Anabel Medina Garrigues

Medina Garrigues at the 2014 Madrid Open
Full name	Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Valencia, Spain
Born	(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
Singles
Career record	478-351 (57.7%)
Career titles	11
Highest ranking	No. 16 (4 May 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (2002, 2009)
French Open	4R (2007)
Wimbledon	3R (2006, 2008, 2009)
US Open	3R (2005, 2007, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	447-295 (60.2%)
Career titles	28
Highest ranking	No. 3 (10 November 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2008)
French Open	W (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon	SF (2009)
US Open	SF (2008, 2012)
Olympic Games	Silver medal (2008)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2009)
French Open	2R (2011)
Wimbledon	SF (2015)
US Open	SF (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	18-16
Coaching career
Coaching achievements
Coachee singles titles total	2
List of notable tournaments (with champion) French Open (Ostapenko)

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

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2008	French Open	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Casey Dellacqua Francesca Schiavone	2-6, 7-5, 6-4
Win	2009	French Open (2)	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina	6-1, 6-1

Olympic Games

Doubles: 1 silver medal

Outcome	Year	Competition	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Silver	2008	Beijing Olympics	Hard	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Serena Williams Venus Williams	2-6, 0-6

Tournament of Champions

Singles: 1 runner-up

Result	Year	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2011	Nusa Dua, Bali	Hard	Ana Ivanovic	3-6, 0-6

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 tournaments

Doubles: 1 runner-up

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2005	Italian Open	Clay	Maria Kirilenko	Cara Black Liezel Huber	0-6, 6-4, 1-6

WTA career finals

Singles: 18 (11 titles, 7 runner-ups)

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)

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

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

Singles

Doubles

Team events

Hopman Cup (1-1)

Result	Date	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	9 January 2007	Perth	Hard	Tommy Robredo	Nadia Petrova Dmitry Tursunov	0-2
Win	5 January 2013	Perth	Hard	Fernando Verdasco	Ana Ivanovic Novak Djokovic	2-1

Notes

References

External links

• Anabel Medina Garrigues at the Women's Tennis Association
• Anabel Medina Garrigues at the International Tennis Federation
• Anabel Medina Garrigues at the Billie Jean King Cup