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Marta Domachowska
At the 2009 US OpenCountry Poland Residence Podkowa Leśna, Poland Born January 16, 1986
Warsaw, PolandHeight 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Turned pro 2001 Plays Right-handed Career prize money $ 973,559 Singles Career record 271–192 Career titles 0 WTA, 8 ITF Highest ranking No. 37 (April 3, 2006) Current ranking No. 268 (June 13, 2011) Grand Slam results Australian Open 4R (2008) French Open 2R (2005, 2008) Wimbledon 2R (2008) US Open 1R (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009) Doubles Career record 93–108 Career titles 1 WTA, 3 ITF Highest ranking No. 62 (January 30, 2006) Last updated on: June 19, 2011. Marta Domachowska (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarta dɔmaˈxɔfska]; born January 16, 1986 in Warsaw) is a Polish professional tennis player. She began playing at age 7. She reached the semi finals of Australian Open Junior Championships in 2003. Her racquet brand is Wilson. She speaks four languages: Polish, English, Spanish and Russian. Other than tennis, she enjoys sports such as football and swimming.[1] She is engaged to Polish butterfly and freestyle swimmer Paweł Korzeniowski[citation needed].
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Career
Early life and Junior Career
Marta was born in Warsaw to Wieslaw and Barbara. She started playing tennis at age seven,[1] and reached the semi finals of the Australian Open Junior Championships in 2003.
Professional career
2001-2006
In her sole appearance at a WTA tournament in 2001, as an unranked wildcard in Sopot qualifying, she lost in the first round. 2002 marked her second Tour appearance, as an unranked wildcard in Warsaw. During the year she reached the doubles semifinals in Sopot and won first her first two ITF singles titles along with her first doubles title. She debuted on Tour Rankings on May 20 at No.745 and amassed a 29-12 ITF singles record (finished as no. 356)[1] and 9–7 doubles record. She again accepted a wildcard at Warsaw, and also at Sopot in 2003, where she in the first round of both. She won her third singles title and finished the season ranked no. 244 in singles.[1]
In 2004, she won two more ITF titles and reached a WTA final in Seoul. She defeated Anna Smashnova to reach the semifinals in Sopot, and reached the quarter-finals in Casablanca. She made her debut in the top 100 (at no. 100) on September 27, 2004. Even though she failed to qualify for the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open, she compiled a 42-20 singles record and 12-9 doubles record, finishing the season ranked no. 74 in singles.[1]
2005 was the best year for Domachowska results-wise. She was runner-up in the Tier III tournament in Strasbourg and reached the semis in Beijing, a Tier II. She made her debut in the main draw of all four majors and made her debut in the top 50 (at No. 48) on June 6. She was runner-up in two doubles tournaments. Although, she had to withdraw from Hyderabad and Memphis after spraining her right shoulder.[citation needed] Her record for the year was 24-26 in singles (finishing the year no. 60)[1] and 14-16 in doubles.
She won her first WTA tour title in 2006 with (Roberta Vinci) in a tournament in Canberra. She reached a singles final in Memphis and achieved a new singles career of no. 37 on April 3. She and Sania Mirza finished runner-up in Cincinnati, and with Marion Bartoli, reached the semi finals in Stanford. But she failed to advance past the first round in all four grand slams, and withdrew the Charleston, and Bali due to injuries. Poor results in Beijing and Seoul resulted in her finishing the year at no. 90.[1]
2007-2009
After not playing Memphis in 2007, her ranking dropped to no. 166. As a result, she played multiple ITF-level tournaments, reaching the semi finals in one instance. She managed to qualify for the Seoul and Stockholm WTA tournaments, but failed to qualify for nine WTA events (including two majors), and lacked a win at all in grand slams that year. As the world no. 179, and as a qualifier, she won a $100,000 ITF tournament in Poitiers, defeating Anna Lapuschenkova 7-5, 6-0. It was her first singles title since 2003 and the biggest tournament win in her career. She won an ITF doubles title in Rome, and finished no. 143 in singles and no. 240 in doubles for the year.
In the 2008 Australian Open, she achieved her best grand slam result, reaching the fourth round (beating Li Na in the process), before she lost to Venus Williams 4-6, 4-6. She and Agnieszka Radwańska became the first Poles to reach the fourth round of a grand slam. Due to this result, Domachowska returned to the top 100 (at no. 82). Domachowska also represented Poland in the singles draw at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she lost in the first round. She finished year at no. 56.[1]
In 2009 in singles, she lost in the first round of all four grand slams, including the US Open as a qualifier. Domachowska, did however, manage to reach the singles quarterfinals of Istanbul.
Personal
Marta was born to Barbara and Wieslaw and currently resides in Podkowa Leśna, Poland. She has an older sister Magdalena. Speaks Polish, English, Russian and Spanish. In addition to tennis her favorite sports are soccer and swimming. She is engaged to Polish butterfly and freestyle swimmer Paweł Korzeniowski[citation needed].
Career finals
WTA Tour singles finals: 3 (0–3)
Winner — Legend (pre/post 2010) Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Tier II / Premier (0–0) Tier III, IV & V / International (0–3) Titles by Surface Hard (0–2) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–1) Carpet (0–0) Outcome No. Date Tournament Location Surface Opponent in Final Score in Final Runner-up 1. September 27, 2004 Hansol Korea Open Seul, South Korea Hard Maria Sharapova 6–1, 6–1 Runner-up 2. May 21, 2005 Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France Clay Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–4, 6–3 Runner-up 3. February 25, 2006 Cellular South Cup Memphis, USA Hard Sofia Arvidsson 6–2, 2–6, 6–3 WTA Tour women's doubles finals: 5 (1–4)
Winner — Legend (pre/post 2010) Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Tier II / Premier (0–0) Tier III, IV & V / International (1–4) Titles by Surface Hard (1–3) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–1) Carpet (0–0) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in Final Score in Final Runner-up 1. January 31, 2005 Pattaya City, Thailand Hard Silvija Talaja Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Andreea Vanc6–3, 6–1 Runner-up 2. May 21, 2005 Strasbourg, France Clay Marlene Weingärtner Marion Bartoli
Anna-Lena Grönefeld6–3, 6–2 Winner 1. January 13, 2006 Canberra, Australia Hard Roberta Vinci Claire Curran
Liga Dekmeijere7–6(5), 6–3 Runner-up 3. July 23, 2006 Cincinnati, United States Hard Sania Mirza Gisela Dulko
Maria Elena Camerin6–4, 3–6, 6–2 Runner-up 4. September 14, 2008 Bali, Indonesia Hard Nadia Petrova Hsieh Su-wei
Peng Shuai6–7(4), 7–6(3), [10–7] ITF Circuit finals (17)
ITF Circuit singles: 11 (8–3)
$100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final Winner 1. August 11, 2002 ITF $10,000 Olecko, Poland Clay Liana Balaci 1–6, 6–3, 6–1 Winner 2. November 3, 2002 ITF $10,000 Stockholm, Sweden Hard Sabrina Jolk 6–3, 6–4 Winner 3. July 13, 2003 ITF $25,000 Toruń, Poland Clay Anastasia Yakimova 7–5, 3–6, 6–4 Winner 4. February 1, 2004 ITF $25,000 Belfort, France Hard Adriana Barna 3–6, 6–0, 6–0 Winner 5. February 15, 2004 ITF $25,000 Warsaw, Poland Carpet Angelique Kerber 7–6(5), 3–6, 6–3 Winner 6. November 25, 2007 ITF $100,000 Poitiers, France Hard Anna Lapushchenkova 7–5, 6–0 Winner 7. January 30, 2011 ITF $25,000 Grenoble, France Hard Naomi Broady 6–4 6–4 Runner-up 1. March 21, 2011 ITF $25,000 Bath, Great Britain Hard Stefanie Vögele 6–7(3), 7–5, 6–2 Winner 8. June 13, 2011 ITF $25,000 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Margalita Chakhnashvili 7–5, 6–3 Runner-up 2. July 24, 2011 ITF $25,000 Samsun, Turkey Hard Yulia Putintseva 7–6(6), 6–2 Runner-up 3. October 29, 2011 ITF $75,000 Barnstaple, Great Britain Hard Anne Keothavong 6–1, 6–3 ITF Circuit doubles: 6 (3–3)
$100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in the final Score in the final Winner 1. November 3, 2002 ITF $10,000 Stockholm, Sweden Hard Elke Clijsters Jenny Loow
Suzanne van Hartingsveldt6-1 6-1 Runner-up 1. May 16, 2004 ITF $50,000 St. Gaudens, France Clay Natalia Gussoni Ruxandra Dragomir-Ilie
Andreea Vanc6–3, 6–1 Winner 2. May 12, 2007 ITF $100,000 Rome, Italy Clay Emma Laine Maret Ani
Caroline Maes1-0 ret. Runner-up 2. February 4, 2011 ITF $25,000 Sutton, Great Britain Hard (i) Darija Jurak Emma Laine
Melanie South3-6, 7-5 [8-10] Runner-up 3. March 21, 2011 ITF $25,000 Bath, Great Britain Hard Katarzyna Piter Timea Babos
Anne Kremer7–6(5), 6–2 Winner 3. June 13, 2011 ITF $25,000 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Teodora Mirčić Daniella Dominikovic
Melis Sezer6–4, 6–2 Singles performance timeline
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 NM5 means an event that is neither a Premier Mandatory nor a Premier 5 tournament. To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the
Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, which ended 5 April 2009.
Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Career
Win-LossGrand Slam Tournaments Australian Open A 2R 1R 1R 4R 1R LQ A 7-6 French Open A 2R 1R LQ 2R 1R LQ 3-6 Wimbledon LQ 1R 1R A 2R 1R A 2-5 US Open LQ 1R 1R LQ 1R 1R LQ 3-6 Win-Loss 3-2 2-4 0-4 1-3 8-4 0–4 1-3 0-0 15-23 Olympic Games Summer Olympics A Not Held 1R Not
Held0–1 Year-End Championship WTA Tour Championships A A A A A A A 0–0 WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments Indian Wells A 2R 3R 2R 1R 1R LQ A 4-6 Key Biscayne A 1R 2R LQ 2R A A A 2-4 Madrid Not Held A A 0–0 Beijing Not Tier I A A 0–0 WTA Premier 5 Tournaments Dubai Not Tier I A A A 0–0 Rome A A 1R A LQ A A 0-2 Cincinnati Not Tier I A A 0–0 Montréal / Toronto A 1R 2R A 2R A A 4-3 Tokyo A A A A A A A 0-0 Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events) Charleston A A A A A 1R NM5 0–1 Moscow LQ LQ A A A 1–2 Doha Not Tier I A Not
Held0-0 Berlin A A 1R A A Not
Held0–1 Zurich A LQ A A Not
Tier I1-1 San Diego A A A A Not
Held0–0 Career Statistics Career Total Tournaments Won 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 Year End Ranking 74 60 90 143 180 140 299 N/A References
External links
- Marta Domachowska at the Women's Tennis Association
- Marta Domachowska at the International Tennis Federation
- Official site
Women's Tennis Association: Top ten Polish female singles tennis players as of September 19, 2011 1. Agnieszka Radwańska (13 ) · 2. Urszula Radwańska (105 16) · 3. Marta Domachowska (211 9) · 4. Magda Linette (257 35) · 5. Katarzyna Piter (329 32)Categories:- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from Warsaw
- Polish female tennis players
- Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic tennis players of Poland
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