Marta Marrero Marrero is a former professional Spanish

Spanish people

The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....

 tennis player. She reached the quarterfinals of the French Open

French Open (tennis)

The French Open |Roland Garros]]) is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade Roland Garros. It is the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world and the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments – the other three are...

, won two WTA

Women's Tennis Association

The Women's Tennis Association , founded in 1973 by Billie Jean King, is the principal organizing body of Women's Professional Tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women. Its counterpart organization in the men's professional game is the Association of...

 doubles titles, and also won a total of 12 ITF

International Tennis Federation

The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...

 singles and doubles titles. Her highest singles rank on the WTA Tour was World Number 47, which she reached in 2004. Her highest doubles ranking was also World Number 47, reached in July 2005.

She is the younger sister of ATP player David Marrero

David Marrero

David Marrero Santana is a professional tennis player from Spain.He is the older brother of retired WTA player Marta Marrero.- 2000 to 2007 :...

.

Career

Marrero turned professional in 1998. At the 2000 French Open

2000 French Open

List of the 2000 French Open champions:-Men's Singles:* Men's Singles-Men's singles: Gustavo Kuerten def. Magnus Norman, 6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6...

, she reached the quarterfinals as a qualifier. In the second round, Marrero defeated Dominique Van Roost, who defeated number two seed Lindsay Davenport

Lindsay Davenport

Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years...

 in the first round, 0–6, 7–5, 7–5. Reaching the fourth round, she defeated Paraguay

Paraguay

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's Rossana de los Ríos

Rossana de los Rios

Rossana de los Ríos born September 16, 1975 is a professional tennis player from Paraguay. As of June 14, 2010, she is ranked World No. 92 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour...

 in three sets, 4–6, 6–0, 6–4. It was the first time in French Open history that two qualifiers met in the fourth round. In the quarterfinals, Marrero was defeated by eventual runner-up Conchita Martínez

Conchita Martínez

Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998...

, 7–6 (5), 6–1. At the 2001 French Open

2001 French Open

The 2001 French Open was the second Grand Slam event of 2001 and the 100th edition of the French Open. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from late May through early June, 2001.-Men's Singles:...

, she lost in the third round to Kim Clijsters

Kim Clijsters

Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a Belgian professional tennis player. As of 7 November 2011, Clijsters is ranked No. 13 in singles. Clijsters is a former World No. 1 in both singles and doubles....

, who finished runner-up.

2004 saw the Spaniard win Marrero first WTA doubles title in Sopot

Sopot

Sopot is a seaside town in Eastern Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000....

, Poland

Poland

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. In the final, she and 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...

 defeated Klaudia Jans

Klaudia Jans

Klaudia Jans-Ignacik is a professional tennis player from Poland. While Jans hasn't won a WTA title, she has won one ITF singles title, eleven ITF doubles titles and one WTA doubles title....

 and Alicja Rosolska

Alicja Rosolska

Alicja Rosolska is a Polish professional tennis player. Rosolska made her bow as a professional at the 2002 J&S Cup.She is primarily a doubles player, partnering countrywoman Klaudia Jans. She and Jans have reached five finals on the WTA...

. In 2005, Marrero won her second (and last, to date) WTA doubles title. Partnering Antonella Serra Zanetti

Antonella Serra Zanetti

Antonella Serra Zanetti is a professional female tennis player from Italy.On January 30, 2006, Serra Zanetti achieved her career-high singles ranking: World No. 60.-Doubles :...

, the team, which was seeded fourth, defeated Daniela

Daniela Klemenschits

Daniela Klemenschits was an Austrian doubles tennis player.She was born in Vienna. Klemenschits played doubles with her twin sister Sandra on the WTA Tour and the ITF women's circuit until 2006...

 and Sandra Klemenschits

Sandra Klemenschits

Sandra Klemenschits is an Austrian tennis player. She has won around 25 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit as of May 2009, most of them with her twin Daniela although they never reached a WTA doubles final.-Personal life:...

 in the final.

At the 2007 U.S. Open

2007 U.S. Open (tennis)

The 2007 US Open was held from 27 August to 9 September 2007, at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City....

, Marrero competed in the women's doubles competition

2007 U.S. Open - Women's Doubles

The 2007 US Open – Women's Doubles was an event that was won by Nathalie Dechy and Dinara Safina.- Seeds :# Cara Black / Liezel Huber # Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur ...

 with Selima Sfar

Selima Sfar

Selima Sfar is a Tunisian female professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and has been ranked as high as 75th in the world . She has experienced most of her success in ITF tournaments, winning eleven singles tournaments and twenty doubles tournaments...

. In the first round, Marrero and Sfar defeated Roberta Vinci

Roberta Vinci

Roberta Vinci is an Italian tennis player. As of 29 August 2011, Vinci is ranked World No. 20, on the WTA Tour Rankings. Vinci has won thirteen WTA Tour titles, six in singles and seven in doubles....

 and former world number one doubles player Paola Suárez

Paola Suárez

Paola Suárez was a top 10 tennis player in the early 2000s. She gained prominence in 2004 by reaching the finals of nine straight WTA doubles tournaments, and by reaching the singles semifinals of the French Open tournament, held in Paris."La Negra" Suárez began playing professional tennis at the...

 in three sets. They lost in the second round, however, to Alicia Molik

Alicia Molik

Alicia Molik is a Australian professional female tennis player. She reached a career high singles rank of number 8 and also won a bronze medal for Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Molik also reached a career high doubles ranking of number 6, and won two grand slam doubles titles, at the...

 and 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:...

, who were the 2007 French Open

2007 French Open

The 2007 French Open was held in Paris, France from 27 May through to 10 June 2007. Followed two weeks later, as usual, by Wimbledon in London, United Kingdom. Rafael Nadal became the first man to win the tournament 3 times consecutively since Björn Borg, 1978–81; and maintained his unbeaten run...

 doubles champions.

Marrero announced her retirement from tennis in 2010 after struggling with injuries.

Singles

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

WTA Championships (0)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (0)

Tier IV & V (0)

ITF Titles (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	13 September 1998	Póvoa de Varzim Póvoa de Varzim Póvoa de Varzim is a Portuguese city in the Norte Region and sub-region of Greater Porto, with a 2011 estimated population of 63,364. According to the 2001 census, there were 63,470 inhabitants with 42,396 living in the city proper. The urban area expanded, southwards, to Vila do Conde, and there...	Hard	Wendy Fix	6–0, 6–0
2.	18 July 1999	Getxo Getxo Getxo is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the north of Spain.It is part of the metropolitan area of Bilbao , and has about 83,000 inhabitants...	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...	6–2, 6–7, 6–4
3.	19 September 1999	Otočec Otocec Otočec is a settlement on the left bank of the river Krka in the Novo Mesto municipality in southeastern Slovenia. It used to be known as the market town of Šentpeter...	Clay	Angelika Roesch	6–2, 6–1
4.	26 September 1999	Sofia Sofia Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...	Clay	Lubomira Bacheva Lubomira Bacheva Lubomira Bacheva is a retired professional tennis player from Bulgaria. She reached her career high ranking of No. 68 in the world on November 1, 1999.-Tennis career:As a junior, Bacheva won the European Championships in 1989 and 1991....	6–2, 6–3
5.	26 March 2000	Taranto Taranto Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto and is an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base....	Clay	Gloria Pizzichini Gloria Pizzichini Gloria Pizzichini is an Italian tennis player. She reached her highest singles ranking, World No. 45, on 18 November 1996, the same year she won her only WTA Tour title. In the 1996 "M" Electronika Cup final, she defeated domestic player Silvija Talaja 6–2, 6–0 to collect the trophy...	6–4, 6–4
6.	23 April 2000	Gelos Gelos Gelos is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues Anabel Medina Garrigues Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues , better known as Anabel Medina, is a Spanish female tennis player. She reached a career high WTA Tour ranking of No. 16 on 4 May 2009, and has won 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles, including the 2008 French Open and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual...	2–6, 7–5, 7–5
7.	16 November 2003	Le Havre Le Havre Le Havre is a city in the Seine-Maritime department of the Haute-Normandie region in France. It is situated in north-western France, on the right bank of the mouth of the river Seine on the English Channel. Le Havre is the most populous commune in the Haute-Normandie region, although the total...	Clay (I)	Aurélie Védy Aurélie Védy Aurélie Védy is a French professional tennis player. Her career high WTA doubles ranking is 85, set on May 4, 2009...	6–3, 6–3
8.	10 October 2004	Girona Girona Girona is a city in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Güell, with an official population of 96,236 in January 2009. It is the capital of the province of the same name and of the comarca of the Gironès...	Clay	Dally Randriantefy Dally Randriantefy Dally Randriantefy is a former professional female tennis player.Her highest rank on the WTA tour is No.44 and her best results have been a semi-final appearance at the WTA Strasbourg tournament in 2005 and winning seven ITF singles titles...	3–6, 7–6, 6–0

Doubles

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

WTA Championships (0)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (2)

Tier IV & V (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
1.	14 August 2004	Sopot Sopot Sopot is a seaside town in Eastern Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000....	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...	Klaudia Jans Klaudia Jans Klaudia Jans-Ignacik is a professional tennis player from Poland. While Jans hasn't won a WTA title, she has won one ITF singles title, eleven ITF doubles titles and one WTA doubles title....   Alicja Rosolska Alicja Rosolska Alicja Rosolska is a Polish professional tennis player. Rosolska made her bow as a professional at the 2002 J&S Cup.She is primarily a doubles player, partnering countrywoman Klaudia Jans. She and Jans have reached five finals on the WTA...	6–4, 6–3
2.	21 May 2005	Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...	Clay	Antonella Serra Zanetti Antonella Serra Zanetti Antonella Serra Zanetti is a professional female tennis player from Italy.On January 30, 2006, Serra Zanetti achieved her career-high singles ranking: World No. 60.-Doubles :...	Daniela Klemenschits Daniela Klemenschits Daniela Klemenschits was an Austrian doubles tennis player.She was born in Vienna. Klemenschits played doubles with her twin sister Sandra on the WTA Tour and the ITF women's circuit until 2006...   Sandra Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits is an Austrian tennis player. She has won around 25 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit as of May 2009, most of them with her twin Daniela although they never reached a WTA doubles final.-Personal life:...	6–4, 6–0

Grand Slam Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	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	4R	2R	2R	1R	1R	-	-	-	-	0 / 5	5–5
French Open	QF	3R	2R	1R	2R	1R	-	-	q1	-	0 / 6	8–6
Wimbledon	q2	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	-	-	-		0 / 5	2–5
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...	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	-	q2	-		0 / 6	0-6
Grand Slam Win-Loss	4-2	6-4	3-4	1-4	1-4	0-4	-	-	-	-	N/A	15-22

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