Country (sports) | Switzerland |
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Born | Chur, Switzerland | 13 December 2000
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $571,282 |
Singles | |
Career record | 208–140 |
Career titles | 6 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 107 (12 June 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 156 (22 April 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q3 (2023, 2024) |
French Open | 2R (2023) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2023) |
US Open | Q2 (2022, 2023, 2024) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 59–43 |
Career titles | 1 WTA, 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 180 (7 March 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 406 (15 January 2024) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | W (2022) Record: 0–1 |
Last updated on: 22 April 2024. |
Simona Waltert (born 13 December 2000) is a Swiss tennis player.
Waltert has career-high WTA rankings of 107 in singles, achieved on 12 June 2023, and 180 in doubles, reached on 7 March 2022. Up to date, she has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, and six singles and four doubles titles at tournaments on the ITF Circuit.
She was a semifinalist at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships girls' singles, losing to eventual runner-up Ann Li.
On the ITF Junior Circuit, Waltert had a career-high combined ranking of No. 9, achieved on 22 January 2018.
Waltert made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2019 Ladies Open Lausanne, where she received a wildcard for the singles and the doubles tournaments. [1]
She won her first doubles title at the 2021 Ladies Open Lausanne, partnering Susan Bandecchi.
At the 2022 Ladies Open Lausanne, she earned her first top-10 win over world No. 7 and top seed Danielle Collins as a wildcard, saving three match points in the deciding tiebreak. [2] [3] [4] By defeating Cristina Bucsa the second round, she went one step further to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal, where she was beaten by Olga Danilović. [5] [6] As a result, she moved up into the top 150 in the rankings. She won the 2022 Bronx Open in doubles with partner Anna Blinkova.
Walters made her major debut at the 2023 French Open [7] and won her first match defeating Elizabeth Mandlik. As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of No. 107, on 12 June 2023.
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour (incl. Grand Slam tournaments) are included in win–loss records. [8]
Current through the 2023 French Open.
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | Q2 | Q3 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
French Open | A | A | A | Q2 | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
Wimbledon | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
US Open | A | A | A | Q2 | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
WTA 1000 | |||||||
Indian Wells Open | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||
Career statistics | |||||||
Tournaments | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
Overall win–loss | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 5–6 | |
Year-end ranking | 295 | 297 | 217 | 120 | 45% |
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Result | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | Jul 2021 | Lausanne Open, Switzerland | WTA 250 | Clay | Susan Bandecchi | Ulrikke Eikeri Valentini Grammatikopoulou | 6–3, 6–7(3–7), [10–5] |
Legend |
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$80,000 tournaments (0–1) |
$60,000 tournaments (1–2) |
$25,000 tournaments (0–3) |
$15,000 tournaments (5–5) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2017 | ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland | 25,000 | Clay | Georgia Brescia | 6–0, 4–6, 6–7(1) |
Loss | 0–2 | Nov 2017 | ITF Oslo, Norway | 15,000 | Hard (i) | Leonie Küng | 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–2 | Mar 2018 | ITF Mâcon, France | 15,000 | Hard (i) | Tess Sugnaux | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 1–3 | May 2018 | ITF San Severo, Italy | 15,000 | Clay | Despina Papamichail | 1–6, 2–6 |
Win | 2–3 | Dec 2018 | ITF Ortisei, Italy | 15,000 | Hard (i) | Joanna Garland | 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–4 | Jan 2019 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | Magali Kempen | 7–5, 3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 3–4 | Feb 2019 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh | 15,000 | Hard | Oona Orpana | 6–1, 6–3 |
Loss | 3–5 | Feb 2019 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh | 15,000 | Hard | Mayar Sherif | 4–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
Win | 4–5 | Apr 2019 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | Melanie Klaffner | 7–6(6), 7–5 |
Loss | 4–6 | May 2019 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | Mayar Sherif | 2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 4–7 | Jul 2019 | ITF Horb, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Lea Bošković | 4–6, 6–0, 1–6 |
Win | 5–7 | Jan 2021 | ITF Manacor, Spain | 15,000 | Clay | Yvonne Cavallé Reimers | 6–2, 7–6(4) |
Loss | 5–8 | Feb 2021 | AK Ladies Open, Germany | 25,000 | Carpet (i) | Clara Tauson | 6–3, 1–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 5–9 | Oct 2021 | ITF Poitiers, France | 80,000 | Hard (i) | Chloé Paquet | 4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 5–10 | Apr 2022 | Chiasso Open, Switzerland | 60,000 | Clay | Lucia Bronzetti | 6–2, 3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 6–10 | Jul 2022 | Amstelveen Open, Netherlands | 60,000 | Clay | Emma Navarro | 7–6(10), 6–0 |
Loss | 6–11 | Feb 2023 | Open de l'Isère, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Océane Dodin | 2–6, 5–7 |
Legend |
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$60,000 tournaments (1–1) |
$25,000 tournaments (1–1) |
$10/15,000 tournaments (2–2) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2016 | ITF Sion, Switzerland | 10,000 | Clay | Leonie Küng | Emily Arbuthnott Karin Kennel | 2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Dec 2018 | ITF Ortisei, Italy | 15,000 | Hard (i) | Verena Hofer | Veronika Erjavec Kristina Novak | 4–6, 5–7 |
Win | 1–2 | Apr 2019 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | Despina Papamichail | Mayar Sherif Rana Sherif Ahmed | 6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 2–2 | May 2019 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | Alica Rusová | Seone Mendez Charlotte Römer | 7–5, 0–6, [10–6] |
Win | 3–2 | Sep 2019 | Verbier Open, Switzerland | 25,000 | Clay | Xenia Knoll | İpek Soylu Kathinka von Deichmann | 6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 3–3 | Feb 2022 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 25,000 | Hard | Irina Fetecău | Isabelle Haverlag Justina Mikulskytė | 1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 3–4 | Feb 2022 | AK Ladies Open, Germany | 60,000 | Carpet (i) | Susan Bandecchi | Mariam Bolkvadze Samantha Murray Sharan | 3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 4–4 | Aug 2022 | Bronx Open, United States | 60,000 | Hard | Anna Blinkova | Han Na-lae Hiroko Kuwata | 6–3, 6–3 |
Waltert's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. [9]
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | SW Rank |
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2022 | |||||||
1. | Danielle Collins | No. 7 | Ladies Open Lausanne | Clay | 1R | 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(8–6) | No. 154 |
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