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Wiltrud Probst

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Wiltrud Probst
Country (sports) Germany
 West Germany
Born (1969-05-29) 29 May 1969 (age 55)
Nuremberg, West Germany
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro1985
Retired1999
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$824,173
Singles
Career record249–228
Career titles2 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 31 (4 February 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1987, 1991, 1993–95, 1997)
French Open4R (1990)
Wimbledon3R (1991)
US Open2R (1990, 1997)
Doubles
Career record133–167
Career titles0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 32 (8 January 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1995)
French Open3R (1990, 91, 1994, 1998)
Wimbledon3R (1996)
US Open2R (1990, 91, 1997)

Wiltrud Probst (born 29 May 1969) is a former tennis player from Germany.

She was ranked world No. 31 on 4 February 1991. Probst won in singles two titles on the WTA Tour. In 1990, she won the tournament in the New Zealand capital Wellington by a final victory over Leila Meskhi. In 1992, she won the final of the Belgian Open against compatriot Meike Babel. Her most successful Grand Slam tournament she played in 1990, when she reached the knockout stages at the French Open, in which she defeated world No. 10, Conchita Martínez. Probst retired from tour 1999.

WTA Tour finals

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Category ( W–L ) Singles Doubles
Tier I 0–0 0–0
Tier II 0–0 0–0
Tier III 0–0 0–2
Tier IV 2–0 1–0
Surface ( W–L ) Singles Doubles
Hard 1–0 0–0
Clay 1–0 0–5
Grass 0–0 0–0
Carpet 0–0 0–1

Singles: 2 (titles)

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Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 1990 Wellington, New Zealand Hard Soviet Union Leila Meskhi 1–6, 6–4, 6–0
Win 2–0 May 1992 Waregem, Belgium Clay Germany Meike Babel 6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 7 (runner-ups)

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Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 1986 Athens, Greece Clay West Germany Silke Meier West Germany Isabel Cueto
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 1990 Schenectady, New York, US Hard Italy Linda Ferrando United States Alysia May
Japan Nana Miyagi
4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Jul 1992 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay South Africa Amanda Coetzer Argentina Florencia Labat
France Alexia Dechaume
3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–4 Oct 1993 Essen, Germany Hard Germany Christina Singer Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Czech Republic Helena Suková
2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–5 Apr 1995 Houston, Texas, US Clay Canada Rene Simpson United States Nicole Arendt
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–6 Jul 1995 Maria Lankowitz, Austria Clay France Alexandra Fusai Italy Silvia Farina
Hungary Andrea Temesvári
2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–7 Aug 1997 Maria Lankowitz, Austria Clay Czech Republic Radka Bobková Czech Republic Eva Melicharová
Czech Republic Helena Vildová
2–6, 2–6

ITF finals

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Singles (0–5)

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Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 7 April 1986 Caserta, Italy Clay Brazil Gisele Miró 3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 2. 21 April 1986 Taranto, Italy Clay Argentina Patricia Tarabini 2–6, 1–6
Loss 3. 13 July 1987 Erlangen, West Germany Clay France Julie Halard-Decugis 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 4. 16 July 1989 Erlangen, West Germany Clay Bulgaria Elena Pampoulova 1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 5. 14 October 1996 Cardiff, United Kingdom Hard France Anne-Gaëlle Sidot 1–6, 5–7

Doubles (1–4)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 28 October 1985 Peterborough, United Kingdom Hard West Germany Claudia Porwik Czechoslovakia Regina Rajchrtová
Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 2. 11 November 1985 Queens, United Kingdom Hard West Germany Claudia Porwik West Germany Christina Singer-Bath
Czechoslovakia Petra Tesarová
7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 3. 31 March 1986 Bari, Italy Clay United Kingdom Belinda Borneo Netherlands Nanette Schutte
Netherlands Marianne van der Torre
6–4, 6–7, 3–6
Loss 4. 7 April 1986 Caserta, Italy Clay Netherlands Marianne van der Torre Argentina Bettina Fulco
Brazil Gisele Miro
3–6, 3–6
Win 5. 10 July 1989 Erlangen, West Germany Clay West Germany Andrea Betzner Netherlands Ingelise Driehuis
United States Jennifer Fuchs
6–2, 6–3
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