Conchita Martínez

Conchita Martínez (born April 16 1972) is a professional tennis player from Spain. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1994. She also finished runner-up at the Australian Open in 1998, and the French Open in 2000.

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April 16 - 1972 - Tennis - Spain - Wimbledon - 1994 - Australian Open - 1998 - French Open - 2000

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Martínez turned professional in 1988. In 1992, she was a Silver Medalist in the women's doubles at the Olympic Games in Barcelona (partnering Arantxa Sánchez Vicario), and also runner-up in the women's doubles at the French Open.

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1988 - 1992 - Olympic Games - Barcelona - Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

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In 1993, Martínez became the first Spanish woman in sixty-five years since Lili de Alvarez to reach the semi-finals at Wimbledon. Martínez lost to Steffi Graf 7-6, 6-3.

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1993 - Lili de Alvarez - Steffi Graf

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In 1994 Martínez reached the Wimbledon final, where she faced the 9-time former Wimbledon champion Martina Navratilova. Navratilova's last Wimbledon triumph had come four years earlier, but many observers felt that the 37 year-old Czech-born American was the favourite going into the match given her long track record of success on grass courts, whereas Martínez's most significant tournament victories up to that time had been on slower-playing surfaces, particularly clay courts. However Martínez seized her moment and won in three sets 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

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Martina Navratilova - Grass court - Clay court

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In 1995, Martínez was a semi-finalist at all four of the Grand Slam tournaments and reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 2. In 1993 she became the first Spaniard to win the Italian Open since Lili de Alvarez captured the title in 1930. Martínez went on to become the first player to win the Italian Open title for four consecutive years. She also partnered Sánchez Vicario to claim a women's doubles Olympic Bronze Medal in Atlanta.

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1995 - Grand Slam - 1993 - Italian Open - Atlanta

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1998 saw Martínez reach her second career Grand Slam final. She was defeated in the final of the Australian Open by Martina Hingis 6-3, 6-3. She also helped Spain win the Fed Cup that year, beating Patty Schnyder of Switzerland 6-3, 2-6, 9-7 in three hours and 19 minutes in a marathon match during the final.

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1998 - Martina Hingis - Fed Cup - Patty Schnyder - Switzerland

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Martínez reached the final of the French Open in 2000, where she lost to Mary Pierce 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

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2000 - Mary Pierce

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In 2001, Martínez was runner-up in the women's doubles at the French Open (partnering Jelena Dokic).

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2001 - Jelena Dokic

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Martínez won her second Olympic Silver Medal in the women's doubles in 2004 in Athens (partnering Virginia Ruano Pascual).

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2004 - Athens - Virginia Ruano Pascual

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In 2005, Martínez won her first singles title for five years at Pattaya, Thailand, bringing her career total to 33 top-level singles titles and 12 doubles titles.

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2005 - Pattaya - Thailand

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Martinez is one of the few openly lesbian players on the WTA Tour.

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