Estrella Cabeza Candela

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Estrella Cabeza Candela

Country  Spain
Residence Barcelona, Spain
Born (1987-02-20) 20 February 1987
Los Palacios y Villafranca, Seville, Spain
Height 1.73 m
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $384,466
Singles
Career record 274–193
Career titles 0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking No. 95 (13 May 2013)
Current ranking No. 95 (13 January 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Q1 (2009, 2012)
French Open Q1 (2009, 2012)
Wimbledon 1R (2013)
US Open 1R (2013)
Doubles
Career record 109–98
Career titles 0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking No. 176 (2 April 2012)
Current ranking No. 580 (24 June 2013)
Last updated on: 9 July 2012.

Estrella Cabeza Candela (born 20 February 1987) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Her best result in a WTA tournament is quarterfinals, reached in Barcelona 2011, Budapest 2011, Acapulso 2012 and Bad Gastein 2012. On 13 May 2013 she reached her highest world single ranking, world number 95.

Career

2013

Estrella Cabeza Candela had a break out year in 2013. She broke into the top 100 for the first time at age 26 by reaching no. 95 on May 13, 2013. Later that summer, Cabeza Candela played in her first main draw of a Grand Slam at Wimbledon. She lost in the first round to Caroline Wozniacki 6–0, 6–2. In early July, Cabeza Candela reached her farthest result in a WTA tournament by reaching the semifinals of Internazionali Femminili di Palermo losing to the Italian, Roberta Vinci, in three sets.

ITF career finals

Singles: 21 (8–13)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 26 July 2004 Spain Pontevedra, Spain Hard Spain Lucía Jiménez-Almendros 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)
Winner 1. 14 June 2005 Spain Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain Hard Germany Justine Ozga 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 8 November 2005 Spain Mallorca, Spain Clay Spain Nuria Roig-Tost 6–3, 6–3
Winner 2. 14 February 2006 Spain Mallorca, Spain Clay Italy Stella Menna 6–4, 6–1
Winner 3. 21 March 2006 Spain Sabadell, Spain Clay Spain María José Martínez Sánchez 6–3, 7–5
Winner 4. 4 July 2006 Spain Valladolid, Spain Hard Australia Monique Adamczak 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5
Runner-up 3. 27 May 2008 Italy Galatina, Italy Clay Latvia Anastasija Sevastova 6–4, 6–4
Winner 5. 23 June 2008 Spain Getxo, Spain Clay Netherlands Cheyenne Ewijk 6–4, 6–4
Winner 6. 8 July 2008 Spain Valladolid, Spain Hard Portugal Frederica Piedade 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up 4. 16 September 2008 Spain Madrid, Spain Hard Germany Angelique Kerber 6–1, 6–3
Runner-up 5. 23 September 2008 Spain Granada, Spain Hard Russia Regina Kulikova 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 6. 13 July 2009 Italy Rome, Italy Clay Spain Eloisa María Compostizo de Andrés 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–2
Runner-up 7. 21 July 2009 Spain Valladolid, Spain Hard Canada Heidi El Tabakh 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Winner 7. 31 August 2010 Spain Mollerusa, Spain Hard Ukraine Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko 6–2, 6–4
Winner 8. 21 March 2011 Spain Madrid, Spain Clay Romania Laura-Ioana Andrei 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 8. 17 October 2011 Spain Seville, Spain Clay Hungary Réka-Luca Jani 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 9. 4 September 2012 Italy Mestre, Italy Clay Italy Karin Knapp 6–1, 3–6, 6–1
Runner-up 10. 17 September 2012 France Saint-Malo, France Clay Ukraine Maryna Zanevska 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–0
Runner-up 11. 8 October 2012 Spain Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain Clay Spain María Teresa Torró Flor 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 12. 15 October 2012 Spain Seville, Spain Clay Brazil Teliana Pereira 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up 13. 26 March 2013 United States Osprey, USA Clay Colombia Mariana Duque Mariño 7–6(7–2), 6–1

External links

Women's Tennis Association: Spain Top ten Spanish female singles tennis players as of 3 February 2014
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