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María José Martínez Sánchez

b. 1982

Spanish tennis player

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Born 1982. María José Martínez Sánchez is a Spanish tennis player.

María José Martínez Sánchez (; born 12 August 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. In singles, she won five WTA Tour titles, her biggest being a Premier 5 title at the 2010 Italian Open where she defeated two former world No. 1 players, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Janković, en route to the title. As a junior, she won the Orange Bowl and French Open (2000). She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 19, on 10 May 2010.

In doubles, Martínez Sánchez won 21 WTA Tour titles, ten partnering with her compatriot Nuria Llagostera Vives. Among them are the 2009 WTA Tour Championships, 2009 Rogers Cup and the Dubai Tennis Championships in 2010 and 2011. Martínez Sánchez reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4, on 5 July 2010.

Career Martínez Sánchez won the 1999 Orange Bowl, a year-ending tennis event for Juniors. The following year, she became the champion of French Open girls' doubles. She made her first Grand Slam draw at the 2001 Australian Open, losing to the third seed Venus Williams in three sets.

2008 At Wimbledon, she advanced to the third round where she lost to eventual champion Venus Williams. In her next Grand Slam event, the US Open, she lost in the first round to Sabine Lisicki.

She finished off the year with a ranking of 87, only the second time of her career that she finished the year in the top 100 (her first being back in 2001).

2009

Martínez Sánchez started the season playing at the Australian Open, the first major of the year. In the first round, she upset the 32nd seed Tamarine Tanasugarn, and then defeated Akgul Amanmuradova but lost in the third round to compatriot Carla Suárez Navarro both in straight sets. In doubles, she and Nuria Llagostera Vives were seeded 11th and defeated 6th seeds Yan Zi and Zheng Jie in the third round but they lost a tough match in the quarterfinals to Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo 6–3, 6–7, 6–7.

María José next played at the Copa Colsanitas where she was seeded seventh. She defeated Anastasiya Yakimova, Arantxa Parra Santonja and Betina Jozami to reach the semifinals where she won a close two-setter against Patricia Mayr. She captured her first career singles title when she defeated third seed Gisela Dulko in the final. In doubles, Martínez Sánchez and Llagostera Vives were the top seeds and they reached the final where they beat second seeds Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta to win their first doubles title of the year.

She reached the third round at Roland Garros. In that match against world No. 2, Serena Williams, she was accused of cheating and poor sportsmanship. At 2–2 in the first set, and having a break point at 30–40, Martínez Sánchez hit a drop shot and approached the net. Williams charged, and smashed a backhand, which deflected off of Martínez Sánchez, which appeared to be a winner, and Martínez Sánchez was awarded the point. Williams insisted that the ball had hit Martínez Sánchez's arm, not her racquet (which replays confirmed), but the umpire refused to change the decision. Williams, annoyed, threatened Martínez Sánchez, stating, "I'm gonna get you in the locker room girl, you don't know me." After the match Williams called her "a cheater". Martínez Sánchez went on to lose the match to Williams 6–4, 3–6, 4–6.

Martínez Sánchez won her second singles title at the year at the 2009 Swedish Open. On the way she defeated fourth seed Kaia Kanepi, Carla Suárez Navarro and Gisela Dulko, before beating top seed and world No. 9, Caroline Wozniacki in the final.

Martínez Sánchez and her partner Nuria Llagostera Vives won the year-end championships in doubles. As the third seeds, they defeated Venus and Serena Williams, before winning the biggest title of their careers against world-number-ones, Cara Black and Liezel Huber, in the final.

Maria qualified to play at the 2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions in Bali. She recovered from a first set deficit to beat Szávay in three sets, 4–6, 6–4, 6–0. In her second group round-robin match she beat Stosur in straight sets (7–6, 7–5) where Stosur served a 208kmps world record serve. In the semifinals, she lost against Aravane Rezaï (2–6, 3–6), who clearly outplayed her on that day.

Overall, Martínez Sánchez had the greatest year of her career. The highlights were winning two singles WTA titles at Bogotá and Båstad (Sweden) and by reaching the third rounds at the Australian Open, Roland Garros, and US Open. She ended the year ranked world No. 30.

In doubles, she won seven titles with Llagostera Vives, at Bogotá, Acapulco, Barcelona, Palermo, Toronto, New Haven, and the most important, the WTA Tour Championships in Doha. She ended the year ranked world No. 5.

2010 Her first tournament of the year was winning the Hopman Cup with partner Tommy Robredo. They reached the Final after defeating top seeds Australia, the United States, and Romania without losing a single match. However, she had a shock loss to young British prospect Laura Robson but was able to secure a 2–1 win for Spain.

Martínez Sánchez was seeded 24th at the 2010 Australian Open but lost in the second round to world No. 35, Zheng Jie, 6–2, 2–6, 3–6.

At Indian Wells, she entered in the second round against Alexandra Dulgheru and struggled through in three sets, 2–6, 6–3, 6–1. Then she went on winning in straight sets over Belarusian Victoria Azarenka in the third round, 7–6, 6–2, and another straight sets win over Belgian Yanina Wickmayer in the fourth round 6–4, 6–4. In her quarterfinal match, she was defeated by Samantha Stosur in straight sets.

Martínez Sánchez major breakthrough tournament came at the Italian Open, a Premier 5 event in Rome where nine of the top ten women were competing. She upset world No. 17, Francesca Schiavone, world No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki and then Lucie Šafářová in straight sets. She then defeated Ana Ivanovic in the semifinals in straight sets and went on to beat world No. 7, Jelena Janković, in the final to win the biggest title of her career so far. Due to her impressive performance in Rome, she became a top 20 player for the first time, at No. 19. However, she was unable to carry any momentum at all into the French Open, suffering defeat in the first round, because her neck was injured while she was training the same day and she could hardly move the neck in the match.

She returned in Eastbourne, winning the first match against Vera Zvonareva and the second round again Aravane Rezaï. She was defeated in the quarterfinals by Marion Bartoli in a really hard match. But more bad luck came to María once again when her leg was injured due to bad movement before her quarterfinals doubles match. This time would be worse for she would miss Wimbledon and most of the summer season, before returning in New Haven and losing in the first round against wildcard Elena Dementieva.

In the US Open, she failed to repeat her third-round finish of the previous year, losing in the second round against Patty Schnyder in a tight match. Overall, the result was good for Martínez Sánchez who had made a lot unforced errors, and Schnyder who had her best match in the past few months.

2011 Martínez Sánchez started off the year at the Sydney International where she defeated Daniela Hantuchová in the first round 6–2, 6–4, before setting up a meeting with Alisa Kleybanova where she lost in straight sets. At the Australian Open, Martínez Sánchez was seeded 26. In the first round, she faced Gréta Arn who had recently won the Auckland Open. Martínez Sánchez won against Arn although was subsequently defeated by Frenchwoman Alizé Cornet in the second round.

At Wimbledon, Martínez Sánchez came from a set down to upset 15th seed Jelena Janković in the first round. She then made quick work of Romanian Monica Niculescu in the following match. She lost to 23rd seed and five-time Wimbledon champion, Venus Williams, in the third round.

She earned two International Championships in 2011. In July, Martínez Sánchez defeated Patricia Mayr-Achleitner at the Gastein Ladies in Austria. She followed that win with a 7–6, 7–6-victory over Galina Voskoboeva at the Korea Open in September.

2012 2012 was a year of injury and struggles for Martínez Sánchez as she consequently fell out of the top 150 in singles.

After withdrawing from the Australian Open with a left knee injury, she failed to win a main-draw match until the French Open, where she reached the third round losing to 15th seed Dominika Cibulková, 2–6, 1–6. Martínez Sánchez experienced even more success in doubles where she reached the semifinals with Llagostera Vives, losing to eventual champions and No. 4 seeds, Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci.

Martínez Sánchez lost to Laura Robson and Ana Ivanovic both in three sets, at the Eastbourne International and Wimbledon, respectively, the first sending her out of the top 50. However, in doubles, again with Llagostera Vives, they won in Eastbourne without dropping a set and defeating the top-2 seeds, but they lost in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon to Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone in a tough three-setter.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Martínez Sánchez defeated Polona Hercog 6–4, 6–2, before being routed out by Victoria Azarenka 6–1, 6–2. She and Llagostera Vives routed Casey Dellacqua and Sam Stosur (6–1, 6–1), before falling to Peng Shuai and Zheng Jie (4–6, 2–6).

The Spaniard then lost in the first round of both singles and doubles in tough matches at Montreal. She fell out of the top 100 of singles following the loss to Carla Suárez Navarro.

Despite falling first round again in singles in Cincinnati, Martínez Sánchez and Llagostera Vives were pushed in the first round by Olga Govortsova and Alla Kudryavtseva, but fell to eighth seeds Katarina Srebotnik and Zheng Jie, 4–6, 3–6.

A good run at the US Open caused her to bounce back into the top 100 of singles and the top 15 of doubles. After a tough first-round match with fellow veteran Mirjana Lučić winning 6–3, 7–5, she pushed eventual champ Serena Williams, 6–2, 6–4. The scoreline was easier than it looks however. After a series of tough wins with Llagostera Vives in doubles, they met the eventual champions Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci, falling 2–6, 3–6.

Entering the Korea Open as the defending champion, she played well defeating Eleni Daniilidou, and Nadia Petrova via walkover, but lost in the quarterfinals where she was routed by Ekaterina Makarova 1–6, 1–6. The loss sent her sprawling out of the top 100 to 137. Martínez Sánchez then lost in the first round of qualifyings at Tokyo, Beijing, and Osaka. In Osaka, she managed to push second seed Zheng Jie to a tough three-setter, losing 6–4, 5–7, 4–6 despite going up a set and 5–2.

2015 After giving birth in November 2013 to a daughter, Andrea, she returned on the main tour in the Miami Open doubles draw, pairing with Vera Dushevina.

2019 Alongside partner Neal Skupski, the Spaniard was beaten in her mixed-doubles semifinal in the 2019 Australian Open.

Significant finals Year-end championships Doubles: 1 (title)

Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 tournaments Singles: 1 (title)

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

WTA Tour finals Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up) Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments Premier M & Premier 5 (1–0) Premier (0–0) International (4–1)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Loss 1. Jun 2008 Barcelona Open, Spain Clay Maria Kirilenko 0–6, 2–6 Win 1. Feb 2009 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay Gisela Dulko 6–3, 6–2 Win 2. Jul 2009 Swedish Open, Sweden Clay Caroline Wozniacki 7–5, 6–4 Win 3. May 2010 Italian Open, Italy Clay Jelena Janković 7–6(7–5), 7–5 Win 4. Jul 2011 Austrian Open, Austria Clay Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 6–0, 7–5 Win 5. Sep 2011 Korea Open, South Korea Hard Galina Voskoboeva 7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–2)

Doubles: 35 (21 titles, 14 runner-ups) Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments WTA Tour Championships (1–0) Premier M & Premier 5 (3–4) Premier (3–3) International (14–7)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. Mar 2001 Acapulco, Mexico Clay Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–5Win 2. Apr 2001 Porto, Portugal Clay Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 7–5Win 3. May 2001 Bol, Croatia Clay Anabel Medina Garrigues 7–5, 6–4Loss 1. Jul 2001 Palermo, Italy Clay Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–4, 2–6, 4–6Loss 2. Jul 2001 Casablanca, Morocco Clay María Emilia Salerni 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 1–6Win 4. Aug 2001 Basel, Switzerland Clay Anabel Medina Garrigues 7–6(7–5), 6–2Loss 3. Aug 2002 Espoo, Finland Clay Eva Bes-Ostariz 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6Loss 4. Jul 2003 Palermo, Italy Clay Arantxa Parra Santonja 4–6, 2–6Win 5. Mar 2008 Acapulco, Mexico (2) Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives 6–2, 6–4Loss 5. May 2008 Berlin, Germany Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives 6–3, 2–6, [2–10]Loss 6. Jun 2008 Barcelona, Spain Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–4, 5–7, [4–10]Win 6. Feb 2009 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives 7–5, 3–6, [10–7]Win 7. Feb 2009 Acapulco, Mexico (3) Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–4, 6–2Win 8. Apr 2009 Barcelona, Spain Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives 3–6, 6–2, [10–8]Loss 7. Jul 2009 Båstad, Sweden Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 2–6, 6–0, [5–10]Win 9. Jul 2009 Palermo, Italy Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives 6–1, 6–2Loss 8. Aug 2009 Cincinnati, U.S. Hard Nuria Llagostera Vives Cara Black Liezel Huber 3–6, 6–0, [2–10]Win 10. Aug 2009 Toronto, Canada Hard Nuria Llagostera Vives 2–6, 7–5, [11–9]Win 11. Aug 2009 New Haven, USA Hard Nuria Llagostera Vives Iveta Benešová Lucie Hradecká 6–2, 7–5Win 12. Nov 2009 WTA Finals, Doha, Qatar Hard Nuria Llagostera Vives Cara Black Liezel Huber 7–6(7–0), 5–7, [10–7]Win 13. Feb 2010 Dubai, UAE Hard Nuria Llagostera Vives 7–6(7–5), 6–4Loss 9. May 2010 Rome, Italy Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 4–6, 2–6Loss 10. Oct 2010 Moscow, Russia Hard (i) Sara Errani Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta 3–6, 6–2, [6–10]Win 14. Feb 2011 Dubai, UAE (2) Hard Liezel Huber Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 7–6(7–5), 6–3Win 15. Jul 2011 Båstad, Sweden Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–3, 6–3Win 16. Jun 2012 Eastbourne, United Kingdom Grass Nuria Llagostera Vives Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond 6–4, ret.Win 17. Jun 2016 Mallorca, Spain Grass Gabriela Dabrowski Anna-Lena Friedsam Laura Siegemund 6–4, 6–2Win 18. Sep 2017 Tokyo, Japan Hard Andreja Klepač Daria Gavrilova Daria Kasatkina 6–3, 6–2Loss 11. Jan 2018 Brisbane, Australia Hard Andreja Klepač Kiki Bertens Demi Schuurs 5–7, 2–6Loss 12. Feb 2018 Doha, Qatar Hard Andreja Klepač Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko 3–6, 3–6Loss 13. Apr 2018 Charleston, U.S. Clay Andreja Klepač Alla Kudryavtseva Katarina Srebotnik 3–6, 3–6Win 19. Jun 2018 Mallorca, Spain (2) Grass Andreja Klepač Lucie Šafářová Barbora Štefková 6–1, 3–6, [10–3]Win 20. May 2019 Rabat, Morocco Clay Sara Sorribes Tormo Georgina García Pérez Oksana Kalashnikova 7–5, 6–1Loss 14. Jun 2019 Mallorca, Spain Grass Sara Sorribes Tormo Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson 2–6, 4–6Win 21. Aug 2019 Bronx, U.S. Hard Darija Jurak Margarita Gasparyan Monica Niculescu 7–5, 2–6, [10–7]

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Singles (12–8) ResultNo.DateLocationSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 24 May 1999 Ceuta, Spain Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives 3–6, 4–6Win 1. 25 July 1999 Valladolid, Spain Hard Choi Ju-yeon 7–6, 6–2Win 2. 15 May 2000 Edinburgh, United Kingdom Clay Zsófia Gubacsi 6–2, 6–3Loss 2. 4 June 2000 Modena, Italy Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6–4, 4–6, 5–7Win 3. 10 July 2000 Getxo, Spain Clay Julia Vakulenko 6–4, 6–0Win 4. 23 July 2000 Valladolid, Spain Hard Paula Hermida 6–4, 6–2Loss 3. 4 September 2000 Denain, France Hard (i) Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–2, 5–7, 0–6Loss 4. 29 April 2001 Caserta, Italy Clay Tathiana Garbin 6–3, 6–7, 2–6 Loss 5. 2 June 2003 Galatina, Italy Clay Kaia Kanepi 3–6, 3–6Win 5. 2 August 2005 Vigo, Spain Hard Annette Kolb 6–7(5), 7–5, 7–6(4)Loss 6. 30 August 2005 Mollerussa, Spain Hard Kildine Chevalier 2–6, 7–5, 2–6Loss 7. 20 March 2006 Sabadell, Spain Clay Estrella Cabeza Candela 3–6, 5–7Win 6. 16 April 2006 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay María José Argeri 6–2, 4–6, 6–2Win 7. 1 May 2006 Catania, Italy Clay Karin Knapp 3–6, 6–4, 4–6Win 8. 6 June 2006 Madrid, Spain Hard Kelly Liggan 7–6, 6–3Win 9. 23 October 2006 Sant Cugat, Spain Clay Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–2, 6–4Win 10. 17 April 2007 Calvià, Spain Clay Casey Dellacqua 6–1, 6–7, 7–5Win 11. 17 September 2007 Madrid, Spain Hard Sabine Lisicki 6–2, 3–6, 6–3Win 12. 24 September 2007 Granada, Spain Hard Monica Niculescu 6–3, 6–4Loss 8. 12 May 2008 Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Petra Cetkovská 4–6, 4–6

Doubles (23–16) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner OpponentsScoreLoss 1. 11 May 1998 Tortosa, Spain Clay Anabel Medina Garrigues Patricia Aznar Cynthia Perez 0–6, 3–6Loss 2. 11 October 1998 Girona, Spain Clay Marta Marrero Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6–4, 1–6, 6–7Win 1. 24 May 1999 Ceuta, Spain Clay Rocío González Oleksandra Kravets Nuria Llagostera Vives 7–6(4), 6–0Win 2. 27 September 1999 Porto, Portugal Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Alicia Ortuño Michaela Paštiková 3–6, 6–2, 6–1Win 3. 3 June 2000 Modena, Italy Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Tina Hergold Maja Matevžič 6–4, 4–6, 6–3Loss 3. 12 June 2000 Grado, Italy Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Vanessa Menga Alicia Ortuño 6–3, 5–7, 1–6Loss 4. 10 July 2000 Getxo, Spain Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Maja Palaveršić Alicia Ortuño 1–6, 2–6Win 4. 17 July 2000 Valladolid, Spain Clay Alicia Ortuño Trudi Musgrave Lorna Woodroffe 6–2, 6–4Win 5. 4 September 2000 Denain, France Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Elena Bovina Mariana Díaz Oliva 6–4, 6–0Loss 5. 23 April 2001 Caserta, Italy Clay Gisela Riera Eva Bes Lourdes Domínguez Lino 1–6, 6–7(5)Loss 6. 22 September 2002 Biella, Italy Clay Anabel Medina Garrigues Lubomira Bacheva Eva Bes 5–7, 6–2, 6–7(5)Loss 7. 3 May 2003 Maglie, Italy Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives Delia Sescioreanu Edina Gallovits-Hall 4–6, 6–4, 3–6Win 6. Périgueux, France Clay Anabel Medina Garrigues Lana Popadić Natacha Randriantefy 6–0, 6–3Win 7. 29 June 2003 Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Paula García Kildine Chevalier Christina Zachariadou 6–4, 7–5Loss 8. 11 August 2003 Martina Franca, Italy Clay Paula García Mervana Jugić-Salkić Darija Jurak 6–2, 4–6, 1–6Win 8. 5 October 2003 Girona, Spain Clay Conchita Martínez Granados Lubomira Bacheva Roberta Vinci 7–5, 6–3Win 9. 21 February 2005 Melilla, Spain Hard Sara Errani Sun Shengnan Yang Shujing 6–7, 6–0, 7–5Win 10. 6 August 2005 Vigo, Spain Hard Anna Font Estrella Cabeza Candela Matilde Muñoz Gonzalves 6–2, 6–3Win 11. 21 August 2005 Coimbra, Portugal Hard Ana Catarina Nogueira Angelique Kerber Tatjana Priachin 6–4, 7–6(1)Win 12. 18 September 2005 Bordeaux, France Clay Conchita Martínez Granados Julia Schruff Jasmin Wöhr 7–5, 6–2Loss 9. 3 October 2005 Barcelona, Spain Clay Conchita Martínez Granados Lourdes Domínguez Lino María Sánchez Lorenzo 5–7, 7–6(4), 6–7(3)Win 13. 15 October 2005 Sevilla, Spain Clay Sara Errani Gabriela Niculescu Monica Niculescu 6–2, 7–6(5)Loss 10. 30 October 2005 Sant Cugat, Spain Clay Conchita Martínez Granados Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja 4–6, 3–6Loss 11. 26 March 2006 Sabadell, Spain Hard Marta Fraga Estrella Cabeza Candela Núria Roig 1–6, 1–6Loss 12. 15 April 2006 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Joana Cortez Zsófia Gubacsi Matea Mezak 6–4, 4–6, 4–6Win 14. 11 June 2006 Móstoles, Spain Hard Joana Cortez Carla Tiene Jenifer Widjaja 6–3, 6–2Win 15. 18 June 2006 Marseille, France Clay Conchita Martínez Granados Séverine Beltrame Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro 7–5, 6–4Win 16. 14 October 2006 Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard (i) Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Barbora Strýcová Renata Voráčová 7–5, 7–5Loss 13. Calvià, Spain Clay Arantxa Parra Santonja Petra Cetkovská Andrea Hlaváčková 5–7, 4–6Win 17. 17 September 2007 Madrid, Spain Clay Arantxa Parra Santonja Monica Niculescu Yevgenia Savranska 6–1, 7–6(4)Win 18. 24 September 2007 Granada, Spain Clay Marta Marrero Alexandra Dulgheru Monica Niculescu 6–4, 6–1Win 19. 8 October 2007 Reggio Calabria, Italy Clay Marta Marrero Stefanie Haidner Sandra Martinović 6–1, 6–2Win 20. 22 October 2007 Sant Cugat, Spain Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives Kira Nagy Aurélie Védy 6–4, 6–1Loss 14. 3 February 2008 Belford, France Hard (i) Marta Marrero Lucie Hradecká Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková 6–7(8), 4–6Win 21. 15 March 2008 Las Palmas, Spain Hard Marta Marrero Anna Gerasimou Anna Hawkins 6–2, 7–6(1)Loss 15. 31 March 2008 Patras, Greece Clay Arantxa Parra Santonja Tzipora Obziler Anastasiya Yakimova 5–7, 1–6Loss 16. 7 April 2008 Monzón, Spain Hard Arantxa Parra Santonja Rika Fujiwara Emmanuelle Gagliardi 6–1, 6–7(5), 8–10Win 22. 14 April 2008 Saint-Malo, France Clay Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–2, 6–1Win 23. 20 December 2015 Ankara, Turkey Hard (i) Marina Melnikova Paula Kania Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove 6–4, 5–7, [10–8]

Team events Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents ScoreWin 1. 9 January 2010 Hopman Cup, Perth, Western Australia Hard Tommy Robredo 2–1

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María José Martínez Sánchez was born on 12 August 1982 in Yecla.

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