Marion Maruska

Marion Maruska (born 15 December 1972) is an Austrian former tennis player. She turned professional in 1992 and reached her career-high singles ranking on October 6, 1997, when she became the No. 50 of the world.

1997 was Maruska's best year on the WTA Tour, highlighted by her first (and only) WTA title and another tour final amid a wave of inconsistent results. As the world No. 154, she won her debut WTA title at the ASB Classic held in Auckland, New Zealand. En route, she beat Anke Huber for her first top-ten win. At Wimbledon, she won her first ever Grand Slam main-draw match when she beat Adriana Gerši, before falling to recently crowned French Open champion Iva Majoli. At the ECM Prague Open, she made her second tour final, but this time failed to walk away with the title.

1998 was a poor year for Maruska in comparison. She reached the second round of the French Open but had few other results and fell out of the top 100, subsequently never reaching her level of one year ago again.

She played much of her career on the ITF circuit, where she won four singles titles and three doubles titles.

Maruska represented Austria in Fed Cup five times: 1997, 1997, and 2000–2002. She earned a 2–6 record in those ties.

In 2001, she played her last professional singles match, at the US Open, losing to Nathalie Viérin in the first round of qualifying. Her final career match, however, was a Fed Cup doubles loss to the American team of Lisa Raymond and Monica Seles.

WTA career finals Singles (1–1) Grand Slam Tier I Tier II Tier III Tier IV-V (1-1) ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Jan 1997 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Judith Wiesner 6–3, 6–1Loss 1–1 Jul 1997 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Joannette Kruger 1–6, 1–6

Doubles (0–1) Grand Slam Tier I Tier II Tier III Tier IV-V (0-1) ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 May 1997 Bol, Croatia Clay María José Gaidano Laura Montalvo Henrieta Nagyová 3–6, 1–6

ITF finals Singles (4–4) $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 21 November 1988 Wels, Austria Clay (i) Eva Švíglerová 3–6, 1–6Win 2. 4 March 1990 Wels, Austria Clay Karin Kschwendt 3–6, 6–1, 6–4Win 3. 29 June 1992 Ronneby, Sweden Clay Åsa Carlsson 4–6, 6–1, 6–2Loss 4. 7 February 1994 Sunderland, England Carpet (i) Gaby Coorengel 2–6, 5–7Loss 5. 20 February 1994 Newcastle, England Carpet (i) Linda Niemantsverdriet 6–7, 4–6Loss 6. 27 March 1995 Reims, France Clay Flora Perfetti 4–6, 6–2, 5–7Win 7. 17 April 1995 Plovdiv, Bulgaria Clay Mareze Joubert 6–0, 6–4Win 8. 1 April 2001 Stone Mountain, United States Hard Alicia Molik 6–3, 6–3

Doubles (3–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 24 October 1988 Linz, Austria Hard (i) Petra Ritter Cristina Casini Katarzyna Nowak 6–3, 6–4Win 2. 9 April 1989 Bari, Italy Clay Elena Pampoulova Andrea Noszály Eva-Maria Schürhoff w/oWin 3. 16 June 1991 Mantua, Italy Clay Virginia Ruano Pascual Yone Kamio Hiromi Nagano 3–6, 6–4, 6–3Loss 4. 11 February 1996 Mar del Plata, Argentina Hard Noëlle van Lottum Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez 3–6, 1–6Loss 5. 10 October 1999 Albuquerque, United States Hard Nirupama Sanjeev Debbie Graham Nana Smith 4–6, 5–7