Portuguese tennis player
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.[1]
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.[2]
Grand Slam singles performance timeline [ edit ] Key W F SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Koehler at the 2013 US Open , where she lost in round one to Alizé Cornet ITF Circuit finals [ edit ] Singles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups) [ edit ] Legend $100,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface Hard (3–6) Clay (0–2) Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Loss 0–1 Jun 2008 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal 10,000 Hard Mélanie Gloria 7–6(2) , 3–6, 1–6 Win 1–1 May 2009 ITF Cantanhede, Portugal 10,000 Carpet Nanuli Pipiya 6–4, 2–6, 6–1 Win 2–1 Jun 2009 ITF Amarante, Portugal 10,000 Hard Mélanie Gloria 6–3, 6–2 Loss 2–2 Feb 2010 ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal 10,000 Hard Julia Mayr 1–6, 1–6 Loss 2–3 Nov 2010 ITF Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay Lara Arruabarrena 6–7(2) , 3–6 Loss 2–4 Jan 2011 ITF Rabat, Morocco 25,000 Clay Nina Bratchikova 6–3, 4–6, 1–6 Loss 2–5 Jul 2012 ITF Donetsk, Ukraine 50,000 Hard Vesna Dolonc 2–6, 3–6 Win 3–5 Jul 2012 President's Cup , Kazakhstan 100,000 Hard Marta Sirotkina 7–5, 6–2 Loss 3–6 Oct 2012 Open de Touraine , France 50,000 Hard (i) Monica Puig 6–3, 4–6, 1–6 Loss 3–7 Jul 2013 President's Cup, Kazakhstan 100,000 Hard Nadiia Kichenok 4–6, 5–7 Loss 3–8 Sep 2016 ITF Ponta Delgada, Portugal 10,000 Hard Inês Murta 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(7) Win 4–8 Jun 2018 ITF Guimarães, Portugal 15,000 Hard Zeel Desai 6–1, 3–6, 6–1
Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups) [ edit ] Legend $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Clay (2–3) Grass (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Win 1–0 May 2009 ITF Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal 10,000 Clay Joana Pangaio Pereira Rebeca Bou Nogueiro Sheila Solsona Carcasona 2–2 ret. Loss 1–1 Nov 2010 ITF Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay Avgusta Tsybysheva Lara Arruabarrena Inés Ferrer Suárez 5–7, 2–6 Loss 1–2 Nov 2010 ITF Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay Avgusta Tsybysheva Diana Enache Raluca Elena Platon 3–6, 6–7(3) Win 2–2 Jul 2011 ITF Cáceres, Spain 25,000 Hard Richèl Hogenkamp Victoria Larrière Irena Pavlovic 6–4, 6–4 Loss 2–3 Aug 2011 ITF Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 25,000 Clay Florencia Molinero Maria Abramović Ana Vrljić 7–5, 6–7(3) , [4–10] Win 3–3 Sep 2011 Zagreb Ladies Open , Croatia 50,000 Clay Katalin Marosi Maria Abramović Mihaela Buzărnescu 6–0, 6–3 Win 4–3 Sep 2011 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury , United Kingdom 75,000 Hard (i) Katalin Marosi Amanda Elliott Johanna Konta 7–6(3) , 6–1 Loss 4–4 Jun 2012 Nottingham Trophy , United Kingdom 50,000 Grass Réka Luca Jani Sally Peers Ashleigh Barty 6–7(2) , 6–3, [5–10]
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