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Carina Witthöft
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Witthöft at the 2018 French Open
Country (sports)  Germany
Born (1995-02-16) 16 February 1995 (age 28)
Wentorf bei Hamburg, Germany
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money US$ 1,967,633
Singles
Career record 271–183 (59.69%)
Career titles 1 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking No. 48 (8 January 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (2015)
French Open 3R (2017)
Wimbledon 3R (2016, 2017)
US Open 3R (2016)
Doubles
Career record 17–47 (26.56%)
Career titles 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 168 (16 July 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2018)
French Open 2R (2018)
Wimbledon 1R (2015, 2017, 2018)
US Open 2R (2017)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 1R (2017)
Last updated on: 16 July 2022.

Carina Witthöft (also spelled Witthoeft, born 16 February 1995) is an inactive German professional tennis player. She has won one singles title on the WTA Tour whereas on the ITF Women's Circuit, she has won eleven singles titles and one doubles title. On 8 January 2018, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 48.

Career

Witthöft made her WTA Tour debut at the 2012 Swedish Open. Having defeated Marina Shamayko, Akgul Amanmuradova and Jill Craybas to qualify, she lost in the first round of the main draw against Kateryna Bondarenko.

She won her maiden WTA title at the 2017 Luxembourg Open, defeating Monica Puig in straight sets in the final.

She was coached by Torben Beltz and then by Philip Lang.

2018

Witthöft started the season at the Brisbane International where she lost in the first round to Aleksandra Krunić. Despite being defeated in the final round of qualifying at the Sydney International by Camila Giorgi, Witthöft entered the main draw as a lucky loser. She lost in the first round to Australian wildcard Sam Stosur. At the Australian Open, Witthöft was defeated in the first round by eighth seed Caroline Garcia.

In Doha at the Qatar Open, she lost in the second round to top seed Caroline Wozniacki.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier M & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2017 Luxembourg Open International Hard (i) Puerto Rico Monica Puig 6–3, 7–5

ITF finals

Singles: 20 (11 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–1)
$75,000 tournaments (0–1)
$50,000 tournaments (3–0)
$25,000 tournaments (6–5)
$15,000 tournaments (0–0)
$10,000 tournaments (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (7–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2011 ITF Zell am Harmersbach, Germany Clay Germany Vanessa Henke 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Jul 2011 ITF Horb, Germany Clay Poland Paula Kania 6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Win 2–1 Jun 2012 ITF Ystad, Sweden Clay Russia Valeria Solovyeva 6–2, 6–1
Win 3–1 Jul 2012 ITF Wrexham, Great Britain Hard Croatia Donna Vekić 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 6–2
Loss 3–2 Aug 2012 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić 2–6, 4–6
Loss 3–3 Mar 2013 ITF Sutton, Great Britain Hard (i) Liechtenstein Stephanie Vogt 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win 4–3 Aug 2013 Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany Clay France Laura Thorpe 6–1, 6–4
Loss 4–4 Sep 2013 ITF Alphen a/d Rijn, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Arantxa Rus 6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 4–5 Jun 2014 ITF Stuttgart, Germany Clay Colombia Mariana Duque 7–5, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 4–6 Jul 2014 ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany Clay Netherlands Lesley Kerkhove 5–7, 3–6
Win 5–6 Aug 2014 Hechingen Open, Germany Clay Germany Laura Siegemund 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 6–6 Sep 2014 GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, UK Hard (i) Switzerland Viktorija Golubic 6–2, 6–4
Win 7–6 Sep 2014 Open de Saint-Malo, France Clay Italy Alberta Brianti 6–0, 6–1
Loss 7–7 Sep 2014 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK Hard (i) France Océane Dodin 4–6, 3–6
Win 8–7 Oct 2014 Open de Touraine, France Hard (i) Poland Urszula Radwańska 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Win 9–7 Feb 2015 ITF Altenkirchen, Germany Carpet (i) Germany Antonia Lottner 6–3, 6–4
Win 10–7 May 2015 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Germany Tatjana Maria 7–5, 6–1
Win 11–7 Jul 2015 Reinert Open Versmold, Germany Clay Sweden Johanna Larsson 6–3, 6–3
Loss 11–8 May 2016 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Poland Magda Linette 3–6, 5–7
Loss 11–9 Jul 2016 ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic Clay Germany Antonia Lottner 6–7(6–8), 6–1, 5–7

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2014 GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, UK Hard (i) France Alizé Lim Switzerland Viktorija Golubic
Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča
6–2, 6–1

Head-to-head records

Record against top 10 players

* As of 1 November  2021 (2021 -11-01)
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