Mariana Duque Mariño (; born 12 August 1989) is a Colombian retired

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player. Having turned professional in 2005, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 66 in October 2015. Duque debuted on the

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in 2004. As a junior, she reached the final of the girls' singles tournament at the

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. She defeated the tenth-seeded

Ksenia Pervak Ksenia Yuryevna Pervak (russian: Ксения Юрьевна Первак; born 27 May 1991) is a retired tennis player from Russia. Pervak won one singles title on the WTA Tour, as well as nine singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circ ...

in the first round, and ousted juniors' world No. 1,

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (russian: Анастаси́я "Настя" Серге́евна Павлюче́нкова; born 3 July 1991) is an inactive Russian professional tennis player. A junior prodigy, Pavlyuchenkova won ...

, in the semifinals. Duque lost in the final to

Alizé Cornet Alizé Cornet (; born 22 January 1990) is a French professional tennis player. Cornet has won six singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as three singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circu ...

in three sets. She had some setbacks during the tournament, due to losing her tennis rackets at the airport. Without money to buy replacements, she had to play with borrowed rackets. She won her first professional tournament in May 2006, in Mazatlán, Mexico. Her biggest win in senior competition is defeating 26th seed

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in the opening round of the

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in three sets.

Professional career

2005–2006

In 2005, she appeared in her first

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qualifying in

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

and also played on the ITF Circuit. In the

2005 Bolivarian Games The XV Bolivarian Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Bolivarianos'') were a multi-sport event held between 12–21 August 2005 in Armenia and Pereira, Colombia. Some events took place in Cartagena de Indias and in Bogotá. The Games were organized by the ...

, she won the silver medal in singles and in doubles. Duque fell 2006 in the qualifying in Bogotá, won three singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

2007

In her third full season on the tour main draw, she arrived in the first round defeating compatriot

Viky Núñez Fuentes Viky Núñez Fuentes (; born 14 October 1988) is a Colombian former professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 496 in singles and 415 in doubles. In her career, Núñez won two singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF C ...

and was defeated in the second round by

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. The same year, she won three singles titles on ITF Circuit. At the Junior French Open, in her first appearance at a Grand Slam tournament, she was runner-up making history for Colombia as the first tennis player to reach such instance. In

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, she arrived at the end confronting Venezuelan

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; the top-seed and favorite took home the gold medal for Venezuela and Mariana the silver medal, being one of the best achievements in her career. She also got the silver medal in doubles with compatriot

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2008

At the US Open, Duque advanced to the second round by coming back to beat

Tamarine Tanasugarn Tamarine Tanasugarn ( th, แทมมารีน ธนสุกาญจน์, , ; born 24 May 1977) is a Thai former tennis player. Born in Los Angeles, she turned professional in 1994, and has been in the top 20 in both singles and doubl ...

, ranked 19th in the world, after having lost the first set 0–6.http://www.scoresway.com/www.cumberlandunited.com.au/?sport=tennis&page=match&id=71992 Score In the second round, she lost in straight sets to

Agnieszka Radwańska Agnieszka Roma Radwańska (; born 6 March 1989) is a Polish former professional tennis player. She won 20 career singles WTA Tour titles, two doubles titles, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 on 9 July 2012. Her achievem ...

, ranked No. 9 in the world. Thanks to this presentation, she got into the top 100 players in the world for the first time by moving up two sports: 101 to 99. She was also present at the

event of Bogotá, where in the first round she confronted

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, winning in straight sets. In the second round, she faced

Yvonne Meusburger Yvonne Meusburger Garamszegi (née Meusburger, born 3 October 1983) is an Austrian retired tennis player. Meusburger won one singles title on the WTA Tour, as well as fifteen singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. O ...

being the fifth seed in the tournament and against which Mariana Duque wins, in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, she confronted

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to which Mariana fell in three sets. In the first round of the

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, she won in straight sets against

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. In the second round, she fell to

Karin Knapp Karin Knapp (born 28 June 1987) is a retired Italian tennis player. In her career, Knapp won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as six singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, ITF Circuit. On 24 August 2015, sh ...

who was seeded No. 3 in the tournament. Duque Mariño won two singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

2010–2014

Playing in her home country, Duque Mariño claimed her very first WTA title at the Copa Colsanitas defeating

Gréta Arn Gréta Arn (born 13 April 1979) is a Hungarian retired tennis player of Danube Swabian German descent. She has won two titles on the WTA Tour, the 2007 Estoril Open in Portugal, and the 2011 ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, as well as f ...

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, seventh seed Klára Zakopalová, eighth seed

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and fifth seed

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. Duque Mariño became the second Colombian woman to claim this title since

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did it in 2004. At the

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, she competed in the women's singles, but was knocked out in the first round by

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2015: Gold at Pan Am Games, and best WTA ranking

On July 11 through the 16th, Duque Mariño competed at the

where she won a gold medal. The world No. 89 ousted the tournament's top-seed

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in the semifinal stage of the tournament, while her opponent Victoria Rodríguez reached the final by taking out the second seeded

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. Yet when they crossed paths in the final, it was Duque Mariño who shone brightest. This marked the first time in the history of women's tennis a Colombian woman had won a gold medal. Duque Mariño reached for the first time in her career the third round of a Grand Slam championship, where she beat American wildcard

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in the first round and

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in the second. Duque is the second Colombian player to reach third round at the US Open, after

. In the third round, she faced former world No. 11,

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, where she fell in three sets. Duque Mariño kicked off the Asian swing at the Korea Open where she successfully advanced to the second round defeating

Kiki Bertens Kiki Bertens (; born 10 December 1991) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking was world No. 4, which she reached on 13 May 2019, becoming the highest ranked Dutch female player ever. Her career-high do ...

, before losing to No. 5 seed

Mona Barthel Mona Barthel (born 11 July 1990) is a German tennis player. Barthel has won four singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as five singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Cir ...

in straight sets. At the

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, she qualified by defeating

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and

Christina McHale Christina Marietta McHale (born May 11, 1992) is an American former professional tennis player. Her highest-ever WTA rankings were No. 24 in singles and No. 35 in doubles. Known for an aggressive baseline game, McHale was recognized by ''The New ...

but failed to keep her momentum going when she lost to rising star

Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (; born 13 September 1994) is a Slovak tennis player. She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 12 singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 12 October 201 ...

, in straight sets. At the China Open, Duque Mariño breezed through qualifying by defeating wildcard

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and

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both in straight sets. She set up a first-round match against former Wimbledon semifinalist

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and defeated her in straight sets. She lost to eventual runner up and No. 12 seed,

Timea Bacsinszky Timea Bacsinszky ( hu, Bacsinszky Tímea; born 8 June 1989) is a Swiss former professional tennis player who won four singles titles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 13 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. A for ...

. With her result at the China Open, Duque Mariño moved up the rankings to No. 66 in the world, making it her highest ranking.

2016: Second WTA final since 2010, and quarterfinals at Mallorca Open

Duque Mariño reached the

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final by defeating

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, and

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; she lost the final against Kiki Bertens in straight sets. In June at the Mallorca Open, she defeated No. 134,

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, and then 2013-Wimbledon finalist and ex-No. 12,

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, in three sets. However, in the third round she lost to

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. At the

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in August, she competed in the singles but lost in the first round to

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

WTA 125 tournament finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 28 (19 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Doubles: 21 (14 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Pan American Games

Singles: 2 (1 gold medal, 1 silver medal)

Doubles: 2 (1 silver medal, 1 bronze medal)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 runner–up

Playing style

Duque-Mariño has a playing style similar to

Gabriela Sabatini Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini (; born 16 May 1970) is an Argentine-Italian former professional tennis player. A former world No. 3 in both singles and doubles, Sabatini was one of the leading players from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, amassing 41 ...

. Her serve has a more complicated motion than most women, but her athleticism allows her to keep the parts working together pretty smoothly. Her forehand is a heavy-topspin forehand that she hits at shoulder level while falling backward. The weakest, and the most un-Sabatini-like, element of Duque-Mariño's game is her backhand. She has a two-hander, and most of its power and spin is generated with her left hand. This makes the stroke a little flippy and rushed; for what is essentially her rally shot, it's not all that safe.

Record against top-10 players

Notes

References

External links

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