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Arantxa Parra Santonja

b. 1982

Spanish tennis player

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Born 1982. Arantxa Parra Santonja is a Spanish tennis player.

Arantxa Parra Santonja (; born 9 November 1982) is a Spanish former tennis player. She turned professional in 2000 and retired in 2019.

In her career, Parra Santonja won eleven doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 46 in singles and 22 in doubles.

Significant finals Premier Mandatory tournaments Doubles: 1 (runner-up) Result YearTournament SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2013China Open Hard Vera Dushevina Cara Black Sania Mirza 2–6, 2–6

WTA Tour finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments Premier M & Premier 5 Premier International (0–2) Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent ScoreLoss 1. May 2010 Estoril Open, Portugal Clay Anastasija Sevastova 2–6, 5–7Loss 2. Feb 2011 Abierto Mexicano, Mexico Clay Gisela Dulko 3–6, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 27 (11 titles, 16 runner-ups) Winner – Legend WTA Elite Trophy (0–1) Tier I / Premier M & Premier 5 (0–1) Tier II / Premier (2–3) Tier III, IV & V / International (9–11) Finals by surface Hard (3–8) Clay (7–7) Grass (1–1) Carpet (0–0) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner OpponentScoreLoss 1. Jul 2003 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy Clay MarĂ­a JosĂ© MartĂ­nez SĂĄnchez Adriana Serra Zanetti Emily Stellato 4–6, 2–6Loss 2. Feb 2004 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay MarĂ­a JosĂ© MartĂ­nez SĂĄnchez Barbara Schwartz Jasmin Wöhr 1–6, 3–6Win 1. Mar 2007 Mexican Open, Acapulco Clay Lourdes DomĂ­nguez Lino Émilie Loit Nicole Pratt 6–3, 6–3Loss 3. May 2007 Estoril Open, Portugal Clay Lourdes DomĂ­nguez Lino Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Anastasia Rodionova 3–6, 2–6Win 2. Jun 2007 Barcelona Open, Spain Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives Lourdes DomĂ­nguez Lino Flavia Pennetta 7–6, 2–6, [12–10]Win 3. Jun 2008 Barcelona Open, Spain Clay Lourdes DomĂ­nguez Lino Nuria Llagostera Vives MarĂ­a JosĂ© MartĂ­nez SĂĄnchez 4–6, 7–5, [10–4]Loss 4. Jan 2009 Auckland Open, New Zealand Hard Nuria Llagostera Vives Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo 6–4, 6–7(3–7), [10–12]Loss 5. Feb 2009 Mexican Open Clay Lourdes DomĂ­nguez Lino Nuria Llagostera Vives MarĂ­a JosĂ© MartĂ­nez SĂĄnchez 4–6, 2–6Loss 6. Jan 2010 Brisbane International, Australia Hard Melinda Czink Andrea HlaváčkovĂĄ Lucie HradeckĂĄ 6–2, 6–7(3–7), [4–10]Loss 7. Feb 2011 Mexican Open Clay Lourdes DomĂ­nguez Lino Mariya Koryttseva Raluca Olaru 7–5, 5–7, [7–10]Win 4. Apr 2011 Andalucia Tennis Experience, Spain Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 3–6, 6–4, [10–5]Loss 8. Jul 2011 BĂ„stad Open, Sweden Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives Lourdes DomĂ­nguez Lino MarĂ­a JosĂ© MartĂ­nez SĂĄnchez 3–6, 3–6Win 5. Jan 2012 Brisbane International, Australia Hard Nuria Llagostera Vives Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)Loss 9. Mar 2012 Mexican Open Clay Lourdes DomĂ­nguez Lino Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 2–6, 1–6Win 6. Mar 2013 Mexican Open Clay Lourdes DomĂ­nguez Lino Catalina Castaño Mariana Duque Mariño 6–4, 7–6(7–1)Loss 10. Jun 2013 Rosmalen Open, Netherlands Grass Dominika CibulkovĂĄ Irina-Camelia Begu Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–4, 6–7(3–7), [9–11]Loss 11. Oct 2013 China Open, Beijing Hard Vera Dushevina Cara Black Sania Mirza 2–6, 2–6Win 7. Jun 2014 Rosmalen Open Grass Marina Erakovic MichaĂ«lla Krajicek Kristina Mladenovic 0–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–8]Loss 12. Aug 2014 Connecticut Open, United States Hard Marina Erakovic SĂ­lvia Soler Espinosa Andreja Klepač 5–7, 6–4, [7–10]Loss 13. Oct 2014 Kremlin Cup, Russia Hard (i) Caroline Garcia Martina Hingis Flavia Pennetta 3–6, 7–5Win 8. Feb 2015 Diamond Games, Belgium Hard (i) Anabel Medina Garrigues An-Sophie Mestach Alison Van Uytvanck 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]Loss 14. Aug 2015 Stanford Classic, United States Hard Anabel Medina Garrigues Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai 1–6, 3–6Loss 15. Oct 2015 Luxembourg Open Hard (i) Anabel Medina Garrigues Mona Barthel Laura Siegemund 2–6, 6–7(2–7)Loss 16. Nov 2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai Hard (i) Anabel Medina Garrigues Liang Chen Wang Yafan 4–6, 3–6Win 9. Feb 2016 Mexican Open Hard Anabel Medina Garrigues Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 6–0, 6–4Win 10. Mar 2016 Monterrey Open, Mexico Hard Anabel Medina Garrigues Petra Martić Maria Sanchez 4–6, 7–5, [10–7]Win 11. May 2016 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France Clay Anabel Medina Garrigues MarĂ­a Irigoyen Liang Chen 6–2, 6–0

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Singles (11–6) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 24 June 2001 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal Hard Vanessa Devesa 6–2, 6–2Win 2. 5 August 2001 ITF Pontevedra, Spain Hard Ana Catarina Nogueira 6–3, 6–1Loss 1. 18 August 2001 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay Marion Bartoli 2–6, 1–6Loss 2. 26 August 2001 ITF Westende, Belgium Clay Lenka SnajdrovĂĄ 2–6, 4–6Win 3. 10 September 2001 ITF Madrid, Spain Clay Anna Floris 3–6, 6–3, 6–0Win 4. 23 September 2001 ITF Barcelona, Spain Clay Ines Heise 6–3, 6–2Win 5. 24 February 2002 ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal Hard Anna Floris 6–0, 6–4Loss 3. 3 March 2002 ITF Albufeira, Portugal Hard Amandine Dulon 3–6, 6–3, 4–6Win 6. 29 September 2002 ITF Lecce, Italy Clay Lenka NěmečkovĂĄ 6–3, 6–4Win 7. 15 June 2003 Open de Marseille, France Clay Claudine Schaul 6–2, 6–1Loss 4. 6 September 2005 Open Denain, France Hard Lioudmila Skavronskaia 6–7(5), 0–6Loss 5. 23 October 2006 Sant Cugat del VallĂšs, Spain Clay MarĂ­a JosĂ© MartĂ­nez SĂĄnchez 2–6, 4–6Win 8. 13 October 2008 ITF Mexico City, Mexico Hard Soledad EsperĂłn 6–2, 6–2Loss 6. 29 November 2008 ITF Saint-Denis, France Hard Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 4–6, 1–6Win 9. 26 July 2009 PĂ©tange, Luxembourg Clay Ekaterina Bychkova 6–3, 6–2Win 10. 27 September 2009 Open de Saint-Malo, France Clay Alexandra Dulgheru 6–4, 6–3Win 11. 14 May 2012 ITF Casablanca, Morocco Clay Olga Savchuk 6–4, 6–4

Doubles (9–11) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 25 June 2001 ITF Elvas, Portugal Hard Oleksandra Kravets Maria Fernanda Alves Ana Catarina Nogueira 3–6, 4–6Loss 2. 30 July 2001 ITF Pontevedra, Spain Hard Oleksandra Kravets Natasha Galouza Jolanda Mens 6–7(5), 2–6Loss 3. 20 August 2001 ITF Westende, Belgium Clay Oleksandra Kravets Evgenia Subbotina Kildine Chevalier 5–7, 5–7Win 1. 23 September 2001 ITF Barcelona, Spain Clay Anna Font MarĂ­a JosĂ© SĂĄnchez Alayeto Lana Popadić 6–1, 6–2Win 2. 25 March 2002 ITF San Luis PotosĂ­, Mexico Clay Dominika LuzarovĂĄ Vanessa Menga Carla Tiene 7–5, 4–6, 6–3Loss 4. 17 June 2002 ITF Gorizia, Italy Clay Carla Tiene Sandra Načuk Tina Hergold 4–6, 3–6Win 3. 8 June 2003 ITF Galatina, Italy Clay MarĂ­a Emilia Salerni Bahia Mouhtassine Andreea Ehritt-Vanc 6–0, 7–6(6)Loss 5. 19 April 2005 Open de Valencia, Spain Hard Rosa MarĂ­a AndrĂ©s RodrĂ­guez Kildine Chevalier StĂ©phanie Foretz 6–4, 6–7(5), 2–6Win 4. 30 October 2005 ITF Sant Cugat, Spain Clay Lourdes DomĂ­nguez Lino Conchita MartĂ­nez Granados MarĂ­a JosĂ© MartĂ­nez SĂĄnchez 6–4, 6–3Loss 6. ITF La Palma, Spain Hard Melanie South Petra CetkovskĂĄ Andrea HlaváčkovĂĄ 3–6, 2–6Loss 7. ITF CalviĂ , Spain Clay MarĂ­a JosĂ© MartĂ­nez SĂĄnchez Petra CetkovskĂĄ Andrea HlaváčkovĂĄ 5–7, 4–6Win 5. 6 July 2007 ITF Valladolid, Spain Hard Nuria Llagostera Vives Ria Dörnemann Justine Ozga 6–0, 6–2Win 6. 17 September 2007 ITF Madrid, Spain Clay MarĂ­a JosĂ© MartĂ­nez SĂĄnchez Monica Niculescu Yevgenia Savranska 6–1, 7–6(4)Loss 8. 31 March 2008 ITF Patras, Greece Clay MarĂ­a JosĂ© MartĂ­nez SĂĄnchez Tzipora Obziler Anastasiya Yakimova 5–7, 1–6Loss 9. 7 April 2008 ITF MonzĂłn, Spain Hard MarĂ­a JosĂ© MartĂ­nez SĂĄnchez Rika Fujiwara Emmanuelle Gagliardi 6–1, 6–7(5), 8–10Win 7. 14 April 2008 Saint-Malo, France Clay MarĂ­a JosĂ© MartĂ­nez SĂĄnchez Renata VoráčovĂĄ Anastasiya Yakimova 6–2, 6–1Loss 10. 18 July 2008 ITF Biella, Italy Clay Lourdes DomĂ­nguez Lino Barbora StrĂœcovĂĄ Renata VoráčovĂĄ 6–4, 0–6, [5–10]Loss 11. 21 September 2008 Sofia Cup, Bulgaria Clay Lourdes DomĂ­nguez Lino Maret Ani Renata VoráčovĂĄ 6–7(4), 6–7(9)Win 8. 29 September 2008 ITF Cali, Colombia Clay Betina Jozami Frederica Piedade Anastasiya Yakimova 6–3, 6–1Win 9. 11 October 2012 ITF Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain Clay Leticia Costas InĂ©s Ferrer SuĂĄrez RichĂšl Hogenkamp 6–3, 6–3

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