Estrella Cabeza Candela
Estrella Cabeza Candela in 2014 | |
Country (sports) | Spain |
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Residence | Barcelona, Spain |
Born |
Los Palacios y Villafranca, Spain | 20 February 1987
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $476,808 |
Singles | |
Career record | 400 - 266 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 11 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 95 (13 May 2013) |
Current ranking | No. 601 (3 October 2016) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | Q3 (2013) |
French Open | 1R (2014) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2013) |
US Open | 1R (2013) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 141 - 116 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 13 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 176 (2 April 2012) |
Current ranking | No. 562 (3 October 2016) |
Last updated on: 3 October 2016. |
Estrella Cabeza Candela (born 20 February 1987) is a Spanish professional tennis player.
Cabeza Candela has won 11 singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 13 May 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 95. On 2 April 2012, she peaked at world number 176 in the doubles rankings. Her best result in a WTA tournament is semifinals, reached in Hobart 2014.
Early life
Cabeza Candela was born in Los Palacios y Villafranca. Coached by Gonzalo Lopez and Martin Vilar. Parents are Manuel Cabeza (tennis coach) and Estrella Candela; sister is Ana (training to be an aeronautic engineer). Began playing tennis at age 4 with father and sister. Favorite surface is clay. She started playing tennis aged 7. Best tennis memory is playing with her family. Speaks Spanish and English. Tennis idol is Monica Seles. Likes movies, reading and spending time with family and friends. Favorite actress is Angelina Jolie. Goal is to try and always play her best tennis.
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 13 May 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 finals (24–26)
Singles (11–14)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 26 July 2004 | Pontevedra, Spain | Hard | Lucía Jiménez Almendros | 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2) |
Winner | 1. | 14 June 2005 | Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain | Hard | Justine Ozga | 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 2. | 8 November 2005 | Mallorca, Spain | Clay | Nuria Roig-Tost | 6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 2. | 14 February 2006 | Mallorca, Spain | Clay | Stella Menna | 6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 3. | 21 March 2006 | Sabadell, Spain | Clay | María José Martínez Sánchez | 6–3, 7–5 |
Winner | 4. | 4 July 2006 | Valladolid, Spain | Hard | Monique Adamczak | 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5 |
Runner-up | 3. | 27 May 2008 | Galatina, Italy | Clay | Anastasija Sevastova | 6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 5. | 23 June 2008 | Getxo, Spain | Clay | Chayenne Ewijk | 6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 6. | 8 July 2008 | Valladolid, Spain | Hard | Frederica Piedade | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
Runner-up | 4. | 16 September 2008 | Madrid, Spain | Hard | Angelique Kerber | 6–1, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 5. | 23 September 2008 | Granada, Spain | Hard | Regina Kulikova | 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 6. | 13 July 2009 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Eloisa Compostizo de Andrés | 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–2 |
Runner-up | 7. | 21 July 2009 | Valladolid, Spain | Hard | Heidi El Tabakh | 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 7. | 31 August 2010 | Mollerusa, Spain | Hard | Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko | 6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 8. | 21 March 2011 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Laura-Ioana Andrei | 6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 8. | 17 October 2011 | Seville, Spain | Clay | Réka-Luca Jani | 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 9. | 4 September 2012 | Mestre, Italy | Clay | Karin Knapp | 6–1, 3–6, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 10. | 17 September 2012 | Saint-Malo, France | Clay | Maryna Zanevska | 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–0 |
Runner-up | 11. | 8 October 2012 | Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain | Clay | María Teresa Torró Flor | 6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 12. | 15 October 2012 | Seville, Spain | Clay | Teliana Pereira | 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5) |
Runner-up | 13. | 26 March 2013 | Osprey, United States | Clay | Mariana Duque Mariño | 7–6(7–2), 6–1 |
Runner-up | 14. | 7 June 2015 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Olga Sáez Larra | 4-6 0-6 |
Winner | 9. | 28 September 2015 | La Vall d'Uixó, Spain | Clay | Oleksandra Korashvili | 7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
Winner | 10. | 17 October 2015 | Melilla, Spain | Hard | María José Luque Moreno | 6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 11. | 8 November 2015 | Vinaròs, Spain | Clay | Noelia Bouzo Zanotti | 6–2, 6–2 |
Doubles (13–12)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 3 May 2004 | Tortosa, Spain | Clay | Katia Sabate-Orera | Marta Fraga Nuria Sánchez-García |
6-4, 4-6, 4-6 |
Winner | 1. | 1 November 2004 | Majorca, Spain | Clay | Adriana González Peñas | Hanne Skak Jensen Karina Jacobsgaard |
6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 2. | 5 July 2005 | Getxo, Spain | Clay | Nuria Roig | Anna Gil Mares Tara Wigan |
6–1, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 2. | 2 August 2005 | Vigo, Spain | Hard | Matilde Muñoz Gonzalves | Anna Font María José Martínez Sánchez |
2-6, 3-6 |
Winner | 3. | 7 February 2006 | Mallorca, Spain | Clay | Nuria Roig | Eleonora Iannozzi Stella Menna |
3–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 3. | 14 February 2006 | Mallorca, Spain | Clay | Nuria Roig | Marta Fraga Laura Thorpe |
4-6, 5-7 |
Winner | 4. | 20 March 2006 | Sabadell, Spain | Clay | Nuria Roig | Marta Fraga María José Martínez Sánchez |
6–1, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 4. | 19 May 2006 | Tenerife, Spain | Hard | Laura Vallvaerdu-Zafra | Monique Adamczak Annette Kolb |
6–4, 4–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 5. | 11 May 2007 | Monzón, Spain | Hard | María Emilia Salerni | Iryna Brémond Vesna Dolonc |
6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 6. | 30 July 2007 | Vigo, Spain | Hard | Carla Suárez Navarro | Ria Sabay Justine Ozga |
6–1, 4–6, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 5. | 24 March 2008 | La Palma, Spain | Hard | Sílvia Soler Espinosa | Yuliya Beygelzimer Stefanie Vögele |
5–7, 6–7(5–7) |
Runner-up | 6. | 23 June 2008 | Getxo, Spain | Clay | Sara del Barrio Aragón | Julie Coin Story Tweedie-Yates |
3–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 25 July 2009 | Valladolid, Spain | Clay | Sara del Barrio Aragón | Heidi El Tabakh Paula Fondevila Castro |
2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 8 February 2010 | Cali, Colombia | Clay | Laura Pous Tió | Edina Gallovits-Hall Polona Hercog |
6–3, 3–6, [8–10] |
Runner-up | 9. | 20 September 2010 | Foggia, Italy | Clay | Laura Pous Tió | María Irigoyen Florencia Molinero |
2–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | 18 October 2010 | Saint-Raphaël, France | Clay | Laura Pous Tió | Sandra Klemenschits Tatjana Maria |
2–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 7. | 23 October 2011 | Seville, Spain | Clay | Lara Arruabarrena | Leticia Costas Inés Ferrer Suárez |
6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 8. | 1 June 2015 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Cristina Sánchez Quintanar | Sílvia García Jiménez Olga Sáez Larra |
4–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
Winner | 9. | 3 July 2015 | Prokuplje, Serbia | Clay | Alexandra Nancarrow | Maryna Kolb Nadiya Kolb |
2–6, 6–4, [10–6] |
Runner-up | 11. | 31 August 2015 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Oleksandra Korashvili | Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov Gaia Sanesi |
3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 10. | 14 September 2015 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Cristina Sánchez Quintanar | Deborah Chiesa Isabelle Wallace |
7–6(7–4), 7–5 |
Winner | 11. | 21 September 2015 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Cristina Sánchez Quintanar | María Martínez Martínez Olga Sáez Larra |
6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 12. | 12 October 2015 | Melilla, Spain | Hard | Oleksandra Korashvili | Irene Burillo Escorihuela Isabelle Wallace |
6–3, 6–1 |
Winner | 13. | 2 November 2015 | Vinaròs, Spain | Clay | Oleksandra Korashvili | Alicia Herrero Liñana Ksenija Sharifova |
6–2, 4–6, [10–5] |
Runner-up | 12. | 9 May 2016 | Monzón, Spain | Hard | Cristina Sánchez Quintanar | Alice Bacquié Gabriella Taylor |
1–6, 1–6 |
External links
- Estrella Cabeza Candela at the Women's Tennis Association
- Estrella Cabeza Candela at the International Tennis Federation