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Eva Jiménez

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Eva Jiménez Sanz
Full nameEva Jiménez Sanz
Country (sports) Spain
Born (1975-05-19) 19 May 1975 (age 49)
CollegeUSC
University of Miami
Prize money$36,582
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 137 (7 February 1994)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 171 (14 June 1993)

Eva Jiménez Sanz (born 19 May 1975) is a Spanish former professional tennis player.

Biography

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Jiménez competed on the professional tour in the 1990s, reaching the best singles ranking of 180 in the world. At the 1993 Mediterranean Games, Jiménez partnered with Virginia Ruano Pascual to win a bronze medal in the women's doubles event. She was a quarter-finalist at a WTA Tour tournament in Curitiba in 1993 and featured in the qualifying draw of the 1994 US Open.[1]

Following her retirement from professional tennis, Jiménez played at college level in the United States, first at USC and then the University of Miami.[2] She now lives in Madrid.

ITF finals

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Singles (1–2)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 / $15,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 16 March 1992 Zaragoza, Spain Clay Austria Barbara Schett 4–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 23 March 1992 Santander, Spain Clay Slovenia Tina Vukasovič 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 2 August 1993 Munich, Germany Clay Czech Republic Eva Martincová 6–7, 1–6

Doubles (2–2)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 25 March 1991 Bilbao, Spain Clay Spain Cristina Torrens Valero Germany Cora Linneman
Spain Ana Larrakoetxea
7–5, 7–6(4)
Runner-up 2. 13 May 1991 Balaguer, Spain Clay Spain Cristina Torrens Valero Germany Cora Linneman
Spain Ana Larrakoetxea
7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 16 September 1991 Capua, Italy Clay Spain María del Carmen García Czechoslovakia Janette Husárová
Czechoslovakia Monika Kratochvílová
1–6, 1–6
Winner 4. 26 April 1993 Porto, Portugal Clay Spain Eva Bes Spain Vanessa Castellano
Spain Alicia Ortuño
5–7, 6–1, 6–3

References

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  1. ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Curitiba - 25 October - 31 October 1993". itftennis.com.
  2. ^ "Women's Tennis Drops Marathon Match to Southern California". University of Miami Athletics. 20 May 1999.
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