Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Explained

Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Birth Date:	1977 5, df=yes
Birth Place:	Cala Millor, Spain
Turnedpro:	1993
Retired:	2005
Plays:	Right (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	US$ 171,639
Singlestitles:	8 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 152 (4 October 1999)
Australianopenresult:	Q2 (2001)
Frenchopenresult:	Q2 (2000)
Wimbledonresult:	Q1 (1999)
Usopenresult:	Q2 (2000)
Doublestitles:	1 WTA, 28 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 81 (25 September 2000)
Australianopendoublesresult:	1R (2000, 2001)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	1R (1999, 2000)
Usopendoublesresult:	1R (2000, 2005)

Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez (born 29 May 1977) is a former professional Spanish tennis player. Her highest singles and doubles rankings are 152 and No. 81, respectively.^[1]

Career overview

In her career, Andrés won eight singles and 28 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit and one doubles title on the WTA Tour.

In 2005, Andrés partnered Andreea Vanc to win her first and only Tour title, winning the doubles event in Strasbourg, France.^[2]

Andrés played at Grand Slam tournaments on multiple occasions, but failed to qualify in singles and could not make it past round one in doubles. She also did not manage to win an ITF title bigger than $25k events.

She retired from tennis, after losing in round one of the women's doubles event of the 2005 US Open.^[3]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (1–1)
Tier IV & V (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	21 February 2005	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay		Alina Jidkova Tatiana Perebiynis	5–7, 3–6
Win	2.	21 May 2005	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Marta Domachowska Marlene Weingärtner	6–3, 6–1

ITF finals

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

Singles (8–10)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	25 April 1994	Lleida, Spain	Clay	Peggy Rouquier	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	3 April 1995	Athens, Greece	Clay	Christina Zachariadou	0–6, 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	5 February 1996	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Ulrike Priller	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	25 November 1996	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Zuzana Lešenarová	4–6, 0–6
Winner	1.	4 August 1997	Perigueux, France	Clay	Nathalie Callen	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	11 August 1997	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Paula García	6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	9 February 1998	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Gisela Riera	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	26 April 1998	Bari, Italy	Clay	Romina Ottoboni	6–2, 2–6, 5–7
Winner	2.	4 May 1998	Elvas, Portugal	Hard	Ana Salas Lozano	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	31 May 1998	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Michaela Paštiková	5–7, 3–6
Winner	3.	13 December 1998	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Giulia Casoni	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	4.	7 June 1999	Galatina, Italy	Clay	Michaela Paštiková	6–1, 6–1
Winner	5.	20 November 2000	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Dinara Safina	5–3, 4–4, 0–4, 2–4, 5–3
Winner	6.	3 December 2000	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Dominika Luzarová	4–1, 4–0, 4–0
Winner	7.	4 February 2002	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Paula García	6–3, 3–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Winner	8.	1 December 2002	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Ana Timotić	7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	9.	21 April 2002	Taranto, Italy	Clay	Virág Németh	3–6, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, 1–6
Runner-up	10.	13 October 2003	Carcavelos, Portugal	Clay		5–7, 3–6

Doubles (28–10)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	29 January 1996	Mallorca, Spain	Clay		Marina Escobar Conchita Martinez Granados	5–7, 6–0, 6–2
Winner	2.	4 August 1997	Périgueux, France	Clay	Sandra Martinović	Geraldine Bimes Victoria Courmes	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	31 August 1997	Athens, Greece	Clay	Marina Escobar	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Sandra Načuk	4–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	24 November 1997	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Marina Escobar	Melanie Schnell Katalin Marosi	6–4, 6–2
Winner	4.	19 April 1998	Galatina, Italy	Clay	Noelia Serra	Silvia Uríčková Debby Haak	6–4, 6–1
Winner	5.	26 April 1998	Bari, Italy	Clay	Veronica Stele	Sabina da Ponte Silvia Uríčková	6–1, 6–1
Winner	6.	10 May 1998	Elvas, Portugal	Hard	Debby Haak	Marina Escobar Paula Hermida	w/o
Winner	7.	1 June 1998	Bytom, Poland	Clay	Mariam Ramón Climent	Ľudmila Cervanová Janette Husárová	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	20 July 1998	Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Eva Bes	Gisela Riera Selima Sfar	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–7⁽³⁾
Winner	8.	21 September 1998	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Eva Bes	Lenka Cenková Karin Kschwendt	4–6, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–0
Winner	9.	11 October 1998	Girona, Spain	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Marta Marrero María José Martínez Sánchez	4–6, 6–1, 7–6
Winner	10.	7 February 1999	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Alice Canepa María Fernanda Landa	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	15 March 1999	Dinan, France	Clay (i)	Mariam Ramón Climent	Janette Husárová Rita Kuti-Kis	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	5 July 1999	Civitanova Marche, Italy	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados		6–7⁽³⁾, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	11.	12 July 1999	Getxo, Spain	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	Gisela Riera Alicia Ortuño	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–4
Winner	12.	30 August 1999	Denain, France	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	Mariam Ramón Climent Luciana Masante	6–1, 6–4
Winner	13.	20 September 1999	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	Katalin Marosi Nadejda Ostrovskaya	w/o
Runner-up	5.	15 May 2000	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	Eva Bes Gisela Riera	3–6, 3–6
Winner	14.	3 July 2000	Civitanova Marche, Italy	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Tatiana Poutchek	6–2, 6–3
Winner	15.	23 July 2000	Fontanafredda, Italy	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	Maja Matevžič Antonella Serra Zanetti	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	16.	4 September 2000	Fano, Italy	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	Eleni Daniilidou Alicia Ortuño	6–2, 6–4
Winner	17.	5 February 2001	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Dinara Safina	Oana Elena Golimbioschi Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	6–2, 6–0
Winner	18.	7 May 2001	Maglie, Italy	Clay	Eugenia Chialvo	Natalia Gussoni Luciana Masante	6–4, 6–4
Winner	19.	4 February 2002	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Mariam Ramón Climent	Jennifer Schmidt Maria Wolfbrandt	6–2, 6–3
Winner	20.	18 February 2002	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Dinara Safina	Jennifer Schmidt Maria Wolfbrandt	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	29 September 2002	Lecce, Italy	Clay	Elisa Balsamo	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Edina Gallovits-Hall	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	21.	24 November 2002	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Joana Cortez	Ema Janašková Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–3, 6–1
Winner	22.	1 December 2002	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Ana Timotić	Iryna Brémond Marianna Yuferova	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	17 March 2003	Castellón, Spain	Clay	Mariam Ramón Climent	Ľudmila Cervanová Stanislava Hrozenská	6–4, 3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	8.	5 October 2003	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Bahia Mouhtassine	Maret Ani Giulia Casoni	5–7, 5–7
Winner	23.	19 October 2003	Carcavelos, Portugal	Clay	Céline Beigbeder	Romy Farah Neuza Silva	6–2, 1–0 ret.
Winner	24.	15 February 2004	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Ana Timotić	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Laura Pous Tió	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	25.		Bari, Italy	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	Martina Müller Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–2, 5–7, 6–2
Winner	26.	23 May 2004	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Giulia Casoni Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	27.		Grado, Italy	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	2 August 2004	Rimini, Italy	Clay	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	Yuliana Fedak Mariya Koryttseva	6–7⁽⁷⁾, 3–6
Winner	28.	31 August 2004	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Katalin Marosi Marina Tavares	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	10.	19 April 2005	Valencia, Spain	Hard	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Kildine Chevalier Stéphanie Foretz	6–4, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 2–6

Notes and References

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=windsorstar&page=tennis-w/stat/player.aspx?PlayerID=799, 'Rosa Maria Andres Rodriguez profile at sportsnetwork'
http://www.tennislive.net/wta/match/rosa-maria-andres-rodriguez-andreea-ehritt-vanc-VS-caroline-dhenin-gabriela-chmelinova/internationaux-de-strasbourg-strasbourg-2005/ 'Andres and Vanc win Strasbourg'
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2005-09-01/sports/0508311326_1_taylor-dent-venus-williams-ana-ivanovic 'Andres retires'