Estrella Cabeza Candela

Estrella Cabeza Candela
	Cabeza Candela in Wimbledon, 2014
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	20 February 1987; Los Palacios y Villafranca, Spain
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Retired	2020
Plays	Right-handed ; (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 507,072
Singles
Career record	469–303 (60.8%)
Career titles	13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 95 (13 May 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2013)
French Open	1R (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2013)
US Open	1R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	175–134 (56.6%)
Career titles	16 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 176 (2 April 2012)
	Last updated on: 21 August 2020.

Estrella Cabeza Candela (Spanish pronunciation: [esˈtɾeʎa kaˈβeθa kanˈdela]; born 20 February 1987) is a Spanish former professional tennis player.

Cabeza Candela has won 13 singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 13 May 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 95. On 2 April 2012, she peaked at No. 176 in the doubles rankings.

Personal life

Cabeza Candela was born in Los Palacios y Villafranca. Parents are Manuel Cabeza (tennis coach) and Estrella Candela; sister is Ana (training to be an aeronautic engineer). She began playing tennis at age four with father and sister, and started playing seriously aged seven. Favorite surface is clay. Best tennis memory is playing with her family. Speaks Spanish and English. Tennis idol is Monica Seles. Likes movies, reading and spending time with family and friends.

Career

Coached by Gonzalo Lopez and Martin Vilar, 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, she played in her first main draw of a Grand Slam event at Wimbledon. She lost in the first round to Caroline Wozniacki, 0–6, 2–6. In early July, Cabeza Candela reached her best result in a WTA Tour tournament by reaching the semifinals at Palermo, losing to Roberta Vinci, in three sets.

She announced her retirement from professional tennis ın 2020.[1]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 29 (13–16)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (5–4)
Clay (8–12)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	No	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Aug 2004	Pontevedra, Spain	10,000	Hard	Lucía Jiménez Almendros	7-6⁽³⁾, 6-7⁽⁴⁾, 6-7⁽²⁾
Win	1.	Jun 2005	Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain	10,000	Hard	Justine Ozga	7-6⁽³⁾, 4-6, 6-2
Loss	2.	Nov 2005	Mallorca, Spain	10,000	Clay	Núria Roig	3–6, 3–6
Win	2.	Feb 2006	Mallorca, Spain	10,000	Clay	Stella Menna	6–4, 6–1
Win	3.	Mar 2006	Sabadell, Spain	10,000	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	6–3, 7–5
Win	4.	Jul 2006	Valladolid, Spain	25,000	Hard	Monique Adamczak	2-6, 7-6⁽³⁾, 7-5
Loss	3.	Jun 2008	Galatina, Italy	25,000	Clay	Anastasija Sevastova	4–6, 4–6
Win	5.	Jun 2008	Getxo, Spain	25,000	Clay	Chayenne Ewijk	6–4, 6–4
Win	6.	Jul 2008	Valladolid, Spain	25,000	Hard	Frederica Piedade	6–4, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Loss	4.	Sep 2008	Madrid, Spain	25,000	Hard	Angelique Kerber	1–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	Sep 2008	Granada, Spain	25,000	Hard	Regina Kulikova	3–6, 4–6
Loss	6.	Jul 2009	Rome, Italy	25,000	Clay	Eloisa Compostizo de Andrés	3-6, 7-6⁽²⁾, 2-6
Loss	7.	Jul 2009	Valladolid, Spain	25,000	Hard	Heidi El Tabakh	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	7.	Sep 2010	Mollerusa, Spain	10,000	Hard	Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko	6–2, 6–4
Win	8.	Mar 2011	Madrid, Spain	10,000	Clay	Laura-Ioana Andrei	6–3, 6–2
Loss	8.	Oct 2011	Seville, Spain	25,000	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	9.	Sep 2012	Mestre, Italy	50,000	Clay	Karin Knapp	1–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	10.	Sep 2012	Saint-Malo, France	25,000	Clay	Maryna Zanevska	2–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 0–6
Loss	11.	Oct 2012	Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain	25,000	Clay	María Teresa Torró Flor	1–6, 4–6
Loss	12.	Oct 2012	Seville, Spain	25,000	Clay	Teliana Pereira	6-4, 6-7⁽³⁾, 6-7⁽⁵⁾
Loss	13.	Mar 2013	Osprey, United States	50,000	Clay	Mariana Duque Mariño	6–7⁽²⁾, 1–6
Loss	14.	Jun 2015	Madrid, Spain	10,000	Clay	Olga Sáez Larra	4–6, 0–6
Win	9.	Oct 2015	La Vall d'Uixó, Spain	10,000	Clay	Oleksandra Korashvili	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–2
Win	10.	Oct 2015	Melilla, Spain	10,000	Hard	María José Luque Moreno	6–3, 6–4
Win	11.	Nov 2015	Vinaròs, Spain	10,000	Clay	Noelia Bouzo Zanotti	6–2, 6–2
Win	12.	Apr 2017	Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Fernanda Brito	6–3, 7–5
Loss	15.	May 2017	La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain	25,000	Clay	Georgina García Pérez	2–6, 6–0, 4–6
Loss	16.	Dec 2017	Castellón, Spain	15,000	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	0–6, 6–3, 1–6
Win	13.	Jun 2018	Barcelona, Spain	25,000	Clay	Aliona Bolsova	6–2, 6–3

Doubles; 30 (16–14)

Result	No	Date	Location	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	May 2004	Tortosa, Spain	10,000	Clay	Katia Sabate-Orera	Marta Fraga Nuria Sánchez García	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win	1.	Nov 2004	Mallorca, Spain	10,000	Clay	Adriana González Peñas	Hanne Skak Jensen Karina Jacobsgaard	6–3, 6–3
Win	2.	Jul 2005	Getxo, Spain	10,000	Clay	Núria Roig	Anna Gil Mares Tara Wigan	6–1, 6–0
Loss	2.	Aug 2005	Vigo, Spain	10,000	Hard	Matilde Muñoz Gonzalves	Anna Font María José Martínez Sánchez	2–6, 3–6
Win	3.	Feb 2006	Mallorca, Spain	10,000	Clay	Núria Roig	Eleonora Iannozzi Stella Menna	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss	3.	Feb 2006	Mallorca, Spain	10,000	Clay	Núria Roig	Marta Fraga Laura Thorpe	4–6, 5–7
Win	4.	Mar 2006	Sabadell, Spain	10,000	Clay	Núria Roig	Marta Fraga María José Martínez Sánchez	6–1, 6–1
Loss	4.	May 2006	Tenerife, Spain	25,000	Hard	Laura Vallvaerdu-Zafra	Monique Adamczak Annette Kolb	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Win	5.	May 2007	Monzón, Spain	75,000	Hard	María Emilia Salerni	Iryna Brémond Vesna Dolonc	6–2, 6–1
Win	6.	Aug 2007	Vigo, Spain	25,000	Hard	Carla Suárez Navarro	Ria Sabay Justine Ozga	6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	5.	Mar 2008	La Palma, Spain	25,000	Hard	Sílvia Soler Espinosa	Yuliya Beygelzimer Stefanie Vögele	5–7, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Loss	6.	Jun 2008	Getxo, Spain	25,000	Clay	Sara del Barrio Aragón	Julie Coin Story Tweedie-Yates	3–6, 1–6
Loss	7.	Jul 2009	Valladolid, Spain	25,000	Clay	Sara del Barrio Aragón	Heidi El Tabakh Paula Fondevila Castro	2–6, 4–6
Loss	8.	Feb 2010	Cali, Colombia	75,000	Clay	Laura Pous Tió	Edina Gallovits-Hall Polona Hercog	6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	9.	Sep 2010	Foggia, Italy	25,000	Clay	Laura Pous Tió	María Irigoyen Florencia Molinero	2–6, 2–6
Loss	10.	Oct 2010	Saint-Raphaël, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Laura Pous Tió	Sandra Klemenschits Tatjana Maria	2–6, 4–6
Win	7.	Oct 2011	Seville, Spain	25,000	Clay	Lara Arruabarrena	Leticia Costas Inés Ferrer Suárez	6–4, 6–4
Win	8.	Jun 2015	Madrid, Spain	10,000	Clay	Cristina Sánchez Quintanar	Sílvia García Jiménez Olga Sáez Larra	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Win	9.	Jul 2015	Prokuplje, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Alexandra Nancarrow	Maryna Kolb Nadiya Kolb	2–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss	11.	Sep 2015	Barcelona, Spain	15,000	Clay	Oleksandra Korashvili	Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov Gaia Sanesi	3–6, 4–6
Win	10.	Sep 2015	Madrid, Spain	10,000	Hard	Cristina Sánchez Quintanar	Deborah Chiesa Isabelle Wallace	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 7–5
Win	11.	Sep 2015	Madrid, Spain	10,000	Hard	Cristina Sánchez Quintanar	María Martínez Martínez Olga Sáez Larra	6–4, 6–3
Win	12.	Oct 2015	Melilla, Spain	10,000	Hard	Oleksandra Korashvili	Irene Burillo Escorihuela Isabelle Wallace	6–3, 6–1
Win	13.	Nov 2015	Vinaròs, Spain	10,000	Clay	Oleksandra Korashvili	Alicia Herrero Liñana Ksenija Sharifova	6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss	12.	May 2016	Monzón, Spain	10,000	Hard	Cristina Sánchez Quintanar	Alice Bacquié Gabriella Taylor	1–6, 1–6
Win	14.	Jul 2017	Turin, Italy	25,000	Clay	Paula Cristina Gonçalves	Irene Burillo Escorihuela Yvonne Cavallé Reimers	5–7, 6–0, [10–8]
Win	15.	Jul 2017	Imola, Italy	25,000	Carpet	Paula Cristina Gonçalves	Eleni Kordolaimi Seone Mendez	6–3, 1–6, [10–3]
Loss	13.	Oct 2017	Seville, Spain	25,000	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	Luisa Stefani Renata Zarazúa	6–7⁽²⁾, 6–7⁽³⁾
Loss	14.	Oct 2017	Riba-roja de Túria, Spain	15,000	Clay	Ángela Fita Boluda	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Guadalupe Pérez Rojas	4–6, 4–6
Win	16.	Apr 2018	Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Ángela Fita Boluda	Freya Christie An-Sophie Mestach	7–6⁽³⁾, 1–6, [10–6]

References

"'Me gustaría hacerles el camino más fácil a quienes yo entrene'La tenista Estrella Cabeza". el-decano-deportivo. 10 November 2020.

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[1] "'Me gustaría hacerles el camino más fácil a quienes yo entrene'La tenista Estrella Cabeza". el-decano-deportivo. 10 November 2020.