Marlene Weingärtner

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.

Marlene Weingärtner
Country (sports) Germany
Born (1980-01-30) 30 January 1980
Heidelberg, West Germany
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro9 May 1994
Retired31 August 2005
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,127,324
Singles
Career record233–255
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 36 (4 February 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2002)
French Open4R (2004)
Wimbledon2R (1999–2003)
US Open2R (1998)
Doubles
Career record97–120
Career titles1 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 34 (17 January 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1999, 2002–03, 2005)
French OpenQF (2004)
WimbledonQF (2002)
US Open2R (2001, 2004)

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 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

Singles: 1 (runner-up)
Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 19 September 2004 Bali Classic, Indonesia Hard Russia 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 United States Jill Craybas Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld		 7–5, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 31 October 2004 Luxembourg Open Hard (i) United States Jill Craybas Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina 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 Czech Republic Radka Surová 6–4, 0–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 14 October 1996 ITF Flensburg, Germany Carpet (i) Austria Beate Reinstadler 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Runner-up 3. 7 December 1998 ITF Bad Gögging, Germany Carpet (i) Slovakia Karina Habšudová 6–7, 2–6
Runner-up 4. 29 October 2000 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard Canada Vanessa Webb 2–4, 3–5, 4–1, 3–5
Runner-up 5. 26 November 2000 ITF Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Australia 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) Netherlands Seda Noorlander Poland Magdalena Feistel
Czech Republic Helena Vildová		 6–2, 6–7, 6–2
Runner-up 1. 7 April 1996 ITF Athens, Greece Clay Serbia and Montenegro Dragana Zarić Sweden Annica Lindstedt
Sweden Anna-Karin Svensson		 0–6, 2–6
Winner 2. 6 October 1996 ITF Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Hard Argentina María Fernanda Landa Chile Paula Cabezas
Argentina Veronica Stele		 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 23 June 1997 ITF Bordeaux, France Clay Argentina María Fernanda Landa France Caroline Dhenin
Georgia (country) Nino Louarsabishvili		 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 3. 30 June 1997 ITF Vaihingen, Germany Clay Argentina María Fernanda Landa Netherlands Seda Noorlander
India Nirupama Vaidyanathan		 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 4. 27 July 1997 ITF İstanbul, Turkey Hard Austria Sylvia Plischke Italy Laura Golarsa
Argentina Mercedes Paz		 6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Winner 3. 28 October 2000 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard South Africa Surina De Beer South Korea Cho Yoon-jeong
South Korea Jeon Mi-ra		 4–2, 4–1, 1–4, 3–5, 4–2

References
  1. "Marlene Weingärtner: "Down under" mit neuem Selbstvertrauen". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 21 January 2002.
  2. "Eine Fachfrau unterstützt nun den Fachmann" (in German). Augsburger Allgemeine. 25 November 2015.


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