Spanish tennis player and coach
Anabel Medina Garrigues Full name Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues Country (sports) Spain Residence Valencia , SpainBorn (1982-07-31 ) 31 July 1982 (age 40) Valencia , Spain Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) Turned pro January 1998 Retired August 2018 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money US$ 5,927,350 Career record 478-351 (57.7%) Career titles 11 Highest ranking No. 16 (4 May 2009) Australian Open 4R (2002, 2009) French Open 4R (2007) Wimbledon 3R (2006, 2008, 2009) US Open 3R (2005, 2007, 2011) Career record 447-295 (60.2%) Career titles 28 Highest ranking No. 3 (10 November 2008) Australian Open SF (2008 ) French Open W (2008 , 2009 )Wimbledon SF (2009 ) US Open SF (2008 , 2012 ) Olympic Games Silver medal (2008 )Australian Open SF (2009 ) French Open 2R (2011 ) Wimbledon SF (2015 ) US Open SF (2013 ) Fed Cup 18-16 Coachee singles titles total 2 List of notable tournaments (with champion)
Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues (Spanish: [ana'?el me'ðina ?a'ri?es] ,[a] Valencian: [ana'b?l me'ðina ?a'ri?es] ; born 31 July 1982) is a Spanish tennis coach and former professional player.
As a player she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 16 in 2020, and won 11 singles and 28 doubles titles, including the 2008 and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual . Like many of her Spanish compatriots, she was a clay-court specialist who grinds to win most of her rallies. However, unlike most of her fellow Spaniards, she preferred to play on hardcourts.
She won the WTA tournament in Strasbourg , beating Katarina Srebotnik in the final in May 2008, thus defending the title she won the previous year against Amélie Mauresmo . Her other singles titles came at Palermo in 2011, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2001, at Canberra in 2006, Strasbourg in 2005 and Fès in 2009.
After retirement from singles tennis (she continues playing doubles) at the end of the 2014 season, Medina Garrigues became a professional coach, gaining success while working for Je?ena Ostapenko , who won the 2017 French Open Grand Slam title. In late 2017, she was named captain of Spain's Fed Cup team . She has also become tournament organizer at Valencia Open.
Career
2008
Together with Virginia Ruano Pascual, she won the French Open and the silver medal at the Beijing Olympics .
2011
Medina Garrigues began 2011 by losing in the first rounds of Auckland Open , Australian Open , and Copa Colsanitas and the qualifying draw of the Sydney International . She then reached her first semifinal in nine months in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel with wins over top seed Julia Görges and seventh seed Carla Suárez Navarro before losing to Gisela Dulko in straight sets. In the Indian Wells Open she defeated Tamira Paszek before losing to Maria Sharapova .
Garrigues then qualified for the Tournament of Champions and reached the final, but she was defeated by defending champion Ana Ivanovic in two sets.
2012
Medina Garrigues reached the quarterfinals of Sony Swedish Open in Båstad, but lost to Johanna Larsson .[1]
2014
Medina Garrigues started 2014 at the Australian Open . She lost in the first round to lucky loser Irina Falconi .[2]
At the PTT Pattaya Open , Medina Garrigues was defeated in the first round by Alison Riske without winning a single game.[3] She announced that the French Open would be her last tournament before retiring from singles tennis, though she would continue to play doubles. Medina Garrigues lost in the second round of qualifying for the French Open to Tereza Smitková in two sets, ending her singles career.
2018
Medina Garrigues received a wildcard spot (via protected ranking) and entered the doubles competition at the Madrid Open , partnering fellow Spaniard Arantxa Parra Santonja . Then in August, she retired from professional tennis.
Significant finals
Grand Slam tournaments
Doubles: 2 titles
Olympic Games
Doubles: 1 silver medal
Tournament of Champions
Singles: 1 runner-up
Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 tournaments
Doubles: 1 runner-up
WTA career finals
Singles: 18 (11 titles, 7 runner-ups)
Legend (pre/post 2010)
Grand Slam tournaments (0-0)
Tournament of Champions (0-1)
Tier I / Premier M & Premier 5 (0-0)
Tier II / Premier (0-0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (11-6)
Finals by surface
Hard (1-5)
Clay (10-2)
Grass (0-0)
Carpet (0-0)
Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1.
July 2001
Internazionali di Palermo , Italy
Clay
Cristina Torrens Valero
6-4, 6-4
Loss
1.
January 2002
Hobart International , Australia
Hard
Martina Suchá
6-7(7-9) , 1-6
Loss
2.
February 2003
Copa Colsanitas , Colombia
Clay
Fabiola Zuluaga
3-6, 2-6
Win
2.
July 2004
Internazionali di Palermo (2)
Clay
Flavia Pennetta
6-4, 6-4
Win
3.
May 2005
Internationaux de Strasbourg , France
Clay
Marta Domachowska
6-4, 6-3
Win
4.
July 2005
Internazionali di Palermo (3)
Clay
Klára Koukalová
6-4, 6-0
Win
5.
January 2006
Canberra International , Australia
Hard
Cho Yoon-jeong
6-4, 0-6, 6-4
Win
6.
July 2006
Internazionali di Palermo (4)
Clay
Tathiana Garbin
6-4, 6-4
Loss
3.
October 2006
Guangzhou Open , China
Hard
Anna Chakvetadze
1-6, 4-6
Win
7.
May 2007
Internationaux de Strasbourg (2)
Clay
Amélie Mauresmo
6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Loss
4.
May 2008
Morocco Open
Clay
Gisela Dulko
6-7(2-7) , 6-7(5-7)
Win
8.
May 2008
Internationaux de Strasbourg (3)
Clay
Katarina Srebotnik
4-6, 7-6(7-4) , 6-0
Loss
5.
July 2008
Slovenia Open
Hard
Sara Errani
3-6, 3-6
Win
9.
May 2009
Morocco Open
Clay
Ekaterina Makarova
6-0, 6-1
Loss
6.
September 2009
Korea Open
Hard
Kimiko Date-Krumm
3-6, 3-6
Win
10.
April 2011
Estoril Open , Portugal
Clay
Kristina Barrois
6-1, 6-2
Win
11.
July 2011
Internazionali di Palermo (5)
Clay
Polona Hercog
6-3, 6-2
Loss
7.
November 2011
Tournament of Champions , Bali
Hard (i)
Ana Ivanovic
3-6, 0-6
Doubles: 45 (28 titles, 17 runner-ups)
Legend (pre/post 2010)
Grand Slam tournaments (2-0)
WTA Elite Trophy (0-1)
Tier I / Premier M & Premier 5 (0-1)
Tier II / Premier (3-7)
Tier III, IV & V / International (23-8)
Finals by surface
Hard (10-9)
Clay (16-7)
Grass (2-0)
Carpet (0-1)
Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1.
4 March 2001
Mexican Open
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez
6-4, 6-7(5-7) , 7-5
Win
2.
8 April 2001
Porto Open , Portugal
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Alexandra Fusai Rita Grande
6-1, 6-7(5-7) , 7-5
Win
3.
6 May 2001
Bol Open , Croatia
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Nadia Petrova Tina Pisnik
7-5, 6-4
Loss
1.
15 July 2001
Internazionali di Palermo, Italy
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Tathiana Garbin Janette Husárová
6-4, 2-6, 4-6
Win
4.
5 August 2001
Swiss Indoors
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Joannette Kruger Marta Marrero
7-6(7-5) , 6-2
Loss
2.
23 February 2004
Copa Colsanitas, Colombia
Clay
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Jasmin Wöhr Barbara Schwartz
1-6, 3-6
Win
5.
25 July 2004
Internazionali di Palermo (2)
Clay
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
?ubomíra Kurhajcová Henrieta Nagyová
6-3, 7-6
Loss
3.
10 January 2005
Hobart International, Australia
Hard
Dinara Safina
Yan Zi Zheng Jie
4-6, 5-7
Loss
4.
7 February 2005
Paris Indoors , France
Carpet (i)
Dinara Safina
Iveta Bene?ová Kv?ta Peschke
2-6, 6-2, 2-6
Loss
5.
14 February 2005
Diamond Games Antwerp , Belgium
Hard
Dinara Safina
Cara Black Els Callens
6-3, 4-6, 4-6
Loss
6.
9 May 2005
Italian Open
Hard
Maria Kirilenko
Cara Black Liezel Huber
0-6, 6-4, 1-6
Win
6.
18 June 2005
Rosmalen Open , Netherlands
Grass
Dinara Safina
Iveta Bene?ová Nuria Llagostera Vives
6-4, 2-6, 7-6(13-11)
Win
7.
25 September 2005
Slovenia Open
Hard
Roberta Vinci
Jelena Kostani? Katarina Srebotnik
6-4, 5-7, 6-2
Loss
7.
7 May 2006
Warsaw Open , Poland
Clay
Katarina Srebotnik
Elena Likhovtseva Anastasia Myskina
3-6, 4-6
Loss
8.
13 January 2007
Hobart International (2)
Hard
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Elena Likhovtseva Elena Vesnina
4-6, 5-7
Loss
9.
9 April 2007
Amelia Island Championships , U.S.
Clay
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Mara Santangelo Katarina Srebotnik
3-6, 6-7(4-7)
Win
8.
30 July 2007
Stockholm Open , Sweden
Hard
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Chan Chin-wei Tetiana Luzhanska
6-1, 5-7, [10-6]
Win
9.
11 January 2008
Hobart International (3)
Hard
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr
6-2, 6-4
Win
10.
6 June 2008
French Open
Clay
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Casey Dellacqua Francesca Schiavone
2-6, 7-5, 6-4
Loss
10.
18 June 2008
Rosmalen Open, Netherlands
Clay
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung
5-7, 2-6
Win
11.
27 July 2008
Slovenia Open
Hard
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Vera Dushevina Ekaterina Makarova
6-4, 6-1
Win
12.
28 September 2008
China Open
Hard
Caroline Wozniacki
Han Xinyun Xu Yifan
6-1, 6-3
Loss
11.
6 April 2009
Andalucia Tennis Experience , Spain
Clay
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska
3-6, 3-6
Win
13.
5 June 2009
French Open
Clay
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina
6-1, 6-1
Win
14.
1 May 2010
Morocco Open
Clay
Iveta Bene?ová
Lucie Hradecká Renata Vorá?ová
6-3, 6-1
Win
15.
8 May 2010
Portugal Open
Clay
Sorana Cîrstea
Vitalia Diatchenko Aurélie Védy
6-1, 7-5
Loss
12.
11 July 2010
Budapest Grand Prix , Hungary
Clay
Sorana Cîrstea
Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin
3-6, 3-6
Win
16.
25 July 2010
Gastein Ladies , Austria
Clay
Lucie Hradecká
Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin
6-7(2-7) , 6-1, [10-5]
Win
17.
19 February 2011
Copa Colsanitas, Colombia
Clay
Edina Gallovits-Hall
Sharon Fichman Laura Pous Tió
2-6, 7-6(8-6) , [11-9]
Win
18.
10 July 2011
Budapest Grand Prix (2)
Clay
Alicja Rosolska
Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlí?ová
6-2, 6-2
Loss
13.
8 April 2012
Charleston Cup , U.S.
Hard
Yaroslava Shvedova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Lucie ?afá?ová
7-5, 4-6, [6-10]
Win
19.
1 March 2013
Brasil Tennis Cup
Hard
Yaroslava Shvedova
Anne Keothavong Valeria Savinykh
6-0, 6-4
Win
20.
21 June 2013
Rosmalen Open, Netherlands (2)
Grass
Irina-Camelia Begu
Dominika Cibulková Arantxa Parra Santonja
4-6, 7-6(7-3) , [11-9]
Win
21.
21 July 2013
Swedish Open
Clay
Klára Zakopalová
Alexandra Dulgheru Flavia Pennetta
6-1, 6-4
Loss
14.
24 August 2013
New Haven Open , U.S.
Hard
Katarina Srebotnik
Sania Mirza Zheng Jie
3-6, 4-6
Win
22.
28 February 2014
Brasil Tennis Cup (2)
Hard
Yaroslava Shvedova
Francesca Schiavone Silvia Soler Espinosa
7-6(7-1) , 2-6, [10-3]
Win
23.
6 April 2014
Charleston Cup, U.S.
Clay (green)
Yaroslava Shvedova
Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan
7-6(7-4) , 6-2
Win
24.
15 February 2015
Antwerp Open, Belgium (2)
Hard (i)
Arantxa Parra Santonja
An-Sophie Mestach Alison Van Uytvanck
6-4, 3-6, [10-5]
Win
25.
23 May 2015
Nürnberger Versicherungscup , Germany
Clay
Chan Hao-ching
Lara Arruabarrena Raluca Olaru
6-4, 7-6(7-5)
Loss
15.
9 August 2015
Stanford Classic , U.S.
Hard
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai
1-6, 3-6
Loss
16.
25 October 2015
Luxembourg Open
Hard (i)
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Mona Barthel Laura Siegemund
2-6, 6-7(2-7)
Loss
17.
2 November 2015
WTA Elite Trophy , Zhuhai
Hard (i)
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Liang Chen Wang Yafan
4-6, 3-6
Win
26.
27 February 2016
Mexican Open (2)
Hard
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson
6-0, 6-4
Win
27.
6 March 2016
Monterrey Open , U.S.
Hard
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Petra Marti? Maria Sanchez
4-6, 7-5, [10-7]
Win
28.
21 May 2016
Internationaux de Strasbourg, France
Clay
Arantxa Parra Santonja
María Irigoyen Liang Chen
6-2, 6-0
ITF finals
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Singles: 10 (6-4)
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Winner
1.
29 March 1999
ITF Pontevedra, Spain
Hard
Ángeles Montolio
6-1, 6-2
Runner-up
1.
23 April 2000
ITF Gelos, France
Clay
Marta Marrero
6-2, 5-7, 5-7
Runner-up
2.
12 July 2000
Open de Marseille , France
Clay
Ángeles Montolio
2-6, 7-6, 4-6
Winner
2.
4 September 2000
ITF Denain, France
Hard (i)
María José Martínez Sánchez
2-6, 7-5, 6-0
Winner
3.
7 October 2001
ITF Girona, Spain
Clay
Angelika Rösch
6-4, 6-4
Winner
4.
29 June 2003
ITF Perigueux, France
Clay
Céline Beigbeder
6-1, 6-2
Winner
5.
8 September 2003
ITF Denain, France
Clay
Gala León García
6-4, 6-0
Runner-up
3.
21 September 2003
ITF Bordeaux, France
Clay
Zuzana Ondrá?ková
7-6(4) , 4-6, 3-6
Winner
6.
13 June 2004
Open de Marseille, France
Clay
?ubomíra Kurhajcová
5-7, 6-3, 6-3
Runner-up
4.
9 June 2013
Open de Marseille , France
Clay
Andrea Petkovic
4-6, 2-6
Doubles: 6 (3-3)
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Runner-up
1.
11 May 1998
ITF Tortosa, Spain
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Patricia Aznar Cynthia Perez
0-6, 3-6
Winner
1.
5 July 1999
ITF Vigo, Spain
Clay
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Patricia Aznar Ana Salas Lozano
7-5, 6-1
Winner
2.
23 August 1999
ITF Bucharest, Romania
Clay
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Nadejda Ostrovskaya Zuzana Váleková
7-5, 6-2
Runner-up
2.
17 April 2000
ITF Gelos, France
Clay
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Eva Bes Marta Marrero
3-6, 4-6
Runner-up
3.
22 September 2002
ITF Biella, Italy
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Lubomira Bacheva Eva Bes
5-7, 6-2, 6-7(5)
Winner
3.
22 June 2003
ITF Périgueux, France
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Lana Popadi? Natacha Randriantefy
6-0, 6-3
Performance timelines
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W-L) win-loss record.
Singles
Doubles
Team events
Hopman Cup (1-1)
Notes
References
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