Estrella Cabeza Candela


Estrella Cabeza Candela is a Spanish professional tennis player.
Cabeza Candela has 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. Parents are Manuel Cabeza and Estrella Candela; sister is Ana. She began playing tennis at age four with father and sister, and started playing seriously aged seven. Favorite surface is clay.

Career

Coached by Gonzalo Lopez and Martin Vilar, Cabeza Candela had a break out 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 in her first main draw of a Grand Slam event at Wimbledon. She lost in the first round to Caroline Wozniacki, 0–6, 2–6. In early July, Cabeza Candela reached her best result in a WTA tournament by reaching the semifinals at Palermo, losing to Roberta Vinci in three sets.

ITF finals

Singles (13–16)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.1 August 2004Pontevedra, SpainHard Lucía Jiménez Almendros7–6, 6–7, 6–7
Winner1.19 June 2005Les Franqueses del Vallès, SpainHard Justine Ozga7–6, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up2.13 November 2005Mallorca, SpainClay Núria Roig3–6, 3–6
Winner2.19 February 2006Mallorca, SpainClay Stella Menna6–4, 6–1
Winner3.26 March 2006Sabadell, SpainClay María José Martínez Sánchez6–3, 7–5
Winner4.9 July 2006Valladolid, SpainHard Monique Adamczak2–6, 7–6, 7–5
Runner-up3.1 June 2008Galatina, ItalyClay Anastasija Sevastova4–6, 4–6
Winner5.28 June 2008Getxo, SpainClay Chayenne Ewijk6–4, 6–4
Winner6.13 July 2008Valladolid, SpainHard Frederica Piedade6–4, 7–6
Runner-up4.21 September 2008Madrid, SpainHard Angelique Kerber1–6, 3–6
Runner-up5.28 September 2008Granada, SpainHard Regina Kulikova3–6, 4–6
Runner-up6.18 July 2009Rome, ItalyClay Eloisa Compostizo de Andrés3–6, 7–6, 2–6
Runner-up7.26 July 2009Valladolid, SpainHard Heidi El Tabakh2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner7.5 September 2010Mollerusa, SpainHard Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko6–2, 6–4
Winner8.27 March 2011Madrid, SpainClay Laura-Ioana Andrei6–3, 6–2
Runner-up8.22 October 2011Seville, SpainClay Réka Luca Jani6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up9.8 September 2012Mestre, ItalyClay Karin Knapp1–6, 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up10.23 September 2012Saint-Malo, FranceClay Maryna Zanevska2–6, 7–6, 0–6
Runner-up11.13 October 2012Sant Cugat del Vallès, SpainClay María Teresa Torró Flor1–6, 4–6
Runner-up12.20 October 2012Seville, SpainClay Teliana Pereira6–4, 6–7, 6–7
Runner-up13.31 March 2013Osprey, United StatesClay Mariana Duque Mariño6–7, 1–6
Runner-up14.7 June 2015Madrid, SpainClay Olga Sáez Larra4–6, 0–6
Winner9.4 October 2015La Vall d'Uixó, SpainClay Oleksandra Korashvili7–6, 6–2
Winner10.18 October 2015Melilla, SpainHard María José Luque Moreno6–3, 6–4
Winner11.8 November 2015Vinaròs, SpainClay Noelia Bouzo Zanotti6–2, 6–2
Winner12.9 April 2017Hammamet, TunisiaClay Fernanda Brito6–3, 7–5
Runner-up15.21 May 2017La Bisbal d'Empordà, SpainClay Georgina García Pérez2–6, 6–0, 4–6
Runner-up16.2 December 2017Castellón, SpainClay Ekaterine Gorgodze0–6, 6–3, 1–6
Winner13.17 June 2018Barcelona, SpainClay Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov6–2, 6–3

Doubles (16–14)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.8 May 2004Tortosa, SpainClay Katia Sabate-Orera Marta Fraga
Nuria Sánchez-García
6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Winner1.6 November 2004Mallorca, SpainClay Adriana González Peñas Hanne Skak Jensen
Karina Jacobsgaard
6–3, 6–3
Winner2.8 July 2005Getxo, SpainClay Núria Roig Anna Gil Mares
Tara Wigan
6–1, 6–0
Runner-up2.6 August 2005Vigo, SpainHard Matilde Muñoz Gonzalves Anna Font
María José Martínez Sánchez
2–6, 3–6
Winner3.11 February 2006Mallorca, SpainClay Núria Roig Eleonora Iannozzi
Stella Menna
3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up3.18 February 2006Mallorca, SpainClay Núria Roig Marta Fraga
Laura Thorpe
4–6, 5–7
Winner4.25 March 2006Sabadell, SpainClay Núria Roig Marta Fraga
María José Martínez Sánchez
6–1, 6–1
Runner-up4.19 May 2006Tenerife, SpainHard Laura Vallvaerdu-Zafra Monique Adamczak
Annette Kolb
6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Winner5.11 May 2007Monzón, SpainHard María Emilia Salerni Iryna Brémond
Vesna Dolonc
6–2, 6–1
Winner6.4 August 2007Vigo, SpainHard Carla Suárez Navarro Ria Sabay
Justine Ozga
6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up5.28 March 2008La Palma, SpainHard Sílvia Soler Espinosa Yuliya Beygelzimer
Stefanie Vögele
5–7, 6–7
Runner-up6.27 June 2008Getxo, SpainClay Sara del Barrio Aragón Julie Coin
Story Tweedie-Yates
3–6, 1–6
Runner-up7.25 July 2009Valladolid, SpainClay Sara del Barrio Aragón Heidi El Tabakh
Paula Fondevila Castro
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up8.14 February 2010Cali, ColombiaClay Laura Pous Tió Edina Gallovits-Hall
Polona Hercog
6–3, 3–6,
Runner-up9.24 September 2010Foggia, ItalyClay Laura Pous Tió María Irigoyen
Florencia Molinero
2–6, 2–6
Runner-up10.23 October 2010Saint-Raphaël, FranceHard Laura Pous Tió Sandra Klemenschits
Tatjana Maria
2–6, 4–6
Winner7.21 October 2011Seville, SpainClay Lara Arruabarrena Leticia Costas
Inés Ferrer Suárez
6–4, 6–4
Winner8.5 June 2015Madrid, SpainClay Cristina Sánchez Quintanar Sílvia García Jiménez
Olga Sáez Larra
4–6, 6–4,
Winner9.3 July 2015Prokuplje, SerbiaClay Alexandra Nancarrow Maryna Kolb
Nadiya Kolb
2–6, 6–4,
Runner-up11.4 September 2015Barcelona, SpainClay Oleksandra Korashvili Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov
Gaia Sanesi
3–6, 4–6
Winner10.19 September 2015Madrid, SpainHard Cristina Sánchez Quintanar Deborah Chiesa
Isabelle Wallace
7–6, 7–5
Winner11.25 September 2015Madrid, SpainHard Cristina Sánchez Quintanar María Martínez Martínez
Olga Sáez Larra
6–4, 6–3
Winner12.16 October 2015Melilla, SpainHard Oleksandra Korashvili Irene Burillo Escorihuela
Isabelle Wallace
6–3, 6–1
Winner13.6 November 2015Vinaròs, SpainClay Oleksandra Korashvili Alicia Herrero Liñana
Ksenija Sharifova
6–2, 4–6,
Runner-up12.13 May 2016Monzón, SpainHard Cristina Sánchez Quintanar Alice Bacquié
Gabriella Taylor
1–6, 1–6
Winner14.14 July 2017Turin, ItalyClay Paula Cristina Gonçalves Irene Burillo Escorihuela
Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
5–7, 6–0,
Winner15.21 July 2017Imola, ItalyCarpet Paula Cristina Gonçalves Eleni Kordolaimi
Seone Mendez
6–3, 1–6,
Runner-up13.13 October 2017Seville, SpainClay Andrea Gámiz Luisa Stefani
Renata Zarazúa
6–7, 6–7
Runner-up14.20 October 2017Riba-roja de Túria, SpainClay Ángela Fita Boluda Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
Guadalupe Pérez Rojas
4–6, 4–6
Winner16.28 April 2018Óbidos, PortugalCarpet Ángela Fita Boluda Freya Christie
An-Sophie Mestach
7–6, 1–6,