Marlene Weingärtner
Country (sports) | ITF |
---|---|
Highest ranking | No. 34 (17 January 2005) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1999, 2002–03, 2005) |
French Open | QF (2004) |
Wimbledon | QF (2002) |
US Open | 2R (2001, 2004) |
Marlene Weingärtner (born 30 January 1980) is a retired
tennis player from Germany
. She is a former top 40 player in both singles and doubles.
Career
The most remarkable moment of her career was her first-round match at the 2003 Australian Open when she defeated there the defending champion Jennifer Capriati. Capriati led the encounter 6–2, 4–1, but Weingärtner fought back and won by a 2–6, 7–6, 6–4 scoreline. She eventually reached the third round.
Her best Grand Slam showings were two fourth-round appearances, the first in Melbourne 2002, the latter at the 2004 French Open.[1] In 2004, she also reached her only WTA Tour final in Bali which she lost in straight sets to Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Playing for
Fed Cup
, she has a win–loss record of 2–3.
Weingärtner retired after the
Zhang Shuai
.
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Loss | 19 September 2004 | Bali Classic, Indonesia | Hard | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 1–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Win | 22 August 2004 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | Jill Craybas | Emmanuelle Gagliardi Anna-Lena Grönefeld |
7–5, 7–6(7–2) |
Loss | 31 October 2004 | Luxembourg Open | Hard (i) | Jill Craybas | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez |
1–6, 7–6(7–1), 3–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
Legend |
---|
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 5 (0–5)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Runner-up | 1. | 22 August 1994 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | Hard | Radka Surová | 6–4, 0–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 14 October 1996 | ITF Flensburg, Germany | Carpet (i) | Beate Reinstadler | 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 5–7 |
Runner-up | 3. | 7 December 1998 | ITF Bad Gögging, Germany | Carpet (i) | Karina Habšudová | 6–7, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 29 October 2000 | ITF Seoul, South Korea | Hard | Vanessa Webb | 2–4, 3–5, 4–1, 3–5 |
Runner-up | 5. | 26 November 2000 | ITF Nuriootpa, Australia | Hard | Rachel McQuillan | 4–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 7 (3–4)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winner | 1. | 5 February 1995 | ITF Coburg, Germany | Hard (i) | Seda Noorlander | Magdalena Feistel Helena Vildová |
6–2, 6–7, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 1. | 7 April 1996 | ITF Athens, Greece | Clay | Dragana Zarić | Annica Lindstedt Anna-Karin Svensson |
0–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 2. | 6 October 1996 | ITF Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Hard | María Fernanda Landa | Paula Cabezas Veronica Stele |
4–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 23 June 1997 | ITF Bordeaux, France | Clay | María Fernanda Landa | Caroline Dhenin Nino Louarsabishvili |
7–6(8–6), 4–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 3. | 30 June 1997 | ITF Vaihingen, Germany | Clay | María Fernanda Landa | Nirupama Vaidyanathan
|
3–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 27 July 1997 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | Hard | Sylvia Plischke | Laura Golarsa Mercedes Paz |
6–3, 3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 3. | 28 October 2000 | ITF Seoul, South Korea | Hard | Surina De Beer | Cho Yoon-jeong Jeon Mi-ra |
4–2, 4–1, 1–4, 3–5, 4–2 |
References
- ^ "Marlene Weingärtner: "Down under" mit neuem Selbstvertrauen". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 21 January 2002.
- ^ "Eine Fachfrau unterstützt nun den Fachmann" (in German). Augsburger Allgemeine. 25 November 2015.
External links
- Marlene Weingärtner at the Women's Tennis Association
- Marlene Weingärtner at the International Tennis Federation
- Marlene Weingärtner at the Billie Jean King Cup