Yvonne Meusburger Garamszegi
Yvonne Meusburger Garamszegi (née Meusburger, born 3 October 1983) is an Austrian retired tennis player.
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Schwarzach, Austria |
Born | Dornbirn, Austria | 3 October 1983
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | 1999 |
Retired | 2015 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,384,838 |
Singles | |
Career record | 439–316 |
Career titles | 1 WTA, 15 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 37 (31 March 2014) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2014) |
French Open | 2R (2010, 2014) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2007, 2014) |
US Open | 2R (2008, 2010) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 104–103 |
Career titles | 9 ITF |
Highest ranking | 104 (30 August 2010) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2008) |
French Open | 1R (2014) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2014) |
US Open | 1R (2007, 2013) |
Meusburger won one singles title on the WTA Tour, as well as fifteen singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 31 March 2014, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 37. On 30 August 2010, she peaked at No. 104 in the doubles rankings.
Playing for Austria in Fed Cup, Meusburger has accumulated a win-loss record of 8–21.
After getting married, she changed her surname to Meusburger Garamszegi.[1]
Tennis career
Meusburger made the second round of the 2010 Australian Open, French Open, and US Open. She lost to Russian Maria Kirilenko on all three occasions.
In June 2013, Meusburger entered the qualifying tournament of the Wimbledon Championships, defeating Nicole Gibbs, Tamarine Tanasugarn, and Sesil Karatantcheva for a spot in the main draw. She was drawn against fourth seed Agnieszka Radwańska and was knocked out in straight sets. Despite the loss, it was Meusburger's first Grand Slam appearance in nearly three years. The following month, she advanced to the final of the Budapest Grand Prix, beating three seeded players en route. However, she lost in the final to third seed Simona Halep in three sets. Meusburger consequently re-entered the top 100 and overtook Tamira Paszek to become Austria's top-ranked women's player.
In July 2013, she won her first WTA singles title in Bad Gastein, defeating Andrea Hlaváčková. This win, along with a successful end to the 2013 season, meant that, at the age of 30, Meusburger's ranking moved into the world's top 50 for the first time in her career.
Ranked 49 in the world, Meusburger reached the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career at the 2014 Australian Open. En route, she defeated Chanelle Scheepers and 33rd seed Bojana Jovanovski. In the third round, she was defeated by second seed Victoria Azarenka.
Logging quarterfinal appearances in Katowice and Marrakech, Meusburger entered the 2014 French Open with confidence, recording a three-set win over French wildcard Amandine Hesse in the first round. She would progress no further; however, as she was eliminated by 2010 finalist Samantha Stosur in their second round encounter.
Meusburger continued her resurgence at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. Having defeated Vania King at the first hurdle, she advanced to the second round but was defeated there by Li Na.
Meusburger returned to defend her title at the 2014 Gastein Ladies and started off well when she defeated qualifier Tereza Smitková in a match lasting nearly three hours. However, she was unable to follow the win up and was beaten in the second round by Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa. It was Meusburger's least successful performance ever in Bad Gastein, as she had reached the quarterfinals or better of the tournament since its debut in 2007.
Meusburger played her last professional match at the 2014 US Open, announcing her retirement following a first-round loss to Karolína Plíšková of the Czech Republic.
In December 2014, Meusburger announced that she would come out of retirement to play one more tournament—the 2015 Australian Open—telling the Austria Press Agency that she wanted to end her career at the tournament because it was the first Grand Slam she contested was the 2006 Australian Open.[2]
Meusburger played her final career-match against 29th seed Australian Casey Dellacqua at the following 2015 Australian Open. She lost 4–6, 0–6.
Playing style
Meusburger is fit and an excellent mover, often outlasting her opponents during matches. She uses her compact groundstrokes to consistently hit flat groundstrokes and positions the ball well. Her weak serve has been a major hindrance throughout her career, especially against top players, whom are able to attack her serve and place her in a defensive position. However, Meusburger is an excellent returner, winning the most points for first-serve returns during the 2013 season; she was also in the top 10 for second-serve returns and return games won. Meusburger has enjoyed her greatest success on clay courts, having reached three WTA finals on this particular surface.
WTA career finals
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 29 July 2007 | Gastein Ladies, Austria | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 14 July 2013 | Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 7–6(9–7), 1–6 |
Winner | 1. | 21 July 2013 | Gastein Ladies, Austria | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 6–2 |
ITF Circuit finals
Legend |
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$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 26 (15–11)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 16 September 2003 | ITF Sunderland, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
4–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 1. | 13 June 2004 | ITF Vaduz, Liechtenstein | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 3–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 2. | 30 August 2004 | ITF Balashikha, Russia | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–7, 6–0 |
Winner | 3. | 1 November 2004 | ITF Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 4. | 22 March 2005 | ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 5–7, 6–3 |
Winner | 5. | 10 April 2005 | ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 19 March 2006 | ITF Orange, United States | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 3. | 17 September 2006 | ITF Innsbruck, Austria | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 2–6, 2–2 ret. |
Runner-up | 4. | 12 November 2006 | ITF Mexico City, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
5–7, 2–6 |
Winner | 6. | 13 November 2006 | ITF Mexico City, Mexico | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 7. | 26 November 2006 | ITF Puebla, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 8. | 18 February 2007 | ITF Biberach, Germany | Hard (i) | ![]() |
7-6, 4-6, 7-5 |
Winner | 9. | 1 April 2007 | ITF Latina, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
7-5, 4-6, 6-3 |
Runner-up | 5. | 8 June 2008 | ITF Rome, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
4-6, 6-4, 6-7 |
Runner-up | 6. | 13 July 2008 | Zagreb Open, Croatia | Clay | ![]() |
2-6, 6-2, 2-6 |
Winner | 10. | 9 August 2009 | Hechingen Open, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
5-7, 7-5, 6-2 |
Winner | 11. | 16 August 2009 | ITF Trnava, Slovakia | Clay | ![]() |
7-6, 7-5 |
Runner-up | 7. | 11 April 2009 | ITF Mestre, Italy | Hard | ![]() |
6-2, 2-6, 4-6 |
Winner | 12. | 7 August 2011 | ITF Trnava, Slovakia | Clay | ![]() |
0-6, 6-2, 6-0 |
Runner-up | 8. | 17 October 2011 | ITF Glasgow, Great Britain | Hard | ![]() |
3-6, 1-6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 6 November 2011 | Ismaning Open, Germany | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
3-6, 6-1, 2-6 |
Runner-up | 10. | 28 May 2012 | ITF Grado, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
2-6, 3-6 |
Runner-up | 11. | 22 July 2012 | ITF Contrexéville, France | Clay | ![]() |
3-6, 6-2, 3-6 |
Winner | 13. | 13 April 2013 | ITF La Marsa, Tunisia | Clay | ![]() |
6-3, 6-4 |
Winner | 14. | 5 May 2013 | ITF Wiesbaden, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
5-7, 6-4, 6-1 |
Winner | 15. | 2 June 2013 | ITF Grado, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6-2, 6-7, 6-3 |
Doubles: 17 (9–8)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 21 May 2002 | ITF Rijeka, Croatia | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Winner | 1. | 17 August 2003 | ITF Oulu, Finland | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 4–6, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 2. | 14 October 2003 | ITF Jersey, Great Britain | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 2. | 11 September 2006 | ITF Innsbruck, Austria | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 3. | 11 November 2006 | ITF Mexico City, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 3. | 7 April 2007 | Dinan Open, France | Clay (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–7(6), 6–2 |
Runner-up | 4. | 23 February 2009 | ITF Biberach, Germany | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 4–6, [15–17] |
Winner | 4. | 13 July 2009 | ITF Contrexéville, France | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2 |
Winner | 5. | 3 August 2009 | Hechingen Open, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–6(1) |
Runner-up | 5. | 19 September 2009 | Mestre, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 6. | 27 September 2009 | Shrewsbury, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
Runner-up | 6. | 8 February 2010 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 7. | 12 June 2010 | ITF Marseille, France | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 8. | 29 August 2010 | ITF Bronx, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–4, [15–13] |
Winner | 9. | 25 April 2011 | ITF Chiasso, Switzerland | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 7. | 23 October 2011 | ITF Glasgow, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 6 November 2011 | ITF Ismaning, Germany | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Singles performance timeline
Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | W–L | ||||||||||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | 2R | A | Q3 | A | 3R | 1R | 3–5 | ||||||||||||
French Open | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | Q2 | Q2 | Q3 | 2R | A | 2–6 | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon | Q2 | Q1 | 2R | 1R | Q2 | 1R | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | 2R | A | 2–5 | ||||||||||||
US Open | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | 1R | A | 2–6 | ||||||||||||
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 0–1 | 9–22 |
Doubles performance timeline
Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2013 | 2014 | W–L | |||||||||||||||||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 1R | 1R | 0–2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
French Open | 1R | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 1R | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
US Open | 1R | 1R | 0–2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–6 |
References
- ITF profile
- "Yvonne Meusburger: Proper farewell". ESPN. Associated Press. Retrieved 8 December 2014.