Milagros Sequera Huss (; born 30 September 1980) is a Venezuelan former professional

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player.

Career

She joined the

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in 1999 and was ranked world No. 48 in July 2007. Her coach was Larry Willens. She was introduced to the game at the age of seven. Her favorite surface was hardcourt. She won her first title in Fes, Morocco, in May 2007, defeating

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in the final. Sequera won the gold medal at the

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, Dominican Republic, winning the final against Sarah Taylor, and again in the

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in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, winning the final against Mariana Duque Marino. Sequera retired from professional tennis in 2009.

Personal

Milagros currently resides in

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with her husband, Stephen Huss, whom she married in the

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, near

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, Australia, on 29 December 2009. She was born on the same day as

Martina Hingis Martina Hingis (, ; born 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 209 weeks ( fifth-most of all time) and as the world No. ...

. She also played team competition for the German tennis club TC RW Dinslaken for several years in the 1990s.

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (11–6)

Doubles: 27 (18–9)

External links

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Profile on CBSSports
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sequera, Milagros 1980 births Living people People from San Felipe, Venezuela Sportspeople from Yaracuy Venezuelan female tennis players Tennis players at the 2003 Pan American Games Tennis players at the 2007 Pan American Games Tennis players at the 2008 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 Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Venezuela Tennis players at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games