Spanish tennis player and coach
Anabel Medina Garrigues Full name Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues Country (sports) Spain Residence Valencia , SpainBorn (1982-07-31 ) 31 July 1982 (age 42) ValenciaHeight 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) Turned pro January 1998 Retired August 2018 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money US$ 5,927,350 Career record 478–351 Career titles 11 Highest ranking No. 16 (4 May 2009) Australian Open 4R (2002, 2009) French Open 4R (2007) Wimbledon 3R (2006, 2008, 2009) US Open 3R (2005, 2007, 2011) Career record 447–295 Career titles 28 Highest ranking No. 3 (10 November 2008) Australian Open SF (2008 ) French Open W (2008 , 2009 )Wimbledon SF (2009 ) US Open SF (2008 , 2012 ) Olympic Games Silver medal (2008 )Australian Open SF (2009 ) French Open 2R (2011 ) Wimbledon SF (2015 ) US Open SF (2013 ) Fed Cup 18–16 Coachee singles titles total 2 List of notable tournaments (with champion)
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Medina and the second or maternal family name is
Garrigues .
Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues (Spanish: [anaˈβel meˈðina ɣaˈriɣes] ,[ a] Valencian: [anaˈbɛl meˈðina ɣaˈriɣes] ; born 31 July 1982) is a Spanish tennis coach and former professional player.
As a player she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 16 in 2009, and won 11 singles and 28 doubles titles, including the 2008 and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual . Like many of her Spanish compatriots, she was a clay-court specialist who grinds to win most of her rallies. However, unlike most of her fellow Spaniards, she preferred to play on hardcourts.
She won the WTA tournament in Strasbourg , beating Katarina Srebotnik in the final in May 2008, thus defending the title she won the previous year against Amélie Mauresmo . Her other singles titles came at Palermo in 2011, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2001, at Canberra in 2006, Strasbourg in 2005 and Fès in 2009.
After retirement from singles tennis (she continues playing doubles) at the end of the 2014 season, Medina Garrigues became a professional coach, gaining success while working for Jeļena Ostapenko , who won the 2017 French Open Grand Slam title. In late 2017, she was named captain of Spain's Fed Cup team . She has also become tournament organizer at Valencia Open.
Career
2008
Together with Virginia Ruano Pascual, she won the French Open and the silver medal at the Beijing Olympics .
2011
Medina Garrigues began 2011 by losing in the first rounds of Auckland Open , Australian Open , and Copa Colsanitas and the qualifying draw of the Sydney International . She then reached her first semifinal in nine months in the Abierto Mexicano with wins over top seed Julia Görges and seventh seed Carla Suárez Navarro before losing to Gisela Dulko in straight sets. At the Indian Wells Open , she defeated Tamira Paszek before losing to Maria Sharapova .
Garrigues then qualified for the Tournament of Champions and reached the final, but she was defeated by defending champion Ana Ivanovic in two sets.
2012
Medina Garrigues reached the quarterfinals of Swedish Open in Båstad where she lost to Johanna Larsson .[ 1]
2014
Medina Garrigues started 2014 at the Australian Open . She lost in the first round to lucky loser Irina Falconi .[ 2]
At the Pattaya Open , Medina Garrigues was defeated in the first round by Alison Riske without winning a single game.[ 3] She announced that the French Open would be her last tournament before retiring from singles tennis, though she would continue to play doubles. Medina Garrigues lost in the second round of qualifying there to Tereza Smitková in two sets, ending her singles career.
2018
Medina Garrigues entered the doubles competition at the Madrid Open , partnering fellow Spaniard Arantxa Parra Santonja . Then in August, she retired from tennis circuit.
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Singles
Doubles
Grand Slam tournaments
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
Other significant finals
Olympic Games
Doubles: 1 (silver medal)
WTA Elite Trophy
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
Result
Year
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
2011
WTA Elite Trophy, Indonesia
Hard
Ana Ivanovic
3–6, 0–6
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 18 (11 titles, 7 runner-ups)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–5)
Clay (10–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1.
Jul 2001
Palermo Ladies Open , Italy
Tier V
Clay
Cristina Torrens Valero
6–4, 6–4
Loss
1.
Jan 2002
Hobart International , Australia
Tier V
Hard
Martina Suchá
6–7(7–9) , 1–6
Loss
2.
Feb 2003
Copa Colsanitas , Colombia
Tier III
Clay
Fabiola Zuluaga
3–6, 2–6
Win
2.
Jul 2004
Palermo Ladies Open (2)
Tier V
Clay
Flavia Pennetta
6–4, 6–4
Win
3.
May 2005
Internationaux de Strasbourg , France
Tier III
Clay
Marta Domachowska
6–4, 6–3
Win
4.
Jul 2005
Palermo Ladies Open (3)
Tier IV
Clay
Klára Koukalová
6–4, 6–0
Win
5.
Jan 2006
Canberra International , Australia
Tier IV
Hard
Cho Yoon-jeong
6–4, 0–6, 6–4
Win
6.
Jul 2006
Palermo Ladies Open (4)
Tier III
Clay
Tathiana Garbin
6–4, 6–4
Loss
3.
Oct 2006
Guangzhou Open , China
Tier III
Hard
Anna Chakvetadze
1–6, 4–6
Win
7.
May 2007
Internationaux de Strasbourg (2)
Tier III
Clay
Amélie Mauresmo
6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Loss
4.
May 2008
Morocco Open
Tier IV
Clay
Gisela Dulko
6–7(2–7) , 6–7(5–7)
Win
8.
May 2008
Internationaux de Strasbourg (3)
Tier III
Clay
Katarina Srebotnik
4–6, 7–6(7–4) , 6–0
Loss
5.
Jul 2008
Slovenia Open
Tier IV
Hard
Sara Errani
3–6, 3–6
Win
9.
May 2009
Morocco Open
International
Clay
Ekaterina Makarova
6–0, 6–1
Loss
6.
Sep 2009
Korea Open
International
Hard
Kimiko Date-Krumm
3–6, 3–6
Win
10.
Apr 2011
Estoril Open , Portugal
International
Clay
Kristina Barrois
6–1, 6–2
Win
11.
Jul 2011
Palermo Ladies Open (5)
International
Clay
Polona Hercog
6–3, 6–2
Loss
7.
Nov 2011
Tournament of Champions , Bali
Elite
Hard (i)
Ana Ivanovic
3–6, 0–6
Doubles: 45 (28 titles, 17 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (2–0)
WTA Elite Trophy (0–1)
Premier M & Premier 5 (0–1)
Premier (3–7)
WTA International (23–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (10–9)
Clay (16–7)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1.
Mar 2001
Mexican Open
Tier III
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez
6–4, 6–7(5–7) , 7–5
Win
2.
Apr 2001
Porto Open , Portugal
Tier IV
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Alexandra Fusai Rita Grande
6–1, 6–7(5–7) , 7–5
Win
3.
May 2001
Bol Ladies Open , Croatia
Tier III
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Nadia Petrova Tina Pisnik
7–5, 6–4
Loss
1.
Jul 2001
Palermo Ladies Open, Italy
Tier V
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Tathiana Garbin Janette Husárová
6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Win
4.
Aug 2001
Swiss Indoors
Tier IV
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Joannette Kruger Marta Marrero
7–6(7–5) , 6–2
Loss
2.
Feb 2004
Copa Colsanitas, Colombia
Tier III
Clay
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Jasmin Wöhr Barbara Schwartz
1–6, 3–6
Win
5.
Jul 2004
Palermo Ladies Open (2)
Tier V
Clay
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Ľubomíra Kurhajcová Henrieta Nagyová
6–3, 7–6
Loss
3.
Jan 2005
Hobart International, Australia
Tier V
Hard
Dinara Safina
Yan Zi Zheng Jie
4–6, 5–7
Loss
4.
Feb 2005
Paris Indoors , France
Tier II
Carpet (i)
Dinara Safina
Iveta Benešová Květa Peschke
2–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss
5.
Feb 2005
Diamond Games Antwerp , Belgium
Tier II
Hard
Dinara Safina
Cara Black Els Callens
6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Loss
6.
May 2005
Italian Open
Tier I
Hard
Maria Kirilenko
Cara Black Liezel Huber
0–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win
6.
Jun 2005
Rosmalen Open , Netherlands
Tier III
Grass
Dinara Safina
Iveta Benešová Nuria Llagostera Vives
6–4, 2–6, 7–6(13–11)
Win
7.
Sep 2005
Slovenia Open
Tier IV
Hard
Roberta Vinci
Jelena Kostanić Katarina Srebotnik
6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Loss
7.
May 2006
Warsaw Open , Poland
Tier II
Clay
Katarina Srebotnik
Elena Likhovtseva Anastasia Myskina
3–6, 4–6
Loss
8.
Jan 2007
Hobart International (2)
Tier IV
Hard
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Elena Likhovtseva Elena Vesnina
4–6, 5–7
Loss
9.
Apr 2007
Amelia Island Championships , US
Tier II
Clay
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Mara Santangelo Katarina Srebotnik
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win
8.
Jul 2007
Stockholm Open , Sweden
Tier IV
Hard
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Chan Chin-wei Tetiana Luzhanska
6–1, 5–7, [10–6]
Win
9.
Jan 2008
Hobart International (3)
Tier IV
Hard
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr
6–2, 6–4
Win
10.
Jun 2008
French Open
Grand Slam
Clay
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Casey Dellacqua Francesca Schiavone
2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss
10.
Jun 2008
Rosmalen Open, Netherlands
Tier III
Clay
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung
5–7, 2–6
Win
11.
Jul 2008
Slovenia Open
Tier IV
Hard
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Vera Dushevina Ekaterina Makarova
6–4, 6–1
Win
12.
Sep 2008
China Open
Tier II
Hard
Caroline Wozniacki
Han Xinyun Xu Yifan
6–1, 6–3
Loss
11.
Apr 2009
Andalucia Tennis Experience , Spain
International
Clay
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska
3–6, 3–6
Win
13.
Jun 2009
French Open
Grand Slam
Clay
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina
6–1, 6–1
Win
14.
May 2010
Morocco Open
International
Clay
Iveta Benešová
Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová
6–3, 6–1
Win
15.
May 2010
Portugal Open
International
Clay
Sorana Cîrstea
Vitalia Diatchenko Aurélie Védy
6–1, 7–5
Loss
12.
Jul 2010
Budapest Grand Prix , Hungary
International
Clay
Sorana Cîrstea
Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin
3–6, 3–6
Win
16.
Jul 2010
Gastein Ladies , Austria
International
Clay
Lucie Hradecká
Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin
6–7(2–7) , 6–1, [10–5]
Win
17.
Feb 2011
Copa Colsanitas, Colombia
International
Clay
Edina Gallovits-Hall
Sharon Fichman Laura Pous Tió
2–6, 7–6(8–6) , [11–9]
Win
18.
Jul 2011
Budapest Grand Prix (2)
International
Clay
Alicja Rosolska
Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová
6–2, 6–2
Loss
13.
Apr 2012
Charleston Cup , US
Premier
Hard
Yaroslava Shvedova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová
7–5, 4–6, [6–10]
Win
19.
Mar 2013
Brasil Tennis Cup
International
Hard
Yaroslava Shvedova
Anne Keothavong Valeria Savinykh
6–0, 6–4
Win
20.
Jun 2013
Rosmalen Open, Netherlands (2)
International
Grass
Irina-Camelia Begu
Dominika Cibulková Arantxa Parra Santonja
4–6, 7–6(7–3) , [11–9]
Win
21.
Jul 2013
Swedish Open
International
Clay
Klára Zakopalová
Alexandra Dulgheru Flavia Pennetta
6–1, 6–4
Loss
14.
Aug 2013
New Haven Open , US
Premier
Hard
Katarina Srebotnik
Sania Mirza Zheng Jie
3–6, 4–6
Win
22.
Feb 2014
Brasil Tennis Cup (2)
International
Hard
Yaroslava Shvedova
Francesca Schiavone Sílvia Soler Espinosa
7–6(7–1) , 2–6, [10–3]
Win
23.
Apr 2014
Charleston Cup, US
Premier
Clay (green)
Yaroslava Shvedova
Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan
7–6(7–4) , 6–2
Win
24.
Feb 2015
Antwerp Open, Belgium (2)
Premier
Hard (i)
Arantxa Parra Santonja
An-Sophie Mestach Alison Van Uytvanck
6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Win
25.
May 2015
Nuremberg Cup , Germany
International
Clay
Chan Hao-ching
Lara Arruabarrena Raluca Olaru
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss
15.
Aug 2015
Stanford Classic , US
Premier
Hard
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai
1–6, 3–6
Loss
16.
Oct 2015
Luxembourg Open
International
Hard (i)
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Mona Barthel Laura Siegemund
2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss
17.
Nov 2015
WTA Elite Trophy , Zhuhai
Elite
Hard (i)
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Liang Chen Wang Yafan
4–6, 3–6
Win
26.
Feb 2016
Mexican Open (2)
International
Hard
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson
6–0, 6–4
Win
27.
Mar 2016
Monterrey Open , US
International
Hard
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Petra Martić Maria Sanchez
4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Win
28.
May 2016
Internationaux de Strasbourg, France
International
Clay
Arantxa Parra Santonja
María Irigoyen Liang Chen
6–2, 6–0
ITF finals
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Singles (6–4)
Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1.
29 March 1999
ITF Pontevedra, Spain
10,000
Hard
Ángeles Montolio
6–1, 6–2
Loss
1.
23 April 2000
ITF Gelos, France
25,000
Clay
Marta Marrero
6–2, 5–7, 5–7
Loss
2.
12 July 2000
Open de Marseille , France
50,000
Clay
Ángeles Montolio
2–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win
2.
4 September 2000
Open Denain, France
50,000
Hard (i)
María José Martínez Sánchez
2–6, 7–5, 6–0
Win
3.
7 October 2001
ITF Girona, Spain
50,000
Clay
Angelika Rösch
6–4, 6–4
Win
4.
29 June 2003
ITF Périgueux, France
25,000
Clay
Céline Beigbeder
6–1, 6–2
Win
5.
8 September 2003
Open Denain, France
75,000
Clay
Gala León García
6–4, 6–0
Loss
3.
21 September 2003
ITF Bordeaux, France
75,000
Clay
Zuzana Ondrášková
7–6(4) , 4–6, 3–6
Win
6.
13 June 2004
Open de Marseille, France
50,000
Clay
Ľubomíra Kurhajcová
5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Loss
4.
9 June 2013
Open de Marseille, France
100,000
Clay
Andrea Petkovic
4–6, 2–6
Doubles (3–3)
Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
1.
11 May 1998
ITF Tortosa, Spain
10,000
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Patricia Aznar Cynthia Perez
0–6, 3–6
Win
1.
5 July 1999
ITF Vigo, Spain
10,000
Clay
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Patricia Aznar Ana Salas Lozano
7–5, 6–1
Win
2.
23 August 1999
ITF Bucharest, Romania
25,000
Clay
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Nadejda Ostrovskaya Zuzana Váleková
7–5, 6–2
Loss
2.
17 April 2000
ITF Gelos, France
25,000
Clay
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Eva Bes Marta Marrero
3–6, 4–6
Loss
3.
22 September 2002
ITF Biella, Italy
50,000
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Lubomira Bacheva Eva Bes
5–7, 6–2, 6–7(5)
Win
3.
22 June 2003
ITF Périgueux, France
25,000
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Lana Popadić Natacha Randriantefy
6–0, 6–3
Team events
Hopman Cup (1–1)
Notes
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