María Alejandra Vento-Kabchi (born 24 May 1974) is a Venezuelan former professional

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player. In July 2004, she reached her career-high singles

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of world No. 26. She won four

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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". Her best results in Grand Slam tournaments are reaching the fourth round in Wimbledon (

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) and US Open (

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). She competed as María Vento until July 21, 2001, when she married lawyer Gamal Kabchi. Vento-Kabchi retired from professional tennis in 2006.

WTA career finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

ITF finals

Singles (7–6)

Doubles (2–2)

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* * * * * * 1974 births Living people Tennis players from Caracas Venezuelan female tennis players Tennis players at the 1999 Pan American Games Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for Venezuela Pan American Games gold medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games gold medalists in tennis Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Venezuela Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games 20th-century Venezuelan sportswomen 21st-century Venezuelan sportswomen {{Venezuela-tennis-bio-stub