María Vento-Kabchi

María Vento-Kabchi

Country (sports)	Venezuela
Residence	Caracas, Venezuela Miami, Florida, United States
Born	(1974-05-24) 24 May 1974 (age 52) Caracas, Venezuela
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	25 February 1994
Retired	2006
Plays	Right-handed (double-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,591,803
Singles
Career record	361–324
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 26 (19 July 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2001)
French Open	2R (2004)
Wimbledon	4R (1997)
US Open	4R (2005)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2000, 2004)
Doubles
Career record	153–157
Career titles	4 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 15 (26 July 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2004)
French Open	2R (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006)
Wimbledon	QF (2003, 2004)
US Open	QF (2003)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (2000)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2005)
French Open	1R (2004, 2005)
Wimbledon	2R (2002, 2004)
US Open	2R (2003)
Medal record Central American and Caribbean Games 1998 Maracaibo Singles 1998 Maracaibo Women's doubles 1998 Maracaibo Mixed doubles 1998 Maracaibo Women's team Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg Singles

María Alejandra Vento-Kabchi (born 24 May 1974) is a Venezuelan former professional tennis player. She competed as María Vento until 21 July 2001, when she married lawyer Gamal Kabchi and began competing under the name Vento-Kabchi. She reached career-high WTA rankings of world No. 26 in singles and No. 15 in doubles, both in July 2004. Vento-Kabchi won four doubles titles on the WTA Tour and reached one WTA Tour singles final, finishing runner-up at the 1998 Australian Women's Hardcourts. She retired from professional tennis in 2006.

In Grand Slam tournaments, Vento-Kabchi reached the fourth round in singles at Wimbledon in 1997 and the US Open in 2005. All four of her major doubles quarterfinals came alongside Angelique Widjaja: at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2003, and at the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2004. The pair also won the 2003 Wismilak International and finished runners-up at the 2003 Canadian Open, then a Tier I tournament.

Representing Venezuela, Vento-Kabchi won four gold medals at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games, in singles, women's doubles, mixed doubles and the team event. She subsequently won the women's singles gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games. Vento-Kabchi competed at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games, reaching the second round in singles at both editions and the women's doubles quarterfinals in 2000 alongside Milagros Sequera.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend Tier I (0–0) Tier II (0–0) Tier III (0–1) Tier IV & V (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	January 4, 1998	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	5–7, 0–6

Doubles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend Tier I (0–1) Tier II (2–1) Tier III (1–3) Tier IV & V (1–1)

Finals by surface Hard (4–4) Clay (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 22, 2000	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Kim Grant	Sonya Jeyaseelan Florencia Labat	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	February 18, 2002	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Barbara Rittner	Sandrine Testud Roberta Vinci	6–3, 6–2
Loss	1–2	April 8, 2002	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Barbara Rittner	Elena Bovina Zsófia Gubacsi	3–6, 1–6
Win	2–2	September 9, 2002	Waikoloa, United States	Hard	Meilen Tu	Nannie de Villiers Irina Selyutina	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	2–3	February 10, 2003	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Angelique Widjaja	Janet Lee Wynne Prakusya	1–6, 3–6
Loss	2–4	August 11, 2003	Canadian Open, Canada	Hard	Angelique Widjaja	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova	6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Win	3–4	September 8, 2003	Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Angelique Widjaja	Émilie Loit Nicole Pratt	7–5, 6–2
Loss	3–5	September 20, 2004	China Open, China	Hard	Gisela Dulko	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Dinara Safina	4–6, 4–6
Win	4–5	September 19, 2005	China Open, China	Hard	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6–2, 6–4
Loss	4–6	October 3, 2005	Japan Open, Japan	Hard	Shinobu Asagoe	Gisela Dulko Maria Kirilenko	5–7, 6–4, 3–6

Performance timelines

Only main-draw results in Grand Slam tournaments are included in the Grand Slam win–loss records.

ITF finals

Singles (7–6)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	26 June 1989	Guadalajara, Mexico	Clay	Sofie Albinus	3–2 ret.
Loss	1.	14 May 1990	Guadalajara, Mexico	Clay	Suzanne Italiano	7–6, 4–6, 3–6
Win	2.	21 May 1990	Aguascalientes, Mexico	Clay	Jean Lozano	6–3, 6–3
Loss	2.	27 May 1991	Sanibel, United States	Hard	Nicole Arendt	1–6, 1–6
Win	3.	5 July 1993	Indianapolis, United States	Hard	Christine Neuman	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win	4.	26 July 1993	Roanoke, United States	Hard	Annie Miller	6–0, 5–7, 6–0
Win	5.	2 August 1993	Norfolk, United States	Hard	Annie Miller	7–5, 6–1
Win	6.	31 July 1995	Brasília, Brazil	Clay	Andrea Glass	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	3.	6 October 1996	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Hard	Jana Nejedly	6–7, 4–6
Win	7.	27 July 1997	Peachtree City, United States	Hard	Sonya Jeyaseelan	6–4, 6–0
Loss	4.	10 October 1999	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Jennifer Hopkins	6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Loss	5.	8 October 2000	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Brie Rippner	0–6, 0–6
Loss	6.	25 February 2003	St Paul, United States	Hard (i)	Shenay Perry	2–6, 4–6

Doubles (2–2)

Result	No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	14 May 1990	Guadalajara, Mexico	Clay	Rita Winebarger	Belkis Rodríguez Blanca Borbolla	0–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	1.	25 May 1992	Orlando, United States	Clay	Sandra Cacic	Trisha Laux Michelle Jackson-Nobrega	3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	2.	31 March 1997	Phoenix, United States	Hard	María José Gaidano	Lea Ghirardi Nino Louarsabishvili	0–6, 2–6
Win	2.	24 July 2000	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	María Virginia Francesa	Candice de la Torre Gabriela Voleková	6–1, 6–4

References

External links

• María Vento-Kabchi at the Women's Tennis Association
• María Vento-Kabchi at World Tennis
• María Vento-Kabchi at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)
• María Vento-Kabchi at Wimbledon
• María Vento-Kabchi at Olympics.com
• María Alejandra Vento-Kabchi at Olympedia