Martina Müller (tennis)
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| Country (sports) |
 Germany |
|---|---|
| Residence | Sehnde, Germany |
| Born |
11 October 1982 Hanover, Germany |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Turned pro | 1999 |
| Retired | 2011 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US $1,040,531 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 288–255 |
| Career titles | 1 WTA (10 ITF) |
| Highest ranking | No. 33 (2 April 2007) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2r (2002, 2006, 2007) |
| French Open | 2r (2002, 2006, 2007) |
| Wimbledon | 2r (2006, 2007) |
| US Open | 3r (2002) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 158–167 |
| Career titles | 1 WTA (10 ITF) |
| Highest ranking | No. 47 (25 February 2008) |
Martina Müller-Skibbe (born 11 October 1982 in Hanover, Germany) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. On April 2, 2007 she reached a career high WTA-ranking of No. 33.
She has had her best success on clay courts, where she won her only WTA Tour singles title at the Budapest Grand Prix. She has also been successful on the ITF Circuit where she has won 10 singles titles.
She is coached by her father, Reinhard Müller. She admires tennis champion Andre Agassi. She married longtime boyfriend Florian Skibbe in August 2011 and subsequently announced her retirement.[1]
2007
Müller started the year with middling results, reaching the second round at the Australian Open, losing to Elena Dementieva in three sets. From January to April, Müller never came past the second round of a tournament. In May, at the Qatar German Open in Berlin, she defeated Eleni Daniilidou and thirteenth seed Shahar Pe'er to reach the round of 16 where she lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova 3:6 2:6. Müller then reached the second round of Roland Garros, losing to Slovak Dominika Cibulková, and the second round at The Championships, Wimbledon, retiring against Agnieszka Radwańska. In the previous round, she double-bageled Anna Smashnova. She reached the final at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo before being defeated by Hungarian Ágnes Szávay in two sets.
Career titles
Singles (1 WTA, 10 ITF)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| WTA Championships (0) |
| Tier I Event (0) |
| Tier II (0) |
| Tier III (0) |
| Tier IV & V (1) |
| ITF Titles (10) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in final | Score in final |
| 1. | 13 June 1999 | Meinerzhagen | Clay | Lydia Steinbach |
6–0 6–2 |
| 2. | 28 January 2001 | Båstad | Hard (I) |  Margit Rüütel |
6–2, 6–0 |
| 3. | 21 April 2002 | Budapest | Clay |  Myriam Casanova |
6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 4. | 25 January 2004 | Grenoble | Hard (I) |  Aravane Rezaï |
7–5, 6–1 |
| 5. | 2 May 2004 | Taranto | Clay |  Nina Bratchikova |
6–3, 6–2 |
| 6. | 4 July 2004 | Vaihingen | Clay |  Nathalie Vierin |
6–2, 7–5 |
| 7. | 17 April 2005 | Biarritz | Clay | Timea Bacsinszky |
4–6, 7–6, 6–2 |
| 8. | 16 April 2006 | Civitavecchia | Clay |  Caroline Wozniacki |
6–1, 6–1 |
| 9. | 30 April 2006 | Cagnes-sur-Mer | Clay |  Anastasiya Yakimova |
7–6, 2–6, 6–0 |
| 10. | 6 August 2006 | Baden-Baden | Clay |  Kateřina Böhmová |
6–1, 6–1 |
| 11. | 17 September 2006 | Bordeaux | Clay | Sandra Kloesel |
6–3, 6–2 |
Doubles (1 WTA)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| WTA Championships (0) |
| Tier I (0) |
| Tier II (0) |
| Tier III (1) |
| Tier IV & V (0) |
| ITF Titles (10) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in final | Score in final |
| 1. | 17 June 2002 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass |  Catherine Barclay-Reitz |
Bianka Lamade Magdalena Maleeva |
6–4, 7–5 |
References
External links
- Martina Müller the official website of Martina Müller
- Martina Müller at the Women's Tennis Association