Maria João Koehler

Maria João Koehler

Country	Portugal
Residence	Porto, Portugal
Born	October 8, 1992 (1992-10-08) (age 19) Porto, Portugal
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$ 51,754
Singles
Career record	119–78 (60%)[1]
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 215 (October 31, 2011)
Current ranking	No. 219 (November 21, 2011)
Grand Slam results
US Open	Q1 (2011)
Doubles
Career record	43–25 (63%)[2]
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 166 (October 31, 2011)
Last updated on: November 21, 2011.

Maria João Koehler (born October 8, 1992) is a Portuguese professional tennis player. She reached her career high WTA singles ranking of 215 on October 2011. Koehler has represented the Portugal Fed Cup team, where she has a singles win-loss record of 1–3 and a doubles win–loss record of 3–3 (4–6 overall). She is coached by former professional player Nuno Marques.

Career

Since her debut in October 2006 at the Braga satellite tournament, where she lost her first match 7–5, 6–1 to Catarina Ferreira, Koehler has mainly played in the ITF circuit. Her first attempt to qualify to a WTA Tour tournament came in May 2007 at the Estoril Open but she lost at the first qualifying round to Neha Uberoi 6–1, 6–0. She debuted in the Tour at Estoril in May 2009 as a wild card against Kristina Barrois, losing 7–6(4), 6–0. The same month, she won the Cantanhede satellite tournament. In June, Koehler won the Amarante satellite tournament.

Career finals

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (2–4)

$100,000 tournaments (0–0) $75,000 tournaments (0–0) $50,000 tournaments (0–0) $25,000 tournaments (0–1) $10,000 tournaments (2–3)

Titles by Surface Hard (1–2) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	June 15, 2008	Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	Hard	Melanie Gloria	6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–1
Winner	1.	May 24, 2009	Cantanhede, Portugal	Carpet	Nanuli Pipiya	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Winner	2.	June 7, 2009	Amarante, Portugal	Hard	Melanie Gloria	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	February 14, 2010	Vale do Lobo, Portugal	Hard	Julia Mayr	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	November 14, 2010	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino	7–6(7–2), 6–3
Runner-up	4.	February 5, 2011	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Nina Bratchikova	3–6, 6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 7 (4–3)

$100,000 tournaments (0–0) $75,000 tournaments (1–0) $50,000 tournaments (1–0) $25,000 tournaments (1–1) $10,000 tournaments (1–2)

Titles by Surface Hard (2–0) Clay (2–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	May 17, 2009	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal	Clay	Joana Pangaio Pereira	Rebeca Bou Nogueiro & Sheila Solsona Carcasona	2–2, RET
Runner-up	1.	November 6, 2010	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Avgusta Tsybysheva	Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino & Inés Ferrer-Suárez	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	November 20, 2010	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Avgusta Tsybysheva	Diana Enache & Raluca Elena Platon	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	2.	July 15, 2011	Cáceres, Spain	Hard	Richel Hogenkamp	Victoria Larrière & Irena Pavlovic	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	September 3, 2011	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Maria Abramović & Ana Vrljić	5–7, 7–6(7–3), [10–4]
Winner	3.	September 16, 2011	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Maria Abramović & Mihaela Buzărnescu	6–0, 6–3
Winner	4.	September 24, 2011	Shrewsbury, Great Britain	Hard	Katalin Marosi	Amanda Elliott & Johanna Konta	7–6(7–3), 6–1

Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament when the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through October 30, 2011.

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	Career SR	Career W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A	A	A	A	LQ	0 / 0	0–0
SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	N/A
Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	N/A	0–0
WTA International Tournaments
Fes	A	A	A	A	LQ	0 / 0	0–0
Estoril	LQ	A	1R	1R	1R	0 / 3	0–3
Strasbourg	A	A	A	A	LQ	0 / 0	0–0
SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 3	N/A
Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	N/A	0–3
Career Statistics
Tournaments played	0	0	1	1	1	Career total: 3
Finals reached	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Tournaments Won	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Statistics by surface
Hardcourt Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	N/A	0–1
Clay Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–3	N/A	1–5
Grass Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	N/A	0–0
Carpet Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	N/A	0–0
Overall Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–3	N/A	1–61
Win (%)	0%	0%	0%	0%	25%	Career Win (%): 14%
Year-end ranking		760	505	354		N/A	N/A

• Fed Cup matches are included in the statistics. Walkovers are neither official wins nor official losses.

If ITF women's circuit (Hardcourt: 49–28; Clay: 62–39; Carpet: 5–1) and WTA Qualifying (Hardcourt: 0–1; Clay: 2–3) participations are included, then her overall win-loss record stands at 119–78.

To help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.

Terms to know
SR	tournaments won/played	W-L	Win-Loss
Performance Table Legend
NH	not held	A	absent
LQ	lost in qualifying draw	#R	lost in the early rounds
QF	quarterfinalist	SF	semifinalist
F	runner-up	W	winner

Fed Cup

Koehler debuted for the Portugal Fed Cup team in 2008. She has a 1–3 singles record and 3–3 doubles record (4–6 overall).

Participations (10)

Singles (4)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W–L	Result
2010 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I	RR	4–5 February 2010	Romania	Hard	Simona Halep	Lose	4–6, 1–6
2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group II	RR	4–6 May 2011	Morocco	Clay	Nadia Lalami	Lose	6–2, 5–7, 3–6
			Finland		Piia Suomalainen	Lose	2–6, 7–5, 5–7
	GII Play-Offs	7 May 2011	Georgia	Clay	Tatia Mikadze	Win	6–2, 6–2

Doubles (6)

Edition	Round	Date	Partnering	Against	Surface	Opponents	W–L	Result
2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I	RR	30 January – 3 February 2008	Magali de Lattre	Hungary	Carpet	Dia Evtimova Tsvetana Pironkova	Lose	1–6, 2–6
			Magali de Lattre	The Netherlands		Nicole Thyssen Pauline Wong	Lose	2–6, 4–6
2010 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I	RR	4–5 February 2010	Frederica Piedade	Switzerland	Hard	Sarah Moundir Amra Sadikovic	Lose	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
			Neuza Silva	Romania		Irina-Camelia Begu Ioana Raluca Olaru	Win	7–5, 7–5
2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group II	RR	4–6 May 2011	Michelle Larcher de Brito	Morocco	Clay	Fatima El Allami Nadia Lalami	Win	6–3, 6–2
			Michelle Larcher de Brito	Finland	Clay	Emma Laine Piia Suomalainen	Win	6–3, 6–2

Notes

1. ^ The official WTA records are incomplete as they do not count Koehler's Fed Cup singles record (1–3).
2. ^ The official WTA records are incomplete as they do not count Koehler's Fed Cup doubles record (3–3)

See also

• Luso Ténis Profile (in Portuguese)

External links

• Maria João Koehler at the Women's Tennis Association
• Maria João Koehler at the Fed Cup
• Maria João Koehler at the International Tennis Federation

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Name	Koehler, Maria Joao
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Date of birth	October 8, 1992
Place of birth	Porto, Portugal
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