Marta Domachowska

Marta Domachowska

Domachowska 2014
Country (sports)	Poland
Residence	Podkowa Leśna
Born	(1986-01-16) 16 January 1986 Warsaw
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,063,111
Singles
Career record	323–249 (56.5%)
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 37 (3 April 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (2008)
French Open	2R (2005, 2008)
Wimbledon	2R (2008)
US Open	1R (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009)
Doubles
Career record	117–130 (47.4%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 62 (30 January 2006)

Marta Domachowska (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarta dɔmaˈxɔfska]; born 16 January 1986) is a former tennis player from Poland.

She was ranked world No. 37 in singles (2006) and No. 62 in doubles (2006), and reached 2008 Australian Open fourth round in singles and won the Canberra International in doubles with Roberta Vinci in 2006. She also reached three WTA Tour singles finals at the 2004 Korea Open (lost to Maria Sharapova), 2005 Internationaux de Strasbourg (lost to Anabel Medina Garrigues) and 2006 U.S. National Indoor Championships (lost to Sofia Arvidsson). She was 2003 Australian Open finalist in girls' singles, represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics and was member of Poland Fed Cup team. Domachowska was the best female Polish tennis player after Magdalena Grzybowska's retirement and before Agnieszka Radwańska's successes.

Junior career

Marta started playing tennis at age seven, and reached the semifinals of the Australian Open Junior Championships in 2003.

Professional career

2001–2006

In her sole appearance at a WTA Tour tournament in 2001, as an unranked wildcard in Sopot qualifying, she lost in the first round. 2002 marked her second Tour appearance, as an unranked wildcard in Warsaw. During the year she reached the doubles semifinals in Sopot and won first her first two ITF singles titles along with her first doubles title. She debuted on WTA rankings on May 20 at No. 745 and amassed a 29–12 ITF singles record (finished as No. 356) and 9–7 doubles record. She again accepted a wildcard at Warsaw, and also at Sopot in 2003, where she won the first round of both. She won her third singles title and finished the season ranked No. 244 in singles.

In 2004, she won two more ITF titles and reached a WTA tournament final in Seoul. She defeated Anna Smashnova to reach the semifinals in Sopot, and reached the quarterfinals in Casablanca. She made her debut in the top 100 (at No. 100) on 27 September 2004. Even though she failed to qualify for the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open, she compiled a 42–20 singles record and 12–9 doubles record, finishing the season ranked No. 74 in singles.

2005 was the best year for Domachowska results-wise. She was runner-up in the Tier-III tournament in Strasbourg and reached the semifinals in Beijing, a Tier II event. She made her debut in the main draw of all four majors and made her debut in the top 50 (at No. 48) on June 6. She was runner-up in two doubles tournaments. Although, she had to withdraw from Hyderabad and Memphis after spraining her right shoulder. Her record for the year was 24–26 in singles (finishing the year No. 60) and 14–16 in doubles.

She won her first WTA title in 2006 with (Roberta Vinci) in a tournament in Canberra. She reached a singles final in Memphis and achieved a new singles career of No. 37 on 3 April. She and Sania Mirza finished runner-up in Cincinnati, and with Marion Bartoli, reached the semifinals in Stanford. But she failed to advance past the first round in all four majors, and withdrew at Charleston, and Bali due to injuries. Poor results in Beijing and Seoul resulted in her finishing the year at No. 90.

2007–2015

After not playing Memphis in 2007, her ranking dropped to No. 166. As a result, she played multiple ITF-level tournaments, reaching the semifinals in one instance. She managed to qualify for the Seoul and Stockholm WTA tournaments, but failed to qualify for nine WTA events (including two majors), and lacked a win at all in Grand Slams that year. As the world No. 179, and as a qualifier, she won a $100,000 tournament in Poitiers, defeating Anna Lapushchenkova. It was her first singles title since 2003 and the biggest tournament win in her career. She won an ITF doubles title in Rome, and finished No. 143 in singles and No. 240 in doubles for the year.

In the 2008 Australian Open, she achieved her best grand slam result, reaching the fourth round, before she lost to Venus Williams. Due to this result, Domachowska returned to the top 100 (at No. 82). Domachowska also represented Poland in the singles draw at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she lost in the first round. She finished year at No. 56.

In 2009 in singles, she lost in the first round of all four Grand Slam tournaments, including the US Open as a qualifier. Domachowska, however, did manage to reach the singles quarterfinals of Istanbul.

In March 2013, she posed for the Polish edition of Playboy.

In December 2015, she retired from professional tennis. She later went into coaching assistant activities, becoming the hitting partner of Caroline Wozniacki in 2014.

2022: Possible comeback

In late 2021, it was announced by the International Tennis Federation that Domachowska would be eligible to compete again from January 2022. But she has not competed, as of May 2023.

Personal life

Marta was born to Barbara and Wiesław and currently resides in Podkowa Leśna, Poland. She has an older sister, Magdalena. Domachowska speaks Polish, English, Russian and Spanish. Other than tennis, she enjoys sports such as football and swimming.

She has been in a relationship with Polish tennis player Jerzy Janowicz since 2013. They announced her first pregnancy on 24 December 2018 via Instagram, and she gave birth to their son Filip Janowicz on 1 January 2019.

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tier I Tier II Tier III, IV & V (0–3)

Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Sep 2004	Korea Open, South Korea	Hard	Maria Sharapova	1–6, 1–6
Loss	2.	May 2005	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	4–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	Feb 2006	Memphis Cup, United States	Hard (i)	Sofia Arvidsson	2–6, 6–2, 3–6

Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III, IV & V (1–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Jan 2005	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Silvija Talaja	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Andreea Vanc	3–6, 1–6
Loss	2.	May 2005	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	Marlene Weingärtner	Marion Bartoli Anna-Lena Grönefeld	3–6, 2–6
Win	1.	Jan 2006	Canberra International, Australia	Hard	Roberta Vinci	Claire Curran Līga Dekmeijere	7–6(5), 6–3
Loss	3.	Jul 2006	Cincinnati Open, United States	Hard	Sania Mirza	Gisela Dulko Maria Elena Camerin	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	4.	Sep 2008	Bali Classic, Indonesia	Hard	Nadia Petrova	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	7–6(4), 6–7(3), [7–10]

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 14 (8–6)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	11 August 2002	ITF Olecko, Poland	Clay	Liana Ungur	1–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss	1.	5 August 2002	ITF Gdynia, Poland	Clay	Delia Sescioreanu	6–7, 1–6
Win	2.	3 November 2002	ITF Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Sabrina Jolk	6–3, 6–4
Win	3.	13 July 2003	ITF Toruń, Poland	Clay	Anastasiya Yakimova	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	2.	20 October 2003	ITF Opole, Poland	Carpet (i)	Tatsiana Uvarova	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	4.	1 February 2004	ITF Belfort, France	Hard (i)	Adriana Barna	3–6, 6–0, 6–0
Win	5.	15 February 2004	ITF Warsaw, Poland	Carpet (i)	Angelique Kerber	7–6(5), 3–6, 6–3
Loss	3.	5 February 2006	ITF Urtijëi, Italy	Carpet (i)	Eva Birnerová	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Win	6.	25 November 2007	ITF Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Anna Lapushchenkova	7–5, 6–0
Win	7.	30 January 2011	Open de l'Isère, France	Hard (i)	Naomi Broady	6–4, 6–4
Loss	4.	21 March 2011	GB Pro-Series Bath, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Stefanie Vögele	6–7(3), 7–5, 6–2
Win	8.	13 June 2011	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Margalita Chakhnashvili	7–5, 6–3
Loss	5.	24 July 2011	ITF Samsun, Turkey	Hard	Yulia Putintseva	7–6(6), 6–2
Loss	6.	29 October 2011	GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, UK	Hard (i)	Anne Keothavong	6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 10 (5–5)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	3 November 2002	ITF Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Elke Clijsters	Jenny Loow Suzanne van Hartingsveldt	6–1, 6–1
Loss	1.	16 May 2004	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Natalia Gussoni	Ruxandra Dragomir-Ilie Andreea Vanc	6–3, 6–1
Win	2.	12 May 2007	ITF Roma, Italy	Clay	Emma Laine	Maret Ani Caroline Maes	1–0 ret.
Loss	2.	26 October 2009	ITF Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Michaëlla Krajicek	Julie Coin Marie-Ève Pelletier	3–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Loss	3.	4 February 2011	ITF Sutton, UK	Hard (i)	Darija Jurak	Emma Laine Melanie South	3–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	4.	21 March 2011	GB Pro-Series Bath, UK	Hard (i)	Katarzyna Piter	Tímea Babos Anne Kremer	7–6(5), 6–2
Win	3.	13 June 2011	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Teodora Mirčić	Daniella Dominikovic Melis Sezer	6–4, 6–2
Loss	5.	30 July 2012	Empire Slovak Open	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Elena Bogdan Renata Voráčová	6–7, 4–6
Win	4.	23 September 2013	ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France	Hard (i)	Michaëlla Krajicek	Margarita Gasparyan Alyona Sotnikova	5–7, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	5.	21 October 2013	Challenger de Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Andrea Hlaváčková	Françoise Abanda Victoria Duval	7–5, 6–3

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	W–L
Australian Open	A	2R	1R	1R	4R	1R	Q1	A	Q2	4–5
French Open	Q1	2R	1R	Q1	2R	1R	Q2	A	Q1	2–4
Wimbledon	Q2	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	A	A	Q1	1–4
US Open	Q3	1R	1R	Q2	1R	1R	Q1	Q3	Q1	0–4
Win–loss	0–0	2–4	0–4	0–1	5–4	0–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	7–17
Year-end ranking	74	60	90	143	180	140	299	157	225	N/A

External links

• Marta Domachowska at the Women's Tennis Association
• Marta Domachowska at the International Tennis Federation
• Marta Domachowska at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Marta Domachowska at ESPN.com
• Marta Domachowska at Olympedia
• Marta Domachowska at Olympics.com
• Official website