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Intro | Polish tennis player | ||||
Places | Poland | ||||
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Birth | 16 January 1986, Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland | ||||
Age | 38 years | ||||
Residence | Warsaw | ||||
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Biography
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, 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) 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.
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.
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) 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.
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.
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. She later went into coaching assistant activities, becoming the hitting partner of Caroline Wozniacki in 2014.
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.
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)
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
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)
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
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
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | NH |
This table is current through the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, which ended 5 April 2009.
Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | W-L | ||||||||||
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Australian Open | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 1R | Q1 | A | Q2 | 7-6 | ||||||||||
French Open | Q1 | 2R | 1R | Q1 | 2R | 1R | Q2 | A | Q1 | 3-6 | ||||||||||
Wimbledon | Q2 | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | Q1 | 2-5 | ||||||||||
US Open | Q3 | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 1R | Q1 | Q3 | Q1 | 3-6 | ||||||||||
Win–Loss | 3-2 | 2-4 | 0-4 | 1-3 | 8-4 | 0–4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 15-23 | ||||||||||
Year End Ranking | 74 | 60 | 90 | 143 | 180 | 140 | 299 | 157 | 225 | N/A |