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Mara Santangelo

ITA Age 45 183 cm / 6'0" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 2003–2009

Mara Santangelo represented Italy on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 27. In TennisDB's records, Mara Santangelo finished with a career record of 74–94 and one singles title.

Peak ranking

27 (Jul 9, 2007)

Elo peak

1824 (78th percentile)

Career record

74–94 (44.0%)

Career titles

Prize money

$1,691,518

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

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WTA Matches full match log →

Mara Santangelo's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Iveta Benesova #35	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 17, 2009*	R32	Libéma Open	WTA 250	Grass
Petra Martic #196	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 26, 2009*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Gisela Dulko #42	1-6 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data	May 20, 2009*	R32	Strasbourg Open	WTA 250	Clay
Shuai Peng #34	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 28, 2009*	R64	Miami Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Pauline Parmentier #77	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 27, 2009*	R128	Miami Open	WTA 1000	Hard

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Mara Santangelo's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Justine Henin	0	5	5	Jun 2, 2007	H2H
Iveta Benesova	0	4	4	Jun 17, 2009	H2H
Shuai Peng	0	4	4	Mar 28, 2009	H2H
Jelena Jankovic	1	3	4	Jun 16, 2007	H2H
Dinara Safina	0	3	3	Aug 12, 2008	H2H

Titles (1)

Mara Santangelo 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
2006	25	1	—	—	—	1	—	Bangalore
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Mara Santangelo Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
2008	Beijing Olympics	First Round	0	1	Dinara Safina #6 def. Mara Santangelo #176 6-3 7-6(1)	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Mara Santangelo career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2003	22	0	2	2	0.0%	179	138
2004	23	8	14	22	36.4%	138	86
2005	24	6	13	19	31.6%	86	88
2006	25	29	25	54	53.7%	88	31
2007	26	27	21	48	56.3%	31	35
2008	27	2	10	12	16.7%	35	134
2009	28	2	9	11	18.2%	134	342
Career		74	94	168	44.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Mara Santangelo career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2003	22	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2004	23	8	9	17	47.1%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	8	14	22	36.4%
2005	24	4	10	14	28.6%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	6	13	19	31.6%
2006	25	18	14	32	56.3%	8	6	14	57.1%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	29	25	54	53.7%
2007	26	12	11	23	52.2%	8	6	14	57.1%	6	3	9	66.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	27	21	48	56.2%
2008	27	1	5	6	16.7%	0	4	4	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	10	12	16.7%
2009	28	2	6	8	25.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	9	11	18.2%
Career	—	45	56	101	44.6%	17	24	41	41.5%	11	11	22	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	74	94	168	44.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Mara Santangelo 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 %
2003	22	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
2004	23	0	2	2	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	4	5	9	44.4%	2	3	5	40.0%	8	14	22	36.4%
2005	24	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	3	5	8	37.5%	6	13	19	31.6%
2006	25	0	7	7	0.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	12	12	24	50.0%	11	0	11	100.0%	28	25	53	52.8%
2007	26	2	7	9	22.2%	2	7	9	22.2%	17	6	23	73.9%	6	1	7	85.7%	27	21	48	56.2%
2008	27	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	9	11	18.2%
2009	28	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	8	10	20.0%
Career		2	19	21	9.5%	9	22	31	29.0%	40	38	78	51.3%	22	13	35	62.9%	73	92	165	44.2%

Opponent ranking data available for 165/168 (98.2%) of Mara Santangelo's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Mara Santangelo 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%
2003	22	1/2	3.0	6.0	54.2%	66.2%	54.5%	72.7%	60.0%	60.8%	35.6%
2004	23	6/22	2.0	3.0	65.3%	57.9%	41.5%	49.7%	43.5%	51.6%	39.0%
2005	24	5/19	2.0	5.0	64.4%	63.5%	47.1%	61.5%	65.7%	57.4%	35.0%
2006	25	33/54	3.1	3.8	65.0%	65.0%	46.5%	56.3%	46.9%	58.7%	39.0%
2007	26	39/48	2.8	4.1	61.6%	65.2%	40.1%	48.1%	45.0%	55.7%	42.2%
2008	27	9/12	2.6	5.9	61.3%	67.9%	37.9%	46.0%	51.2%	56.2%	34.5%
2009	28	9/11	2.3	4.0	64.1%	61.9%	48.1%	62.1%	44.5%	57.1%	39.1%
Career		102/168	2.7	4.2	63.2%	64.6%	43.3%	52.8%	47.2%	56.7%	39.6%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 102/168 (60.7%) of Mara Santangelo's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Mara Santangelo 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
2003	22	1475	102.0	-0.51	-1.78	0.910	49.3%	—	—	—	20.0%	-1.20	0–1	0–1	—	+0.10
2004	23	1490	110.4	-0.81	-1.76	0.806	45.2%	+62	-7	—	34.0%	-1.25	7–2 (78%)	1–3 (25%)	106.8	-0.24
2005	24	1478	117.0	+0.72	-2.40	0.822	46.9%	+14	+6	—	41.3%	-0.44	1–7 (13%)	2–3 (40%)	93.3	-0.08
2006	25	1658	133.7	+2.27	-3.42	0.945	48.9%	-42	-54	-60	51.7%	+0.10	10–10 (50%)	5–7 (42%)	102.7	-0.61
2007	26	1749	136.5	+0.56	-1.08	0.951	49.0%	-101	-32	-7	55.4%	+0.25	7–4 (64%)	8–1 (89%)	109.8	-0.89
2008	27	1610	108.4	+0.63	-4.83	0.787	45.7%	-32	+7	—	26.9%	-1.31	1–3 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	95.9	-0.82
2009	28	1545	109.9	+0.58	-2.22	0.910	48.0%	+9	—	—	23.8%	-1.71	0–1	0–1	—	-1.07
Career		1824	129.5	+1.04	-2.38	0.915	48.3%	-27	-31	-28	45.2%	-0.34	26–28 (48%)	17–18 (49%)	103.6	-2.16

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Mara Santangelo Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2003	22	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
2004	23	R16	R128	R128	R128	3–4 (43%)
2005	24	R128	R128	R64	R128	1–4 (20%)
2006	25	R32	R64	R128	R32	5–4 (56%)
2007	26	R128	R32	R32	R128	4–4 (50%)
2008	27	—	R128	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
2009	28	R128	R128	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		5–5 (50%)	3–6 (33%)	4–5 (44%)	2–5 (29%)	14–21 (40%)

WTA 1000

Mara Santangelo WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	MIA	ITA	SDG	PAN	BER	CAN	CHA	MOS	W-L Win %
2004	23	R64	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
2005	24	R128	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2006	25	R64	R128	R32	R64	R32	R32	R32	R16	R32	5–9 (36%)
2007	26	—	R16	R32	—	R16	R64	R64	R16	—	6–6 (50%)
2008	27	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2009	28	R128	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		1–4 (20%)	4–4 (50%)	3–5 (38%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	15–23 (39%)

WTA 500

Mara Santangelo WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	DOH	DUB	EAS	POR	AME	LIN	LOS	LUX	NEW	WAR	W-L Win %
2004	23	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2006	25	—	—	R32	R32	R32	R16	R32	R32	QF	—	5–7 (42%)
2007	26	R16	R16	R16	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	QF	7–7 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	12–15 (44%)

WTA 250

Mara Santangelo WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	CIN	LIB	KOR	STO	JAP	BAN	BIR	CAN	CAS	GUA	HAS	HOB	HYD	IST	PAL	PAT	POR	STR	TAS	W-L Win %
2003	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2004	23	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	3–6 (33%)
2005	24	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	4–7 (36%)
2006	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	QF	—	—	—	R32	SF	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	14–5 (74%)
2007	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	SF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	10–4 (71%)
2008	27	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	R32	—	1–6 (14%)
2009	28	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	1–5 (17%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	9–1 (90%)	6–3 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	5–4 (56%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	4–4 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	33–34 (49%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jul 9, 2007

First Top 100

Feb 2, 2004

First Top 50

Feb 20, 2006

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Mara Santangelo ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1998	17	—	—	—	—	—	790	682	648	596	589	585	593
1999	18	590	588	527	498	521	562	551	465	458	452	449	430
2000	19	429	427	449	472	392	400	422	361	324	269	262	262
2001	20	256	262	264	247	258	254	236	259	276	301	305	304
2002	21	302	303	311	344	349	351	331	320	207	188	175	179
2003	22	154	132	127	125	123	127	122	124	135	144	137	138
2004	23	129	86	84	78	78	80	81	79	86	86	88	86
2005	24	185	167	171	172	133	124	97	94	100	84	88	88
2006	25	57	37	42	35	37	35	41	37	32	32	31	31
2007	26	41	37	36	31	31	29	28	29	35	35	35	35
2008	27	35	48	55	78	115	233	172	177	179	136	134	134
2009	28	125	125	126	105	109	111	187	206	204	340	341	342
2010	29	422	433	489	917	970	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Mara Santangelo's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Sania Mirza	IND	27	1,829	1	239	121	118	50.6%	2003–2012	Match log
Laura Granville	USA	28	1,699	0	194	86	108	44.3%	1998–2010	Match log
Casey Dellacqua	AUS	26	1,757	0	186	80	106	43.0%	2003–2015	Match log
Sofia Arvidsson	SWE	29	1,769	2	270	114	156	42.2%	2001–2015	Match log
Jarmila Wolfe	AUS	25	1,800	2	241	104	137	43.2%	2003–2016	Match log
Emilie Loit	FRA	27	1,779	3	342	162	180	47.4%	1997–2009	Match log
Vera Dushevina	RUS	31	1,788	1	315	143	172	45.4%	2002–2014	Match log
Iveta Benesova	CZE	25	1,762	2	401	178	223	44.4%	2002–2014	Match log
Tathiana Garbin	ITA	22	1,726	1	377	168	209	44.6%	1998–2011	Match log
Kveta Peschke	CZE	26	1,806	1	208	92	116	44.2%	1993–2007	Match log
Kristina Brandi	PUR	27	1,722	1	255	104	151	40.8%	1995–2007	Match log
Virginia Ruano Pascual	ESP	28	1,818	3	436	200	236	45.9%	1990–2010	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Mara Santangelo?: Mara Santangelo is 45 years old, born on June 28, 1981.
Which country does Mara Santangelo represent?: Mara Santangelo represents Italy in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Mara Santangelo?: Mara Santangelo is 183 cm / 6'0".
Does Mara Santangelo use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Mara Santangelo uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Mara Santangelo left-handed or right-handed?: Mara Santangelo plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Mara Santangelo won?: Mara Santangelo has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Mara Santangelo won?: TennisDB does not group any of Mara Santangelo's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Mara Santangelo won?: Mara Santangelo has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Bangalore in 2006.
What is Mara Santangelo's highest WTA ranking?: Mara Santangelo's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 27, first achieved on July 9, 2007.
What is Mara Santangelo's career win-loss record?: Mara Santangelo has a career WTA singles record of 74 wins and 94 losses (44.0%).
How much career prize money has Mara Santangelo earned?: Mara Santangelo has earned at least $1,691,518 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Mara Santangelo's career appear in TennisDB?: Mara Santangelo appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2003 through 2009.
On which surface does Mara Santangelo have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Mara Santangelo's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on grass: 50.0% (11–11).
Who has Mara Santangelo faced most often?: Mara Santangelo's most frequent opponent is Justine Henin, with a head-to-head record of 0–5 across 5 meetings.