Martina Müller (tennis)

Martina Müller-Skibbe (German pronunciation: [maɐ̯ˈtiːna ˈmʏlɐ];[1][2] born 11 October 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

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. 21 April 2002 Budapest, Hungary Clay Myriam Casanova 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 16 July 2007 Palermo, Italy Clay 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. 17 June 2002 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Catherine Barclay-Reitz Bianka Lamade
Magdalena Maleeva		 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 1. 27 May 2006 Strasbourg, France Clay Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Liezel Huber
Martina Navratilova		 2–6, 6–7(1–7)
Runner-up 2. 23 April 2007 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Gabriela Chmelinová Ágnes Szávay
Vladimíra Uhlířová		 5–7, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 6 January 2008 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Barbora Strýcová Lilia Osterloh
Mariya Koryttseva		 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 23 February 2008 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Jelena Kostanić Tošić Iveta Benešová
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 Lydia Steinbach 6–0, 6–2
Runner-up 1. 15 August 1999 Rebecq, Belgium Clay Daphne van de Zande 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner 2. 28 January 2001 Båstad, Sweden Hard (i) Margit Rüütel 6–2, 6–0
Runner-up 2. 15 April 2001 San Luis Potosi, Mexico Clay Maria Elena Camerin 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 3. 19 August 2001 Bronx, United States Hard Barbara Schwartz 7–5, 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner 3. 25 January 2004 Grenoble, France Hard (i) Aravane Rezaï 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 4. 5 April 2004 Patras, Greece Hard Ekaterina Dzehalevich 4–6, 4–6
Winner 4. 2 May 2004 Taranto, Italy Clay Nina Bratchikova 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 5. 20 June 2004 Gorizia, Italy Clay Vanina García Sokol 1–6, 4–6
Winner 5. 4 July 2004 Vaihingen, Germany Clay Nathalie Viérin 6–2, 7–5
Winner 6. 17 April 2005 Biarritz, France Clay Timea Bacsinszky 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Runner-up 6. 9 April 2006 Athens, Greece Clay Aurélie Védy 6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Winner 7. 16 April 2006 Civitavecchia, Italy Clay Caroline Wozniacki 6–1, 6–1
Winner 8. 30 April 2006 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Anastasiya Yakimova 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–0
Winner 9. 6 August 2006 Baden-Baden, Germany Clay Kateřina Böhmová 6–1, 6–1
Winner 10. 17 September 2006 Bordeaux, France Clay Sandra Klösel 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 7. 29 July 2007 Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Pauline Parmentier 1–6, 4–6

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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