Conchita Martínez
Spanish tennis player (born 1972) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Conchita Martínez Bernat (born 16 April 1972) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and coach. She was the first Spaniard to win the women's singles title at Wimbledon, doing so in 1994. Martínez also was the runner-up at the 1998 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 2 in October 1995, and was in the year-end top 10 for nine years. Martínez won 33 singles and 13 doubles titles during her 18-year career, as well as three Olympic medals. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2020.[2]
Full name | Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat |
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Country (sports) | Spain |
Residence | Barcelona, Spain |
Born | (1972-04-16) 16 April 1972 (age 52) Monzón, Huesca, Spain |
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Turned pro | February 1988 |
Retired | 15 April 2006 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $11,527,977 |
Int. Tennis HoF | 2020[1] (member page) |
Singles | |
Career record | 739–297 (71.3%) |
Career titles | 33 |
Highest ranking | No. 2 (30 October 1995) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | F (1998) |
French Open | F (2000) |
Wimbledon | W (1994) |
US Open | SF (1995, 1996) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 414–232 (64.1%) |
Career titles | 13 |
Highest ranking | No. 7 (11 January 1993) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (1998, 2002) |
French Open | F (1992, 2001) |
Wimbledon | QF (1995, 2003) |
US Open | SF (2005) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | W (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998) |
A five-time winner of the Fed Cup as a player, Martínez was the Spanish team captain from 2013 to 2017 and the Spanish Davis Cup team captain from 2015 to 2017, leading the Davis Cup team back into the top-tier World Group under her captaincy.[3] She has also served as a part-time coach to Garbiñe Muguruza, guiding her to the 2017 Wimbledon Championships title, and was the full-time coach to Karolína Plíšková through 2018 and 2019. She began coaching Muguruza on a full-time basis in November 2019. Martínez won the 2021 WTA Coach of the Year award for her work coaching Muguruza.
During 2020 Australian Open, it was announced that she and Goran Ivanišević will be inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame as Class of 2020.[4]