Judith Wiesner

Judith Wiesner
Country (sports)	Austria
Residence	Mattsee, Austria
Born	2 March 1966 (age 58); Hallein, Austria
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1983
Retired	1997
Plays	Right-handed (one handed-backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,730,734
Singles
Career record	366–209
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 12 (13 January 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1989)
French Open	4R (1993)
Wimbledon	QF (1996)
US Open	QF (1996)
Olympic Games	2R (Atlanta 1996)
Doubles
Career record	109–100
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 29 (3 July 1989)

Judith Wiesner (née Pölzl; born 2 March 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Austria. 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.	16 May 1988	Strasbourg	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	3–6, 0–6
Win	1.	18 July 1988	Aix-en-Provence	Clay	Sylvia Hanika	6–1, 6–2
Win	2.	10 July 1989	Arcachon	Clay	Barbara Paulus	6–3, 6–7^(3–7), 6–1
Loss	2.	16 March 1990	Key Biscayne	Hard	Monica Seles	1–6, 2–6
Loss	3.	15 July 1991	Kitzbühel	Clay	Conchita Martínez	1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	3.	18 May 1992	Strasbourg	Clay	Naoko Sawamatsu	6–1, 6–3
Loss	4.	17 May 1993	Strasbourg	Clay	Naoko Sawamatsu	6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	12 July 1993	Kitzbühel	Clay	Anke Huber	4–6, 1–6
Loss	6.	25 July 1994	Styria	Clay	Anke Huber	3–6, 3–6
Win	4.	22 August 1994	Schenectady	Hard	Larisa Neiland	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win	5.	24 July 1995	Maria Lankowitz	Clay	Ruxandra Dragomir	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
Loss	7.	30 December 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.	5 October 1987	Athens	Clay	Andrea Betzner	Kathy Horvath Dinky Van Rensburg	6–4, 7–6^(7–0)
Loss	1.	25 July 1988	Hamburg	Clay	Andrea Betzner	Jana Novotná Tine Scheuer-Larsen	4–6, 2–6
Win	2.	1 August 1988	Athens	Clay	Sabrina Goleš	Silke Frankl Sabine Hack	7–5, 6–0
Loss	2.	24 April 1989	Barcelona	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Jana Novotná Tine Scheuer-Larsen	2–6, 6–2, 6–7^(3–7)
Win	3.	22 May 1989	Strasbourg	Clay	Mercedes Paz	Lise Gregory Gretchen Magers	6–3, 6–3
Loss	3.	16 October 1989	Zürich	Carpet (I)	Nathalie Tauziat	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	4.	22 April 1991	Barcelona	Clay	Nathalie Tauziat	Martina Navratilova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	1–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	20 April 1992	Barcelona	Clay	Nathalie Tauziat	Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4–6, 1–6
Loss	6.	22 February 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

	Australian Open
1989 Australian Open
Round	Opponent	Score
1R	Sandrine Jaquet	6–3, 6–3
2R	Emmanuelle Derly	6–1, 6–2
3R	Ronni Reis	6–4, 6–4
4R	Catarina Lindqvist	5–7, 2–6

	French Open
1993 French Open
Round	Opponent	Score
1R	Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 6–1
2R	Jennifer Santrock	6–1, 6–3
3R	Nathalie Tauziat (13)	6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
4R	Conchita Martínez (4)	3–6, 3–6

	Wimbledon Championships
1996 Wimbledon
Round	Opponent	Score
1R	Karina Habšudová (17)	6–0, 7–5
2R	Mercedes Paz (Q)	6–2, 6–3
3R	Gigi Fernández	6–2, 7–5
4R	Amy Frazier	6–4, 6–4
QF	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (4)	4–6, 0–6

	US Open
1996 US Open
Round	Opponent	Score
1R	Iva Majoli (5)	2–6, 6–3, 6–1
2R	Debbie Graham (Q)	6–2, 7–5
3R	Petra Langrová	6–2, 6–0
4R	Rita Grande	6–0, 6–3
QF	Steffi Graf (1)	5–7, 3–6

References

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

External links

Judith Wiesner at the Women's Tennis Association
Judith Wiesner at the International Tennis Federation
Judith Wiesner at the Billie Jean King Cup

Awards
Preceded by Mercedes Paz	Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award 1991	Succeeded by Jill Hetherington

[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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