Full Name: Inmaculada Concepción "Conchita" Martínez Bernat
Profession: Tennis Player
Biography: Conchita Martínez is a Spanish former professional tennis player and current coach.
She is best known as the first Spanish player to win the women's singles title at Wimbledon where she beat Martina Navratilova in the 1994 final.
She reached her world ranking high of #2 in October 1995 and finished the season in the Top 10 for 9 consecutive years.
Martinez couldn't quite reach the dizzy heights of 1994-5 again although she was runner-up at the 1998 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open.
She was a member of the winning Spanish Federation Cup teams in 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1998 and was the team captain 2013-2017 as well as the Spanish Davis Cup team captain 2015-2017.
Martínez won the 2021 WTA Coach of the Year award for her work coaching Garbiñe Muguruza.
Born: April 16, 1972
Birthplace: Monzón, Huesca, Spain
Age: 52 years old
Generation: Generation X
Chinese Zodiac: Rat
Star Sign: Aries
Historical Events
- 1991-07-28 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Nottingham, England: Spain wins first title with 2-1 victory over US; Conchita Martínez & Arantxa Sánchez Vicario clinch final 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 against Gigi Fernández & Zina Garrison-Jackson
- 1994-07-02 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Conchita Martínez of Spain upsets Martina Navratilova 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 for her only Grand Slam title
- 1995-11-26 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Valencia, Spain: Conchita Martínez beats American Mary Joe Fernández 6-3, 6-4 to give Spain an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends 3-2) and their 4th title
- 1998-01-31 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Switzerland's Martina Hingis retains her title; beats Conchita Martinez of Spain 6-3, 6-3 for 5th Grand Slam title
- 1998-09-20 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Geneva, Switzerland: Conchita Martínez & Arantxa Sánchez Vicario beat Martina Hingis & Patty Schnyder of Switzerland 6-0, 6-2 in doubles decider to clinch Spain's 5th title, 3-2
- 2000-06-10 French Open Women's Tennis: France's Mary Pierce beats Conchita Martinez of Spain 6-2, 7-5 for her 2nd and last career Grand Slam singles title and her 1st singles title at Roland Garros
- 2000-11-25 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Las Vegas, Nevada: Lindsay Davenport beats Conchita Martínez of Spain 6-1, 6-2 to give US an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends, 5-0) and record extending 17th title
Biographies and Sources
- Conchita Martinez - International Tennis Hall of Fame
Andrea Jaeger
Billie Jean King
Lew Hoad
Molla Mallory
Suzanne Lenglen
Victor Pecci