Did you know that Magüi was
able to win by 6-0 and 6-0 once in her career?.It was in 1996 in
the challenger in Limoges, and the player that was defeated by
Magüi was the French Sophie Regnier. Fortunately, Magüi has
never lost by this score.DID YOU KNOW THAT?
In this section we comment some things of Magüi's career that seem curious to us.
Did you know that Magüi was
able to win by 6-0 and 6-0 once in her career?.It was in 1996 in
the challenger in Limoges, and the player that was defeated by
Magüi was the French Sophie Regnier. Fortunately, Magüi has
never lost by this score.
Did you know that
Magüi’s record of consecutive wins is 14 wins in a row?.
She could achieve this in 2003, with an incredible run winning
two WTA tournaments, two Fed Cup matches, and reaching the
quarters in Warsaw. An anecdote, the first defeat after this
incredible run was in a match against Dokic, and when Magüi was
serving to reach the tie break, a wasp stang her and
a
doctor had to come to court. In spite of this, Magüi continued playing,
but she could do nothing to avoid the defeat. We’ll never
know what would had happened if this wasp hadn’t appeared
there... ;).
Did you know that Magüi has
played doubles with many different players?. Among her most
‘distinguished’ partners we can mention players such as
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Conchita Martínez, Virginia Ruano,
Justine Henin, Jennifer Capriati, Chanda Rubin, Kim Clijsters,
Sandrine Testud, Magdalena Maleeva, Daniela Hantuchova...
Did you know that Magüi is
the only Spanish player whith whom the great Spanish doubles
player Virginia Ruano has won a title?. It was in Knokke-Heist in
2001.
Did you know that Magüi is
the third Spanish player that has played more singles matches in
the Fed Cup?.
Did you know that Magüi was
able to defeat her idol, Steffi Graf, in Montreal in 1998?. The
score was 6-4 and 6-4 for Magüi. Other important wins for Magüi
have been against Mary Pierce, Jana Novotna, Chanda Rubin,
Justine Henin, Serena Williams...
Did you know that Magüi is
the only player that has been able to win the tournament in
Estoril two consecutive times?. It was in 2002 and 2003.
Did you know that Magüi
reached the junior final in Wimbledon in 1996?. She lost ind the
final to the French Mauresmo in three sets.
Did you know that Magüi has
never lost to the great Belgian player Justine Henin in the two
times they’ve played each other?. In fact, she has never
lost a set to her.
Did you know that Magüi has
been able to defeat the American Serena Williams?. It was in the
qualifying in Los Ángeles, in 1997, and Magüi defeated the
American player in three sets.
Did you know that Magüi has
reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slams in singles and the
semifinals of another one in doubles?. In singles she reached the
quarters in Wimbledon 2000, and in doubles she reached the
semifinals in the Australian Open 2002 with Conchita Martínez.
Did you know that Magüi had
to retired once during a singles match due to an injury?. It was
in Birmingham 2000, when Magüi was playing a close match against
Jennifer Capriati and the score was 6-2 2-6 3-4.
Did you know that Magüi has played
three times
in her career the mixed doubles?. It was
at
Wimbledon 2001
(and
her partner was the veteran Australian Kratzmann), at the Australian
Open 2004 (and her partner was Mark Merklein, from the Bahamas) and at Roland
Garros 2004 (and her partner was the Argentinian Martín Rodríguez).
Did you know that Magüi has
won twice the Eastbourne Cup?. It’s a tournament that some
players that haven’t gone far in the ‘real’
tournament play. It doesn’t give ranking points, but
it’s useful to prepare Wimbledon, which is played the
following week.
Did you know that Magüi has
been able to play the Olympic Games in her career?. It was in
Sydney 2000. She wasn’t too lucky, but at least she had the
chance of living the Olympic spirit.
Did you know that in many of the years that
Magüi has played the tournament in Madrid, the player that defeats Magüi during
the tournament reaches the final but loses it?.
Did you know that Magüi has won some
matches having had match points against her?. There might have been more cases, but the
ones we have found for the moment are :
Hamburg 2000: 1st round: Magüi Serna d. Patty Schnyder 6-4 1-6 7-6 (9-7), three match points saved.
Pilot Pen Tennis 2003: ½F: Alicia Molik / Magüi Serna d. Marion Bartoli / Myriam Casanova 5-7 7-5 6-4, three match points saved.
Nasdaq-100 Open 2004: 2nd round: Magüi Serna d. Jamea Jackson 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-2, saved at least three match points.
Roland Garros 2004: 1st round: Magüi Serna d. Akiko Morigami 6-3 3-6 8-6, two match points saved.
We'll add more if we find more.
Did you know that Magüi has lost some
matches having had match points in favour?. There might have been more cases, but for
the moment we have only found this one :
Australian Open 2004: 1st round: Mara Santangelo d. Magüi Serna 6-7 (3-7) 7-5 6-4, one match point in favour.
Generali Ladies Linz 2004: 2nd round in the qualifying: Lindsay Lee-Waters (USA) (8) d. Magüi Serna 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-7 (7-9), one match point in favour.
We'll add more if we find more.