Maria João Koehler (born 8 October 1992) is a Portuguese tennis player.
Koehler has won three singles and four doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 25 February 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 102. On 18 June 2012, she peaked at world number 151 in the doubles rankings.
Playing for Portugal at the Fed Cup, Koehler has a win–loss record of 9–14.[1]
Career
Koehler made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit at the age of 14 at a $10,000 event in Braga. Having qualified for the main draw, she lost her first match to Catarina Ferreira.
She made her WTA tour main draw debut at the 2009 Estoril Open. Having been awarded a wild card, she played world number 77 Kristina Barrois in the first round, losing in straight sets.[2]
ITF finals (7–11)
Singles (3–7)
| Legend |
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $15,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
|
| Finals by surface |
| Hard (2–5) |
| Clay (0–2) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (1–0) |
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| Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent |
Score |
| Runner-up |
1. |
9 June 2008 |
Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal |
Hard |
 Mélanie Gloria |
7–6(7–2), 3–6, 1–6 |
| Winner |
1. |
18 May 2009 |
Cantanhede, Portugal |
Carpet |
 Nanuli Pipiya |
6–4, 2–6, 6–1 |
| Winner |
2. |
1 June 2009 |
Amarante, Portugal |
Hard |
Mélanie Gloria |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up |
2. |
8 February 2010 |
Vale do Lobo, Portugal |
Hard |
 Julia Mayr |
1–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up |
3. |
8 November 2010 |
Majorca, Spain |
Clay |
 Lara Arruabarrena |
6–7(2–7), 3–6 |
| Runner-up |
4. |
31 January 2011 |
Rabat, Morocco |
Clay |
Nina Bratchikova |
6–3, 4–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up |
5. |
16 July 2012 |
Donetsk, Ukraine |
Hard |
 Vesna Dolonc |
2–6, 3–6 |
| Winner |
3. |
23 July 2012 |
Astana, Kazakhstan |
Hard |
Marta Sirotkina |
7–5, 6–2 |
| Runner-up |
6. |
8 October 2012 |
Joué-lès-Tours, France |
Hard (i) |
 Mónica Puig |
6–3, 4–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up |
7. |
22 July 2013 |
Astana, Kazakhstan |
Hard |
 Nadiia Kichenok |
4–6, 5–7 |
Doubles (4–4)
| Legend |
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $15,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
|
| Finals by surface |
| Hard (2–0) |
| Clay (2–3) |
| Grass (0–1) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
|
| Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents |
Score |
| Winner |
1. |
11 May 2009 |
Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal |
Clay |
 Joana Pangaio Pereira |
Rebeca Bou Nogueiro
Sheila Solsona Carcasona |
2–2, ret. |
| Runner-up |
1. |
1 November 2010 |
Majorca, Spain |
Clay |
Avgusta Tsybysheva |
Lara Arruabarrena
Inés Ferrer Suárez |
5–7, 2–6 |
| Runner-up |
2. |
15 November 2010 |
Majorca, Spain |
Clay |
Avgusta Tsybysheva |
 Diana Enache
Raluca Elena Platon |
3–6, 6–7(3–7) |
| Winner |
2. |
11 July 2011 |
Cáceres, Spain |
Hard |
 Richèl Hogenkamp |
 Victoria Larrière
Irena Pavlovic |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up |
3. |
29 August 2011 |
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Clay |
 Florencia Molinero |
 Maria Abramović
Ana Vrljić |
7–5, 6–7(3–7), [4–10] |
| Winner |
3. |
12 September 2011 |
Zagreb, Croatia |
Clay |
 Katalin Marosi |
Maria Abramović
Mihaela Buzărnescu |
6–0, 6–3 |
| Winner |
4. |
24 September 2011 |
Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
Hard (i) |
Katalin Marosi |
 Amanda Elliott
 Johanna Konta |
7–6(7–3), 6–1 |
| Runner-up |
4. |
11 June 2012 |
Nottingham, United Kingdom |
Grass |
Réka-Luca Jani |
Sally Peers
Ashleigh Barty |
6–7(2–7), 6–3, [5–10] |
Grand Slam performance timeline
Singles
References
External links
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