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German tennis player
Carina Witthöft (also spelled Witthoeft; born 16 February 1995[ 1] ) 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.
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 .[ 2]
She won her first WTA title at the 2017 Luxembourg Open , defeating Monica Puig in straight sets in the final.[ 3]
She was coached by Torben Beltz [ 4] and then by Philip Lang.
Witthöft started the season at the Brisbane International where she lost in the first round to Aleksandra Krunić.[ 5] 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.[ 6] She lost in the first round to Australian wildcard Sam Stosur .[ 7] At the Australian Open , Witthöft was defeated in the first round by eighth seed Caroline Garcia.[ 8]
In Doha at the Qatar Open , she lost in the second round to top seed Caroline Wozniacki .[ 9]
Witthöft played her last professional match at the Australian Open qualifying , where she lost in the first round.
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Singles: 1 (1 title)[ edit ]
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)
Singles: 20 (11 titles, 9 runner–ups)[ edit ]
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
Vanessa Henke
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss
1–1
Jul 2011
ITF Horb, Germany
10,000
Clay
Paula Kania
6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Win
2–1
Jun 2012
ITF Ystad, Sweden
25,000
Clay
Valeria Solovyeva
6–2, 6–1
Win
3–1
Jul 2012
ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom
25,000
Hard
Donna Vekić
6–2, 6–7(4–7) , 6–2
Loss
3–2
Aug 2012
ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany
25,000
Clay
Mervana Jugić-Salkić
2–6, 4–6
Loss
3–3
Mar 2013
ITF Sutton, United Kingdom
10,000
Hard (i)
Stephanie Vogt
6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win
4–3
Aug 2013
ITF Hechingen , Germany
25,000
Clay
Laura Thorpe
6–1, 6–4
Loss
4–4
Sep 2013
ITF Alphen a/d Rijn, Netherlands
25,000
Clay
Arantxa Rus
6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Loss
4–5
Jun 2014
ITF Stuttgart, Germany
25,000
Clay
Mariana Duque
7–5, 2–6, 2–6
Loss
4–6
Jul 2014
ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany
25,000
Clay
Lesley Kerkhove
5–7, 3–6
Win
5–6
Aug 2014
ITF Hechingen, Germany (2)
25,000
Clay
Laura Siegemund
4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win
6–6
Sep 2014
ITF Barnstaple , United Kingdom
25,000
Hard (i)
Viktorija Golubic
6–2, 6–4
Win
7–6
Sep 2014
ITF Saint-Malo , France
50,000
Clay
Alberta Brianti
6–0, 6–1
Loss
7–7
Sep 2014
ITF Shrewsbury , United Kingdom
25,000
Hard (i)
Océane Dodin
4–6, 3–6
Win
8–7
Oct 2014
ITF Joué-lès-Tours , France
50,000
Hard (i)
Urszula Radwańska
6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Win
9–7
Feb 2015
ITF Altenkirchen , Germany
25,000
Carpet (i)
Antonia Lottner
6–3, 6–4
Win
10–7
May 2015
ITF Cagnes-sur-Mer , France
100,000
Clay
Tatjana Maria
7–5, 6–1
Win
11–7
Jul 2015
ITF Versmold , Germany
50,000
Clay
Johanna Larsson
6–3, 6–3
Loss
11–8
May 2016
ITF Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
100,000
Clay
Magda Linette
3–6, 5–7
Loss
11–9
Jul 2016
ITF Prague , Czech Republic
75,000
Clay
Antonia Lottner
6–7(6–8) , 6–1, 5–7
Doubles: 1 (1 title)[ edit ]
Record against top 10 players [ edit ]
Witthöft's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10.
* As of 9 October 2023[update]