Marina Escobar

Marina Escobar Martínez (born 2 February 1977) is a Spanish former professional tennis player.

Marina Escobar
Full nameMarina Escobar Martínez
Country (sports) Spain
Born (1977-02-02) 2 February 1977
Prize money$29,555
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 325 (24 August 1998)
Doubles
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 140 (26 October 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQ1 (1998)

Biography

Escobar, who had a best singles ranking of 325, was most prominent as a doubles player, winning five ITF titles in the late 1990s. She reached a career high doubles ranking of 140 and took part in the qualifying draw for the 1998 Wimbledon Championships.[1]

Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at the 1998 Madrid Open, where she partnered with Mariam Ramón Climent to make the doubles semi-finals.

In 2001, while attending the University of Málaga, she represented Spain at the Summer Universiade, held in Beijing.[2]

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 22 April 1996 Azeméis, Portugal Hard Sweden Kristina Triska 6–4, 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 12 (5–7)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 29 January 1996 Mallorca, Spain Clay Spain Conchita Martinez Granados Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Spain Laura García
7–5, 0–6, 2–6
Win 1. 23 June 1996 Camucia, Italy Clay Spain Eva Bes Italy Katia Altilia
Italy Paola Tampieri
6–4, 6–7, 6–2
Loss 2. 24 November 1996 Mallorca, Spain Clay Spain Eva Bes Czech Republic Zuzana Lešenarová
Czech Republic Lucie Steflová
6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 3. 31 August 1997 Athens, Greece Clay Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Russia Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sandra Načuk
4–6, 3–6
Win 2. 24 November 1997 Mallorca, Spain Clay Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Austria Melanie Schnell
Hungary Katalin Marosi
6–4, 6–2
Win 3. 3 May 1998 Guimarães, Portugal Hard Spain Paula Hermida Brazil Bruna Colósio
Portugal Cristina Correia
7–6, 6–4
Loss 4. 10 May 1998 Elvas, Portugal Hard Spain Paula Hermida Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Netherlands Debby Haak
W/O
Win 4. 22 June 1998 Santander, Spain Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Colombia Juliana Garcia
Colombia Mariana Mesa Pineda
6–1, 7–6(1)
Loss 5. 28 February 1999 Faro, Portugal Hard Netherlands Debby Haak Czech Republic Gabriela Chmelinová
Czech Republic Olga Vymetálková
2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 5. 27 September 1999 Lerida, Spain Clay Spain Rocío González Croatia Lana Miholcek
Netherlands Susanne Trik
2–6, 7–6(2), 6–0
Loss 6. 4 October 1999 Girona, Spain Clay Spain Rocío González Sweden Maria Wolfbrandt
Italy Mara Santangelo
7–6(3), 1–6, 3–6
Loss 7. 31 July 2000 Vigo, Spain Clay Spain Regina Temez Spain Patricia Aznar
Spain Yolanda Clemot
2–6, 1–6

References

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