Simona Waltert
![]() Waltert at the 2023 French Open | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | Chur, Switzerland | 13 December 2000
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $571,282 |
Singles | |
Career record | 208–140 |
Career titles | 6 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 107 (12 June 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 156 (22 April 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q3 (2023, 2024) |
French Open | 2R (2023) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2023) |
US Open | Q2 (2022, 2023, 2024) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 59–43 |
Career titles | 1 WTA, 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 180 (7 March 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 406 (15 January 2024) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | W (2022) Record: 0–1 |
Last updated on: 22 April 2024. |
Simona Waltert (born 13 December 2000) is a Swiss tennis player.
Waltert has career-high WTA rankings of 107 in singles, achieved on 12 June 2023, and 180 in doubles, reached on 7 March 2022. Up to date, she has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, and six singles and four doubles titles at tournaments on the ITF Circuit.
Career
[edit]Junior years
[edit]She was a semifinalist at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships girls' singles, losing to eventual runner-up Ann Li.
On the ITF Junior Circuit, Waltert had a career-high combined ranking of No. 9, achieved on 22 January 2018.
WTA Tour
[edit]Waltert made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2019 Ladies Open Lausanne, where she received a wildcard for the singles and the doubles tournaments.[1]
She won her first doubles title at the 2021 Ladies Open Lausanne, partnering Susan Bandecchi.
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At the 2022 Ladies Open Lausanne, she earned her first top-10 win over world No. 7 and top seed Danielle Collins as a wildcard, saving three match points in the deciding tiebreak.[2][3][4] By defeating Cristina Bucsa the second round, she went one step further to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal, where she was beaten by Olga Danilović.[5][6] As a result, she moved up into the top 150 in the rankings. She won the 2022 Bronx Open in doubles with partner Anna Blinkova.
Walters made her major debut at the 2023 French Open[7] and won her first match defeating Elizabeth Mandlik. As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of No. 107, on 12 June 2023.
Performance timeline
[edit]W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour (incl. Grand Slam tournaments) are included in win–loss records.[8]
Singles
[edit]Current through the 2023 French Open.
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | Q2 | Q3 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
French Open | A | A | A | Q2 | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
Wimbledon | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
US Open | A | A | A | Q2 | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
WTA 1000 | |||||||
Indian Wells Open | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||
Career statistics | |||||||
Tournaments | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
Overall win–loss | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 5–6 | |
Year-end ranking | 295 | 297 | 217 | 120 | 45% |
WTA career finals
[edit]Doubles: 1 (title)
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Result | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | Jul 2021 | Lausanne Open, Switzerland |
WTA 250 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–7(3–7), [10–5] |
ITF Circuit finals
[edit]Singles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runner–ups)
[edit]Legend |
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$80,000 tournaments (0–1) |
$60,000 tournaments (1–2) |
$25,000 tournaments (0–3) |
$15,000 tournaments (5–5) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2017 | ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–0, 4–6, 6–7(1) |
Loss | 0–2 | Nov 2017 | ITF Oslo, Norway | 15,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–2 | Mar 2018 | ITF Mâcon, France | 15,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 1–3 | May 2018 | ITF San Severo, Italy | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 2–6 |
Win | 2–3 | Dec 2018 | ITF Ortisei, Italy | 15,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–4 | Jan 2019 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 3–4 | Feb 2019 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–3 |
Loss | 3–5 | Feb 2019 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
Win | 4–5 | Apr 2019 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(6), 7–5 |
Loss | 4–6 | May 2019 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 4–7 | Jul 2019 | ITF Horb, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–0, 1–6 |
Win | 5–7 | Jan 2021 | ITF Manacor, Spain | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 7–6(4) |
Loss | 5–8 | Feb 2021 | AK Ladies Open, Germany | 25,000 | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
6–3, 1–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 5–9 | Oct 2021 | ITF Poitiers, France | 80,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 5–10 | Apr 2022 | Chiasso Open, Switzerland | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 6–10 | Jul 2022 | Amstelveen Open, Netherlands | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(10), 6–0 |
Loss | 6–11 | Feb 2023 | Open de l'Isère, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
2–6, 5–7 |
Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)
[edit]Legend |
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$60,000 tournaments (1–1) |
$25,000 tournaments (1–1) |
$10/15,000 tournaments (2–2) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2016 | ITF Sion, Switzerland | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Dec 2018 | ITF Ortisei, Italy | 15,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 5–7 |
Win | 1–2 | Apr 2019 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 2–2 | May 2019 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 0–6, [10–6] |
Win | 3–2 | Sep 2019 | Verbier Open, Switzerland | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 3–3 | Feb 2022 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 3–4 | Feb 2022 | AK Ladies Open, Germany | 60,000 | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 4–4 | Aug 2022 | Bronx Open, United States | 60,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Head-to-head record
[edit]Record against top 10 players
[edit]Waltert's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10.[9]
Danielle Collins 1–0
Julia Görges 1–0
- * As of 12 July 2022[update]
Wins over top-10 players
[edit]# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | SW Rank |
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2022 | |||||||
1. | ![]() |
No. 7 | Ladies Open Lausanne | Clay | 1R | 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(8–6) | No. 154 |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Simona Waltert mit Wildcard in Lausanne". www.suedostschwiez.ch (in German).
- ^ "Tennis, WTA – Lausanne Open 2022: Waltert downs Collins". 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Lausanne: Waltert saves 3 MPS, upsets Collins for 1st Top 10 win".
- ^ "Collins stunned by home hope Waltert as Bencic bounces back in Lausanne". 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Lausanne: Wildcard Waltert beats Bucsa in 3 sets to make 1st WTA QF".
- ^ "Beginner's Guide: Simona Waltert breathes life into Lausanne with breakout run".
- ^ "Roland Garros 2023's Grand Slam debuts: Mirra Andreeva, Shymanovich, Waltert".
- ^ "Simona Waltert | Player Stats & More – WTA Official".
- ^ "Head to Head". WTA Tennis.
External links
[edit]- Simona Waltert at the Women's Tennis Association
- Simona Waltert at the International Tennis Federation