- Mona Barthel
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Mona Barthel Country Germany
Residence Neumünster, Germany Born 11 July 1990
Bad Segeberg, GermanyHeight 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Turned pro 2009 Plays Right-handed (two handed backhand) Career prize money $186,059 Singles Career record 152–76 Career titles 5 ITF Highest ranking 67 (31 October 2011) Current ranking 67 (14 November 2011) Grand Slam results French Open 2R (2011) Wimbledon 1R (2011) US Open 2R (2011) Doubles Career record 20–20 Career titles 1 ITF Highest ranking 303 (12 April 2010) Current ranking – Last updated on: 14 November 2011. Mona Barthel (born 11 July 1990) is a German professional tennis player. She has won four ITF singles titles and one ITF doubles title. Barthel's highest singles ranking of World No. 67 was achieved on 31 October 2011, while her highest doubles ranking of World No. 303 was achieved on 12 April 2010.
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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,[1] and Dr. Hannelore.[2] She moved to Neumünster, where she completed her Abitur in 2009,[2] having attended the Klaus Groth Schule.[3]
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.[2]
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 first 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 qualify for the 2011 Wimbledon Championships without dropping a set in the qualifying rounds.
Career finals
Singles (5–4)
$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 Winner 4. 18 September 2011 Mestre, Italy Clay Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco
7–5, 6–2 Winner 5. 24 September 2011 Shrewsbury, Great Britain Hard (i) Heather Watson
6–0, 6–3 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 Grand Slam Performance Timeline
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded.
Tournament 2010 2011 SR W–L Australian Open A A 0 / 0 0–0 French Open A 2R 0 / 0 1–1 Wimbledon LQ 1R 0 / 0 0–1 US Open LQ 2R 0 / 0 1–1 Win–Loss 0–2 2–3 0 / 5 2–5 Titles 0 0 0 Year End Ranking 208 - A = did not participate in the tournament.
- LQ = lost in qualifying draw
- SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
References
- ^ "European Athletics Championships Statistics – Junior – Men". European Athletic Association. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/fanzone/ech_junior_men.pdf. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
- ^ a b c "Mona Barthel triumphiert im Einzel und im Doppel" (in German). Segeberger Zeitung. 11 April 2010. http://www.segeberger-zeitung.de/sport/lokalsport/146394-Mona-Barthel-triumphiert-im-Einzel-und-im-Doppel.html. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
- ^ Jakstat, Joachim (6 February 2008). "Mona Barthel löst Mastersticket" (in German). Hamburger Abendblatt. http://www.mona-barthel.de/presse/HA08022008.pdf. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
External links
Women's Tennis Association: Top German female singles tennis players as of 14 November 2011
1. Andrea Petkovic (10) · 2. Sabine Lisicki (15
) · 3. Julia Görges (21
) · 4. Angelique Kerber (32
) · 5. Mona Barthel (67
)
6. Kristina Barrois (91) · 7. Kathrin Wörle (140
1) · 8. Tatjana Malek (190
1) · 9. Sarah Gronert (204
) · 10. Annika Beck (235
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Categories:- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from Segeberg
- German female tennis players
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