Arantxa Parra Santonja

Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈɾantʃa ˈpara sanˈtoŋxa]; born 9 November 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She turned pro in 2000 and retired in 2019.

Arantxa Parra Santonja
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceBarcelona, Spain
Born (1982-11-09) 9 November 1982
Valencia, Spain
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2000
RetiredMay 2019
PlaysRight (two-handed both sides)
Prize money$2,161,163
Singles
Career record386–331
Career titles11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 46 (12 July 2010)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2006)
French Open3R (2004)
Wimbledon2R (2003, 2004, 2009, 2010)
US Open2R (2003, 2004)
Doubles
Career record330–287
Career titles11 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 22 (2 April 2012)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open3R (2013)
French OpenQF (2014)
WimbledonQF (2011)
US Open2R (2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2014, 2015)
French OpenQF (2014)
Wimbledon2R (2014)
US Open1R (2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup4–0
Coaching career

On 12 July 2010, Parra Santonja reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 46. On 2 April 2012, she peaked at No. 22 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Significant finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2013 China Open Hard Vera Dushevina Cara Black
Sania Mirza
2–6, 2–6

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Score
Loss 1. May 2010 Estoril Open, Portugal Clay Anastasija Sevastova 2–6, 5–7
Loss 2. Feb 2011 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Mexico Clay Gisela Dulko 3–6, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 27 (11 titles, 16 runner-ups)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Elite Trophy (0–1)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–1)
Tier II / Premier (2–3)
Tier III, IV & V / International (9–11)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–8)
Grass (1–1)
Clay (7–7)
Carpet (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 1. 7 July 2003 Palermo International, Italy Clay María José Martínez Sánchez Adriana Serra Zanetti
Emily Stellato
4–6, 2–6
Loss 2. 23 February 2004 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay María José Martínez Sánchez Barbara Schwartz
Jasmin Wöhr
1–6, 3–6
Win 1. 3 March 2007 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Mexico Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Émilie Loit
Nicole Pratt
6–3, 6–3
Loss 3. 6 May 2007 Estoril Open, Portugal Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
Anastasia Rodionova
3–6, 2–6
Win 2. 16 June 2007 Barcelona Open, Spain Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Flavia Pennetta
7–6, 2–6, [12–10]
Win 3. 14 June 2008 Barcelona Open, Spain Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Nuria Llagostera Vives
María José Martínez Sánchez
4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Loss 4. 10 January 2009 Auckland Open, New Zealand Hard Nuria Llagostera Vives Nathalie Dechy
Mara Santangelo
6–4, 6–7(3–7), [10–12]
Loss 5. 24 February 2009 Abierto Mexicano Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Nuria Llagostera Vives
María José Martínez Sánchez
4–6, 2–6
Loss 6. 9 January 2010 Brisbane International, Australia Hard Melinda Czink Andrea Hlaváčková
Lucie Hradecká
6–2, 6–7(3–7), [4–10]
Loss 7. 26 February 2011 Abierto Mexicano Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Mariya Koryttseva
Ioana Raluca Olaru
7–5, 5–7, [7–10]
Win 4. 10 April 2011 Andalucia Tennis Experience, Spain Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
3–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss 8. 9 July 2011 Swedish Open, Båstad Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives Lourdes Domínguez Lino
María José Martínez Sánchez
3–6, 3–6
Win 5. 7 January 2012 Brisbane International, Australia Hard Nuria Llagostera Vives Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)
Loss 9. 4 March 2012 Abierto Mexicano Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
2–6, 1–6
Win 6. 2 March 2013 Abierto Mexicano Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Catalina Castaño
Mariana Duque Mariño
6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Loss 10. 21 June 2013 Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands Grass Dominika Cibulková Irina-Camelia Begu
Anabel Medina Garrigues
6–4, 6–7(3–7), [9–11]
Loss 11. 5 October 2013 China Open, Beijing Hard Vera Dushevina Cara Black
Sania Mirza
2–6, 2–6
Win 7. 20 June 2014 Rosmalen Championships Grass Marina Erakovic Michaëlla Krajicek
Kristina Mladenovic
0–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
Loss 12. 23 August 2014 Connecticut Open, United States Hard Marina Erakovic Sílvia Soler Espinosa
Andreja Klepač
5–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss 13. 18 October 2014 Kremlin Cup, Russia Hard (i) Caroline Garcia Martina Hingis
Flavia Pennetta
3–6, 7–5
Win 8. 15 February 2015 Diamond Games, Belgium Hard (i) Anabel Medina Garrigues An-Sophie Mestach
Alison Van Uytvanck
6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Loss 14. 9 August 2015 Stanford Classic, United States Hard Anabel Medina Garrigues Xu Yifan
Zheng Saisai
1–6, 3–6
Loss 15. 25 October 2015 BGL Luxembourg Open Hard (i) Anabel Medina Garrigues Mona Barthel
Laura Siegemund
2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 16. 2 November 2015 WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai Hard (i) Anabel Medina Garrigues Liang Chen
Wang Yafan
4–6, 3–6
Win 9. 27 February 2016 Mexican Open, Acapulco Hard Anabel Medina Garrigues Kiki Bertens
Johanna Larsson
6–0, 6–4
Win 10. 6 March 2016 Monterrey Open, Mexico Hard Anabel Medina Garrigues Petra Martić
Maria Sanchez
4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Win 11. 21 May 2016 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France Clay Anabel Medina Garrigues María Irigoyen
Liang Chen
6–2, 6–0

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (11–6)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 24 June 2001 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal Hard Vanessa Devesa 6–2, 6–2
Winner 2. 5 August 2001 ITF Pontevedra, Spain Hard Ana Catarina Nogueira 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 1. 18 August 2001 Koksijde, Belgium Clay Marion Bartoli 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 26 August 2001 Westende, Belgium Clay Lenka Snajdrova 2–6, 4–6
Winner 3. 10 September 2001 Madrid, Spain Clay Anna Floris 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Winner 4. 23 September 2001 Barcelona, Spain Clay Ines Heise 6–3, 6–2
Winner 5. 24 February 2002 Vale do Lobo, Portugal Hard Anna Floris 6–0, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 3 March 2002 Albufeira, Portugal Hard Amandine Dulon 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner 6. 29 September 2002 Lecce, Italy Clay Lenka Němečková 6–3, 6–4
Winner 7. 15 June 2003 Marseille, France Clay Claudine Schaul 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 4. 6 September 2005 Denain, France Hard Lioudmila Skavronskaia 6–7(5), 0–6
Runner-up 5. 23 October 2006 Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain Clay María José Martínez Sánchez 2–6, 4–6
Winner 8. 13 October 2008 Mexico City, Mexico Hard Soledad Esperón 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 6. 29 November 2008 Saint-Denis, France Hard Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 4–6, 1–6
Winner 9. 26 July 2009 Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Ekaterina Bychkova 6–3, 6–2
Winner 10. 27 September 2009 L'Open de Saint-Malo, France Clay Alexandra Dulgheru 6–4, 6–3
Winner 11. 14 May 2012 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Olga Savchuk 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 20 (9–11)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 25 June 2001 ITF Elvas, Portugal Hard Oleksandra Kravets Maria Fernanda Alves
Ana Catarina Nogueira
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 30 July 2001 ITF Pontevedra, Spain Hard Oleksandra Kravets Natasha Galouza
Jolanda Mens
6–7(5), 2–6
Runner-up 3. 20 August 2001 Westende, Belgium Clay Oleksandra Kravets Evgenia Subbotina
Kildine Chevalier
5–7, 5–7
Winner 1. 23 September 2001 Barcelona, Spain Clay Anna Font María José Sánchez Alayeto
Lana Popadić
6–1, 6–2
Winner 2. 25 March 2002 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Dominika Luzarová Vanessa Menga
Carla Tiene
7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up 4. 17 June 2002 Gorizia, Italy Clay Carla Tiene Sandra Naćuk
Tina Hergold
4–6, 3–6
Winner 3. 8 June 2003 Galatina, Italy Clay María Emilia Salerni Bahia Mouhtassine
Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
6–0, 7–6(6)
Runner-up 5. 19 April 2005 Valencia, Spain Hard Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Kildine Chevalier
Stéphanie Foretz
6–4, 6–7(5), 2–6
Winner 4. 30 October 2005 Sant Cugat, Spain Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Conchita Martínez Granados
María José Martínez Sánchez
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 6. 30 March 2007 La Palma, Spain Hard Melanie South Petra Cetkovská
Andrea Hlaváčková
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 7. 20 April 2007 Calvià, Spain Clay María José Martínez Sánchez Petra Cetkovská
Andrea Hlaváčková
5–7, 4–6
Winner 5. 6 July 2007 Valladolid, Spain Hard Nuria Llagostera Vives Ria Dörnemann
Justine Ozga
6–0, 6–2
Winner 6. 17 September 2007 Madrid, Spain Clay María José Martínez Sánchez Monica Niculescu
Yevgenia Savranska
6–1, 7–6(4)
Runner-up 8. 31 March 2008 Patras, Greece Clay María José Martínez Sánchez Tzipora Obziler
Anastasiya Yakimova
5–7, 1–6
Runner-up 9. 7 April 2008 Monzón, Spain Hard María José Martínez Sánchez Rika Fujiwara
Emmanuelle Gagliardi
6–1, 6–7(5), 8–10
Winner 7. 14 April 2008 Saint-Malo, France Clay María José Martínez Sánchez Renata Voráčová
Anastasiya Yakimova
6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 10. 18 July 2008 Biella, Italy Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Barbora Strýcová
Renata Voráčová
6–4, 0–6, [5–10]
Runner-up 11. 21 September 2008 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Maret Ani
Renata Voráčová
6–7(4), 6–7(9)
Winner 8. 29 September 2008 Cali, Colombia Clay Betina Jozami Frederica Piedade
Anastasiya Yakimova
6–3, 6–1
Winner 9. 11 October 2012 Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain Clay Leticia Costas Inés Ferrer Suárez
Richèl Hogenkamp
6–3, 6–3

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Tournament20022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018SRW–L
Australian Open A Q1 1R 1R 2R Q1 A A 1R 1R Q2 Q2 A A A A A 0 / 5 1–5
French Open A Q1 3R 2R 1R A A A 2R 1R Q2 Q3 A A A A A 0 / 5 4–5
Wimbledon A 2R 2R 1R Q2 A A 2R 2R 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 6 4–6
US Open Q1 2R 2R 1R Q1 A A A 1R Q1 A Q1 A A A A 0 / 4 2–4
Win–Loss 0–0 2–2 4–4 1–4 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–3 2–4 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 20 11–20

Doubles

Tournament200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018SRW–L
Australian Open A 1R A A 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R 1R 3R A 2R 0 / 11 8–11
French Open 1R 2R A 2R 1R 2R 1R 2R 3R 2R QF 1R 1R 1R 2R 0 / 14 11–14
Wimbledon 1R 1R A 2R 1R 1R 1R QF 1R 2R 1R 3R 3R 2R 2R 0 / 14 11–14
US Open 1R A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R A 1R 2R 2R 2R 2R 0 / 11 5–11
Win–Loss 0–3 1–3 0–0 2–3 0–4 2–4 0–4 5–4 3–3 4–4 5–4 3–4 5–4 2–3 3–3 0 / 50 35–50
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