Céline Naef

Céline Naef (born 25 June 2005) is a Swiss tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 121 in singles, achieved on 16 October 2023, and No. 196 in doubles, reached on 10 June 2024.[1] She has won one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour along with six singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Céline Naef
Naef at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Switzerland
Born (2005-06-25) 25 June 2005
Feusisberg, Switzerland
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$280,411
Singles
Career record87–42 (67.4%)
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 121 (16 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 161 (10 June 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2024)
French OpenQ1 (2023, 2024)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
US OpenQ2 (2023)
Doubles
Career record34–20 (63.0%)
Career titles1 WTA Challenger, 4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 196 (10 June 2024)
Current rankingNo. 196 (10 June 2024)
Last updated on: 12 June 2024.

Career

Junior years

Naef had a successful junior career. Her career-high ranking as a junior was world No. 4. In 2022, Naef won a prestigious tournament for juniors, the Trofeo Bonfiglio (Grade A).[2] In 2022, Naef reached the final of the 2022 French Open, partnering Nikola Bartůňková.[3] In July 2022, she played in the final of the European Youth Championship held in Klosters, Switzerland which she lost to Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva.[4]

2022: First ITF titles

Naef played and won her first final in Monastir, Tunisia, in March 2022.[5] In October 2022, she became champion in both singles and doubles in Reims, France.[6] A week later, she won another singles title in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin defeating Spanish player Irene Burillo Escorihuela in the final.[7]

2023: WTA debut and quarterfinal, Major and top 125 debuts

Naef started the season with a title in Loughborough, England, where she became the champion by defeating British Eliz Maloney in the final.[8] In February, Naef played her first $40k tournament finals, and became the champion in both singles and doubles in Porto, Portugal.[9]

The 17 years old made her WTA Tour debut as a wildcard[10] and recorded her first tour-level win at the grass court event 2023 Libéma Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands defeating 42 years old wildcard Venus Williams.[11] Next, she upset eighth-seeded Caty McNally for her second WTA Tour win, before losing to top-seeded Veronika Kudermetova in the quarterfinals.[12] She made her Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon after qualifying.[13][14]

2024

Ranked No. 161, she received a wildcard for the Libéma Open in 's-Hertogenbosch and defeated qualifier Elizabeth Mandlik.[15]

Performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[16]

Singles

Current through the 2024 Libéma Open.

Tournament 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Guadalajara Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
2023 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 5 1 Career total: 6
Titles 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 Career total: 0
Hard win–loss 0–2 0–2 0 / 2 1–4 20%
Clay win–loss 0–1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Grass win–loss 2–2 1–1 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Overall win–loss 1–5 1–3 0 / 6 3–8 27%
Year-end ranking 139

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Girls' doubles: 1 (runner-up)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2022 French Open Clay Nikola Bartůňková Sára Bejlek
Lucie Havlíčková		 3–6, 3–6

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (title)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2023 Andorrà la Vella Open, Andorra Hard (i) Erika Andreeva Tímea Babos
Heather Watson		 6–2, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Legend
W80 tournaments (1–0)
W60/75 tournaments (0–2)
W40/50 tournaments (1–0)
W25/35 tournaments (2–0)
W15 tournaments (2–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Lara Schmidt 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win 2–0 Oct 2022 ITF Reims, France W15 Hard (i) Manon Léonard 6–2, 6–7(3), 6–3
Win 3–0 Oct 2022 ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France W25+H Hard (i) Irene Burillo Escorihuela 3–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win 4–0 Jan 2023 GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK W25+H Hard (i) Eliz Maloney 6–0, 6–4
Win 5–0 Jan 2023 Porto Indoor 1, Portugal W40 Hard (i) Lucrezia Stefanini 6–2, 6–4
Loss 5–1 Apr 2023 Chiasso Open, Switzerland W60 Clay Mirra Andreeva 6–1, 6–7(3), 0–6
Win 6–1 Sep 2023 ITF Le Neubourg, France W80+H Hard Alina Korneeva 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7)
Loss 6–2 Mar 2024 Trnava Indoor, Slovakia W75 Hard (i) Suzan Lamens 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 4 (4 titles)
Legend
W75 tournaments (2–0)
W40/50 tournaments (1–0)
W15 tournaments (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2022 ITF Reims, France W15 Hard (i) Irina Balus Mallaurie Noël
Margot Yerolymos		 6–2, 6–0
Win 2–0 Feb 2023 Porto Indoor 1, Portugal W40 Hard (i) Yanina Wickmayer Alice Robbe
Tara Würth		 6–1, 6–4
Win 3–0 Feb 2024 Porto Indoor 3, Portugal W75 Hard (i) Anna Bondár Francisca Jorge
Matilde Jorge		 6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Win 4–0 May 2024 Zagreb Ladies Open,
Croatia		 W75 Clay Laura Pigossi Emily Appleton
Prarthana Thombare		 4–6, 6–1, [10–8]

Notes
  1. The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

References
  1. "Céline Naef | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
  2. "BASAVAREDDY AND NAEF WARM UP FOR ROLAND GARROS WITH MILAN SUCCESS". Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  3. "LES VAINQUEURS DE CETTE ÉDITION 2022". Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  4. "Céline Naef holt in Klosters Silbermedaille". Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  5. "Céline Naef gelingt erster Profi-Turniersieg". Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  6. "Tennis – Céline Naef s'offre les Internationaux de Reims Champagne". Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  7. "Tennis. Open féminin 50 : un scénario incroyable pour la victoire en finale de Céline Naef". Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  8. "MONDAY UPDATE: NÄCHSTER TITEL FÜR CÉLINE NAEF". Retrieved 2023-01-16.
  9. "Celine Naef vence W40 Porto I em ténis". Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  10. "Photos: The players contesting their first WTA main draw in 2023". 7 November 2023.
  11. "With Serena on hand, Venus falls to Naef in 's-Hertogenbosch opener". 13 June 2023.
  12. "(2023) KUDERMETOVA AND HRUNCAKOVA FINAL SEMI-FINALISTS". 16 June 2023.
  13. WTA Staff (29 June 2023). "Mirra Andreeva, Kenin, Wickmayer qualify for Wimbledon main draw". Women's Tennis Association.
  14. Alex Macpherson (1 July 2023). "Wimbledon 2023's Grand Slam debuts: Stevanovic, Naef, Bai and more". Women's Tennis Association.
  15. "'s-Hertogenbosch Open: Naef moves into last 16". 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  16. "Céline Naef [SUI] | Australian Open". 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
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