Maria João Koehler

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Maria João Koehler
Koehler at the 2015 Fed Cup
Country (sports) Portugal
ResidencePorto, Portugal
Born (1992-10-08) 8 October 1992 (age 31)
Porto
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Retired2018
Prize money$332,492
Singles
Career record266–197 (57.5%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 102 (25 February 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2013)
French Open1R (2013)
Wimbledon1R (2013)
US Open1R (2013)
Doubles
Career record54–43 (55.7%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 151 (18 June 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQ1 (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup11–20

Maria João Koehler (born 8 October 1992) is a retired Portuguese tennis player.

Koehler won four singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 25 February 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 102. On 18 June 2012, she peaked at No. 151 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for the Portugal Fed Cup team, Koehler has a win–loss record of 11–20.[1]

Career[edit]

Born in Porto, Koehler made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit at the age of 14 at a $10k event in Braga. Having qualified for the main draw, she lost her first match to Catarina Ferreira.

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2009 Estoril Open. Having been awarded a wildcard, she played world No. 77, Kristina Barrois, in the first round, losing in straight sets.[2]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline[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.
Koehler at the 2013 US Open, where she lost in round one to Alizé Cornet
Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 W–L
Australian Open A 1R 2R Q1 1–2
French Open A A 1R A 0–1
Wimbledon A Q2 1R A 0–1
US Open Q1 Q2 1R A 0–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 1–4 0–0 1–5

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

Singles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups)[edit]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–6)
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2008 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal 10,000 Hard Canada Mélanie Gloria 7–6(2), 3–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 May 2009 ITF Cantanhede, Portugal 10,000 Carpet Russia Nanuli Pipiya 6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Win 2–1 Jun 2009 ITF Amarante, Portugal 10,000 Hard Canada Mélanie Gloria 6–3, 6–2
Loss 2–2 Feb 2010 ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal 10,000 Hard Italy Julia Mayr 1–6, 1–6
Loss 2–3 Nov 2010 ITF Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay Spain Lara Arruabarrena 6–7(2), 3–6
Loss 2–4 Jan 2011 ITF Rabat, Morocco 25,000 Clay Russia Nina Bratchikova 6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss 2–5 Jul 2012 ITF Donetsk, Ukraine 50,000 Hard Serbia Vesna Dolonc 2–6, 3–6
Win 3–5 Jul 2012 President's Cup, Kazakhstan 100,000 Hard Russia Marta Sirotkina 7–5, 6–2
Loss 3–6 Oct 2012 Open de Touraine, France 50,000 Hard (i) Puerto Rico Monica Puig 6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss 3–7 Jul 2013 President's Cup, Kazakhstan 100,000 Hard Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok 4–6, 5–7
Loss 3–8 Sep 2016 ITF Ponta Delgada, Portugal 10,000 Hard Portugal Inês Murta 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(7)
Win 4–8 Jun 2018 ITF Guimarães, Portugal 15,000 Hard India Zeel Desai 6–1, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)[edit]

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2009 ITF Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal 10,000 Clay Portugal Joana Pangaio Pereira Spain Rebeca Bou Nogueiro
Spain Sheila Solsona Carcasona
2–2 ret.
Loss 1–1 Nov 2010 ITF Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay Russia Avgusta Tsybysheva Spain Lara Arruabarrena
Spain Inés Ferrer Suárez
5–7, 2–6
Loss 1–2 Nov 2010 ITF Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay Russia Avgusta Tsybysheva Romania Diana Enache
Romania Raluca Elena Platon
3–6, 6–7(3)
Win 2–2 Jul 2011 ITF Cáceres, Spain 25,000 Hard Netherlands Richèl Hogenkamp France Victoria Larrière
France Irena Pavlovic
6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–3 Aug 2011 ITF Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 25,000 Clay Argentina Florencia Molinero Croatia Maria Abramović
Croatia Ana Vrljić
7–5, 6–7(3), [4–10]
Win 3–3 Sep 2011 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia 50,000 Clay Hungary Katalin Marosi Croatia Maria Abramović
Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu
6–0, 6–3
Win 4–3 Sep 2011 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, United Kingdom 75,000 Hard (i) Hungary Katalin Marosi United Kingdom Amanda Elliott
Australia Johanna Konta
7–6(3), 6–1
Loss 4–4 Jun 2012 Nottingham Trophy, United Kingdom 50,000 Grass Hungary Réka Luca Jani Australia Sally Peers
Australia Ashleigh Barty
6–7(2), 6–3, [5–10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Maria João Koehler at the Billie Jean King Cup
  2. ^ "Estoril Open" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 7 October 2014.

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