Simona Waltert

Simona Waltert (born 13 December 2000) is a Swiss tennis player.

Simona Waltert
Waltert at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Switzerland
Born (2000-12-13) 13 December 2000
Chur, Switzerland
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$571,282
Singles
Career record208–140 (59.8%)
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 107 (12 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 156 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2023, 2024)
French Open2R (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
US OpenQ2 (2022, 2023)
Doubles
Career record59–43 (57.8%)
Career titles1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 180 (7 March 2022)
Current rankingNo. 406 (15 January 2024)
Team competitions
Fed CupW (2022)
Record: 0–1 (0%)
Last updated on: 22 April 2024.

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

Junior years

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

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.

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
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.
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 (incl. Grand Slam tournaments) are included in win–loss records.[8]


Singles

Current through the 2023 French Open.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L
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

Doubles: 1 (title)
Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win Jul 2021 Lausanne Open,
Switzerland		 WTA 250 Clay Susan Bandecchi Ulrikke Eikeri
Valentini Grammatikopoulou		 6–3, 6–7(3–7), [10–5]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runner–ups)
Legend
$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
Loss 0–1 Jun 2017 ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Georgia Brescia 6–0, 4–6, 6–7(1)
Loss 0–2 Nov 2017 ITF Oslo, Norway 15,000 Hard (i) Leonie Küng 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Mar 2018 ITF Mâcon, France 15,000 Hard (i) Tess Sugnaux 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 1–3 May 2018 ITF San Severo, Italy 15,000 Clay Despina Papamichail 1–6, 2–6
Win 2–3 Dec 2018 ITF Ortisei, Italy 15,000 Hard (i) Joanna Garland 6–4, 6–2
Loss 2–4 Jan 2019 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Magali Kempen 7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Win 3–4 Feb 2019 ITF Sharm El Sheikh 15,000 Hard Oona Orpana 6–1, 6–3
Loss 3–5 Feb 2019 ITF Sharm El Sheikh 15,000 Hard Mayar Sherif 4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win 4–5 Apr 2019 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Melanie Klaffner 7–6(6), 7–5
Loss 4–6 May 2019 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Mayar Sherif 2–6, 1–6
Loss 4–7 Jul 2019 ITF Horb, Germany 25,000 Clay Lea Bošković 4–6, 6–0, 1–6
Win 5–7 Jan 2021 ITF Manacor, Spain 15,000 Clay Yvonne Cavallé Reimers 6–2, 7–6(4)
Loss 5–8 Feb 2021 AK Ladies Open, Germany 25,000 Carpet (i) Clara Tauson 6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Loss 5–9 Oct 2021 ITF Poitiers, France 80,000 Hard (i) Chloé Paquet 4–6, 3–6
Loss 5–10 Apr 2022 Chiasso Open, Switzerland 60,000 Clay Lucia Bronzetti 6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Win 6–10 Jul 2022 Amstelveen Open, Netherlands 60,000 Clay Emma Navarro 7–6(10), 6–0
Loss 6–11 Feb 2023 Open de l'Isère, France 60,000 Hard (i) Océane Dodin 2–6, 5–7

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Legend
$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
Loss 0–1 Sep 2016 ITF Sion, Switzerland 10,000 Clay Leonie Küng Emily Arbuthnott
Karin Kennel		 2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Dec 2018 ITF Ortisei, Italy 15,000 Hard (i) Verena Hofer Veronika Erjavec
Kristina Novak		 4–6, 5–7
Win 1–2 Apr 2019 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Despina Papamichail Mayar Sherif
Rana Sherif Ahmed		 6–3, 6–2
Win 2–2 May 2019 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Alica Rusová Seone Mendez
Charlotte Römer		 7–5, 0–6, [10–6]
Win 3–2 Sep 2019 Verbier Open, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Xenia Knoll İpek Soylu
Kathinka von Deichmann		 6–4, 6–3
Loss 3–3 Feb 2022 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 25,000 Hard Irina Fetecău Isabelle Haverlag
Justina Mikulskytė		 1–6, 2–6
Loss 3–4 Feb 2022 AK Ladies Open, Germany 60,000 Carpet (i) Susan Bandecchi Mariam Bolkvadze
Samantha Murray Sharan		 3–6, 5–7
Win 4–4 Aug 2022 Bronx Open, United States 60,000 Hard Anna Blinkova Han Na-lae
Hiroko Kuwata		 6–3, 6–3

Head-to-head record

Record against top 10 players

Waltert's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10.[9]

* As of 12 July 2022

Wins over top-10 players
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score SW Rank
2022
1. Danielle Collins No. 7 Ladies Open Lausanne Clay 1R 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(8–6) No. 154

Notes

    References
    1. "Simona Waltert mit Wildcard in Lausanne". www.suedostschwiez.ch (in German).
    2. "Tennis, WTA – Lausanne Open 2022: Waltert downs Collins". 12 July 2022.
    3. "Lausanne: Waltert saves 3 MPS, upsets Collins for 1st Top 10 win".
    4. "Collins stunned by home hope Waltert as Bencic bounces back in Lausanne". 12 July 2022.
    5. "Lausanne: Wildcard Waltert beats Bucsa in 3 sets to make 1st WTA QF".
    6. "Beginner's Guide: Simona Waltert breathes life into Lausanne with breakout run".
    7. "Roland Garros 2023's Grand Slam debuts: Mirra Andreeva, Shymanovich, Waltert".
    8. "Simona Waltert | Player Stats & More – WTA Official".
    9. "Head to Head". WTA Tennis.


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