Anabel Medina Garrigues


Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues is a Spanish tennis coach and former player.
As a player she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 16 in 2009, and won 11 singles and 28 doubles titles, including the 2008 and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual. Like many of her Spanish compatriots, she was a clay-court specialist who grinds to win most of her rallies. However, unlike most of her fellow Spaniards, she preferred to play on hard courts.
She won the WTA tournament in Strasbourg, beating Katarina Srebotnik in the final in May 2008, thus defending the title she won the previous year against Amélie Mauresmo. Her other singles titles came at Palermo in 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2001, at Canberra in 2006, Strasbourg in 2005 and Fès in 2009.
After retirement from singles tennis at the end of the 2014 season, Medina Garrigues became a professional coach, gaining success while working for Jeļena Ostapenko, who won the 2017 French Open Grand Slam title. In late 2017, she was named captain of Spain's Fed Cup team. She has also become tournament organizer at Valencia Open.

Career

2008

Together with Virginia Ruano Pascual, she won the French Open and the silver medal at the Summer Olympics.

2011

Medina Garrigues began 2011 by losing in the first rounds of ASB Classic, Australian Open, and Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas and the qualifying draw of Medibank International Sydney. She then reached her first semifinal in nine months in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel with wins over first seed Julia Görges and seventh seed Carla Suárez Navarro before losing to Gisela Dulko in straight sets. In the BNP Paribas Open she defeated Tamira Paszek before losing to Maria Sharapova.
Garrigues then qualified for the Tournament of Champions and reached the final, but she was defeated by defending champion Ana Ivanovic in two sets.

2012

Medina Garrigues reached the quarterfinals of Sony Swedish Open in Båstad, but lost to Johanna Larsson.

2014

At PTT Pattaya Open, Medina Garrigues lost in the first round to Alison Riske without winning a single game. She announced that the French Open would be her last tournament before retiring from singles tennis, though she would continue to play doubles. Medina Garrigues lost in the second round of qualifying for the French Open to Tereza Smitková in two sets, ending her singles career.

2018

Medina Garrigues received a wildcard spot and entered the doubles competition at this year's Madrid Open, partnering fellow Spaniard Arantxa Parra Santonja.

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Doubles: 2 titles

Olympic Games

Doubles: 1 silver medal

Tournament of Champions

Singles: 1 runner-up

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 tournaments

Doubles: 1 runner-up

WTA career finals

Singles: 18 (11 titles, 7 runner-ups)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.15 July 2001Internazionali Femminili di PalermoClay Cristina Torrens Valero6–4, 6–4
Runner-up1.13 January 2002Moorilla Hobart InternationalHard Martina Suchá6–7, 1–6
Runner-up2.23 February 2003Copa Colsanitas, BogotáClay Fabiola Zuluaga3–6, 2–6
Winner2.25 July 2004Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Clay Flavia Pennetta6–4, 6–4
Winner3.21 May 2005Internationaux de StrasbourgClay Marta Domachowska6–4, 6–3
Winner4.24 July 2005Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Clay Klára Koukalová6–4, 6–0
Winner5.13 January 2006Richard Luton Properties Canberra InternationalHard Cho Yoon-jeong6–4, 0–6, 6–4
Winner6.23 July 2006Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Clay Tathiana Garbin6–4, 6–4
Runner-up3.1 October 2006Guangzhou International Women's OpenHard Anna Chakvetadze1–6, 4–6
Winner7.26 May 2007Internationaux de Strasbourg Clay Amélie Mauresmo6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up4.4 May 2008Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, FèsClay Gisela Dulko6–7, 6–7
Winner8.24 May 2008Internationaux de Strasbourg Clay Katarina Srebotnik4–6, 7–6, 6–0
Runner-up5.27 July 2008Banka Koper Slovenia Open, PortorožHard Sara Errani3–6, 3–6
Winner9.2 May 2009Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, FèsClay Ekaterina Makarova6–0, 6–1
Runner-up6.27 September 2009Hansol Korea Open, SeoulHard Kimiko Date-Krumm3–6, 3–6
Winner10.30 April 2011Portugal Open, EstorilClay Kristina Barrois6–1, 6–2
Winner11.17 July 2011Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Clay Polona Hercog6–3, 6–2
Runner-up7.5 November 2011Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, BaliHard Ana Ivanovic3–6, 0–6

Doubles: 46 (28 titles, 18 runner-ups)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.4 March 2001Abierto Mexicano TELCEL, AcapulcoClay María José Martínez Sánchez Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
6–4, 6–7, 7–5
Winner2.8 April 2001Porto OpenClay María José Martínez Sánchez Alexandra Fusai
Rita Grande
6–1, 6–7, 7–5
Winner3.6 May 2001Croatian Bol Ladies OpenClay María José Martínez Sánchez Nadia Petrova
Tina Pisnik
7–5, 6–4
Runner-up1.15 July 2001Internazionali Femminili di PalermoClay María José Martínez Sánchez Tathiana Garbin
Janette Husárová
6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Winner4.5 August 2001Swiss Indoors, BaselClay María José Martínez Sánchez Joannette Kruger
Marta Marrero
7–6, 6–2
Runner-up2.23 February 2004Copa Colsanitas, BogotáClay Arantxa Parra Santonja Jasmin Wöhr
Barbara Schwartz
1–6, 3–6
Winner5.25 July 2004Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Clay Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Ľubomíra Kurhajcová
Henrieta Nagyová
6–3, 7–6
Runner-up3.10 January 2005Moorilla Hobart InternationalHard Dinara Safina Yan Zi
Zheng Jie
4–6, 5–7
Runner-up4.7 February 2005Open Gaz de France, ParisCarpet Dinara Safina Iveta Benešová
Květa Peschke
2–6, 6–2, 2–6
Runner-up5.14 February 2005Proximus Diamond Games, AntwerpHard Dinara Safina Cara Black
Els Callens
6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up6.9 May 2005Telecom Italia Masters, RomeHard Maria Kirilenko Cara Black
Liezel Huber
0–6, 6–4, 1–6
Winner6.18 June 2005Ordina Open, 's-HertogenboschGrass Dinara Safina Iveta Benešová
Nuria Llagostera Vives
6–4, 2–6, 7–6
Winner7.25 September 2005Banka Koper Slovenia Open, PortorožHard Roberta Vinci Jelena Kostanić
Katarina Srebotnik
6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Runner-up7.7 May 2006J&S Cup, WarsawClay Katarina Srebotnik Elena Likhovtseva
Anastasia Myskina
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up8.13 January 2007Moorilla Hobart International Hard Virginia Ruano Pascual Elena Likhovtseva
Elena Vesnina
4–6, 5–7
Runner-up9.9 April 2007Bausch & Lomb Championships, Amelia IslandClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Mara Santangelo
Katarina Srebotnik
3–6, 6–7
Winner8.30 July 2007Nordea Nordic Light Open, StockholmHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Chan Chin-wei
Tetiana Luzhanska
6–1, 5–7,
Winner9.11 January 2008Moorilla Hobart International Hard Virginia Ruano Pascual Eleni Daniilidou
Jasmin Wöhr
6–2, 6–4
Winner10.6 June 2008French Open, ParisClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Casey Dellacqua
Francesca Schiavone
2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up10.18 June 2008Ordina Open, 's-HertogenboschClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Chan Yung-jan
Chuang Chia-jung
5–7, 2–6
Winner11.27 July 2008Banka Koper Slovenia Open, PortorožHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Vera Dushevina
Ekaterina Makarova
6–4, 6–1
Runner-up11.17 August 2008Summer Olympic Games, BeijingHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Serena Williams
Venus Williams
2–6, 0–6
Winner12.28 September 2008China Open, BeijingHard Caroline Wozniacki Han Xinyun
Xu Yifan
6–1, 6–3
Runner-up12.6 April 2009Andalucia Tennis Experience, MarbellaClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Klaudia Jans
Alicja Rosolska
3–6, 3–6
Winner13.5 June 2009French Open, ParisClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Victoria Azarenka
Elena Vesnina
6–1, 6–1
Winner14.1 May 2010Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, FesClay Iveta Benešová Lucie Hradecká
Renata Voráčová
6–3, 6–1
Winner15.8 May 2010Portugal Open, EstorilClay Sorana Cîrstea Vitalia Diatchenko
Aurélie Védy
6–1, 7–5
Runner-up13.11 July 2010GDF Suez Grand Prix, BudapestClay Sorana Cîrstea Timea Bacsinszky
Tathiana Garbin
3–6, 3–6
Winner16.25 July 2010Gastein Ladies, Bad GasteinClay Lucie Hradecká Timea Bacsinszky
Tathiana Garbin
6–7, 6–1,
Winner17.19 February 2011Copa Colsanitas, BogotáClay Edina Gallovits-Hall Sharon Fichman
Laura Pous Tió
2–6, 7–6,
Winner18.10 July 2011Budapest Grand Prix Clay Alicja Rosolska Natalie Grandin
Vladimíra Uhlířová
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up14.8 April 2012Family Circle Cup, CharlestonHard Yaroslava Shvedova Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Lucie Šafářová
7–5, 4–6,
Winner19.1 March 2013Brasil Tennis Cup, FlorianópolisHard Yaroslava Shvedova Anne Keothavong
Valeria Savinykh
6–0, 6–4
Winner20.21 June 2013Topshelf Open, 's-Hertogenbosch Grass Irina-Camelia Begu Dominika Cibulková
Arantxa Parra Santonja
4–6, 7–6,
Winner21.21 July 2013Swedish Open, BåstadClay Klára Zakopalová Alexandra Dulgheru
Flavia Pennetta
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up15.24 August 2013New Haven Open at YaleHard Katarina Srebotnik Sania Mirza
Zheng Jie
3–6, 4–6
Winner22.28 February 2014Brasil Tennis Cup, Florianópolis Hard Yaroslava Shvedova Francesca Schiavone
Silvia Soler Espinosa
7–6, 2–6,
Winner23.6 April 2014Family Circle Cup, CharlestonClay Yaroslava Shvedova Chan Hao-ching
Chan Yung-jan
7–6, 6–2
Winner24.15 February 2015Diamond Games, Antwerp Hard Arantxa Parra Santonja An-Sophie Mestach
Alison Van Uytvanck
6–4, 3–6,
Winner25.23 May 2015Nürnberger Versicherungscup, NurnbergClay Chan Hao-ching Lara Arruabarrena
Raluca Olaru
6–4, 7–6
Runner-up16.9 August 2015Bank of the West Classic, StanfordHard Arantxa Parra Santonja Xu Yifan
Zheng Saisai
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up17.25 October 2015BGL Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg CityHard Arantxa Parra Santonja Mona Barthel
Laura Siegemund
2–6, 6–7
Runner-up18.2 November 2015WTA Elite Trophy, ZhuhaiHard Arantxa Parra Santonja Liang Chen
Wang Yafan
4–6, 3–6
Winner26.27 February 2016Mexican Open, Acapulco Hard Arantxa Parra Santonja Kiki Bertens
Johanna Larsson
6–0, 6–4
Winner27.6 March 2016Monterrey OpenHard Arantxa Parra Santonja Petra Martić
Maria Sanchez
4–6, 7–5,
Winner28.21 May 2016Internationaux de StrasbourgClay Arantxa Parra Santonja María Irigoyen
Liang Chen
6–2, 6–0

Singles performance timeline

Team events

Mixed: 2 (1–1)

Doubles performance timeline