Country (sports) Germany Career titles 1 WTA (10 ITF) Weight 56 kg Residence Sehnde, Germany Name Martina Muller Turned pro 1999 | Prize money US $1,040,531 Role Tennis player Retired 2011 Career record 288–255 Height 1.65 m | |
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Born 11 October 1982 (age 41)
Hanover, Germany ( 1982-10-11 ) Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||
Martina Müller-Skibbe (born 11 October 1982 in Hanover, Germany) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. On April 2, 2007 she reached a career high WTA-ranking of No. 33.
She has had her best success on clay courts, where she won her only WTA Tour singles title at the Budapest Grand Prix. She has also been successful on the ITF Circuit where she has won 10 singles titles.
She is coached by her father, Reinhard Müller. She admires tennis champion Andre Agassi. She married longtime boyfriend Florian Skibbe in August 2011 and subsequently announced her retirement.
2007
Müller started the year with middling results, reaching the second round at the Australian Open, losing to Elena Dementieva in three sets. From January to April, Müller never came past the second round of a tournament. In May, at the Qatar German Open in Berlin, she defeated Eleni Daniilidou and thirteenth seed Shahar Pe'er to reach the round of 16 where she lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova 3:6 2:6. Müller then reached the second round of Roland Garros, losing to Slovak Dominika Cibulková, and the second round at The Championships, Wimbledon, retiring against Agnieszka Radwańska. In the previous round, she double-bageled Anna Smashnova. She reached the final at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo before being defeated by Hungarian Ágnes Szávay in two sets.