Conchita Martinez
WTA RANKING HISTORY
Season-Ending Singles: 2002-34 (Injury Ranking: 16); 2001-35; 2000-5; 1999-15; 1998-8; 1997-12; 1996-5; 1995-2; 1994-3; 1993-4; 1992-8; 1991-9; 1990-11; 1989-7; 1988-40
Career-High Singles (as of Nov. 17, 2002): No. 2 (Oct. 30, 1995-April 14, 1996; April 29-May 5, 1996; May 20-Aug. 4, 1996)
Career-High Doubles (as of Nov. 17, 2002): No. 7 (Jan. 11-17, 1993; Feb. 15-21, 1993; April 5-May 23, 1993; Oct. 18-24, 1993)
GRAND SLAM (SINGLES) HISTORY
W-L 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88
AUSTRALIAN 38-13 1r 2r 2r SF 3r F 4r QF SF QF 4r 4r -- -- 2r --
ROLAND GARROS 61-16 QF 2r 3r F QF 4r 4r SF SF SF QF QF QF QF QF 4r
WIMBLEDON 36-11 3r 3r QF 2r 3r 3r 3r 4r SF W SF 2r -- -- -- --
UNITED STATES 35-14 -- 2r -- 3r 4r 4r 3r SF SF 3r 4r 1r QF 3r 4r 1r
CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY
W-L 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88
SINGLES 7-12 -- -- -- QF 1r 1r 1r QF QF QF QF QF 1r QF 1r --
DOUBLES 0-4 -- -- -- -- QF QF QF -- QF -- -- -- -- -- -- --
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
SINGLES — Winner (32 WTA Tour): 2000 - German Open; 1999 - Sopot; 1998 - German Open, Warsaw; 1996 - Italian Open, Moscow; 1995 - Hilton Head, Amelia Island, Hamburg, Italian Open, San Diego, Los Angeles; 1994 - Wimbledon, Hilton Head, Italian Open, US Hardcourts; 1993 - Brisbane, Houston, Italian Open, US Hardcourts, Philadelphia; 1992 - Austrian Open; 1991 - Barcelona, Austrian Open, Paris; 1990 - Paris, Scottsdale, Indianapolis; 1989 - Phoenix, Wellington, Tampa; 1988 - Sofia, ITF/Rocafort-ESP, ITF/Castellon-ESP, ITF/Reggio Emilia-ITA.
DOUBLES — Winner (10): 2001 - Amelia Island (w/Tarabini); 2000 - German Open (w/Sanchez-Vicario); 1999 - Amelia Island (w/Tarabini), Tokyo [Princess Cup] (w/Tarabini); 1998 - Hilton Head (w/Tarabini); 1996 - San Diego (w/G. Fernandez); 1993 - Brisbane (w/Neiland), Barcelona (w/Sanchez-Vicario); 1992 - Barcelona (w/Sanchez-Vicario); 1988 - Sofia (w/Paulus).
ADDITIONAL: Spanish Fed Cup Team 1988-96, 1998, 2000-03. Spanish Olympic Team 1992, 1996, 2000.
2003 IN DETAIL
January - Doubles finalist at Sydney w/Stubbs; competing in 13th Australian Open, where she is a former finalist, lost 1r to No. 244-ranked WC Stosur in 3s, and reached doubles QF w/Petrova where they fell to No. 2 seeds in 3rd set tie-break
February - Easily advanced to Doha QF, where she retired due to a left achilles injury when trailing Krasnoroutskaya 76 4-0; upset No. 8 seed, world No. 16 Daniilidou to reach Dubai QF
March - Seeded No. 26, reached SF at Indian Wells, surpassing No. 16 seed Coetzer, l. to No. 1 seed and eventual tournament champion Clijsters
April - Upset No. 4 seed Sugiyama in 1r of Sarasota before falling 2r to qualifier Molik; seeded No. 15 at Charleston, reached 3r before l. to world No. 1 S. Williams and reached doubles final w/Husarova, falling to No. 1 seeds Ruano Pascual/Suarez; withdrew from Amelia Island and Warsaw (where she was a WC) due to tendonitis in right shoulder; member of Spanish Fed Cup team that d. Australia 3-2 in 1r
May - At German Open, suffered 1r straight-set loss to No. 79-ranked WC Weingartner; eliminated world No. 10 Dokic and No. 9 Hantuchova en route to Italian Open QF (l. to world No. 1 top-seed S. Williams), scoring two Top 10 wins at a tournament for first time since 1997 Stanford; as a No. 3 seeded WC, suffered 1r loss to world No. 66 Black at Madrid; seeded No. 24, at Roland Garros, surpassed 60 match-wins mark for event en route to QF, l. to eventual tournament finalist and No. 2 seed Clijsters; following Roland Garros, ranking cracked Top 20 for first time since August 2001
June - At Eastbourne, reached first grass court singles final since 1994 Wimbledon final (the ninth unseeded player since 1990 to reach an Eastbourne final), l. to No. 2 seed and world No. 7 Rubin 64 36 64; seeded No. 18, l. to No. 10 seed Myskina in 3r at Wimbledon and reached doubles QF w/Husarova
July - As world No. 14 and No. 11 seed, l. opening match at San Diego (following a 1r bye) to No. 73 WC Pierce
CAREER IN REVIEW
1988 - As a 16-year-old qualifier, won three of first four ITF Circuit events entered and qualified for first Grand Slam event at Roland Garros, reaching 4r; playing just fifth WTA Tour event, at Sofia, won title over top seed K. Maleeva to crack Top 100 and reached Zurich SF to crack Top 50
1989 - At Wellington, won second tour title, followed by title at Tampa, d. No. 1 seed Sabatini in final; won title at Phoenix; reached first of eight consecutive QF appearances at Roland Garros, l. to world No. 1 Graf; entered Top 10 rankings for first time on July 17; qualified for season-ending Championships for first time
1990 - Captured three titles for second straight year, at Paris Indoors, Scottsdale and Indianapolis; reached QF at season-ending Championships
1991 - Won three titles again, incl. hometown win in Barcelona for first time (d. world No. 9 Maleeva-Fragniere)
1992 - Defeated countrywoman Sanchez-Vicario for first time en route to final at Hilton Head; d. world No. 10 Maleeva-Fragniere to defend Austrian Open title; w/Sanchez-Vicario, reached Roland Garros doubles final and won silver medal at Barcelona Olympics; l. in Olympics singles QF to Sanchez-Vicario
1993 - First Spanish woman to reach Wimbledon SF in Open era, her first career Grand Slam SF; d. No. 1 Graf in final at Philadelphia in straight sets, snapping a nine-match losing streak against her
1994 - Appearing in first Grand Slam final, became first Spanish woman to win Wimbledon; stopped Navratilova short of a 10th Wimbledon singles title, d. her in 3s; also d. Navratilova in Italian Open final in straight sets
1995 - Had more wins than any other player on the WTA Tour with 63; won six titles, incl. wins over six Top 10 players; including two Fed Cup wins, put together a 26-match win streak that included four consecutive titles (Hilton Head, Amelia Island, Hamburg, Italian Open); win-streak snapped in Roland Garros SF by eventual champion Graf in 3s; reached SF at all four Grand Slams
1996 - Became the first woman to win four consecutive Italian Opens, d. Hingis in straight sets; also won Moscow, d. three seeds en route; won at least one singles title for nine years straight from 1988-96
1997 - First year without a singles title since 1987; advanced to Stanford final, d. No. 2 seed Seles (first win in 12 meetings) and No. 3 seed Coetzer in straight sets, l. to No. 1 Hingis; also reached final at Italian Open for fifth consecutive time; reached SF at three Tier I events, Hilton Head, Canadian Open and Moscow
1998 - At Australian Open, reached second career Grand Slam final, d. No.2 seed Davenport in SF, l. to No. 1 Hingis in final; reached doubles SF w/Tarabini; won first title in 18 months at German Open; also claimed singles title in Warsaw; became 16th woman in Open era to win 500 singles matches; helped Spain win fifth Fed Cup title, d. US in SF (won deciding doubles rubber w/Sanchez Vicario 119 third set) and Switzerland in final
1999 - Unseeded, reached QF at Roland Garros for first time in three years, upsetting No. 8 seed Pierce in 2r; claimed 31st singles title in Sopot; surpassed $8 million mark in career earnings at Wimbledon
2000 - Ninth Top 10 finish; reached first Grand Slam SF in two years at Australian Open and reentered world’s Top 10 at No. 7; reached third career Grand Slam final at French Open, d. three-time winner Sanchez-Vicario in SF for first time in five years, l. in final to No. 6 seed Pierce; won German Open, her second title in three years there and 20th clay court title; d. world No. 1 Hingis in SF for first win over a reigning No. 1 player in more than six years; third consecutive straight-set victory over Hingis on red clay and improved ranking from No. 8 to No. 3 — returning to Top 5 for first time since 1997; won at least one singles title in 12 of 13 years (1988-2000), at least once on all four surfaces; qualified for season-ending Championships for 12th consecutive year
2001 - Finished outside Top 20 for first time since 1988; reached Wimbledon QF for first time in six years but l. in 2r of Australian Open, only second time since 1992 exiting Grand Slam before 3r; upset by Black in 3r of Roland Garros, failing to reach 4r or better there for first time in 14-year professional career; reached Roland Garros doubles final w/Dokic (her second Grand Slam doubles final); withdrew from all tournaments following Wimbledon with right Achilles tendon injury
2002 - Started with three early-round losses: l. 1r at Auckland to Brandi, 2r of Sydney to world No. 7 Henin and 2r of Australian Open to Svensson; reached doubles SF w/Serna; as No. 5 seed, upset in Acapulco 1r to qualifier Loit; lost opening match at Indian Wells in 3s to Osterloh; at Miami as a wildcard, l. 2r to No. 5 seed Seles in 3s; fell to No. 1 seed Dokic in 1r at Sarasota and was doubles runner-up w/Callens; l. 3r at Amelia Island, l. to world No. 11 Testud in third-set tie-break; at Charleston, d. Kournikova in 1r on her 30th birthday for her 30th win at the event (l. to qualifier Foretz); fell in 2r of German Open to Sanchez-Vicario; l. to Chladkova in Italian Open 2r in 3s but doubles runner-up w/Tarabini; suffered earliest loss in her 15 appearances at Roland Garros, l. 2r to No. 7 seed Dokic in 3s; as a wildcard into Vienna, l. 2r to No. 2 seed Tulyaganova; reached Wimbledon 3r, d. No. 17 seed Schnyder; doubles runner-up at Stanford w/Husarova, l. to No. 1 seeds Raymond/Stubbs; in singles, received a wildcard l. in 3s to Dokic in 2r; as a wildcard into San Diego, reached 3r, l. to Kournikova in 3s; received wildcard into New Haven, l. 1r to Myskina; l. 2r at US Open to No. 30 seed Shaughnessy; crossed $10 million mark in career prize money, the ninth woman to achieve the feat; reached QF at Hawaii, saving 2 mp in second set against Raymond before l. in 3s; after 1r loss at Tokyo [Princess Cup], reached first singles final since 2000 Roland Garros at Bali, l. to Kuznetsova 36 76(4) 75; scored biggest win since 2000 German Open (d. world No. 1 Hingis), d. world No. 3 Capriati 60 63 in 2r of Zurich en route to SF; loss was one of most lop-sided of Capriati’s career; only Graf (1992 Philadelphia and 1999 Miami) and Sabatini (1991 Italian Open) recorded bigger victories; (l. to eventual champion Schnyder); l. 1r of Linz to eventual runner-up Stevenson; went 1-1 in singles and won deciding doubles rubber in Spain’s Fed Cup SF win over Austria; in finals loss to Slovakia, d. Husarova but fell to Hantuchova 67(8) 75 64 in three hours, 21 minutes
AWARDS/ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• In 2002 surpassed the $10-million mark in career prize money at the US Open, the ninth woman to accomplish the feat
• Recipient in 2001, with Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, of the inaugural Award of Excellence from the ITF and International Hall of Fame for her dedication to Fed Cup, helping Spain win the Cup five times
• Won an Olympic silver medal in 1992 and bronze in 1996 in doubles with Sanchez-Vicario
• Named TENNIS magazine’s 1994 Most Improved Female Pro; recipient of 1989 WTA Tour Most Impressive Newcomer Award
• Won 50-plus matches in six seasons 1992-96 and 2000, including 71 in 1993 and 63 in 1995
PERSONAL
Coached by Patricia Tarabini...Sports psychologist is Guillermo Perez...Father, Cecilio, is a retired accountant; mother, Conchita, is a housewife; has two older brothers, Fernando and Roberto...Is interested in psychology...Favorite past time is going to the cinema...Favorite actors are Harrison Ford and Antonio Banderas...Enjoys horseback riding, playing golf, soccer, nice restaurants, shopping, listening to all types of music, chatting on the Internet, beach volleyball in San Diego and skiing...Owns a Honda Shadow 750 motorcycle and a Harley-Davidson Heritage Springer 1300...Likes to spend time in Spain to be with her family and friends...Has two cocker spaniel dogs, Tremi and Yuca...Speaks German...Loves red wine Bordeux, Spanish Vega Sicilia and Rioja, and wants to have a wine cellar...Lives part-time in San Diego, California, USA, where she loves the ocean, boats and going to the beach for a nice sunset...Loves holidays on a very nice island.
WTA RANKING HISTORY
Season-Ending Singles: 2002-34 (Injury Ranking: 16); 2001-35; 2000-5; 1999-15; 1998-8; 1997-12; 1996-5; 1995-2; 1994-3; 1993-4; 1992-8; 1991-9; 1990-11; 1989-7; 1988-40
Career-High Singles (as of Nov. 17, 2002): No. 2 (Oct. 30, 1995-April 14, 1996; April 29-May 5, 1996; May 20-Aug. 4, 1996)
Career-High Doubles (as of Nov. 17, 2002): No. 7 (Jan. 11-17, 1993; Feb. 15-21, 1993; April 5-May 23, 1993; Oct. 18-24, 1993)
GRAND SLAM (SINGLES) HISTORY
W-L 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88
AUSTRALIAN 38-13 1r 2r 2r SF 3r F 4r QF SF QF 4r 4r -- -- 2r --
ROLAND GARROS 61-16 QF 2r 3r F QF 4r 4r SF SF SF QF QF QF QF QF 4r
WIMBLEDON 36-11 3r 3r QF 2r 3r 3r 3r 4r SF W SF 2r -- -- -- --
UNITED STATES 35-14 -- 2r -- 3r 4r 4r 3r SF SF 3r 4r 1r QF 3r 4r 1r
CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY
W-L 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88
SINGLES 7-12 -- -- -- QF 1r 1r 1r QF QF QF QF QF 1r QF 1r --
DOUBLES 0-4 -- -- -- -- QF QF QF -- QF -- -- -- -- -- -- --
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
SINGLES — Winner (32 WTA Tour): 2000 - German Open; 1999 - Sopot; 1998 - German Open, Warsaw; 1996 - Italian Open, Moscow; 1995 - Hilton Head, Amelia Island, Hamburg, Italian Open, San Diego, Los Angeles; 1994 - Wimbledon, Hilton Head, Italian Open, US Hardcourts; 1993 - Brisbane, Houston, Italian Open, US Hardcourts, Philadelphia; 1992 - Austrian Open; 1991 - Barcelona, Austrian Open, Paris; 1990 - Paris, Scottsdale, Indianapolis; 1989 - Phoenix, Wellington, Tampa; 1988 - Sofia, ITF/Rocafort-ESP, ITF/Castellon-ESP, ITF/Reggio Emilia-ITA.
DOUBLES — Winner (10): 2001 - Amelia Island (w/Tarabini); 2000 - German Open (w/Sanchez-Vicario); 1999 - Amelia Island (w/Tarabini), Tokyo [Princess Cup] (w/Tarabini); 1998 - Hilton Head (w/Tarabini); 1996 - San Diego (w/G. Fernandez); 1993 - Brisbane (w/Neiland), Barcelona (w/Sanchez-Vicario); 1992 - Barcelona (w/Sanchez-Vicario); 1988 - Sofia (w/Paulus).
ADDITIONAL: Spanish Fed Cup Team 1988-96, 1998, 2000-03. Spanish Olympic Team 1992, 1996, 2000.
2003 IN DETAIL
January - Doubles finalist at Sydney w/Stubbs; competing in 13th Australian Open, where she is a former finalist, lost 1r to No. 244-ranked WC Stosur in 3s, and reached doubles QF w/Petrova where they fell to No. 2 seeds in 3rd set tie-break
February - Easily advanced to Doha QF, where she retired due to a left achilles injury when trailing Krasnoroutskaya 76 4-0; upset No. 8 seed, world No. 16 Daniilidou to reach Dubai QF
March - Seeded No. 26, reached SF at Indian Wells, surpassing No. 16 seed Coetzer, l. to No. 1 seed and eventual tournament champion Clijsters
April - Upset No. 4 seed Sugiyama in 1r of Sarasota before falling 2r to qualifier Molik; seeded No. 15 at Charleston, reached 3r before l. to world No. 1 S. Williams and reached doubles final w/Husarova, falling to No. 1 seeds Ruano Pascual/Suarez; withdrew from Amelia Island and Warsaw (where she was a WC) due to tendonitis in right shoulder; member of Spanish Fed Cup team that d. Australia 3-2 in 1r
May - At German Open, suffered 1r straight-set loss to No. 79-ranked WC Weingartner; eliminated world No. 10 Dokic and No. 9 Hantuchova en route to Italian Open QF (l. to world No. 1 top-seed S. Williams), scoring two Top 10 wins at a tournament for first time since 1997 Stanford; as a No. 3 seeded WC, suffered 1r loss to world No. 66 Black at Madrid; seeded No. 24, at Roland Garros, surpassed 60 match-wins mark for event en route to QF, l. to eventual tournament finalist and No. 2 seed Clijsters; following Roland Garros, ranking cracked Top 20 for first time since August 2001
June - At Eastbourne, reached first grass court singles final since 1994 Wimbledon final (the ninth unseeded player since 1990 to reach an Eastbourne final), l. to No. 2 seed and world No. 7 Rubin 64 36 64; seeded No. 18, l. to No. 10 seed Myskina in 3r at Wimbledon and reached doubles QF w/Husarova
July - As world No. 14 and No. 11 seed, l. opening match at San Diego (following a 1r bye) to No. 73 WC Pierce
CAREER IN REVIEW
1988 - As a 16-year-old qualifier, won three of first four ITF Circuit events entered and qualified for first Grand Slam event at Roland Garros, reaching 4r; playing just fifth WTA Tour event, at Sofia, won title over top seed K. Maleeva to crack Top 100 and reached Zurich SF to crack Top 50
1989 - At Wellington, won second tour title, followed by title at Tampa, d. No. 1 seed Sabatini in final; won title at Phoenix; reached first of eight consecutive QF appearances at Roland Garros, l. to world No. 1 Graf; entered Top 10 rankings for first time on July 17; qualified for season-ending Championships for first time
1990 - Captured three titles for second straight year, at Paris Indoors, Scottsdale and Indianapolis; reached QF at season-ending Championships
1991 - Won three titles again, incl. hometown win in Barcelona for first time (d. world No. 9 Maleeva-Fragniere)
1992 - Defeated countrywoman Sanchez-Vicario for first time en route to final at Hilton Head; d. world No. 10 Maleeva-Fragniere to defend Austrian Open title; w/Sanchez-Vicario, reached Roland Garros doubles final and won silver medal at Barcelona Olympics; l. in Olympics singles QF to Sanchez-Vicario
1993 - First Spanish woman to reach Wimbledon SF in Open era, her first career Grand Slam SF; d. No. 1 Graf in final at Philadelphia in straight sets, snapping a nine-match losing streak against her
1994 - Appearing in first Grand Slam final, became first Spanish woman to win Wimbledon; stopped Navratilova short of a 10th Wimbledon singles title, d. her in 3s; also d. Navratilova in Italian Open final in straight sets
1995 - Had more wins than any other player on the WTA Tour with 63; won six titles, incl. wins over six Top 10 players; including two Fed Cup wins, put together a 26-match win streak that included four consecutive titles (Hilton Head, Amelia Island, Hamburg, Italian Open); win-streak snapped in Roland Garros SF by eventual champion Graf in 3s; reached SF at all four Grand Slams
1996 - Became the first woman to win four consecutive Italian Opens, d. Hingis in straight sets; also won Moscow, d. three seeds en route; won at least one singles title for nine years straight from 1988-96
1997 - First year without a singles title since 1987; advanced to Stanford final, d. No. 2 seed Seles (first win in 12 meetings) and No. 3 seed Coetzer in straight sets, l. to No. 1 Hingis; also reached final at Italian Open for fifth consecutive time; reached SF at three Tier I events, Hilton Head, Canadian Open and Moscow
1998 - At Australian Open, reached second career Grand Slam final, d. No.2 seed Davenport in SF, l. to No. 1 Hingis in final; reached doubles SF w/Tarabini; won first title in 18 months at German Open; also claimed singles title in Warsaw; became 16th woman in Open era to win 500 singles matches; helped Spain win fifth Fed Cup title, d. US in SF (won deciding doubles rubber w/Sanchez Vicario 119 third set) and Switzerland in final
1999 - Unseeded, reached QF at Roland Garros for first time in three years, upsetting No. 8 seed Pierce in 2r; claimed 31st singles title in Sopot; surpassed $8 million mark in career earnings at Wimbledon
2000 - Ninth Top 10 finish; reached first Grand Slam SF in two years at Australian Open and reentered world’s Top 10 at No. 7; reached third career Grand Slam final at French Open, d. three-time winner Sanchez-Vicario in SF for first time in five years, l. in final to No. 6 seed Pierce; won German Open, her second title in three years there and 20th clay court title; d. world No. 1 Hingis in SF for first win over a reigning No. 1 player in more than six years; third consecutive straight-set victory over Hingis on red clay and improved ranking from No. 8 to No. 3 — returning to Top 5 for first time since 1997; won at least one singles title in 12 of 13 years (1988-2000), at least once on all four surfaces; qualified for season-ending Championships for 12th consecutive year
2001 - Finished outside Top 20 for first time since 1988; reached Wimbledon QF for first time in six years but l. in 2r of Australian Open, only second time since 1992 exiting Grand Slam before 3r; upset by Black in 3r of Roland Garros, failing to reach 4r or better there for first time in 14-year professional career; reached Roland Garros doubles final w/Dokic (her second Grand Slam doubles final); withdrew from all tournaments following Wimbledon with right Achilles tendon injury
2002 - Started with three early-round losses: l. 1r at Auckland to Brandi, 2r of Sydney to world No. 7 Henin and 2r of Australian Open to Svensson; reached doubles SF w/Serna; as No. 5 seed, upset in Acapulco 1r to qualifier Loit; lost opening match at Indian Wells in 3s to Osterloh; at Miami as a wildcard, l. 2r to No. 5 seed Seles in 3s; fell to No. 1 seed Dokic in 1r at Sarasota and was doubles runner-up w/Callens; l. 3r at Amelia Island, l. to world No. 11 Testud in third-set tie-break; at Charleston, d. Kournikova in 1r on her 30th birthday for her 30th win at the event (l. to qualifier Foretz); fell in 2r of German Open to Sanchez-Vicario; l. to Chladkova in Italian Open 2r in 3s but doubles runner-up w/Tarabini; suffered earliest loss in her 15 appearances at Roland Garros, l. 2r to No. 7 seed Dokic in 3s; as a wildcard into Vienna, l. 2r to No. 2 seed Tulyaganova; reached Wimbledon 3r, d. No. 17 seed Schnyder; doubles runner-up at Stanford w/Husarova, l. to No. 1 seeds Raymond/Stubbs; in singles, received a wildcard l. in 3s to Dokic in 2r; as a wildcard into San Diego, reached 3r, l. to Kournikova in 3s; received wildcard into New Haven, l. 1r to Myskina; l. 2r at US Open to No. 30 seed Shaughnessy; crossed $10 million mark in career prize money, the ninth woman to achieve the feat; reached QF at Hawaii, saving 2 mp in second set against Raymond before l. in 3s; after 1r loss at Tokyo [Princess Cup], reached first singles final since 2000 Roland Garros at Bali, l. to Kuznetsova 36 76(4) 75; scored biggest win since 2000 German Open (d. world No. 1 Hingis), d. world No. 3 Capriati 60 63 in 2r of Zurich en route to SF; loss was one of most lop-sided of Capriati’s career; only Graf (1992 Philadelphia and 1999 Miami) and Sabatini (1991 Italian Open) recorded bigger victories; (l. to eventual champion Schnyder); l. 1r of Linz to eventual runner-up Stevenson; went 1-1 in singles and won deciding doubles rubber in Spain’s Fed Cup SF win over Austria; in finals loss to Slovakia, d. Husarova but fell to Hantuchova 67(8) 75 64 in three hours, 21 minutes
AWARDS/ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• In 2002 surpassed the $10-million mark in career prize money at the US Open, the ninth woman to accomplish the feat
• Recipient in 2001, with Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, of the inaugural Award of Excellence from the ITF and International Hall of Fame for her dedication to Fed Cup, helping Spain win the Cup five times
• Won an Olympic silver medal in 1992 and bronze in 1996 in doubles with Sanchez-Vicario
• Named TENNIS magazine’s 1994 Most Improved Female Pro; recipient of 1989 WTA Tour Most Impressive Newcomer Award
• Won 50-plus matches in six seasons 1992-96 and 2000, including 71 in 1993 and 63 in 1995
PERSONAL
Coached by Patricia Tarabini...Sports psychologist is Guillermo Perez...Father, Cecilio, is a retired accountant; mother, Conchita, is a housewife; has two older brothers, Fernando and Roberto...Is interested in psychology...Favorite past time is going to the cinema...Favorite actors are Harrison Ford and Antonio Banderas...Enjoys horseback riding, playing golf, soccer, nice restaurants, shopping, listening to all types of music, chatting on the Internet, beach volleyball in San Diego and skiing...Owns a Honda Shadow 750 motorcycle and a Harley-Davidson Heritage Springer 1300...Likes to spend time in Spain to be with her family and friends...Has two cocker spaniel dogs, Tremi and Yuca...Speaks German...Loves red wine Bordeux, Spanish Vega Sicilia and Rioja, and wants to have a wine cellar...Lives part-time in San Diego, California, USA, where she loves the ocean, boats and going to the beach for a nice sunset...Loves holidays on a very nice island.
