Spanish tennis player
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In this Spanish name, theââfirst/paternal surname is Parra and the second or maternal family name is Santonja.
Parra Santonja at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships | |
Country (sports) | Spain |
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Residence | Barcelona, Spain |
Born | (1982-11-09) 9 November 1982 (age 41) Valencia, Spain |
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | 2000 |
Retired | May 2019 |
Plays | Right (two-handed both sides) |
Prize money | US$ 2,161,163 |
Singles | |
Career record | 386â331 (53.8%) |
Career titles | 11 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 46 (12 July 2010) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2006) |
French Open | 3R (2004) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2003, "2004," 2009, 2010) |
US Open | 2R (2003, 2004) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 330â287 (53.5%) |
Career titles | 11 WTA, 9 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 22 (2 April 2012) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2013) |
French Open | QF (2014) |
Wimbledon | QF (2011) |
US Open | 2R (2011, "2014," 2015, 2016, 2017) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2014, 2015) |
French Open | QF (2014) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2014) |
US Open | 1R (2014) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 4â0 |
Coaching career | |
Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spanish pronunciation: [aËÉŸantÊa Ëpara sanËtoĆxa]; 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 finalsâ»
Premier Mandatory tournamentsâ»
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)â»
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2013 | China Open | Hard | Vera Dushevina | Cara Black Sania Mirza |
2â6, 2â6 |
WTA Tour finalsâ»
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)â»
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Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | May 2010 | Estoril Open, Portugal | Clay | Anastasija Sevastova | 2â6, 5â7 |
Loss | 2. | Feb 2011 | Abierto Mexicano, Mexico | Clay | Gisela Dulko | 3â6, 6â7 |
Doubles: 27 (11 titles, 16 runner-ups)â»
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Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | Jul 2003 | Palermo Ladies Open, Italy | Clay | MarĂa JosĂ© MartĂnez SĂĄnchez | Adriana Serra Zanetti Emily Stellato |
4â6, 2â6 |
Loss | 2. | Feb 2004 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | Clay | MarĂa JosĂ© MartĂnez SĂĄnchez | Barbara Schwartz Jasmin Wöhr |
1â6, 3â6 |
Win | 1. | Mar 2007 | Mexican Open, Acapulco | Clay | Lourdes DomĂnguez Lino | Ămilie Loit Nicole Pratt |
6â3, 6â3 |
Loss | 3. | May 2007 | Estoril Open, Portugal | Clay | Lourdes DomĂnguez Lino | Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Anastasia Rodionova |
3â6, 2â6 |
Win | 2. | Jun 2007 | Barcelona Open, Spain | Clay | Nuria Llagostera Vives | Lourdes DomĂnguez Lino Flavia Pennetta |
7â6, 2â6, â» |
Win | 3. | Jun 2008 | Barcelona Open, Spain | Clay | Lourdes DomĂnguez Lino | Nuria Llagostera Vives MarĂa JosĂ© MartĂnez SĂĄnchez |
4â6, 7â5, â» |
Loss | 4. | Jan 2009 | Auckland Open, New Zealand | Hard | Nuria Llagostera Vives | Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo |
6â4, 6â7, â» |
Loss | 5. | Feb 2009 | Mexican Open | Clay | Lourdes DomĂnguez Lino | Nuria Llagostera Vives MarĂa JosĂ© MartĂnez SĂĄnchez |
4â6, 2â6 |
Loss | 6. | Jan 2010 | Brisbane International, Australia | Hard | Melinda Czink | Andrea HlavĂĄÄkovĂĄ Lucie HradeckĂĄ |
6â2, 6â7, â» |
Loss | 7. | Feb 2011 | Mexican Open | Clay | Lourdes DomĂnguez Lino | Mariya Koryttseva Raluca Olaru |
7â5, 5â7, â» |
Win | 4. | Apr 2011 | Andalucia Tennis Experience, Spain | Clay | Nuria Llagostera Vives | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci |
3â6, 6â4, â» |
Loss | 8. | Jul 2011 | BĂ„stad Open, Sweden | Clay | Nuria Llagostera Vives | Lourdes DomĂnguez Lino MarĂa JosĂ© MartĂnez SĂĄnchez |
3â6, 3â6 |
Win | 5. | Jan 2012 | Brisbane International, Australia | Hard | Nuria Llagostera Vives | Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears |
7â6, 7â6 |
Loss | 9. | Mar 2012 | Mexican Open | Clay | Lourdes DomĂnguez Lino | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci |
2â6, 1â6 |
Win | 6. | Mar 2013 | Mexican Open | Clay | Lourdes DomĂnguez Lino | Catalina Castaño Mariana Duque Mariño |
6â4, 7â6 |
Loss | 10. | Jun 2013 | Rosmalen Open, Netherlands | Grass | Dominika CibulkovĂĄ | Irina-Camelia Begu Anabel Medina Garrigues |
6â4, 6â7, â» |
Loss | 11. | Oct 2013 | China Open, Beijing | Hard | Vera Dushevina | Cara Black Sania Mirza |
2â6, 2â6 |
Win | 7. | Jun 2014 | Rosmalen Open | Grass | Marina Erakovic | Michaëlla Krajicek Kristina Mladenovic |
0â6, 7â6, â» |
Loss | 12. | Aug 2014 | Connecticut Open, United States | Hard | Marina Erakovic | SĂlvia Soler Espinosa Andreja KlepaÄ |
5â7, 6â4, â» |
Loss | 13. | Oct 2014 | Kremlin Cup, Russia | Hard (i) | Caroline Garcia | Martina Hingis Flavia Pennetta |
3â6, 7â5 |
Win | 8. | Feb 2015 | Diamond Games, Belgium | Hard (i) | Anabel Medina Garrigues | An-Sophie Mestach Alison Van Uytvanck |
6â4, 3â6, â» |
Loss | 14. | Aug 2015 | Stanford Classic, United States | Hard | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai |
1â6, 3â6 |
Loss | 15. | Oct 2015 | Luxembourg Open | Hard (i) | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Mona Barthel Laura Siegemund |
2â6, 6â7 |
Loss | 16. | Nov 2015 | WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai | Hard (i) | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Liang Chen Wang Yafan |
4â6, 3â6 |
Win | 9. | Feb 2016 | Mexican Open | Hard | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson |
6â0, 6â4 |
Win | 10. | Mar 2016 | Monterrey Open, Mexico | Hard | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Petra MartiÄ Maria Sanchez |
4â6, 7â5, â» |
Win | 11. | May 2016 | Internationaux de Strasbourg, France | Clay | Anabel Medina Garrigues | MarĂa Irigoyen Liang Chen |
6â2, 6â0 |
ITF Circuit finalsâ»
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles (11â6)â»
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1. | 24 June 2001 | ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal | Hard | Vanessa Devesa | 6â2, 6â2 |
Win | 2. | 5 August 2001 | ITF Pontevedra, Spain | Hard | Ana Catarina Nogueira | 6â3, 6â1 |
Loss | 1. | 18 August 2001 | ITF Koksijde, Belgium | Clay | Marion Bartoli | 2â6, 1â6 |
Loss | 2. | 26 August 2001 | ITF Westende, Belgium | Clay | Lenka SnajdrovĂĄ | 2â6, 4â6 |
Win | 3. | 10 September 2001 | ITF Madrid, Spain | Clay | Anna Floris | 3â6, 6â3, 6â0 |
Win | 4. | 23 September 2001 | ITF Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Ines Heise | 6â3, 6â2 |
Win | 5. | 24 February 2002 | ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal | Hard | Anna Floris | 6â0, 6â4 |
Loss | 3. | 3 March 2002 | ITF Albufeira, Portugal | Hard | Amandine Dulon | 3â6, 6â3, 4â6 |
Win | 6. | 29 September 2002 | ITF Lecce, Italy | Clay | Lenka NÄmeÄkovĂĄ | 6â3, 6â4 |
Win | 7. | 15 June 2003 | Open de Marseille, France | Clay | Claudine Schaul | 6â2, 6â1 |
Loss | 4. | 6 September 2005 | Open Denain, France | Hard | Lioudmila Skavronskaia | 6â7, 0â6 |
Loss | 5. | 23 October 2006 | Sant Cugat del VallĂšs, Spain | Clay | MarĂa JosĂ© MartĂnez SĂĄnchez | 2â6, 4â6 |
Win | 8. | 13 October 2008 | ITF Mexico City, Mexico | Hard | Soledad EsperĂłn | 6â2, 6â2 |
Loss | 6. | 29 November 2008 | ITF Saint-Denis, France | Hard | Patricia Mayr-Achleitner | 4â6, 1â6 |
Win | 9. | 26 July 2009 | PĂ©tange, Luxembourg | Clay | Ekaterina Bychkova | 6â3, 6â2 |
Win | 10. | 27 September 2009 | Open de Saint-Malo, France | Clay | Alexandra Dulgheru | 6â4, 6â3 |
Win | 11. | 14 May 2012 | ITF Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | Olga Savchuk | 6â4, 6â4 |
Doubles (9â11)â»
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 25 June 2001 | ITF Elvas, Portugal | Hard | Oleksandra Kravets | Maria Fernanda Alves Ana Catarina Nogueira |
3â6, 4â6 |
Loss | 2. | 30 July 2001 | ITF Pontevedra, Spain | Hard | Oleksandra Kravets | Natasha Galouza Jolanda Mens |
6â7, 2â6 |
Loss | 3. | 20 August 2001 | ITF Westende, Belgium | Clay | Oleksandra Kravets | Evgenia Subbotina Kildine Chevalier |
5â7, 5â7 |
Win | 1. | 23 September 2001 | ITF Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Anna Font | MarĂa JosĂ© SĂĄnchez Alayeto Lana PopadiÄ |
6â1, 6â2 |
Win | 2. | 25 March 2002 | ITF San Luis PotosĂ, Mexico | Clay | Dominika LuzarovĂĄ | Vanessa Menga Carla Tiene |
7â5, 4â6, 6â3 |
Loss | 4. | 17 June 2002 | ITF Gorizia, Italy | Clay | Carla Tiene | Sandra NaÄuk Tina Hergold |
4â6, 3â6 |
Win | 3. | 8 June 2003 | ITF Galatina, Italy | Clay | MarĂa Emilia Salerni | Bahia Mouhtassine Andreea Ehritt-Vanc |
6â0, 7â6 |
Loss | 5. | 19 April 2005 | Open de Valencia, Spain | Hard | Rosa MarĂa AndrĂ©s RodrĂguez | Kildine Chevalier StĂ©phanie Foretz |
6â4, 6â7, 2â6 |
Win | 4. | 30 October 2005 | ITF Sant Cugat, Spain | Clay | Lourdes DomĂnguez Lino | Conchita MartĂnez Granados MarĂa JosĂ© MartĂnez SĂĄnchez |
6â4, 6â3 |
Loss | 6. | 30 March 2007 | ITF La Palma, Spain | Hard | Melanie South | Petra CetkovskĂĄ Andrea HlavĂĄÄkovĂĄ |
3â6, 2â6 |
Loss | 7. | 20 April 2007 | ITF CalviĂ , Spain | Clay | MarĂa JosĂ© MartĂnez SĂĄnchez | Petra CetkovskĂĄ Andrea HlavĂĄÄkovĂĄ |
5â7, 4â6 |
Win | 5. | 6 July 2007 | ITF Valladolid, Spain | Hard | Nuria Llagostera Vives | Ria Dörnemann Justine Ozga |
6â0, 6â2 |
Win | 6. | 17 September 2007 | ITF Madrid, Spain | Clay | MarĂa JosĂ© MartĂnez SĂĄnchez | Monica Niculescu Yevgenia Savranska |
6â1, 7â6 |
Loss | 8. | 31 March 2008 | ITF Patras, Greece | Clay | MarĂa JosĂ© MartĂnez SĂĄnchez | Tzipora Obziler Anastasiya Yakimova |
5â7, 1â6 |
Loss | 9. | 7 April 2008 | ITF MonzĂłn, Spain | Hard | MarĂa JosĂ© MartĂnez SĂĄnchez | Rika Fujiwara Emmanuelle Gagliardi |
6â1, 6â7, 8â10 |
Win | 7. | 14 April 2008 | Saint-Malo, France | Clay | MarĂa JosĂ© MartĂnez SĂĄnchez | Renata VorĂĄÄovĂĄ Anastasiya Yakimova |
6â2, 6â1 |
Loss | 10. | 18 July 2008 | ITF Biella, Italy | Clay | Lourdes DomĂnguez Lino | Barbora StrĂœcovĂĄ Renata VorĂĄÄovĂĄ |
6â4, 0â6, â» |
Loss | 11. | 21 September 2008 | Sofia Cup, Bulgaria | Clay | Lourdes DomĂnguez Lino | Maret Ani Renata VorĂĄÄovĂĄ |
6â7, 6â7 |
Win | 8. | 29 September 2008 | ITF Cali, Colombia | Clay | Betina Jozami | Frederica Piedade Anastasiya Yakimova |
6â3, 6â1 |
Win | 9. | 11 October 2012 | ITF Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain | Clay | Leticia Costas | Inés Ferrer Suårez RichÚl Hogenkamp |
6â3, 6â3 |
Grand Slam performance timelinesâ»
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); (WâL) winâloss record; .
Singlesâ»
Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | SR | WâL |
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Australian Open | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 2R | Q1 | A | A | 1R | 1R | Q2 | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 1â5 |
French Open | A | Q1 | 3R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | Q2 | Q3 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 4â5 |
Wimbledon | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | Q2 | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 6 | 4â6 |
US Open | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 2â4 | |
Winâloss | 0â0 | 2â2 | 4â4 | 1â4 | 1â2 | 0â0 | 0â0 | 2â3 | 2â4 | 0â3 | 0â0 | 0â0 | 0â0 | 0â0 | 0â0 | 0â0 | 0â0 | 0 / 20 | 11â20 |
Doublesâ»
Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | SR | WâL |
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Australian Open | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 3R | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 12 | 8â12 |
French Open | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 0 / 14 | 11â14 |
Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 14 | 10â14 |
US Open | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 12 | 5â12 |
Winâloss | 0â3 | 1â3 | 0â0 | 2â3 | 0â4 | 2â4 | 0â4 | 5â4 | 3â3 | 4â4 | 5â4 | 3â4 | 5â4 | 2â3 | 3â4 | 0â1 | 0 / 52 | 34â52 |