Nastasja Schunk

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Nastasja Schunk
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Schunk at the 2022 French Open
Full nameNastasja Mariana Schunk
Country (sports)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Born (2003-08-17) 17 August 2003 (age 21)
Mainz, Germany
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$349,386
Singles
Career record113–78
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 143 (8 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 297 (11 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 1R (2022)
Wimbledon 1R (2022)
US Open Q2 (2022, 2024)
Doubles
Career record9–14
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 462 (11 November 2024)
Current rankingNo. 462 (11 November 2024)
Team competitions
BJK Cup RR (2021)
Last updated on: 11 November 2024.

Nastasja Mariana Schunk (born 17 August 2003) is a German tennis player.

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Schunk has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 143, achieved on 8 August 2022.

Junior career

On the ITF Junior Circuit, Schunk has a career-high combined ranking of world No. 55, achieved in January 2021. She reached her first junior Grand Slam final at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships as an unseeded player, in which she lost to Ane Mintegi del Olmo.

Professional career

2021: WTA Tour debut

Schunk made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Stuttgart Open as a qualifier, but lost to Belinda Bencic in the first round. [1]

2022: Grand Slam debut

Schunk made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the French Open as a lucky loser after Ana Konjuh withdrew. [2] She lost in the first round to 19th seed Simona Halep in three sets. [3] [4]

She qualified for her second major at Wimbledon, [5] but again lost in the first round to a Romanian, this time Mihaela Buzărnescu. [6]

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2024 WTA Tour. [7]

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAA0 / 00–0
French Open A 1R A Q1 0 / 10–1
Wimbledon A 1R AA0 / 10–1
US Open A Q2 A Q2 0 / 00–0
Win–loss0–00–20–00–00 / 20–2
WTA 1000 tournaments
Miami Open A 1R AA0 / 10–1
Career statistics
Tournaments15006
Overall win–loss0–10–50–00–00–6
Year-end ranking294215297

Doubles

Current through the 2024 WTA Tour.

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAA0 / 00–0
French Open AAAA0 / 00–0
Wimbledon AAAA0 / 00–0
US Open AAAA0 / 00–0
National representation
BJK Cup RR AAA0 / 10–1
Career statistics
Tournaments02013
Overall win–loss0–11–20–01–12–4
Year-end ranking1322500462

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (0–1)
W25/W35 tournaments (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (2–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Aug 2021ITF Bydgoszcz, PolandW25Clay Flag of Russia.svg Darya Astakhova 4–6, 6–2, 6–0
Win2–0Aug 2021ITF Braunschweig, GermanyW25Clay Flag of Germany.svg Anna Klasen 6–3, 6–1
Loss2–1Mar 2022 Open de Touraine, FranceW25Hard (i) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Magali Kempen 3–6, 4–6
Loss2–2 May 2022 Wiesbaden Open, GermanyW100Clay Flag of Montenegro.svg Danka Kovinić 3–6, 6–7(0–7)
Loss2–3Aug 2024ITF Roehampton, United KingdomW35Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sonay Kartal 5–7, 1–6

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss 2021 Wimbledon Grass Flag of Spain.svg Ane Mintegi del Olmo 6–2, 4–6, 1–6

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