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Arantxa Parra Santonja (born 9 November 1982 in Valencia, Spain) is a professional female tennis

Tennis

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player from Spain. She turned pro in 2000.

On 12 July 2010, Parra Santonja reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 46.

WTA Tour finals

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam Grand Slam (tennis) The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and... tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–1)

Titles by Surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	8 May 2010	Estoril Estoril Open The Estoril Open is an ATP and WTA clay court tournament held in Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal . The men's tournament was created in 1990 and since its inception, every champion except 2004 champion Juan Ignacio Chela and 2009–2010 champion Albert Montañés has been in the Top 10 of the ATP rankings,... , Portugal	Clay	Anastasija Sevastova Anastasija Sevastova Anastasija Sevastova is a Latvian tennis player. On January 31, 2011, she achieved her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 36. On August 31, 2009, she claimed her highest Doubles rank of No. 195...	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	26 February 2011	Acapulco Abierto Mexicano Telcel The Abierto Mexicano Telcel is a tennis tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico. It is an event on both the ATP Tour and the WTA Tour... , Mexico	Clay	Gisela Dulko Gisela Dulko Gisela Dulko is an Argentine female tennis player, who will, as of 4 July 2011, be ranked World No. 51 in singles and No. 4 in doubles. Although she enjoyed a modest success in singles, reaching No. 26 on November 21, 2005, and winning four WTA Tour titles, her speciality has been doubles, where...	6–3, 7–6(5)

Doubles: 10 (3–7)

Winner — Legend (pre/post 2010)
Grand Slam Grand Slam (tennis) The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and... tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (3–7)

Titles by Surface
Hard (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (3–5)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
Runner-up	1.	7 July 2003	Palermo Internazionali Femminili di Palermo The Internazionali Femminili di Palermo is a tennis tournament held in Palermo, Italy. Held since 1988, this WTA Tour event is a Tier IV-tournament and is played on outdoor clay courts. It was lowered to a Tier V event in 2001 but returned to Tier IV in 2005.... , Italy	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez María José Martínez Sánchez María José Martínez Sánchez is a Spanish professional tennis player. In singles, she has won five WTA singles titles, the 2009 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, the 2009 Swedish Open, the Premier 5 event, 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, the 2011 Gastein Ladies and the 2011 Hansol Korea Open. She...	Adriana Serra Zanetti Adriana Serra Zanetti Adriana Serra Zanetti is a professional Italian tennis player. Sister of Antonella Serra Zanetti.Serra Zanetti's highest Women's Tennis Association singles ranking is World No. 38, which she reached on 11 February 2002. Her career high ranking in doubles was World No. 69 on 17 June 2002.-External... Emily Stellato	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	23 February 2004	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Barbara Schwartz Barbara Schwartz (tennis) Barbara Schwartz is an Austrian former professional tennis player.Schwartz turned professional in 1995 at the age of 16, and reached a career-high WTA world ranking of World No... Jasmin Wöhr Jasmin Wöhr Jasmin Wöhr is a German professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999.Wöhr was part of the Germany Fed Cup team in 2006. In the same year, she played solely in doubles competition, but has since returned to singles as well...	1–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	3 March 2007	Acapulco Abierto Mexicano Telcel The Abierto Mexicano Telcel is a tennis tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico. It is an event on both the ATP Tour and the WTA Tour... , Mexico	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Lourdes Dominguez Lino Lourdes Domínguez Lino is a Spanish professional female tennis player. On 11 September 2006 Domínguez Lino reached her career-high singles ranking: World No...	Émilie Loit Emilie Loit Émilie Loit is a retired French professional female tennis player. She was born in Cherbourg, France.She rose to fame when she played against American superstar Serena Williams before losing 6–3, 6–7, 5–7 in a tough first round 2003 Australian Open match.In her career Loit has won three career... Nicole Pratt Nicole Pratt Nicole Pratt is a retired professional female tennis player from Australia.She is the middle sibling of five children of cane farmers and was taught to play by her father, George, who was a top junior player. She attended school in Calen and received a tennis scholarship to the Australian...	6–3, 6–3
Winner	2.	16 June 2007	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives Nuria Llagostera Vives Nuria Llagostera Vives is a Spanish female tennis player. On June 6, 2005, Llagostera Vives reached her career-high singles ranking, World No. 35.During her career she has won 2 singles titles and 11 in doubles...	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Flavia Pennetta Flavia Pennetta Flavia Pennetta is an Italian professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top 10 female singles player on 17 August 2009 and also the first ever Italian Tennis player to be ranked No.1 in Doubles on 28 February 2011. As of 10 October 2011, Pennetta is ranked World No. 18 in singles and...	7–6, 2–6, [12–10]
Winner	3.	14 June 2008	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Runner-up	3.	10 January 2009	Auckland ASB Classic The ASB Classic is a tennis tournament held in Auckland, New Zealand. Held since 1986, this WTA Tour event is an International series tournament and is played on outdoor hardcourts during the first week of the year.... , New Zealand	Hard	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Nathalie Dechy Nathalie Dechy Nathalie Dechy is a French former professional tour tennis player.Dechy is a three-time doubles Grand Slam champion, winning the 2006 US Open women's doubles title with Vera Zvonareva, the 2007 French Open mixed doubles title with Andy Ram, and the 2007 US Open women's doubles title with Dinara... Mara Santangelo Mara Santangelo Mara Santangelo is a former professional female tennis player from Italy. She retired from the sport on 28 January 2011.-Tennis career:...	6–4, 6–7(3), [10–12]
Runner-up	4.	24 February 2009	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	9 January 2010	Brisbane Brisbane International The Brisbane International is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association Tour... , Australia	Hard	Melinda Czink Melinda Czink Melinda Czink is a Hungarian professional female tennis player. On September 21, 2009 Czink reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 37....	Andrea Hlaváčková Andrea Hlavácková Andrea Hlaváčková is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Her highest singles ranking is World No.87, which she reached on 31 January 2011, and her highest doubles ranking is World No.17, reached on 15 August 2011... Lucie Hradecká Lucie Hradecká Lucie Hradecká is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. In her career, Hradecká has won ten WTA doubles titles. This total includes the 2011 French Open, in which she won her first Grand Slam title.-Career:...	6–2, 6–7(3), [4–10]
Runner-up	6.	26 February 2011	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Mariya Koryttseva Mariya Koryttseva Mariya Koryttseva is a Ukrainian female tennis player. Her career high ranking is No. 50 in the world, which she achieved on August 18, 2008.... Ioana Raluca Olaru Ioana Raluca Olaru Ioana Raluca Olaru is a Romanian tennis player. As of 2 August 2010, she is ranked World No. 158 in singles and No. 104 in doubles. The winner of nine singles and six doubles ITF Circuit titles, Olaru reached one WTA Tour singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies, losing to Andrea Petkovic 6–2, 6–3...	5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
Runner-up	7.	9 July 2011	Bastad, Sweden	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Lourdes Domínguez Lino María José Martínez Sánchez	6-3, 6-3

Grand Slam Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...	-	Q1	1R	1R	2R	Q1	-	-	1R	1R	0 / 5	1–5
French Open	-	Q1	3R	2R	1R	-	-	-	2R	1R	0 / 5	4–5
Wimbledon	-	2R	2R	1R	Q2	-	-	2R	2R	1R	0 / 6	4–6
U.S. Open U.S. Open (tennis) The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881...	Q1	2R	2R	1R	Q1	-	-	-	1R		0 / 4	2–4
Grand Slam Win-Loss	-	2–2	4–4	1–4	1–2	-	-	2–3	2–4	0–3	N/A	11–20

External links

Her official website

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