Martina Müller
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| Country |
Germany |
| Residence |
Sehnde, Germany |
| Born |
October 11, 1982 (1982-10-11) (age 29)
Hanover, Germany |
| Height |
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight |
56 kg (120 lb) |
| Turned pro |
1999 |
| Retired |
2011 |
| Plays |
Right-handed |
| Career prize money |
US $1,040,531 |
| Singles |
| Career record |
288-255 |
| Career titles |
1 WTA (10 ITF) |
| Highest ranking |
No. 33 (April 2, 2007) |
| Grand Slam results |
| Australian Open |
2r (2002, 2006, 2007) |
| French Open |
2r (2002, 2006, 2007) |
| Wimbledon |
2r (2006, 2007) |
| US Open |
3r (2002) |
| Doubles |
| Career record |
158-167 |
| Career titles |
1 WTA (10 ITF) |
| Highest ranking |
No. 47 (February 25, 2008) |
| Last updated on: February 16, 2009. |
Martina Müller (born October 11, 1982 in Hanover, Germany) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. On April 2, 2007 she reached a career high WTA-ranking of No. 33.
She has had her best success on clay courts, where she won her only WTA Tour singles title at the Budapest Grand Prix. She has also been successful on the ITF Circuit where she has won 10 singles titles.
She is coached by her father, Reinhard Müller. She admires tennis champion Andre Agassi.
Müller 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 Quatar German Open in Berlin, she defeated Eleni Daniilidou and thirteenth seed Shahar Pe'er to reach the round of 16 where she lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova 3:6 2:6. Müller then reached the second round of Roland Garros, losing to Slovak Dominika Cibulková, and the second round at The Championships, Wimbledon, retiring against Agnieszka Radwańska. In the previous round, she double-bageled Anna Smashnova. She reached the final at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo before being defeated by Hungarian Ágnes Szávay in two sets.
[edit] Titles
[edit] Singles (1 WTA, 10 ITF)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| WTA Championships (0) |
| Tier I Event (0) |
| Tier II (0) |
| Tier III (0) |
| Tier IV & V (1) |
| ITF Titles (10) |
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent in the Final |
Score |
| 1. |
June 13, 1999 |
Meinerzhagen |
Clay |
Lydia Steinbach |
6–0 6–2 |
| 2. |
January 28, 2001 |
Båstad |
Hard (I) |
Margit Rüütel |
6–2 6–0 |
| 3. |
April 21, 2002 |
Budapest |
Clay |
Myriam Casanova |
6–2 3–6 6–4 |
| 4. |
January 25, 2004 |
Grenoble |
Hard (I) |
Aravane Rezaï |
7–5 6–1 |
| 5. |
May 2, 2004 |
Taranto |
Clay |
Nina Bratchikova |
6–3 6–2 |
| 6. |
July 4, 2004 |
Vaihingen |
Clay |
Nathalie Vierin |
6–2 7–5 |
| 7. |
April 17, 2005 |
Biarritz |
Clay |
Timea Bacsinszky |
4–6 7–6 6–2 |
| 8. |
April 16, 2006 |
Civitavecchia |
Clay |
Caroline Wozniacki |
6–1 6–1 |
| 9. |
April 30, 2006 |
Cagnes-sur-Mer |
Clay |
Anastasiya Yakimova |
7–6 2–6 6–0 |
| 10. |
August 6, 2006 |
Baden-Baden |
Clay |
Katerina Bohmova |
6–1 6–1 |
| 11. |
September 17, 2006 |
Bordeaux |
Clay |
Sandra Kloesel |
6–3 6–2 |
[edit] Doubles (1 WTA)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| WTA Championships (0) |
| Tier I (0) |
| Tier II (0) |
| Tier III (1) |
| Tier IV & V (0) |
| ITF Titles (10) |
[edit] External links
| Persondata |
| Name |
Muller, Martina |
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| Short description |
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| Date of birth |
October 11, 1982 |
| Place of birth |
Hanover, Germany |
| Date of death |
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