Judith Wiesner

Judith Wiesner
Country (sports) Austria
ResidenceMattsee, Austria
Born (1966-03-02) 2 March 1966
Hallein, Austria
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro1983
Retired1997
PlaysRight-handed (one handed-backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,730,734
Singles
Career record366–209
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 12 (13 January 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1989)
French Open4R (1993)
WimbledonQF (1996)
US OpenQF (1996)
Olympic Games2R (Atlanta 1996)
Doubles
Career record109–100
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 29 (3 July 1989)

Judith Wiesner (née Pölzl; born 2 March 1966) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. During her career, she won five top-level singles titles and three tour doubles titles. Her career high rankings were world No. 12 in singles (in 1997), and No. 29 in doubles (in 1989). In 1996, Wiesner was a quarterfinalist at both Wimbledon and the US Open.

Fed Cup

Wiesner played her first match for the Austria Federation Cup team in 1983, and her last match in the Fed Cup in 1997. All together, she played in 14 different years, which is the most played by any player for Austria. She also holds the Austrian Fed Cup records for the most wins, the most singles wins, the most doubles wins jointly with Barbara Schett, and the most ties played.

Post-tennis

Initially, Wiesner turned her hand to golf, achieving a handicap of 2.[1] She was the team captain of Austria's Fed Cup team for 2001.[2] She married Roland Floimair in 2001. From 1999 until 2004 she was a member of the Salzburg city council for the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP).[3] She is also the tournament ambassador for the Gastein Ladies event.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 12 (5–7)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–1)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (1–2)
Tier IV (2–3)
Tier V (2–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (4–5)
Carpet (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. May 1988 Strasbourg Clay Sandra Cecchini 3–6, 0–6
Win 1. Jul 1988 Aix-en-Provence Clay Sylvia Hanika 6–1, 6–2
Win 2. Jul 1989 Arcachon Clay Barbara Paulus 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–1
Loss 2. Mar 1990 Key Biscayne Hard Monica Seles 1–6, 2–6
Loss 3. Jul 1991 Kitzbühel Clay Conchita Martínez 1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win 3. May 1992 Strasbourg Clay Naoko Sawamatsu 6–1, 6–3
Loss 4. May 1993 Strasbourg Clay Naoko Sawamatsu 6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Loss 5. Jul 1993 Kitzbühel Clay Anke Huber 4–6, 1–6
Loss 6. Jul 1994 Styria Clay Anke Huber 3–6, 3–6
Win 4. Aug 1994 Schenectady Hard Larisa Neiland 7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win 5. Jul 1995 Maria Lankowitz Clay Ruxandra Dragomir 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 7. Dec 1996 Auckland Hard Marion Maruska 3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 9 (3–6)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–4)
Tier IV (0–1)
Tier V (2–1)
Virginia Slims (1–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (3–4)
Carpet (0–2)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. Oct 1987 Athens Clay Andrea Betzner Kathy Horvath
Dinky Van Rensburg 		6–4, 7–6(7–0)
Loss 1. Jul 1988 Hamburg Clay Andrea Betzner Jana Novotná
Tine Scheuer-Larsen 		4–6, 2–6
Win 2. Aug 1988 Athens Clay Sabrina Goleš Silke Frankl
Sabine Hack 		7–5, 6–0
Loss 2. Apr 1989 Barcelona Clay Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Jana Novotná
Tine Scheuer-Larsen 		2–6, 6–2, 6–7(3–7)
Win 3. May 1989 Strasbourg Clay Mercedes Paz Lise Gregory
Gretchen Magers 		6–3, 6–3
Loss 3. Oct 1989 Zürich Carpet (I) Nathalie Tauziat Jana Novotná
Helena Suková 		3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 4. Apr 1991 Barcelona Clay Nathalie Tauziat Martina Navratilova
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 		1–6, 3–6
Loss 5. Apr 1992 Barcelona Clay Nathalie Tauziat Conchita Martínez
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 		4–6, 1–6
Loss 6. Feb 1993 Linz Carpet (I) Conchita Martínez Eugenia Maniokova
Leila Meskhi 		w/o

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (3–2)

$75,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 10 August 1986 Kitzbuehl, Austria Clay Petra Huber 6–3, 2–6, 0–6
Runner-up 2. 2 August 1987 Kitzbuehl, Austria Clay Petra Huber 3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Winner 1. 14 August 1991 Turin, Italy Clay Cecilia Bargagni 6–2, 6–4
Winner 2. 20 September 1992 Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic Clay Helena Suková 6–4, 7–5
Winner 3. 17 May 1993 Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic Clay Janette Husárová 6–3, 7–5

Doubles (1–1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 10 August 1986 Kitzbuhel, Austria Clay Heidi Sprung Justine Brown
Louise Pleming 		0–6, 0–6
Winner 1. 2 August 1987 Kitzbuhel, Austria Clay Heidi Sprung Bettina Diesner
Karin Oberleitner 		6–3, 6–4

Grand Slam 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.
Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Career SR
Australian Open NH 3R A 4R 2R A 2R 1R A 3R 1R 1R 0 / 8
French Open A 2R 1R 1R 3R 1R 3R 4R 2R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 11
Wimbledon A 2R 1R 3R 4R 4R 3R 2R 1R 3R QF 3R 0 / 11
US Open A 1R 4R 1R 4R 4R 2R 3R 3R 1R QF A 0 / 10
SR 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 40
Year-end ranking 141 33 33 35 17 16 25 21 25 25 15 NR

Best Grand Slam results details

References

  1. ^ The Barbara Schett Official Site Archived 11 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Fed Cup – All upcoming ties". Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  3. ^ Christian Hackl (24 February 2013). "Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit". Der Standard (in German).
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