How old is Mara Santangelo?

Mara Santangelo is 45 years old, born on June 28, 1981.

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?

Mara Santangelo has not won a WTA 1000 title.

How many WTA titles has Mara Santangelo won?

Mara Santangelo has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent other title 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 93 losses (44.3%).

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.

When did Mara Santangelo play professional tennis?

Mara Santangelo turned professional in 2003 and was active through 2009.

What is Mara Santangelo's best surface?

Mara Santangelo's best surface is grass court with a 50.0% win rate (11W-11L).

Who is Mara Santangelo's biggest rival?

Mara Santangelo's most frequent opponent is Justine Henin, with a head-to-head record of 0–5 across 5 meetings.

Mara Santangelo

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

Peak ranking

27 (Jul 9, 2007)

Elo peak

1824 (78.1%ile)

Career record

74–93 (44.3%)

Career titles

Prize money

$1,691,518

Recent WTA Matches full match log →

Date	Tournament	Category	Round	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match
Jun 18, 2009*	's-Hertogenbosch	WTA 250	R32	Grass	Iveta Benesova #35	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2009*	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	R128	Clay	Petra Martic #196	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2009*	Strasbourg	WTA 500	R32	Clay	Gisela Dulko #42	1-6 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 2009*	Miami	WTA 1000	R64	Hard	Shuai Peng #34	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 2009*	Miami	WTA 1000	R128	Hard	Pauline Parmentier #77	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Rivals full rivalries list →

Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Justine Henin	0	5	5	Jun 2, 2007	H2H
Iveta Benesova	0	4	4	Jun 18, 2009	H2H
Shuai Peng	0	4	4	Mar 25, 2009	H2H
Jelena Jankovic	1	3	4	Jun 16, 2007	H2H
Nadia Petrova	1	2	3	Jun 26, 2008	H2H

Titles (1)

Season	Age	Titles	GS	WTA 1000	500	250	WTA Finals	Tournaments
2006	25	1	—	—	1	—	—	Bangalore
Total		1	—	—	1	—	—

Career Results

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	9	11	18.2%	35	134
2009	28	2	9	11	18.2%	134	342
Career		74	93	167	44.3%	—	—

Career Results by 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	4	5	20.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	9	11	18.2%
2009	28	2	6	8	25.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	9	11	18.2%
Career	—	45	55	100	45.0%	17	24	41	41.5%	11	11	22	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	74	93	167	44.3%

Career Results by 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	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	8	10	20.0%
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	18	20	10.0%	9	22	31	29.0%	40	38	78	51.3%	22	13	35	62.9%	73	91	164	44.5%

Opponent ranking data available for 164/167 (98.2%) of Mara Santangelo's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Season	Age	ELO	ELO %	Hard %	Clay %	Grass %	Set Win %	Set Margin	SoS %	Deep Run %	Dec. Set W%	TB W	TB L	TB W%
2003	22	1475	19	—	—	—	20.0%	-1.42	17	0	—	0	1	—
2004	23	1489	32	58	16	—	34.0%	-1.64	62	0	78	1	3	25
2005	24	1477	21	19	19	—	41.3%	-0.38	52	0	13	2	3	40
2006	25	1673	85	78	69	53	51.7%	+0.11	81	19	50	5	7	42
2007	26	1749	88	81	81	80	55.4%	+0.29	84	19	64	8	1	89
2008	27	1614	79	70	72	—	29.2%	-1.37	48	0	25	1	1	—
2009	28	1548	66	63	—	—	23.8%	-1.70	67	0	—	0	1	—
Career		1614	65	66	65	63	45.4%	-0.53	69	10	48	17	17	50

Tournament Results by Category

Results show best round reached per tournament per season.

Grand Slams

Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO
2003	22	—	—	—	R128
2004	23	R16	R128	R128	R128
2005	24	R128	R128	R64	R128
2006	25	R32	R64	R128	R32
2007	26	R128	R32	R32	R128
2008	27	—	R128	R64	—
2009	28	R128	R128	—	—

WTA 1000

Season	Age	CIN	IW	MIA	ROM	SDG	TKY	BER	CHA	MON	MOS	TOR
2004	23	R16	R64	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	24	—	R128	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	25	—	R64	R128	R32	R64	R32	R32	R16	R32	R32	—
2007	26	—	—	R16	R32	—	R16	R64	R16	—	—	R64
2008	27	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	28	—	R128	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

WTA 500

Season	Age	DOH	DUB	EAS	STU	TKY	AME	BAN	BIR	GUA	HAS	IST	LIN	LOS	LUX	NEW	STR	WAR
2004	23	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	25	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	W	QF	—	R32	QF	R16	R32	R32	QF	—	—
2007	26	R16	R16	R16	—	—	R32	F	SF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	QF
2008	27	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—
2009	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—

WTA 250

Season	Age	AUC	HER	SEL	STO	BIR	CAN	CAS	HAS	HOB	HYD	PAL	PAT	POR	TAS
2003	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	23	—	—	—	R16	R64	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32
2005	24	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	R16	—	R32
2006	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R16	—	—
2007	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—
2008	27	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—
2009	28	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—

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

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 ranked by a composite similarity score over country, era, and peak rank.

Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Active Years	Match Log
Karin Knapp	ITA	33	1,712	2	220	103	117	46.8%	2006-2017	Match log
Maria Elena Camerin	ITA	41	1,666	0	244	97	147	39.8%	2001-2013	Match log
Adriana Serra Zanetti	ITA	38	1,633	0	173	57	116	32.9%	1991-2005	Match log
Virginia Ruano Pascual	ESP	28	1,819	3	434	199	235	45.9%	1990-2010	Match log
Gisela Dulko	ARG	26	1,798	4	371	192	179	51.8%	2001-2012	Match log
Tsvetana Pironkova	BUL	31	1,770	1	391	169	222	43.2%	2005-2021	Match log
Tatjana Maria	GER	41	1,810	4	418	164	254	39.2%	2006-2026	Match log
Emilie Loit	FRA	27	1,780	3	342	162	180	47.4%	1997-2009	Match log
Jill Craybas	USA	39	1,695	1	417	161	256	38.6%	1996-2013	Match log
Nicole Pratt	AUS	35	1,764	1	373	156	217	41.8%	1990-2008	Match log
Johanna Larsson	SWE	45	1,745	2	330	153	177	46.4%	2006-2020	Match log
Vera Dushevina	RUS	31	1,786	1	315	143	172	45.4%	2002-2014	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Mara Santangelo?: Mara Santangelo is 45 years old, born on June 28, 1981.
Which country is Mara Santangelo from?: Mara Santangelo is from Italy.
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?: Mara Santangelo has not won a WTA 1000 title.
How many WTA titles has Mara Santangelo won?: Mara Santangelo has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent other title 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 93 losses (44.3%).
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.
When did Mara Santangelo play professional tennis?: Mara Santangelo turned professional in 2003 and was active through 2009.
What is Mara Santangelo's best surface?: Mara Santangelo's best surface is grass court with a 50.0% win rate (11W-11L).
Who is Mara Santangelo's biggest rival?: Mara Santangelo's most frequent opponent is Justine Henin, with a head-to-head record of 0–5 across 5 meetings.