María Vento-Kabchi

María Vento-Kabchi
Country (sports)	Venezuela
Residence	Caracas, Venezuela ; Miami, Florida, United States
Born	24 May 1974 (age 50); 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)
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)
Medal record
Pan American Games

María Alejandra Vento-Kabchi (born 24 May 1974) is a Venezuelan former professional tennis player. In July 2004, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 26. She won four WTA Tour titles in doubles.

Vento-Kabchi reached the fourth round of the 2005 US Open, where she was heavily defeated by the eventual champion, Kim Clijsters. Vento-Kabchi likened the defeat to being "run over by a truck".^[1]

Her best results in Grand Slam tournaments are reaching the fourth round in Wimbledon (1997) and US Open (2005).

She competed as María Vento until July 21, 2001, when she married lawyer Gamal Kabchi.^[2]

Vento-Kabchi retired from professional tennis in 2006.

WTA career finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
Tier I
Tier II
Tier II
Tier IV & V

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

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
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, United States	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