María José Llorca (born 3 March 1970) is a former professional

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player from Spain.

Biography

Llorca is originally from

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and was trained in Barcelona as a junior. A a right-handed player, she appeared in a total of four Federation Cup ties for Spain, the first two in 1986 when she was still only 16. In 1987 she featured in another two ties, including a World Group second round fixture against Australia which they lost, despite Llorca winning the opening rubber against

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. From 1987 to 1991 she competed on the WTA Tour. She and Anna-Karin Olsson were runners-up in the doubles at the 1988 Spanish Open, which included a win over top seeds

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and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario. Both of her grand slam main draw appearances came at the

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, where she featured in the main draw of the women's doubles and mixed doubles, partnering

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and

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respectively. In 2003 she took up the sport of padel tennis and was ranked as high as two in the world, before retiring in 2009.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles (0–1)

ITF finals

Singles: 6 (3-3)

Doubles: 5 (4–1)

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