Marion Maruska Explained

Marion Maruska (born 15 December 1972) is an Austrian former tennis player. She turned professional in 1992 and reached her career-high singles ranking on October 6, 1997, when she became the No. 50 of the world.

1997 was Maruska's best year on the WTA Tour, highlighted by her first (and only) WTA title and another tour final amid a wave of inconsistent results. As the world No. 154, she won her debut WTA title at the ASB Classic held in Auckland, New Zealand. En route, she beat Anke Huber for her first top-ten win. At Wimbledon, she won her first ever Grand Slam main-draw match when she beat Adriana Gerši, before falling to recently crowned French Open champion Iva Majoli. At the ECM Prague Open, she made her second tour final, but this time failed to walk away with the title.

1998 was a poor year for Maruska in comparison. She reached the second round of the French Open but had few other results and fell out of the top 100, subsequently never reaching her level of one year ago again.

She played much of her career on the ITF circuit, where she won four singles titles and three doubles titles.

Maruska represented Austria in Fed Cup five times: 1997, 1997, and 2000–2002. She earned a 2–6 record in those ties.

In 2001, she played her last professional singles match, at the US Open, losing to Nathalie Viérin in the first round of qualifying. Her final career match, however, was a Fed Cup doubles loss to the American team of Lisa Raymond and Monica Seles.

WTA career finals

Singles (1–1)

Grand Slam
Tier I event
Tier II event
Tier III event
Tier IV-V event (1-1)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	5 January 1997	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Judith Wiesner	6–3, 6–1
Loss	2.	20 July 1997	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Joannette Kruger	1–6, 1–6

Doubles (0–1)

Grand Slam
Tier I event
Tier II event
Tier III event
Tier IV-V event (0-1)

ITF finals

Singles (4–4)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	21 November 1988	Wels, Austria	Clay (i)	Eva Švíglerová	3–6, 1–6
Win	2.	17 September 1990	Wels, Austria	Clay	Karin Kschwendt	3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win	3.	29 June 1992	Ronneby, Sweden	Clay	Åsa Carlsson	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	4.	7 February 1994	Sunderland, England	Carpet (i)	Gaby Coorengel	2–6, 5–7
Loss	5.	20 February 1994	Newcastle, England	Carpet (i)	Linda Niemantsverdriet	6–7, 4–6
Loss	6.	27 March 1995	Reims, France	Clay	Flora Perfetti	4–6, 6–2, 5–7
Win	7.	17 April 1995	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Clay	Mareze Joubert	6–0, 6–4
Win	8.	1 April 2001	Stone Mountain, United States	Hard	Alicia Molik	6–3, 6–3

Doubles (3–2)

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Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	24 October 1988	Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Petra Schwarz	Cristina Casini Katarzyna Nowak	6–3, 6–4
Win	2.	9 April 1989	Bari, Italy	Clay	Elena Pampoulova	Andrea Noszály Eva-Maria Schürhoff	w/o
Win	3.	16 June 1991	Mantua, Italy	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Yone Kamio Hiromi Nagano	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	4.	11 February 1996	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Hard	Noëlle van Lottum	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	3–6, 1–6
Loss	5.	10 October 1999	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Nirupama Sanjeev	Debbie Graham Nana Smith	4–6, 5–7