# Arantxa Parra Santonja

Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spanish pronunciation:; born 9 November 1982) is a Spanish former tennis player. She turned professional in 2000 and retired in 2019.
In her career, Parra Santonja won eleven doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 46 in singles and 22 in doubles.

## Significant finals
### Premier Mandatory tournaments
#### Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 2013 | China Open | Hard | Vera Dushevina | Cara Black Sania Mirza | 2–6, 2–6 |

## WTA Tour finals
### Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

* Winner – Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments
* Premier M & Premier 5
* Premier
* International (0–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (0–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1. | May 2010 | Estoril Open, Portugal | Clay | Anastasija Sevastova | 2–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 2. | Feb 2011 | Abierto Mexicano, Mexico | Clay | Gisela Dulko | 3–6, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |

### Doubles: 27 (11 titles, 16 runner-ups)

* Winner – Legend
* WTA Elite Trophy (0–1)
* Tier I / Premier M & Premier 5 (0–1)
* Tier II / Premier (2–3)
* Tier III, IV & V / International (9–11)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–8)
* Clay (7–7)
* Grass (1–1)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1. | Jul 2003 | Palermo Ladies Open, Italy | Clay | María José Martínez Sánchez | Adriana Serra Zanetti Emily Stellato | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2. | Feb 2004 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | Clay | María José Martínez Sánchez | Barbara Schwartz Jasmin Wöhr | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1. | Mar 2007 | Mexican Open, Acapulco | Clay | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Émilie Loit Nicole Pratt | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3. | May 2007 | Estoril Open, Portugal | Clay | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Anastasia Rodionova | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2. | Jun 2007 | Barcelona Open, Spain | Clay | Nuria Llagostera Vives | Lourdes Domínguez Lino Flavia Pennetta | 7–6, 2–6, [12–10] |
| Win | 3. | Jun 2008 | Barcelona Open, Spain | Clay | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez | 4–6, 7–5, [10–4] |
| Loss | 4. | Jan 2009 | Auckland Open, New Zealand | Hard | Nuria Llagostera Vives | Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo | 6–4, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, [10–12] |
| Loss | 5. | Feb 2009 | Mexican Open | Clay | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 6. | Jan 2010 | Brisbane International, Australia | Hard | Melinda Czink | Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká | 6–2, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, [4–10] |
| Loss | 7. | Feb 2011 | Mexican Open | Clay | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Mariya Koryttseva Raluca Olaru | 7–5, 5–7, [7–10] |
| Win | 4. | Apr 2011 | Andalucia Tennis Experience, Spain | Clay | Nuria Llagostera Vives | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 3–6, 6–4, [10–5] |
| Loss | 8. | Jul 2011 | Båstad Open, Sweden | Clay | Nuria Llagostera Vives | Lourdes Domínguez Lino María José Martínez Sánchez | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 5. | Jan 2012 | Brisbane International, Australia | Hard | Nuria Llagostera Vives | Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ |
| Loss | 9. | Mar 2012 | Mexican Open | Clay | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 6. | Mar 2013 | Mexican Open | Clay | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Catalina Castaño Mariana Duque Mariño | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$ |
| Loss | 10. | Jun 2013 | Rosmalen Open, Netherlands | Grass | Dominika Cibulková | Irina-Camelia Begu Anabel Medina Garrigues | 6–4, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, [9–11] |
| Loss | 11. | Oct 2013 | China Open, Beijing | Hard | Vera Dushevina | Cara Black Sania Mirza | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 7. | Jun 2014 | Rosmalen Open | Grass | Marina Erakovic | Michaëlla Krajicek Kristina Mladenovic | 0–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, [10–8] |
| Loss | 12. | Aug 2014 | Connecticut Open, United States | Hard | Marina Erakovic | Sílvia Soler Espinosa Andreja Klepač | 5–7, 6–4, [7–10] |
| Loss | 13. | Oct 2014 | Kremlin Cup, Russia | Hard (i) | Caroline Garcia | Martina Hingis Flavia Pennetta | 3–6, 7–5 |
| Win | 8. | Feb 2015 | Diamond Games, Belgium | Hard (i) | Anabel Medina Garrigues | An-Sophie Mestach Alison Van Uytvanck | 6–4, 3–6, [10–5] |
| Loss | 14. | Aug 2015 | Stanford Classic, United States | Hard | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 15. | Oct 2015 | Luxembourg Open | Hard (i) | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Mona Barthel Laura Siegemund | 2–6, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |
| Loss | 16. | Nov 2015 | WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai | Hard (i) | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Liang Chen Wang Yafan | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 9. | Feb 2016 | Mexican Open | Hard | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson | 6–0, 6–4 |
| Win | 10. | Mar 2016 | Monterrey Open, Mexico | Hard | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Petra Martić Maria Sanchez | 4–6, 7–5, [10–7] |
| Win | 11. | May 2016 | Internationaux de Strasbourg, France | Clay | Anabel Medina Garrigues | María Irigoyen Liang Chen | 6–2, 6–0 |

## ITF Circuit finals

* $100,000 tournaments
* $75,000 tournaments
* $50,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles (11–6)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1. | 24 June 2001 | ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal | Hard | Vanessa Devesa | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 2. | 5 August 2001 | ITF Pontevedra, Spain | Hard | Ana Catarina Nogueira | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1. | 18 August 2001 | ITF Koksijde, Belgium | Clay | Marion Bartoli | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 26 August 2001 | ITF Westende, Belgium | Clay | Lenka Snajdrová | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3. | 10 September 2001 | ITF Madrid, Spain | Clay | Anna Floris | 3–6, 6–3, 6–0 |
| Win | 4. | 23 September 2001 | ITF Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Ines Heise | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 5. | 24 February 2002 | ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal | Hard | Anna Floris | 6–0, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3. | 3 March 2002 | ITF Albufeira, Portugal | Hard | Amandine Dulon | 3–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Win | 6. | 29 September 2002 | ITF Lecce, Italy | Clay | Lenka Němečková | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 7. | 15 June 2003 | Open de Marseille, France | Clay | Claudine Schaul | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4. | 6 September 2005 | Open Denain, France | Hard | Lioudmila Skavronskaia | 6–7$^{(5)}$, 0–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 23 October 2006 | Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain | Clay | María José Martínez Sánchez | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 8. | 13 October 2008 | ITF Mexico City, Mexico | Hard | Soledad Esperón | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6. | 29 November 2008 | ITF Saint-Denis, France | Hard | Patricia Mayr-Achleitner | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 9. | 26 July 2009 | Pétange, Luxembourg | Clay | Ekaterina Bychkova | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 10. | 27 September 2009 | Open de Saint-Malo, France | Clay | Alexandra Dulgheru | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 11. | 14 May 2012 | ITF Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | Olga Savchuk | 6–4, 6–4 |

### Doubles (9–11)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1. | 25 June 2001 | ITF Elvas, Portugal | Hard | Oleksandra Kravets | Maria Fernanda Alves Ana Catarina Nogueira | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 30 July 2001 | ITF Pontevedra, Spain | Hard | Oleksandra Kravets | Natasha Galouza Jolanda Mens | 6–7$^{(5)}$, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3. | 20 August 2001 | ITF Westende, Belgium | Clay | Oleksandra Kravets | Evgenia Subbotina Kildine Chevalier | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Win | 1. | 23 September 2001 | ITF Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Anna Font | María José Sánchez Alayeto Lana Popadić | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 2. | 25 March 2002 | ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Clay | Dominika Luzarová | Vanessa Menga Carla Tiene | 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4. | 17 June 2002 | ITF Gorizia, Italy | Clay | Carla Tiene | Sandra Načuk Tina Hergold | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3. | 8 June 2003 | ITF Galatina, Italy | Clay | María Emilia Salerni | Bahia Mouhtassine Andreea Ehritt-Vanc | 6–0, 7–6$^{(6)}$ |
| Loss | 5. | 19 April 2005 | Open de Valencia, Spain | Hard | Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez | Kildine Chevalier Stéphanie Foretz | 6–4, 6–7$^{(5)}$, 2–6 |
| Win | 4. | 30 October 2005 | ITF Sant Cugat, Spain | Clay | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Conchita Martínez Granados María José Martínez Sánchez | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 6. | 30 March 2007 | ITF La Palma, Spain | Hard | Melanie South | Petra Cetkovská Andrea Hlaváčková | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 7. | 20 April 2007 | ITF Calvià, Spain | Clay | María José Martínez Sánchez | Petra Cetkovská Andrea Hlaváčková | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 5. | 6 July 2007 | ITF Valladolid, Spain | Hard | Nuria Llagostera Vives | Ria Dörnemann Justine Ozga | 6–0, 6–2 |
| Win | 6. | 17 September 2007 | ITF Madrid, Spain | Clay | María José Martínez Sánchez | Monica Niculescu Yevgenia Savranska | 6–1, 7–6$^{(4)}$ |
| Loss | 8. | 31 March 2008 | ITF Patras, Greece | Clay | María José Martínez Sánchez | Tzipora Obziler Anastasiya Yakimova | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Loss | 9. | 7 April 2008 | ITF Monzón, Spain | Hard | María José Martínez Sánchez | Rika Fujiwara Emmanuelle Gagliardi | 6–1, 6–7$^{(5)}$, 8–10 |
| Win | 7. | 14 April 2008 | Saint-Malo, France | Clay | María José Martínez Sánchez | Renata Voráčová Anastasiya Yakimova | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 10. | 18 July 2008 | ITF Biella, Italy | Clay | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Barbora Strýcová Renata Voráčová | 6–4, 0–6, [5–10] |
| Loss | 11. | 21 September 2008 | Sofia Cup, Bulgaria | Clay | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Maret Ani Renata Voráčová | 6–7$^{(4)}$, 6–7$^{(9)}$ |
| Win | 8. | 29 September 2008 | ITF Cali, Colombia | Clay | Betina Jozami | Frederica Piedade Anastasiya Yakimova | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 9. | 11 October 2012 | ITF Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain | Clay | Leticia Costas | Inés Ferrer Suárez Richèl Hogenkamp | 6–3, 6–3 |

## Grand Slam performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | SR | W–L |
| Australian Open | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 2R | Q1 | A | A | 1R | 1R | Q2 | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 1–5 |
| French Open | A | Q1 | 3R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | Q2 | Q3 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 4–5 |
| Wimbledon | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | Q2 | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 6 | 4–6 |
| US Open | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | | 0 / 4 | 2–4 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 20 | 11–20 |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | SR | W–L |
| Australian Open | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 3R | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 12 | 8–12 |
| French Open | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 0 / 14 | 11–14 |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 14 | 10–14 |
| US Open | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 12 | 5–12 |
| Win–loss | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 5–4 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0 / 52 | 34–52 |