Player data updated: 2026-09-02 11:59 UTC

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez

ESP Age 44 176 cm / 5'9" Plays: Left-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 2001–2013

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez represented Spain on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 19. In TennisDB's records, Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez finished with a career record of 107–101 and 5 singles titles.

Peak singles rank

19 (May 10, 2010)

Elo peak

1895 (86th percentile)

Singles record

107–101 (51.4%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$4,409,059

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

Jump to section

WTA Matches full match log →

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Jana Cepelova #94	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 16, 2017	Q1 Q	Pan Pacific Open	WTA 500	Hard
Johanna Larsson #55	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 19, 2017	Q1 Q	New Haven	WTA 500	Hard
Saisai Zheng #95	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 18, 2017	Q2 Q	Dubai Tennis Championships	WTA 1000	Hard
Lucie Hradecka #153	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 17, 2017	Q1 Q	Dubai Tennis Championships	WTA 1000	Hard
Destanee Aiava #388	2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Dec 31, 2016	Q2 Q	Brisbane International	WTA 500	Hard

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

Rivals all rivalries →

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Victoria Azarenka	2	3	5	Aug 1, 2012	H2H
Lucie Safarova	3	2	5	May 30, 2012	H2H
Ekaterina Makarova	0	4	4	Sep 22, 2012	H2H
Serena Williams	0	4	4	Aug 30, 2012	H2H
Carla Suárez Navarro	1	3	4	Aug 8, 2012	H2H

Titles (5)

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez titles by season and category
Season	Age	Titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
2009	26	2	—	—	—	2	—	Bastad, Bogotá Open
2010	27	1	—	1	—	—	—	Italian Open
2011	28	2	—	—	—	2	—	Bad Gastein, Korea Open
Total		5	—	1	—	4	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (2)

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
2008	Beijing Olympics	Second Round	1	1	Dinara Safina #6 def. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez #86 7-6(3) 6-1	H2H	Match data
2012	London Olympics	Second Round	1	1	Victoria Azarenka #1 def. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez #91 6-1 6-2	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2001	18	WTA	10	16	26	38.5%	151	93
2002	19	WTA	0	4	4	0.0%	93	282
2006	23	WTA	5	6	11	45.5%	390	106
2007	24	WTA	2	2	4	50.0%	106	174
2008	25	WTA	7	9	16	43.8%	174	93
2009	26	WTA	30	17	47	63.8%	93	26
2010	27	WTA	23	16	39	59.0%	26	28
2011	28	WTA	23	17	40	57.5%	28	35
2012	29	WTA	6	13	19	31.6%	35	162
2013	30	WTA	1	1	2	50.0%	162	555
2016	33	Qualifying Q	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
2017	34	Qualifying Q	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—
Career		—	107	101	208	51.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2001	18	WTA	0	4	4	0.0%	10	11	21	47.6%	0	1	1	0.0%	10	16	26	38.5%
2002	19	WTA	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
2006	23	WTA	0	3	3	0.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	—	—	—	—	5	6	11	45.5%
2007	24	WTA	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%
2008	25	WTA	1	4	5	20.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	7	9	16	43.8%
2009	26	WTA	11	9	20	55.0%	19	6	25	76.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	30	17	47	63.8%
2010	27	WTA	11	11	22	50.0%	10	4	14	71.4%	2	1	3	66.7%	23	16	39	59.0%
2011	28	WTA	12	10	22	54.5%	8	5	13	61.5%	3	2	5	60.0%	23	17	40	57.5%
2012	29	WTA	3	7	10	30.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	6	13	19	31.6%
2013	30	WTA	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2016	33	Qualifying Q	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2017	34	Qualifying Q	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
Career	—	—	38	50	88	43.2%	61	41	102	59.8%	8	10	18	44.4%	107	101	208	51.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2001	18	0	1	1	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	4	5	9	44.4%	3	5	8	37.5%	9	15	24	37.5%
2002	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
2006	23	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	5	6	11	45.5%
2007	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	2	4	50.0%
2008	25	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	7	9	16	43.8%
2009	26	3	3	6	50.0%	7	6	13	53.8%	14	8	22	63.6%	6	0	6	100.0%	30	17	47	63.8%
2010	27	4	4	8	50.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	12	8	20	60.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	23	16	39	59.0%
2011	28	0	6	6	0.0%	7	4	11	63.6%	10	7	17	58.8%	6	0	6	100.0%	23	17	40	57.5%
2012	29	0	2	2	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	6	13	19	31.6%
2013	30	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
Career		7	18	25	28.0%	22	26	48	45.8%	50	42	92	54.3%	27	14	41	65.9%	106	100	206	51.5%

Opponent ranking data available for 206/208 (99.0%) of Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2006	23	1/11	0.0	2.0	55.8%	31.0%	39.1%	53.3%	28.6%	34.6%	40.0%
2007	24	3/4	3.0	4.3	60.5%	58.4%	47.3%	54.9%	69.2%	53.3%	51.1%
2008	25	13/16	2.8	2.0	55.4%	65.0%	46.6%	60.2%	51.5%	57.0%	44.5%
2009	26	41/47	3.6	2.5	53.0%	68.2%	48.5%	56.6%	51.7%	59.1%	45.0%
2010	27	37/39	4.4	2.8	53.9%	69.4%	47.4%	58.5%	46.3%	59.1%	44.1%
2011	28	37/40	2.3	3.1	54.7%	66.0%	45.0%	50.5%	45.9%	56.7%	44.1%
2012	29	14/19	2.3	3.8	57.0%	57.8%	42.5%	47.2%	44.7%	51.4%	38.8%
2013	30	2/2	0.5	1.0	66.7%	59.3%	58.9%	50.0%	41.7%	59.0%	42.8%
Career		148/208	3.2	2.8	54.6%	66.1%	46.7%	54.8%	48.3%	57.3%	44.0%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 148/208 (71.2%) of Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
2001	18	1521	114.8	—	—	—	—	-18	+66	—	38.7%	-0.92	6–6 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.35
2002	19	1462	95.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-2.00	0–2	—	—	+0.36
2006	23	1489	110.8	-2.04	-2.00	0.612	37.3%	-75	+135	—	46.2%	+0.04	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	100.2	+0.19
2007	24	1506	110.3	-2.03	+0.86	1.092	52.3%	—	+140	—	50.0%	-0.30	1–1	1–1	—	-0.08
2008	25	1556	123.2	+0.69	+0.59	1.033	50.5%	-136	+102	+74	44.4%	-0.14	2–4 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	98.1	-0.04
2009	26	1781	138.2	+3.43	+1.20	1.100	51.5%	-175	+81	—	60.9%	+0.45	11–10 (52%)	6–3 (67%)	106.6	+0.37
2010	27	1807	143.6	+3.06	+1.20	1.078	51.4%	-128	+98	-159	55.7%	+0.42	7–7 (50%)	6–6 (50%)	101.9	-1.22
2011	28	1819	139.3	+0.93	+0.43	1.019	50.2%	-71	+47	-121	57.3%	+0.43	4–5 (44%)	9–4 (69%)	103.5	-1.02
2012	29	1677	115.8	-1.76	-1.58	0.798	45.1%	-13	+152	-9	37.2%	-0.95	1–6 (14%)	—	—	-0.84
2013	30	1669	99.6	-1.32	-1.04	1.045	51.4%	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.25	—	—	—	+0.03
2016	33	1630	101.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	34	1583	96.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		1895	134.8	+1.77	+0.63	1.030	50.4%	-104	+88	-60	51.1%	0.00	34–43 (44%)	25–20 (56%)	102.4	-1.26

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2001	18	R128	R128	R128	R128	0–4 (0%)
2002	19	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2006	23	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
2008	25	—	R128	R32	R128	2–3 (40%)
2009	26	R32	R32	R128	R32	6–4 (60%)
2010	27	R64	R128	—	R64	2–3 (40%)
2011	28	R64	R64	R32	R128	4–4 (50%)
2012	29	—	R32	R128	R64	3–3 (50%)
W-L		4–5 (44%)	5–6 (45%)	4–5 (44%)	4–7 (36%)	17–23 (42%)

WTA 1000

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	BEI	CIN	DOH	DUB	IW	MAD	MIA	ITA	PAN	CAN	W-L Win %
2001	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2006	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
2009	26	R16	R32	—	—	—	R64	R64	QF	R64	—	7–6 (54%)
2010	27	R64	—	—	R32	QF	R32	R64	W	R64	—	10–6 (62%)
2011	28	R32	R64	—	R64	R32	R64	R32	R64	—	R16	5–8 (38%)
2012	29	—	R64	R64	—	R128	—	—	R64	—	R64	0–5 (0%)
2016	33	—	—	Q1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2017	34	—	—	—	Q2	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		3–3 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	0–2 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	4–3 (57%)	0–3 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	9–3 (75%)	0–2 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	23–29 (44%)

WTA 500

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	DOH	DUB	EAS	POR	BAH	MOS	NEW	SYD	PAN	W-L Win %
2001	18	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2008	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2009	26	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	1–3 (25%)
2010	27	—	—	—	QF	—	—	SF	R32	R16	—	6–4 (60%)
2011	28	—	R32	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	2–4 (33%)
2012	29	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2016	33	—	—	Q1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2017	34	Q2	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q1	—	Q1	1–3 (25%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	0–4 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	10–18 (36%)

WTA 250

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ACO	ANT	BAD	BAR	MAD	KOR	STO	BAD	BAS	BOG	BOL	BUD	CAS	GUA	KNO	MAR	OPO	JAP	PAL	STR	TAS	VIN	W-L Win %
2001	18	R32	QF	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R32	QF	R16	—	R16	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	10–10 (50%)
2002	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	0–3 (0%)
2006	23	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	5–4 (56%)
2007	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
2008	25	R32	—	—	F	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	4–4 (50%)
2009	26	R16	—	W	QF	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	14–3 (82%)
2010	27	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–3 (62%)
2011	28	—	—	QF	—	—	W	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12–1 (92%)
2012	29	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	2–3 (40%)
2013	30	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		4–5 (44%)	2–1 (67%)	7–1 (88%)	7–3 (70%)	3–1 (75%)	8–2 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	7–1 (88%)	0–1 (0%)	8–2 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	55–34 (62%)

WTA Finals

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez WTA Finals results by season
Season	Age	TOU	W-L Win %
2009	26	SF	2–1 (67%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

May 10, 2010

First Top 100

May 7, 2001

First Top 50

Apr 20, 2009

First Top 20

May 10, 2010

First Top 10

—

Ranking History Matrix

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1998	15	—	—	—	—	—	947	764	766	769	668	668	682
1999	16	684	677	680	679	596	546	513	325	329	325	325	322
2000	17	322	326	304	282	211	191	184	176	144	152	152	151
2001	18	142	129	121	106	69	74	77	81	93	94	93	93
2002	19	100	115	112	130	266	268	323	311	298	274	278	282
2003	20	274	277	306	304	325	260	293	292	305	344	355	365
2004	21	362	361	361	363	365	522	757	972	1078	—	—	—
2005	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	916	569	504	395	390
2006	23	389	334	252	202	178	153	117	116	114	117	105	106
2007	24	109	116	134	140	156	171	178	183	198	160	176	174
2008	25	162	154	151	155	145	101	85	79	83	86	92	93
2009	26	92	53	53	46	43	42	43	43	37	31	27	26
2010	27	27	33	27	27	21	23	22	24	24	28	28	28
2011	28	28	30	33	33	86	76	38	35	32	35	35	35
2012	29	39	39	43	48	48	51	91	108	137	158	163	162
2013	30	157	157	145	141	142	202	202	230	522	533	540	555
2014	31	601	608	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	33	—	659	665	661	656	655	665	669	665	660	666	743
2017	34	830	638	642	652	662	652	645	636	625	627	638	—
2018	35	758	761	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Alona Bondarenko	UKR	19	1,873	2	299	155	144	51.8%	2003–2011	Match log
Tamarine Tanasugarn	THA	19	1,825	4	544	268	276	49.3%	1993–2015	Match log
Sybille Bammer	AUT	19	1,846	2	273	133	140	48.7%	2000–2011	Match log
Klara Koukalova	CZE	20	1,803	3	563	275	288	48.8%	2001–2016	Match log
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni	CRO	20	1,798	3	302	136	166	45.0%	1997–2018	Match log
Alisa Kleybanova	RUS	20	1,877	2	200	108	92	54.0%	2004–2014	Match log
Katarina Srebotnik	SLO	20	1,851	4	431	225	206	52.2%	1999–2010	Match log
Anabel Medina Garrigues	ESP	16	1,834	11	588	310	278	52.7%	2000–2014	Match log
Karolina Sprem	CRO	17	1,854	0	197	93	104	47.2%	2002–2011	Match log
Magui Serna	ESP	19	1,849	3	375	186	189	49.6%	1996–2005	Match log
Aravane Rezai	FRA	15	1,881	4	226	109	117	48.2%	2005–2013	Match log
Virginie Razzano	FRA	16	1,854	2	418	201	217	48.1%	1999–2016	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez?: Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez is 44 years old, born on August 12, 1982.
Which country does Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez represent?: Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez represents Spain in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez?: Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez is 176 cm / 5'9".
Does Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez left-handed or right-handed?: Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez won?: Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez won?: TennisDB groups 1 of Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category. That title was won under a documented predecessor category name and is shown using the modern equivalent. The most recent was Rome in 2010.
How many WTA titles has Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez won?: Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez has won 5 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Seoul in 2011.
What is Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez's highest WTA ranking?: Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 19, first achieved on May 10, 2010.
What is Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez's career win-loss record?: Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez has a career WTA singles record of 107 wins and 101 losses (51.4%).
How much career prize money has Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez earned?: Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez has earned at least $4,409,059 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez's career appear in TennisDB?: Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2001 through 2013.
On which surface does Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 59.8% (61–41).
Who has Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez faced most often?: Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez's most frequent opponent is Victoria Azarenka, with a head-to-head record of 2–3 across 5 meetings.