Sandra Martinović
Martinović at the 2011 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Biel, Switzerland |
Born | Brčko, SFR Yugoslavia | 4 October 1979
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | 1996 |
Retired | 2012 |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $136,541 |
Singles | |
Career record | 325–258 |
Career titles | 13 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 187 (28 July 2008) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | Q3 (2008) |
Wimbledon | Q1 (2008) |
US Open | Q1 (2008) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 122–124 |
Career titles | 11 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 199 (28 April 2008) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 13–15 |
Sandra Martinović (born 4 October 1979) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian former tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is No. 187, achieved on 28 July 2008, and her best doubles ranking world No. 199, achieved on 28 April 2008.
Career
Martinović is the daughter of Ivo and Mara Martinović, and she began playing tennis at the age of nine. Her family moved from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Austria when she was 12, where she practiced in Hermagor. At the age of 17, she won her first WTA ranking points, and after finishing school, she moved to Germany to become a professional tennis player.
She improved her ranking to 187 in 2008 when she reached the third round of qualifying for the French Open and also played qualifications at Wimbledon and the US Open the same year. In her career, she won 13 ITF singles and 11 doubles titles. In 2006, she was acknowledged as "one of the most successful players" on the European circuit by Tennis Europe, the sanctioning body of European women's tournament of the ITF Women's Circuit.
At the end of 2012, Martinović ended her career. She had won over $130,000,[1] and is now working as coach at the Swiss Tennis Academy[2] in Biel, Switzerland.
ITF Circuit finals
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$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 17 (13–4)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 1 November 1999 | ITF Ain Sukhna, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 4–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 25 Aug 2003 | ITF Alphen a/d Rijn, Netherlands | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 3. | 19 April 2004 | ITF Hvar, Croatia | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 1. | 28 June 2004 | ITF Heerhugowaard, Netherlands | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 2. | 28 June 2005 | ITF Padova, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 3. | 27 September 2005 | ITF Benevento, Italy | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 4. | 15 November 2005 | ITF Mallorca, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
7–6, 4–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 4. | 12 June 2006 | ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 5. | 20 June 2006 | ITF Davos, Switzerland | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 6. | 11 July 2006 | ITF Garching, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
6–7, 6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 7. | 24 July 2006 | ITF Horb, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Winner | 8. | 28 August 2006 | ITF Vienna, Austria | Clay | ![]() |
w/o |
Winner | 9. | 8 October 2007 | ITF Reggio Calabria, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
Winner | 10. | 22 June 2009 | ITF Davos, Switzerland | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–3 |
Winner | 11. | 17 August 2009 | ITF Wahlstedt, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Winner | 12. | 8 October 2007 | ITF Ciampino, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 13. | 22 August 2011 | ITF Enschede, Netherlands | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Doubles: 21 (11–10)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 4 August 1997 | ITF Périgueux, France | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 1. | 19 April 2004 | ITF Hvar, Croatia | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 2. | 20 June 2005 | ITF Davos, Switzerland | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 2 August 2005 | Bad Saulgau, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
Winner | 2. | 28 August 2006 | Vienna, Austria | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 4. | 14 February 2007 | Biberach, Germany | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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2–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 3. | 7 May 2007 | Warsaw, Poland | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 2–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 4. | 14 July 2007 | Toruń, Poland | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 5. | 6 August 2007 | Hechingen, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 5. | 24 September 2007 | Podgorica, Montenegro | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 6. | 8 October 2007 | Reggio Calabria, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 24 March 2008 | Latina, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–0, 6–7(6), [7–10] |
Winner | 6. | 22 September 2008 | Podgorica, Montenegro | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 7. | 27 October 2008 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–7(5), [10–6] |
Winner | 8. | 2 March 2009 | Buchen, Germany | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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5–7, 7–5, [10–8] |
Winner | 9. | 28 September 2009 | Ciampino, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 8. | 8 February 2010 | Vale do Lobo, Portugal | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 10. | 30 July 2011 | Bad Waltersdorf, Austria | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 3–6, [10–8] |
Runner-up | 9. | 1 August 2011 | ITF Vienna, Austria | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | 12 March 2012 | ITF Madrid, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7, 6–2, [8–10] |
Winner | 11. | 19 March 2012 | ITF Madrid, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
References
- ^ admin (2017-04-07). "Sandra Martinovic". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- ^ Swiss Tennis Academy