Estrella Cabeza Candela

Estrella Cabeza Candela (Spanish pronunciation: [esˈtɾeʎa kaˈβeθa kanˈdela]; born 20 February 1987) is a Spanish professional tennis player.

Estrella Cabeza Candela

Cabeza Candela in Wimbledon, 2014
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona
Born	(1987-02-20) 20 February 1987 Los Palacios y Villafranca
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$505,750
Singles
Career record	465–301
Career titles	0 WTA, 13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 95 (13 May 2013)
Current ranking	No. 601 (15 July 2019)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2013)
French Open	1R (2014)
Wimbledon	1R (2013)
US Open	1R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	173–133
Career titles	16 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 176 (2 April 2012)
Current ranking	No. 608 (15 July 2019)
Last updated on: 20 July 2019.

Cabeza Candela has won 13 singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 13 May 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 95. On 2 April 2012, she peaked at No. 176 in the doubles rankings.

Personal life

Cabeza Candela was born in Los Palacios y Villafranca. Parents are Manuel Cabeza (tennis coach) and Estrella Candela; sister is Ana (training to be an aeronautic engineer). She began playing tennis at age four with father and sister, and started playing seriously aged seven. Favorite surface is clay.

Career

Coached by Gonzalo Lopez and Martin Vilar, Cabeza Candela had a break out year in 2013. She broke into the top 100 for the first time at age 26 by reaching No. 95 on 13 May 2013. Later that summer, she played in her first main draw of a Grand Slam event at Wimbledon. She lost in the first round to Caroline Wozniacki, 0–6, 2–6. In early July, Cabeza Candela reached her best result in a WTA tournament by reaching the semifinals at Palermo, losing to Roberta Vinci in three sets.

ITF finals

Singles (13–16)

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Finals by surface Hard (5–4) Clay (8–12) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	1 August 2004	Pontevedra, Spain	Hard	Lucía Jiménez Almendros	7–6^(7–3), 6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(2–7)
Winner	1.	19 June 2005	Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain	Hard	Justine Ozga	7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	13 November 2005	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Núria Roig	3–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	19 February 2006	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Stella Menna	6–4, 6–1
Winner	3.	26 March 2006	Sabadell, Spain	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	6–3, 7–5
Winner	4.	9 July 2006	Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Monique Adamczak	2–6, 7–6^(7–3), 7–5
Runner-up	3.	1 June 2008	Galatina, Italy	Clay	Anastasija Sevastova	4–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	28 June 2008	Getxo, Spain	Clay	Chayenne Ewijk	6–4, 6–4
Winner	6.	13 July 2008	Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Frederica Piedade	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Runner-up	4.	21 September 2008	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Angelique Kerber	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	28 September 2008	Granada, Spain	Hard	Regina Kulikova	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	18 July 2009	Rome, Italy	Clay	Eloisa Compostizo de Andrés	3–6, 7–6^(7–2), 2–6
Runner-up	7.	26 July 2009	Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Heidi El Tabakh	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	7.	5 September 2010	Mollerusa, Spain	Hard	Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko	6–2, 6–4
Winner	8.	27 March 2011	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Laura-Ioana Andrei	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	22 October 2011	Seville, Spain	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	8 September 2012	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Karin Knapp	1–6, 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up	10.	23 September 2012	Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Maryna Zanevska	2–6, 7–6^(7–5), 0–6
Runner-up	11.	13 October 2012	Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain	Clay	María Teresa Torró Flor	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	12.	20 October 2012	Seville, Spain	Clay	Teliana Pereira	6–4, 6–7^(3–7), 6–7^(5–7)
Runner-up	13.	31 March 2013	Osprey, United States	Clay	Mariana Duque Mariño	6–7^(2–7), 1–6
Runner-up	14.	7 June 2015	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Olga Sáez Larra	4–6, 0–6
Winner	9.	4 October 2015	La Vall d'Uixó, Spain	Clay	Oleksandra Korashvili	7–6^(7–5), 6–2
Winner	10.	18 October 2015	Melilla, Spain	Hard	María José Luque Moreno	6–3, 6–4
Winner	11.	8 November 2015	Vinaròs, Spain	Clay	Noelia Bouzo Zanotti	6–2, 6–2
Winner	12.	9 April 2017	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Fernanda Brito	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	15.	21 May 2017	La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain	Clay	Georgina García Pérez	2–6, 6–0, 4–6
Runner-up	16.	2 December 2017	Castellón, Spain	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	0–6, 6–3, 1–6
Winner	13.	17 June 2018	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov	6–2, 6–3

Doubles (16–14)

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Finals by surface Hard (5–5) Clay (9–9) Grass (0–0) Carpet (2–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	8 May 2004	Tortosa, Spain	Clay	Katia Sabate-Orera	Marta Fraga Nuria Sánchez-García	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	6 November 2004	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Adriana González Peñas	Hanne Skak Jensen Karina Jacobsgaard	6–3, 6–3
Winner	2.	8 July 2005	Getxo, Spain	Clay	Núria Roig	Anna Gil Mares Tara Wigan	6–1, 6–0
Runner-up	2.	6 August 2005	Vigo, Spain	Hard	Matilde Muñoz Gonzalves	Anna Font María José Martínez Sánchez	2–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	11 February 2006	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Núria Roig	Eleonora Iannozzi Stella Menna	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	18 February 2006	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Núria Roig	Marta Fraga Laura Thorpe	4–6, 5–7
Winner	4.	25 March 2006	Sabadell, Spain	Clay	Núria Roig	Marta Fraga María José Martínez Sánchez	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	19 May 2006	Tenerife, Spain	Hard	Laura Vallvaerdu-Zafra	Monique Adamczak Annette Kolb	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Winner	5.	11 May 2007	Monzón, Spain	Hard	María Emilia Salerni	Iryna Brémond Vesna Dolonc	6–2, 6–1
Winner	6.	4 August 2007	Vigo, Spain	Hard	Carla Suárez Navarro	Ria Sabay Justine Ozga	6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	28 March 2008	La Palma, Spain	Hard	Sílvia Soler Espinosa	Yuliya Beygelzimer Stefanie Vögele	5–7, 6–7^(5–7)
Runner-up	6.	27 June 2008	Getxo, Spain	Clay	Sara del Barrio Aragón	Julie Coin Story Tweedie-Yates	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	25 July 2009	Valladolid, Spain	Clay	Sara del Barrio Aragón	Heidi El Tabakh Paula Fondevila Castro	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	14 February 2010	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Laura Pous Tió	Edina Gallovits-Hall Polona Hercog	6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	9.	24 September 2010	Foggia, Italy	Clay	Laura Pous Tió	María Irigoyen Florencia Molinero	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	10.	23 October 2010	Saint-Raphaël, France	Hard (i)	Laura Pous Tió	Sandra Klemenschits Tatjana Maria	2–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	21 October 2011	Seville, Spain	Clay	Lara Arruabarrena	Leticia Costas Inés Ferrer Suárez	6–4, 6–4
Winner	8.	5 June 2015	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Cristina Sánchez Quintanar	Sílvia García Jiménez Olga Sáez Larra	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Winner	9.	3 July 2015	Prokuplje, Serbia	Clay	Alexandra Nancarrow	Maryna Kolb Nadiya Kolb	2–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Runner-up	11.	4 September 2015	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Oleksandra Korashvili	Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov Gaia Sanesi	3–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	19 September 2015	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Cristina Sánchez Quintanar	Deborah Chiesa Isabelle Wallace	7–6^(7–4), 7–5
Winner	11.	25 September 2015	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Cristina Sánchez Quintanar	María Martínez Martínez Olga Sáez Larra	6–4, 6–3
Winner	12.	16 October 2015	Melilla, Spain	Hard	Oleksandra Korashvili	Irene Burillo Escorihuela Isabelle Wallace	6–3, 6–1
Winner	13.	6 November 2015	Vinaròs, Spain	Clay	Oleksandra Korashvili	Alicia Herrero Liñana Ksenija Sharifova	6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
Runner-up	12.	13 May 2016	Monzón, Spain	Hard	Cristina Sánchez Quintanar	Alice Bacquié Gabriella Taylor	1–6, 1–6
Winner	14.	14 July 2017	Turin, Italy	Clay	Paula Cristina Gonçalves	Irene Burillo Escorihuela Yvonne Cavallé Reimers	5–7, 6–0, [10–8]
Winner	15.	21 July 2017	Imola, Italy	Carpet	Paula Cristina Gonçalves	Eleni Kordolaimi Seone Mendez	6–3, 1–6, [10–3]
Runner-up	13.	13 October 2017	Seville, Spain	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	Luisa Stefani Renata Zarazúa	6–7^(2–7), 6–7^(3–7)
Runner-up	14.	20 October 2017	Riba-roja de Túria, Spain	Clay	Ángela Fita Boluda	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Guadalupe Pérez Rojas	4–6, 4–6
Winner	16.	28 April 2018	Óbidos, Portugal	Carpet	Ángela Fita Boluda	Freya Christie An-Sophie Mestach	7–6^(7–3), 1–6, [10–6]

External links

• Estrella Cabeza Candela at the Women's Tennis Association
• Estrella Cabeza Candela at the International Tennis Federation