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MADRID, April 15 - Conchita Martinez, the only
Spanish woman to win the Wimbledon singles title, announced her
retirement on Saturday.
Martinez, who will turn 34 on Sunday, prevented Martina
Navratilova from winning a 10th Wimbledon singles title when she
beat the American in the 1994 final.
The baseliner reached two other grand slam finals in her
career, losing to Martina Hingis in the Australian Open in 1998
and to Mary Pierce at Roland Garros in 2000.
Overall she won 33 singles titles after turning professional
in 1988, her last victory coming in 2005 when she won at Pattaya
City in Thailand.
Martinez reached number two in the rankings in October 1995
after reaching the semi-finals in all four grand slams and
finished the season with more match wins than any other player
on the tour.
She won five Fed Cup titles with Spain and took part in four
Olympic Games, winning silver in the doubles events at Barcelona
in 1992 and Athens in 2004, and a bronze at Atlanta in 1996.