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Martina Müller
Müller during her first-round womens doubles match at the 2007 Australian Open.
Müller during her first-round womens doubles match at the 2007 Australian Open.
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceSehnde, Germany
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro1999
PlaysRight
Prize moneyUS $930,291
Singles
Career record278-230
Career titles1 WTA (10 ITF)
Highest rankingNo. 33 (April 2, 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2nd (2002, 2006, 2007)
French Open2nd (2002, 2006, 2007)
Wimbledon2nd (2006, 2007)
US Open3rd (2002)
Doubles
Career record144-148
Career titles1 WTA (9 ITF)
Highest rankingNo. 47 (February 25, 2008)
Last updated on: February 25, 2008.

Martina Müller (born October 11, 1982 in Hannover, West Germany) is a professional female tennis player from Germany. On April 2, 2007 she reached a new career high of No. 33 on the Tour rankings.

She has had her best success on clay courts, where she won her only WTA Tour title at the Budapest Grand Prix. She has been successful on the ITF Circuit, where she competes regularly, even when her ranking is relatively high.

She is coached by her father, Reinhard Müller. She admires tennis champion Andre Agassi.

2007

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 reached past the second round. In May, at the Berlin Open, she defeated Eleni Daniilidou and thirteenth seed Shahar Peer to reach the round of 16. Müller then reached the second round of Roland Garros, losing to Slovak Dominika Cibulkova, and the second round at The Championships, Wimbledon, retiring against Agnieszka Radwańska. In the previous round, she double-bageled Anna Smashnova, sending her into retirement. She reached the final at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo before being thrashed by young Hungarian Agnes Szavay 6–0 6–1.

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 GermanyMeinerzhagen Clay GermanyLydia Steinbach 6–0 6–2
2. January 28, 2001 SwedenBastad Hard (I) EstoniaMargit Ruutel 6–2 6–0
3. April 21, 2002 HungaryBudapest Clay SwitzerlandMyriam Casanova 6–2 3–6 6–4
4. January 25, 2004 FranceGrenoble Hard (I) FranceAravane Rezai 7–5 6–1
5. May 2, 2004 ItalyTaranto Clay RussiaNina Bratchikova 6–3 6–2
6. July 4, 2004 GermanyVaihingen Clay ItalyNathalie Vierin 6–2 7–5
7. April 17, 2005 FranceBiarritz Clay SwitzerlandTimea Bacsinszky 4–6 7–6 6–2
8. April 16, 2006 ItalyCivitavecchia Clay DenmarkCaroline Wozniacki 6–1 6–1
9. April 30, 2006 FranceCagnes-sur-Mer Clay BelarusAnastasiya Yakimova 7–6 2–6 6–0
10. August 6, 2006 GermanyBaden-Baden Clay Czech RepublicKaterina Bohmova 6–1 6–1
11. September 17, 2006 FranceBordeaux Clay GermanySandra Kloesel 6–3 6–2

Doubles (1)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (1)
Tier IV & V (0)
ITF Titles (0)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
1. June 17, 2002 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Australia Catherine Barclay-Reitz Germany Bianka Lamade
Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva
6–4, 7–5

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