Marta Marrero (born 16 January 1983), a Spanish former professional tennis player, is a professional

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player. In tennis, she reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, won two WTA doubles titles, and also a total of 14 ITF singles and doubles titles. Her highest singles rank on the

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was world No. 47, which she reached in 2004. Her highest doubles ranking was No. 47, set in July 2005. Since 2015 she is a professional

player where she has attained a world No. 1 ranking as of 2019.

Career

Marrero turned professional in 1998. At the

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, she reached the quarterfinals as a qualifier. In the second round, Marrero defeated

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, who defeated number two seed

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in the first round. Reaching the fourth round, she defeated

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in three sets. It was the first time in French Open history that two qualifiers met in the fourth round. In the quarterfinals, Marrero was defeated by eventual runner-up Conchita Martínez, 7–6, 6–1. At the

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, she lost in the third round to

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, who finished runner-up. 2004 saw the Spaniard win Marrero first WTA doubles title in

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, Poland. In the final, she and

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defeated

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and

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. In 2005, Marrero won her second (and last, to date) WTA doubles title. Partnering

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, the team, which was seeded fourth, defeated Daniela and

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in the final. At the 2007 US Open, Marrero competed in the women's doubles competition with

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. In the first round, Marrero and Sfar defeated

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and former world number one doubles player

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in three sets. They lost in the second round, however, to Alicia Molik and

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, who were the

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doubles champions. Marrero announced her retirement from tennis in 2010, after struggling with injuries.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

ITF finals

Singles: 18 (9–9)

Doubles: 9 (5–4)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

References

External links

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