Spanish tennis player
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Parra and the second or maternal family name is
Santonja .
Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈɾantʃa ˈpara sanˈtoŋxa] ; born 9 November 1982) is a Spanish former tennis player. She turned professional in 2000 and retired in 2019.
In her career, Parra Santonja won eleven doubles titles on the WTA Tour . She reached career-high rankings of world No. 46 in singles and 22 in doubles.
Significant finals
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Doubles: 27 (11 titles, 16 runner-ups)
Winner – Legend
WTA Elite Trophy (0–1)
Tier I / Premier M & Premier 5 (0–1)
Tier II / Premier (2–3)
Tier III, IV & V / International (9–11)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–8)
Clay (7–7)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponent
Score
Loss
1.
Jul 2003
Palermo Ladies Open , Italy
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Adriana Serra Zanetti Emily Stellato
4–6, 2–6
Loss
2.
Feb 2004
Copa Colsanitas , Colombia
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Barbara Schwartz Jasmin Wöhr
1–6, 3–6
Win
1.
Mar 2007
Mexican Open , Acapulco
Clay
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Émilie Loit Nicole Pratt
6–3, 6–3
Loss
3.
May 2007
Estoril Open , Portugal
Clay
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Anastasia Rodionova
3–6, 2–6
Win
2.
Jun 2007
Barcelona Open , Spain
Clay
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Lourdes Domínguez Lino Flavia Pennetta
7–6, 2–6, [12–10]
Win
3.
Jun 2008
Barcelona Open, Spain
Clay
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Loss
4.
Jan 2009
Auckland Open , New Zealand
Hard
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo
6–4, 6–7(3–7) , [10–12]
Loss
5.
Feb 2009
Mexican Open
Clay
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez
4–6, 2–6
Loss
6.
Jan 2010
Brisbane International , Australia
Hard
Melinda Czink
Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
6–2, 6–7(3–7) , [4–10]
Loss
7.
Feb 2011
Mexican Open
Clay
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Mariya Koryttseva Raluca Olaru
7–5, 5–7, [7–10]
Win
4.
Apr 2011
Andalucia Tennis Experience , Spain
Clay
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
3–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss
8.
Jul 2011
Båstad Open , Sweden
Clay
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Lourdes Domínguez Lino María José Martínez Sánchez
3–6, 3–6
Win
5.
Jan 2012
Brisbane International , Australia
Hard
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
7–6(7–2) , 7–6(7–2)
Loss
9.
Mar 2012
Mexican Open
Clay
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
2–6, 1–6
Win
6.
Mar 2013
Mexican Open
Clay
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Catalina Castaño Mariana Duque Mariño
6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Loss
10.
Jun 2013
Rosmalen Open , Netherlands
Grass
Dominika Cibulková
Irina-Camelia Begu Anabel Medina Garrigues
6–4, 6–7(3–7) , [9–11]
Loss
11.
Oct 2013
China Open , Beijing
Hard
Vera Dushevina
Cara Black Sania Mirza
2–6, 2–6
Win
7.
Jun 2014
Rosmalen Open
Grass
Marina Erakovic
Michaëlla Krajicek Kristina Mladenovic
0–6, 7–6(7–5) , [10–8]
Loss
12.
Aug 2014
Connecticut Open , United States
Hard
Marina Erakovic
Sílvia Soler Espinosa Andreja Klepač
5–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss
13.
Oct 2014
Kremlin Cup , Russia
Hard (i)
Caroline Garcia
Martina Hingis Flavia Pennetta
3–6, 7–5
Win
8.
Feb 2015
Diamond Games , Belgium
Hard (i)
Anabel Medina Garrigues
An-Sophie Mestach Alison Van Uytvanck
6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Loss
14.
Aug 2015
Stanford Classic , United States
Hard
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai
1–6, 3–6
Loss
15.
Oct 2015
Luxembourg Open
Hard (i)
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Mona Barthel Laura Siegemund
2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss
16.
Nov 2015
WTA Elite Trophy , Zhuhai
Hard (i)
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Liang Chen Wang Yafan
4–6, 3–6
Win
9.
Feb 2016
Mexican Open
Hard
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson
6–0, 6–4
Win
10.
Mar 2016
Monterrey Open , Mexico
Hard
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Petra Martić Maria Sanchez
4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Win
11.
May 2016
Internationaux de Strasbourg , France
Clay
Anabel Medina Garrigues
María Irigoyen Liang Chen
6–2, 6–0
ITF Circuit finals
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Singles (11–6)
Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1.
24 June 2001
ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal
Hard
Vanessa Devesa
6–2, 6–2
Win
2.
5 August 2001
ITF Pontevedra, Spain
Hard
Ana Catarina Nogueira
6–3, 6–1
Loss
1.
18 August 2001
ITF Koksijde, Belgium
Clay
Marion Bartoli
2–6, 1–6
Loss
2.
26 August 2001
ITF Westende, Belgium
Clay
Lenka Snajdrová
2–6, 4–6
Win
3.
10 September 2001
ITF Madrid, Spain
Clay
Anna Floris
3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Win
4.
23 September 2001
ITF Barcelona, Spain
Clay
Ines Heise
6–3, 6–2
Win
5.
24 February 2002
ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal
Hard
Anna Floris
6–0, 6–4
Loss
3.
3 March 2002
ITF Albufeira, Portugal
Hard
Amandine Dulon
3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win
6.
29 September 2002
ITF Lecce, Italy
Clay
Lenka Němečková
6–3, 6–4
Win
7.
15 June 2003
Open de Marseille, France
Clay
Claudine Schaul
6–2, 6–1
Loss
4.
6 September 2005
Open Denain, France
Hard
Lioudmila Skavronskaia
6–7(5) , 0–6
Loss
5.
23 October 2006
Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
2–6, 4–6
Win
8.
13 October 2008
ITF Mexico City, Mexico
Hard
Soledad Esperón
6–2, 6–2
Loss
6.
29 November 2008
ITF Saint-Denis, France
Hard
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner
4–6, 1–6
Win
9.
26 July 2009
Pétange, Luxembourg
Clay
Ekaterina Bychkova
6–3, 6–2
Win
10.
27 September 2009
Open de Saint-Malo , France
Clay
Alexandra Dulgheru
6–4, 6–3
Win
11.
14 May 2012
ITF Casablanca, Morocco
Clay
Olga Savchuk
6–4, 6–4
Doubles (9–11)
Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
1.
25 June 2001
ITF Elvas, Portugal
Hard
Oleksandra Kravets
Maria Fernanda Alves Ana Catarina Nogueira
3–6, 4–6
Loss
2.
30 July 2001
ITF Pontevedra, Spain
Hard
Oleksandra Kravets
Natasha Galouza Jolanda Mens
6–7(5) , 2–6
Loss
3.
20 August 2001
ITF Westende, Belgium
Clay
Oleksandra Kravets
Evgenia Subbotina Kildine Chevalier
5–7, 5–7
Win
1.
23 September 2001
ITF Barcelona, Spain
Clay
Anna Font
María José Sánchez Alayeto Lana Popadić
6–1, 6–2
Win
2.
25 March 2002
ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Clay
Dominika Luzarová
Vanessa Menga Carla Tiene
7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Loss
4.
17 June 2002
ITF Gorizia, Italy
Clay
Carla Tiene
Sandra Načuk Tina Hergold
4–6, 3–6
Win
3.
8 June 2003
ITF Galatina, Italy
Clay
María Emilia Salerni
Bahia Mouhtassine Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
6–0, 7–6(6)
Loss
5.
19 April 2005
Open de Valencia , Spain
Hard
Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Kildine Chevalier Stéphanie Foretz
6–4, 6–7(5) , 2–6
Win
4.
30 October 2005
ITF Sant Cugat, Spain
Clay
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Conchita Martínez Granados María José Martínez Sánchez
6–4, 6–3
Loss
6.
30 March 2007
ITF La Palma, Spain
Hard
Melanie South
Petra Cetkovská Andrea Hlaváčková
3–6, 2–6
Loss
7.
20 April 2007
ITF Calvià, Spain
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Petra Cetkovská Andrea Hlaváčková
5–7, 4–6
Win
5.
6 July 2007
ITF Valladolid, Spain
Hard
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Ria Dörnemann Justine Ozga
6–0, 6–2
Win
6.
17 September 2007
ITF Madrid, Spain
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Monica Niculescu Yevgenia Savranska
6–1, 7–6(4)
Loss
8.
31 March 2008
ITF Patras, Greece
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Tzipora Obziler Anastasiya Yakimova
5–7, 1–6
Loss
9.
7 April 2008
ITF Monzón, Spain
Hard
María José Martínez Sánchez
Rika Fujiwara Emmanuelle Gagliardi
6–1, 6–7(5) , 8–10
Win
7.
14 April 2008
Saint-Malo, France
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Renata Voráčová Anastasiya Yakimova
6–2, 6–1
Loss
10.
18 July 2008
ITF Biella, Italy
Clay
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Barbora Strýcová Renata Voráčová
6–4, 0–6, [5–10]
Loss
11.
21 September 2008
Sofia Cup, Bulgaria
Clay
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Maret Ani Renata Voráčová
6–7(4) , 6–7(9)
Win
8.
29 September 2008
ITF Cali, Colombia
Clay
Betina Jozami
Frederica Piedade Anastasiya Yakimova
6–3, 6–1
Win
9.
11 October 2012
ITF Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain
Clay
Leticia Costas
Inés Ferrer Suárez Richèl Hogenkamp
6–3, 6–3
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Singles
Doubles
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