Marlene Weingärtner

Marlene Weingärtner
Country (sports)	Germany
Born	30 January 1980 (age 44); Heidelberg, West Germany
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	9 May 1994
Retired	31 August 2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,127,324
Singles
Career record	233–255
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 36 (4 February 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (2002)
French Open	4R (2004)
Wimbledon	2R (1999–2003)
US Open	2R (1998)
Doubles
Career record	97–120
Career titles	1 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 34 (17 January 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1999, 2002–03, 2005)
French Open	QF (2004)
Wimbledon	QF (2002)
US Open	2R (2001, 2004)

Marlene Weingärtner (born 30 January 1980) is a retired tennis player from Germany. She is a former top 40 player in both singles and doubles.

Career

The most remarkable moment of her career was her first-round match at the 2003 Australian Open when she defeated there the defending champion Jennifer Capriati. Capriati led the encounter 6–2, 4–1, but Weingärtner fought back and won by a 2–6, 7–6, 6–4 scoreline. She eventually reached the third round.

Her best Grand Slam showings were two fourth-round appearances, the first in Melbourne 2002, the latter at the 2004 French Open.^[1] In 2004, she also reached her only WTA Tour final in Bali which she lost in straight sets to Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Playing for Germany in the Fed Cup, she has a win–loss record of 2–3.

Weingärtner retired after the 2005 US Open, after suffering several first-round losses due to ongoing physical problems.^[2] She made a brief return in July 2008 to play the doubles event of the Gastein Ladies tournament where she partnered Sandra Klemenschits, losing in the quarterfinals to Xu Yifan and Zhang Shuai.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	19 September 2004	Bali Classic, Indonesia	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	22 August 2004	Cincinnati Masters	Hard	Jill Craybas	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Anna-Lena Grönefeld	7–5, 7–6^(7–2)
Loss	31 October 2004	Luxembourg Open	Hard (i)	Jill Craybas	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	1–6, 7–6^(7–1), 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 5 (0–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	22 August 1994	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Radka Surová	6–4, 0–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	14 October 1996	ITF Flensburg, Germany	Carpet (i)	Beate Reinstadler	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 5–7
Runner-up	3.	7 December 1998	ITF Bad Gögging, Germany	Carpet (i)	Karina Habšudová	6–7, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	29 October 2000	ITF Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Vanessa Webb	2–4, 3–5, 4–1, 3–5
Runner-up	5.	26 November 2000	ITF Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 7 (3–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	5 February 1995	ITF Coburg, Germany	Hard (i)	Seda Noorlander	Magdalena Feistel Helena Vildová	6–2, 6–7, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	7 April 1996	ITF Athens, Greece	Clay	Dragana Zarić	Annica Lindstedt Anna-Karin Svensson	0–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	6 October 1996	ITF Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Hard	María Fernanda Landa	Paula Cabezas Veronica Stele	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	23 June 1997	ITF Bordeaux, France	Clay	María Fernanda Landa	Caroline Dhenin Nino Louarsabishvili	7–6^(8–6), 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	30 June 1997	ITF Vaihingen, Germany	Clay	María Fernanda Landa	Seda Noorlander Nirupama Vaidyanathan	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	27 July 1997	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Sylvia Plischke	Laura Golarsa Mercedes Paz	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	28 October 2000	ITF Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Surina De Beer	Cho Yoon-jeong Jeon Mi-ra	4–2, 4–1, 1–4, 3–5, 4–2