Marta Marrero (born 16 January 1983) is a Spanish a professional padel player and former tennis player.
In tennis, she reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, won two WTA doubles titles, and also a total of 14 ITF singles and doubles titles. Her highest singles rank on the WTA Tour was world No. 47, which she reached in 2004. Her highest doubles ranking was No. 47, set in July 2005.
Since 2015 she is a professional padel player where she has attained a world No. 1 ranking as of 2019.[1]
Tennis career
Marrero turned professional in 1998. At the 2000 French Open, she reached the quarterfinals as a qualifier. In the second round, Marrero defeated Dominique Van Roost, who defeated No. 2 seed Lindsay Davenport in the first round. Reaching the fourth round, she defeated Paraguay's Rossana de los Ríos in three sets. It was the first time in French Open history that two qualifiers met in the fourth round. In the quarterfinals, Marrero was defeated by eventual runner-up, Conchita Martínez, 7–6, 6–1. At the 2001 French Open, she lost in the third round to Kim Clijsters, who finished runner-up.
2004 saw Marrero win first WTA Tour doubles title in Sopot, Poland. In the final, she and Nuria Llagostera Vives defeated Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska. In 2005, Marrero won her second (and last) doubles title. Partnering Antonella Serra Zanetti, the team, which was seeded fourth, defeated Daniela and Sandra Klemenschits in the final.
At the 2007 US Open, Marrero competed in the doubles competition with Selima Sfar. In the first round they defeated Roberta Vinci and former world-number-one doubles player Paola Suárez, in three sets. They lost in the second round, however, to Alicia Molik and Mara Santangelo, who were the 2007 French Open doubles champions.
Marrero announced her retirement from tennis in 2010, after struggling with injuries.[2]
WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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Grand Slam tournaments | |
Tier I (0–0) | |
Tier II (0–0) | |
Tier III (2–1) | |
Tier IV & V (0–2) |
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2001 | Basel, Switzerland | Clay (i) | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 2–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Aug 2004 | Sopot, Poland | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 1–2 | Oct 2004 | Hasselt, Belgium | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 2–2 | May 2005 | İstanbul, Turkey | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–0 |
Loss | 2–3 | Aug 2005 | Budapest, Hungary | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
ITF finals
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 18 (9–9)
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1. | 13 September 1998 | Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal | Hard | ![]() |
6–0, 6–0 |
Loss | 1. | 5 October 1998 | Girona, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 2. | 19 April 1999 | Gelos, France | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 1–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 3. | 11 July 1999 | Darmstadt, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 5–7, 1–6 |
Win | 2. | 18 July 1999 | Getxo, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–7, 6–4 |
Win | 3. | 19 September 1999 | Otočec, Slovenia | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 4. | 26 September 1999 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 5. | 26 March 2000 | Taranto, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 6. | 23 April 2000 | Gelos, France | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
Win | 7. | 16 November 2003 | Le Havre, France | Clay (i) | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 4. | 1 December 2003 | Palm Beach Gardens, US | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 8. | 10 October 2004 | Girona | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 7–6, 6–0 |
Loss | 5. | 19 January 2007 | Algiers, Algeria | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 0–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 6. | 13 May 2007 | Rome, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 7. | 22 September 2007 | Lecce, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 8. | 8 October 2007 | Reggio Calabria, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 5–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 9. | 26 April 2009 | Torrent, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 9. | 4 May 2009 | Badalona, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–2 |
Doubles: 9 (5–4)
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1. | 13 September 1998 | ITF Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–0 |
Loss | 1. | 11 October 1998 | ITF Girona, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 1–6, 6–7 |
Win | 2. | 17 April 2000 | ITF Gelos, France | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 2. | 28 April 2007 | ITF Torrent, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(7), 6–3, 2–6 |
Loss | 3. | 18 April 2007 | ITF Gran Canaria, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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w/o |
Win | 3. | 24 September 2007 | ITF Granada, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 4. | 8 October 2007 | ITF Reggio Calabria, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 4. | 3 February 2008 | ITF Belford, France | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–7(8), 4–6 |
Win | 5. | 15 March 2008 | ITF Las Palmas, Spain | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–6(1) |
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | W–L |
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Australian Open | Q1 | 4R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 5–5 |
French Open | QF | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | Q1 | A | 8–6 |
Wimbledon | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 2–5 | |
US Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | Q2 | A | 0–6 | |
Win–loss | 4–2 | 6–4 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–4 | – | – | – | – | 15–22 |
References
- ^ "World padel tour rankings". Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "Abandono el tenis por una lesión de tobillo" (in Spanish). La Provincia. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
External links
- Marta Marrero at the Women's Tennis Association
- Marta Marrero at the International Tennis Federation
- Marta Marrero at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)