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
ResidenceBarcelona
Born (1987-02-20) 20 February 1987
Los Palacios y Villafranca
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$505,750
Singles
Career record465–301
Career titles0 WTA, 13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 95 (13 May 2013)
Current rankingNo. 601 (15 July 2019)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2013)
French Open1R (2014)
Wimbledon1R (2013)
US Open1R (2013)
Doubles
Career record173–133
Career titles16 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 176 (2 April 2012)
Current rankingNo. 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)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
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)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
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]
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