Estrella Cabeza Candela

Estrella Cabeza Candela

Estrella Cabeza Candela in 2014
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	20 February 1987 Los Palacios y Villafranca, Spain
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$420,130
Singles
Career record	347–240
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 95 (13 May 2013)
Current ranking	No. 127 (26 May 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2013)
French Open	1R (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2013)
US Open	1R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	111–106
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 176 (2 April 2012)
Current ranking	No. 1271 (26 May 2014)
Last updated on: 9 July 2012.

Estrella Cabeza Candela (born 20 February 1987 in Los Palacios y Villafranca) is a Spanish professional tennis player.

Her best result in a WTA tournament is quarterfinals, reached in Barcelona 2011, Budapest 2011, Acapulso 2012 and Bad Gastein 2012. On 13 May 2013 she reached her highest world single ranking, world number 95.

Career

2013

Estrella Cabeza Candela had a break out year in 2013. She broke into the top 100 for the first time at age 26 by reaching no. 95 on 13 May 2013. Later that summer, Cabeza Candela played in her first main draw of a Grand Slam at Wimbledon. She lost in the first round to Caroline Wozniacki 6–0, 6–2. In early July, Cabeza Candela reached her farthest result in a WTA tournament by reaching the semifinals of Internazionali Femminili di Palermo losing to the Italian, Roberta Vinci, in three sets.

ITF finals (11–14)

Singles (11–14)

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Finals by surface Hard (5–4) Clay (6–10) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	26 July 2004	Pontevedra, Spain	Hard	Lucía Jiménez Almendros	6–7^(3–7), 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–2)
Winner	1.	14 June 2005	Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain	Hard	Justine Ozga	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	8 November 2005	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Nuria Roig-Tost	6–3, 6–3
Winner	2.	14 February 2006	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Stella Menna	6–4, 6–1
Winner	3.	21 March 2006	Sabadell, Spain	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	6–3, 7–5
Winner	4.	4 July 2006	Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Monique Adamczak	2–6, 7–6^(7–3), 7–5
Runner-up	3.	27 May 2008	Galatina, Italy	Clay	Anastasija Sevastova	6–4, 6–4
Winner	5.	23 June 2008	Getxo, Spain	Clay	Chayenne Ewijk	6–4, 6–4
Winner	6.	8 July 2008	Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Frederica Piedade	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Runner-up	4.	16 September 2008	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Angelique Kerber	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	23 September 2008	Granada, Spain	Hard	Regina Kulikova	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	13 July 2009	Rome, Italy	Clay	Eloisa Compostizo de Andrés	6–3, 6–7^(2–7), 6–2
Runner-up	7.	21 July 2009	Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Heidi El Tabakh	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	7.	31 August 2010	Mollerusa, Spain	Hard	Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko	6–2, 6–4
Winner	8.	21 March 2011	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Laura-Ioana Andrei	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	17 October 2011	Seville, Spain	Clay	Réka-Luca Jani	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	4 September 2012	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Karin Knapp	6–1, 3–6, 6–1
Runner-up	10.	17 September 2012	Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Maryna Zanevska	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 6–0
Runner-up	11.	8 October 2012	Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain	Clay	María Teresa Torró Flor	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	12.	15 October 2012	Seville, Spain	Clay	Teliana Pereira	4–6, 7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–5)
Runner-up	13.	26 March 2013	Osprey, United States	Clay	Mariana Duque Mariño	7–6^(7–2), 6–1
Runner-up	14.	07 June 2015	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Olga Sáez Larra	4-6 0-6
Winner	9.	28 September 2015	La Vall d'Uixó, Spain	Clay	Oleksandra Korashvili	7–6^(7–5), 6–2
Winner	10.	17 October 2015	Melilla, Spain	Hard	María José Luque Moreno	6–3, 6–4
Winner	11.	8 November 2015	Vinaròs, Spain	Clay	Noelia Bouzo Zanotti	6–2, 6–2

External links

• Estrella Cabeza Candela at the Women's Tennis Association
• Estrella Cabeza Candela at the International Tennis Federation