Estrella Cabeza Candela
![]() Cabeza Candela in Wimbledon, 2014 | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
---|---|
Residence | Barcelona, Spain |
Born | (1987-02-20) 20 February 1987 (age 37) Los Palacios y Villafranca, Spain |
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Retired | 2020 |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $507,072 |
Singles | |
Career record | 469–303 |
Career titles | 13 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 95 (13 May 2013) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q3 (2013) |
French Open | 1R (2014) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2013) |
US Open | 1R (2013) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 175–134 |
Career titles | 16 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 176 (2 April 2012) |
Estrella Cabeza Candela (Spanish pronunciation: [esˈtɾeʎa kaˈβeθa kanˈdela]; born 20 February 1987) is a former Spanish tennis player.
During her career, Cabeza Candela 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 to 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. Her Tennis idol was Monica Seles, favorite surface clay court.
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 her first Grand Slam main-draw at Wimbledon, and lost in the first round to Caroline Wozniacki, 0–6, 2–6. In early July, Cabeza Candela reached her best result in a WTA Tour tournament by reaching the semifinals at Palermo, losing to Roberta Vinci, in three sets.
She announced her retirement from professional tennis ın 2020.[1]
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 29 (13 titles, 16 runner-ups)
|
|
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Loss | 1. | Aug 2004 | ITF Pontevedra, Spain | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() | 7–6(3), 6–7(4), 6–7(2) |
Win | 1. | Jun 2005 | ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() | 7–6(3), 4–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 2. | Nov 2005 | ITF Mallorca, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 2. | Feb 2006 | ITF Mallorca, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 3. | Mar 2006 | ITF Sabadell, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 7–5 |
Win | 4. | Jul 2006 | ITF Valladolid, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() | 2–6, 7–6(3), 7–5 |
Loss | 3. | Jun 2008 | ITF Galatina, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 5. | Jun 2008 | ITF Getxo, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 6. | Jul 2008 | ITF Valladolid, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() | 6–4, 7–6(4) |
Loss | 4. | Sep 2008 | ITF Madrid, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() | 1–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 5. | Sep 2008 | ITF Granada, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() | 3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 6. | Jul 2009 | ITF Rome, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 3–6, 7–6(2), 2–6 |
Loss | 7. | Jul 2009 | ITF Valladolid, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() | 2–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Win | 7. | Sep 2010 | ITF Mollerusa, Spain | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() | 6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 8. | Mar 2011 | ITF Madrid, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 8. | Oct 2011 | ITF Seville, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 9. | Sep 2012 | Save Cup, Italy | 50,000 | Clay | ![]() | 1–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
Loss | 10. | Sep 2012 | Open de Saint-Malo, France | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 2–6, 7–6(5), 0–6 |
Loss | 11. | Oct 2012 | ITF Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 1–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 12. | Oct 2012 | ITF Seville, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 6–7(3), 6–7(5) |
Loss | 13. | Mar 2013 | ITF Osprey, United States | 50,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–7(2), 1–6 |
Loss | 14. | Jun 2015 | ITF Madrid, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 0–6 |
Win | 9. | Oct 2015 | ITF La Vall d'Uixó, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 7–6(5), 6–2 |
Win | 10. | Oct 2015 | ITF Melilla, Spain | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 11. | Nov 2015 | ITF Vinaròs, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 12. | Apr 2017 | ITF Hammamet, Tunisia | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 15. | May 2017 | Internacional de La Bisbal, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 2–6, 6–0, 4–6 |
Loss | 16. | Dec 2017 | ITF Castellón, Spain | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() | 0–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
Win | 13. | Jun 2018 | ITF Barcelona, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–2, 6–3 |
Doubles: 30 (16 titles, 14 runner-ups)
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Loss | 1. | May 2004 | ITF Tortosa, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1. | Nov 2004 | ITF Mallorca, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 2. | Jul 2005 | ITF Getxo, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–0 |
Loss | 2. | Aug 2005 | ITF Vigo, Spain | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 3. | Feb 2006 | ITF Mallorca, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 3. | Feb 2006 | ITF Mallorca, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 5–7 |
Win | 4. | Mar 2006 | ITF Sabadell, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–1 |
Loss | 4. | May 2006 | ITF Tenerife, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 4–6, 1–6 |
Win | 5. | May 2007 | ITF Monzón, Spain | 75,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 6. | Aug 2007 | ITF Vigo, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 5. | Mar 2008 | ITF La Palma, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 6–7(5) |
Loss | 6. | Jun 2008 | ITF Getxo, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 7. | Jul 2009 | ITF Valladolid, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 8. | Feb 2010 | Copa Bionaire, Colombia | 75,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 3–6, [8–10] |
Loss | 9. | Sep 2010 | ITF Foggia, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 10. | Oct 2010 | Open Saint-Raphaël, France | 50,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 7. | Oct 2011 | ITF Seville, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 8. | Jun 2015 | ITF Madrid, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
Win | 9. | Jul 2015 | ITF Prokuplje, Serbia | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 6–4, [10–6] |
Loss | 11. | Sep 2015 | ITF Barcelona, Spain | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 10. | Sep 2015 | ITF Madrid, Spain | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(4), 7–5 |
Win | 11. | Sep 2015 | ITF Madrid, Spain | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 12. | Oct 2015 | ITF Melilla, Spain | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 13. | Nov 2015 | ITF Vinaròs, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–2, 4–6, [10–5] |
Loss | 12. | May 2016 | ITF Monzón, Spain | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 1–6 |
Win | 14. | Jul 2017 | ITF Turin, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 6–0, [10–8] |
Win | 15. | Jul 2017 | ITF Imola, Italy | 25,000 | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 1–6, [10–3] |
Loss | 13. | Oct 2017 | ITF Seville, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7(2), 6–7(3) |
Loss | 14. | Oct 2017 | ITF Riba-roja de Túria, Spain | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 16. | Apr 2018 | ITF Óbidos, Portugal | 25,000 | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(3), 1–6, [10–6] |
References
- ^ "Me gustaría hacerles el camino más fácil a quienes yo entrene". el-decano-deportivo. 10 November 2020.
External links
- Estrella Cabeza Candela at the Women's Tennis Association
- Estrella Cabeza Candela at the International Tennis Federation
- Estrella Cabeza Candela at the Billie Jean King Cup
- Estrella Cabeza Candela at ESPN.com