Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Sehnde |
Born | Hanover, West Germany | 11 October 1982
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Turned pro | 1999 |
Retired | 2011 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,040,531 |
Singles | |
Career record | 288–255 |
Career titles | 1 WTA, 10 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 33 (2 April 2007) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2002, 2006, 2007) |
French Open | 2R (2002, 2006, 2007) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2006, 2007) |
US Open | 3R (2002) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 158–167 |
Career titles | 1 WTA, 10 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 47 (25 February 2008) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 4–8 |
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.
Career
Coached by her father, Reinhard Müller, Martina had her best results on clay courts: she won her only WTA Tour singles title at the Budapest Grand Prix and a WTA Tour doubles title in 's-Hertogenbosch on grass. On the ITF Women's Circuit, she won ten singles and ten doubles titles. On 2 April 2007, she reached a career-high WTA ranking of 33. In February 2008, she peaked at No. 47 in the WTA 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 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 Palermo Ladies Open, 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 Tour finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Winner - Legend | |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |
Tier I (0–0) | |
Tier II (0–0) | |
Tier III (0–0) | |
Tier IV & V (1–1) |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1. | Apr 2002 | Budapest, Hungary |
Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
Loss | 1. | Jul 2007 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
0–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)
Winner - Legend | |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |
Tier I (0–0) | |
Tier II (0–0) | |
Tier III (0–3) | |
Tier IV & V (1–1) |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1. | Jun 2002 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands |
Grass | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Loss | 1. | May 2006 | Strasbourg, France | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–7(1–7) |
Loss | 2. | Apr 2007 | Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary |
Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 2–6 |
Loss | 3. | Jan 2008 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 4. | Feb 2008 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
Legend |
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$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles (10–7)
Result | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1. | 13 June 1999 | Meinerzhagen, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
6–0, 6–2 |
Loss | 1. | 15 August 1999 | Rebecq, Belgium | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
Win | 2. | 28 January 2001 | Båstad, Sweden | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–2, 6–0 |
Loss | 2. | 15 April 2001 | San Luis Potosi, Mexico | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 3. | 19 August 2001 | Bronx, United States | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 3–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Win | 3. | 25 January 2004 | Grenoble, France | Hard (i) | ![]() |
7–5, 6–1 |
Loss | 4. | 5 April 2004 | Patras, Greece | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 4. | 2 May 2004 | Taranto, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 5. | 20 June 2004 | Gorizia, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 5. | 4 July 2004 | Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 7–5 |
Win | 6. | 17 April 2005 | Biarritz, France | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–2 |
Loss | 6. | 9 April 2006 | Athens, Greece | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 7. | 16 April 2006 | Civitavecchia, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 8. | 30 April 2006 | Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–0 |
Win | 9. | 6 August 2006 | Baden-Baden, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 10. | 17 September 2006 | Bordeaux, France | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 7. | 29 July 2007 | Pétange, Luxembourg | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 4–6 |
Doubles (10–7)
Result | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1. | 2 August 2003 | Harrisonburg, US | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–6(4) |
Loss | 2. | 21 September 2003 | Biella, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 3. | 26 October 2003 | Rockhampton, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 5–7 |
Win | 4. | 25 January 2004 | Grenoble, France | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–1 |
Loss | 5. | 15 February 2004 | Sunderland, UK | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Win | 6. | 22 March 2004 | Athens, Greece | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 1–6, 6–4 |
Win | 7. | 5 April 2004 | Patras, Greece | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7), 6–3 |
Loss | 8. | 25 April 2004 | Bari, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 7–5, 2-6 |
Loss | 9. | 19 June 2004 | Gorizia, Italy | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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6–7(4), 2–6 |
Loss | 10. | 22 June 2004 | Fontanafredda, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 11. | 11 July 2004 | Darmstadt, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 7–5 |
Win | 12. | 20 September 2004 | Biella, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 13. | 5 February 2005 | Sunderland, UK | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 14. | 13 November 2005 | Toronto, Canada | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 15. | 16 April 2006 | Civitavecchia, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(9), 6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 16. | 28 July 2007 | Pétange, Luxembourg | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(4), 1–6, 6–7(1) |
Win | 17. | 7 April 2008 | Biarritz, France | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(5), 3–6, [10–8] |
References
- ^ "Martina - Französisch-Übersetzung - Langenscheidt Deutsch-Französisch Wörterbuch" (in German and French). Langenscheidt. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN 9781405881180
- ^ Official Website latest also WTA Martina Müller Weds & Announces Retirement