Alicia Ortuño

Alicia Ortuño (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈliθja oɾˈtuɲo]; born 2 May 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.[2] From 1990 to 2001, she won 30 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit,[3] and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. She appeared in six Grand Slam events.[2]

Alicia Ortuño
Country (sports) Spain
Born (1976-05-02) 2 May 1976
Barcelona, Spain[1]
Turned pro1990
Retired2002
Prize money$168,690
Singles
Career record213–176 (54.8%)
Career titles0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 155 (20 July 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (1996)
French OpenQ2 (1998)
WimbledonQ1 (1998)
US OpenQ1 (1998, 1999)
Doubles
Career record196–119 (62.2%)
Career titles1 WTA, 24 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 82 (1 November 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1999, 2000)
French Open3R (1999)
Wimbledon1R (1999)
US Open1R (1999)

Career highlights

On 1 November 1999, Ortuño reached her highest doubles ranking of world No. 82.[2] Her highest singles ranking came on 20 July 1998, when she became world No. 155.[2]

In 1994, Ortuño partnered with Cristina Torrens Valero to win her first ITF doubles title in the $25k Barcelona tournament.[4] In 1999, Ortuño and Torrens-Valero partnered again to win the doubles title of the WTA Tour Estoril Open.[5][6]

Grand Slam appearances

From 1996–1999, Ortuño competed in six Grand Slam tournaments: twice at the Australian Open, once at the French Open, once at Wimbledon and twice at the US Open.[7]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV & V (1–0)
Outcome Date Championship Surface Partnering Opponents Score
Winner 5 April 1999 Estoril Open, Portugal Clay Spain Cristina Torrens Valero Hungary Anna Földényi
Hungary Rita Kuti-Kis
7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–3

ITF Circuit 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. 19 June 1995 ITF Elvas, Portugal Hard Spain Marta Cano 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(3)
Runner-up 2. 4 September 1995 ITF Cáceres, Spain Clay Spain Paula Hermida 3–6, 2–6
Winner 3. 5 February 1996 ITF Carvoeiro Portugal Hard Italy Emanuela Brusati 6–4, 6–3
Winner 4. 20 January 1997 Ourense, Spain Hard (i) Netherlands Linda Sentis 6–3, 6–2
Winner 5. 14 April 1997 Elvas, Portugal Hard Spain Paula Hermida 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 6. 25 August 1997 Orbetello, Italy Clay Czech Republic Radka Bobková 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 7. 1 September 1997 Spoleto, Italy Clay Italy Laura Garrone w/o
Runner-up 8. 20 April 1998 Espinho, Portugal Clay Spain Mariam Ramon Climent 0–6, 2–6
Winner 9. 9 November 1998 San Salvador, El Salvador Clay Switzerland Aliénor Tricerri 6–1, 6–0
Winner 10. 20 November 2000 ITF Manila, Philippines Clay South Korea Chae Kyung-yee 5–3, 4–2

Doubles: 38 (24–14)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 22 March 1993 ITF Madrid, Spain Clay Spain Vanessa Castellano Czech Republic Dominika Gorecká
Czech Republic Lenka Němečková
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 26 April 1993 Porto, Portugal Clay Spain Vanessa Castellano Spain Eva Bes
Spain Eva Jiménez
7–5, 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 14 March 1994 Zaragoza, Spain Clay Slovakia Patrícia Marková Czech Republic Jindra Gabrisova
Czech Republic Dominika Gorecká
5–7, 7–5, 4–6
Winner 4. 2 May 1994 Balaguer, Spain Clay Spain Cristina Torrens Valero Spain Rosa María Pérez
Argentina Valentina Solari
6–1, 6–1
Winner 5. 9 May 1994 Mollet, Spain Clay Spain Cristina Torrens Valero Argentina Mariana Randrup
Argentina Cintia Tortorella
6–4, 6–0
Winner 6. 30 May 1994 Barcelona, Spain Hard Spain Cristina Torrens Valero Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Czech Republic Petra Kučová
3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner 7. 4 September 1995 Cáceres, Spain Clay Spain Cristina Torrens Valero Spain Patricia Aznar
Spain Eva Bes
6–2, 6–3
Winner 8. 16 June 1996 Salzburg, Austria Clay Argentina Veronica Stele Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Portugal Sofia Prazeres
6–0, 6–4
Winner 9. 14 July 1996 Vigo, Spain Clay Argentina Veronica Stele Israel Nataly Cahana
Israel Hila Rosen
6–2, 6–4
Winner 10. 21 July 1996 Bilbao, Spain Clay Argentina Veronica Stele Spain Marta Cano
Spain Nuria Montero
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 11. 2 September 1996 Spoleto, Italy Clay Dominican Republic Joelle Schad Brazil Miriam D'Agostini
Portugal Sofia Prazeres
5–7, 4–6
Winner 12. 13 January 1997 Pontevedra, Spain Hard (i) Portugal Sofia Prazeres Italy Tathiana Garbin
Italy Sara Ventura
4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner 13. 20 January 1997 Ourense, Spain Hard (i) Portugal Sofia Prazeres Netherlands Linda Sentis
Netherlands Susanne Trik
6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 14. 14 April 1997 Elvas, Portugal Hard Brazil Miriam D'Agostini Canada Aneta Soukup
Norway Tina Samara
4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 15. 2 June 1997 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Israel Hila Rosen United States Erika deLone
Australia Nicole Pratt
3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 16. 14 July 1997 Getxo, Spain Clay Israel Hila Rosen Netherlands Amanda Hopmans
Belgium Patty Van Acker
5–7, 6–4, 5–7
Winner 17. 4 August 1997 Carthage, Tunisia Clay Slovakia Zuzana Váleková Spain Eva Bes
Spain Elena Salvador
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner 18. 20 October 1997 Ceuta, Spain Hard Spain Patricia Aznar Spain Ainhoa Goñi
Spain Yaiza Goñi
w/o
Winner 19. 26 July 1998 Dublin, Ireland Hard Germany Kirstin Freye Australia Lisa McShea
Australia Trudi Musgrave
w/o
Runner-up 20. 2 November 1998 Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil Clay Argentina Luciana Masante Spain Eva Bes
Argentina María Fernanda Landa
6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Winner 21. 9 November 1998 San Salvador, El Salvador Clay United Kingdom Joanne Moore United States Susie Starrett
Switzerland Aliénor Tricerri
6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Winner 22. 22 November 1998 Caracas, Venezuela Hard Brazil Vanessa Menga Canada Maureen Drake
Germany Caroline Schneider
6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up 23. 7 December 1998 Cali, Colombia Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Slovakia Zuzana Váleková
6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Winner 24. 26 April 1999 Espinho, Portugal Clay Hungary Katalin Marosi Italy Francesca Lubiani
Italy Maria Paola Zavagli
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 25. 12 July 1999 Getxo, Spain Clay Spain Gisela Riera Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
6–7(4), 4–6
Runner-up 26. 30 August 1999 Fano, Italy Clay Hungary Katalin Marosi Netherlands Debby Haak
Netherlands Andrea van den Hurk
1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 27. 27 September 1999 Porto, Portugal Clay Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 28. 11 October 1999 Rhodes, Greece Clay Czech Republic Lenka Cenková Italy Tathiana Garbin
Netherlands Amanda Hopmans
6–4, 0–6, 6–7(3)
Winner 29. 3 April 2000 Cagliari, Italy Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková
Germany Jasmin Wöhr
7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Winner 30. 12 June 2000 Grado, Italy Clay Brazil Vanessa Menga Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
3–6, 7–5, 6–1
Winner 31. 19 June 2000 Grado, Italy Clay Brazil Vanessa Menga Spain Maja Matevžič
Serbia and Montenegro Dragana Zarić
4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner 32. 3 July 2000 Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Spain Eva Bes Argentina Eugenia Chialvo
Argentina Jorgelina Cravero
6–2, 6–2
Winner 33. 10 July 2000 Getxo, Spain Clay Croatia Maja Palaveršić Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
6–1, 6–2
Winner 34. 17 July 2000 Valladolid, Spain Clay Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Australia Trudi Musgrave
United Kingdom Lorna Woodroffe
6–2, 6–4
Winner 35. 7 August 2000 Carthage, Tunisia Clay Brazil Vanessa Menga Austria Bianca Kamper
Russia Ekaterina Kozhokina
6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 36. 4 September 2000 Fano, Italy Clay Greece Eleni Daniilidou Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
2–6, 4–6
Winner 37. 18 September 2000 Lecce, Italy Clay Spain Eva Bes Germany Angelika Rösch
Germany Syna Schmidle
6–4, 6–0
Winner 38. 2 April 2001 ITF Juárez, Mexico Clay Venezuela Milagros Sequera Argentina Erica Krauth
Argentina Vanesa Krauth
6–4, 2–6, 6–2

References

  1. Alicia Ortuno, Eurosport
  2. "WTA Players: Alicia Ortuño". wtatennis.com. Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2018-03-01. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  3. "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Player Profile - ORTUNO, Alicia (ESP)". Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  4. "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - $25,000 Barcelona - 30 May - 05 June 1994". itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  5. "1999 Estoril Open – WTA Tennis Doubles Results" (PDF). wtatennis.com. Women's Tennis Association. p. 3. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  6. "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Estoril - 05 April - 11 April 1999". itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  7. "WTA Players: Alicia Ortuño Results". wtatennis.com. Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2018-03-01. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
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