Country (sports) Venezuela Weight 61 kg Prize money $845,115 Name Milagros Sequera Turned pro January 1, 1999 | Career record 314–211 Role Tennis player Retired 2009 Career titles 1 WTA, 11 ITF Height 1.65 m | |
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Born 30 September 1980 (age 44)
San Felipe, Venezuela ( 1980-09-30 ) Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Residence San Diego, California, United States | ||
Highest ranking No. 48 (9 July 2007) | ||
Milagros sequera
Milagros Sequera (born September 30, 1980) is a former professional female tennis player.
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From San Felipe, Yaracuy, Venezuela. She joined the WTA Tour in 1999 and was ranked world No. 48 on July 9, 2007.
Career
She won her first title in Fes, Morocco, on May 20, 2007, defeating Aleksandra Wozniak in the final.
Milagros' coach is Larry Willens. She was introduced to the game at the age of seven. Her favorite surface is hardcourt. She enjoys listening to music, reading, and writing during her spare time.
She won the gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, winning the final 7–5, 4–6, 6–1 against Sarah Taylor, and again in the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, winning the final 3–6, 7–6, 6–1 against Mariana Duque Marino.
Sponsor & Racquet
Milagros’ racquet is the Head Microgel Extreme. She wears Lacoste clothing and Fila shoes.
Personal
Milagros currently resides in San Diego, USA, with her husband, Stephen Huss, whom she married in the Dandenong Ranges, near Melbourne Australia, on December 29, 2009.
She was born on the same day as Martina Hingis. She also played team competition for the German tennis club TC RW Dinslaken for several years in the 1990s.
Sequera retired 2009.