Maria João Koehler

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Maria João Koehler (born 8 October 1992) is a retired Portuguese tennis player.

Maria João Koehler
Koehler at the 2015 Fed Cup
Country (sports) Portugal
ResidencePorto, Portugal
Born (1992-10-08) 8 October 1992 (age 31)
Porto
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Retired2018
Prize money$332,492
Singles
Career record266–197 (57.5%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 102 (25 February 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2013)
French Open1R (2013)
Wimbledon1R (2013)
US Open1R (2013)
Doubles
Career record54–43 (55.7%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 151 (18 June 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQ1 (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup11–20

Koehler won four singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 25 February 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 102. On 18 June 2012, she peaked at No. 151 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for the Portugal Fed Cup team, Koehler has a win–loss record of 11–20.[1]

Career edit

Born in Porto, Koehler made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit at the age of 14 at a $10k event in Braga. Having qualified for the main draw, she lost her first match to Catarina Ferreira.

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2009 Estoril Open. Having been awarded a wildcard, she played world No. 77, Kristina Barrois, in the first round, losing in straight sets.[2]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
 
Koehler at the 2013 US Open, where she lost in round one to Alizé Cornet
Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 W–L
Australian Open A 1R 2R Q1 1–2
French Open A A 1R A 0–1
Wimbledon A Q2 1R A 0–1
US Open Q1 Q2 1R A 0–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 1–4 0–0 1–5

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups) edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–6)
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2008 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal 10,000 Hard   Mélanie Gloria 7–6(2), 3–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 May 2009 ITF Cantanhede, Portugal 10,000 Carpet   Nanuli Pipiya 6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Win 2–1 Jun 2009 ITF Amarante, Portugal 10,000 Hard   Mélanie Gloria 6–3, 6–2
Loss 2–2 Feb 2010 ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal 10,000 Hard   Julia Mayr 1–6, 1–6
Loss 2–3 Nov 2010 ITF Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay   Lara Arruabarrena 6–7(2), 3–6
Loss 2–4 Jan 2011 ITF Rabat, Morocco 25,000 Clay   Nina Bratchikova 6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss 2–5 Jul 2012 ITF Donetsk, Ukraine 50,000 Hard   Vesna Dolonc 2–6, 3–6
Win 3–5 Jul 2012 President's Cup, Kazakhstan 100,000 Hard   Marta Sirotkina 7–5, 6–2
Loss 3–6 Oct 2012 Open de Touraine, France 50,000 Hard (i)   Monica Puig 6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss 3–7 Jul 2013 President's Cup, Kazakhstan 100,000 Hard   Nadiia Kichenok 4–6, 5–7
Loss 3–8 Sep 2016 ITF Ponta Delgada, Portugal 10,000 Hard   Inês Murta 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(7)
Win 4–8 Jun 2018 ITF Guimarães, Portugal 15,000 Hard   Zeel Desai 6–1, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups) edit

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2009 ITF Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal 10,000 Clay   Joana Pangaio Pereira   Rebeca Bou Nogueiro
  Sheila Solsona Carcasona
2–2 ret.
Loss 1–1 Nov 2010 ITF Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay   Avgusta Tsybysheva   Lara Arruabarrena
  Inés Ferrer Suárez
5–7, 2–6
Loss 1–2 Nov 2010 ITF Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay   Avgusta Tsybysheva   Diana Enache
  Raluca Elena Platon
3–6, 6–7(3)
Win 2–2 Jul 2011 ITF Cáceres, Spain 25,000 Hard   Richèl Hogenkamp   Victoria Larrière
  Irena Pavlovic
6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–3 Aug 2011 ITF Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 25,000 Clay   Florencia Molinero   Maria Abramović
  Ana Vrljić
7–5, 6–7(3), [4–10]
Win 3–3 Sep 2011 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia 50,000 Clay   Katalin Marosi   Maria Abramović
  Mihaela Buzărnescu
6–0, 6–3
Win 4–3 Sep 2011 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, United Kingdom 75,000 Hard (i)   Katalin Marosi   Amanda Elliott
  Johanna Konta
7–6(3), 6–1
Loss 4–4 Jun 2012 Nottingham Trophy, United Kingdom 50,000 Grass   Réka Luca Jani   Sally Peers
  Ashleigh Barty
6–7(2), 6–3, [5–10]

References edit

  1. ^ Maria João Koehler at the Billie Jean King Cup
  2. ^ "Estoril Open" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 7 October 2014.

External links edit