Wiltrud Probst

Wiltrud Probst
Country (sports) Germany
 West Germany
Born (1969-05-29) 29 May 1969
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

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)

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

Doubles: 7 (runner-ups)

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

ITF finals

Singles (0–5)

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 Gisele Miró 3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 2. 21 April 1986 Taranto, Italy Clay Patricia Tarabini 2–6, 1–6
Loss 3. 13 July 1987 Erlangen, West Germany Clay Julie Halard-Decugis 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 4. 16 July 1989 Erlangen, West Germany Clay Elena Pampoulova 1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 5. 14 October 1996 Cardiff, United Kingdom Hard Anne-Gaëlle Sidot 1–6, 5–7

Doubles (1–4)

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