Milagros Sequera


Milagros Sequera is a former professional female tennis player from Venezuela.

Career

Sequera joined the WTA Tour in 1999 and was ranked world No. 48 in July 2007. Her coach was Larry Willens. She was introduced to the game at the age of seven. Her favorite surface was hardcourt.
She won her first title in Fes, Morocco, in May 2007, defeating Aleksandra Wozniak in the final.
Sequera won the gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, winning the final 7–5, 4–6, 6–1 against Sarah Taylor, and again in the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, winning the final 3–6, 7–6, 6–1 against Mariana Duque Marino.
Sequera retired from professional tennis 2009.

Personal

Milagros currently resides in San Diego with her husband, Stephen Huss, whom she married in the Dandenong Ranges, near Melbourne, Australia, on 29 December 2009.
She was born on the same day as Martina Hingis. She also played team competition for the German tennis club TC RW Dinslaken for several years in the 1990s.

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.Nov 2003Québec City, CanadaCarpet Maria Sharapova2–6, ret.
Win1.May 2007Fes, MoroccoClay Aleksandra Wozniak6–1, 6–3

Doubles (4) (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (11–6)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.3 November 1996Tamaulipas, MexicoHard Aurora Gima4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner2.9 November 1997Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicClay Aliénor Tricerri6–2, 4–6, 6–0
Runner-up1.17 May 1999Jackson, United StatesClay Daniela Hantuchová1–6, 2–6
Winner3.27 June 1999Easton, United StatesHard Maricris Fernandez7–5, 6–2
Winner4.4 July 1999Montreal, CanadaHard Kristina Triska7–6, 7–6
Winner5.23 April 2000San Luis Potosí, MexicoClay Catalina Castaño6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up2.23 October 2000Dallas, United StatesHard Jennifer Hopkins2–6, 1–6
Winner6.28 October 2001Dallas, United StatesHard Irina Selyutina5–7, 6–2, 6–0
Runner-up3.4 November 2001Hayward, United StatesHard Irina Selyutina5–7, 4–6
Winner7.28 April 2002Dothan, United StatesClay Liezel Huber7–6, 4–6, 6–1
Runner-up4.22 April 2003Dothan, United StatesClay Akiko Morigami3–6, 4–6
Runner-up5.22 September 2003Albuquerque, United StatesHard Kristina Brandi2–6, 2–6
Winner8.24 April 2005Dothan, United StatesClay Varvara Lepchenko2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner9.27 February 2006St. Paul, United StatesHard Claudine Schaul6–1, 6–2
Runner-up6.25 April 2006Lafayette, United StatesClay Yuliana Fedak7–5, 2–6, 4–6
Winner10.8 October 2006Troy, United StatesHard Ahsha Rolle7–5, 6–0
Winner11.7 July 2008Allentown, United StatesHard Amanda Fink6–2, 6–0

Doubles (18–9)