Marlene Weingärtner
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | Heidelberg, West Germany | 30 January 1980
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
Turned pro | 9 May 1994 |
Retired | 31 August 2005 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,127,324 |
Singles | |
Career record | 233–255 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 36 (4 February 2002) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (2002) |
French Open | 4R (2004) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1999–2003) |
US Open | 2R (1998) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 97–120 |
Career titles | 1 WTA, 3 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
[edit]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 Germany in the Fed Cup, she has a win–loss record of 2–3.
Weingärtner retired after the 2005 US Open, after suffering several first-round losses due to ongoing physical problems.[2] She made a brief return in July 2008 to play the doubles event of the Gastein Ladies tournament where she partnered Sandra Klemenschits, losing in the quarterfinals to Xu Yifan and Zhang Shuai.
WTA career finals
[edit]Singles: 1 (runner-up)
[edit]Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | Sep 2004 | Bali Classic, Indonesia | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
[edit]Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | Aug 2004 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 7–6(7–2) |
Loss | Oct 2004 | Luxembourg Open | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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1–6, 7–6(7–1), 3–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
[edit]Legend |
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$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 5 (0–5)
[edit]Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 22 August 1994 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 0–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 14 October 1996 | ITF Flensburg, Germany | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
6–4, 6–7(5–7), 5–7 |
Runner-up | 3. | 7 December 1998 | ITF Bad Gögging, Germany | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
6–7, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 29 October 2000 | ITF Seoul, South Korea | Hard | ![]() |
2–4, 3–5, 4–1, 3–5 |
Runner-up | 5. | 26 November 2000 | ITF Nuriootpa, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 7 (3–4)
[edit]Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 5 February 1995 | ITF Coburg, Germany | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–7, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 1. | 7 April 1996 | ITF Athens, Greece | Clay | ![]() |
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0–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 2. | 6 October 1996 | ITF Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 23 June 1997 | ITF Bordeaux, France | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(8–6), 4–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 3. | 30 June 1997 | ITF Vaihingen, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 27 July 1997 | ITF İstanbul, Turkey | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 3. | 28 October 2000 | ITF Seoul, South Korea | Hard | ![]() |
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4–2, 4–1, 1–4, 3–5, 4–2 |
References
[edit]- ^ "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
[edit]- Marlene Weingärtner at the Women's Tennis Association
- Marlene Weingärtner at the International Tennis Federation
- Marlene Weingärtner at the Billie Jean King Cup