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]