Syna Schreiber

Syna Schreiber (born 20 November 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. Up until her marriage in 2003, she competed under her maiden name Syna Schmidle.

Syna Schreiber

Full name	Syna Schreiber Schmidle
Country (sports)	Germany
Born	(1978-11-20) 20 November 1978 (age 45) Freiburg, West Germany
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$132,740
Singles
Career record	207–199
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 152 (17 November 1997)
Doubles
Career record	100–82
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 138 (2 October 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	1R (2000)

Biography

Schreiber was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, the daughter of tennis instructor Wolfram, who began teaching her when she was four.^[1]

Aged 14 she received a wildcard into the main draw of a WTA tournament in Leipzig and played her first tour match against Steffi Graf.^[2]

In 1997, she won a $25k tournament in Flensburg, and that year reached her career-high ranking of 152 in the world.^[2]

As a doubles player, she made WTA Tour semifinals at the 1999 Bol Ladies Open with Barbara Schwartz, and Palermo in 2001, partnering Antonella Serra Zanetti. She won eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

She had her only Grand Slam main-draw appearance at the 2000 US Open, as a qualifier in the women's doubles with Maja Matevžič.^[3]

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments

$15,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 9 (3–6)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	31 January 1994	Rungsted, Denmark	Carpet (i)	Oksana Bushevitsa	6–2, 6–7, 5–7
Win	2.	27 May 1996	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Ana Alcázar	6–3, 6–2
Loss	3.	27 July 1997	Rostock, Germany	Clay	Silke Meier	3–6, 5–7
Win	4.	19 October, 1997	Flensburg, Germany	Carpet (i)	Květa Hrdličková	6–4, 6–4
Loss	5.	25 June 2000	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Klára Koukalová	6–7(7–9), 3–6
Loss	6.	13 August 2000	Hechingen, Germany	Clay	Susi Lohrmann	3–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss	7.	14 May 2001	Edinburgh, Scotland	Clay	Zsófia Gubacsi	4–6, 4–6
Loss	8.	3 March 2002	Sunderland, England	Carpet (i)	Sofia Arvidsson	6–7, 5–3 ret.
Win	9.	23 March 2003	Amiens, France	Clay (i)	Kim Kilsdonk	7–6(7–5), 6–2

Doubles: 16 (9–7)

OResult	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	5 August 1996	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Fruzsina Siklosi	Květa Hrdličková Jana Macurová	6–2, 6–1
Loss	2.	28 October 1996	Edinburgh, Scotland	Hard	Joelle Schad	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	3–6, 4–6
Win	3.	16 February 1997	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Rachel McQuillan	Sofia Prazeres Larissa Schaerer	6–2, 6–3
Loss	4.	15 June 1998	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Marketa Kochta	Rita Kuti-Kis Anna Földényi	1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	5.	18 July 1999	Puchheim, Germany	Clay	Kirstin Freye	Svetlana Krivencheva Eva Melicharová	2–6, 4–6
Loss	6.	19 September 1999	Otočec, Slovenia	Clay	Melanie Schnell	Ľudmila Cervanová Andrea Šebová	3–6, 4–6
Win	7.	14 November 1999	Rungsted, Denmark	Carpet (i)	Marketa Kochta	Mia Buric Jasmin Wöhr	6–4, 7–6, 6–2
Win	8.	9 April 2000	Dinan, France	Clay	Vanessa Henke	Stéphanie Foretz Patty Van Acker	6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–2
Win	9.	17 September 2000	Reggio Calabria, Italy	Clay	Tatiana Kovalchuk	Andreea Vanc Maria Paola Zavagli	w/o
Loss	10.	24 September 2000	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Angelika Rösch	Eva Bes Alicia Ortuño	4–6, 0–6
Loss	11.	30 October 2000	Kingston upon Hull, England	Hard (i)	Mia Buric	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	1–4, 4–1, 1–4, 4–5(4–7)
Loss	12.	15 April 2001	Dinan, France	Clay	Vanessa Henke	Eleni Daniilidou Caroline Schneider	3–6, 6–7
Win	13.	22 April 2001	Gelos, France	Clay	Vanessa Henke	Eva Bes Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6–2, 6–3
Win	14.	3 February 2002	Belfort, France	Hard (i)	Kirstin Freye	Marina Caiazzo Sophie Lefèvre	7–6(7–0), 6–4
Win	15.	23 February 2003	Buchen, Germany	Carpet (i)	Magda Mihalache	Leslie Butkiewicz Kim Kilsdonk	6–2, 6–3
Win	16.	7 April 2018	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Lisa-Marie Maetschke	Petia Arshinkova Gebriela Mihaylova	6–3, 6–1

References

1. "Seniorspieler Wolfram Schmidle". Badische Zeitung (in German). 29 August 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
2. "Pichet comme l'an passé" (in French). French Tennis Federation. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
3. "U.S. Open Results". The Independent. 31 August 2000. Archived from the original on 2022-05-26. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

External links

• Syna Schreiber at the Women's Tennis Association
• Syna Schreiber at the International Tennis Federation