Barbara Rittner

Barbara Rittner

Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Cologne, Germany
Born	(1973-04-25) 25 April 1973 Krefeld, West Germany
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1 August 1989
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,829,648
Singles
Career record	314–275
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 24 (1 February 1993)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4r (2001)
French Open	4r (1996)
Wimbledon	3r (1992, 1994)
US Open	3r (1991, 1993, 1994, 1996)
Doubles
Career record	184–209
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 23 (18 March 2002
Last updated on: 7 August 2007.

Barbara Rittner (born 25 April 1973) is a former professional tennis player who comes from Germany. Her career high ranking was No. 24 in the world, a ranking she achieved on 1 February 1993. She currently is the captain of the German Fed Cup team.

As a junior, she won the 1991 Wimbledon Championships. She won her first WTA Tour title in 1992, and almost nine years later she won her second at the Belgian Open in Antwerp. This marked the second longest time between singles titles in the Open Era (behind Marcie Louie, who captured her second title 9 and half years after her first one). She also has three doubles titles with three different partners.

She reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam twice in her professional career. Once at the French Open in 1996 and again at the Australian Open in 2001. Her best performances at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open are the third round in both.

At 's-Hertogenbosch in 2003 as a main draw alternate, she recorded the best win of her career over the then-sixth ranked Amélie Mauresmo before losing to Kim Clijsters. Earlier in the year she achieved her first career top ten win over Jelena Dokić at Indian Wells.

In January 2005 Rittner has become the Captain of the Germany Fed Cup Team.

WTA Tour titles (5)

Singles (2)

Legend (Singles)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (0)

Tier IV and V (2)

Grand Slam Title (0)

WTA Tour Championship (0)

ITF Circuit (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	12 November 1989	Fes, Morocco	Clay	Judith Warringa	6–7, 6–3, 9–7
2.	11 February 1990	Stavanger, Norway	Carpet	Amy Jonsson	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
3.	30 August 1992	Schenectady, US	Hard	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	7–6(3), 6–3
4.	20 May 2001	Antwerp, Belgium	Clay	Klára Koukalová	6–3, 6–2

Singles finalist (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	23 September 1991	St. Petersburg, USSR	Carpet (i)	Larisa Neiland	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
2.	26 July 1993	San Marino, San Marino	Clay	Marzia Grossi	3–6, 7–5, 6–1
3.	20 February 1995	Linz, Austria	Carpet (i)	Jana Novotná	6–7(6), 6–3, 6–4

External links

• Barbara Rittner at the Women's Tennis Association
• Barbara Rittner at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Official website of Barbara Rittner