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Marta Domachowska

 
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Marta Domachowska
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Residence Podkowa Leśna, Poland
Date of birth January 16, 1986 (1986-01-16) (age 23)
Place of birth Warsaw, Poland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Weight 60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Turned pro 2001
Plays Right
Career prize money $ 830,840
Singles
Career record: 206–147
Career titles: 0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking: No. 37 (April 3, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 4th Round (2008)
French Open 2nd Round (2005, 2008)
Wimbledon 2nd Round (2008)
US Open 1st Round (2005, 2006, 2008)
Doubles
Career record: 69–85
Career titles: 1 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking: No. 62 (January 30, 2006)

Infobox last updated on: 4 May 2009.

Marta Domachowska (pron. [ˈmarta dɔmaˈxɔfska]; born January 16, 1986 in Warsaw) is a Polish professional tennis player. She began playing at age 7. She reached the semi finals of Australian Open Junior Championships in 2003. Her racquet brand is Wilson. She speaks four languages: Polish, English, Spanish and Russian. Other than tennis, she enjoys sports such as football and swimming.

Domachowska is engaged to Polish butterfly and freestyle swimmer Paweł Korzeniowski.

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Career

2001

As a wildcard in Sopot qualifying, lost in the first round to Russian Daria Panova (sole 2001 appearance in singles or doubles). Finished the season unranked.

2002

Second Tour appearance (and main draw debut). Was as unranked wildcard at Warsaw, losing in the first round 7–6(2) 1–6 6–3 to No.87 Celine Beigbeder; reached Sopot doubles Semifinal as a wildcard team (w/ fellow Pole Klaudia Jans); won first two ITF Circuit singles titles and first doubles title; debuted on Tour Rankings on May 20 at No.745. Amassed a 29-12 singles record and 9–7 doubles record, finishing the season ranked no. 356 in singles.

2003

At Warsaw, lost in the first round as a No.317 wildcard (second consecutive year) to No.146 Renata Voráčová, and lost in the first round as a No.275 wildcard at Sopot to No.78 Silvija Talaja. As a No.244 ranked qualifier at Pattaya City, extended No.135 Elena Tatarkova to 3 sets before losing in the first round; won $25K ITF/Toruń-POL as qualifier (third singles title). Amassed a 29-12 singles record and 6-11 doubles record, finishing the season ranked no. 244 in singles.

2004

First Top 100 finish; Tour final debut at Seoul (l. 6–1 6–1 to Sharapova), also reached the semifinals at Sopot (defeating No.20 Anna Smashnova 7–6(4) 6–1 for her career-best win; lost to eventual champion Flavia Pennetta of Italy), QF at Casablanca (l. to Cervanová); Top 100 debut on September 27 at No.100; failed to qualify for the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open; Started season winning $25K ITF titles at ITF/Belfort-FRA and ITF/Warsaw 1-POL. Amassed a 42-20 singles record and 12-9 doubles record, finishing the season ranked no. 74 in singles.

2005

Best season to date, highlighted by reaching her biggest career singles final; ranked No.63 (unseeded) at Tier III Strasbourg, upset world No.26 (No.5 seed) Japanese Ai Sugiyama en route to second career Tour singles final, falling to Spanish Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–4 6-3; also first Tier II SF at Beijing (received w/o from Venus Williams w/knee injury in QF, falling to German Anna-Lena Grönefeld); QF at Hobart (l. to Chinese Na Li in 3 sets); 3r at Amelia Island (as qualifier, lost to V.Williams in 3 sets); main draw debuts at all four majors, reaching 2r at the Australian Open and the French Open, first round at Wimbledon and US Open; Top 50 debut (at No.48) on June 6 (after the [[French Open), career-high No.47 on August 8 (after second round at San Diego); Semifinal or better four times in doubles, finishing runner-up at Pattaya City (w/Talaja) and Strasbourg (w/ Marlene Weingartner); withdrew from Hyderabad and Memphis w/right shoulder sprain. Amassed a 24-26 singles record and 14-16 doubles record, finishing the season ranked no. 60 in singles.

2006

Opened the season by capturing her first WTA tour title, winning the doubles title with partner Roberta Vinci of Italy; Afterwards, on January 30, reached career-high doubles rank at no. 62. Reached third career Tour singles final in career debut at Tier III Memphis (as No.6 seed, d. No.4 seed Granville and No.8 seed Craybas en route; l. to No.3 seed Arvidsson in 3s); afterwards on February 27, made Top 40 debut (at No.40); Reached 3r at Indian Wells (as No.27 seed w/1r bye, d. Shaughnessy in 2r before falling to No.5 seed Myskina) and 2r at Miami (l. to LL Kutuzova); afterwards on April 3, reached career-high singles rank at no. 37. Finished off the season by reaching the second round of singles at Strasbourg, 's-Hertogenbosch, Montreal, and Tokyo (Japan Open). Reached her fourth doubles final at Cincinnati with partner Sania Mirza of India, losing 6–4 3–6 6–2 to top seeds Maria Elena Camerin of Italy and Gisela Dulko of Argentina. Also reached the doubles semifinals at Stanford (w/ Bartoli), the quarterfinals at [ [Strasbourg] ] (w/ Alicja Rosolska), Tokyo (Japan Open)(w/ Jidkova) and Bangkok (w/ Castano), and the second round at the US Open (w/ Kostanić). Lost in the first round in singles at all four grand slams. Withdrew from Charleston, and Bali with injuries. Amassed a 20-26 singles record and 14-18 doubles record, finishing the season ranked no. 90 in singles. Domachowska's rank fell considerably as she failed to defend a large number of points from 2005 by losing in the first round of Seoul and not qualifying for the main draw at Beijing.

2007

Did not play Memphis, thus not defending finalist points and falling to no. 166. Reached the semifinals of $75,000 ITF Dinan (l. to K. Knapp), the quarterfinals of $50,000 ITF Torrent (l. to T. Perebiynis), and Tier IV Seoul as a qualifier (l. to V. Williams), and the second round of Stockholm as a qualifier (l. to A. Radwańska). Failed to receive a main draw wildcard at Warsaw, and so opted to play ITF Torrent instead. Failed to qualify for the main draw at nine events (including the French Open and US Open). Was winless at grand slams in singles and doubles (not playing Wimbledon at all and only playing doubles at the Australian Open). Ended the season on a high note, winning the $100,000 ITF Poitiers as a no. 179 qualifier, defeating no.1 seed Vakulenko (by retirement) and no. 6 seed Kudryavsteva en route to defeating fellow qualifier Anna Lapuschenkova 7–5 6–0 in the final. This was Domachowska's first singles title since 2003 and her biggest singles tournament win ever. In doubles, lost her first four matches before winning $100,000 ITF Rome - Tiro a Volo (w/ Emma Laine). Reached the semifinals of Tier IV Tashkent and the quarterfinals of $50,000 ITF Bronx. Amassed a 37-20 record in singles and a 7-11 record in doubles, finishing the season ranked no. 143 in singles and no. 240 in doubles.

2008

After not gaining entry into qualifying of the Australian warm up events, began her season at the Australian Open where she only played singles. It was in this first event of the season where she achieved her career best grand slam performance, winning six straight matches (a 14-match winning streak carried over from the previous season) to qualify and reach the fourth round after defeating wildcard Johansson, Arvidsson (to whom she lost to in the 2006 Tier III Memphis final), and no. 24 seed Li in the main draw. Domachowska eventually lost a close 6–4 6–4 match to no. 8 seed Venus Williams in the fourth round. Due to this result, Domachowska jumped up 64 spots and returned to the top 100 in singles at no. 82 (up from no. 143). Domachowska joined Agnieszka Radwańska to become the first Poles to simultaneously reach the fourth round of a grand slam.

At the Rogers Masters, a Tier I event in Montreal, Marta beat American Bethanie Mattek in the first round 7-5, 6-2 and gave everything she had in her second round match against an injured Maria Sharapova before losing 7-5, 5-7, 6-2.

WTA Tour singles finals (12)

Wins (6)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
Olympic Gold (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0) Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0) Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (0) Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (0) International (0)
ITF Circuit (6)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponents in the final Score
1. August 11, 2002 Flag of Poland ITF $10 000 Olecko, Poland Clay Flag of Romania Liana-Gabriela Balaci 1–6, 6–3, 6–1
2. November 3, 2002 Flag of Sweden ITF $10 000 Stockholm, Sweden Hard Flag of Germany Sabrina Jolk 6–3, 6–4
3. July 13, 2003 Flag of Poland ITF $25 000 Toruń, Poland Clay Flag of Belarus Anastasia Yakimova 7–5, 3–6, 6–4
4. February 1, 2004 Flag of France ITF $25 000 Belfort, France Hard Flag of Germany Adriana Barna 3–6, 6–0, 6–0
5. February 15, 2004 Flag of Poland ITF $25 000 Warsaw, Poland Carpet Flag of Germany Angelique Kerber 7-65, 3–6, 6–3
6. November 25, 2007 Flag of France ITF $100 000 Poitiers, France Hard Flag of Russia Anna Lapushchenkova 7–5, 6–0

Runner ups (6)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. August 11, 2002 Flag of Poland ITF $10 000 Gdynia, Poland Clay Flag of Romania Delia Sescioreanu 7-69, 6-1
2. October 26, 2003 Flag of Poland ITF $25 000 Opole, Poland Carpet Flag of Belarus Tatsiana Uvarova 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
3. September 27, 2004 Flag of South Korea Seul, South Korea Hard Flag of Russia Maria Sharapova 6–1, 6-1
4. May 21, 2005 Flag of France Strasbourg, France Clay Flag of Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–4, 6-3
5. February 5, 2006 Flag of Italy ITF $75 000 Urtijëi, Italy Carpet Flag of the Czech Republic Eva Birnerová 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
6. February 25, 2006 Flag of the United States Memphis, USA Hard Flag of Sweden Sofia Arvidsson 6–2, 2–6, 6–3

WTA Tour doubles finals (8)

Wins (3)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
Olympic Gold (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0) Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0) Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (0) Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (1) International (0)
ITF Circuit (2)
# Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in final Score
1. November 3, 2002 Flag of Sweden ITF $10 000 Stockholm, Sweden Hard Flag of Belgium Elke Clijsters Flag of Sweden Jenny Loow
Flag of the Netherlands Suzanne Van Hartingsveldt
6–1, 6–1
2. January 13, 2006 Flag of Australia Canberra, Australia Hard Flag of Italy Roberta Vinci Flag of the United Kingdom Claire Curran
Flag of Latvia Liga Dekmeijere
7–65, 6–3
3. May 12, 2007 Flag of Italy ITF $100 000 Rome - Tiro A Volo, Italy Clay Flag of Finland Emma Laine Flag of Estonia Maret Ani
Flag of Belgium Caroline Maes
1–0 ret.

Runner ups (5)

# Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in final Score
1. May 16, 2002 Flag of France ITF $50 000 Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Flag of Argentina Natalia Gussoni Flag of Romania Ruxandra Dragomir-Ilie
Flag of Romania Andreea Vanc
2-6, 7-67, 6-4
2. January 31, 2005 Flag of Thailand Pattaya City, Thailand Hard Flag of Croatia Silvija Talaja Flag of Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Flag of Romania Andreea Vanc
6-3, 6-1
3. May 21, 2005 Flag of France Strasbourg, France Clay Flag of Germany Marlene Weingartner Flag of France Marion Bartoli
Flag of Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
6-3, 6-2
4. July 23, 2006 Flag of the United States Cincinnati, USA Hard Flag of India Sania Mirza Flag of Argentina Gisela Dulko
Flag of Italy Maria-Elena Camerin
6-4, 3-6, 6-2
5. September 14, 2008 Flag of Indonesia Bali, Indonesia Hard Flag of Russia Nadia Petrova Flag of Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Flag of the People's Republic of China Peng Shuai
46-7, 7-63, 10-7

Singles performance timeline

To help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.

Terms to know
SR the ratio of the number of singles tournaments
won to the number of those tournaments played
W-L player's Win-Loss record
Performance Table Legend
NH tournament not held in that calendar year A did not participate in the tournament
LQ lost in qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(RR = round robin)
QF advanced to but not past the quarterfinals SF advanced to but not past the semifinals
F advanced to the final, tournament runner-up W won the tournament
NM5 means an event that is neither a Premier Mandatory nor a Premier 5 tournament.

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. 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 Career
Win-Loss
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 1R 1R 4R 1R 7-5
French Open A 2R 1R LQ 2R 1R 2-5
Wimbledon LQ 1R 1R A 2R 1R 2-5
US Open LQ 1R 1R LQ 1R 3-5
Win-Loss 3-2 2-4 0-4 1-3 8-4 0–3 14-20
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics A Not Held 1R Not
Held
0–1
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships A A A A A 0–0
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells A 2R 3R 2R 1R 1R 4-5
Key Biscayne A 1R 2R LQ 2R A 2-4
Madrid Not Held A 0–0
Beijing Not Tier I 0–0
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai Not Tier I A 0–0
Rome A A 1R A LQ A 0-2
Cincinnati Not Tier I 0–0
Montréal / Toronto A 1R 2R A 2R 4-3
Tokyo A A A A A 0-0
Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events)
Charleston A A A A 1R NM5 0–1
Moscow LQ LQ A A A 1–2
Doha Not Tier I A Not
Held
0-0
Berlin A A 1R A A 0–1
Zurich A LQ A A Not
Tier I
1-1
San Diego A A A A Not
Held
0–0
Career Statistics Career Total
Tournaments Won 2 0 0 1 0 0 6
Year End Ranking 74 60 90 143 180 56 N/A

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