Cristina Torrens Valero

Cristina Torrens Valero
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Valencia, Spain
Born	12 September 1974 (age 49); Pamplona, Spain
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1989
Retired	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,000,722
Singles
Career record	309–292 (51.4%)
Career titles	2 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 27 (4 March 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1998, 2003)
French Open	3R (1999, 2001)
Wimbledon	3R (2000)
US Open	2R (1996, 2002)
Doubles
Career record	102–143 (41.6%)
Career titles	2 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 66 (29 January 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2000, 2001, 2002)
French Open	3R (1999)
Wimbledon	2R (1999)
US Open	2R (2000)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	3–3

Cristina Torrens Valero (born 12 September 1974) is a former professional female tennis player from Spain. She won two singles and two doubles titles on WTA Tour. Cristina reached her career-high singles ranking world No. 27 on 4 March 2002.

In 1993, Torrens Valero helped Spain recapture the Fed Cup title.

WTA Tour finals[edit]

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)[edit]

Legend
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (1–0)
Tier IV & V (1–3)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Apr 1999	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Sarah Pitkowski	2–6, 2–6
Win	2.	May 1999	Warsaw Open, Poland	Clay	Inés Gorrochategui	7–5, 7–6
Loss	3.	May 2000	Belgium Open, Antwerp	Clay	Amanda Coetzer	6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	Jul 2001	Palermo Ladies Open, Italy	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	4–6, 4–6
Win	5.	Jul 2001	Warsaw Open, Poland	Clay	Gala León García	6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)[edit]

Legend
Tier I (0–1)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–1)
Tier IV & V (2–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Apr 1999	Estoril Open, Portugal	Clay	Alicia Ortuño	Anna Foldenyi Rita Kuti-Kis	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	2.	Apr 2000	Estoril Open, Portugal	Clay	Amanda Hopmans	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	0–6, 6–7⁽⁹⁾
Win	3.	Apr 2000	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Lubomira Bacheva	Jelena Kostanić Sandra Načuk	6–0, 6–2
Loss	4.	Oct 2000	Luxembourg Open	Carpet (i)	Lubomira Bacheva	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	3–6, 6–7^(0–7)

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 12 (6–6)[edit]

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	25 February 1991	ITF Valencia, Spain	Clay	Eva Melicharová	5–7, 2–6
Win	1.	19 May 1991	ITF Balaguer, Spain	Clay	Marianne Vallin	7–5, 6–4
Win	2.	6 June 1993	ITF Cáceres, Spain	Hard	Limor Zaltz	6–3, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Win	3.	7 February 1994	ITF Faro, Portugal	Hard	Mariam Ramón Climent	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2.	5 June 1994	ITF Hebron, Spain	Hard	Ángeles Montolio	3–6, 2–6
Win	4.	26 June 1994	ITF Valladolid, Spain	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	6–3, 6–3
Loss	3.	18 September 1995	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Emanuela Zardo	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	5 May 1996	ITF Szczecin, Poland	Clay	Lenka Cenková	2–6, 4–6
Win	5.	13 May 1996	ITF Athens Open, Greece	Clay	Gala León García	6–4, 6–4
Loss	5.	20 June 1999	Open de Marseille, France	Clay	Ángeles Montolio	4–6, 5–7
Loss	6.	6 July 2003	ITF Orbetello, Italy	Clay	Ľubomíra Kurhajcová	5–7, 1–6
Win	6.	1 September 2003	ITF Fano, Italy	Clay	Catalina Castaño	6–3, 5–7, 6–3

Doubles: 9 (5–4)[edit]

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	25 March 1991	ITF Bilbao, Spain	Clay	Eva Jiménez	Cora Linneman Ana Larrakoetxea	7–5, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Loss	1.	13 May 1991	ITF Balaguer, Spain	Clay	Eva Jiménez	Cora Linneman Ana Larrakoetxea	7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Win	2.	2 May 1994	ITF Balaguer, Spain	Clay	Alicia Ortuño	Rosa María Pérez Valentina Solari	6–1, 6–1
Win	3.	9 May 1994	ITF Mollet, Spain	Clay	Alicia Ortuño	Mariana Randrup Cintia Tortorella	6–4, 6–0
Win	4.	30 May 1994	ITF Barcelona, Spain	Hard	Alicia Ortuño	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Petra Kučová	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	2.	18 July 1994	ITF Bilbao, Spain	Clay	Yolanda Clemot	Cătălina Cristea Hanneke Ketelaars	2–6, 1–6
Loss	3.	1 August 1994	ITF Munich, Germany	Clay	Silvia Ramón-Cortés	Carin Bakkum Helena Vildová	6–7, 0–6
Win	5.	4 September 1995	ITF Cáceres, Spain	Clay	Alicia Ortuño	Patricia Aznar Eva Bes	6–2, 6–3
Loss	4.	19 September 1999	ITF Bordeaux, France	Clay	Lubomira Bacheva	Åsa Carlsson Émilie Loit	2–6, 6–7

Grand Slam singles performance[edit]

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

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	SR
Australian Open	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2–8
French Open	A	1R	1R	3R	1R	3R	2R	1R	Q1	5–7
Wimbledon	A	2R	1R	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	Q1	4–7
US Open	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	Q1	2–8
Win–loss	1–1	1–4	1–4	2–4	2–4	3–4	2–4	1–4	0–1	13–30

External links[edit]

Cristina Torrens Valero at the Women's Tennis Association
Cristina Torrens Valero at the International Tennis Federation
Cristina Torrens Valero at the Billie Jean King Cup