Carina Witthöft

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.

Carina Witthöft

Witthöft at the 2018 French Open
ITF name	Carina Witthoeft
Country (sports)	Germany
Born	(1995-02-16) 16 February 1995 (age 30) Wentorf bei Hamburg, Germany
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Retired	2019
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,967,633
Singles
Career record	271–183
Career titles	1 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 48 (8 January 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2015)
French Open	3R (2017)
Wimbledon	3R (2016, 2017)
US Open	3R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	17–47
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 168 (16 July 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2018)
French Open	2R (2018)
Wimbledon	1R (2015, 2017, 2018)
US Open	2R (2017)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	1R (2017)

Career

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.

2018

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]

2019

Witthöft played her last professional match at the Australian Open qualifying, where she lost in the first round.

Singles performance timeline

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.

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	3R	1R	2R	1R	Q1	0 / 5	3–5
French Open	A	A	Q2	Q3	2R	1R	3R	1R	A	0 / 4	3–4
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	Q2	1R	3R	3R	1R	A	0 / 5	4–5
US Open	A	A	Q1	Q3	1R	3R	1R	2R	A	0 / 4	3–4
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	3–4	4–4	5–4	1–4	0–0	0 / 18	13–18
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	Q1	1R	A	0 / 2	1–2
Miami Open	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	2R	2R	3R	A	0 / 3	4–3
China Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
Premier 5 tournaments
Qatar Open	NTI	A	A	A	NTI	A	NTI	2R	NTI	0 / 1	1–1
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	2–1
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q2	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Wuhan Open	not held			A	A	A	Q2	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	1	2	1	18	15	15	18	0	70
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 1
Hard win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	7–9	6–8	12–7	4–9	0–0	29–34
Clay win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	5–7	2–5	6–5	0–6	0–0	13–25
Grass win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	2–2	4–2	1–3	0–0	7–10
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	12–18	10–15	22–14	5–18	0–0	49–69
Year-end ranking	405	223	210	104	65	86	51	172	–	42%

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2017	Luxembourg Open	International	Hard (i)	Monica Puig	6–3, 7–5

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 20 (11 titles, 9 runner–ups)

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2014	ITF Barnstaple, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard (i)	Alizé Lim	Viktorija Golubic Diāna Marcinkēviča	6–2, 6–1

Record against top 10 players

Witthöft's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10.

• Julia Görges 2–0
• CoCo Vandeweghe 2–0
• Kiki Bertens 2–2
• Belinda Bencic 1–0
• Ons Jabeur 1–0
• Jeļena Ostapenko 1–0
• Aryna Sabalenka 1–0
• Francesca Schiavone 1–0
• Nicole Vaidišová 1–0
• Kimiko Date 1–1
• Carla Suárez Navarro 1–1
• Karolína Muchová 1–1
• Timea Bacsinszky 0–1
• Eugenie Bouchard 0–1
• Dominika Cibulková 0–1
• Sara Errani 0–1
• Beatriz Haddad Maia 0–1
• Ana Ivanovic 0–1
• Jelena Janković 0–1
• Barbora Krejčíková 0–1
• Andrea Petkovic 0–1
• Karolína Plíšková 0–1
• Agnieszka Radwańska 0–1
• Lucie Šafářová 0–1
• Sloane Stephens 0–1
• Samantha Stosur 0–1
• Elina Svitolina 0–1
• Roberta Vinci 0–1
• Serena Williams 0–1
• Svetlana Kuznetsova 0–2
• Garbiñe Muguruza 0–2
• Markéta Vondroušová 0–2
• Caroline Wozniacki 0–2
• Caroline Garcia 0–3
• Angelique Kerber 0–3
• Anett Kontaveit 0–3

* As of 9 October 2023^[update]

References

1. Görtzen, Christian (8 January 2012). "Mit Talent und Willen nach oben". Welt am Sonntag (in German). Retrieved 11 March 2013.
2. "2012 Sony Swedish Open – main draw singles" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. 22 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
3. "Witthöft feiert ersten Sieg auf WTA-Tour". RP Online (in German). 21 October 2017.
4. "Carina Witthöft greift mit Ex-Kerber-Trainer Beltz neu an". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 12 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
5. "Sevastova stuns Stosur in Brisbane opener". www.dailytrust.com.ng. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
6. "Julia Goerges Withdraws From Sydney International After Auckland Win". sports.ndtv.com. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
7. Walton, Darren (9 January 2018). "Sam Stosur wins tough opener at Sydney International". www.smh.com.au. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
8. Kane, David (16 January 2018). "Garcia grinds past Witthoeft at Australian Open". www.wtatennis.com. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
9. Livaudais, Stephanie (14 February 2018). "Wozniacki impresses against Witthoeft in Doha". www.wtatennis.com. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

External links

• Carina Witthöft at the Women's Tennis Association
• Carina Witthöft at the International Tennis Federation
• Carina Witthöft at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)
• Carina Witthöft at Team Deutschland (in German)