Karina Andrea Koch Benvenuto (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈdɾea ˈkox βembeˈnuto];[a] born 26 April 1985) is a Chilean former tennis player.

Andrea Koch Benvenuto
Full nameKarina Andrea Koch Benvenuto
Country (sports) Chile
Born (1985-04-26) 26 April 1985 (age 39)
Santiago, Chile
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Prize money$118,523
Singles
Career record364–231
Career titles14 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 224 (11 June 2012)
Doubles
Career record196–123
Career titles19 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 289 (11 June 2012)
Team competitions
Fed Cup41–32
Medal record
Representing  Chile
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara Mixed Doubles
South American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Santiago Mixed Doubles

In her career, Koch Benvenuto won 14 singles titles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 11 June 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 224, and peaked at No. 289 in the doubles rankings.

Competing for Chile in the Fed Cup, Koch Benvenuto has a win–loss record of 41–32.[1]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 26 (14 titles, 12 runner-ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (11–10)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2004 ITF La Paz, Bolivia 10,000 Clay   Jenifer Widjaja 6–3, 4–6, 0–6
Loss 0–2 Jun 2005 ITF Santa Tecla, El Salvador 10,000 Clay   Andrea Benítez 3–6, 0–6
Loss 0–3 Aug 2005 ITF Bogotá, Colombia 10,000 Clay   Carla Tiene 4–6, 0–6
Loss 0–4 May 2006 ITF Obregón, Mexico 10,000 Hard   Ellah Nze 6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Win 1–4 Jun 2006 ITF Xalapa, Mexico 10,000 Hard   María Irigoyen 6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Win 2–4 Sep 2009 ITF Mazatlán, Mexico 10,000 Hard   Fernanda Hermenegildo 6–1, 6–2
Win 3–4 Nov 2009 ITF Bogotá, Colombia 10,000 Clay   Yuliana Lizarazo 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 3–5 Nov 2009 ITF Asunción, Paraguay 10,000 Clay   Paula Ormaechea 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Win 4–5 Nov 2010 ITF Bogotá, Colombia 10,000 Clay   Patricia Kú Flores 6–1, 7–5
Win 5–5 Nov 2010 ITF Santiago, Chile 10,000 Clay   Verónica Cepede Royg 6–2, 6–2
Win 6–5 Jul 2011 ITF Ribeirão Preto, Brazil 10,000 Clay   Vivian Segnini 6–2, 6–2
Loss 6–6 Aug 2011 ITF Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 10,000 Clay   María Irigoyen 2–6, 3–6
Win 7–6 Aug 2011 ITF La Paz, Bolivia 10,000 Clay   María Irigoyen 6–0, 7–6(7–1)
Loss 7–7 Oct 2011 ITF Yerevan, Armenia 25,000 Clay   Julia Cohen 6–7(6–8), 2–6
Loss 7–8 Mar 2012 ITF Bangalore, India 25,000 Hard   Donna Vekić 2–6, 4–6
Loss 7–9 May 2012 ITF Brasília, Brazil 25,000 Clay   Gabriela Paz 3–6, 3–6
Win 8–9 Nov 2012 ITF Barranquilla, Colombia 10,000 Clay   Karolina Nowak 7–6(7–4), 6–0
Win 9–9 Oct 2013 ITF Bogotá, Colombia 10,000 Hard   Anna Katalina Alzate Esmurzaeva 6–3, 6–3
Win 10–9 Nov 2013 ITF Lima, Peru 10,000 Clay   Patricia Kú Flores 7–5, 6–7(4–7), 6–2
Win 11–9 Nov 2013 ITF Bogotá, Colombia 10,000 Clay   Naomi Totka 6–1, 6–1
Loss 11–10 Dec 2013 ITF Barranquilla, Colombia 10,000 Clay   María Fernanda Herazo 4–6, 2–6
Win 12–10 Jul 2014 ITF Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 10,000 Clay   Julieta Lara Estable 6–2, 7–5
Win 13–10 Aug 2014 ITF Quito, Ecuador 10,000 Clay   Sofía Blanco 6–3, 6–4
Win 14–10 Oct 2014 ITF Pereira, Colombia 10,000 Clay   Nicole Frenkel 7–6(7–1), 6–2
Loss 14–11 Oct 2014 ITF Pereira 2 10,000 Clay   Lilla Barzó 4–6, 2–6
Loss 14–12 Nov 2014 ITF Bogotá, Colombia 10,000 Clay   Victoria Bosio 6–7(3–7), 1–6

Doubles: 34 (19 titles, 15 runner-ups)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (16–14)
Result No. Date Tier Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 18 August 2003 10,000 ITF La Paz, Bolivia Clay   Valentina Castro   Marcela Evangelista
  Letícia Sobral
6–3, 3–6, 0–1 ret.
Loss 2. 6 June 2005 10,000 ITF Santa Tecla, El Salvador Clay   Patricia Holzman   Andrea Benítez
  Flavia Mignola
w/o
Win 1. 15 August 2005 10,000 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador Hard   Verónica Spiegel   Kit Carson
  Dragana Jakovljevic
6–1, 6–2
Win 2. 29 August 2005 10,000 ITF Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Clay   Verónica Spiegel   Dominika Diešková
  Courtney Nagle
6–3, 6–3
Win 3. 10 July 2006 10,000 ITF Caracas, Venezuela Hard   Betina Jozami   María Irigoyen
  Flavia Mignola
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 3. 7 August 2006 10,000 ITF Quito, Ecuador Clay   Jesica Orselli   Fabiana Mak
  Roxane Vaisemberg
2–6, 3–6
Loss 4. 14 August 2006 10,000 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador Hard   Jesica Orselli   Estefanía Craciún
  Mariana Muci
6–3, 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Win 4. 26 November 2007 10,000 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay   Soledad Esperón   Salome Llaguno
  Verónica Spiegel
6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
Win 5. 7 April 2008 10,000 ITF Los Mochis, Mexico Clay   Vanesa Furlanetto   Indire Akiki
  Allie Will
6–0, 7–5
Win 6. 13 October 2008 10,000 ITF Lima, Peru Clay   Karen Castiblanco   Marina Giral Lores
  Paula Ormaechea
6–2, 6–1
Win 7. 20 October 2008 10,000 ITF Lima Clay   Karen Castiblanco   Marina Giral Lores
  Paula Ormaechea
6–7(7–9), 6–0, [10–3]
Loss 5. 27 October 2008 10,000 ITF Lima Clay   Vanesa Furlanetto   Bianca Botto
  Karen Castiblanco
1–6, 3–6
Win 8. 10 November 2008 10,000 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay   Karen Castiblanco   Kateřina Kramperová
  Nataly Yoo
w/o
Loss 6. 27 April 2009 10,000 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Karen Castiblanco   Maria Fernanda Alves
  Carla Tiene
3–6, 3–6
Win 9. 21 September 2009 10,000 ITF Obregón, Mexico Hard   Natalia Guitler   Jamie Hampton
  Whitney Jones
7–6(8–6), 6–4
Win 10. 28 September 2009 10,000 ITF Juárez, Mexico Clay   Paula Zabala   Lucía Jara Lozano
  Giannina Minieri
6–0, 3–6, [10–4]
Loss 7. 12 October 2009 10,000 ITF Mexico City, Mexico Clay   Paula Zabala   Dominika Diešková
  Daniela Múñoz Gallegos
w/o
Win 11. 2 November 2009 10,000 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay   Karen Castiblanco   Yuliana Lizarazo
  Paula Zabala
6–3, 6–1
Win 12. 16 November 2009 10,000 ITF Asunción, Paraguay Clay   Vanesa Furlanetto   Raquel Piltcher
  Roxane Vaisemberg
6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
Win 13. 23 November 2009 10,000 ITF Lima Clay   Cecilia Costa Melgar   Agustina Eskenazi
  Paula Ormaechea
6–1, 6–3
Loss 8. 30 November 2009 10,000 ITF La Serena, Chile Clay   Giannina Minieri   Fernanda Brito
  Verónica Cepede Royg
6–4, 0–6, [6–10]
Win 14. 14 December 2009 10,000 ITF Quito, Ecuador Clay   Mariana Correa   Alejandra Álvarez
  Marie Elise Casares
7–6(7–3), 6–2
Loss 9. 15 March 2010 10,000 ITF Antalya, Turkey Clay   Fatma Al-Nabhani   Kiki Bertens
  Daniëlle Harmsen
2–6, 4–6
Loss 10. 5 July 2010 25,000 ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany Clay   Elena Bogdan   Teodora Mirčić
  Erika Sema
6–7(4–7), 6–2, [8–10]
Loss 11. 11 October 2010 10,000 ITF Lima, Peru Clay   Karen Castiblanco   Maria Fernanda Alves
  Isabela Miro
4–6, 4–6
Win 15. 25 October 2010 10,000 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay   Karen Castiblanco   Fernanda Brito
  Daniela Seguel
1–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss 12. 1 November 2010 10,000 ITF Bogotá Clay   Karen Castiblanco   Yuliana Lizarazo
  Adriana Pérez
2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 16. 8 November 2010 10,000 ITF Bogotá Clay   Karen Castiblanco   Karen Ramírez Rivera
  Daniela Seguel
6–4, 7–5
Loss 13. 11 July 2011 25,000 ITF Bogotá Clay   Julia Cohen   Andrea Gámiz
  Adriana Pérez
3–6, 4–6
Win 17. 8 August 2011 10,000 ITF Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Clay   María Irigoyen   Jazmín Britos
  Giovanna Tomita
6–2, 6–1
Win 18. 15 August 2011 10,000 ITF La Paz, Bolivia Clay   María Irigoyen   Carla Lucero
  Luciana Sarmenti
6–2, 6–2
Loss 14. 19 September 2011 25,000 ITF Tbilisi, Georgia Clay   Elena Bogdan   Irina Buryachok
  Réka Luca Jani
6–7(3–7), 2–6
Win 19. 25 November 2013 10,000 ITF Bogotá Clay   Daniella Roldan   María Fernanda Herazo
  Naomi Totka
6–1, 6–4
Loss 15. 2 December 2013 10,000 ITF Barranquilla, Colombia Clay   Daniella Roldan   María Paulina Pérez
  Paula Andrea Pérez
1–6, 4–6

Notes

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  1. ^ In isolation, Benvenuto is pronounced [bembeˈnuto].

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