María José Martínez Sánchez

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**María José Martínez Sánchez**

Country	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Date of birth	August 12, 1982 (1982-08-12) (age 25)
Place of birth	Yecla, Murcia, Spain
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1/4 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Turned pro	1998
Retired	Active
Plays	Left (double-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$403,598
Singles
Career record:	234-146
Career titles:	0 WTA, 12 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 69 (May 28, 2001)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1r (2001, 2002)
French Open	1r (2001, 2008)
Wimbledon	1r (2001)
US Open	1r (2001, 2006)
Doubles
Career record:	233-102
Career titles:	5 WTA, 22 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 26 (August 27, 2001)
Infobox last updated on: May 12, 2008.

María José Martínez Sánchez (born 12 August 1982 in Yecla, Murcia, Spain) is a professional tennis player from Spain. She has had some success in singles in the past, reaching a career high of No. 69 in May 2001 and making the semifinals of a WTA Tier III event in Madrid, where she beat Barbara Schett and Sandrine Testud for the two best wins of her career. As a junior she won the 1999 Orange Bowl a year-ending tennis event for junior players.

She has had much more success in doubles, reaching a career high of No. 26 in August 2001. She has won four doubles titles, all with compatriot Anabel Medina Garrigues