Search results
Conchita Martínez Bernat (born 16 April 1972) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and coach. She was the first Spaniard to win the women's singles title at Wimbledon, doing so in 1994. Martínez also was the runner-up at the 1998 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open.
Jul 17, 2021 · NEWPORT, R.I. -- Conchita Martinez' legendary career spanned 18 years and included victories in every sector of the game. In 1994, she defeated Martina Navratilova to become the first Spanish woman to win Wimbledon and was a finalist at the 1998 Australian Open and 2000 Roland Garros.
On Saturday, July 17, 2021, Conchita Martínez was inducted to the International Tennis Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2020.
- 10 min
- 901
- tennisfamer
2 days ago · As an enthusiastic student of tennis – if not the studies that she’s still completing in parallel to her playing career – Mirra Andreeva needs no reminder that it’s 30 years since her coach, Conchita Martinez, defeated Martina Navratilova to become the 1994 Wimbledon ladies’ champion.
Like just about every other tennis player, it all began for 2020 International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee Conchita Martinez in solitude, versus a backboard. In the Spanish town of Monzon, Martinez had begun to play at the age of nine. Her simple description for tennis: “Love at first sight.
Jun 5, 2024 · The double Australian Open champion has defeated Andreeva in the past two visits to Madrid, 6-3, 6-1 in 2023 and then 6-1, 6-4 two months ago in the Spanish capital. "Mirra has to get out there, play an aggressive game as well and use all of her shots, not to be intimidated at all," Martinez said.
May 9, 2023 · Conchita Martinez’s first trip to Rome as a teenager in 1990 ended in the quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-0 defeat at the hands of her idol, Martina Navratilova. But it wasn’t a complete loss.
