Maria João Koehler

Maria João Koehler, also known as Maria João Köhler (born October 8, 1992) is a Portuguese professional tennis player. She reached her career high WTA singles ranking of 102 on February 2013. In November 2012, she became for the first time the Portuguese no. 1 tennis player. Her recent doubles results at ITF level have led her to became the highest ranked Portuguese female doubles player ever, achieving the 151st position on June 2012. Koehler has represented the Portugal Fed Cup team, where she has a singles win-loss record of 3–5 and a doubles win–loss record of 4–4 (7–9 overall). She is coached by former professional player Nuno Marques.

Career

Since her debut in October 2006 at the Braga Satellite tournament, where she lost her first match to Catarina Ferreira, Koehler has mainly played in the ITF circuit. Her first attempt to qualify to a WTA Tour tournament came in May 2007 at the Estoril Open but she lost at the first qualifying round to Neha Uberoi in straight sets. She debuted in the Tour at Estoril in May 2009 as a wild card against Kristina Barrois. The same month, she won the Cantanhede Satellite tournament. In June 2009, Koehler won the Amarante Satellite tournament. In July 2012, she won the Astana Satellite tournament.

Career finals

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (3–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	June 15, 2008	Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	Hard	Melanie Gloria	6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–1
Winner	1.	May 24, 2009	Cantanhede, Portugal	Carpet	Nanuli Pipiya	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Winner	2.	June 7, 2009	Amarante, Portugal	Hard	Melanie Gloria	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	February 14, 2010	Vale do Lobo, Portugal	Hard	Julia Mayr	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	November 14, 2010	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino	7–6(7–2), 6–3
Runner-up	4.	February 5, 2011	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Nina Bratchikova	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	July 21, 2012	Donetsk, Ukraine	Hard	Vesna Dolonc	6–2, 6–3
Winner	3.	July 28, 2012	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Marta Sirotkina	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	October 14, 2012	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard	Mónica Puig	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	7.	July 28, 2013	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	6-4, 7-5

Doubles: 8 (4–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	May 17, 2009	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal	Clay	Joana Pangaio Pereira	Rebeca Bou Nogueiro & Sheila Solsona Carcasona	2–2, RET
Runner-up	1.	November 6, 2010	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Avgusta Tsybysheva	Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino & Inés Ferrer-Suárez	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	November 20, 2010	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Avgusta Tsybysheva	Diana Enache & Raluca Elena Platon	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	2.	July 15, 2011	Cáceres, Spain	Hard	Richèl Hogenkamp	Victoria Larrière & Irena Pavlovic	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	September 3, 2011	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Maria Abramović & Ana Vrljić	5–7, 7–6(7–3), [10–4]
Winner	3.	September 16, 2011	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Maria Abramović & Mihaela Buzărnescu	6–0, 6–3
Winner	4.	September 24, 2011	Shrewsbury, Great Britain	Hard	Katalin Marosi	Amanda Elliott & Johanna Konta	7–6(7–3), 6–1
Runner-up	4.	June 16, 2012	Nottingham, Great Britain	Grass	Reka-Luca Jani	Sally Peers & Ashleigh Barty	7–6(7–2), 3–6, [10–5]

Singles performance timeline

Key

Won tournament; or reached Final; Semifinal; Quarter-final; Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; lost in Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

• Fed Cup matches are included in the statistics. Walkovers are neither official wins nor official losses.

If ITF women's circuit (Hardcourt: 67–37; Clay: 69–45; Grass: 3–1; Carpet: 5–1) and WTA Qualifying (Hardcourt: 5–2; Clay: 4–6; Grass: 1–1) participations are included, then her overall win-loss record stands at 167–107.

Fed Cup

Koehler debuted for the Portugal Fed Cup team in 2008. She has a 3–5 singles record and 4–4 doubles record (7–9 overall).

Participations (16)

Singles (8)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W–L	Result
2010 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I	RR	4–5 February 2010	Romania	Hard	Simona Halep	Loss	4–6, 1–6
2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group II	RR	4–6 May 2011	Morocco	Clay	Nadia Lalami	Loss	6–2, 5–7, 3–6
			Finland		Piia Suomalainen	Loss	2–6, 7–5, 5–7
	GII Play-Offs	7 May 2011	Georgia	Clay	Tatia Mikadze	Win	6–2, 6–2
2012 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I	RR	1–3 February 2012	Great Britain	Hard	Anne Keothavong	Loss	3–6, 4–6
			Israel		Julia Glushko	Loss	2–6, 4–6
			Netherlands		Bibiane Schoofs	Win	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
	GI Play-Offs	4 February 2012	Bulgaria	Hard	Isabella Shinikova	Win	6–3, 7–5

Doubles (8)

Edition	Round	Date	Partnering	Against	Surface	Opponents	W–L	Result
2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I	RR	30 January – 3 February 2008	Magali de Lattre	Bulgaria	Carpet	Dia Evtimova Tsvetana Pironkova	Loss	1–6, 2–6
			Magali de Lattre	The Netherlands		Nicole Thijssen Pauline Wong	Loss	2–6, 4–6
2010 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I	RR	4–5 February 2010	Frederica Piedade	Switzerland	Hard	Sarah Moundir Amra Sadikovic	Loss	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
			Neuza Silva	Romania		Irina-Camelia Begu Ioana Raluca Olaru	Win	7–5, 7–5
2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group II	RR	4–6 May 2011	Michelle Larcher de Brito	Morocco	Clay	Fatima El Allami Nadia Lalami	Win	6–3, 6–2
			Michelle Larcher de Brito	Finland	Clay	Emma Laine Piia Suomalainen	Win	6–3, 6–2
2012 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I	RR	1–3 February 2012	Michelle Larcher de Brito	Great Britain	Hard	Laura Robson Heather Watson	Loss	5–7, 0–6
			Michelle Larcher de Brito	Israel		Shahar Pe'er Julia Glushko	Win	6–2, 4–6, 6–4

See also

• Luso Ténis Profile (Portuguese)

Notes

External links

• Maria João Koehler at the Women's Tennis Association
• Maria João Koehler at the Fed Cup
• Maria João Koehler at the International Tennis Federation