Magüi Serna

Magüi Serna
Country (sports)  Spain
Residence Las Palmas, Spain
Born (1979-03-01) 1 March 1979
Las Palmas, Spain
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 12 in)
Turned pro 1996
Retired 2006
Plays Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money US$2,065,291
Singles
Career record 329–256
Career titles 3 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking No. 19 (12 January 2004)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (1997, 2002)
French Open 4R (1998, 2003)
Wimbledon QF (2000)
US Open 4R (1997, 2000)
Doubles
Career record 116–144
Career titles 2 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 25 (5 July 2004)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open SF (2002)
French Open 3R (2000,2002)
Wimbledon 3R (2001)
US Open 2R (2000,2001)

María Luisa ("Magüi") Serna Barrera (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈɾi.a ˈlwisa ˈmaɣwi ˈseɾna βaˈreɾa];[lower-alpha 1] born 1 March 1979) is a former professional female tennis player from Spain. She started competing in ITF challengers as from 1993, and joined the WTA Tour in 1996. On her high point she was ranked World No. 19 on 12 January 2004.

She produced an upset by defeating Justine Henin in the 2001 Scottsdale tournament 7–6, 7–6.

WTA career finals

Singles: 6 (3–3)

Legend: Before 2009Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0) Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0-1) Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (0) Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (3-2) International (0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 2 April 2001 Porto, Portugal Clay Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 18 June 2001 Eastbourne, United Kingdom Grass United States Lindsay Davenport 2–6, 0–6
Runner-up 3. 7 April 2002 Porto, Portugal Clay Spain Ángeles Montolio 1–6, 6–2, 5–7
Winner 4. 14 April 2002 Estoril, Portugal Clay Germany Anca Barna 6–4 6–2
Winner 5. 13 April 2003 Estoril, Portugal Clay Germany Julia Schruff 6–4 6–1
Winner 6. 20 April 2003 Budapest, Hungary Clay Australia Alicia Molik 3–6 7–5 6–4

Doubles: 6 (2–4)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 15 May 2000 Rome, Italy Clay Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Winner 2. 22 July 2001 Knokke-Heist, Belgium Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Romania Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie
Romania Andreea Vanc
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 7 April 2002 Porto, Portugal Clay Netherlands Kristie Boogert Zimbabwe Cara Black
Kazakhstan Irina Selyutina
6–7(6–8), 4–6
Runner–up 4. June 16, 2003 Eastbourne, United Kingdom Grass United States Jennifer Capriati United States Lindsay Davenport
United States Lisa Raymond
3–6, 2–6
Runner–up 5. 23 August 2003 New Haven, United States Hard Australia Alicia Molik Spain Virginia Ruano-Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
6–7(6–8), 3–6
Winner 6. 14 June 2004 Eastbourne, United Kingdom Grass Australia Alicia Molik Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
6–4, 6–4

ITF titles

Singles

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 3 April 1994 Gaborone Hard United Kingdom Shirli-Ann Siddall 6–3, 6–4
2. 10 April 1994 Harare Hard United Kingdom Shirli-Ann Siddall 6–4, 6–2
3. 3 December 1995 Majorca Clay (I) Hungary Kyra Nagy 6–4, 6–3
4. 28 July 1996 Valladolid Hard Israel Hila Rosen 6–3, 6–1
5. 18 August 1996 Wahlscheid Clay Czech Republic Alena Vašková 6–2, 6–3
6. 25 August 1996 Athens Clay Argentina Mariana Díaz Oliva 5–7, 6–3, 6–2

Grand Slam women's singles performance timeline

Tournament199719981999200020012002200320042005Career SRCareer Win-Loss
Australian Open 3R 2R 2R 2R 2R 3R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 9 9–9
French Open 3R 4R 1R 3R 2R 1R 4R 2R - 0 / 8 12–8
Wimbledon 3R 4R 1R QF 1R 1R 2R 3R - 0 / 8 12–8
US Open 4R 1R 3R 4R 1R 1R 2R 2R - 0 / 8 10–8
Grand Slam Win-Loss 9–4 7–4 3–4 10–4 2–4 2–4 6–4 4–4 0–1 N/A 43–33

Notes

  1. In isolation, Barrera is pronounced [baˈreɾa].


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