Conchita Martínez
Conchita Martínez at the 2010 US Open | |
| Full name | Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) | Spain |
| Residence | Barcelona, Spain |
| Born | 16 April 1972 Monzón, Huesca, Spain |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Turned pro | February 1988 |
| Retired | 15 April 2006 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $11,527,977 |
| Int. Tennis HoF | 2020 (member page) |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 739–297 |
| Career titles | 33 |
| Highest ranking | No. 2 (30 October 1995) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | F (1998) |
| French Open | F (2000) |
| Wimbledon | W (1994) |
| US Open | SF (1995, 1996) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Grand Slam Cup | QF (1998) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 414–232 |
| Career titles | 13 |
| Highest ranking | No. 7 (11 January 1993) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (1998, 2002) |
| French Open | F (1992, 2001) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1995, 2003) |
| US Open | SF (2005) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | W (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998) |
Conchita Martínez Bernat (born 16 April 1972) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and current coach. She was the first Spaniard to win the women's singles title at Wimbledon, doing so in 1994. Martínez also was the runner-up at the 1998 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 2 in October 1995, and was in the year-end top 10 for nine years. Martínez won 33 singles and 13 doubles titles during her 18-year career, as well as three Olympic medals. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2020.
A five-time winner of the Fed Cup as a player, Martínez was the Spanish team captain from 2013 to 2017 and the Spanish Davis Cup team captain from 2015 to 2017, leading the Davis Cup team back into the top-tier World Group under her captaincy. She has also served as a part-time coach to Garbiñe Muguruza, guiding her to the 2017 Wimbledon Championships title, and was the full-time coach to Karolína Plíšková through 2018 and 2019. She began coaching Muguruza on a full-time basis in November 2019. Martínez won the 2021 WTA Coach of the Year award for her work coaching Muguruza. She is currently a coach to Mirra Andreeva.