María Alejandra Vento-Kabchi (born 24 May 1974) is a former female tennis player from

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. In July 2004, she reached her career-high singles

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of world No. 26. She won four WTA titles in doubles. Vento-Kabchi reached the fourth round of the US Open in 2005, where she was heavily defeated by the eventual champion,

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. Vento-Kabchi likened the defeat to being "run over by a truck". Her best results in Grand Slam tournaments are reaching the fourth round in Wimbledon (

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) and US Open (

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). She competed as María Vento until July 21, 2001, when she married lawyer Gamal Kabchi. Vento-Kabchi retired from professional tennis in 2006.

WTA career finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

ITF finals

Singles (7–6)

Doubles (2–2)

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