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Spanish tennis player

María José Llorca
Singles
Full name	María José Llorca
Country (sports)	Spain
Born	(1970-03-03) 3 March 1970 (age 54)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$33,031
Highest ranking	No. 184 (26 October 1987)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 157 (9 May 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (1988)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	1R (1988)

María José Llorca (born 3 March 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.

Biography

Llorca is originally from Valencia and was trained in Barcelona as a junior.

A a right-handed player, she appeared in a total of four Federation Cup ties for Spain, the first two in 1986 when she was still only 16. In 1987 she featured in another two ties, including a World Group second round fixture against Australia which they lost, despite Llorca winning the opening rubber against Anne Minter.

From 1987 to 1991 she competed on the WTA Tour. She and Anna-Karin Olsson were runners-up in the doubles at the 1988 Spanish Open, which included a win over top seeds Bettina Fulco and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario.

Both of her grand slam main draw appearances came at the 1988 French Open, where she featured in the main draw of the women's doubles and mixed doubles, partnering Alison Scott and Jordi Arrese respectively.

In 2003 she took up the sport of padel tennis and was ranked as high as two in the world, before retiring in 2009.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles (0–1)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	May, 1988	Barcelona, Spain	Category 1	Clay	Anna-Karin Olsson	Iva Budařová Sandra Wasserman	6–1, 3–6, 2–6

ITF finals

Singles: 6 (3-3)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	8 September 1986	Lisbon, Portugal	Clay	Clare Wood	2–6, 2–6
Win	2.	27 April 1987	Sutton, United Kingdom	Hard	Sybille Niox-Château	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win	3.	11 May 1987	Lee-on-the-Solent, United Kingdom	Clay	Elizabeth Galphin	6–1, 3–6, 6–1
Win	4.	21 September 1987	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Inmaculada Varas	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	5.	2 July 1990	Cherbourg, France	Clay	Alexandra Fusai	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	6.	30 July 1990	Vigo, Spain	Clay	Catherine Mothes	6–4, 1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 5 (4–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	8 September 1986	Lisbon, Portugal	Clay	Ninoska Souto	Claudia Hernández Patricia Hy	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	2.	21 September 1987	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Inmaculada Varas	Rosa Bielsa Elena Guerra	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	3.	15 May 1989	Jaffa, Israel	Hard	Ilana Berger	Anne Aallonen Luciana Tella	6–3, 6–2
Win	4.	23 July 1990	A Coruña, Spain	Clay	Ana Belen Quintana	Nathalie Rodríguez Valerie Ledroff	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win	5.	30 July 1990	Vigo, Spain	Clay	Ana Segura	Eva Bes Virginia Ruano Pascual	6–3, 6–4