Yvonne Meusburger

Meusburger at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Austria
Residence	Schwarzach, Austria
Born	(1983-10-03) 3 October 1983 Dornbirn, Austria
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 (58.1%)
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 (50.2%)
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)

Yvonne Meusburger Garamszegi (née Meusburger, born 3 October 1983) is an Austrian retired tennis player.

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.

Grand Slam performance timelines

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Premier M & Premier 5 Premier International (1–2)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (1–2) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2007	Gastein Ladies, Austria	Tier III[lower-alpha 1]	Clay	Francesca Schiavone	1–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2013	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	International	Clay	Simona Halep	3–6, 7–6(9–7), 1–6
Win	1–2	Jul 2013	Gastein Ladies, Austria	International	Clay	Andrea Hlaváčková	7–5, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 26 (15 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments (0–1)
$50,000 tournaments (2–5)
$25,000 tournaments (12–4)
$10,000 tournaments (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2003	ITF Sunderland, UK	10,000	Hard (i)	Hanna Nooni	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss	1–1	Jun 2004	ITF Vaduz, Liechtenstein	25,000	Clay	Anastasia Rodionova	6–1, 3–6, 6–7
Win	2–1	Aug 2004	ITF Balashikha, Russia	25,000	Clay	Anastasiya Yakimova	6–3, 6–7, 6–0
Win	3–1	Nov 2004	ITF Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium	25,000	Hard (i)	Selima Sfar	6–4, 6–3
Win	4–1	Mar 2005	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	25,000	Clay	Kira Nagy	7–5, 5–7, 6–3
Win	5–1	Apr 2005	ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Shiho Hisamatsu	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	5–2	Mar 2006	ITF Orange, United States	50,000	Hard	Alona Bondarenko	3–6, 5–7
Loss	5–3	Sep 2006	ITF Innsbruck, Austria	10,000	Clay	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	6–1, 2–6, 2–2 ret.
Loss	5–4	Nov 2006	ITF Mexico City	25,000	Hard	Mathilde Johansson	5–7, 2–6
Win	6–4	Nov 2006	ITF Mexico City	25,000	Clay	Carmen Klaschka	6–3, 6–4
Win	7–4	Nov 2006	ITF Puebla, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Maria Abramović	6–4, 6–2
Win	8–4	Feb 2007	ITF Biberach, Germany	25,000	Hard (i)	Martina Pavelec	7–6, 4–6, 7–5
Win	9–4	Apr 2007	ITF Latina, Italy	50,000	Clay	Caroline Wozniacki	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	9–5	Jun 2008	ITF Rome, Italy	50,000	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Loss	9–6	Jul 2008	Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia	75,000	Clay	Petra Martić	2–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win	10–6	Aug 2009	Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany	25,000	Clay	Johanna Larsson	5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Win	11–6	Aug 2009	ITF Trnava, Slovakia	25,000	Clay	Sandra Záhlavová	7–6, 7–5
Loss	11–7	Apr 2009	ITF Mestre, Italy	50,000	Hard	Karolina Šprem	6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Win	12–7	Aug 2011	Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia	50,000	Clay	Elitsa Kostova	0–6, 6–2, 6–0
Loss	12–8	Oct 2011	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	25,000	Hard	Claire Feuerstein	3–6, 1–6
Loss	12–9	Nov 2011	Ismaning Open, Germany	50,000	Carpet (i)	Anne Keothavong	3–6, 6–1, 2–6
Loss	12–10	May 2012	ITF Grado, Italy	25,000	Clay	Maria Elena Camerin	2–6, 3–6
Loss	12–11	Jul 2012	ITF Contrexéville, France	50,000	Clay	Aravane Rezaï	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	13–11	Apr 2013	ITF La Marsa, Tunisia	25,000	Clay	Victoria Kan	6–3, 6–4
Win	14–11	May 2013	Wiesbaden Open, Germany	25,000	Clay	Sharon Fichman	5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Win	15–11	Jun 2013	ITF Grado, Italy	25,000	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	6–2, 6–7, 6–3

Doubles: 17 (9 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (2–0)
$75,000 tournaments (2–0)
$50,000 tournaments (1–3)
$25,000 tournaments (2–4)
$10,000 tournaments (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2002	ITF Rijeka, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Jenny Zika	Gabriela Chmelinová Dominika Luzarová	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2003	ITF Oulu, Finland	10,000	Clay	Nicole Melch	Kateryna Bondarenko Irina Kuzmina-Rimša	6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Loss	1–2	Oct 2003	ITF Jersey, Great Britain	25,000	Hard	Hanna Nooni	Sofia Arvidsson Kaia Kanepi	3–6, 5–7
Win	2–2	Sep 2006	ITF Innsbruck, Austria	10,000	Clay	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	Hana Birnerová Zuzana Zálabská	6–3, 6–3
Loss	2–3	Nov 2006	ITF Mexico City	25,000	Hard	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	María José Argeri Letícia Sobral	4–6, 2–6
Win	3–3	Apr 2007	Dinan Open, France	75,000	Clay (i)	Angelique Kerber	Stéphanie Foretz Aurélie Védy	6–4, 6–7(6), 6–2
Loss	3–4	Feb 2009	ITF Biberach, Germany	50,000	Hard (i)	Kristina Barrois	Melanie Klaffner Sandra Klemenschits	6–3, 4–6, [15–17]
Win	4–4	Jul 2009	ITF Contrexéville, France	50,000	Clay	Kathrin Wörle-Scheller	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Pauline Parmentier	6–2, 6–2
Win	5–4	Aug 2009	Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany	25,000	Clay	Jasmin Wöhr	Erica Krauth Hanna Nooni	6–2, 7–6(1)
Loss	5–5	Sep 2009	Mestre, Italy	50,000	Clay	Kristina Barrois	Romina Oprandi Sandra Klemenschits	4–6, 1–6
Win	6–5	Sep 2009	GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK	75,000	Hard (i)	Kristina Barrois	Johanna Larsson Anna Smith	3–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Loss	6–6	Feb 2010	ITF Stockholm, Sweden	25,000	Hard (i)	Nikola Hofmanova	Ksenia Milevskaya Lesia Tsurenko	4–6, 5–7
Win	7–6	Jun 2010	Open de Marseille, France	100,000	Clay	Johanna Larsson	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Aurélie Védy	6–4, 6–2
Win	8–6	Aug 2010	Bronx Open, United States	100,000	Hard	Kristina Barrois	Natalie Grandin Abigail Spears	1–6, 6–4, [15–13]
Win	9–6	Apr 2011	ITF Chiasso, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Kathrin Wörle-Scheller	Claire Feuerstein Anaïs Laurendon	6–3, 6–3
Loss	9–7	Oct 2011	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Stephanie Vogt	Emma Laine Kristina Mladenovic	2–6, 4–6
Loss	9–8	Nov 2011	Ismaning Open, Germany	50,000	Hard (i)	Kristina Barrois	Kiki Bertens Anne Keothavong	3–6, 3–6

Notes

References

External links

• Yvonne Meusburger at the Women's Tennis Association
• Yvonne Meusburger-Garamszegi at the International Tennis Federation
• Yvonne Meusburger-Garamszegi at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Yvonne Meusburger at ESPN.com