Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues (, ; born 31 July 1982) is a Spanish tennis coach and former professional player.
As a player, she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 16 in 2009, and won 11 singles and 28 doubles titles, including the 2008 and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual. Like many of her Spanish compatriots, she was a clay-court specialist who ground out most of her rallies. However, unlike most of her fellow Spaniards, she preferred to play on hard courts. She won the WTA Tour tournament in Strasbourg, beating Katarina Srebotnik in the final in May 2008, thus defending the title she won the previous year against Amélie Mauresmo. Her other singles titles came at Palermo in 2011, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2001, at Canberra in 2006, Strasbourg in 2005 and Fès in 2009.
After retirement from singles tennis (she continues playing doubles) at the end of the 2014 season, Medina Garrigues became a professional coach, gaining success while working for Jeļena Ostapenko, who won the 2017 French Open Grand Slam title. In late 2017, she was named captain of Spain's Fed Cup team. She has also become a tournament organizer at the Valencia Open.
Career
2008–2009 Together with Virginia Ruano Pascual, she won the French Open and the silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. They successfully defended their French Open title in 2009.
2011 Medina Garrigues began 2011 by losing in the first rounds of Auckland Open, Australian Open, and Copa Colsanitas and in the qualifying draw of the Sydney International. She then reached her first semifinal in nine months in the Abierto Mexicano with wins over top seed Julia Görges and seventh seed Carla Suárez Navarro before losing to Gisela Dulko in straight sets. At the Indian Wells Open, she defeated Tamira Paszek before losing to Maria Sharapova.
Garrigues then qualified for the Tournament of Champions and reached the final, but she was defeated by defending champion Ana Ivanovic in two sets.
2012 Medina Garrigues reached the quarterfinals of the Swedish Open in Båstad, where she lost to Johanna Larsson.
2014 Medina Garrigues started 2014 at the Australian Open and lost in the first round to lucky loser Irina Falconi.
At the Pattaya Open, Medina Garrigues was defeated in the first round by Alison Riske without winning a single game. She announced that the French Open would be her last tournament, before retiring from singles tennis, though she would continue to play doubles. Medina Garrigues lost in the second round of qualifying there to Tereza Smitková in two sets, ending her singles career.
2018 Medina Garrigues entered the doubles competition at the Madrid Open, partnering fellow Spaniard Arantxa Parra Santonja. Then in August, she retired from the tennis circuit.
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament20012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014SRW–LGrand Slam tournaments Australian Open2R4R1R3R1R1R1R2R4R1R1R3R1R1R12–14 French Open1RAA2R3R3R4R3R2R2R2R3R1RQ215–11 Wimbledon1RAA1R1R3R1R3R3R1R1R2R1RA7–11 US Open1RAA2R3R1R3R2R2R1R3R1R1RA9–10Win–loss1–43–10–14–44–44–45–46–47–41–43–45–40–40–143–46Olympic GamesSummer Olympicsnot held1Rnot held1Rnot held1RNH0–3Year-end championshipsWTA Tour Championshipsabsent0–0Tournament of Championsnot heldRRAFAAA2–3Premier Mandatory & 5not heldnot Tier 13R2RAno Premier 53–2Indian Wells Openabsent2R3R2R1R4R1R2R2R3R3RA11–10Miami OpenAbsent2R2R2R2R2R4R2R4R2R1RA12–10Madrid Opennot held1R3R1R3RQF1R7–6Italian OpenA1RA2R3RQF2R1RA3R3R1RA11–9Canadian OpenAbsent2R2R1RA1R1R2RAAA3–6Cincinnati Opennot heldnot Tier 1A1R1R2RAA1–3Pan Pacific / Wuhan Openabsent1R1RA1RAA0–3China Opennot heldnot Tier 12R1R1R1RAA1–3Career statisticsOverall win–loss28–2411–639–2237–2730–2537–2528–2545–2733–2822–2635–1823–2619–263–9477–351Year-end ranking6611671393427352228732750100464 -
Doubles Tournament2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018SRW–LGrand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAA2R1R1RQF1R3RSF3R1R2R1R1R2R2R3RAA0 / 1517–15 French OpenA1RAA1R2RSFQFWWSF3R3R1R1R3R1RA2R2 / 1531–13 WimbledonA1RAA1R3RQF3R3RSF1R2R1R1R3R3R3RAA0 / 1420–14 US OpenA1RAA2R1RA3RSF3R2R3RSF3R2R2RAA1R0 / 1320–13Win–loss0–00–31–10–11–46–47–39–416–314–35–46–46–42–44–46–44–30–01–22 / 5788–55Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsAnot held1Rnot heldSnot held1Rnot held1Rnot held0 / 44–4Year-end championshipsTour ChampionshipsAAAAAAAASFAAAAAAAAAA0 / 10–1Premier M & Premier 5Dubai / Qatar Open1RSF1RAQF1RANP5ANP50 / 52–5Indian Wells OpenAAAAA2RSFQF1R1R1R1R1RQF2R1R1RAA0 / 128–12Miami OpenAAAAA2RQF1R1RQFASFQF2RQF1R2RAA0 / 1114–11Madrid Opennot held2R2R2R2R1RSF1R2RA1R0 / 96–9Italian OpenAAA1RAFSF1RQFAAQF2R1RSF1R2RA2R0 / 1216–12Canadian OpenAAAAAQFA1RA2RSF1RAA1R2RAAA0 / 76–7Cincinnati Opennot heldTier IIIA2R1R1R1RQFQF2RAA0 / 75–7Pan Pacific / Wuhan OpenAAAAAAAAAQF1RAQFAQF2RAAA0 / 54–5China OpenTier IVTier II2R1RQF2R2R1R1RAAA0 / 75–7Career statisticsTitles040012014132032230028Finals 050026136242142530046Year-end ranking259421771657920192531125302430233236
Grand Slam tournaments Doubles: 2 (2 titles) ResultDateChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 2008French Open Clay Virginia Ruano Pascual Casey Dellacqua Francesca Schiavone 2–6, 7–5, 6–4Win 2009French Open (2) Clay Virginia Ruano Pascual Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina 6–1, 6–1
Other significant finals Olympic Games Doubles: 1 (silver medal) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreSilver 2008 Beijing Olympics Hard Virginia Ruano Pascual Serena Williams Venus Williams 2–6, 0–6
WTA Elite Trophy Singles: 1 (runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss2011WTA Elite Trophy, IndonesiaHard Ana Ivanovic3–6, 0–6
Premier Mandatory tournaments Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss2005Italian OpenClay Maria Kirilenko Cara Black Liezel Huber0–6, 6–4, 1–6
WTA Tour finals Singles: 18 (11 titles, 7 runner-ups) LegendWTA Elite Trophy (0–1)Premier (0–0)International (11–6)Finals by surfaceHard (1–5)Clay (10–2)Grass (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Jul 2001Palermo Ladies Open, ItalyTier VClay Cristina Torrens Valero6–4, 6–4Loss1–1Jan 2002Hobart International, AustraliaTier VHard Martina Suchá6–7(7–9), 1–6Loss1–2Feb 2003Copa Colsanitas, ColombiaTier IIIClay Fabiola Zuluaga3–6, 2–6Win2–2Jul 2004Palermo Ladies Open Tier VClay Flavia Pennetta6–4, 6–4Win3–2May 2005Internationaux de Strasbourg, FranceTier IIIClay Marta Domachowska6–4, 6–3Win4–2Jul 2005Palermo Ladies Open Tier IVClay Klára Koukalová6–4, 6–0Win5–2Jan 2006Canberra International, AustraliaTier IVHard Cho Yoon-jeong6–4, 0–6, 6–4Win6–2Jul 2006Palermo Ladies Open Tier IIIClay Tathiana Garbin6–4, 6–4Loss6–3Oct 2006Guangzhou Open, ChinaTier IIIHard Anna Chakvetadze1–6, 4–6Win7–3May 2007Internationaux de Strasbourg Tier IIIClay Amélie Mauresmo6–4, 4–6, 6–4Loss7–4May 2008Morocco OpenTier IVClay Gisela Dulko6–7(2–7), 6–7(5–7)Win8–4May 2008Internationaux de Strasbourg Tier IIIClay Katarina Srebotnik4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–0Loss8–5Jul 2008Slovenia OpenTier IVHard Sara Errani3–6, 3–6Win9–5May 2009Morocco OpenInternationalClay Ekaterina Makarova6–0, 6–1Loss9–6Sep 2009Korea OpenInternationalHard Kimiko Date-Krumm3–6, 3–6Win10–6Apr 2011Estoril Open, PortugalInternationalClay Kristina Barrois6–1, 6–2Win11–6Jul 2011Palermo Ladies Open InternationalClay Polona Hercog6–3, 6–2Loss11–7Nov 2011Tournament of Champions, BaliEliteHard (i) Ana Ivanovic3–6, 0–6
Doubles: 45 (28 titles, 17 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (2–0)WTA Elite Trophy (0–1)Premier M & Premier 5 (0–1)Premier (3–7)WTA International (23–8)Finals by surfaceHard (10–9)Clay (16–7)Grass (2–0)Carpet (0–1)