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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 29)
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)

Carina Witthöft (also spelled Witthoeft, born 16 February 1995) is a German former professional tennis player. She won one singles title on the WTA Tour whereas on the ITF Women's Circuit, she 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 first 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.

2019

Witthöft played her last professional match at the Australian Open qualifying, where she lost in the first round.

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R 3R 1R 2R 1R Q1 0 / 5 3–5
French Open A A Q2 Q3 2R 1R 3R 1R A 0 / 4 3–4
Wimbledon A A 1R Q2 1R 3R 3R 1R A 0 / 5 4–5
US Open A A Q1 Q3 1R 3R 1R 2R A 0 / 4 3–4
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–4 4–4 5–4 1–4 0–0 0 / 18 13–18
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open A A A A A 2R Q1 1R A 0 / 2 1–2
Miami Open Q1 A A A Q1 2R 2R 3R A 0 / 3 4–3
Madrid Open A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
China Open A A A A 1R A 1R A A 0 / 2 0–2
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open A A A A A A A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A A A A 3R A A A A 0 / 1 2–1
Cincinnati Open A A A A Q1 Q1 Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wuhan Open Not Held A A A Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 1 2 1 18 15 15 18 0 70
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1
Hard win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 7–9 6–8 12–7 4–9 0–0 29–34
Clay win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 5–7 2–5 6–5 0–6 0–0 13–25
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–2 4–2 1–3 0–0 7–10
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 12–18 10–15 22–14 5–18 0–0 49–69
Year-end ranking 405 223 210 104 65 86 51 172 42%

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
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 Circuit 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)
$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 Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2011 ITF Zell am Harmersbach, Germany 10,000 Clay Germany Vanessa Henke 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Jul 2011 ITF Horb, Germany 10,000 Clay Poland Paula Kania 6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Win 2–1 Jun 2012 ITF Ystad, Sweden 25,000 Clay Russia Valeria Solovyeva 6–2, 6–1
Win 3–1 Jul 2012 ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom 25,000 Hard Croatia Donna Vekić 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 6–2
Loss 3–2 Aug 2012 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany 25,000 Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić 2–6, 4–6
Loss 3–3 Mar 2013 ITF Sutton, United Kingdom 10,000 Hard (i) Liechtenstein Stephanie Vogt 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win 4–3 Aug 2013 ITF Hechingen, Germany 25,000 Clay France Laura Thorpe 6–1, 6–4
Loss 4–4 Sep 2013 ITF Alphen a/d Rijn, Netherlands 25,000 Clay Netherlands Arantxa Rus 6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 4–5 Jun 2014 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 25,000 Clay Colombia Mariana Duque 7–5, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 4–6 Jul 2014 ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany 25,000 Clay Netherlands Lesley Kerkhove 5–7, 3–6
Win 5–6 Aug 2014 ITF Hechingen, Germany (2) 25,000 Clay Germany Laura Siegemund 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 6–6 Sep 2014 ITF Barnstaple, United Kingdom 25,000 Hard (i) Switzerland Viktorija Golubic 6–2, 6–4
Win 7–6 Sep 2014 ITF Saint-Malo, France 50,000 Clay Italy Alberta Brianti 6–0, 6–1
Loss 7–7 Sep 2014 ITF Shrewsbury, United Kingdom 25,000 Hard (i) France Océane Dodin 4–6, 3–6
Win 8–7 Oct 2014 ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France 50,000 Hard (i) Poland Urszula Radwańska 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Win 9–7 Feb 2015 ITF Altenkirchen, Germany 25,000 Carpet (i) Germany Antonia Lottner 6–3, 6–4
Win 10–7 May 2015 ITF Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 100,000 Clay Germany Tatjana Maria 7–5, 6–1
Win 11–7 Jul 2015 ITF Versmold, Germany 50,000 Clay Sweden Johanna Larsson 6–3, 6–3
Loss 11–8 May 2016 ITF Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 100,000 Clay Poland Magda Linette 3–6, 5–7
Loss 11–9 Jul 2016 ITF Prague, Czech Republic 75,000 Clay Germany Antonia Lottner 6–7(6–8), 6–1, 5–7

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2014 ITF Barnstaple, United Kingdom 25,000 Hard (i) France Alizé Lim Switzerland Viktorija Golubic
Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča
6–2, 6–1

Record against top 10 players

Witthöft's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10.

* As of 9 October  2023 (2023 -10-09)

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