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Milagros Sequera Country Venezuela
Residence Valencia, Venezuela Born September 30, 1980
San Felipe, VenezuelaHeight 5' 8 1/4 (1,73 cm) Turned pro January 1, 1999 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Career prize money $783,106 Singles Career record 308–205 Career titles 1 (10 ITF) Highest ranking No. 48 (July 9, 2007) Grand Slam results Australian Open 2nd (2007) French Open 2nd (2007, 2008) Wimbledon 3rd (2007) US Open 2nd (2003) Doubles Career record 206–131 Career titles 3 (18 ITF) Highest ranking No. 29 (January 31, 2005) Last updated on: May 29, 2008. Medal record Women's Tennis Competitor for Venezuela
Pan American Games Gold 2003 Santo Domingo Singles Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro Singles Milagros Sequera (born September 30, 1980 in San Felipe, Yaracuy, Venezuela) is a professional female tennis player from San Felipe, Yaracuy, Venezuela. She joined the WTA Tour in 1999 and was ranked World No. 48 on July 9, 2007.
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Career
She won her first title in Fes, Morocco, on May 20, 2007, defeating Aleksandra Wozniak in the final.
Milagros' coach is Larry Willens. She was introduced to the game at the age of seven. Her favorite surface is hardcourt. She enjoys listening to music, reading, and writing during her spare time.[citation needed]
She won the gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, winning the final 7–5, 4–6, 6–1 against Sarah Taylor, and again in the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, winning the final 3–6, 7–6, 6–1 against Mariana Duque Marino.
Titles
Singles (11)
Legend (Singles) Grand Slam (0) Tour Championships (0) Tier I Event (0) Tier II Event (0) Tier III Event (0) Tier IV Event (1) ITF Circuit (10) No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score 1. Nov. 3, 1996 Tamaulipas
Hard Aurora Gima
4–6 6–3 6–4 2. Nov. 9, 1997 Santo Domingo
Clay Alienor Tricerri
6–2 4–6 6–0 3. Jun. 27, 1999 Easton
Hard Maricris Fernandez
7–5 6–2 4. Jul. 4, 1999 Montreal
Hard Kristina Triska
7–6 7–6 5. Apr. 23, 2000 San Luis Potosi
Clay Catalina Castaño
6–4 3–6 7–5 6. Oct. 28, 2001 Dallas
Hard Irina Selyutina
5–7 6–2 6–0 7. Apr. 28, 2002 Dothan
Clay Liezel Huber
7–6 4–6 6–1 8. Apr. 24, 2005 Dothan
Clay Varvara Lepchenko
2–6 6–2 6–4 9. Feb. 27, 2006 St. Paul
Hard (I) Claudine Schaul
6–1 6–2 10. Oct. 8, 2006 Troy
Hard Ahsha Rolle
7–5 6–0 11. May 20, 2007 Fes
Clay Aleksandra Wozniak
6–1 6–3 Sponsor & Racquet
Milagros’ racquet is the Head Microgel Extreme. She wears Lacoste clothing and Fila shoes.
Personal
Milagros currently resides in San Diego, USA, with her husband, Stephen Huss, whom she married in the Dandenong Ranges, near Melbourne Australia, on December 29, 2009.
She was born on the same day as Martina Hingis. She also played team competition for the German tennis club TC RW Dinslaken for several years in the 1990s.
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Categories:- 1980 births
- Living people
- People from Yaracuy
- Venezuelan female tennis players
- Tennis players at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Tennis players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic tennis players of Venezuela
- South American tennis biography stubs
- Venezuelan sportspeople stubs
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