Estrella Cabeza Candela

Estrella Cabeza Candela (; born 20 February 1987) is a Spanish former tennis player.

During her career, Cabeza Candela won 13 singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 13 May 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 95. On 2 April 2012, she peaked at No. 176 in the doubles rankings.

Personal life Cabeza Candela was born in Los Palacios y Villafranca to Manuel Cabeza (tennis coach) and Estrella Candela, sister is Ana (training to be an aeronautic engineer). She began playing tennis at age four with her father and sister, and started playing seriously aged seven. Her tennis idol was Monica Seles, and her favorite surface was clay.

Career Coached by Gonzalo Lopez and Martin Vilar, Cabeza Candela had a breakout year in 2013. She broke into the top 100 for the first time at age 26, by reaching No. 95 on 13 May 2013.

Later that summer, she played her first major main draw at Wimbledon, and lost in the first round to Caroline Wozniacki, 0–6, 2–6. In early July, Cabeza Candela reached her best result in a WTA Tour tournament by reaching the semifinals at Palermo, losing to Roberta Vinci, in three sets, and later semifinals at 2014 Hobart International, losing to Garbiñe Muguruza.

She announced her retirement from professional tennis ın 2020.

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 29 (13 titles, 16 runner-ups) Legend$75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10/15,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (5–4)Clay (8–12)

Doubles: 30 (16 titles, 14 runner-ups)