Marta Domachowska

Marta Domachowska (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarta dɔmaˈxɔfska]; born 16 January 1986) is a Polish former tennis player.

Marta Domachowska
Domachowska at the 2007 EmblemHealth Bronx Open
Country (sports) Poland
ResidencePodkowa Leśna
Born (1986-01-16) 16 January 1986
Warsaw
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2001
Retired1 December 2015
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,063,111
Singles
Career record323–249
Career titles0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 37 (3 April 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open4R (2008)
French Open2R (2005, 2008)
Wimbledon2R (2008)
US Open1R (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009)
Doubles
Career record117–130
Career titles1 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 62 (30 January 2006)

She was ranked world No. 37 in singles (2006) and No. 62 in doubles (2006), and reached 2008 Australian Open fourth round in singles and won 2006 Canberra International in doubles with Roberta Vinci. She also reached three WTA Tour singles finals at 2004 Hansol Korea Open (lost to Maria Sharapova), 2005 Internationaux de Strasbourg (lost to Anabel Medina Garrigues) and 2006 U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships (lost to Sofia Arvidsson). She was 2003 Australian Open finalist in girls' singles, represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics and was member of Poland Fed Cup team. Domachowska was the best female Polish tennis player after Magdalena Grzybowska's retirement and before Agnieszka Radwańska's successes.

Junior career

Marta started playing tennis at age seven,[1] and reached the semifinals of the Australian Open Junior Championships in 2003.

Professional career

2001–2006

In her sole appearance at a WTA tournament in 2001, as an unranked wildcard in Sopot qualifying, she lost in the first round. 2002 marked her second Tour appearance, as an unranked wildcard in Warsaw. During the year she reached the doubles semifinals in Sopot and won first her first two ITF singles titles along with her first doubles title. She debuted on WTA rankings on May 20 at No. 745 and amassed a 29–12 ITF singles record (finished as No. 356)[1] and 9–7 doubles record. She again accepted a wildcard at Warsaw, and also at Sopot in 2003, where she won the first round of both. She won her third singles title and finished the season ranked No. 244 in singles.[1]

In 2004, she won two more ITF titles and reached a WTA final in Seoul. She defeated Anna Smashnova to reach the semifinals in Sopot, and reached the quarterfinals in Casablanca. She made her debut in the top 100 (at No. 100) on 27 September 2004. Even though she failed to qualify for the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open, she compiled a 42–20 singles record and 12–9 doubles record, finishing the season ranked No. 74 in singles.[1]

2005 was the best year for Domachowska results-wise. She was runner-up in the Tier III tournament in Strasbourg and reached the semifinals in Beijing, a Tier II event. She made her debut in the main draw of all four majors and made her debut in the top 50 (at No. 48) on June 6. She was runner-up in two doubles tournaments. Although, she had to withdraw from Hyderabad and Memphis after spraining her right shoulder. Her record for the year was 24–26 in singles (finishing the year No. 60)[1] and 14–16 in doubles.

She won her first WTA Tour title in 2006 with (Roberta Vinci) in a tournament in Canberra. She reached a singles final in Memphis and achieved a new singles career of No. 37 on April 3. She and Sania Mirza finished runner-up in Cincinnati, and with Marion Bartoli, reached the semi finals in Stanford. But she failed to advance past the first round in all four Grand Slams, and withdrew the Charleston, and Bali due to injuries. Poor results in Beijing and Seoul resulted in her finishing the year at No. 90.[1]

2007–2015

After not playing Memphis in 2007, her ranking dropped to No. 166. As a result, she played multiple ITF-level tournaments, reaching the semifinals in one instance. She managed to qualify for the Seoul and Stockholm WTA tournaments, but failed to qualify for nine WTA events (including two majors), and lacked a win at all in Grand Slams that year. As the world No. 179, and as a qualifier, she won a $100,000 tournament in Poitiers, defeating Anna Lapushchenkova. It was her first singles title since 2003 and the biggest tournament win in her career. She won an ITF doubles title in Rome, and finished No. 143 in singles and No. 240 in doubles for the year.

In the 2008 Australian Open, she achieved her best grand slam result, reaching the fourth round, before she lost to Venus Williams. Due to this result, Domachowska returned to the top 100 (at No. 82). Domachowska also represented Poland in the singles draw at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she lost in the first round. She finished year at No. 56.[1]

In 2009 in singles, she lost in the first round of all four Grand Slam tournaments, including the US Open as a qualifier. Domachowska, however, did manage to reach the singles quarterfinals of Istanbul.

In March 2013, she posed for the Polish edition of Playboy.[2]

In December 2015, she retired from professional tennis. She later went into coaching assistant activities, becoming the hitting partner of Caroline Wozniacki in 2014.

Personal life

Marta was born to Barbara and Wiesław and currently resides in Podkowa Leśna, Poland. She has an older sister, Magdalena. Speaks Polish, English, Russian and Spanish. Other than tennis, she enjoys sports such as football and swimming.[1] She is in a relationship with Polish tennis player Jerzy Janowicz. In 2019 she gave birth to their first child.

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (0–3)

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Sep 2004 Seoul, South Korea Hard Maria Sharapova 1–6, 1–6
Loss 2. May 2005 Strasbourg, France Clay Anabel Medina Garrigues 4–6, 3–6
Loss 3. Feb 2006 Memphis, United States Hard (i) Sofia Arvidsson 2–6, 6–2, 3–6

Doubles: 5 (1–4)

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Jan 2005 Pattaya City, Thailand Hard Silvija Talaja Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Andreea Vanc
3–6, 1–6
Loss 2. May 2005 Strasbourg, France Clay Marlene Weingärtner Marion Bartoli
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
3–6, 2–6
Win 1. Jan 2006 Canberra, Australia Hard Roberta Vinci Claire Curran
Līga Dekmeijere
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss 3. Jul 2006 Cincinnati, United States Hard Sania Mirza Gisela Dulko
Maria Elena Camerin
4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss 4. Sep 2008 Bali, Indonesia Hard Nadia Petrova Hsieh Su-wei
Peng Shuai
7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), [7–10]

ITF finals

Singles: 14 (8–6)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 11 August 2002 Olecko, Poland Clay Liana Ungur 1–6, 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 1. 5 August 2002 Gdynia, Poland Clay Delia Sescioreanu 6–7, 1–6
Winner 2. 3 November 2002 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Sabrina Jolk 6–3, 6–4
Winner 3. 13 July 2003 Toruń, Poland Clay Anastasiya Yakimova 7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 20 October 2003 Opole, Poland Carpet (i) Tatsiana Uvarova 4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner 4. 1 February 2004 Belfort, France Hard (i) Adriana Barna 3–6, 6–0, 6–0
Winner 5. 15 February 2004 Warsaw, Poland Carpet (i) Angelique Kerber 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 5 February 2006 Urtijëi, Italy Carpet (i) Eva Birnerová 6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Winner 6. 25 November 2007 Poitiers, France Hard (i) Anna Lapushchenkova 7–5, 6–0
Winner 7. 30 January 2011 Grenoble, France Hard (i) Naomi Broady 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 4. 21 March 2011 Bath, Great Britain Hard (i) Stefanie Vögele 6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–2
Winner 8. 13 June 2011 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Margalita Chakhnashvili 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 5. 24 July 2011 Samsun, Turkey Hard Yulia Putintseva 7–6(7–6), 6–2
Runner-up 6. 29 October 2011 Barnstaple, Great Britain Hard (i) Anne Keothavong 6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 10 (5–5)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 3 November 2002 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Elke Clijsters Jenny Loow
Suzanne van Hartingsveldt
6–1, 6–1
Runner-up 1. 16 May 2004 St. Gaudens, France Clay Natalia Gussoni Ruxandra Dragomir-Ilie
Andreea Vanc
6–3, 6–1
Winner 2. 12 May 2007 Rome, Italy Clay Emma Laine Maret Ani
Caroline Maes
1–0 ret.
Runner-up 2. 26 October 2009 Poitiers, France Hard (i) Michaëlla Krajicek Julie Coin
Marie-Ève Pelletier
3–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Runner-up 3. 4 February 2011 Sutton, Great Britain Hard (i) Darija Jurak Emma Laine
Melanie South
3–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Runner-up 4. 21 March 2011 Bath, Great Britain Hard (i) Katarzyna Piter Tímea Babos
Anne Kremer
7–6(7–5), 6–2
Winner 3. 13 June 2011 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Teodora Mirčić Daniella Dominikovic
Melis Sezer
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 5. 30 July 2012 Trnava, Slovak Republic Clay Sandra Klemenschits Elena Bogdan
Renata Voráčová
6–7, 4–6
Winner 4. 23 September 2013 Clermont-Ferrand, France Hard (i) Michaëlla Krajicek Margarita Gasparyan
Alyona Sotnikova
5–7, 6–4, [10–8]
Winner 5. 21 October 2013 Saguenay, Canada Hard (i) Andrea Hlaváčková Françoise Abanda
Victoria Duval
7–5, 6–3

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
Tournament200420052006200720082009201020112012W-L
Australian Open A 2R 1R 1R 4R 1R Q1 A Q2 4–5
French Open Q1 2R 1R Q1 2R 1R Q2 A Q1 2–4
Wimbledon Q2 1R 1R A 2R 1R A A Q1 1–4
US Open Q3 1R 1R Q2 1R 1R Q1 Q3 Q1 0–4
Win–Loss 0–0 2–4 0–4 0–1 5–4 0–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 7–17
Year-end ranking 74 60 90 143 180 140 299 157 225 N/A

References

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