Maria João Koehler

Maria João Koehler

Koehler at the 2015 Fed Cup
Country (sports)	Portugal
Residence	Porto, Portugal
Born	(1992-10-08) 8 October 1992 (age 29) Porto
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Retired	2018
Prize money	$332,312
Singles
Career record	266–197
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	102 (25 February 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2013)
French Open	1R (2013)
Wimbledon	1R (2013)
US Open	1R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	54–43
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	151 (18 June 2012)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	11–20

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

Koehler has won three singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 25 February 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 102. On 18 June 2012, she peaked at No. 151 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Portugal at the Fed Cup, Koehler has a win–loss record of 11–20.^[1]

Career[]

Born in Porto, Koehler made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit at the age of 14 at a $10k 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 wildcard, she played world No. 77, Kristina Barrois, in the first round, losing in straight sets.^[2]

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups)[]

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	9 June 2008	ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	10,000	Hard	Mélanie Gloria	7–6(2), 3–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	18 May 2009	ITF Cantanhede, Portugal	10,000	Carpet	Nanuli Pipiya	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Win	2–1	1 June 2009	ITF Amarante, Portugal	10,000	Hard	Mélanie Gloria	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2–2	8 February 2010	ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal	10,000	Hard	Julia Mayr	1–6, 1–6
Loss	2–3	8 November 2010	ITF Mallorca, Spain	10,000	Clay	Lara Arruabarrena	6–7(2), 3–6
Loss	2–4	31 January 2011	ITF Rabat, Morocco	25,000	Clay	Nina Bratchikova	6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	2–5	16 July 2012	ITF Donetsk, Ukraine	50,000	Hard	Vesna Dolonc	2–6, 3–6
Win	3–5	Jul 2012	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	100,000	Hard	Marta Sirotkina	7–5, 6–2
Loss	6.	8 October 2012	ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France	50,000	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
Loss	3–8	12 September 2016	ITF Ponta Delgada, Portugal	10,000	Hard	Inês Murta	4–6, 6–3, 6–7(7)
Win	4–8	1 June 2018	ITF Guimarães, Portugal	15,000	Hard	Zeel Desai	6–1, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)[]

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

Grand Slam singles performance timeline[]

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

References[]

External links[]

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