Sandra Martinović

Sandra Martinović

Martinović at the 2011 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer
Country (sports)	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Residence	Biel, Switzerland
Born	(1979-10-04) 4 October 1979 (age 45) Brčko, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2012
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$136,541
Singles
Career record	325–258
Career titles	13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 187 (28 July 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	Q3 (2008)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2008)
US Open	Q1 (2008)
Doubles
Career record	122–124
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 199 (28 April 2008)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	13–15

Sandra Martinović (born 4 October 1979) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian former tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is No. 187, achieved on 28 July 2008, and her best doubles ranking world No. 199, achieved on 28 April 2008.

Martinović is the daughter of Ivo and Mara Martinović, and she began playing tennis at the age of nine. Her family moved from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Austria when she was 12, where she practiced in Hermagor. At the age of 17, she won her first WTA ranking points, and after finishing school, she moved to Germany to become a professional tennis player.

She improved her ranking to 187 in 2008 when she reached the third round of qualifying for the French Open and also played qualifications at Wimbledon and the US Open the same year. In her career, she won 13 ITF singles and 11 doubles titles. In 2006, she was acknowledged as "one of the most successful players" on the European circuit by Tennis Europe, the sanctioning body of European women's tournament of the ITF Women's Circuit.

At the end of 2012, Martinović ended her career. She had won over $130,000,^[1] and is now working as coach at the Swiss Tennis Academy^[2] in Biel, Switzerland.

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	1 November 1999	ITF Ain Sukhna, Egypt	Clay	Bahia Mouhtassine	6–1, 4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	25 Aug 2003	ITF Alphen a/d Rijn, Netherlands	Clay	Tessy van de Ven	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	19 April 2004	ITF Hvar, Croatia	Clay	Tereza Veverková	4–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	28 June 2004	ITF Heerhugowaard, Netherlands	Clay	Aleksandra Srndovic	6–2, 6–1
Winner	2.	28 June 2005	ITF Padova, Italy	Clay	Agnese Zucchini	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	27 September 2005	ITF Benevento, Italy	Hard	Anna Korzeniak	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	15 November 2005	ITF Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Julia Parasyuk	7–6, 4–6, 0–6
Winner	4.	12 June 2006	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Stefania Boffa	6–4, 6–3
Winner	5.	20 June 2006	ITF Davos, Switzerland	Clay	Tatjana Maria	1–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	6.	11 July 2006	ITF Garching, Germany	Clay	Anastasija Sevastova	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	7.	24 July 2006	ITF Horb, Germany	Clay	Lydia Steinbach	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner	8.	28 August 2006	ITF Vienna, Austria	Clay	Lenka Wienerová	w/o
Winner	9.	8 October 2007	ITF Reggio Calabria, Italy	Clay	Marta Marrero	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	10.	22 June 2009	ITF Davos, Switzerland	Clay	Anna-Giulia Remondina	6–1, 6–3
Winner	11.	17 August 2009	ITF Wahlstedt, Germany	Clay	Sarah Gronert	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner	12.	8 October 2007	ITF Ciampino, Italy	Clay	Federica Quercia	6–4, 6–2
Winner	13.	22 August 2011	ITF Enschede, Netherlands	Clay	Lesley Kerkhove	2–6, 6–4, 6–4

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	4 August 1997	ITF Périgueux, France	Clay	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	Geraldine Bimes Victoria Courmes	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	19 April 2004	ITF Hvar, Croatia	Clay	Daniela Kix	Tereza Veverková Zuzana Černá	6–4, 4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	2.	20 June 2005	ITF Davos, Switzerland	Clay	Petra Cetkovská	Zuzana Hejdová Andrea Petkovic	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	2 August 2005	Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Darija Jurak	Ivanna Israilova Elena Chalova	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	2.	28 August 2006	Vienna, Austria	Clay	Martina Babáková	Franziska Klotz Marlena Metzinger	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	4.	14 February 2007	Biberach, Germany	Hard (i)	Darija Jurak	Nina Bratchikova Urszula Radwańska	2–6, 0–6
Winner	3.	7 May 2007	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Josipa Bek	Karolina Kosińska Arina Rodionova	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	4.	14 July 2007	Toruń, Poland	Clay	Stefanie Vögele	Magdalena Kiszczyńska Natalia Kołat	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	6 August 2007	Hechingen, Germany	Clay	Darija Jurak	Michaela Paštiková Kathrin Wörle	6–4, 6–4
Winner	5.	24 September 2007	Podgorica, Montenegro	Clay	Danica Krstajić	Ivana Abramović Maria Abramović	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	8 October 2007	Reggio Calabria, Italy	Clay	Stefanie Haidner	Marta Marrero María José Martínez Sánchez	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	24 March 2008	Latina, Italy	Clay	Kathrin Wörle	Elisa Balsamo Valentina Sulpizio	6–0, 6–7(6), [7–10]
Winner	6.	22 September 2008	Podgorica, Montenegro	Clay	Neda Kozić	Erica Krauth Hanna Nooni	7–6, 6–2
Winner	7.	27 October 2008	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Melanie Klaffner	Çağla Büyükakçay Pemra Özgen	6–4, 6–7(5), [10–6]
Winner	8.	2 March 2009	Buchen, Germany	Carpet (i)	Romina Oprandi	Kateryna Herth Anastasia Poltoratskaya	5–7, 7–5, [10–8]
Winner	9.	28 September 2009	Ciampino, Italy	Clay	Marina Shamayko	Stefania Chieppa Valentina Sulpizio	7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	8 February 2010	Vale do Lobo, Portugal	Hard	Lisa Sabino	Julia Mayr Evelyn Mayr	2–6, 1–6
Winner	10.	30 July 2011	Bad Waltersdorf, Austria	Clay	Kateřina Vaňková	Pia König Yvonne Neuwirth	6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Runner-up	9.	1 August 2011	ITF Vienna, Austria	Clay	Janina Toljan	Simona Dobrá Lucie Kriegsmannová	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	10.	12 March 2012	ITF Madrid, Spain	Clay	Jana Orlová	Pilar Dominguez-Lopez Isabel Rapisarda-Calvo	6–7, 6–2, [8–10]
Winner	11.	19 March 2012	ITF Madrid, Spain	Clay	Jana Orlová	Clelia Melena Giulia Sussarello	6–3, 6–3

• Sandra Martinović at the Women's Tennis Association
• Sandra Martinović at the International Tennis Federation
• Sandra Martinović at the Billie Jean King Cup