German tennis player
Martina Müller Country (sports) Germany Residence Sehnde Born (1982-10-11 ) 11 October 1982 (age 38) Hanover , West GermanyHeight 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Turned pro 1999 Retired 2011 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money $1,040,531 Career record 288–255 Career titles 1 WTA, 10 ITF Highest ranking No. 33 (2 April 2007) Australian Open 2R (2002, 2006, 2007) French Open 2R (2002, 2006, 2007) Wimbledon 2R (2006, 2007) US Open 3R (2002) Career record 158–167 Career titles 1 WTA, 10 ITF Highest ranking No. 47 (25 February 2008)
Martina Müller-Skibbe (German pronunciation: [maʁˈtiːna ˈmʏlɐ] ;[1] [2] born 11 October 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.
Career [ ]
Coached by her father, Reinhard Müller, Martina had her best success on clay courts: she won her only WTA Tour singles title at the Budapest Grand Prix and one WTA Tour doubles title in 's-Hertogenbosch . On the ITF Women's Circuit , she won ten singles and ten doubles titles in her career. On 2 April 2007, she reached a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 33. In February 2008, she peaked at No. 47 in the doubles rankings.
In 2007, she started the year with middling results, reaching the second round at the Australian Open , losing to Elena Dementieva in three sets. From January to April, Müller never came past the second round of a tournament. In May, at the Qatar German Open in Berlin, she defeated Eleni Daniilidou and 13th seed Shahar Pe'er to reach the round of 16 where she lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova 3–6, 2–6. She reached the second round of Roland Garros , losing to Dominika Cibulková , and the second round at Wimbledon , retiring against Agnieszka Radwańska . In the previous round, Müller double-bageled Anna Smashnova . She reached the final at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo before being defeated by Hungarian Ágnes Szávay in two sets.
Müller married longtime boyfriend Florian Skibbe in August 2011 and subsequently announced her retirement.[3]
WTA career finals [ ]
Singles: 2 (1–1) [ ]
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV & V (1–1)
Doubles: 5 (1–4) [ ]
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–3)
Tier IV & V (1–1)
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Winner
1.
17 June 2002
's-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands
Grass
Catherine Barclay-Reitz
Bianka Lamade Magdalena Maleeva
6–4, 7–5
Runner-up
1.
27 May 2006
Strasbourg , France
Clay
Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
Liezel Huber Martina Navratilova
2–6, 6–7(1–7)
Runner-up
2.
23 April 2007
Budapest Grand Prix , Hungary
Clay
Gabriela Chmelinová
Ágnes Szávay Vladimíra Uhlířová
5–7, 2–6
Runner-up
3.
6 January 2008
Auckland , New Zealand
Hard
Barbora Strýcová
Lilia Osterloh Mariya Koryttseva
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up
4.
23 February 2008
Bogotá , Colombia
Clay
Jelena Kostanić Tošić
Iveta Benešová Bethanie Mattek-Sands
3–6, 3–6
ITF Circuit finals [ ]
Singles: 17 (10–7) [ ]
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Winner
1.
13 June 1999
Meinerzhagen , Germany
Clay
Lydia Steinbach
6–0, 6–2
Runner-up
1.
15 August 1999
Rebecq , Belgium
Clay
Daphne van de Zande
3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner
2.
28 January 2001
Båstad , Sweden
Hard (i)
Margit Rüütel
6–2, 6–0
Runner-up
2.
15 April 2001
San Luis Potosi , Mexico
Clay
Maria Elena Camerin
4–6, 5–7
Runner-up
3.
19 August 2001
Bronx , United States
Hard
Barbara Schwartz
7–5, 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner
3.
25 January 2004
Grenoble , France
Hard (i)
Aravane Rezaï
7–5, 6–1
Runner-up
4.
5 April 2004
Patras , Greece
Hard
Ekaterina Dzehalevich
4–6, 4–6
Winner
4.
2 May 2004
Taranto , Italy
Clay
Nina Bratchikova
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up
5.
20 June 2004
Gorizia , Italy
Clay
Vanina García Sokol
1–6, 4–6
Winner
5.
4 July 2004
Vaihingen , Germany
Clay
Nathalie Viérin
6–2, 7–5
Winner
6.
17 April 2005
Biarritz , France
Clay
Timea Bacsinszky
4–6, 7–6(7–2) , 6–2
Runner-up
6.
9 April 2006
Athens , Greece
Clay
Aurélie Védy
6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Winner
7.
16 April 2006
Civitavecchia , Italy
Clay
Caroline Wozniacki
6–1, 6–1
Winner
8.
30 April 2006
Cagnes-sur-Mer , France
Clay
Anastasiya Yakimova
7–6(8–6) , 2–6, 6–0
Winner
9.
6 August 2006
Baden-Baden , Germany
Clay
Kateřina Böhmová
6–1, 6–1
Winner
10.
17 September 2006
Bordeaux , France
Clay
Sandra Klösel
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up
7.
29 July 2007
Pétange , Luxembourg
Clay
Pauline Parmentier
1–6, 4–6
Doubles (10–7) [ ]
Winner
1.
2 August 2003
Harrisonburg , United States
Hard
Surina De Beer
6–2, 7–6(4)
Runner-up
2.
21 September 2003
Biella , Italy
Clay
Lenka Němečková
Ľubomíra Kurhajcová Libuše Průšová
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up
3.
26 October 2003
Rockhampton , Australia
Hard
Natalie Grandin
Trudi Musgrave Abigail Spears
1–6, 5–7
Winner
4.
25 January 2004
Grenoble ,France
Hard (i)
Antonia Matic Lenka Tvarošková
6–2, 6–1
Runner-up
5.
15 February 2004
Sunderland, Great Britain
Hard (i)
Helen Crook
Claire Curran Kim Kilsdonk
4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner
6.
22 March 2004
Athens , Greece
Hard
Līga Dekmeijere
Zsófia Gubacsi Kira Nagy
6–2, 1–6, 6–4
Winner
7.
5 April 2004
Patras , Greece
Hard
Vladimíra Uhlířová
Emily Webley-Smith
7–6(7) , 6–3
Runner-up
8.
25 April 2004
Bari , Italy
Clay
Vladimíra Uhlířová
Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Conchita Martínez Granados
2-6, 7-5, 2-6
Runner-up
9.
19 June 2004
Gorizia , Italy
Carpet (i)
Angelika Rösch
Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
6–7(4) , 2–6
Runner-up
10.
22 June 2004
Fontanafredda , Italy
Clay
Vladimíra Uhlířová
Erica Krauth Katalin Marosi
6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Winner
11.
11 July 2004
Darmstadt, Germany
Clay
Vanessa Henke
Katarina Mišić Dragana Zarić
6–1, 7–5
Winner
12.
20 September 2004
Biella , Italy
Clay
Erica Krauth
Mervana Jugić-Salkić Darija Jurak
6–2, 6–3
Winner
13.
5 February 2005
Sunderland, Great Britain
Hard (i)
Sofia Arvidsson
Dragana Zarić Katarina Mišić
6–2, 6–3
Winner
14.
13 November 2005
Toronto , Canada
Hard (i)
Olena Antypina
Kristen Schlukebir
6–3, 6–1
Winner
15.
16 April 2006
Civitavecchia, Italy
Clay
Lucie Hradecká
Tatiana Perebiynis Barbora Strýcová
6–7(9) , 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up
16.
28 July 2007
Pétange , Luxembourg
Clay
Claudine Schaul
Anastasiya Yakimova Carla Suárez Navarro
7–6(4) , 1–6, 6–7(1)
Winner
17.
7 April 2008
Biarritz , France
Clay
Christina Wheeler
Jorgelina Cravero Betina Jozami
7–6(5) , 3–6 [10–8]
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