Martina Müller:
| Martina Müller |
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| Country |
Germany |
| Residence |
Sehnde, Germany |
| Date of birth |
October 11, 1982 (1982-10-11) (age 26) |
| Place of birth |
Hanover, West Germany |
| Height |
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight |
56 kg (120 lb) |
| Turned pro |
1999 |
| Plays |
Right |
| Career prize money |
US $1,016,340 |
| Singles |
| Career record: |
285-248 |
| Career titles: |
1 WTA (10 ITF) |
| Highest ranking: |
No. 33 (April 2, 2007) |
| Grand Slam results |
| Australian Open |
2r (2002, 2006, 2007) |
| French Open |
2r (2002, 2006, 2007) |
| Wimbledon |
2r (2006, 2007) |
| US Open |
3r (2002) |
| Doubles |
| Career record: |
151-162 |
| Career titles: |
1 WTA (10 ITF) |
| Highest ranking: |
No. 47 (February 25, 2008) |
| Mixed Doubles |
| Career record: |
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| Career titles: |
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| Highest ranking: |
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Infobox last updated on: August 25, 2008.
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Martina Müller (born October 11, 1982 in Hanover, West Germany) is a professional female tennis player from Germany. On April 2, 2007 she reached a new career high of No. 33 on the Tour rankings.
She has had her best success on clay courts, where she won her only WTA Tour title at the Budapest Grand Prix. She has been successful on the ITF Circuit, where she competes regularly, even when her ranking is relatively high.
She is coached by her father, Reinhard Müller. She admires tennis champion Andre Agassi.
Müller started the year with middling results, reaching the second round at the Australian Open, losing to Elena Dementieva in three sets. From January to April, Müller never reached past the second round. In May, at the Berlin Open, she defeated Eleni Daniilidou and thirteenth seed Shahar Pe'er to reach the round of 16. Müller then reached the second round of Roland Garros, losing to Slovak Dominika Cibulková, and the second round at The Championships, Wimbledon, retiring against Agnieszka Radwańska. In the previous round, she double-bageled Anna Smashnova. She reached the final at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo before being thrashed by young Hungarian Ágnes Szávay 6–0 6–1.
[edit] Singles (1 WTA, 10 ITF)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| WTA Championships (0) |
| Tier I Event (0) |
| Tier II (0) |
| Tier III (0) |
| Tier IV & V (1) |
| ITF Titles (10) |
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent in the Final |
Score |
| 1. |
June 13, 1999 |
Meinerzhagen |
Clay |
Lydia Steinbach |
6–0 6–2 |
| 2. |
January 28, 2001 |
Båstad |
Hard (I) |
Margit Rüütel |
6–2 6–0 |
| 3. |
April 21, 2002 |
Budapest |
Clay |
Myriam Casanova |
6–2 3–6 6–4 |
| 4. |
January 25, 2004 |
Grenoble |
Hard (I) |
Aravane Rezaï |
7–5 6–1 |
| 5. |
May 2, 2004 |
Taranto |
Clay |
Nina Bratchikova |
6–3 6–2 |
| 6. |
July 4, 2004 |
Vaihingen |
Clay |
Nathalie Vierin |
6–2 7–5 |
| 7. |
April 17, 2005 |
Biarritz |
Clay |
Timea Bacsinszky |
4–6 7–6 6–2 |
| 8. |
April 16, 2006 |
Civitavecchia |
Clay |
Caroline Wozniacki |
6–1 6–1 |
| 9. |
April 30, 2006 |
Cagnes-sur-Mer |
Clay |
Anastasiya Yakimova |
7–6 2–6 6–0 |
| 10. |
August 6, 2006 |
Baden-Baden |
Clay |
Katerina Bohmova |
6–1 6–1 |
| 11. |
September 17, 2006 |
Bordeaux |
Clay |
Sandra Kloesel |
6–3 6–2 |
[edit] Doubles (1)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| WTA Championships (0) |
| Tier I (0) |
| Tier II (0) |
| Tier III (1) |
| Tier IV & V (0) |
| ITF Titles (0) |
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