Spanish tennis player and coach
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 the2008 and2009 French Open withVirginia 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 theWTA Tour tournament inStrasbourg , beatingKatarina Srebotnik in the final in May 2008, thus defending the title she won the previous year againstAmélie Mauresmo . Her other singles titles came atPalermo in 2011, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2001, atCanberra 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 forJeļena Ostapenko , who won the 2017 French Open Grand Slam title. In late 2017, she was named captain ofSpain's Fed Cup team . She has also become tournament organizer at Valencia Open.
Together with Virginia Ruano Pascual, she won theFrench Open [ 1] and the silver medal at the2008 Beijing Olympics .[ 2] They successfully defended their French Open title in2009 .[ 3]
Medina Garrigues began 2011 by losing in the first rounds ofAuckland Open ,Australian Open , andCopa Colsanitas and the qualifying draw of theSydney International . She then reached her first semifinal in nine months in theAbierto Mexicano with wins over top seedJulia Görges and seventh seedCarla Suárez Navarro before losing toGisela Dulko in straight sets. At theIndian Wells Open , she defeatedTamira Paszek before losing toMaria Sharapova .
Garrigues then qualified for theTournament of Champions and reached the final, but she was defeated by defending championAna Ivanovic in two sets.
Medina Garrigues reached the quarterfinals of the Swedish Open in Båstad where she lost toJohanna Larsson .[ 4]
Medina Garrigues started 2014 at theAustralian Open and lost in the first round to lucky loserIrina Falconi .[ 5]
At thePattaya Open , Medina Garrigues was defeated in the first round byAlison Riske without winning a single game.[ 6] She announced that theFrench 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 ofqualifying there toTereza Smitková in two sets, ending her singles career.
Medina Garrigues entered the doubles competition at theMadrid Open , partnering fellow SpaniardArantxa Parra Santonja . Then in August, she retired from tennis circuit.
Performance timelines [ edit ] 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.
Grand Slam tournaments [ edit ] Doubles: 2 (2 titles)[ edit ] Other significant finals [ edit ] Doubles: 1 (silver medal)[ edit ] Singles: 1 (runner-up)[ edit ] Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score Loss 2011 WTA Elite Trophy, Indonesia Hard Ana Ivanovic 3–6, 0–6
Premier Mandatory tournaments [ edit ] Doubles: 1 (runner-up)[ edit ] Singles: 18 (11 titles, 7 runner-ups)[ edit ] Finals by surface Hard (1–5) Clay (10–2) Grass (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Win 1. Jul 2001 Palermo Ladies Open , ItalyTier V Clay Cristina Torrens Valero 6–4, 6–4 Loss 1. Jan 2002 Hobart International , AustraliaTier V Hard Martina Suchá 6–7(7–9) , 1–6 Loss 2. Feb 2003 Copa Colsanitas , ColombiaTier 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 , FranceTier 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 , AustraliaTier 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 , ChinaTier 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 , PortugalInternational 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 , BaliElite Hard (i) Ana Ivanovic 3–6, 0–6
Doubles: 45 (28 titles, 17 runner-ups)[ edit ] 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 , PortugalTier IV Clay María José Martínez SánchezAlexandra Fusai Rita Grande 6–1, 6–7(5–7) , 7–5 Win 3. May 2001 Bol Ladies Open , CroatiaTier III Clay María José Martínez SánchezNadia Petrova Tina Pisnik 7–5, 6–4 Loss 1. Jul 2001 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy Tier V Clay María José Martínez Sánchez Tathiana GarbinJanette Husárová 6–4, 2–6, 4–6 Win 4. Aug 2001 Swiss Indoors Tier IV Clay María José Martínez SánchezJoannette 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 , FranceTier II Carpet (i) Dinara SafinaIveta Benešová Květa Peschke 2–6, 6–2, 2–6 Loss 5. Feb 2005 Diamond Games Antwerp , BelgiumTier II Hard Dinara SafinaCara Black Els Callens 6–3, 4–6, 4–6 Loss 6. May 2005 Italian Open Tier I Hard Maria Kirilenko Cara BlackLiezel Huber 0–6, 6–4, 1–6 Win 6. Jun 2005 Rosmalen Open , NetherlandsTier III Grass Dinara Safina Iveta BenešováNuria 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 , PolandTier II Clay Katarina SrebotnikElena Likhovtseva Anastasia Myskina 3–6, 4–6 Loss 8. Jan 2007 Hobart International(2) Tier IV Hard Virginia Ruano Pascual Elena LikhovtsevaElena Vesnina 4–6, 5–7 Loss 9. Apr 2007 Amelia Island Championships , USTier II Clay Virginia Ruano PascualMara Santangelo Katarina Srebotnik3–6, 6–7(4–7) Win 8. Jul 2007 Stockholm Open , SwedenTier IV Hard Virginia Ruano PascualChan Chin-wei Tetiana Luzhanska 6–1, 5–7, [10–6] Win 9. Jan 2008 Hobart International(3) Tier IV Hard Virginia Ruano PascualEleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr 6–2, 6–4 Win 10. Jun 2008 French Open Grand Slam Clay Virginia Ruano PascualCasey Dellacqua Francesca Schiavone 2–6, 7–5, 6–4 Loss 10. Jun 2008 Rosmalen Open, Netherlands Tier III Clay Virginia Ruano PascualChan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung 5–7, 2–6 Win 11. Jul 2008 Slovenia Open Tier IV Hard Virginia Ruano PascualVera Dushevina Ekaterina Makarova6–4, 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 , SpainInternational Clay Virginia Ruano PascualKlaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska 3–6, 3–6 Win 13. Jun 2009 French Open Grand Slam Clay Virginia Ruano PascualVictoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina6–1, 6–1 Win 14. May 2010 Morocco Open International Clay Iveta BenešováLucie 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 , HungaryInternational Clay Sorana CîrsteaTimea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin3–6, 3–6 Win 16. Jul 2010 Gastein Ladies , AustriaInternational Clay Lucie Hradecká Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin6–7(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 RosolskaNatalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová 6–2, 6–2 Loss 13. Apr 2012 Charleston Cup , USPremier Hard Yaroslava ShvedovaAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová 7–5, 4–6, [6–10] Win 19. Mar 2013 Brasil Tennis Cup International Hard Yaroslava ShvedovaAnne Keothavong Valeria Savinykh 6–0, 6–4 Win 20. Jun 2013 Rosmalen Open, Netherlands(2) International Grass Irina-Camelia Begu Dominika Cibulková Arantxa Parra Santonja4–6, 7–6(7–3) , [11–9] Win 21. Jul 2013 Swedish Open International Clay Klára Zakopalová Alexandra Dulgheru Flavia Pennetta6–1, 6–4 Loss 14. Aug 2013 New Haven Open , USPremier Hard Katarina SrebotnikSania Mirza Zheng Jie3–6, 4–6 Win 22. Feb 2014 Brasil Tennis Cup(2) International Hard Yaroslava Shvedova Francesca SchiavoneSílvia Soler Espinosa 7–6(7–1) , 2–6, [10–3] Win 23. Apr 2014 Charleston Cup, US Premier Clay (green) Yaroslava ShvedovaChan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan7–6(7–4) , 6–2 Win 24. Feb 2015 Antwerp Open, Belgium(2) Premier Hard (i) Arantxa Parra SantonjaAn-Sophie Mestach Alison Van Uytvanck 6–4, 3–6, [10–5] Win 25. May 2015 Nuremberg Cup , GermanyInternational Clay Chan Hao-chingLara Arruabarrena Raluca Olaru 6–4, 7–6(7–5) Loss 15. Aug 2015 Stanford Classic , USPremier Hard Arantxa Parra SantonjaXu Yifan Zheng Saisai 1–6, 3–6 Loss 16. Oct 2015 Luxembourg Open International Hard (i) Arantxa Parra SantonjaMona Barthel Laura Siegemund 2–6, 6–7(2–7) Loss 17. Nov 2015 WTA Elite Trophy , ZhuhaiElite Hard (i) Arantxa Parra SantonjaLiang Chen Wang Yafan 4–6, 3–6 Win 26. Feb 2016 Mexican Open(2) International Hard Arantxa Parra SantonjaKiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 6–0, 6–4 Win 27. Mar 2016 Monterrey Open , USInternational Hard Arantxa Parra SantonjaPetra Martić Maria Sanchez 4–6, 7–5, [10–7] Win 28. May 2016 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France International Clay Arantxa Parra SantonjaMaría Irigoyen Liang Chen6–2, 6–0
Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments
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 , France50,000 Clay Ángeles Montolio2–6, 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
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 AznarAna Salas Lozano 7–5, 6–1 Win 2. 23 August 1999 ITF Bucharest, Romania 25,000 Clay Lourdes Domínguez LinoNadejda Ostrovskaya Zuzana Váleková 7–5, 6–2 Loss 2. 17 April 2000 ITF Gelos, France 25,000 Clay Lourdes Domínguez LinoEva Bes Marta Marrero 3–6, 4–6 Loss 3. 22 September 2002 ITF Biella, Italy 50,000 Clay María José Martínez SánchezLubomira Bacheva Eva Bes5–7, 6–2, 6–7(5) Win 3. 22 June 2003 ITF Périgueux, France 25,000 Clay María José Martínez SánchezLana Popadić Natacha Randriantefy 6–0, 6–3