Maria João Koehler Explained

Maria João Koehler
Residence:Porto, Portugal
Birth Date:8 October 1992
Birth Place:Porto
Height:1.74m (05.71feet)
Retired:2018
Careerprizemoney:$332,492
Singlestitles:4 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 102 (25 February 2013)
Australianopenresult:2R (2013)
Frenchopenresult:1R (2013)
Wimbledonresult:1R (2013)
Usopenresult:1R (2013)
Doublestitles:4 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 151 (18 June 2012)
Wimbledondoublesresult:Q1 (2013)
Team:yes
Fedcupresult:11–20

Maria João Koehler (born 8 October 1992) is a retired Portuguese tennis player.

Koehler won four singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 25 February 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 102. On 18 June 2012, she peaked at No. 151 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for the Portugal Fed Cup team, Koehler has a win–loss record of 11–20.

Career

Born in Porto, Koehler made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit at the age of 14 at a $10k event in Braga. Having qualified for the main draw, she lost her first match to Catarina Ferreira.

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2009 Estoril Open. Having been awarded a wildcard, she played world No. 77, Kristina Barrois, in the first round, losing in straight sets.[1]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament2011201220132014W–L
Australian OpenA1R2RQ11–2
French OpenAA1RA0–1
WimbledonAQ21RA0–1
US OpenQ1Q21RA0–1
Win–loss0–00–11–40–01–5

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
bgcolor=lightblue$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–6)
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentclass=unsortableScore
Loss0–1Jun 2008ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal10,000Hard Mélanie Gloria7–6(2), 3–6, 1–6
Win1–1May 2009ITF Cantanhede, Portugal10,000Carpet Nanuli Pipiya6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Win2–1Jun 2009ITF Amarante, Portugal10,000Hard Mélanie Gloria6–3, 6–2
Loss2–2Feb 2010ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal10,000Hard Julia Mayr1–6, 1–6
Loss2–3Nov 2010ITF Mallorca, Spain10,000Clay Lara Arruabarrena6–7(2), 3–6
Loss2–4Jan 2011ITF Rabat, Moroccobgcolor=lightblue25,000Clay Nina Bratchikova6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss2–5Jul 2012ITF Donetsk, Ukraine50,000Hard Vesna Dolonc2–6, 3–6
Win3–5Jul 2012President's Cup, Kazakhstan100,000Hard Marta Sirotkina7–5, 6–2
Loss3–6Oct 2012Open de Touraine, France50,000Hard (i) Monica Puig6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss3–7Jul 2013President's Cup, Kazakhstan100,000Hard Nadiia Kichenok4–6, 5–7
Loss3–8Sep 2016ITF Ponta Delgada, Portugal10,000Hard Inês Murta4–6, 6–3, 6–7(7)
Win4–8Jun 2018ITF Guimarães, Portugal15,000Hard Zeel Desai6–1, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
bgcolor=lightblue$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (0–1)
Resultclass=unsortableW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsclass=unsortableScore
Win1–0May 2009ITF Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal10,000Clay Joana Pangaio Pereira Rebeca Bou Nogueiro
Sheila Solsona Carcasona
2–2 ret.
Loss1–1Nov 2010ITF Mallorca, Spain10,000Clay Avgusta Tsybysheva Lara Arruabarrena
Inés Ferrer Suárez
5–7, 2–6
Loss1–2Nov 2010ITF Mallorca, Spain10,000Clay Avgusta Tsybysheva Diana Enache
Raluca Elena Platon
3–6, 6–7(3)
Win2–2Jul 2011bgcolor=lightblueITF Cáceres, Spainbgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard Richèl Hogenkamp Victoria Larrière
Irena Pavlovic
6–4, 6–4
Loss2–3Aug 2011bgcolor=lightblueITF Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovinabgcolor=lightblue25,000Clay Florencia Molinero Maria Abramović
Ana Vrljić
7–5, 6–7(3), [4–10]
Win3–3Sep 2011Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia50,000Clay Katalin Marosi Maria Abramović
Mihaela Buzărnescu
6–0, 6–3
Win4–3Sep 2011GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, United Kingdom75,000Hard (i) Katalin Marosi Amanda Elliott
Johanna Konta
7–6(3), 6–1
Loss4–4Jun 2012Nottingham Trophy, United Kingdom50,000Grass Réka Luca Jani Sally Peers
Ashleigh Barty
6–7(2), 6–3, [5–10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Estoril Open. Women's Tennis Association. 7 October 2014.