María José Llorca

María José Llorca (born 3 March 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.

Biography Llorca is originally from Valencia and was trained in Barcelona as a junior.

A a right-handed player, she appeared in a total of four Federation Cup ties for Spain, the first two in 1986 when she was still only 16. In 1987 she featured in another two ties, including a World Group second round fixture against Australia which they lost, despite Llorca winning the opening rubber against Anne Minter.

From 1987 to 1991 she competed on the WTA Tour. She and Anna-Karin Olsson were runners-up in the doubles at the 1988 Spanish Open, which included a win over top seeds Bettina Fulco and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario.

Both of her grand slam main draw appearances came at the 1988 French Open, where she featured in the main draw of the women's doubles and mixed doubles, partnering Alison Scott and Jordi Arrese respectively.

In 2003 she took up the sport of padel tennis and was ranked as high as two in the world, before retiring in 2009.

WTA Tour finals Doubles (0–1) ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss May, 1988 Barcelona, Spain Category 1 Clay Anna-Karin Olsson Iva Budařová Sandra Wasserman 6–1, 3–6, 2–6

ITF finals Singles: 6 (3-3) $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. Lisbon, Portugal Clay Clare Wood 2–6, 2–6Win 2. 27 April 1987 Sutton, United Kingdom Hard Sybille Niox-Château 6–4, 4–6, 7–5Win 3. 11 May 1987 Lee-on-the-Solent, United Kingdom Clay Elizabeth Galphin 6–1, 3–6, 6–1Win 4. 21 September 1987 Valencia, Spain Clay Inmaculada Varas 2–6, 6–1, 6–2Loss 5. Cherbourg, France Clay Alexandra Fusai 3–6, 6–2, 3–6Loss 6. 30 July 1990 Vigo, Spain Clay Catherine Mothes 6–4, 1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 5 (4–1) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. Lisbon, Portugal Clay Ninoska Souto Claudia Hernández Patricia Hy 6–1, 4–6, 6–4Loss 2. 21 September 1987 Valencia, Spain Clay Inmaculada Varas Rosa Bielsa Elena Guerra 3–6, 6–3, 3–6Win 3. 15 May 1989 Jaffa, Israel Hard Ilana Berger Anne Aallonen Luciana Tella 6–3, 6–2Win 4. 23 July 1990 A Coruña, Spain Clay Ana Belen Quintana Nathalie Rodríguez Valerie Ledroff 3–6, 6–3, 7–5Win 5. 30 July 1990 Vigo, Spain Clay Ana Segura Eva Bes Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–3, 6–4