Katharina Krüger
Country (sports) | Germany |
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Residence | Berlin, Germany |
Born | Zehlendorf, West Berlin, West Germany | 3 January 1990
Turned pro | 2001 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Singles | |
Career record | 508–326 |
Highest ranking | No. 6 (24 August 2009) |
Current ranking | No. 22 (16 March 2020) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2015, 2017, 2018) |
French Open | QF (2010, 2013, 2018) |
Wimbledon | QF (2018) |
Other tournaments | |
Paralympic Games | 2R (2012, 2016) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 363–269 |
Highest ranking | No. 5 (2 February 2009) |
Current ranking | No. 14 (16 March 2020) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (2009) |
French Open | SF (2010, 2013, 2018) |
Wimbledon | SF (2009, 2014, 2015, 2018) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Paralympic Games | QF (2012) |
Katharina Krüger (born 3 January 1990) is a German wheelchair tennis player who competes in international level events. She is a three-time quarterfinalist in the Australian Open and French Open and has participated at three Summer Paralympic Games and reached the second round in the singles' events. She was a runner-up in the 2009 Australian Open where she partnered with and lost to Korie Homan and Esther Vergeer in the final.[1][2][3] Krüger has used a wheelchair from an early age as she was born with spina bifida.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Katharina Kruger - ITF Profile". International Tennis Federation. 9 July 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Katharina Kruger - Team Deutschland (in German)". Team Deutschland. 9 July 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Katharina Kruger - Faszination Tennis (in German)". Deutscher Rollstuhl-Sportverband. 9 July 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Katharina Krüger". Sunrise Medical. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018.
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Categories:
- 1990 births
- Living people
- German female tennis players
- Wheelchair tennis players
- Tennis players from Berlin
- Paralympic wheelchair tennis players of Germany
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- People with spina bifida