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Biography
Nationality: Spanish
Residence: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Date of Birth: January 16, 1983
Birthplace: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Height: 5"8 (1.73 m)
Weight: 64 kg
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (went pro in 1998)
WTA Tour singles titles: 0
WTA Tour doubles titles: 0
Grand Slam titles: 0
ITF Womens Circuit singles titles: 6 (1998 - ITF/Povoa de Varz-POR; 1999 - ITF/Getxo-ESP, ITF/Otocec-SLO, ITF/Sofia 3-BUL; 2000 - ITF/Taranto-ITA, ITF/Gelos-FRA)
Career Prize Money (End of 2002): $432,842
Career Win Loss Record (End of 2002) - Singles - 125/80
Coach: Victor Lopez Moron

Grand Slam record

Australian
2000: Did not compete
2001: Forth round
2002: Second round
2003: Second round

French
2000: Quarter final
2001: Third round
2002: Second round

Wimbledon
2000: Did not compete
2001: Second round
2002: Second round

US
2000: First round
2001: First round
2002: First round

Career in review
1998 - In debut season won ITF/Povoa de Varz-POR (d. Wendy Fix in final 60 60) and reached final of ITF/Gerona-ESP

1999 - Made Tour debut at Madrid; in second Tour appearance, reached Knokke-Heist QF; won three ITF Circuit titles in five finals; in season-ending rankings, improved 205 spots in No. 145

2000 - Qualified for Roland Garros, her Grand Slam debut and only third career Tour main draw; advanced to QF to become second woman qualifier and second lowest-ranked player at No. 108 to reach QF there in Open Era (Schwartz, ranked No. 125, was first in 1999); d. world No. 22 Van Roost in 2r, No. 28 Sidot in 3r and fellow qualifier Neffa-de los Rios in 4r (first time two women qualifiers reached Round of 16 at the tournament); l. to C. Martinez 76(5) 61 and afterwards (June 12), broke into Top 100 at No. 64; reached first Tour SF at Knokke-Heist; finished season for first time in Top 100 at No. 70

2001 - Reached career-high ranking of No. 53 on May 28; reached Australian Open 4r (l. to eventual champion Capriati); in consecutive weeks, reached Vienna QF and Knokke-Heist SF (for second time); reached first Tour doubles final at Basel (w/Kruger)

2002 - Started with 2r finishes at Hobart and Australian Open (l. to world No. 8 Henin in 3s); lost 1r at Antwerp and Scottsdale; reached Indian Wells 3r, d. world No. 23 Schiavone in 2r (l. to world No. 17 Coetzer 46 75 60); reached Miami 2r (l. to Tanasugarn); qualified for Hamburg (l. 1r to Hantuchova); qualified for German Open, l. 1r to world No. 25 Mag. Maleeva 76 third set; reached Madrid 2r (l. to No. 1 seed and eventual champion Seles); at Roland Garros, d. three-time former-champion Sanchez-Vicario 60 61 for her worst Grand Slam loss and only the fifth player ever (after Sabatini, Graf, Pierce and Hingis) to defeat Sanchez-Vicario that badly since 1987 (l. 2r to qualifier Zvonareva); after 1r losses at Vienna and ’s-Hertogenbosch, reached Wimbledon 2r (l. to No. 3 seed Capriati); won two singles rubbers in Fed Cup debut for Spain, d. Germany for SF berth; at Sopot, l. to Sanchez-Vicario in 1r; qualified for New Haven (l. 1r to Schnyder); at US Open, l. 1r to world No. 16 Myskina in 3s; fell 1r of Shanghai to Kostanic; at Bali, d. defending champion Widjaja in 1r and No. 4 seed Pratt in 2r reach first QF of 2002 (l. to Taylor); fell to Kostanic for second time in three weeks in Japan Open 2r

Personal
Father’s name is Demetrio, mother’s name is Ana Maria; has one brother, Demetrio, and two sisters, Ana and Elena. She enjoys going to the cinema and relaxing on the beach. In her spare time she plays volleyball and likes to ride horses.

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