Maria João Koehler

Maria João Koehler (born 8 October 1992) is a retired Portuguese tennis player.

Maria João Koehler
Koehler at the 2015 Fed Cup
Full nameMaria João Koehler
Country (sports) Portugal
ResidencePorto, Portugal
Born (1992-10-08) 8 October 1992
Porto, Portugal
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Retired2018
Prize money$332,312
Singles
Career record266–197
Career titles4 ITF
Highest ranking102 (25 February 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2013)
French Open1R (2013)
Wimbledon1R (2013)
US Open1R (2013)
Doubles
Career record52–41
Career titles4 ITF
Highest ranking151 (18 June 2012)
Grand Slam Doubles results
WimbledonQ1 (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup11–16
Last updated on: 19 September 2016.

Koehler has won three singles and four doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 25 February 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 102. On 18 June 2012, she peaked at world number 151 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Portugal at the Fed Cup, Koehler has a win–loss record of 11–16.[1]

Career

Born in Porto, Koehler made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit at the age of 14 at a $10,000 event in Braga. Having qualified for the main draw, she lost her first match to Catarina Ferreira.

She made her WTA tour main draw debut at the 2009 Estoril Open. Having been awarded a wild card, she played world number 77 Kristina Barrois in the first round, losing in straight sets.[2]

ITF finals (7–12)

Singles (4–8)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–6)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 9 June 2008 Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal Hard Mélanie Gloria 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 18 May 2009 Cantanhede, Portugal Carpet Nanuli Pipiya 6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Winner 2. 1 June 2009 Amarante, Portugal Hard Mélanie Gloria 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 8 February 2010 Vale do Lobo, Portugal Hard Julia Mayr 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up 3. 8 November 2010 Majorca, Spain Clay Lara Arruabarrena 6–7(2–7), 3–6
Runner-up 4. 31 January 2011 Rabat, Morocco Clay Nina Bratchikova 6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 5. 16 July 2012 Donetsk, Ukraine Hard Vesna Dolonc 2–6, 3–6
Win 3–5 Jul 2012 ITF Astana, Kazakhstan 100,000 Hard Marta Sirotkina 7–5, 6–2
Runner-up 6. 8 October 2012 Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard (i) Monica Puig 6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss 3–7 Jul 2013 ITF Astana, Kazakhstan 100,000 Hard Nadiia Kichenok 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 8. 12 September 2016 Ponta Delgada, Portugal Hard Inês Murta 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(7–9)
Winner 4. 1 June 2018 Guimarães, Portugal Hard Zeel Desai 6–1, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles (4–4)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 11 May 2009 Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal Clay Joana Pangaio Pereira Rebeca Bou Nogueiro
Sheila Solsona Carcasona		 2–2, ret.
Runner-up 1. 1 November 2010 Majorca, Spain Clay Avgusta Tsybysheva Lara Arruabarrena
Inés Ferrer Suárez		 5–7, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 15 November 2010 Majorca, Spain Clay Avgusta Tsybysheva Diana Enache
Raluca Elena Platon		 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner 2. 11 July 2011 Cáceres, Spain Hard Richèl Hogenkamp Victoria Larrière
Irena Pavlovic		 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 29 August 2011 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Clay Florencia Molinero Maria Abramović
Ana Vrljić		 7–5, 6–7(3–7), [4–10]
Winner 3. 12 September 2011 Zagreb, Croatia Clay Katalin Marosi Maria Abramović
Mihaela Buzărnescu		 6–0, 6–3
Winner 4. 24 September 2011 Shrewsbury, United Kingdom Hard (i) Katalin Marosi Amanda Elliott
Johanna Konta		 7–6(7–3), 6–1
Runner-up 4. 11 June 2012 Nottingham, United Kingdom Grass Réka Luca Jani Sally Peers
Ashleigh Barty		 6–7(2–7), 6–3, [5–10]

Grand Slam performance timeline
Koehler at the 2013 US Open, where she lost in round one to Alizé Cornet

Singles
Tournament2011201220132014W–L
Australian Open A 1R 2R Q1 1–2
French Open A A 1R A 0–1
Wimbledon A Q2 1R A 0–1
US Open Q1 Q2 1R A 0–1
Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 1–4 0–0 1–5

References
  1. Maria João Koehler at the Billie Jean King Cup
  2. "Estoril Open" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
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