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Magüi Serna (mau-wee sare-nuh) (ESP)
(Residence: LAS PALMAS (CANARIAS) )
Birthdate: March 1, 1979
Birthplace: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Height: 5' 6" (1.67 m)
Weight: 142 lbs. (65 kg)
Plays: Left-handed
Status: Pro (1993)
WTA TOUR singles titles: 3
WTA TOUR doubles titles: 2
(Grand Slam titles: 0)
ITF Women's Circuit singles titles: 6
ADDITIONAL: Spanish Fed Cup team 1997-2000 and 2002-4. Oympic Team 2000.
WTA TOUR RANKING
(SEASON-ENDING, SINGLES)
2003-22; 2002-50; 2001-26; 2000-38; 1999-39; 1998-24; 1997-41; 1996-138; 1995-357; 1994-342
Career-High Singles (as of Jun. 18, 2004): No. 19 (January 12, 2004)
Career-High Doubles (as of Jun. 18, 2004): No. 26 (April 5, 2004)
Career Highlights
GRAND SLAM (SINGLES) AND CHASE CHAMPIONSHIPS (S/D) HISTORY
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WIMBLEDON
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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS - SINGLES
WINNER:
2003 - Estoril (POR), Budapest (HUN)
2002 - Estoril (POR)
1996 - ITF/Valladolid-ESP, ITF/Wahlscheid-GER, ITF/Athens 3-GRE
1995 - ITF/Mallorca 4-ESP
1994 - ITF/Gaborone-BOT, ITF/Harare-ZIM
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS - DOUBLES
WINNER:
2004 - Eastbourne (w/Molik)
2001 - Knokke-Heist (w/Ruano Pascual)
Awards/Accomplishments
Member of the 2001 WTA Tour Players’ Committee
WTA Tour mentor was Mercedes Paz in the Partners for Success Alumni program
In juniors, reached 1996 Wimbledon final, 1995 Roland Garros SF and 1996 Roland Garros QF
Quick Facts
2003 Summary - Quarterfinalist at Canberra, l. to No. 2 seed and eventual tournament champion Shaughnessy 76 64; won first Grand Slam match in a year at Austalian Open, d. Svensson 64 36 75, l. to No. 28 seed C. Fernandez. Reached second QF of year at Paris Indoors, l. to No. 3 seed Mauresmo 76 64; upset in 1r at Antwerp by world No. 76 Roesch in 3s; seeded No. 5, upset in 1r at Acapulco by qualifier and world No. 155 Vaskova. Unseeded, d. Loit, No. 24 seed C. Fernandez in her opening match (following a 1r bye) and Widjaja before falling to No. 5 seed Mauresmo in Indian Wells 4r; suffered 1r loss at Miami to Asagoe; withdrew from Casablanca due to a right knee injury. Won two titles in as many weeks as No. 2 seed: successfully defended Estoril title by d. qualifier Schruff in final (reached doubles SF w/Boogert) and at Budapest by d. No. 3 seed Molik in final; ranking surged to No. 40, her best since June 2002; helped Spanish Fed Cup team d. Australia 3-2 in 1r; reached QF at Warsaw before l. to No. 4 seed Dokic (and ending a 14-match, two-title win streak); reached Warsaw doubles SF w/Boogert. At German Open, d. No. 6 seed and world No. 8 Rubin in straight sets in Rubin's opening match (following a 1r bye) before l. in 3r to Likhovtseva in 3s; fell in 2r of Italian Open to No. 7 seed Hantuchova 76(4) 16 64; seeded No. 6, fell in 2r of Madrid to WC and eventual tournament finalist Sanchez Lorenzo; upset No. 23 seed Pistolesi in 2r, en route to second 4r appearance at Roland Garros, l. to No. 5 seed Mauresmo. Reached Eastbourne doubles final w/Capriati by surpassing No. 1 seeds Likhovtseva/Sugiyama in 2r; seeded No. 24, d. Ruano Pascual before l. to Matevzic in 2r at Wimbledon. As No. 1 seed and world No. 29, was upset in 2r at Palermo by No. 85 Cervanova; member of Spanish Fed Cup team that l. to France 4-1 in QF; as world No. 31, fell in San Diego 2r to world No. 12 Dokic (No. 9 seed). L. 1r at Los Angeles to Kuznetsova; had back-to-back wins over world No. 11 and No. 6 seed Mag. Maleeva: at Canadian Open in her opening match (following a 1r bye), before l. 3r to Srebotnik, and at New Haven in 2r, before l. in QF to former world No. 1 top-seed Davenport; reached doubles final at New Haven w/Molik, their first final together, losing to No. 1 seeds Ruano Pascual/Suarez; as world No. 27 and No. 30 seed, d. world No. 51 Cho at US Open before l. 2r to world No. 53 Sanchez Lorenzo. As world No. 24, l. 1r at Leipzig to world No. 45 Chladkova; as world No. 24 at Moscow, d. world No. 22 Farina Elia before l. 2r to world No. 10, No. 4 seed and eventual tournament champion Myskina. As a world No. 24 LL at Zurich, l. 1r to world No. 11 and No. 6 seed Sugiyama and reached doubles SF w/Molik, l. to No. 1 seeds Clijsters/Sugiyama; at Linz, as world No. 24, d. world No. 38 Likhovtseva before l. 2r to world No. 15 and No. 7 seed Suarez
2002 Summary - Opened season with 1r loss to Raymond in Sydney; fell 3r at Australian Open to No. 12 seed Dementieva and reached doubles SF doubles w/C. Martinez; fell 1r at Tokyo [Pan Pacific]; l. 1r at Paris Indoors to qualifier Ad. Serra Zanetti in 3s; lost 1r at Scottsdale to Panova; lost opening match at Indian Wells to Husarova; upset in 1r Miami by qualifier Webb; singles runner-up for second straight year at Porto, l. in final to Montolio in 3s; also doubles runner-up; a week later in Estoril, captured career-first WTA Tour singles title (d. An. Barna in final); clinched Spain’s Fed Cup victory over Hungary in 1r with win over Kuti Kis; lost 1r at German Open to Rubin; l. 2r at Italian Open to Myskina in 3s; upset No. 6 seed Majoli at Madrid in 1r en route to QF, l. to Rubin for a second time in less than a month; l. 1r to Pratt at Roland Garros in 3s; reached QF at Brussels, l. to No. 1 seed Sanchez-Vicario in 3s; in Fed Cup play, won doubles rubber in Spain’s win over Germany to advance to SF; at Sopot, won two three-set matches to reach QF where she saved 1 mp in second set vs. eventual champion Safina before falling in 3s; fell 1r at Los Angeles to Husarova in 3s; qualified for Canadian Open and reached 2r, l. to No. 6 seed Hingis in the former No. 1’s first match after a three-month injury layoff; l. 1r US Open to qualifier Cho; after failing to qualify for Leipzig, qualified for Moscow, d. Suarez 1r before falling to eventual runner-up Davenport; fell 1r at Bratislava to Diaz-Oliva; qualified for Luxembourg, falling to eventual champion Clijsters; in Spain’s Fed Cup final loss to Slovakia, replaced injured Sanchez-Vicario in opening day singles rubber, l. to Hantuchova 62 61
2001 Summary - Fifth consecutive Top 50 finish; reached first two singles finals of career (Porto and Eastbourne) and won first doubles title (Knokke-Heist w/Ruano Pascual); d. No. 6 seed Henin in Scottsdale en route to QF; d. world No. 21 Frazier to reach Miami 4r, her career-best showing there
At 2001 Scottsdale, upset sixth seed Justine Henin in the first round and then staged a comeback to defeat Kristina Brandi to reach the quarterfinals on her 22nd birthday.
Continued her strong hard-court play at 2001 Miami, upsetting 21st-ranked Amy Frazier to reach the fourth round, her career-best showing at the tournament
Advanced to her first final on the Sanex WTA Tour at 2001 Porto, a clay-court event, and two weeks later reached a career-high world ranking of No. 21
Continued her strong play in 2001 at Eastbourne, a grass-court event, reaching her second final of the year and of her career with upsets of Amy Frazier, 14th-ranked Magdalena Maleeva and No. 19 Meghann Shaughnessy before falling to world No. 3 Lindsay Davenport
Captured her first doubles title on the Sanex WTA Tour at 2001 Knokke-Heist with partner Virginia Ruano-Pascual
Reached first Grand Slam quarterfinal at 2000 Wimbledon, upsetting third seed Mary Pierce for the second time in a Grand Slam (first at 1998 Roland Garros) and strong grass court veteran Miriam Oremans en route; win over third-ranked Pierce in the second round marked the earliest exit at Wimbledon of a reigning Roland Garros champion and equaled her career-best win; ranking vaulted from No. 49 to 30.
Continued strong Grand Slam play in 2000 at the U.S. Open, upsetting 13th seed (and 12th-ranked) Amanda Coetzer to reach the fourth round and celebrated by running through the Unisphere fountain.
Upset 14th seed Sandrine Testud at the 1999 U.S. Open to reach the third round
Has reached the fourth round of three Grand Slam tournaments on three different surfaces
Reached her career first semifinal at 1999 Birmingham, a grass court event, before falling to top seed Nathalie Tauziat in three sets; continued the grass court success she enjoyed in 1998 (see below) and says she prefers grass, which is odd for a Spanish player who grew up playing on clay
At the first tournament of the 1999 season on the Gold Coast of Australia, defeated Sabine Appelmans and Ruxandra Dragomir to reach the quarterfinals before falling to second seed and eventual champion Patty Schnyder in three sets
Reached the quarterfinals at 1999 New Haven as a qualifier; as a qualifier into 1999 Zurich, defeated world No. 22 Ruxandra Dragomir in the first round
Ranked No. 52, earned her biggest win to date at 1998 Hilton Head, ousting world No. 3 Jana Novotna in the third round; also upset No. 13 Anke Huber in the first round; recorded second win over a Top 10 player in 1998 in Moscow, ousting ninth-ranked Patty Schnyder to reach the quarterfinals
Continued her surge on the clay surface in 1998 with a win over world No. 28 Brenda Schultz-McCarthy in the first round of the German Open, and later reached the quarterfinals in Madrid; capped off a successful clay court season in 1998 by reaching the fourth round at Roland Garros, including a second-round upset of 11th seed Mary Pierce
Enjoyed a strong 1998 grass court season, as well, reaching the quarterfinals at Eastbourne and the fourth round of Wimbledon; ranking jumped to a then-career high No. 25
Defeated Steffi Graf in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals of the 1998 Canadian Open, then stretched world No. 3 Jana Novotna to three sets before losing
Won both her singles matches and a doubles match to lead Spain to a 3-2 win over Germany in the first round of 1998 Fed Cup
Recorded the 17th-fastest serve on the Tour in 1998 with a 108 mile per hour (173.8 Km/h) serve at Wimbledon; in 1997, tied for the 12th-fastest recorded serve on the tour with a 108 mph serve at the U.S. Open
Coached by Fernando Garcia Lleo
A baseline player who prefers grass courts; has a strong serve
Began playing tennis at five years of age
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