# Magüi Serna

María Luisa ("Magüi") Serna Barrera (Spanish pronunciation:; born 1 March 1979) is a former tennis player from Spain.
She started competing on the ITF Circuit as from 1993, and joined the WTA Tour in 1996. On 12 January 2004, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 19.
Serna produced an upset by defeating Justine Henin in the 2001 Scottsdale tournament, 7–6, 7–6.

## WTA career finals
### Singles: 6 (3–3)

* Winner-Legend
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* Tier I (0–0)
* Tier II (0–1)
* Tier III (0–0)
* Tier IV & V (3–2)
| Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2001 | Porto, Portugal | Clay | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jun 2001 | Eastbourne, UK | Grass | Lindsay Davenport | 2–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Apr 2002 | Porto, Portugal | Clay | Ángeles Montolio | 1–6, 6–2, 5–7 |
| Win | 1–3 | Apr 2002 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | Anca Barna | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–3 | Apr 2003 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | Julia Schruff | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 3–3 | Apr 2003 | Budapest, Hungary | Clay | Alicia Molik | 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 |

### Doubles: 6 (2–4)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | May 2000 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 3–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2001 | Knokke-Heist, Belgium | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Ruxandra Dragomir Andreea Vanc | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Apr 2002 | Porto, Portugal | Clay | Kristie Boogert | Cara Black Irina Selyutina | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Jun 2003 | Eastbourne, United Kingdom | Grass | Jennifer Capriati | Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Aug 2003 | New Haven, United States | Hard | Alicia Molik | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 2–4 | Jun 2004 | Eastbourne, United Kingdom | Grass | Alicia Molik | Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva | 6–4, 6–4 |

## ITF Circuit finals

* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles (6–5)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 3 April 1994 | Gaborone, Botswana | Hard | Shirli-Ann Siddall | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner | 2. | 10 April 1994 | Harare, Zimbabwe | Hard | Shirli-Ann Siddall | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 4 July 1994 | Felixstowe, United Kingdom | Grass | Tatiana Panova | 7–5, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 19 March 1995 | Zaragoza, Spain | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 6–2, 6–7, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 14 August 1995 | Koksijde, Belgium | Clay | Sarah Pitkowski | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 21 August 1995 | Brussels, Belgium | Clay | Conchita Martínez Granados | 0–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 3 December 1995 | Mallorca, Spain | Clay (i) | Kira Nagy | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner | 4. | 28 July 1996 | Valladolid, Spain | Hard | Hila Rosen | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Winner | 5. | 18 August 1996 | Wahlscheid, Germany | Clay | Alena Vašková | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Winner | 6. | 25 August 1996 | Athens, Greece | Clay | Mariana Díaz Oliva | 5–7, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 11 March 2006 | Telde, Spain | Clay | Aravane Rezaï | 4–6, 1–6 |

### Doubles (1–1)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 27 March 1994 | Nairobi, Kenya | Hard | Sybille Seyfried | Cara Black Nannie de Villiers | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 3 April 1994 | Gaborone, Botswana | Hard | Amanda Hopmans | Evelyn Fauth Radka Surová | 6–3, 6–1 |

## Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | W–L |
| Australian Open | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 9–9 |
| French Open | 3R | 4R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 2R | A | 12–8 |
| Wimbledon | 3R | 4R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | A | 12–8 |
| US Open | 4R | 1R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 10–8 |
| Win–loss | 9–4 | 7–4 | 3–4 | 10–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 6–4 | 4–4 | 0–1 | 43–33 |