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María Teresa Torró Flor (; born 2 May 1992) is a Spanish former professional
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player. In her career, Torró Flor won one singles title and three doubles titles on the
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, as well as 18 singles and five doubles titles on the
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. On 5 May 2014, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 47. On 8 June 2015, she peaked at No. 47 in the doubles rankings. Torró Flor was victorious upon her debut for the Spain Fed Cup team in February 2013, defeating Ukraine's Yuliya Beygelzimer in their 2013 Fed Cup World Group II tie.


Biography

María Teresa Torró Flor was born on 2 May 1992 to Francisco Torró, an engineer, and Marita Teresa Flor, a teacher. She has one sister, Ana. She started playing tennis at the age of 4. Her favorite shot is her forehand; her favorite surface is clay. Her tennis idol growing up was
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; her favorite singer is
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, and her favorite actor is
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. She enjoys listening to music, reading, watching movies, and soccer. She has a dog named Greta.


Career


2012

Torró Flor began her 2012 season by playing a $25k tournament in Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France, where she lost in the first round of qualifying to
Garbiñe Muguruza Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco (; born 8 October 1993) is a Venezuelan-born Spanish former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Asso ...
. She remained in France to play one more $25k event in Grenoble, for which she qualified. In the first round of the main draw, she overcame fellow qualifier and home favorite Jessica Ginier, only to be swept aside by fifth seeded Sandra Záhlavová in the second round. Torró Flor then played her third consecutive $25k tournament in Rabat. She once more qualified, and defeated Cristina Dinu and Laura Thorpe en route to the quarterfinals where she lost to Jasmina Tinjić.


2014

Torró Flor missed the Shenzhen Open and the
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due to a left leg injury. She returned from injury in February at the Open GdF Suez in Paris. She lost in the first round of qualifying to
Nadia Petrova Nadezhda Viktorovna "Nadia" Petrova ( ; born 8 June 1982) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A former top-five player in both singles and doubles, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in the world in both disciplines (doing s ...
. During the
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tie against the Czech Republic, Torró Flor played one rubber and lost to Klára Zakopalová. The Czech Republic ended up winning 3–2 over Spain to advance to the semifinal round. Seeded sixth at the first edition of the Rio Open, Torró Flor was defeated in the first round by qualifier Nastassja Burnett. Next, she played at the Brasil Tennis Cup. Seeded seventh, Torró Flor lost in the first round to Brazilian Teliana Pereira. In March, Torró Flor played at the Indian Wells Open. She won her first-round match when her opponent,
Galina Voskoboeva Galina Olegovna Voskoboeva (; born 18 December 1984) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani former tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 42 in singles and No. 26 in doubles. Career Born in Moscow, Voskoboeva turned pro in 2002. Du ...
, retired due to an upper respiratory infection. In the second round, she stunned fifth seed Angelique Kerber to earn her first career win over a top ten player. She was defeated in the third round by
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. At the Miami Open, Torró Flor lost in the first round to Andrea Petkovic. In April, Torró Flor played in the
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tie versus Poland. She won her first rubber over Urszula Radwańska but then lost her second rubber to Agnieszka Radwańska. Poland ended up winning 3–2. Torró Flor began her clay-court season at the Morocco Open. She reached her first WTA final defeating fourth seed Bojana Jovanovski, qualifier Lara Arruabarrena,
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, and fifth seed Garbiñe Muguruza. In the final, she beat Romina Oprandi to win her first WTA singles title. After this win, she broke into the world's top 50 for the first time in her career. At the Portugal Open, Torró Flor was defeated in the second round by seventh seed and eventual finalist,
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. At the Madrid Open, Torró Flor lost in the first round to
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. At the Italian Open, Torró Flor was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Mona Barthel. She played at the Internationaux de Strasbourg and lost in the first round to
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. At the
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, she beat 30th seed Klára Koukalová and
Magdaléna Rybáriková Magdaléna Rybáriková (; born 4 October 1988) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. In her career, she won four singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. Rybáriková reached the semifinals of the 2017 Wimbledon Champion ...
in her first two rounds but was defeated in the third round by fourth seed and eventual finalist, Simona Halep. Starting her grass-court season at the Rosmalen Open, Torró Flor lost in the first round to eighth seed Klára Koukalová. At the
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, she was defeated in the first round by 30th seed, former world No. 1, and five-time Wimbledon champion, Venus Williams.


Grand Slam singles performance timeline


WTA career finals


Singles: 1 (title)


Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner–up)


ITF finals


Singles: 22 (18 titles, 4 runner–ups)


Doubles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner–up)


Fed Cup participation


Singles


Doubles


Junior Grand Slam finals


Girls' doubles: 1 (runner–up)


Top-10 wins


Notes


References


External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Torro Flor, Maria Teresa 1992 births Living people People from Alto Vinalopó Tennis players from the Province of Alicante Spanish female tennis players 21st-century Spanish sportswomen