Wiltrud Probst

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Wiltrud Probst
Country (sports)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Born (1969-05-29) 29 May 1969 (age 55)
Nuremberg, West Germany
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro1985
Retired1999
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$824,173
Singles
Career record249–228
Career titles2 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 31 (4 February 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (1987, 1991, 1993–95, 1997)
French Open 4R (1990)
Wimbledon 3R (1991)
US Open 2R (1990, 1997)
Doubles
Career record133–167
Career titles0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 32 (8 January 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 3R (1995)
French Open 3R (1990, 91, 1994, 1998)
Wimbledon 3R (1996)
US Open 2R (1990, 91, 1997)

Wiltrud Probst (born 29 May 1969) is a former tennis player from Germany.

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She was ranked world No. 31 on 4 February 1991. Probst won in singles two titles on the WTA Tour. In 1990, she won the tournament in the New Zealand capital Wellington by a final victory over Leila Meskhi. In 1992, she won the final of the Belgian Open against compatriot Meike Babel. Her most successful Grand Slam tournament she played in 1990, when she reached the knockout stages at the French Open, in which she defeated world No. 10, Conchita Martínez. Probst retired from tour 1999.

WTA Tour finals

Category ( W–L )SinglesDoubles
Tier I0–00–0
Tier II0–00–0
Tier III0–00–2
Tier IV2–01–0
Surface ( W–L )SinglesDoubles
Hard1–00–0
Clay1–00–5
Grass0–00–0
Carpet0–00–1

Singles: 2 (titles)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Feb 1990 Wellington, New ZealandHard Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Leila Meskhi 1–6, 6–4, 6–0
Win2–0May 1992 Waregem, BelgiumClay Flag of Germany.svg Meike Babel 6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 7 (runner-ups)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Sep 1986 Athens, GreeceClay Flag of Germany.svg Silke Meier Flag of Germany.svg Isabel Cueto
Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Loss0–2 Aug 1990 Schenectady, New York, USHard Flag of Italy.svg Linda Ferrando Flag of the United States.svg Alysia May
Flag of Japan.svg Nana Miyagi
4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss0–3Jul 1992 Kitzbühel, AustriaClay Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Amanda Coetzer Flag of Argentina.svg Florencia Labat
Flag of France.svg Alexia Dechaume
3–6, 3–6
Loss0–4Oct 1993 Essen, GermanyHard Flag of Germany.svg Christina Singer Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Suková
2–6, 2–6
Loss0–5 Apr 1995 Houston, Texas, USClay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rene Simpson Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Arendt
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Manon Bollegraf
4–6, 2–6
Loss0–6 Jul 1995 Maria Lankowitz, AustriaClay Flag of France.svg Alexandra Fusai Flag of Italy.svg Silvia Farina
Flag of Hungary.svg Andrea Temesvári
2–6, 2–6
Loss0–7 Aug 1997 Maria Lankowitz, AustriaClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Radka Bobková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eva Melicharová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Vildová
2–6, 2–6

ITF finals

Singles (0–5)

Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.7 April 1986 Caserta, ItalyClay Flag of Brazil.svg Gisele Miró 3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss2.21 April 1986 Taranto, ItalyClay Flag of Argentina.svg Patricia Tarabini 2–6, 1–6
Loss3.13 July 1987 Erlangen, West GermanyClay Flag of France.svg Julie Halard-Decugis 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Loss4.16 July 1989 Erlangen, West GermanyClay Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Elena Pampoulova 1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss5.14 October 1996 Cardiff, United KingdomHard Flag of France.svg Anne-Gaëlle Sidot 1–6, 5–7

Doubles (1–4)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.28 October 1985 Peterborough, United KingdomHard Flag of Germany.svg Claudia Porwik Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Regina Rajchrtová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jana Novotná
7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Loss2.11 November 1985 Queens, United KingdomHard Flag of Germany.svg Claudia Porwik Flag of Germany.svg Christina Singer-Bath
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Tesarová
7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Loss3.31 March 1986 Bari, ItalyClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Belinda Borneo Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nanette Schutte
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marianne van der Torre
6–4, 6–7, 3–6
Loss4.7 April 1986 Caserta, ItalyClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marianne van der Torre Flag of Argentina.svg Bettina Fulco
Flag of Brazil.svg Gisele Miro
3–6, 3–6
Win5.10 July 1989 Erlangen, West GermanyClay Flag of Germany.svg Andrea Betzner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ingelise Driehuis
Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Fuchs
6–2, 6–3

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