Anabel Medina Garrigues Tennis player

Ana Isabel "Anabel" Medina Garrigues (Spanish: [anaˈβel meˈðina ɣaˈriɣes], Valencian: [anaˈβɛɫ meˈðina ɣaˈriɣes]; born 31 July 1982 in Torrent, Valencia) is a Spanish female tennis player. She reached a career high WTA Tour ranking of No. 16 on 4 May 2009, and has won 17 singles titles and 26 doubles titles, including the 2008 French Open and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual. Like many of her Spanish compatriots, she is a clay court specialist who grinds to win most of her rallies. However, unlike most of her fellow Spaniards, she prefers to play on hard courts.She won the WTA tournament in Strasbourg, France, 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 in Palermo in 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2001; Canberra in 2006; Strasbourg in 2005 and Fès in 2009.

Personal facts

Anabel Medina Garrigues
Birth dateJuly 31, 1982
Birth place
Valencia , Torrent Valencia
Residence
Valencia
Height (meters)1.69
Weight (Kilograms)59.0

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playsRight-handed (two-handed backhand)

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