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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Parra and the second or maternal family name is Santonja.

Arantxa Parra Santonja
Singles
Parra Santonja at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	(1982-11-09) 9 November 1982 (age 42) Valencia, Spain
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2000
Retired	May 2019
Plays	Right (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	US$ 2,161,163
Career record	386–331
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 46 (12 July 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2006)
French Open	3R (2004)
Wimbledon	2R (2003, 2004, 2009, 2010)
US Open	2R (2003, 2004)
Doubles
Career record	330–287
Career titles	11 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 22 (2 April 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2013)
French Open	QF (2014)
Wimbledon	QF (2011)
US Open	2R (2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2014, 2015)
French Open	QF (2014)
Wimbledon	2R (2014)
US Open	1R (2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	4–0
Coaching career
Jil Teichmann

Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈɾantʃa ˈpara sanˈtoŋxa]; born 9 November 1982) is a Spanish former tennis player. She turned professional in 2000 and retired in 2019.

In her career, Parra Santonja won eleven doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 46 in singles and 22 in doubles.

Significant finals

Premier Mandatory tournaments

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2013	China Open	Hard	Vera Dushevina	Cara Black Sania Mirza	2–6, 2–6

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (0–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	May 2010	Estoril Open, Portugal	Clay	Anastasija Sevastova	2–6, 5–7
Loss	2.	Feb 2011	Abierto Mexicano, Mexico	Clay	Gisela Dulko	3–6, 6–7

Doubles: 27 (11 titles, 16 runner-ups)

Winner – Legend
WTA Elite Trophy (0–1)
Tier I / Premier M & Premier 5 (0–1)
Tier II / Premier (2–3)
Tier III, IV & V / International (9–11)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–8)
Clay (7–7)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Jul 2003	Palermo Ladies Open, Italy	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Adriana Serra Zanetti Emily Stellato	4–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	Feb 2004	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Barbara Schwartz Jasmin Wöhr	1–6, 3–6
Win	1.	Mar 2007	Mexican Open, Acapulco	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Émilie Loit Nicole Pratt	6–3, 6–3
Loss	3.	May 2007	Estoril Open, Portugal	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Anastasia Rodionova	3–6, 2–6
Win	2.	Jun 2007	Barcelona Open, Spain	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Flavia Pennetta	7–6, 2–6,
Win	3.	Jun 2008	Barcelona Open, Spain	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	4–6, 7–5,
Loss	4.	Jan 2009	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo	6–4, 6–7,
Loss	5.	Feb 2009	Mexican Open	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	4–6, 2–6
Loss	6.	Jan 2010	Brisbane International, Australia	Hard	Melinda Czink	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6–2, 6–7,
Loss	7.	Feb 2011	Mexican Open	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Mariya Koryttseva Raluca Olaru	7–5, 5–7,
Win	4.	Apr 2011	Andalucia Tennis Experience, Spain	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	3–6, 6–4,
Loss	8.	Jul 2011	Båstad Open, Sweden	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Lourdes Domínguez Lino María José Martínez Sánchez	3–6, 3–6
Win	5.	Jan 2012	Brisbane International, Australia	Hard	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	7–6, 7–6
Loss	9.	Mar 2012	Mexican Open	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	2–6, 1–6
Win	6.	Mar 2013	Mexican Open	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Catalina Castaño Mariana Duque Mariño	6–4, 7–6
Loss	10.	Jun 2013	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	Grass	Dominika Cibulková	Irina-Camelia Begu Anabel Medina Garrigues	6–4, 6–7,
Loss	11.	Oct 2013	China Open, Beijing	Hard	Vera Dushevina	Cara Black Sania Mirza	2–6, 2–6
Win	7.	Jun 2014	Rosmalen Open	Grass	Marina Erakovic	Michaëlla Krajicek Kristina Mladenovic	0–6, 7–6,
Loss	12.	Aug 2014	Connecticut Open, United States	Hard	Marina Erakovic	Sílvia Soler Espinosa Andreja Klepač	5–7, 6–4,
Loss	13.	Oct 2014	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Hard (i)	Caroline Garcia	Martina Hingis Flavia Pennetta	3–6, 7–5
Win	8.	Feb 2015	Diamond Games, Belgium	Hard (i)	Anabel Medina Garrigues	An-Sophie Mestach Alison Van Uytvanck	6–4, 3–6,
Loss	14.	Aug 2015	Stanford Classic, United States	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai	1–6, 3–6
Loss	15.	Oct 2015	Luxembourg Open	Hard (i)	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Mona Barthel Laura Siegemund	2–6, 6–7
Loss	16.	Nov 2015	WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai	Hard (i)	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Liang Chen Wang Yafan	4–6, 3–6
Win	9.	Feb 2016	Mexican Open	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	6–0, 6–4
Win	10.	Mar 2016	Monterrey Open, Mexico	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Petra Martić Maria Sanchez	4–6, 7–5,
Win	11.	May 2016	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	María Irigoyen Liang Chen	6–2, 6–0

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles (11–6)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	24 June 2001	ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	Hard	Vanessa Devesa	6–2, 6–2
Win	2.	5 August 2001	ITF Pontevedra, Spain	Hard	Ana Catarina Nogueira	6–3, 6–1
Loss	1.	18 August 2001	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Marion Bartoli	2–6, 1–6
Loss	2.	26 August 2001	ITF Westende, Belgium	Clay	Lenka Snajdrová	2–6, 4–6
Win	3.	10 September 2001	ITF Madrid, Spain	Clay	Anna Floris	3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Win	4.	23 September 2001	ITF Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Ines Heise	6–3, 6–2
Win	5.	24 February 2002	ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal	Hard	Anna Floris	6–0, 6–4
Loss	3.	3 March 2002	ITF Albufeira, Portugal	Hard	Amandine Dulon	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	6.	29 September 2002	ITF Lecce, Italy	Clay	Lenka Němečková	6–3, 6–4
Win	7.	15 June 2003	Open de Marseille, France	Clay	Claudine Schaul	6–2, 6–1
Loss	4.	6 September 2005	Open Denain, France	Hard	Lioudmila Skavronskaia	6–7, 0–6
Loss	5.	23 October 2006	Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	2–6, 4–6
Win	8.	13 October 2008	ITF Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Soledad Esperón	6–2, 6–2
Loss	6.	29 November 2008	ITF Saint-Denis, France	Hard	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	4–6, 1–6
Win	9.	26 July 2009	Pétange, Luxembourg	Clay	Ekaterina Bychkova	6–3, 6–2
Win	10.	27 September 2009	Open de Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Alexandra Dulgheru	6–4, 6–3
Win	11.	14 May 2012	ITF Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Olga Savchuk	6–4, 6–4

Doubles (9–11)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	25 June 2001	ITF Elvas, Portugal	Hard	Oleksandra Kravets	Maria Fernanda Alves Ana Catarina Nogueira	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	30 July 2001	ITF Pontevedra, Spain	Hard	Oleksandra Kravets	Natasha Galouza Jolanda Mens	6–7, 2–6
Loss	3.	20 August 2001	ITF Westende, Belgium	Clay	Oleksandra Kravets	Evgenia Subbotina Kildine Chevalier	5–7, 5–7
Win	1.	23 September 2001	ITF Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Anna Font	María José Sánchez Alayeto Lana Popadić	6–1, 6–2
Win	2.	25 March 2002	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	Dominika Luzarová	Vanessa Menga Carla Tiene	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	4.	17 June 2002	ITF Gorizia, Italy	Clay	Carla Tiene	Sandra Načuk Tina Hergold	4–6, 3–6
Win	3.	8 June 2003	ITF Galatina, Italy	Clay	María Emilia Salerni	Bahia Mouhtassine Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	6–0, 7–6
Loss	5.	19 April 2005	Open de Valencia, Spain	Hard	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	Kildine Chevalier Stéphanie Foretz	6–4, 6–7, 2–6
Win	4.	30 October 2005	ITF Sant Cugat, Spain	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Conchita Martínez Granados María José Martínez Sánchez	6–4, 6–3
Loss	6.	30 March 2007	ITF La Palma, Spain	Hard	Melanie South	Petra Cetkovská Andrea Hlaváčková	3–6, 2–6
Loss	7.	20 April 2007	ITF Calvià, Spain	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Petra Cetkovská Andrea Hlaváčková	5–7, 4–6
Win	5.	6 July 2007	ITF Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Ria Dörnemann Justine Ozga	6–0, 6–2
Win	6.	17 September 2007	ITF Madrid, Spain	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Monica Niculescu Yevgenia Savranska	6–1, 7–6
Loss	8.	31 March 2008	ITF Patras, Greece	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Tzipora Obziler Anastasiya Yakimova	5–7, 1–6
Loss	9.	7 April 2008	ITF Monzón, Spain	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Rika Fujiwara Emmanuelle Gagliardi	6–1, 6–7, 8–10
Win	7.	14 April 2008	Saint-Malo, France	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Renata Voráčová Anastasiya Yakimova	6–2, 6–1
Loss	10.	18 July 2008	ITF Biella, Italy	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Barbora Strýcová Renata Voráčová	6–4, 0–6,
Loss	11.	21 September 2008	Sofia Cup, Bulgaria	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Maret Ani Renata Voráčová	6–7, 6–7
Win	8.	29 September 2008	ITF Cali, Colombia	Clay	Betina Jozami	Frederica Piedade Anastasiya Yakimova	6–3, 6–1
Win	9.	11 October 2012	ITF Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain	Clay	Leticia Costas	Inés Ferrer Suárez Richèl Hogenkamp	6–3, 6–3

Grand Slam performance timelines

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.

Singles

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	Q1	1R	1R	2R	Q1	A	A	1R	1R	Q2	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	1–5
French Open	A	Q1	3R	2R	1R	A	A	A	2R	1R	Q2	Q3	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	4–5
Wimbledon	A	2R	2R	1R	Q2	A	A	2R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 6	4–6
US Open	Q1	2R	2R	1R	Q1	A	A	A	1R	Q1	A	Q1	A	A	A	A		0 / 4	2–4
Win–loss	0–0	2–2	4–4	1–4	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–3	2–4	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 20	11–20

Doubles

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	1R	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	3R	2R	1R	3R	A	2R	1R	0 / 12	8–12
French Open	1R	2R	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	3R	2R	QF	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	0 / 14	11–14
Wimbledon	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	QF	1R	1R	1R	3R	3R	2R	2R	A	0 / 14	10–14
US Open	1R	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	1R	A	0 / 12	5–12
Win–loss	0–3	1–3	0–0	2–3	0–4	2–4	0–4	5–4	3–3	4–4	5–4	3–4	5–4	2–3	3–4	0–1	0 / 52	34–52

External links

Official website
Arantxa Parra Santonja at the Women's Tennis Association
Arantxa Parra Santonja at the International Tennis Federation
Arantxa Parra Santonja at the Billie Jean King Cup
Arantxa Parra Santonja at ESPN.com
Arantxa Parra Santonja at Olympedia (archive)
Arantxa Parra Santonja at Olympics.com

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