Estrella Cabeza Candela (; born 20 February 1987) is a Spanish former tennis player.

During her career, Cabeza Candela won 13 singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 13 May 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 95. On 2 April 2012, she peaked at No. 176 in the doubles rankings.

Personal life Cabeza Candela was born in Los Palacios y Villafranca to Manuel Cabeza (tennis coach) and Estrella Candela, sister is Ana (training to be an aeronautic engineer). She began playing tennis at age four with her father and sister, and started playing seriously aged seven. Her tennis idol was Monica Seles, and her favorite surface was clay.

Career Coached by Gonzalo Lopez and Martin Vilar, Cabeza Candela had a breakout year in 2013. She broke into the top 100 for the first time at age 26, by reaching No. 95 on 13 May 2013.

Later that summer, she played her first major main draw at Wimbledon, and lost in the first round to Caroline Wozniacki, 0–6, 2–6. In early July, Cabeza Candela reached her best result in a WTA Tour tournament by reaching the semifinals at Palermo, losing to Roberta Vinci, in three sets, and later semifinals at 2014 Hobart International, losing to Garbiñe Muguruza.

She announced her retirement from professional tennis ın 2020.

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 29 (13 titles, 16 runner-ups) Legend$75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10/15,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (5–4)Clay (8–12) ResultNo.DateTournament TierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. Aug 2004ITF Pontevedra, Spain 10,000 Hard Lucía Jiménez Almendros 7–6(3), 6–7(4), 6–7(2)Win 1. Jun 2005ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain 10,000 Hard Justine Ozga 7–6(3), 4–6, 6–2Loss 2. Nov 2005ITF Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay Núria Roig 3–6, 3–6Win 2. Feb 2006ITF Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay Stella Menna 6–4, 6–1Win 3. Mar 2006ITF Sabadell, Spain 10,000 Clay María José Martínez Sánchez 6–3, 7–5Win 4. Jul 2006ITF Valladolid, Spain 25,000 Hard Monique Adamczak 2–6, 7–6(3), 7–5Loss 3. Jun 2008ITF Galatina, Italy 25,000 Clay Anastasija Sevastova 4–6, 4–6Win 5. Jun 2008ITF Getxo, Spain 25,000 Clay Chayenne Ewijk 6–4, 6–4Win 6. Jul 2008ITF Valladolid, Spain 25,000 Hard Frederica Piedade 6–4, 7–6(4)Loss 4. Sep 2008ITF Madrid, Spain 25,000 Hard Angelique Kerber 1–6, 3–6Loss 5. Sep 2008ITF Granada, Spain 25,000 Hard Regina Kulikova 3–6, 4–6Loss 6. Jul 2009ITF Rome, Italy 25,000 Clay Eloisa Compostizo de Andrés 3–6, 7–6(2), 2–6Loss 7. Jul 2009ITF Valladolid, Spain 25,000 Hard Heidi El Tabakh 2–6, 6–3, 3–6Win 7. Sep 2010ITF Mollerusa, Spain 10,000 Hard Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko 6–2, 6–4Win 8. Mar 2011ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Clay Laura-Ioana Andrei 6–3, 6–2Loss 8. Oct 2011ITF Seville, Spain 25,000 Clay Réka Luca Jani 6–2, 3–6, 3–6Loss 9. Sep 2012Save Cup, Italy 50,000 Clay Karin Knapp 1–6, 6–3, 1–6Loss 10. Sep 2012Open de Saint-Malo, France 25,000 Clay Maryna Zanevska 2–6, 7–6(5), 0–6Loss 11. Oct 2012ITF Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain 25,000 Clay María Teresa Torró Flor 1–6, 4–6Loss 12. Oct 2012ITF Seville, Spain 25,000 Clay Teliana Pereira 6–4, 6–7(3), 6–7(5)Loss 13. Mar 2013ITF Osprey, United States 50,000 Clay Mariana Duque Mariño 6–7(2), 1–6Loss 14. Jun 2015ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Clay Olga Sáez Larra 4–6, 0–6Win 9. Oct 2015ITF La Vall d'Uixó, Spain 10,000 Clay Oleksandra Korashvili 7–6(5), 6–2Win 10. Oct 2015ITF Melilla, Spain 10,000 Hard María José Luque Moreno 6–3, 6–4Win 11. Nov 2015ITF Vinaròs, Spain 10,000 Clay Noelia Bouzó Zanotti 6–2, 6–2Win 12. Apr 2017ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Fernanda Brito 6–3, 7–5Loss 15. May 2017Solgironès Open, Spain 25,000 Clay Georgina García Pérez 2–6, 6–0, 4–6Loss 16. Dec 2017ITF Castellón, Spain 15,000 Clay Ekaterine Gorgodze 0–6, 6–3, 1–6Win 13. Jun 2018ITF Barcelona, Spain 25,000 Clay Aliona Bolsova 6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 30 (16 titles, 14 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. May 2004ITF Tortosa, Spain 10,000 Clay Katia Sabate-Orera Marta Fraga Nuria Sánchez García 6–4, 4–6, 4–6Win 1. Nov 2004ITF Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay Adriana González-Peñas Hanne Skak Jensen Karina Jacobsgaard 6–3, 6–3Win 2. Jul 2005ITF Getxo, Spain 10,000 Clay Núria Roig Anna Gil Mares Tara Wigan 6–1, 6–0Loss 2. Aug 2005ITF Vigo, Spain 10,000 Hard Matilde Muñoz Gonzalves Anna Font María José Martínez Sánchez 2–6, 3–6Win 3. Feb 2006ITF Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay Núria Roig Eleonora Iannozzi Stella Menna 3–6, 6–3, 6–1Loss 3. Feb 2006ITF Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay Núria Roig Marta Fraga Laura Thorpe 4–6, 5–7Win 4. Mar 2006ITF Sabadell, Spain 10,000 Clay Núria Roig Marta Fraga María José Martínez Sánchez 6–1, 6–1Loss 4. May 2006ITF Tenerife, Spain 25,000 Hard Laura Vallvaerdu-Zafra Monique Adamczak Annette Kolb 6–4, 4–6, 1–6Win 5. May 2007ITF Monzón, Spain 75,000 Hard María Emilia Salerni Iryna Brémond Vesna Dolonc 6–2, 6–1Win 6. Aug 2007ITF Vigo, Spain 25,000 Hard Carla Suárez Navarro Ria Sabay Justine Ozga 6–1, 4–6, 6–3Loss 5. Mar 2008ITF La Palma, Spain 25,000 Hard Sílvia Soler Espinosa Yuliya Beygelzimer Stefanie Vögele 5–7, 6–7(5)Loss 6. Jun 2008ITF Getxo, Spain 25,000 Clay Sara del Barrio Aragón Julie Coin Story Tweedie-Yates 3–6, 1–6Loss 7. Jul 2009ITF Valladolid, Spain 25,000 Clay Sara del Barrio Aragón Heidi El Tabakh Paula Fondevila Castro 2–6, 4–6Loss 8. Feb 2010Copa Bionaire, Colombia 75,000 Clay Laura Pous Tió Edina Gallovits-Hall Polona Hercog 6–3, 3–6, [8–10]Loss 9. Sep 2010ITF Foggia, Italy 25,000 Clay Laura Pous Tió María Irigoyen Florencia Molinero 2–6, 2–6Loss 10. Oct 2010Open Saint-Raphaël,France 50,000 Hard (i) Laura Pous Tió Sandra Klemenschits Tatjana Maria 2–6, 4–6Win 7. Oct 2011ITF Seville, Spain 25,000 Clay Lara Arruabarrena Leticia Costas Inés Ferrer Suárez 6–4, 6–4Win 8. Jun 2015ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Clay Cristina Sánchez Quintanar Sílvia García Jiménez Olga Sáez Larra 4–6, 6–4, [10–7]Win 9. Jul 2015ITF Prokuplje, Serbia 10,000 Clay Alexandra Nancarrow Maryna Kolb Nadiya Kolb 2–6, 6–4, [10–6]Loss 11. Sep 2015ITF Barcelona, Spain 15,000 Clay Oleksandra Korashvili Aliona Bolsova Gaia Sanesi 3–6, 4–6Win 10. Sep 2015ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Hard Cristina Sánchez Quintanar Deborah Chiesa Isabelle Wallace 7–6(4), 7–5Win 11. Sep 2015ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Hard Cristina Sánchez Quintanar María Martínez Martínez Olga Sáez Larra 6–4, 6–3Win 12. Oct 2015ITF Melilla, Spain 10,000 Hard Oleksandra Korashvili Irene Burillo Isabelle Wallace 6–3, 6–1Win 13. Nov 2015ITF Vinaròs, Spain 10,000 Clay Oleksandra Korashvili Alicia Herrero Liñana Ksenija Sharifova 6–2, 4–6, [10–5]Loss 12. May 2016ITF Monzón, Spain 10,000 Hard Cristina Sánchez Quintanar Alice Bacquié Gabriella Taylor 1–6, 1–6Win 14. Jul 2017ITF Turin, Italy 25,000 Clay Paula Cristina Gonçalves Irene Burillo Yvonne Cavallé Reimers 5–7, 6–0, [10–8]Win 15. Jul 2017ITF Imola, Italy 25,000 Carpet Paula Cristina Gonçalves Eleni Kordolaimi Seone Mendez 6–3, 1–6, [10–3]Loss 13. Oct 2017ITF Seville, Spain 25,000 Clay Andrea Gámiz Luisa Stefani Renata Zarazúa 6–7(2), 6–7(3)Loss 14. Oct 2017ITF Riba-roja de Túria,Spain 15,000 Clay Ángela Fita Boluda Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Guadalupe Pérez Rojas 4–6, 4–6Win 16. Apr 2018ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet Ángela Fita Boluda Freya Christie An-Sophie Mestach 7–6(3), 1–6, [10–6]

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