2008–2009 Together with Virginia Ruano Pascual, she won the
French Open and the silver medal at the
2008 Beijing Olympics. They successfully defended their French Open title in
2009.
2011 Medina Garrigues began 2011 by losing in the first rounds of
Auckland Open,
Australian Open, and
Copa Colsanitas and the qualifying draw of the
Sydney International. She then reached her first semifinal in nine months in the
Abierto Mexicano with wins over top seed
Julia Görges and seventh seed
Carla Suárez Navarro before losing to
Gisela Dulko in straight sets. At the
Indian Wells Open, she defeated
Tamira Paszek before losing to
Maria Sharapova. Garrigues then qualified for the
Tournament of Champions and reached the final, but she was defeated by defending champion
Ana Ivanovic in two sets.
2012 Medina Garrigues reached the quarterfinals of the Swedish Open in Båstad where she lost to
Johanna Larsson.
2014 Medina Garrigues started 2014 at the
Australian Open and lost in the first round to lucky loser
Irina Falconi. At the
Pattaya Open, Medina Garrigues was defeated in the first round by
Alison Riske without winning a single game. She announced that the
French Open would be her last tournament, before retiring from singles tennis, though she would continue to play doubles. Medina Garrigues lost in the second round of
qualifying there to
Tereza Smitková in two sets, ending her singles career.
2018 Medina Garrigues entered the doubles competition at the
Madrid Open, partnering fellow Spaniard
Arantxa Parra Santonja. Then in August, she retired from tennis circuit. ==Performance timelines==