Anabel Medina Garrigues

Anabel Medina

Medina Garrigues at the 2015 French Open
Full name Ana Isabel "Anabel" Medina Garrigues
Country (sports)  Spain
Residence Valencia, Spain
Born (1982-07-31) 31 July 1982
Valencia, Spain
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 12 in)
Turned pro January 1998
Retired Active
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $ 5,830,248
Singles
Career record 478–351
Career titles 11 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking No. 16 (4 May 2009)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 4R (2002, 2009)
French Open 4R (2007)
Wimbledon 3R (2006, 2008, 2009)
US Open 3R (2005, 2007, 2011)
Doubles
Career record 423–278
Career titles 26 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking No. 3 (10 November 2008)
Current ranking No. 26 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open SF (2008)
French Open W (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon SF (2009)
US Open SF (2008, 2012)
Olympic Games Silver medal (2008)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open SF (2009)
French Open 2R (2011)
Wimbledon SF (2015)
US Open SF (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 18–16
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Medina and the second or maternal family name is Garrigues.

Ana Isabel "Anabel" Medina Garrigues (Spanish: [anaˈβel meˈðina ɣaˈriɣes], Valencian: [anaˈβɛɫ meˈðina ɣaˈriɣes]; born 31 July 1982) is a Spanish female tennis player. She reached a career high WTA Tour ranking of No. 16 on 4 May 2009, and has won 17 singles titles and 26 doubles titles, including the 2008 French Open and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual. Like many of her Spanish compatriots, she is a clay court specialist who grinds to win most of her rallies. However, unlike most of her fellow Spaniards, she prefers to play on hard courts. She won the WTA tournament in Strasbourg, France, beating Katarina Srebotnik in the final in May 2008, thus defending the title she won the previous year against Amélie Mauresmo. Her other singles titles came in Palermo in 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2001; Canberra in 2006; Strasbourg in 2005 and Fès in 2009.

Career

2008

Together with Virginia Ruano Pascual, she wins the French Open and the silver medal at the Summer Olympics.

2011

Anabel began 2011 by losing in the first rounds of 2011 ASB Classic, 2011 Australian Open, and 2011 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas and the qualifying draw of 2011 Medibank International Sydney. She then reached her first semifinal in 9 months in the 2011 Abierto Mexicano Telcel with wins over 1st seed Julia Görges and 7th seed Carla Suárez Navarro before losing to Gisela Dulko in straight sets. In the 2011 BNP Paribas Open she defeated Tamira Paszek before losing to Maria Sharapova.

Garrigues then qualified for the 2011 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions and reached the final, but she was defeated by defending champion Ana Ivanovic in two sets.

2012

Anabel reached the quarterfinal of Sony Swedish Open, Båstad, but lost to Johanna Larsson.[1]

2014

At PTT Pattaya Open, Anabel lost in the first round to Alison Riske without winning a single game. She announced that the 2014 French Open would be her last tournament before retiring from singles tennis, though she would continue to play doubles. Anabel lost in the second in the second round of qualifying to Tereza Smitková in two sets, ending her singles career.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Outcome Date Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner2008French Open (1)ClaySpain Virginia Ruano PascualAustralia Casey Dellacqua
Italy Francesca Schiavone
2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner2009French Open (2)ClaySpain Virginia Ruano PascualBelarus Victoria Azarenka
Russia Elena Vesnina
6–1, 6–1

Olympic Games finals

Doubles: 1 (1 silver medal)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Silver2008BeijingHardSpain Virginia Ruano PascualUnited States Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams
2–6, 0–6

Tournament of Champions finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 2011 Bali Hard Serbia Ana Ivanovic 3–6, 0–6

WTA Elite Trophy

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 2015 Zhuhai Hard (i) Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja China Liang Chen
China Wang Yafan
4–6, 3–6

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 2005 Rome Clay Russia Maria Kirilenko Zimbabwe Cara Black
South Africa Liezel Huber
0–6, 6–4, 1–6

WTA career finals

Singles: 18 (11 titles, 7 runners-up)

Winner – Legend (pre/post 2010)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tournament of Champions (0–1)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (11–6)
Titles by Surface
Hard (1–5)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (10–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 15 July 2001 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Palermo, Italy Clay Spain Cristina Torrens Valero 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 13 January 2002 Moorilla Hobart International, Hobart, Australia Hard Slovakia Martina Suchá 6–7(7–9), 1–6
Runner-up 2. 23 February 2003 Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia Clay Colombia Fabiola Zuluaga 3–6, 2–6
Winner 2. 25 July 2004 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Palermo, Italy (2) Clay Italy Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 6–4
Winner 3. 21 May 2005 Internationaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France Clay Poland Marta Domachowska 6–4, 6–3
Winner 4. 24 July 2005 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Palermo, Italy (3) Clay Czech Republic Klára Koukalová 6–4, 6–0
Winner 5. 13 January 2006 Richard Luton Properties Canberra International, Canberra, Australia Hard South Korea Yoon Jeong Cho 6–4, 0–6, 6–4
Winner 6. 23 July 2006 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Palermo, Italy (4) Clay Italy Tathiana Garbin 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 1 October 2006 Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, China Hard Russia Anna Chakvetadze 1–6, 4–6
Winner 7. 26 May 2007 Internationaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (2) Clay France Amélie Mauresmo 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up 4. 4 May 2008 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Fès, Morocco Clay Argentina Gisela Dulko 6–7(2–7), 6–7(5–7)
Winner 8. 24 May 2008 Internationaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (3) Clay Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–0
Runner-up 5. 27 July 2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož, Slovenia Hard Italy Sara Errani 3–6, 3–6
Winner 9. 2 May 2009 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Fès, Morocco Clay Russia Ekaterina Makarova 6–0, 6–1
Runner-up 6. 27 September 2009 Hansol Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea Hard Japan Kimiko Date-Krumm 3–6, 3–6
Winner 10. 30 April 2011 Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal Clay Germany Kristina Barrois 6–1, 6–2
Winner 11. 17 July 2011 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Palermo, Italy (5) Clay Slovenia Polona Hercog 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 7. 5 November 2011 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Bali, Indonesia Hard (i) Serbia Ana Ivanovic 3–6, 0–6

Doubles: 45 (27 titles, 18 runners-up)

Winner – Legend (pre/post 2010)
Grand Slam tournaments (2–0)
Olympic Games (0–1)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
WTA Elite Trophy (0–1)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–1)
Tier II / Premier (3–7)
Tier III, IV & V / International (22–8)
Titles by Surface
Hard (10–10)
Grass (2–0)
Clay (15–7)
Carpet (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Winner 1. 4 March 2001 Abierto Mexicano TELCEL, Acapulco, Mexico Clay Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
Winner 2. 8 April 2001 Porto Open, Porto, Portugal Clay Spain María José Martínez Sánchez France Alexandra Fusai
Italy Rita Grande
6–1, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
Winner 3. 6 May 2001 Croatian Bol Ladies Open, Bol, Croatia Clay Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Russia Nadia Petrova
Slovenia Tina Pisnik
7–5 6–4
Runner-up 1. 15 July 2001 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Palermo, Italy Clay Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Italy Tathiana Garbin
Slovakia Janette Husárová
6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Winner 4. 5 August 2001 Swiss Indoors, Basel, Switzerland Clay Spain María José Martínez Sánchez South Africa Joannette Kruger
Spain Marta Marrero
7–6(7–5), 6–2
Runner-up 2. 23 February 2004 Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia Clay Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja Germany Jasmin Wöhr
Austria Barbara Schwartz
1–6, 3–6
Winner 5. 25 July 2004 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Palermo, Italy Clay Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Slovakia Ľubomíra Kurhajcová
Slovakia Henrieta Nagyová
6–3 7–6
Runner-up 3. 10 January 2005 Moorilla Hobart International, Hobart, Australia Hard Russia Dinara Safina China Yan Zi
China Zheng Jie
4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 4. 7 February 2005 Open Gaz de France, Paris, France Carpet Russia Dinara Safina Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
2–6, 6–2, 2–6
Runner-up 5. 14 February 2005 Proximus Diamond Games, Antwerp, Belgium Hard Russia Dinara Safina Zimbabwe Cara Black
Belgium Els Callens
6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 6. 9 May 2005 Telecom Italia Masters, Rome, Italy Hard Russia Maria Kirilenko Zimbabwe Cara Black
South Africa Liezel Huber
0–6, 6–4, 1–6
Winner 6. 18 June 2005 Ordina Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Russia Dinara Safina Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
6–4, 2–6, 7–6(13–11)
Winner 7. 25 September 2005 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož, Slovenia Hard Italy Roberta Vinci Croatia Jelena Kostanić
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Runner-up 7. 7 May 2006 J&S Cup, Warsaw, Poland Clay Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Russia Elena Likhovtseva
Russia Anastasia Myskina
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 8. 13 January 2007 Moorilla Hobart International, Hobart, Australia Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Russia Elena Likhovtseva
Russia Elena Vesnina
4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 9. 9 April 2007 Bausch & Lomb Championships, Amelia Island, United States Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Italy Mara Santangelo
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
3–6, 6–7(4-7)
Winner 8. 30 July 2007 Nordea Nordic Light Open, Stockholm, Sweden Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Chinese Taipei Chin-Wei Chan
Ukraine Tetiana Luzhanska
6–1, 5–7, 10–6
Winner 9. 11 January 2008 Moorilla Hobart International, Hobart, Australia Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Greece Eleni Daniilidou
Germany Jasmin Wöhr
6–2, 6–4
Winner 10. 6 June 2008 French Open, Paris, France Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Australia Casey Dellacqua
Italy Francesca Schiavone
2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up 10. 18 June 2008 Ordina Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-Jan
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-Jung
5–7, 2–6
Winner 11. 27 July 2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož, Slovenia Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Russia Vera Dushevina
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 11. 17 August 2008 Summer Olympic Games, Beijing, China Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual United States Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams
2–6, 0–6
Winner 12. 28 September 2008 China Open, Beijing, China Hard Denmark Caroline Wozniacki China Han Xinyun
China Xu Yi-Fan
6–1, 6–3
Runner-up 12. 6 April 2009 Andalucia Tennis Experience, Marbella, Spain Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Poland Klaudia Jans
Poland Alicja Rosolska
3–6, 3–6
Winner 13. 5 June 2009 French Open, Paris, France Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Russia Elena Vesnina
6–1, 6–1
Winner 14. 1 May 2010 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Fes, Morocco Clay Czech Republic Iveta Benešová Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
6–3, 6–1
Winner 15. 8 May 2010 Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal Clay Romania Sorana Cîrstea Russia Vitalia Diatchenko
France Aurélie Védy
6–1, 7–5
Runner-up 13. 11 July 2010 GDF Suez Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary Clay Romania Sorana Cîrstea Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
Italy Tathiana Garbin
3–6, 3–6
Winner 16. 25 July 2010 Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria Clay Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
Italy Tathiana Garbin
6–7(2–7), 6–1, [10–5]
Winner 17. 19 February 2011 Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia Clay Romania Edina Gallovits-Hall Canada Sharon Fichman
Spain Laura Pous Tió
2–6, 7–6(8–6), [11–9]
Winner 18. 10 July 2011 Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary Clay Poland Alicja Rosolska South Africa Natalie Grandin
Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 14. 8 April 2012 Family Circle Cup, Charleston, United States Hard Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
7–5, 4–6, [6–10]
Winner 19. 1 March 2013 Brasil Tennis Cup, Florianópolis, Brasil Hard Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova United Kingdom Anne Keothavong
Russia Valeria Savinykh
6–0, 6–4
Winner 20. 21 June 2013 Topshelf Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Romania Irina-Camelia Begu Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
4–6, 7–6(7–3), [11–9]
Winner 21. 21 July 2013 Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden Clay Czech Republic Klára Zakopalová Romania Alexandra Dulgheru
Italy Flavia Pennetta
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 15. 24 August 2013 New Haven Open at Yale, New Haven, United States Hard Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik India Sania Mirza
China Zheng Jie
3-6, 4-6
Winner 22. 28 February 2014 Brasil Tennis Cup, Florianópolis, Brazil Hard Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova Italy Francesca Schiavone
Spain Silvia Soler Espinosa
7–6(7–1), 2–6, [10–3]
Winner 23. 6 April 2014 Family Circle Cup, Charleston, United States Clay (green) Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
7–6(7–4), 6–2
Winner 24. 15 February 2015 Diamond Games, Antwerp, Belgium Hard (i) Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja Belgium An-Sophie Mestach
Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck
6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Winner 25. 23 May 2015 Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Nürnberg, Germany Clay Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching Spain Lara Arruabarrena
Romania Raluca Olaru
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up 16. 9 August 2015 Bank of the West Classic, Stanford, United States Hard Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja China Xu Yifan
China Zheng Saisai
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 17. 25 October 2015 BGL Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Hard (i) Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja Germany Mona Barthel
Germany Laura Siegemund
2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Runner-up 18. 2 November 2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai, China Hard (i) Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja China Liang Chen
China Wang Yafan
4–6, 3–6
Winner 26. 27 February 2016 Mexican Open, Acapulco, Mexico Hard Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Sweden Johanna Larsson
6–0, 6–4
Winner 27. 06 March 2016 Monterrey Open, Monterrey, Mexico Hard Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja Croatia Petra Martić
United States Maria Sanchez
4–6, 7–5, [10–7]

Singles performance timeline

Tournament20012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014W–L
Australian Open 2R 4R 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R 2R 4R 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R 12–14
French Open 1R A A 2R 3R 3R 4R 3R 2R 2R 2R 3R 1R A 15–11
Wimbledon 1R A A 1R 1R 3R 1R 3R 3R 1R 1R 2R 1R A 7–11
US Open 1R A A 2R 3R 1R 3R 2R 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R A 9-10
Win–Loss 1–4 3–1 0–1 4–4 4–4 4–4 5–4 6–4 7–4 1–4 3–4 5–4 0–4 0–1 43–46
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not Held 1R Not Held 1R Not Held 1R NH 0–3
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships Absent 0–0
Tournament of Champions Not Held RR A F A A A 2–3
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells A 2R 3R 2R 1R 4R 1R 2R 2R 3R 3R A 11–10
Miami A 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R 4R 2R 4R 2R 1R A 12–10
Madrid Not Held 1R 3R 1R 3R QF 1R 7–6
Beijing Not Held Not Tier 1 2R 1R 1R 1R A A 1–3
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai Not Held Not Tier 1 3R 2R A No Premier 5 3–2
Rome A 1R A 2R 3R QF 2R 1R A 3R 3R 1R A 11–9
Cincinnati Not Held Not Tier 1 A 1R 1R 2R A A 1–3
Montreal / Toronto A 2R 2R 1R A 1R 1R 2R A A A 3–6
Tokyo A 1R 1R A 1R A A 0–3
Career Statistics
Overall Win–Loss 28–24 11–6 39–22 37–27 30–25 37–25 28–25 45–27 33–28 22–26 35–18 23–26 19–26 3–9 477–351
Year End Ranking 66 116 71 39 34 27 35 22 28 73 27 50 100

Team events

Mixed: 2 (1–1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 9 January 2007 Hopman Cup, Perth, Australia Hard Spain Tommy Robredo Russia Nadia Petrova
Russia Dmitry Tursunov
0–2
Winner 1. 5 January 2013 Hopman Cup, Perth, Australia Hard Spain Fernando Verdasco Serbia Ana Ivanovic
Serbia Novak Djokovic
2–1

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015SRW–L
Australian Open A A 2R 1R 1R QF 1R 3R SF 3R 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R 0 / 14 16–13
French Open A 1R A A 1R 2R SF QF W W SF 3R 3R 1R 1R 3R 2 / 13 30–11
Wimbledon A 1R A A 1R 3R QF 3R 3R SF 1R 2R 1R 1R 3R 3R 0 / 13 18–13
US Open A 1R A A 2R 1R A 3R SF 3R 2R 3R SF 3R 2R 0 / 11 19–11
Win–Loss 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–4 6–4 7–3 9–4 16–3 14–3 5–4 6–4 6–4 2–4 4–4 5–3 2 / 51 82–48
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics A Not Held 1R Not Held S Not Held 1R Not Held 0 / 3 4–3
Year-End Championship
Tour Championships A A A A A A A A SF A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells A A A A A 2R SF QF 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R QF 2R 1R 0 / 11 8–11
Miami A A A A A 2R QF 1R 1R QF A SF QF 2R QF 1R 0 / 10 13–10
Madrid Not Held 2R 2R 2R 2R 1R SF 1R 0 / 7 5–7
Beijing Tier IV Tier II 2R 1R QF 2R 2R 1R 0 / 6 5–6
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai NH Tier II SF 2R A No Premier 5 A 0 / 2 2–2
Doha NH Tier III Tier II 1R Not Held NP5 QF 1R A NP5 0 / 3 0–3
Rome A A A 1R A F SF 1R QF A A QF 2R 1R SF 1R 0 / 10 14–10
Montreal / Toronto A A A A A QF A 1R A 2R SF 1R A A 1R 0 / 6 5–6
Cincinnati Not Held Tier III A 2R 1R 1R 1R QF 0 / 5 3–5
Tokyo A A A A A A A A A QF 1R A QF A A 0 / 3 2–3

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