Arantxa Parra Santonja

Arantxa Parra Santonja

Country	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	9 November 1982 (1982-11-09) Valencia, Spain
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	61 kg (130 lb; 9.6 st)
Turned pro	2000
Retired	Active
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Career prize money	$641,424
Singles
Career record	302–234
Career titles	0 WTA (8 ITF Circuit titles)
Highest ranking	No. 46 (12 July 2010)
Current ranking	No. 108 (30 January 2012)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2R (2006)
French Open	3R (2004)
Wimbledon	2R (2003, 2004, 2009)
US Open	2R (2003, 2004)
Doubles
Career record	149–114
Career titles	4 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 58 (8 June 2008)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2009)
French Open	2R (2005, 2007, 2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2007)
US Open	1R (2004, 2007, 2008)
Last updated on: January 30, 2012.

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Parra and the second or maternal family name is Santonja.

Arantxa Parra Santonja (born 9 November 1982 in Valencia, Spain) is a professional female tennis player from Spain. She turned pro in 2000.

On 12 July 2010, Parra Santonja reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 46.

WTA Career Finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (0–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	8 May 2010	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Anastasija Sevastova	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	26 February 2011	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Gisela Dulko	6–3, 7–6(5)

Doubles: 11 (4–7)

Winner — Legend (pre/post 2010) Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Tier II / Premier (1–0) Tier III, IV & V / International (3–7)

Titles by Surface Hard (1–2) Grass (0–0) Clay (3–5) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
Runner-up	1.	7 July 2003	Palermo, Italy	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Adriana Serra Zanetti Emily Stellato	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	23 February 2004	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Barbara Schwartz Jasmin Wöhr	1–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	3 March 2007	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Émilie Loit Nicole Pratt	6–3, 6–3
Winner	2.	16 June 2007	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Flavia Pennetta	7–6, 2–6, [12–10]
Winner	3.	14 June 2008	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Runner-up	3.	10 January 2009	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo	6–4, 6–7(3), [10–12]
Runner-up	4.	24 February 2009	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	9 January 2010	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Melinda Czink	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6–2, 6–7(3), [4–10]
Runner-up	6.	26 February 2011	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Mariya Koryttseva Ioana Raluca Olaru	5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
Runner-up	7.	9 July 2011	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Lourdes Domínguez Lino María José Martínez Sánchez	6-3, 6-3
Winner	4.	7 January 2012	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)

Grand Slam Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	-	Q1	1R	1R	2R	Q1	-	-	1R	1R	0 / 5	1–5
French Open	-	Q1	3R	2R	1R	-	-	-	2R	1R	0 / 5	4–5
Wimbledon	-	2R	2R	1R	Q2	-	-	2R	2R	1R	0 / 6	4–6
U.S. Open	Q1	2R	2R	1R	Q1	-	-	-	1R		0 / 4	2–4
Grand Slam Win-Loss	-	2–2	4–4	1–4	1–2	-	-	2–3	2–4	0–3	N/A	11–20

External links

• Arantxa Parra Santonja at the Women's Tennis Association
• Her official website