Marta Domachowska

Marta Domachowska

Domachowska at the 2007 EmblemHealth Bronx Open
Country (sports)	Poland
Residence	Podkowa Leśna, Poland
Born	(1986-01-16) 16 January 1986 Warsaw, Poland
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2001
Retired	01 December 2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,063,113
Singles
Career record	323–249
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 37 (3 April 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2008)
French Open	2R (2005, 2008)
Wimbledon	2R (2008)
US Open	1R (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009)
Doubles
Career record	117–130
Career titles	1 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 62 (30 January 2006)
Last updated on: 01 December 2015.

Marta Domachowska (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarta dɔmaˈxɔfska]; born 16 January 1986 in Warsaw) is a Polish retired professional tennis player ranked World No. 37 in singles (2006) and World No. 62 in doubles (2006). She reached 2008 Australian Open fourth round in singles and won 2006 Canberra International in doubles with Roberta Vinci. She also reached three WTA Tour singles finals at 2004 Hansol Korea Open (lost to Maria Sharapova), 2005 Internationaux de Strasbourg (lost to Anabel Medina Garrigues) and 2006 U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships (lost to Sofia Arvidsson). She was 2003 Australian Open finalist in girls' singles, represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics and was member of Poland Fed Cup team. Domachowska was the best female Polish tennis player after Magdalena Grzybowska's retirement and before Agnieszka Radwańska's successes.

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 won 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 27 September 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. 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 Lapushchenkova 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, before she lost to Venus Williams 4-6, 4-6. 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.

In March 2013, she posed for the Polish edition of Playboy.

In December 2015, she retired from professional tennis.

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. Other than tennis, she enjoys sports such as football and swimming.^[1] Marta was the hitting partner of Caroline Wozniacki in 2014.

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (0–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	September 27, 2004	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Maria Sharapova	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	May 21, 2005	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	February 25, 2006	Memphis, United States	Hard	Sofia Arvidsson	2–6, 6–2, 3–6

Doubles: 5 (1–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	January 31, 2005	Pattaya City, Thailand	Hard	Silvija Talaja	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Andreea Vanc	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	May 21, 2005	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Marlene Weingärtner	Marion Bartoli Anna-Lena Grönefeld	3–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	January 13, 2006	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Roberta Vinci	Claire Curran Līga Dekmeijere	7–6(5), 6–3
Runner-up	3.	July 23, 2006	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Sania Mirza	Gisela Dulko Maria Elena Camerin	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	September 14, 2008	Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Nadia Petrova	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	7–6(4), 6–7(3), 7–10

ITF Circuit finals

ITF Circuit singles: 14 (8–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	August 11, 2002	Olecko, Poland	Clay	Liana Ungur	1–6, 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	August 5, 2002	Gdynia, Poland	Clay	Delia Sescioreanu	6–7, 1–6
Winner	3.	November 3, 2002	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	Sabrina Jolk	6–3, 6–4
Winner	4.	July 13, 2003	Toruń, Poland	Clay	Anastasiya Yakimova	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	October 20, 2003	Opole, Poland	Carpet	Tatsiana Uvarova	4-6, 6-3, 4-6
Winner	6.	February 1, 2004	Belfort, France	Hard	Adriana Barna	3–6, 6–0, 6–0
Winner	7.	February 15, 2004	Warsaw, Poland	Carpet	Angelique Kerber	7–6(5), 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	February 5, 2006	Urtijëi, Italy	Carpet (i)	Eva Birnerová	6-4, 5-7, 2-6
Winner	9.	November 25, 2007	Poitiers, France	Hard	Anna Lapushchenkova	7–5, 6–0
Winner	10.	January 30, 2011	Grenoble, France	Hard	Naomi Broady	6–4 6–4
Runner-up	11.	March 21, 2011	Bath, Great Britain	Hard	Stefanie Vögele	6–7(3), 7–5, 6–2
Winner	12.	June 13, 2011	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Margalita Chakhnashvili	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	13.	July 24, 2011	Samsun, Turkey	Hard	Yulia Putintseva	7–6(6), 6–2
Runner-up	14.	October 29, 2011	Barnstaple, Great Britain	Hard	Anne Keothavong	6–1, 6–3

ITF Circuit doubles: 10 (5–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	November 3, 2002	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	Elke Clijsters	Jenny Loow Suzanne van Hartingsveldt	6-1 6-1
Runner-up	2.	May 16, 2004	St. Gaudens, France	Clay	Natalia Gussoni	Ruxandra Dragomir-Ilie Andreea Vanc	6–3, 6–1
Winner	3.	May 12, 2007	Rome, Italy	Clay	Emma Laine	Maret Ani Caroline Maes	1-0 ret.
Runner-up	4.	October 26, 2009	Poitiers, France	Hard	Michaëlla Krajicek	Julie Coin Marie-Ève Pelletier	3-6 6-3 3-10
Runner-up	5.	February 4, 2011	Sutton, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Darija Jurak	Emma Laine Melanie South	3-6, 7-5 8-10
Runner-up	6.	March 21, 2011	Bath, Great Britain	Hard	Katarzyna Piter	Tímea Babos Anne Kremer	7–6(5), 6–2
Winner	7.	June 13, 2011	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Teodora Mirčić	Daniella Dominikovic Melis Sezer	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	July 30, 2012	Trnava, Slovak Republic	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Elena Bogdan Renata Voráčová	6-7, 4-6
Winner	9.	September 23, 2013	Clermont-Ferrand, France	Hard	Michaëlla Krajicek	Margarita Gasparyan Alyona Sotnikova	5-7 6-4 10-8
Winner	10.	October 21, 2013	Saguenay, Quebec, Canada	Hard (i)	Andrea Hlaváčková	Françoise Abanda Victoria Duval	7-5 6-3

Singles performance timeline

This table is current through the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, which ended 5 April 2009.

References

External links

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