# Marta Marrero

Marta Marrero (born 16 January 1983) is a Spanish a professional padel player and former tennis player.
In tennis, she reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, won two WTA doubles titles, and also a total of 14 ITF singles and doubles titles. Her highest singles rank on the WTA Tour was world No. 47, which she reached in 2004. Her highest doubles ranking was No. 47, set in July 2005.
Since 2015 she is a professional padel player where she has attained a world No. 1 ranking as of 2019.

## Tennis career

Marrero turned professional in 1998. At the 2000 French Open, she reached the quarterfinals as a qualifier. In the second round, Marrero defeated Dominique Van Roost, who defeated No. 2 seed Lindsay Davenport in the first round. Reaching the fourth round, she defeated Paraguay's Rossana de los Ríos in three sets. It was the first time in French Open history that two qualifiers met in the fourth round. In the quarterfinals, Marrero was defeated by eventual runner-up, Conchita Martínez, 7–6, 6–1. At the 2001 French Open, she lost in the third round to Kim Clijsters, who finished runner-up.
2004 saw Marrero win first WTA Tour doubles title in Sopot, Poland. In the final, she and Nuria Llagostera Vives defeated Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska. In 2005, Marrero won her second (and last) doubles title. Partnering Antonella Serra Zanetti, the team, which was seeded fourth, defeated Daniela and Sandra Klemenschits in the final.
At the 2007 US Open, Marrero competed in the doubles competition with Selima Sfar. In the first round they defeated Roberta Vinci and former world-number-one doubles player Paola Suárez, in three sets. They lost in the second round, however, to Alicia Molik and Mara Santangelo, who were the 2007 French Open doubles champions.
Marrero announced her retirement from tennis in 2010, after struggling with injuries.

## WTA Tour finals
### Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments
* Tier I (0–0)
* Tier II (0–0)
* Tier III (2–1)
* Tier IV & V (0–2)
| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2001 | Basel, Switzerland | Clay (i) | Joannette Kruger | Anabel Medina Garrigues María José Martínez Sánchez | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Aug 2004 | Sopot, Poland | Clay | Nuria Llagostera Vives | Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Oct 2004 | Hasselt, Belgium | Hard (i) | Nuria Llagostera Vives | Mara Santangelo Jennifer Russell | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 2–2 | May 2005 | İstanbul, Turkey | Clay | Antonella Serra Zanetti | Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Aug 2005 | Budapest, Hungary | Clay | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Émilie Loit Katarina Srebotnik | 1–6, 6–3, 2–6 |

## ITF finals

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

### Singles: 18 (9–9)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1. | 13 September 1998 | Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal | Hard | Wendy Fix | 6–0, 6–0 |
| Loss | 1. | 5 October 1998 | Girona, Spain | Clay | Ángeles Montolio | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 19 April 1999 | Gelos, France | Clay | Stephanie Devillé | 6–3, 1–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 3. | 11 July 1999 | Darmstadt, Germany | Clay | Petra Mandula | 6–1, 5–7, 1–6 |
| Win | 2. | 18 July 1999 | Getxo, Spain | Clay | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | 6–2, 6–7, 6–4 |
| Win | 3. | 19 September 1999 | Otočec, Slovenia | Clay | Angelika Rösch | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 4. | 26 September 1999 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | Lubomira Bacheva | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 5. | 26 March 2000 | Taranto, Italy | Clay | Gloria Pizzichini | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 6. | 23 April 2000 | Gelos, France | Clay | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 2–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
| Win | 7. | 16 November 2003 | Le Havre, France | Clay (i) | Aurélie Védy | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4. | 1 December 2003 | Palm Beach Gardens, US | Clay | Lindsay Lee-Waters | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 8. | 10 October 2004 | Girona | Clay | Dally Randriantefy | 3–6, 7–6, 6–0 |
| Loss | 5. | 19 January 2007 | Algiers, Algeria | Clay | Michelle Gerards | 7–5, 0–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 6. | 13 May 2007 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Caroline Maes | 4–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 7. | 22 September 2007 | Lecce, Italy | Clay | Alisa Kleybanova | 1–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 8. | 8 October 2007 | Reggio Calabria, Italy | Clay | Sandra Martinović | 6–4, 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 9. | 26 April 2009 | Torrent, Spain | Clay | Lara Arruabarrena | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 9. | 4 May 2009 | Badalona, Spain | Clay | Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko | 6–1, 6–2 |

### Doubles: 9 (5–4)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1. | 13 September 1998 | ITF Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal | Hard | Aleksandra Srndovic | Ana Gaspar Frederica Piedade | 6–1, 6–0 |
| Loss | 1. | 11 October 1998 | ITF Girona, Spain | Clay | María José Martínez Sánchez | Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Lourdes Domínguez Lino | 6–4, 1–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 2. | 17 April 2000 | ITF Gelos, France | Clay | Eva Bes | Lourdes Domínguez Lino Anabel Medina Garrigues | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2. | 28 April 2007 | ITF Torrent, Spain | Clay | Carla Suárez Navarro | Ekaterina Lopes Evgeniya Rodina | 6–7$^{(7)}$, 6–3, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3. | 18 April 2007 | ITF Gran Canaria, Spain | Clay | Carla Suárez Navarro | Anne Keothavong Frederica Piedade | w/o |
| Win | 3. | 24 September 2007 | ITF Granada, Spain | Clay | María José Martínez Sánchez | Alexandra Dulgheru Monica Niculescu | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 4. | 8 October 2007 | ITF Reggio Calabria, Italy | Clay | María José Martínez Sánchez | Stefanie Haidner Sandra Martinović | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4. | 3 February 2008 | ITF Belford, France | Hard (i) | María José Martínez Sánchez | Lucie Hradecká Andrea Hlaváčková | 6–7$^{(8)}$, 4–6 |
| Win | 5. | 15 March 2008 | ITF Las Palmas, Spain | Hard | María José Martínez Sánchez | Anna Gerasimou Anna Hawkins | 6–2, 7–6$^{(1)}$ |

## Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | W–L |
| Australian Open | Q1 | 4R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 5–5 |
| French Open | QF | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | Q1 | A | 8–6 |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | | 2–5 |
| US Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | Q2 | A | | 0–6 |
| Win–loss | 4–2 | 6–4 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–4 | – | – | – | – | 15–22 |