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Martina Müller-Skibbe ([maɐ̯ˈtiːna ˈmʏlɐ]; born 11 October 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.
Career
Coached by her father, Reinhard Müller, Martina had her best success on clay courts: she won her only WTA Tour singles title at the Budapest Grand Prix and one WTA Tour doubles title in 's-Hertogenbosch. On the ITF Women's Circuit, she won ten singles and ten doubles titles in her career. On 2 April 2007, she reached a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 33. In February 2008, she peaked at No. 47 in the doubles rankings.
In 2007, she started the year with middling results, reaching the second round at the Australian Open, losing to Elena Dementieva in three sets. From January to April, Müller never came past the second round of a tournament. In May, at the Qatar German Open in Berlin, she defeated Eleni Daniilidou and 13th seed Shahar Pe'er to reach the round of 16 where she lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova 3–6, 2–6. She reached the second round of Roland Garros, losing to Dominika Cibulková, and the second round at Wimbledon, retiring against Agnieszka Radwańska. In the previous round, Müller double-bageled Anna Smashnova. She reached the final at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo before being defeated by Hungarian Ágnes Szávay in two sets.
Müller married longtime boyfriend Florian Skibbe in August 2011 and subsequently announced her retirement.
WTA career finals
Singles: 2 (1–1)
| Winner - Legend | |
|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) | |
| WTA Championships (0–0) | |
| Tier I (0–0) | |
| Tier II (0–0) | |
| Tier III (0–0) | |
| Tier IV & V (1–1) | |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 21 April 2002 | Budapest, Hungary | Clay | Myriam Casanova | 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 16 July 2007 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | Ágnes Szávay | 0–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 5 (1–4)
| Winner - Legend | |
|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) | |
| WTA Championships (0–0) | |
| Tier I (0–0) | |
| Tier II (0–0) | |
| Tier III (0–3) | |
| Tier IV & V (1–1) | |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 17 June 2002 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | Catherine Barclay-Reitz | Bianka Lamade Magdalena Maleeva | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 27 May 2006 | Strasbourg, France | Clay | Andreea Ehritt-Vanc | Liezel Huber Martina Navratilova | 2–6, 6–7 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 23 April 2007 | Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary | Clay | Gabriela Chmelinová | Ágnes Szávay Vladimíra Uhlířová | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 6 January 2008 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Barbora Strýcová | Lilia Osterloh Mariya Koryttseva | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 23 February 2008 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Jelena Kostanić Tošić | Iveta Benešová Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 3–6, 3–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 17 (10–7)
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 13 June 1999 | Meinerzhagen, Germany | Clay | Lydia Steinbach | 6–0, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 15 August 1999 | Rebecq, Belgium | Clay | Daphne van de Zande | 3–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 28 January 2001 | Båstad, Sweden | Hard (i) | Margit Rüütel | 6–2, 6–0 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 15 April 2001 | San Luis Potosi, Mexico | Clay | Maria Elena Camerin | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 19 August 2001 | Bronx, United States | Hard | Barbara Schwartz | 7–5, 3–6, 6–7 |
| Winner | 3. | 25 January 2004 | Grenoble, France | Hard (i) | Aravane Rezaï | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 5 April 2004 | Patras, Greece | Hard | Ekaterina Dzehalevich | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 2 May 2004 | Taranto, Italy | Clay | Nina Bratchikova | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 20 June 2004 | Gorizia, Italy | Clay | Vanina García Sokol | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 5. | 4 July 2004 | Vaihingen, Germany | Clay | Nathalie Viérin | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Winner | 6. | 17 April 2005 | Biarritz, France | Clay | Timea Bacsinszky | 4–6, 7–6, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 9 April 2006 | Athens, Greece | Clay | Aurélie Védy | 6–4, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 7. | 16 April 2006 | Civitavecchia, Italy | Clay | Caroline Wozniacki | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Winner | 8. | 30 April 2006 | Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | Anastasiya Yakimova | 7–6, 2–6, 6–0 |
| Winner | 9. | 6 August 2006 | Baden-Baden, Germany | Clay | Kateřina Böhmová | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Winner | 10. | 17 September 2006 | Bordeaux, France | Clay | Sandra Klösel | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 29 July 2007 | Pétange, Luxembourg | Clay | Pauline Parmentier | 1–6, 4–6 |