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Arantxa Parra Santonja

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Arantxa Parra Santonja
Parra Santonja at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceBarcelona, Spain
Born (1982-11-09) 9 November 1982 (age 42)
Valencia, Spain
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2000
RetiredMay 2019
PlaysRight (two-handed both sides)
Prize moneyUS$ 2,161,163
Singles
Career record386–331
Career titles11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 46 (12 July 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2006)
French Open3R (2004)
Wimbledon2R (2003, 2004, 2009, 2010)
US Open2R (2003, 2004)
Doubles
Career record330–287
Career titles11 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 22 (2 April 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2013)
French OpenQF (2014)
WimbledonQF (2011)
US Open2R (2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2014, 2015)
French OpenQF (2014)
Wimbledon2R (2014)
US Open1R (2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup4–0
Coaching career

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

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Premier Mandatory tournaments

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2013 China Open Hard Russia Vera Dushevina Zimbabwe Cara Black
India Sania Mirza
2–6, 2–6

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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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)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. May 2010 Estoril Open, Portugal Clay Latvia Anastasija Sevastova 2–6, 5–7
Loss 2. Feb 2011 Abierto Mexicano, Mexico Clay Argentina Gisela Dulko 3–6, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 27 (11 titles, 16 runner-ups)

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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 Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Italy Adriana Serra Zanetti
Italy Emily Stellato
4–6, 2–6
Loss 2. Feb 2004 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Austria Barbara Schwartz
Germany Jasmin Wöhr
1–6, 3–6
Win 1. Mar 2007 Mexican Open, Acapulco Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino France Émilie Loit
Australia Nicole Pratt
6–3, 6–3
Loss 3. May 2007 Estoril Open, Portugal Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
Russia Anastasia Rodionova
3–6, 2–6
Win 2. Jun 2007 Barcelona Open, Spain Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Italy Flavia Pennetta
7–6, 2–6, [12–10]
Win 3. Jun 2008 Barcelona Open, Spain Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Loss 4. Jan 2009 Auckland Open, New Zealand Hard Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives France Nathalie Dechy
Italy Mara Santangelo
6–4, 6–7(3–7), [10–12]
Loss 5. Feb 2009 Mexican Open Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
4–6, 2–6
Loss 6. Jan 2010 Brisbane International, Australia Hard Hungary Melinda Czink Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
6–2, 6–7(3–7), [4–10]
Loss 7. Feb 2011 Mexican Open Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva
Romania Raluca Olaru
7–5, 5–7, [7–10]
Win 4. Apr 2011 Andalucia Tennis Experience, Spain Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Italy Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci
3–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss 8. Jul 2011 Båstad Open, Sweden Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
3–6, 3–6
Win 5. Jan 2012 Brisbane International, Australia Hard Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives United States Raquel Kops-Jones
United States Abigail Spears
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)
Loss 9. Mar 2012 Mexican Open Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Italy Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci
2–6, 1–6
Win 6. Mar 2013 Mexican Open Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Colombia Catalina Castaño
Colombia Mariana Duque Mariño
6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Loss 10. Jun 2013 Rosmalen Open, Netherlands Grass Slovakia Dominika Cibulková Romania Irina-Camelia Begu
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
6–4, 6–7(3–7), [9–11]
Loss 11. Oct 2013 China Open, Beijing Hard Russia Vera Dushevina Zimbabwe Cara Black
India Sania Mirza
2–6, 2–6
Win 7. Jun 2014 Rosmalen Open Grass New Zealand Marina Erakovic Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
France Kristina Mladenovic
0–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
Loss 12. Aug 2014 Connecticut Open, United States Hard New Zealand Marina Erakovic Spain Sílvia Soler Espinosa
Slovenia Andreja Klepač
5–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss 13. Oct 2014 Kremlin Cup, Russia Hard (i) France Caroline Garcia Switzerland Martina Hingis
Italy Flavia Pennetta
3–6, 7–5
Win 8. Feb 2015 Diamond Games, Belgium Hard (i) Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues Belgium An-Sophie Mestach
Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck
6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Loss 14. Aug 2015 Stanford Classic, United States Hard Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues China Xu Yifan
China Zheng Saisai
1–6, 3–6
Loss 15. Oct 2015 Luxembourg Open Hard (i) Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues Germany Mona Barthel
Germany Laura Siegemund
2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 16. Nov 2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai Hard (i) Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues China Liang Chen
China Wang Yafan
4–6, 3–6
Win 9. Feb 2016 Mexican Open Hard Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Sweden Johanna Larsson
6–0, 6–4
Win 10. Mar 2016 Monterrey Open, Mexico Hard Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues Croatia Petra Martić
United States Maria Sanchez
4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Win 11. May 2016 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France Clay Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues Argentina María Irigoyen
China Liang Chen
6–2, 6–0

ITF Circuit finals

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$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (11–6)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 24 June 2001 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal Hard Spain Vanessa Devesa 6–2, 6–2
Win 2. 5 August 2001 ITF Pontevedra, Spain Hard Portugal Ana Catarina Nogueira 6–3, 6–1
Loss 1. 18 August 2001 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay France Marion Bartoli 2–6, 1–6
Loss 2. 26 August 2001 ITF Westende, Belgium Clay Czech Republic Lenka Snajdrová 2–6, 4–6
Win 3. 10 September 2001 ITF Madrid, Spain Clay Italy Anna Floris 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Win 4. 23 September 2001 ITF Barcelona, Spain Clay Germany Ines Heise 6–3, 6–2
Win 5. 24 February 2002 ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal Hard Italy Anna Floris 6–0, 6–4
Loss 3. 3 March 2002 ITF Albufeira, Portugal Hard France Amandine Dulon 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 6. 29 September 2002 ITF Lecce, Italy Clay Czech Republic Lenka Němečková 6–3, 6–4
Win 7. 15 June 2003 Open de Marseille, France Clay Luxembourg Claudine Schaul 6–2, 6–1
Loss 4. 6 September 2005 Open Denain, France Hard Russia Lioudmila Skavronskaia 6–7(5), 0–6
Loss 5. 23 October 2006 Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain Clay Spain María José Martínez Sánchez 2–6, 4–6
Win 8. 13 October 2008 ITF Mexico City, Mexico Hard Argentina Soledad Esperón 6–2, 6–2
Loss 6. 29 November 2008 ITF Saint-Denis, France Hard Austria Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 4–6, 1–6
Win 9. 26 July 2009 Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Russia Ekaterina Bychkova 6–3, 6–2
Win 10. 27 September 2009 Open de Saint-Malo, France Clay Romania Alexandra Dulgheru 6–4, 6–3
Win 11. 14 May 2012 ITF Casablanca, Morocco Clay Ukraine Olga Savchuk 6–4, 6–4

Doubles (9–11)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 25 June 2001 ITF Elvas, Portugal Hard Ukraine Oleksandra Kravets Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves
Portugal Ana Catarina Nogueira
3–6, 4–6
Loss 2. 30 July 2001 ITF Pontevedra, Spain Hard Ukraine Oleksandra Kravets Netherlands Natasha Galouza
Netherlands Jolanda Mens
6–7(5), 2–6
Loss 3. 20 August 2001 ITF Westende, Belgium Clay Ukraine Oleksandra Kravets Belarus Evgenia Subbotina
France Kildine Chevalier
5–7, 5–7
Win 1. 23 September 2001 ITF Barcelona, Spain Clay Spain Anna Font Spain María José Sánchez Alayeto
Croatia Lana Popadić
6–1, 6–2
Win 2. 25 March 2002 ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Czech Republic Dominika Luzarová Brazil Vanessa Menga
Brazil Carla Tiene
7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 4. 17 June 2002 ITF Gorizia, Italy Clay Brazil Carla Tiene Serbia and Montenegro Sandra Načuk
Slovenia Tina Hergold
4–6, 3–6
Win 3. 8 June 2003 ITF Galatina, Italy Clay Argentina María Emilia Salerni Morocco Bahia Mouhtassine
Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
6–0, 7–6(6)
Loss 5. 19 April 2005 Open de Valencia, Spain Hard Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez France Kildine Chevalier
France Stéphanie Foretz
6–4, 6–7(5), 2–6
Win 4. 30 October 2005 ITF Sant Cugat, Spain Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
6–4, 6–3
Loss 6. 30 March 2007 ITF La Palma, Spain Hard United Kingdom Melanie South Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
3–6, 2–6
Loss 7. 20 April 2007 ITF Calvià, Spain Clay Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
5–7, 4–6
Win 5. 6 July 2007 ITF Valladolid, Spain Hard Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Germany Ria Dörnemann
Germany Justine Ozga
6–0, 6–2
Win 6. 17 September 2007 ITF Madrid, Spain Clay Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Romania Monica Niculescu
Ukraine Yevgenia Savranska
6–1, 7–6(4)
Loss 8. 31 March 2008 ITF Patras, Greece Clay Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Israel Tzipora Obziler
Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova
5–7, 1–6
Loss 9. 7 April 2008 ITF Monzón, Spain Hard Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Japan Rika Fujiwara
Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi
6–1, 6–7(5), 8–10
Win 7. 14 April 2008 Saint-Malo, France Clay Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova
6–2, 6–1
Loss 10. 18 July 2008 ITF Biella, Italy Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
6–4, 0–6, [5–10]
Loss 11. 21 September 2008 Sofia Cup, Bulgaria Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Estonia Maret Ani
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
6–7(4), 6–7(9)
Win 8. 29 September 2008 ITF Cali, Colombia Clay Argentina Betina Jozami Portugal Frederica Piedade
Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova
6–3, 6–1
Win 9. 11 October 2012 ITF Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain Clay Spain Leticia Costas Ukraine Inés Ferrer Suárez
Netherlands Richèl Hogenkamp
6–3, 6–3

Grand Slam performance timelines

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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

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Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 SR W–L
Australian Open A Q1 1R 1R 2R Q1 A A 1R 1R Q2 Q2 A A A A A 0 / 5 1–5
French Open A Q1 3R 2R 1R A A A 2R 1R Q2 Q3 A A A A A 0 / 5 4–5
Wimbledon A 2R 2R 1R Q2 A A 2R 2R 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 6 4–6
US Open Q1 2R 2R 1R Q1 A A A 1R Q1 A Q1 A A A A 0 / 4 2–4
Win–loss 0–0 2–2 4–4 1–4 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–3 2–4 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 20 11–20

Doubles

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Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 SR W–L
Australian Open A 1R A A 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R 1R 3R A 2R 1R 0 / 12 8–12
French Open 1R 2R A 2R 1R 2R 1R 2R 3R 2R QF 1R 1R 1R 2R A 0 / 14 11–14
Wimbledon 1R 1R A 2R 1R 1R 1R QF 1R 1R 1R 3R 3R 2R 2R A 0 / 14 10–14
US Open 1R A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R A 1R 2R 2R 2R 2R 1R A 0 / 12 5–12
Win–loss 0–3 1–3 0–0 2–3 0–4 2–4 0–4 5–4 3–3 4–4 5–4 3–4 5–4 2–3 3–4 0–1 0 / 52 34–52
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