Mona Barthel

Mona Barthel

Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Neumünster, Germany
Born	(1990-07-11) 11 July 1990 Bad Segeberg, Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two handed backhand)
Prize money	$106,010
Singles
Career record	123–67
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	99 (22 August 2011)
Current ranking	99 (22 August 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	2R (2011)
Wimbledon	1R (2011)
US Open	1R (2011)
Doubles
Career record	20–19
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	303 (12 April 2010)
Current ranking	865 (13 June 2011)
Last updated on: 13 June 2011.

Mona Barthel (born 11 July 1990) is a German professional tennis player. She has won three ITF singles titles and one ITF doubles title. Barthel's highest singles ranking of World No. 114 was achieved on 20 June 2011, while her highest doubles ranking of World No. 303 was achieved on 12 April 2010.

Early life

Mona Barthel was born in Bad Segeberg to Wolfgang Barthel, who won the shot put event at the 1970 European Junior Athletics Championships in Paris, and Dr. Hannelore. She moved to Neumünster, where she completed her Abitur in 2009, having attended the Klaus Groth Schule.

Career

2007

Barthel played her first ITF tournament in July 2007 at Frinton where she qualified for the main tournament and reached the quarter-final, where she lost to Jade Curtis.

2008

In July 2008, she reached the finals of the Frinton tournament, losing to Tara Moore, and the $10,000 Gausdal tournament, losing to Svenja Weidemann. She also reached the doubles final in Gausdal partnering Svenja Weidemann, losing to Tegan Edwards and Marcella Koek.

2010

Her first ITF tournament victory was in January 2010 in the $10,000 Wrexham tournament, where she beat Anne Kremer in the final. In February 2010, she reached the doubles final of the $50,000+H Biberach tournament partnering Carmen Klaschka, losing to Stephanie Cohen-Aloro and Selima Sfar. In April 2010, she won the singles title at the $50,000 Torhout tournament, beating Rebecca Marino in the final, and also won the doubles partnering Justine Ozga, defeating Hana Birnerová and Ekaterina Bychkova in the final.

2011

Barthel started 2011 by reaching the final of two $25k ITF tournaments, winning one of them. She then qualified for the 2011 French Open and defeated Sybille Bammer in the 1st round winning her first grand slam main draw match. She then lost in the second round to World no. 14 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

She then played in the 2011 e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open and advanced to her first WTA semifinal defeating two seeded players on the way. In he semifinal she lost to eventual champion and World no. 1 Caroline Wozniacki.

Barthel then went on to qualifiy for the 2011 Wimbledon Championships without dropping a set in the qualifying rounds.

Career finals

Singles (3–4)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score in the final
Runner–up	1.	19 July 2008	Frinton, Great Britain	Grass	Tara Moore	5–7, 1–6
Runner–up	2.	26 July 2008	Gausdal, Norway	Hard	Svenja Weidemann	2–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	24 January 2010	Wrexham, Great Britain	Hard	Anne Kremer	6–1, 6–1
Winner	2.	10 April 2010	Torhout, Belgium	Hard (i)	Rebecca Marino	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	23 January 2011	Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	Hard (i)	Stephanie Vogt	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Runner–up	3.	6 February 2011	Sutton, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Kristina Mladenovic	3–6, 6–1, 2–6
Runner–up	4.	7 August 2011	The Bronx, United States	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	6–7(8–10), 3–6

Doubles (1–2)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner–up	1.	26 July 2008	Gausdal, Norway	Hard	Svenja Weidemann	Tegan Edwards Marcella Koek	6–1, 4–6, [8–10]
Runner–up	2.	28 February 2010	Biberach, Germany	Hard (i)	Carmen Klaschka	Stephanie Cohen-Aloro Selima Sfar	7–5, 1–6, [5–10]
Winner	1.	9 April 2010	Torhout, Belgium	Hard (i)	Justine Ozga	Hana Birnerová Ekaterina Bychkova	7–5, 6–2

External links

• Mona Barthel at the Women's Tennis Association