Maria João Koehler (born 8 October 1992) is a retired Portuguese tennis player.
Koehler won four singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 25 February 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 102. On 18 June 2012, she peaked at No. 151 in the doubles rankings.
Playing for the Portugal Fed Cup team, Koehler has a win–loss record of 11–20.
Career Born in Porto, Koehler made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit at the age of 14 at a $10k 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 wildcard, she played world No. 77, Kristina Barrois, in the first round, losing in straight sets.
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Tournament2011201220132014W–L Australian OpenA1R2RQ11–2 French OpenAA1RA0–1 WimbledonAQ21RA0–1 US OpenQ1Q21RA0–1Win–loss0–00–11–40–01–5
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10/15,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (3–6)Clay (0–2)Carpet (1–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Jun 2008 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal10,000 Hard Mélanie Gloria 7–6(2), 3–6, 1–6Win 1–1 May 2009 ITF Cantanhede, Portugal10,000 Carpet Nanuli Pipiya 6–4, 2–6, 6–1Win 2–1 Jun 2009 ITF Amarante, Portugal10,000 Hard Mélanie Gloria 6–3, 6–2Loss 2–2 Feb 2010 ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal10,000 Hard Julia Mayr 1–6, 1–6Loss 2–3 Nov 2010 ITF Mallorca, Spain10,000 Clay Lara Arruabarrena 6–7(2), 3–6Loss 2–4 Jan 2011 ITF Rabat, Morocco25,000 Clay Nina Bratchikova 6–3, 4–6, 1–6Loss 2–5 Jul 2012 ITF Donetsk, Ukraine50,000 Hard Vesna Dolonc 2–6, 3–6Win 3–5 Jul 2012 President's Cup, Kazakhstan100,000 Hard Marta Sirotkina 7–5, 6–2Loss 3–6 Oct 2012 Open de Touraine, France50,000 Hard (i) Monica Puig 6–3, 4–6, 1–6Loss 3–7 Jul 2013 President's Cup, Kazakhstan100,000 Hard Nadiia Kichenok 4–6, 5–7Loss 3–8 Sep 2016 ITF Ponta Delgada, Portugal10,000 Hard Inês Murta 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(7)Win 4–8 Jun 2018 Guimarães Ladies Open, Portugal15,000 Hard Zeel Desai 6–1, 3–6, 6–1
Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups) Legend$75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (2–0)Clay (2–3)Grass (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 May 2009 ITF Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal 10,000 Clay Joana Pangaio Pereira Rebeca Bou Nogueiro Sheila Solsona Carcasona 2–2 ret.Loss 1–1 Nov 2010 ITF Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay Avgusta Tsybysheva Lara Arruabarrena Inés Ferrer Suárez 5–7, 2–6Loss 1–2 Nov 2010 ITF Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay Avgusta Tsybysheva Diana Enache Raluca Elena Platon 3–6, 6–7(3)Win 2–2 Jul 2011 ITF Cáceres, Spain 25,000 Hard Richèl Hogenkamp Victoria Larrière Irena Pavlovic 6–4, 6–4Loss 2–3 Aug 2011 ITF Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 25,000 Clay Florencia Molinero Maria Abramović Ana Vrljić 7–5, 6–7(3), [4–10]Win 3–3 Sep 2011 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia 50,000 Clay Katalin Marosi Maria Abramović Mihaela Buzărnescu 6–0, 6–3Win 4–3 Sep 2011 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, United Kingdom 75,000 Hard (i) Katalin Marosi Amanda Elliott Johanna Konta 7–6(3), 6–1Loss 4–4 Jun 2012 Nottingham Trophy, UK 50,000 Grass Réka Luca Jani Sally Peers Ashleigh Barty 6–7(2), 6–3, [5–10]
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