| María Vento-Kabchi | |
| Residence: | Caracas, Venezuela Miami, Florida, United States |
| Birth Date: | 1974 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Caracas, Venezuela |
| Turnedpro: | 25 February 1994 |
| Retired: | 2006 |
| Plays: | Right-handed (double-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | $1,591,803 |
| Singlesrecord: | 361–324 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 WTA, 7 ITF |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 26 (19 July 2004) |
| Australianopenresult: | 2R (2001) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 2R (2004) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 4R (1997) |
| Usopenresult: | 4R (2005) |
| Doublesrecord: | 153–157 |
| Doublestitles: | 4 WTA, 2 ITF |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 15 (26 July 2004) |
| Australianopendoublesresult: | QF (2004) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | 2R (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | QF (2003, 2004) |
| Usopendoublesresult: | QF (2003) |
| Medaltemplates-Expand: | yes |
María Alejandra Vento-Kabchi (born 24 May 1974) is a Venezuelan former professional tennis player. In July 2004, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 26. She won four WTA Tour titles in doubles.
Vento-Kabchi reached the fourth round of the 2005 US Open, where she was heavily defeated by the eventual champion, Kim Clijsters. Vento-Kabchi likened the defeat to being "run over by a truck".[1]
Her best results in Grand Slam tournaments are reaching the fourth round in Wimbledon (1997) and US Open (2005).
She competed as María Vento until July 21, 2001, when she married lawyer Gamal Kabchi.[2]
Vento-Kabchi retired from professional tennis in 2006.
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| align=center colspan=2 bgcolor=#FFFF99 | Grand Slam |
| Tier I | |
| Tier II | |
| Tier II | |
| Tier IV & V |
| $100,000 tournaments | |
| $75,000 tournaments | |
| $50,000 tournaments | |
| $25,000 tournaments | |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | 26 June 1989 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Clay | Sofie Albinus | 3–2 ret. | |
| Loss | 1. | 14 May 1990 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Clay |  Suzanne Italiano | 7–6, 4–6, 3–6 | |
| Win | 2. | 21 May 1990 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | Clay | Jean Lozano | 6–3, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 2. | 27 May 1991 | Sanibel, United States | Hard |  Nicole Arendt | 1–6, 1–6 | |
| Win | 3. | 5 July 1993 | Indianapolis, United States | Hard | Christine Neuman | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 | |
| Win | 4. | 26 July 1993 | Roanoke, United States | Hard | Annie Miller | 6–0, 5–7, 6–0 | |
| Win | 5. | 2 August 1993 | Norfolk, United States | Hard | Annie Miller | 7–5, 6–1 | |
| Win | 6. | 31 July 1995 | Brasília, Brazil | Clay | Andrea Glass | 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 3. | 6 October 1996 | Puerto Vallarta, United States | Hard | Jana Nejedly | 6–7, 4–6 | |
| Win | 7. | 27 July 1997 | Peachtree City, United States | Hard | Sonya Jeyaseelan | 6–4, 6–0 | |
| Loss | 4. | 10 October 1999 | Albuquerque, United States | Hard | Jennifer Hopkins | 6–4, 6–7, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 5. | 8 October 2000 | Albuquerque, United States | Hard | Brie Rippner | 0–6, 0–6 | |
| Loss | 6. | 25 February 2003 | St Paul, United States | Hard (i) | Shenay Perry | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Result | No | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | 14 May 1990 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Clay | Rita Winebarger |  Belkis Rodríguez  Blanca Borbolla | 0–6, 7–5, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 1. | Orlando, United States | Clay | Sandra Cacic | Trisha Laux Michelle Jackson-Nobrega | 3–6, 6–2, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 2. | 31 March 1997 | Phoenix, United States | Hard |  María José Gaidano |  Lea Ghirardi  Nino Louarsabishvili | 0–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 2. | 24 July 2000 | Caracas, Venezuela | Hard |  María Virginia Francesa | Candice de la Torre  Gabriela Voleková | 6–1, 6–4 |