Marianne Werdel

Marianne Witmeyer Werdel (born October 17, 1967) is an American former professional tennis player.

Werdel was born in Los Angeles and played on the WTA tour from 1982 to 1997. She is also known as Marianne Witmeyer, the name of her husband.

At the 1995 Australian Open, unseeded Marianne Werdel got rid of fifth-seeded Sabatini of Argentina in a first round match. Marianne won the first set 6-4, but Sabatini raced out to a 3-0 lead in the second set before twice losing her serve. Marianne then won 4 consecutive games to close out the match in staright sets, dismissing Sabatini 6-4, 6-4. Marianne had also beaten Sabatini two years earlier at a tournament in Japan. After Marianne had disposed of Sabatini, she continued to work her way thu the draw en route to a semifinal encounter with the top-seed Spaniard Arantxa Sanchez Vicario. In their two previous meetings, Marianne had lost both times to Arantxa. This time proved no different as Arantxa defeated Marianne 6-4, 6-1. In reaching the semifinals, the 1995 Australian Open proved to be the best results Marianne Werdel would have in Grand Slam singles competition.

WTA Tour finals

Singles 6

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	July 30, 1989	Schenectady, New York, USA	Hard	Laura Gildemeister	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	August 25, 1990	Schenectady, New York, USA	Hard	Anke Huber	1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	October 21, 1990	Scottsdale, Arizona, USA	Hard	Conchita Martínez	5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	April 18, 1993	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Yayuk Basuki	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	September 19, 1993	Hong Kong	Hard	Shi-Ting Wang	4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	January 12, 1997	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Dominique Van Roost	3–6, 3–6

Doubles 5

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	May 24, 1992	European Open, Switzerland	Clay	Karina Habšudová	Amy Frazier Elna Reinach	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	May 23, 1993	European Open, Switzerland	Clay	Lindsay Davenport	Mary Joe Fernandez Helena Suková	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	September 19, 1993	Hong Kong	Hard	Debbie Graham	Karin Kschwendt Rachel McQuillan	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	February 12, 1995	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Carpet	Tami Whitlinger-Jones	Gabriela Sabatini Brenda Shultz	7–5, 6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	May 25, 1996	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Tami Whitlinger-Jones	Yayuk Basuki Nicole Bradtke	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	February 23, 1997	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA	Hard	Tami Whitlinger-Jones	Rika Hiraki Nana Miyagi	4–6, 1–6

References

• ITF site

External links

• Marianne Werdel at the Women's Tennis Association