Petra Martić

Petra Martić

Martić at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Croatia
Residence	Split, Croatia
Born	(1991-01-19) 19 January 1991 Split, Croatia,
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	July 2008
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,532,651
Singles
Career record	220–170
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 42 (11 June 2012)
Current ranking	No. 125 (14 September 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2011)
French Open	4R (2012)
Wimbledon	3R (2013)
US Open	2R (2009, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	103–92
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 53 (17 March 2014)
Current ranking	No. 97 (14 September 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2012, 2014)
French Open	2R (2012)
Wimbledon	3R (2012, 2013)
US Open	1R (2012)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	8–9
Last updated on: 27 July 2015.

Petra Martić (Croatian pronunciation: [pêtra mâːrtitɕ]) (born 19 January 1991) is a professional tennis player from Croatia.

Her highest career ranking is World No. 42, achieved on 11 June 2012.

Tennis career

Early career: 2006–2009

French Open (2009)

Her best result in her junior career was the quarter-finals in 2006 US Open. In 2008 she won the first tournament in her senior career, the Zagreb Ladies Open.

She qualified for the 2009 French Open. She lost there in the second round to 21-year-old Canadian world No. 24 Aleksandra Wozniak, 6–3, 6–3. Martić was on the defensive from the start, and gave up 27 winners. Martić then made it to another Portorož open QF, losing to defending champion and 5th seed Sara Errani. In 2008, Martić won the ITF Zagreb Open, defeating Yvonne Meusburger, and then made it to the QF of Banka Koper Slovenia Open, losing to Julia Görges.

2010

Martić began 2010 by falling in the qualifying stages of the ASB Classic (lost to Chanelle Scheepers) and the Medibank International Sydney (lost to Kimiko Date-Krumm). She lost in the first round of the Australian Open, falling to Sabine Lisicki 6-1 6-4.

In February 2010, she had her best result to date, beating third seed and world number 15 Yanina Wickmayer in the first round of the 2010 Open GDF Suez, winning 6–4, 3–6, 7–5. Martić broke twice and dropped serve once. She lost in the next round to Ágnes Szávay 6–2, 6–4.

Martić qualified for the BNP Paribas Open, where she lost in the second round to Jelena Janković 6–3 7–6.

Martić also scored another big win at the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami as she defeated World No. 21 Aravane Rezaï 7–5, 5–7, 6–4 in the second round. She lost to Yanina Wickmayer in the third round, 6–3 6–3.

She lost in the first round of her next three tournaments, Andalucia Tennis Experience (lost to Estrella Cabeza Candela 1–6 7–6(3) 6–2 ), Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem (lost to Alizé Cornet 7–6 6–4) and Estoril Open (lost to Kimiko Date-Krumm 6–7, 7–5, 7–6).

She was forced to retire in her first round match of the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open whilst 4–6 2–1 down.

Her next tournament was the Warsaw Open where she lost 7–5, 6–7, 6–3 to Gréta Arn in the first round.

Martić was drawn against World Number 5 Elena Dementieva in the first round of the French open where she was beaten 6-1, 6-1.

She next participated in the ITF tournament in Marseilles where she reached the quarter finals, losing to Johanna Larsson 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 .

Martić only played one grass tournament in the 2010 season, Wimbledon. Here she beat British Number 1 Elena Baltacha 2–6 7–5 6–3 in the first round. She was due to play against Marion Bartoli in the second round, however she was forced to retire before the match.

After Wimbledon, Martić moved to hard court tournaments. She lost in the first round of Banka Koper Slovenia Open to Katarina Srebotnik and in the first round of İstanbul Cup to Vera Dushevina.

Martić was drawn against the top seed Caroline Wozniacki in the first edition of the E-Boks Danish Open where she lost 6–3 6–2.

2012

Martić started the 2012 season losing in the first rounds of several tournaments including the Australian Open, Doha, and Dubai.

Martić reached her first WTA final at the 2012 where she upset the No. 3 seed Peng Shuai and the No. 2 seed Jelena Janković. She had to reitre in the final against Hsieh Su-wei.

After falling in the first rounds of Indian Wells and Miami, Martić made the semifinals of the 2012 e-Boks Open losing to Caroline Wozniacki, and the quarterfinals of the 2012 Budapest Grand Prix losing to Elena Vesnina.

Martić advanced to the fourth round of the 2012 French Open. She defeated Michaëlla Krajicek, World No. 8 Marion Bartoli, and Anabel Medina Garrigues. She lost in the fourth round to Angelique Kerber.

At the 2012 US Open, Martić drew defending champion Samantha Stosur in the first round, and was defeated 1–6, 1–6.^[1] She would, however, bounce back at the 2012 Toray Pan Pacific Open, upsetting World No. 5 Petra Kvitová in the second round. It was the first meeting between the two. ^[2]

Serving at the 2013 Wimbledon Championship

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	4 March 2012	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Hsieh Su-wei	6–2, 5–7, 1–4 ret.

Doubles: 4 (4 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	12 February 2012	Open GDF Suez, Paris, France	Hard (i)	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	6–7(3–7), 1–6
Runner-up	2.	17 June 2012	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Jill Craybas Julia Görges	7–6(7–4), 4–6, [9–11]
Runner-up	3.	28 April 2013	Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Marrakesh, Morocco	Clay	Kristina Mladenovic	Tímea Babos Mandy Minella	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	06 March 2016	Monterrey Open, Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Maria Sanchez	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–4, 5–7, [7–10]

ITF career finals

Singles Finals: 5 (3–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner–up	1.	14 October 2007	Jersey, United Kingdom	Hard	Sabine Lisicki	3–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	13 July 2008	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Yvonne Meusburger	6–2, 2–6, 6–2
Winner	3.	13 September 2009	Biella, Italy	Clay	Sharon Fichman	7–5, 6–4
Winner	4.	3 June 2013	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Karolína Plíšková	6–3, 6–3
Runner–up	5.	9 November 2014	Captiva Island, United States	Hard	Edina Gallovits-Hall	2-6 2-6

Doubles Finals: 7 (5–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	10 May 2009	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Ajla Tomljanović	Ksenia Milevskaya Anastasia Pivovarova	6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–5]
Runner-up	2.	18 September 2009	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Polona Hercog	Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin	2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	3.	3 October 2010	Athens, Greece	Hard	Eleni Daniilidou	Vitalia Diatchenko İpek Şenoğlu	w/o
Winner	4.	17 December 2010	Dubai, United Arap Emirates	Hard	Julia Görges	Sania Mirza Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–4, 7–6(9–7)
Winner	5.	8 May 2011	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Darija Jurak Renata Voráčová	1–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	6.	19 October 2014	Tampico, Mexico	Hard	Maria Sanchez	Valeria Savinykh Kateryna Bondarenko	3-6 6-3 [10-2]
Winner	7.	8 February 2015	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Irina Falconi	Han Xinyun Junri Namigata	6–2, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

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Doubles performance timeline

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Petra Martić.

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• Petra Martić at the Fed Cup
  
• Petra Martić's CoreTennis Profile

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