Marina Escobar

Marina Escobar
Full name	Marina Escobar Martínez
Country (sports)	Spain
Born	2 February 1977 (age 47)
Prize money	$29,555
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 325 (24 August 1998)
Doubles
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 140 (26 October 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (1998)

Marina Escobar Martínez (born 2 February 1977) is a Spanish former professional tennis player.

Biography

Escobar, who had a best singles ranking of 325, was most prominent as a doubles player, winning five ITF titles in the late 1990s. She reached a career high doubles ranking of 140 and took part in the qualifying draw for the 1998 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]

Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at the 1998 Madrid Open, where she partnered with Mariam Ramón Climent to make the doubles semi-finals.

In 2001, while attending the University of Málaga, she represented Spain at the Summer Universiade, held in Beijing.^[2]

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	22 April 1996	Azeméis, Portugal	Hard	Kristina Triska	6–4, 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 12 (5–7)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	29 January 1996	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Conchita Martinez Granados	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Laura García	7–5, 0–6, 2–6
Win	1.	23 June 1996	Camucia, Italy	Clay	Eva Bes	Katia Altilia Paola Tampieri	6–4, 6–7, 6–2
Loss	2.	24 November 1996	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Eva Bes	Zuzana Lešenarová Lucie Steflová	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	31 August 1997	Athens, Greece	Clay	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Sandra Načuk	4–6, 3–6
Win	2.	24 November 1997	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	Melanie Schnell Katalin Marosi	6–4, 6–2
Win	3.	3 May 1998	Guimarães, Portugal	Hard	Paula Hermida	Bruna Colósio Cristina Correia	7–6, 6–4
Loss	4.	10 May 1998	Elvas, Portugal	Hard	Paula Hermida	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Debby Haak	W/O
Win	4.	22 June 1998	Santander, Spain	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Juliana Garcia Mariana Mesa Pineda	6–1, 7–6⁽¹⁾
Loss	5.	28 February 1999	Faro, Portugal	Hard	Debby Haak	Gabriela Chmelinová Olga Vymetálková	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	5.	27 September 1999	Lerida, Spain	Clay	Rocío González	Lana Miholcek Susanne Trik	2–6, 7–6⁽²⁾, 6–0
Loss	6.	4 October 1999	Girona, Spain	Clay	Rocío González	Maria Wolfbrandt Mara Santangelo	7–6⁽³⁾, 1–6, 3–6
Loss	7.	31 July 2000	Vigo, Spain	Clay	Regina Temez	Patricia Aznar Yolanda Clemot	2–6, 1–6