Marion Maruska

Marion Maruska

Country	Austria
Residence	Hinterbruhl, Austria
Born	December 15, 1972 (1972-12-15) (age 38) Modling, Austria
Height	5 ft 7.75 in (1.72 m)
Turned pro	1992
Retired	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$342,007
Singles
Career record	231-208
Career titles	1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 50 (October 6, 1997)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1r (1992, 1998)
French Open	2r (1998)
Wimbledon	2r (1997)
US Open	1r (1991, 1997)
Doubles
Career record	66-94
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 123 (July 24, 2000)
Last updated on: August 27, 2009.

Marion Maruska (born 15 December 1972 in Modling, Austria) is an Austrian female professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1992 and reached her career high singles ranking on October 6, 1997, when she became the No. 50 of the world.

1997 was Maruska's best year on the WTA Tour, highlighted by her first (and only) Tour title and another Tour final amid a wave of inconsistent results. As the world No. 154, she won her debut WTA title at the ASB Classic held in Auckland, New Zealand. En-route she beat Anke Huber for her first top ten win. At Wimbledon, she won her first ever Grand Slam main draw match when she beat Adriana Gersi, before falling to recently-crowned French Open champion Iva Majoli. At the ECM Prague Open, she made her second Tour final, but this time failed to walk away with the title.

1998 was a poor year for Maruska in comparison. She reached the second round of the French Open but had few other results and fell out of the top 100, consequently never reaching her level of one year ago again.

She played much of her career on the challenger circuit, where she won four singles titles and three doubles titles.

Maruska represented Austria in Fed Cup five times: 1997, 1997, and 2000-2002. She earned a 2–6 record in those ties.

In 2001, she played her last professional singles match, at the U.S. Open, losing to Nathalie Vierin in the first round of qualifying. Her final career match, however, was a Fed Cup doubles loss to the American team of Lisa Raymond and Monica Seles.

Titles

Singles

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tour Championships (0)

Tier I Event (0)

Tier II Event (0)

Tier III Event (0)

Tier IV-V Event (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	5 January 1997	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard (O)	Judith Wiesner	6–3, 6–1

External links

• Marion Maruska at the Women's Tennis Association
• Marion Maruska at the International Tennis Federation
• Marion Maruska at the Fed Cup

Persondata
Name	Maruska, Marion
Alternative names
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Date of birth	1972-12-15
Place of birth	Modling, Austria
Date of death
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