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Cristina Torrens Valero

Cristina Torrens Valero
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceValencia, Spain
Born (1974-09-12) 12 September 1974 (age 50)
Pamplona, Spain
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Turned pro1989
Retired2004
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,000,722
Singles
Career record309–292
Career titles2 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 27 (4 March 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1998, 2003)
French Open3R (1999, 2001)
Wimbledon3R (2000)
US Open2R (1996, 2002)
Doubles
Career record102–143
Career titles2 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 66 (29 January 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2000, 2001, 2002)
French Open3R (1999)
Wimbledon2R (1999)
US Open2R (2000)
Team competitions
Fed Cup3–3

Cristina Torrens Valero (born 12 September 1974) is a former professional female tennis player from Spain. She won two singles and two doubles titles on WTA Tour. Cristina reached her career-high singles ranking world No. 27 on 4 March 2002.

In 1993, Torrens Valero helped Spain recapture the Fed Cup title.

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (1–0)
Tier IV & V (1–3)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Apr 1999 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay France Sarah Pitkowski 2–6, 2–6
Win 2. May 1999 Warsaw Open, Poland Clay Argentina Inés Gorrochategui 7–5, 7–6
Loss 3. May 2000 Belgium Open, Antwerp Clay South Africa Amanda Coetzer 6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 4. Jul 2001 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy Clay Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues 4–6, 4–6
Win 5. Jul 2001 Warsaw Open, Poland Clay Spain Gala León García 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
Tier I (0–1)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–1)
Tier IV & V (2–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. Apr 1999 Estoril Open, Portugal Clay Spain Alicia Ortuño Hungary Anna Foldenyi
Hungary Rita Kuti-Kis
7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 2. Apr 2000 Estoril Open, Portugal Clay Netherlands Amanda Hopmans Slovenia Tina Križan
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
0–6, 6–7(9)
Win 3. Apr 2000 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva Croatia Jelena Kostanić
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sandra Načuk
6–0, 6–2
Loss 4. Oct 2000 Luxembourg Open Carpet (i) Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva France Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat
3–6, 6–7(0–7)

ITF Circuit finals

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$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 12 (6–6)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 25 February 1991 ITF Valencia, Spain Clay Czechoslovakia Eva Melicharová 5–7, 2–6
Win 1. 19 May 1991 ITF Balaguer, Spain Clay Sweden Marianne Vallin 7–5, 6–4
Win 2. 6 June 1993 ITF Cáceres, Spain Hard Israel Limor Zaltz 6–3, 7–6(5)
Win 3. 7 February 1994 ITF Faro, Portugal Hard Spain Mariam Ramón Climent 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2. 5 June 1994 ITF Hebron, Spain Hard Spain Ángeles Montolio 3–6, 2–6
Win 4. 26 June 1994 ITF Valladolid, Spain Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–3, 6–3
Loss 3. 18 September 1995 ITF Bucharest, Romania Clay Switzerland Emanuela Zardo 3–6, 4–6
Loss 4. 5 May 1996 ITF Szczecin, Poland Clay Czech Republic Lenka Cenková 2–6, 4–6
Win 5. 13 May 1996 ITF Athens Open, Greece Clay Spain Gala León García 6–4, 6–4
Loss 5. 20 June 1999 Open de Marseille, France Clay Spain Ángeles Montolio 4–6, 5–7
Loss 6. 6 July 2003 ITF Orbetello, Italy Clay Slovakia Ľubomíra Kurhajcová 5–7, 1–6
Win 6. 1 September 2003 ITF Fano, Italy Clay Colombia Catalina Castaño 6–3, 5–7, 6–3

Doubles: 9 (5–4)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 25 March 1991 ITF Bilbao, Spain Clay Spain Eva Jiménez Germany Cora Linneman
Spain Ana Larrakoetxea
7–5, 7–6(4)
Loss 1. 13 May 1991 ITF Balaguer, Spain Clay Spain Eva Jiménez Germany Cora Linneman
Spain Ana Larrakoetxea
7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Win 2. 2 May 1994 ITF Balaguer, Spain Clay Spain Alicia Ortuño Spain Rosa María Pérez
Argentina Valentina Solari
6–1, 6–1
Win 3. 9 May 1994 ITF Mollet, Spain Clay Spain Alicia Ortuño Argentina Mariana Randrup
Argentina Cintia Tortorella
6–4, 6–0
Win 4. 30 May 1994 ITF Barcelona, Spain Hard Spain Alicia Ortuño Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Czech Republic Petra Kučová
3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 2. 18 July 1994 ITF Bilbao, Spain Clay Spain Yolanda Clemot Romania Cătălina Cristea
Netherlands Hanneke Ketelaars
2–6, 1–6
Loss 3. 1 August 1994 ITF Munich, Germany Clay Spain Silvia Ramón-Cortés Italy Carin Bakkum
Czech Republic Helena Vildová
6–7, 0–6
Win 5. 4 September 1995 ITF Cáceres, Spain Clay Spain Alicia Ortuño Spain Patricia Aznar
Spain Eva Bes
6–2, 6–3
Loss 4. 19 September 1999 ITF Bordeaux, France Clay Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva Sweden Åsa Carlsson
France Émilie Loit
2–6, 6–7

Grand Slam singles performance

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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.
Tournament 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 SR
Australian Open A 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2–8
French Open A 1R 1R 3R 1R 3R 2R 1R Q1 5–7
Wimbledon A 2R 1R 1R 3R 2R 1R 1R Q1 4–7
US Open 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R Q1 2–8
Win–loss 1–1 1–4 1–4 2–4 2–4 3–4 2–4 1–4 0–1 13–30
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