Maria João Koehler

Maria João Koehler (born 8 October 1992) is a retired Portuguese tennis player.

Maria João Koehler

Koehler at the 2015 Fed Cup
Full name	Maria João Koehler
Country (sports)	Portugal
Residence	Porto, Portugal
Born	8 October 1992 Porto, Portugal
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Retired	2018
Prize money	$332,312
Singles
Career record	266–197
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	102 (25 February 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2013)
French Open	1R (2013)
Wimbledon	1R (2013)
US Open	1R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	52–41
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	151 (18 June 2012)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	11–16
Last updated on: 19 September 2016.

Koehler has won three singles and four doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 25 February 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 102. On 18 June 2012, she peaked at world number 151 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Portugal at the Fed Cup, Koehler has a win–loss record of 11–16.[1]

Career

Born in Porto, Koehler made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit at the age of 14 at a $10,000 event in Braga. Having qualified for the main draw, she lost her first match to Catarina Ferreira.

She made her WTA tour main draw debut at the 2009 Estoril Open. Having been awarded a wild card, she played world number 77 Kristina Barrois in the first round, losing in straight sets.[2]

ITF finals (7–12)

Singles (4–8)

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Finals by surface Hard (2–6) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	9 June 2008	Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal		Hard	Mélanie Gloria	7–6^(7–2), 3–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	18 May 2009	Cantanhede, Portugal		Carpet	Nanuli Pipiya	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Winner	2.	1 June 2009	Amarante, Portugal		Hard	Mélanie Gloria	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	8 February 2010	Vale do Lobo, Portugal		Hard	Julia Mayr	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	8 November 2010	Majorca, Spain		Clay	Lara Arruabarrena	6–7^(2–7), 3–6
Runner-up	4.	31 January 2011	Rabat, Morocco		Clay	Nina Bratchikova	6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	16 July 2012	Donetsk, Ukraine		Hard	Vesna Dolonc	2–6, 3–6
Win	3–5	Jul 2012	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	100,000	Hard	Marta Sirotkina	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	8 October 2012	Joué-lès-Tours, France		Hard (i)	Monica Puig	6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	3–7	Jul 2013	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	100,000	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	8.	12 September 2016	Ponta Delgada, Portugal		Hard	Inês Murta	4–6, 6–3, 6–7^(7–9)
Winner	4.	1 June 2018	Guimarães, Portugal		Hard	Zeel Desai	6–1, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles (4–4)

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Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Clay (2–3) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	11 May 2009	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal	Clay	Joana Pangaio Pereira	Rebeca Bou Nogueiro Sheila Solsona Carcasona	2–2, ret.
Runner-up	1.	1 November 2010	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Avgusta Tsybysheva	Lara Arruabarrena Inés Ferrer Suárez	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	15 November 2010	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Avgusta Tsybysheva	Diana Enache Raluca Elena Platon	3–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Winner	2.	11 July 2011	Cáceres, Spain	Hard	Richèl Hogenkamp	Victoria Larrière Irena Pavlovic	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	29 August 2011	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Maria Abramović Ana Vrljić	7–5, 6–7^(3–7), [4–10]
Winner	3.	12 September 2011	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Maria Abramović Mihaela Buzărnescu	6–0, 6–3
Winner	4.	24 September 2011	Shrewsbury, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Katalin Marosi	Amanda Elliott Johanna Konta	7–6^(7–3), 6–1
Runner-up	4.	11 June 2012	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Réka Luca Jani	Sally Peers Ashleigh Barty	6–7^(2–7), 6–3, [5–10]

Grand Slam performance timeline

Koehler at the 2013 US Open, where she lost in round one to Alizé Cornet

Singles

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	W–L
Australian Open	A	1R	2R	Q1	1–2
French Open	A	A	1R	A	0–1
Wimbledon	A	Q2	1R	A	0–1
US Open	Q1	Q2	1R	A	0–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	1–4	0–0	1–5

References

1. Maria João Koehler at the Billie Jean King Cup
2. "Estoril Open" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 7 October 2014.

External links

• Maria João Koehler at the Women's Tennis Association
• Maria João Koehler at the International Tennis Federation
• Maria João Koehler at the Billie Jean King Cup