Carina Witthöft|
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| Full name |
Carina Witthöft |
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| Country |
 Germany |
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| Residence |
Wentorf bei Hamburg, Germany |
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| Born |
(1995-02-16) 16 February 1995
Wentorf bei Hamburg, Germany |
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| Height |
1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
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| Prize money |
$294,145 |
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| Singles |
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| Career record |
162–81 |
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| Career titles |
9 ITF |
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| Highest ranking |
70 (27 April 2015) |
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| Current ranking |
70 (27 April 2015) |
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| Grand Slam Singles results |
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| Australian Open |
3R (2015) |
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| French Open |
Q3 (2014) |
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| Wimbledon |
1R (2013) |
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| US Open |
Q3 (2014) |
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| Doubles |
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| Career record |
10–11 |
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| Career titles |
1 ITF |
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| Highest ranking |
488 (29 December 2014) |
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| Current ranking |
493 (23 February 2015) |
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Last updated on: 23 February 2015. |
Carina Witthöft (born 16 February 1995 in Wentorf bei Hamburg[1]) is a German professional tennis player.
Witthöft has won nine singles and one doubles title on the ITF tour in her career. On 2 March 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 81. On 29 December 2014, she peaked at world number 488 in the doubles rankings.
Witthöft made her WTA tour debut at the 2012 Swedish Open. Having defeated Marina Shamayko, Akgul Amanmuradova and Jill Craybas to qualify, she played in the first round of the main draw against Kateryna Bondarenko, losing in straight sets to the Ukrainian.[2]
Witthöft is coached by Torben Beltz.[3]
Witthöft made her breakthrough year in 2014, where she manage to get into seven ITF finals. She won 4, and lost 3.
Career
2015
Witthöft started this year playing two WTA events before the Australian Open. She started the year in Shenzhen, where she lost in the qualifying tournament to Nigina Abduraimova 6-2, 2-6, 6-7. Then she took to Hobart where she lost in the qualifiers to Taylor Townsend 3-6, 5-7. After some rest, Carina was ready to compete at the Australian Open where she made it all the way to the third round. In the first round, she made a big surprise by beating the 17th seed Carla Suarez Navarro with a 6-3, 6-1 victory and in the second round, she made it through a former top 30 player in Christina McHale with 6-3, 6-0 win, before she lost in the third round to Irina-Camelia Begu with a score of 4-6, 4-6.
After the Australian summer season, Carina returned to Europe to compete in Antwerp where she lost in the second qualifying match. She won the first qualifying match against Lara Salden 6-2, 6-3, before losing in the second qualifying match to Ysaline Bonaventure 3-6, 1-6. After she couldn't qualify for the tournament in Antwerp, she played an ITF tournament in her home country of Germany in Altenkirchen. Carina was the number 1 seed in that tournamrnt. Carina went all the way and won the tournament beating these players on her way: Nastja Kolar, Quirine Lemoine, Lesley Kerkhove, Oceane Dodin and in the final Antonia Lottner with a final tally of 6-3, 6-4. After that incredible run, she would continue her run in Kuala Lumpur where she made it in to the main draw for the first time this year. Carina made it all the way to the quarterfinals, where she eventually lost to top seed Caroline Wozniacki.
ITF finals (10–7)
Singles (9–7)
| Legend |
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| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $15,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
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| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (3–2) |
| Clay (5–5) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (1–0) |
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| Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent |
Score |
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| Winner |
1. |
25 April 2011 |
Zell am Harmersbach, Germany |
Clay |
Vanessa Henke |
4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up |
1. |
18 July 2011 |
Horb am Neckar, Germany |
Clay |
 Paula Kania |
6–4, 4–6, 5–7 |
| Winner |
2. |
25 June 2012 |
Ystad, Sweden |
Clay |
 Valeria Solovyeva |
6–2, 6–1 |
| Winner |
3. |
23 July 2012 |
Wrexham, United Kingdom |
Hard |
 Donna Vekić |
6–2, 6–7(4–7), 6–2 |
| Runner-up |
2. |
30 July 2012 |
Bad Saulgau, Germany |
Clay |
 Mervana Jugić-Salkić |
2–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up |
3. |
4 March 2013 |
Sutton, United Kingdom |
Hard (i) |
 Stephanie Vogt |
6–3, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Winner |
4. |
5 August 2013 |
Hechingen, Germany |
Clay |
 Laura Thorpe |
6–1, 6–4 |
| Runner-up |
4. |
2 September 2013 |
Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands |
Clay |
 Arantxa Rus |
6–4, 2–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up |
5. |
23 June 2014 |
Stuttgart, Germany |
Clay |
 Mariana Duque |
7–5, 2–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up |
6. |
7 July 2014 |
Aschaffenburg, Germany |
Clay |
Lesley Kerkhove |
5–7, 3–6 |
| Winner |
5. |
4 August 2014 |
Hechingen, Germany |
Clay |
Laura Siegemund |
4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner |
6. |
1 September 2014 |
Barnstaple, United Kingdom |
Hard (i) |
 Viktorija Golubic |
6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner |
7. |
8 September 2014 |
Saint-Malo, France |
Clay |
 Alberta Brianti |
6–0, 6–1 |
| Runner-up |
7. |
15 September 2014 |
Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
Hard (i) |
Océane Dodin |
4–6, 3–6 |
| Winner |
8. |
13 October 2014 |
Joué-lès-Tours, France |
Hard (i) |
Urszula Radwańska |
6–3, 7–6(8–6) |
| Winner |
9. |
16 February 2015 |
Altenkirchen, Germany |
Carpet (i) |
Antonia Lottner |
6–3, 6–4 |
Doubles (1–0)
| Legend |
|---|
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $15,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
|
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (1–0) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
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References
External links
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