicia Molik and Mara Santangelo, who were the 2007 French Open doubles champions.

As of 6 October 2008, Marrero was ranked 335 for singles.

[edit] Titles

[edit] Singles

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	13 September 1998	Póvoa de Varzim	Hard	Wendy Fix	6–0, 6–0
2.	18 July 1999	Getxo	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6–2, 6–7, 6–4
3.	19 September 1999	Otocec	Clay	Angelika Roesch	6–2, 6–1
4.	26 September 1999	Sofia	Clay	Lubomira Bacheva	6–2, 6–3
5.	26 March 2000	Taranto	Clay	Gloria Pizzichini	6–4, 6–4
6.	23 April 2000	Gelos	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	2–6, 7–5, 7–5
7.	16 November 2003	Le Havre	Clay (I)	Aurelie Vedy	6–3, 6–3
8.	10 October 2004	Girona	Clay	Dally Randriantefy	3–6, 7–6, 6–0

[edit] Doubles

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
1.	14 August 2004	Sopot	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	6–4, 6–3
2.	21 May 2005	Istanbul	Clay	Antonella Serra Zanetti	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	6–4, 6–0

[edit] Grand Slam Singles performance timeline

[edit] External links

• Marta Marrero profile on the WTA Tour's official website

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