María José Martínez Sánchez

María José Martínez Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈɾi.a xoˈse maɾˈtineθ ˈsantʃeθ]; born 12 August 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. In singles, she won five WTA Tour titles, her biggest being a Premier 5 title at the 2010 Italian Open where she defeated two former world No. 1 players, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Janković, en route to the title. As a junior, she won the Orange Bowl (1999) and French Open (2000). She reached a career-high ranking in singles of world No. 19, on 10 May 2010.

María José Martínez Sánchez

Martínez Sánchez at the 2018 French Open
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	(1982-08-12) 12 August 1982 Yecla, Murcia, Spain
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1998
Retired	2020
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 4,409,022
Singles
Career record	361–246
Career titles	5 WTA, 12 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 19 (10 May 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2009)
French Open	3R (2009, 2012)
Wimbledon	3R (2008, 2011)
US Open	3R (2009)
Doubles
Career record	491–259
Career titles	21 WTA, 22 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 4 (5 July 2010)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2009, 2019)
French Open	SF (2010, 2012)
Wimbledon	QF (2008, 2009, 2012)
US Open	SF (2012)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (2009)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2018, 2019)
French Open	QF (2015, 2017, 2018)
Wimbledon	SF (2017)
US Open	2R (2009)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	10–7
Medal record Representing Spain Mediterranean Games 2001 Tunis Doubles

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.

In doubles, Martínez Sánchez won 21 WTA Tour titles, ten partnering with her compatriot Nuria Llagostera Vives. Among them are the 2009 WTA Tour Championships, 2009 Rogers Cup and the Dubai Tennis Championships in 2010 and 2011. Martínez Sánchez reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4, on 5 July 2010.

Career

Martínez Sánchez won the 1999 Orange Bowl, a year-ending tennis event for Juniors. Next year she became the champion of French Open girls' doubles. She made her first Grand Slam draw at the 2001 Australian Open losing to the third seed Venus Williams, in three sets.

2008

At Wimbledon, she advanced to the third round where she lost to eventual champion Venus Williams. In her next Grand Slam event, the US Open, she lost in the first round to Sabine Lisicki.

She finished off the year of a ranking of 87, and only the second time of her career that she finish the year in the top 100 (her first being all the way back in 2001).

2009

Sánchez playing at the 2009 US Open

Martínez Sánchez started the season playing at the Australian Open, the first major of the year. In the first round, she upset the 32nd seed Tamarine Tanasugarn, and then defeated Akgul Amanmuradova but lost in the third round to compatriot Carla Suárez Navarro both in straight sets. In doubles, she and Nuria Llagostera Vives were seeded 11th and defeated 6th seeds Yan Zi and Zheng Jie in the third round but they lost a tough match in the quarterfinals to Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo 6–3, 6–7, 6–7.

María José next played at the Copa Colsanitas where she was seeded seventh. She defeated Anastasiya Yakimova, Arantxa Parra Santonja and Betina Jozami to reach the semifinals where she won a close two-setter against Patricia Mayr. She captured her first career singles title when she defeated third seed Gisela Dulko in the final. In doubles, Martínez Sánchez and Llagostera Vives were the top seeds and they reached the final where they beat second seeds Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta to win their first doubles title of the year.

She reached the third round at Roland Garros. In that match against world No. 2, Serena Williams, she was accused of cheating and poor sportsmanship. At 2–2 in the first set, and having a break point at 30–40, Martínez Sánchez hit a drop shot and approached the net. Williams charged, and smashed a backhand, which deflected off of Martínez Sánchez, which appeared to be a winner, and Martínez Sánchez was awarded the point. Williams insisted that the ball had hit Martínez Sánchez's arm, not her racquet (which replays confirmed), but the umpire refused to change the decision. Williams, annoyed, threatened Martínez Sánchez, stating, "I'm gonna get you in the locker room girl, you don't know me." After the match Williams called her "a cheater". Martínez Sánchez went on to lose the match to Williams 6–4, 3–6, 4–6.

Martínez Sánchez won her second singles title at the year at the 2009 Swedish Open. On the way she defeated fourth seed Kaia Kanepi, Carla Suárez Navarro and Gisela Dulko, before beating top seed and world No. 9, Caroline Wozniacki in the final.

Martínez Sánchez and her partner Nuria Llagostera Vives won the year-end championships in doubles. As the third seeds, they defeated Venus and Serena Williams, before winning the biggest title of their careers against world-number-ones, Cara Black and Liezel Huber, in the final.

Maria qualified to play at the 2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions in Bali. She recovered from a first set deficit to beat Szávay in three sets, 4–6, 6–4, 6–0. In her second group round-robin match she beat Stosur in straight sets (7–6, 7–5) where Stosur served a 208kmps world record serve. In the semifinals, she lost against Aravane Rezaï (2–6, 3–6), who clearly outplayed her on that day.

Overall, Martínez Sánchez had the greatest year of her career. The highlights were winning two singles WTA titles at Bogotá and Båstad (Sweden) and by reaching the third rounds at the Australian Open, Roland Garros, and US Open. She ended the year ranked world No. 30.

In doubles, she won seven titles with Llagostera Vives, at Bogotá, Acapulco, Barcelona, Palermo, Toronto, New Haven, and the most important, the WTA Tour Championships in Doha. She ended the year ranked world No. 5.

2010

Her first tournament of the year was winning the Hopman Cup with partner Tommy Robredo. They reached the Final after defeating top seeds Australia, the United States, and Romania without losing a single match. However, she had a shock loss to young British prospect Laura Robson but was able to secure a 2–1 win for Spain.

Martínez Sánchez was seeded 24th at the 2010 Australian Open but lost in the second round to world No. 35, Zheng Jie, 6–2, 2–6, 3–6.

At Indian Wells, she entered in the second round against Alexandra Dulgheru and struggled through in three sets, 2–6, 6–3, 6–1. Then she went on winning in straight sets over Belarusian Victoria Azarenka in the third round, 7–6, 6–2, and another straight sets win over Belgian Yanina Wickmayer in the fourth round 6–4, 6–4. In her quarterfinal match, she was defeated by Samantha Stosur in straight sets.

Martínez Sánchez major breakthrough tournament came at the Italian Open, a Premier 5 event in Rome where nine of the top ten women were competing. She upset world No. 17, Francesca Schiavone, world No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki and then Lucie Šafářová in straight sets. She then defeated Ana Ivanovic in the semifinals in straight sets and went on to beat world No. 7, Jelena Janković, in the final to win the biggest title of her career so far. Due to her impressive performance in Rome, she became a top 20 player for the first time, at No. 19. However, she was unable to carry any momentum at all into the French Open, suffering defeat in the first round, because her neck was injured while she was training the same day and she could hardly move the neck in the match.

She returned in Eastbourne, winning the first match against Vera Zvonareva and the second round again Aravane Rezaï. She was defeated in the quarterfinals by Marion Bartoli in a really hard match. But more bad luck came to María once again when her leg was injured due to bad movement before her quarterfinals doubles match. This time would be worse for she would miss Wimbledon and most of the summer season, before returning in New Haven and losing in the first round against wildcard Elena Dementieva.

In the US Open, she failed to repeat her third-round finish of the previous year, losing in the second round against Patty Schnyder in a tight match. Overall, the result was good for Martínez Sánchez who had made a lot unforced errors, and Schnyder who had her best match in the past few months.

2011

Martínez Sánchez started off the year at the Sydney International where she defeated Daniela Hantuchová in the first round 6–2, 6–4, before setting up a meeting with Alisa Kleybanova where she lost in straight sets. At the Australian Open, Martínez Sánchez was seeded 26. In the first round, she faced Gréta Arn who had recently won the Auckland Open. Martínez Sánchez won against Arn although was subsequently defeated by Frenchwoman Alizé Cornet in the second round.

At Wimbledon, Martínez Sánchez came from a set down to upset 15th seed Jelena Janković in the first round. She then made quick work of Romanian Monica Niculescu in the following match. She lost to 23rd seed and five-time Wimbledon champion, Venus Williams, in the third round.

She earned two International Championships in 2011. In July, Martínez Sánchez defeated Patricia Mayr-Achleitner at the Gastein Ladies in Austria. She followed that win with a 7–6, 7–6-victory over Galina Voskoboeva at the Korea Open in September.

2012

2012 was a year of injury and struggles for Martínez Sánchez as she consequently fell out of the top 150 in singles.

After withdrawing from the Australian Open with a left knee injury, she failed to win a main-draw match until the French Open, where she reached the third round losing to 15th seed Dominika Cibulková, 2–6, 1–6. Martínez Sánchez experienced even more success in doubles where she reached the semifinals with Llagostera Vives, losing to eventual champions and No. 4 seeds, Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci.

Martínez Sánchez lost to Laura Robson and Ana Ivanovic both in three sets, at the Eastbourne International and Wimbledon, respectively, the first sending her out of the top 50. However, in doubles, again with Llagostera Vives, they won in Eastbourne without dropping a set and defeating the top-2 seeds, but they lost in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon to Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone in a tough three-setter.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Martínez Sánchez defeated Polona Hercog 6–4, 6–2, before being routed out by Victoria Azarenka 6–1, 6–2. She and Llagostera Vives routed Casey Dellacqua and Sam Stosur (6–1, 6–1), before falling to Peng Shuai and Zheng Jie (4–6, 2–6).

The Spaniard then lost in the first round of both singles and doubles in tough matches at Montreal. She fell out of the top 100 of singles following the loss to Carla Suárez Navarro.

Despite falling first round again in singles in Cincinnati, Martínez Sánchez and Llagostera Vives were pushed in the first round by Olga Govortsova and Alla Kudryavtseva, but fell to eighth seeds Katarina Srebotnik and Zheng Jie, 4–6, 3–6.

A good run at the US Open caused her to bounce back into the top 100 of singles and the top 15 of doubles. After a tough first-round match with fellow veteran Mirjana Lučić winning 6–3, 7–5, she pushed eventual champ Serena Williams, 6–2, 6–4. The scoreline was easier than it looks however. After a series of tough wins with Llagostera Vives in doubles, they met the eventual champions Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci, falling 2–6, 3–6.

Entering the Korea Open as the defending champion, she played well defeating Eleni Daniilidou, and Nadia Petrova via walkover, but lost in the quarterfinals where she was routed by Ekaterina Makarova 1–6, 1–6. The loss sent her sprawling out of the top 100 to 137. Martínez Sánchez then lost in the first round of qualifyings at Tokyo, Beijing, and Osaka. In Osaka, she managed to push second seed Zheng Jie to a tough three-setter, losing 6–4, 5–7, 4–6 despite going up a set and 5–2.

2015

After giving birth in November 2013 to a daughter, Andrea, she returned on the main tour in the Miami Open doubles draw, pairing with Vera Dushevina.

2019

Alongside partner Neal Skupski, the Spaniard was beaten in her mixed-doubles semifinal in the 2019 Australian Open.

Significant finals

Year-end championships

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2009	Doha	Hard	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Cara Black  Liezel Huber	7–6(7–0), 5–7, [10–7]

Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 tournaments

Singles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2010	Rome	Clay	Jelena Janković	7–6(7–5), 7–5

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2008	Berlin	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Cara Black  Liezel Huber	6–3, 2–6, [2–10]
Loss	2009	Cincinnati	Hard	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Cara Black Liezel Huber	3–6, 6–0, [2–10]
Win	2009	Toronto	Hard	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Samantha Stosur  Rennae Stubbs	2–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Win	2010	Dubai	Hard	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Květa Peschke  Katarina Srebotnik	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss	2010	Rome	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Gisela Dulko  Flavia Pennetta	4–6, 2–6
Win	2011	Dubai (2)	Hard	Liezel Huber	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss	2018	Doha	Hard	Andreja Klepač	Gabriela Dabrowski  Jeļena Ostapenko	3–6, 3–6

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments Premier M & Premier 5 (1–0) Premier (0–0) International (4–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	15 June 2008	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Maria Kirilenko	0–6, 2–6
Win	1.	22 February 2009	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Gisela Dulko	6–3, 6–2
Win	2.	11 July 2009	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Caroline Wozniacki	7–5, 6–4
Win	3.	8 May 2010	Rome, Italy	Clay	Jelena Janković	7–6(7–5), 7–5
Win	4.	17 July 2011	Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	6–0, 7–5
Win	5.	25 September 2011	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Galina Voskoboeva	7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–2)

Doubles: 35 (21 titles, 14 runner-ups)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments WTA Tour Championships (1–0) Premier M & Premier 5 (3–4) Premier (3–3) International (14–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	4 March 2001	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Virginia Ruano Pascual  Paola Suárez	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
Winner	2.	8 April 2001	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Alexandra Fusai  Rita Grande	6–1, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
Winner	3.	6 May 2001	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Nadia Petrova  Tina Pisnik	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	16 July 2001	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Tathiana Garbin  Janette Husárová	6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	29 July 2001	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	María Emilia Salerni	Lubomira Bacheva  Åsa Carlsson	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 1–6
Winner	4.	5 August 2001	Basel, Switzerland	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Joannette Kruger  Marta Marrero	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Runner-up	3.	11 August 2002	Espoo, Finland	Clay	Eva Bes-Ostariz	Svetlana Kuznetsova  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Runner-up	4.	13 July 2003	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Adriana Serra Zanetti  Emily Stellato	4–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	2 March 2008	Acapulco, Mexico (2)	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Iveta Benešová  Petra Cetkovská	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	11 May 2008	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Cara Black  Liezel Huber	6–3, 2–6, [2–10]
Runner-up	6.	15 June 2008	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–4, 5–7, [4–10]
Winner	6.	21 February 2009	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Gisela Dulko  Flavia Pennetta	7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Winner	7.	28 February 2009	Acapulco, Mexico (3)	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–4, 6–2
Winner	8.	19 April 2009	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Sorana Cîrstea  Andreja Klepač	3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Runner-up	7.	11 July 2009	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	2–6, 6–0, [5–10]
Winner	9.	19 July 2009	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Mariya Koryttseva  Darya Kustova	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	16 August 2009	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Cara Black Liezel Huber	3–6, 6–0, [2–10]
Winner	10.	23 August 2009	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Samantha Stosur  Rennae Stubbs	2–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Winner	11.	29 August 2009	New Haven, USA	Hard	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Iveta Benešová Lucie Hradecká	6–2, 7–5
Winner	12.	1 November 2009	WTA Finals, Doha, Qatar	Hard	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Cara Black Liezel Huber	7–6(7–0), 5–7, [10–7]
Winner	13.	20 February 2010	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Květa Peschke  Katarina Srebotnik	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Runner-up	9.	9 May 2010	Rome, Italy	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	10.	23 October 2010	Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Sara Errani	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	3–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Winner	14.	20 February 2011	Dubai, UAE (2)	Hard	Liezel Huber	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Winner	15.	9 July 2011	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–3, 6–3
Winner	16.	23 June 2012	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	6–4, ret.
Winner	17.	19 June 2016	Mallorca, Spain	Grass	Gabriela Dabrowski	Anna-Lena Friedsam Laura Siegemund	6–4, 6–2
Winner	18.	23 September 2017	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Andreja Klepač	Daria Gavrilova Daria Kasatkina	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	11.	6 January 2018	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Andreja Klepač	Kiki Bertens Demi Schuurs	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	12.	18 February 2018	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Andreja Klepač	Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	13.	8 April 2018	Charleston, U.S.	Clay	Andreja Klepač	Alla Kudryavtseva Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 3–6
Winner	19.	24 June 2018	Mallorca, Spain (2)	Grass	Andreja Klepač	Lucie Šafářová Barbora Štefková	6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
Winner	20.	3 May 2019	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Sara Sorribes Tormo	Georgina García Pérez Oksana Kalashnikova	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	14.	23 June 2019	Mallorca, Spain	Grass	Sara Sorribes Tormo	Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson	2–6, 4–6
Winner	21.	23 August 2019	Bronx, U.S.	Hard	Darija Jurak	Margarita Gasparyan Monica Niculescu	7–5, 2–6, [10–7]

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles (12–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	24 May 1999	Ceuta, Spain	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	25 July 1999	Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Choi Ju-yeon	7–6, 6–2
Winner	2.	15 May 2000	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Zsófia Gubacsi	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	4 June 2000	Modena, Italy	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Winner	3.	10 July 2000	Getxo, Spain	Clay	Julia Vakulenko	6–4, 6–0
Winner	4.	23 July 2000	Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Paula Hermida	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	4 September 2000	Denain, France	Hard (i)	Anabel Medina Garrigues	6–2, 5–7, 0–6
Runner-up	4.	29 April 2001	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	6–3, 6–7, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	2 June 2003	Galatina, Italy	Clay	Kaia Kanepi	3–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	2 August 2005	Vigo, Spain	Hard	Annette Kolb	6–7(5), 7–5, 7–6(4)
Runner-up	6.	30 August 2005	Mollerussa, Spain	Hard	Kildine Chevalier	2–6, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	20 March 2006	Sabadell, Spain	Clay	Estrella Cabeza Candela	3–6, 5–7
Winner	6.	16 April 2006	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	María José Argeri	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Winner	7.	1 May 2006	Catania, Italy	Clay	Karin Knapp	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	8.	6 June 2006	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Kelly Liggan	7–6, 6–3
Winner	9.	23 October 2006	Sant Cugat, Spain	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–2, 6–4
Winner	10.	17 April 2007	Calvià, Spain	Clay	Casey Dellacqua	6–1, 6–7, 7–5
Winner	11.	17 September 2007	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Sabine Lisicki	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	12.	24 September 2007	Granada, Spain	Hard	Monica Niculescu	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	12 May 2008	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Petra Cetkovská	4–6, 4–6

Doubles (23–16)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	11 May 1998	Tortosa, Spain	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Patricia Aznar Cynthia Perez	0–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	11 October 1998	Girona, Spain	Clay	Marta Marrero	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6–4, 1–6, 6–7
Winner	1.	24 May 1999	Ceuta, Spain	Clay	Rocío González	Oleksandra Kravets Nuria Llagostera Vives	7–6(4), 6–0
Winner	2.	27 September 1999	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Alicia Ortuño Michaela Paštiková	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Winner	3.	3 June 2000	Modena, Italy	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Tina Hergold Maja Matevžič	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	12 June 2000	Grado, Italy	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Vanessa Menga Alicia Ortuño	6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	10 July 2000	Getxo, Spain	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Maja Palaveršić Alicia Ortuño	1–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	17 July 2000	Valladolid, Spain	Clay	Alicia Ortuño	Trudi Musgrave Lorna Woodroffe	6–2, 6–4
Winner	5.	4 September 2000	Denain, France	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Elena Bovina Mariana Díaz Oliva	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	5.	23 April 2001	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Gisela Riera	Eva Bes Lourdes Domínguez Lino	1–6, 6–7(5)
Runner-up	6.	22 September 2002	Biella, Italy	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Lubomira Bacheva Eva Bes	5–7, 6–2, 6–7(5)
Runner-up	7.	3 May 2003	Maglie, Italy	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Delia Sescioreanu Edina Gallovits-Hall	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	6.	22 June 2003	Périgueux, France	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Lana Popadić Natacha Randriantefy	6–0, 6–3
Winner	7.	29 June 2003	Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Paula García	Kildine Chevalier Christina Zachariadou	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	8.	11 August 2003	Martina Franca, Italy	Clay	Paula García	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Darija Jurak	6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Winner	8.	5 October 2003	Girona, Spain	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	Lubomira Bacheva Roberta Vinci	7–5, 6–3
Winner	9.	21 February 2005	Melilla, Spain	Hard	Sara Errani	Sun Shengnan Yang Shujing	6–7, 6–0, 7–5
Winner	10.	6 August 2005	Vigo, Spain	Hard	Anna Font	Estrella Cabeza Candela Matilde Muñoz Gonzalves	6–2, 6–3
Winner	11.	21 August 2005	Coimbra, Portugal	Hard	Ana Catarina Nogueira	Angelique Kerber Tatjana Priachin	6–4, 7–6(1)
Winner	12.	18 September 2005	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	Julia Schruff Jasmin Wöhr	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	3 October 2005	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	Lourdes Domínguez Lino María Sánchez Lorenzo	5–7, 7–6(4), 6–7(3)
Winner	13.	15 October 2005	Sevilla, Spain	Clay	Sara Errani	Gabriela Niculescu Monica Niculescu	6–2, 7–6(5)
Runner-up	10.	30 October 2005	Sant Cugat, Spain	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	11.	26 March 2006	Sabadell, Spain	Hard	Marta Fraga	Estrella Cabeza Candela Núria Roig	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	12.	15 April 2006	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	Joana Cortez	Zsófia Gubacsi Matea Mezak	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	14.	11 June 2006	Móstoles, Spain	Hard	Joana Cortez	Carla Tiene Jenifer Widjaja	6–3, 6–2
Winner	15.	18 June 2006	Marseille, France	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	Séverine Beltrame Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro	7–5, 6–4
Winner	16.	14 October 2006	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro	Barbora Strýcová Renata Voráčová	7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	13.	20 April 2007	Calvià, Spain	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Petra Cetkovská Andrea Hlaváčková	5–7, 4–6
Winner	17.	17 September 2007	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Monica Niculescu Yevgenia Savranska	6–1, 7–6(4)
Winner	18.	24 September 2007	Granada, Spain	Clay	Marta Marrero	Alexandra Dulgheru Monica Niculescu	6–4, 6–1
Winner	19.	8 October 2007	Reggio Calabria, Italy	Clay	Marta Marrero	Stefanie Haidner Sandra Martinović	6–1, 6–2
Winner	20.	22 October 2007	Sant Cugat, Spain	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Kira Nagy Aurélie Védy	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	14.	3 February 2008	Belford, France	Hard (i)	Marta Marrero	Lucie Hradecká Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková	6–7(8), 4–6
Winner	21.	15 March 2008	Las Palmas, Spain	Hard	Marta Marrero	Anna Gerasimou Anna Hawkins	6–2, 7–6(1)
Runner-up	15.	31 March 2008	Patras, Greece	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Tzipora Obziler Anastasiya Yakimova	5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	16.	7 April 2008	Monzón, Spain	Hard	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Rika Fujiwara Emmanuelle Gagliardi	6–1, 6–7(5), 8–10
Winner	22.	14 April 2008	Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Renata Voráčová  Anastasiya Yakimova	6–2, 6–1
Winner	23.	20 December 2015	Ankara, Turkey	Hard (i)	Marina Melnikova	Paula Kania Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove	6–4, 5–7, [10–8]

Team events

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	9 January 2010	Hopman Cup, Perth, Western Australia	Hard	Tommy Robredo	Andy Murray  Laura Robson	2–1

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2016	2017	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	3R	2R	2R	A	Q1	Q2	A	0 / 5	4–5
French Open	1R	Q1	A	A	A	A	Q2	1R	3R	1R	2R	3R	A	A	A	0 / 6	5–6
Wimbledon	1R	A	A	A	A	Q3	Q1	3R	1R	A	3R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 5	4–5
US Open	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	Q2	1R	3R	2R	1R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 7	4–7
Win–loss	0–4	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–3	6–4	2–3	4–4	3–3	0-0	0–0	0–0	0 / 23	17–23
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	QF	3R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 3	4–3
Miami	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	3R	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	2–4
Madrid	Not Held								1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	0–3
Beijing	Not Held			Not Tier I					3R	1R	2R	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 3	3–3
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai	Not Tier I								A	2R	1R	NP5			Q2	0 / 2	1–2
Doha	No Premier Event								Not Held		NP5	1R	A	Q1	NP5	0 / 1	0–1
Rome	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	W	1R	1R	A	A	A	1 / 4	9–3
Cincinnati	Not Held			Not Tier I					2R	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 3	1–3
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 3	2–3
Tokyo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	Q1	A	NP5		0 / 2	0–2
Wuhan	Not Held													A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Year-end ranking	92	278	348	—	397	109	173	92	27	28	35	161	532	743	641

Doubles

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	QF	3R	2R	A	3R	A	A	1R	3R	1R	0 / 9	11–9
French Open	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	3R	QF	1R	SF	3R	SF	1R	A	1R	2R	3R	QF	0 / 14	22–14
Wimbledon	1R	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	QF	QF	A	2R	QF	A	A	2R	2R	3R	3R	0 / 11	15–10
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	QF	1R	3R	SF	A	A	A	1R	QF		0 / 9	14–9
Win–loss	0–3	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–0	3–2	3–2	7–3	9–4	6–4	6–4	11–3	2–2	0–0	1–2	2–4	9–4	5–3	0 / 44	62–44
Year-end championships
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF		1 / 2	2–1
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held			A	Not Held			1R	Not Held			2R	Not Held			A	Not Held		0 / 2	1–2
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	QF	1R	2R	1R	A	A	1R	2R	QF	0 / 9	9–9
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	SF	A	QF	A	QF	A	QF	2R	0 / 7	13–7
Madrid	Not Held								QF	SF	2R	SF	A	A	2R	A	A	SF	0 / 6	11–6
Beijing	T IV		Tier II						QF	QF	2R	2R	A	A	A	SF	QF		0 / 6	10–6
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai	Tier II								A	W	W	Prem			A	Prem	2R	Prem	2 / 3	9–1
Doha	Tier III			Tier II				Tier I	Not Held		Prem	1R	A	A	Prem	SF	Prem	F	0 / 3	7–3
Rome	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	SF	F	QF	1R	2R	A	2R	A	1R	1R	0 / 10	7–10
Montréal / Toronto	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	W	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	2R	SF	1 / 6	9–5
Cincinnati	NH			Tier III					F	A	1R	SF	A	A	A	1R	2R	QF	0 / 6	9–6
Tokyo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	Premier				0 / 2	0–2
Wuhan	Premier														A	2R	2R		0 / 2	2–2
Year-end ranking	40	79	112	—	131	62	108	30	6	15	21	15	129	—	115	42	24

External links

• María José Martínez Sánchez at the Women's Tennis Association
• María José Martínez Sánchez at the International Tennis Federation
• María José Martínez Sánchez at the Billie Jean King Cup