Carmen Perea

Carmen Perea Alcalá (born 3 May 1952) is a Spanish former professional tennis player.

Carmen Perea
Full nameCarmen Perea Alcalá
Country (sports) Spain
Born (1952-05-03) 3 May 1952
Melilla, Spain
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open2R (1976, 1977)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open2R (1975, 1983)
Wimbledon1R (1983)
US Open2R (1982)

Biography

Perea was born in Melilla, an autonomous Spanish city on the African continent. She later moved to Málaga and then at the age of 18 settled in Barcelona.[1]

From 1973 to 1983 she appeared in 29 Federation Cup ties for Spain, winning 19 matches overall.[2] One of her singles wins over was West German Sylvia Hanika in 1980. During this period she was the top female player in Spain and won nine Spanish Tennis Championships, in a run which included ten successive finals. She featured regularly in the main draw of the French Open and played doubles at Wimbledon and the US Open.[1]

Since retiring from professional tennis she has worked as a tennis coach and tournament director. She was the personal coach of Patricia Medrado in the 1980s and more recently has coached Nuria Llagostera.[2]

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See also

References
  1. "Carmen Perea: "Jugaré hasta que no pueda coger la raqueta"". Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 24 March 2017.
  2. "Carmen Perea: "El tenis se ha convertido en un deporte más físico y menos talentoso"". www.marca.com (in Spanish). 21 July 2009.
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