María José Llorca
María José Llorca is a former professional tennis player from Spain.
Biography
Llorca is originally from Valencia and was trained in Barcelona as a junior.A a right-handed player, she appeared in a total of four Federation Cup ties for Spain, the first two in 1986 when she was still only 16. In 1987 she featured in another two ties, including a World Group second round fixture against Australia which they lost, despite Llorca winning the opening rubber against Anne Minter.
From 1987 to 1991 she competed on the WTA Tour. She and Anna-Karin Olsson were runners-up in the doubles at the 1988 Spanish Open, which included a win over top seeds Bettina Fulco and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario.
Both of her grand slam main draw appearances came at the 1988 French Open, where she featured in the main draw of the women's doubles and mixed doubles, partnering Alison Scott and Jordi Arrese respectively.
In 2003 she took up the sport of paddle tennis and was ranked as high as two in the world, before retiring in 2009.
WTA Tour finals
Doubles (0–1)
ITF finals
Singles: 6 (3-3)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1. | 8 9 1986 | Lisbon, Portugal | Clay |  Clare Wood | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 27 April 1987 | Sutton, United Kingdom | Hard |  Sybille Niox-Château | 6–4, 4–6, 7–5 |
| Winner | 3. | 11 May 1987 | Lee-on-the-Solent, United Kingdom | Clay |  Elizabeth Galphin | 6–1, 3–6, 6–1 |
| Winner | 4. | 21 September 1987 | Valencia, Spain | Clay |  Inmaculada Varas | 2–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 2 7 1990 | Cherbourg, France | Clay | Alexandra Fusai | 3–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 30 July 1990 | Vigo, Spain | Clay | Catherine Mothes | 6–4, 1–6, 1–6 |