María Vento-Kabchi
Venezuelan tennis player (born 1974)
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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.[1] 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.[2] She retired from professional tennis in 2006.[3]
| Country (sports) |  Venezuela | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Residence | Caracas, Venezuela Miami, Florida, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 May 1974 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
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In Grand Slam tournaments, Vento-Kabchi reached the fourth round in singles at Wimbledon in 1997 and the US Open in 2005.[4] 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.[5]
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.[3]
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
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| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | January 4, 1998 | Gold Coast, Australia | Hard |  Ai Sugiyama |
5–7, 0–6 |
Doubles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| 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.[6]
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
| Tournament | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | Career W–L |
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| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1–8 |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1–7 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | 1R | A | 4R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | A | 8–9 |
| US Open | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 2R | 3R | 4R | A | 9–9 |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 19–33 |
Doubles
Mixed doubles
Olympic Games
ITF finals
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
Singles (7–6)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
