Portuguese tennis player
Maria João Koehler (born 8 October 1992) is a retired Portuguese tennis player.
Koehler won four singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 25 February 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 102. On 18 June 2012, she peaked at No. 151 in the doubles rankings.
Playing for the Portugal Fed Cup team , Koehler has a win–loss record of 11–20.[ 1]
Career
Born in Porto , Koehler made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit at the age of 14 at a $10k 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 wildcard , she played world No. 77, Kristina Barrois , in the first round, losing in straight sets.[ 2]
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.
Koehler at the 2013 US Open , where she lost in round one to Alizé Cornet
ITF Circuit finals
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–6)
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (1–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Jun 2008
ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal
10,000
Hard
Mélanie Gloria
7–6(2) , 3–6, 1–6
Win
1–1
May 2009
ITF Cantanhede, Portugal
10,000
Carpet
6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Win
2–1
Jun 2009
ITF Amarante, Portugal
10,000
Hard
6–3, 6–2
Loss
2–2
Feb 2010
ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal
10,000
Hard
Julia Mayr
1–6, 1–6
Loss
2–3
Nov 2010
ITF Mallorca, Spain
10,000
Clay
Lara Arruabarrena
6–7(2) , 3–6
Loss
2–4
Jan 2011
ITF Rabat, Morocco
25,000
Clay
Nina Bratchikova
6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss
2–5
Jul 2012
ITF Donetsk, Ukraine
50,000
Hard
Vesna Dolonc
2–6, 3–6
Win
3–5
Jul 2012
President's Cup , Kazakhstan
100,000
Hard
Marta Sirotkina
7–5, 6–2
Loss
3–6
Oct 2012
Open de Touraine , France
50,000
Hard (i)
Monica Puig
6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss
3–7
Jul 2013
President's Cup, Kazakhstan
100,000
Hard
Nadiia Kichenok
4–6, 5–7
Loss
3–8
Sep 2016
ITF Ponta Delgada, Portugal
10,000
Hard
Inês Murta
4–6, 6–3, 6–7(7)
Win
4–8
Jun 2018
Guimarães Ladies Open , Portugal
15,000
Hard
Zeel Desai
6–1, 3–6, 6–1
Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (0–1)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
May 2009
ITF Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal
10,000
Clay
Rebeca Bou Nogueiro 2–2 ret.
Loss
1–1
Nov 2010
ITF Mallorca, Spain
10,000
Clay
Avgusta Tsybysheva
Lara Arruabarrena Inés Ferrer Suárez
5–7, 2–6
Loss
1–2
Nov 2010
ITF Mallorca, Spain
10,000
Clay
Diana Enache 3–6, 6–7(3)
Win
2–2
Jul 2011
ITF Cáceres, Spain
25,000
Hard
Richèl Hogenkamp
Victoria Larrière Irena Pavlovic
6–4, 6–4
Loss
2–3
Aug 2011
ITF Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
25,000
Clay
Florencia Molinero
Maria Abramović Ana Vrljić
7–5, 6–7(3) , [4–10]
Win
3–3
Sep 2011
Zagreb Ladies Open , Croatia
50,000
Clay
Katalin Marosi
Mihaela Buzărnescu
6–0, 6–3
Win
4–3
Sep 2011
GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury , United Kingdom
75,000
Hard (i)
Amanda Elliott Johanna Konta
7–6(3) , 6–1
Loss
4–4
Jun 2012
Nottingham Trophy , UK
50,000
Grass
Réka Luca Jani
Sally Peers Ashleigh Barty
6–7(2) , 6–3, [5–10]
References
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