Martina Müller (tennis)

Martina Müller-Skibbe (German pronunciation: [maʁˈtiːna ˈmʏlɐ];[1][2] born 11 October 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She won one singles title and one doubles title on the WTA tour.

Martina Müller
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceSehnde
Born (1982-10-11) 11 October 1982
Hanover, West Germany
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2011
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,040,531
Singles
Career record288–255
Career titles1 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 33 (2 April 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2002, 2006, 2007)
French Open2R (2002, 2006, 2007)
Wimbledon2R (2006, 2007)
US Open3R (2002)
Doubles
Career record158–167
Career titles1 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 47 (25 February 2008)

Career

Coached by her father, Reinhard Müller, Martina had her best success on clay courts: she won her only WTA Tour singles title at the Budapest Grand Prix and one WTA Tour doubles title in 's-Hertogenbosch. On the ITF Women's Circuit, she won ten singles and ten doubles titles in her career. On 2 April 2007, she reached a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 33. In February 2008, she peaked at No. 47 in the doubles rankings.

In 2007, she started the year with middling results, reaching the second round at the Australian Open, losing to Elena Dementieva in three sets. From January to April, Müller never came past the second round of a tournament. In May, at the Qatar German Open in Berlin, she defeated Eleni Daniilidou and 13th seed Shahar Pe'er to reach the round of 16 where she lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova 3–6, 2–6. She reached the second round of Roland Garros, losing to Dominika Cibulková, and the second round at Wimbledon, retiring against Agnieszka Radwańska. In the previous round, Müller double-bageled Anna Smashnova. She reached the final at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo before being defeated by Hungarian Ágnes Szávay in two sets.

Müller married longtime boyfriend Florian Skibbe in August 2011 and subsequently announced her retirement.[3]

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Winner - Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV & V (1–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. Apr 2002 Budapest, Hungary Clay Switzerland Myriam Casanova 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up 1. Jul 2007 Palermo, Italy Clay Hungary Ágnes Szávay 0–6, 1–6

Doubles: 5 (1–4)

Winner - Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–3)
Tier IV & V (1–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. Jun 2002 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Australia Catherine Barclay-Reitz Germany Bianka Lamade
Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva
6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 1. May 2006 Strasbourg, France Clay Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc South Africa Liezel Huber
United States Martina Navratilova
2–6, 6–7(1–7)
Runner-up 2. Apr 2007 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Czech Republic Gabriela Chmelinová Hungary Ágnes Szávay
Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová
5–7, 2–6
Runner-up 3. Jan 2008 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová United States Lilia Osterloh
Russia Mariya Koryttseva
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. Feb 2008 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Croatia Jelena Kostanić Tošić Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
3–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (10–7)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 13 June 1999 Meinerzhagen, Germany Clay Germany Lydia Steinbach 6–0, 6–2
Runner-up 1. 15 August 1999 Rebecq, Belgium Clay Belgium Daphne van de Zande 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner 2. 28 January 2001 Båstad, Sweden Hard (i) Estonia Margit Rüütel 6–2, 6–0
Runner-up 2. 15 April 2001 San Luis Potosi, Mexico Clay Italy Maria Elena Camerin 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 3. 19 August 2001 Bronx, United States Hard Austria Barbara Schwartz 7–5, 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner 3. 25 January 2004 Grenoble, France Hard (i) France Aravane Rezaï 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 4. 5 April 2004 Patras, Greece Hard Belarus Ekaterina Dzehalevich 4–6, 4–6
Winner 4. 2 May 2004 Taranto, Italy Clay Russia Nina Bratchikova 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 5. 20 June 2004 Gorizia, Italy Clay Argentina Vanina García Sokol 1–6, 4–6
Winner 5. 4 July 2004 Vaihingen, Germany Clay Italy Nathalie Viérin 6–2, 7–5
Winner 6. 17 April 2005 Biarritz, France Clay Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Runner-up 6. 9 April 2006 Athens, Greece Clay France Aurélie Védy 6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Winner 7. 16 April 2006 Civitavecchia, Italy Clay Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 6–1, 6–1
Winner 8. 30 April 2006 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–0
Winner 9. 6 August 2006 Baden-Baden, Germany Clay Czech Republic Kateřina Böhmová 6–1, 6–1
Winner 10. 17 September 2006 Bordeaux, France Clay Germany Sandra Klösel 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 7. 29 July 2007 Pétange, Luxembourg Clay France Pauline Parmentier 1–6, 4–6

Doubles (10–7)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 2 August 2003 Harrisonburg, United States Hard South Africa Surina De Beer Brazil Ana Maria Moura
United States Danielle Wiggins
6–2, 7–6(4)
Runner-up 2. 21 September 2003 Biella, Italy Clay Czech Republic Lenka Němečková Slovakia Ľubomíra Kurhajcová
Czech Republic Libuše Průšová
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 26 October 2003 Rockhampton, Australia Hard South Africa Natalie Grandin Australia Trudi Musgrave
United States Abigail Spears
1–6, 5–7
Winner 4. 25 January 2004 Grenoble,France Hard (i) Germany Stefanie Weis Germany Antonia Matic
Slovakia Lenka Tvarošková
6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 5. 15 February 2004 Sunderland, Great Britain Hard (i) United Kingdom Helen Crook Republic of Ireland Claire Curran
Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk
4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner 6. 22 March 2004 Athens, Greece Hard Latvia Līga Dekmeijere Hungary Zsófia Gubacsi
Hungary Kira Nagy
6–2, 1–6, 6–4
Winner 7. 5 April 2004 Patras, Greece Hard Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová United Kingdom Chantal Coombs
United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith
7–6(7), 6–3
Runner-up 8. 25 April 2004 Bari, Italy Clay Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
2–6, 7–5, 2-6
Runner-up 9. 19 June 2004 Gorizia, Italy Carpet (i) Germany Angelika Rösch Romania Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie
Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
6–7(4), 2–6
Runner-up 10. 22 June 2004 Fontanafredda, Italy Clay Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová Argentina Erica Krauth
Hungary Katalin Marosi
6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Winner 11. 11 July 2004 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Germany Vanessa Henke Serbia and Montenegro Katarina Mišić
Serbia and Montenegro Dragana Zarić
6–1, 7–5
Winner 12. 20 September 2004 Biella, Italy Clay Argentina Erica Krauth Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Croatia Darija Jurak
6–2, 6–3
Winner 13. 5 February 2005 Sunderland, Great Britain Hard (i) Sweden Sofia Arvidsson Serbia and Montenegro Dragana Zarić
Serbia and Montenegro Katarina Mišić
6–2, 6–3
Winner 14. 13 November 2005 Toronto, Canada Hard (i) Ukraine Olena Antypina United States Lauren Barnikow
United States Kristen Schlukebir
6–3, 6–1
Winner 15. 16 April 2006 Civitavecchia, Italy Clay Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká Ukraine Tatiana Perebiynis
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
6–7(9), 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up 16. 28 July 2007 Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Luxembourg Claudine Schaul Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro
7–6(4), 1–6, 6–7(1)
Winner 17. 7 April 2008 Biarritz, France Clay Australia Christina Wheeler Argentina Jorgelina Cravero
Argentina Betina Jozami
7–6(5), 3–6 [10–8]

References

  1. "Martina - Französisch-Übersetzung - Langenscheidt Deutsch-Französisch Wörterbuch" (in German and French). Langenscheidt. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  2. Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN 9781405881180
  3. Official Website latest also WTA Martina Müller Weds & Announces Retirement
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