Yvonne Meusburger Garamszegi

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Yvonne Meusburger

Meusburger at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Austria
Residence	Schwarzach, Austria
Born	(1983-10-03) 3 October 1983 (age 37) 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
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)

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.^{[citation needed]}

WTA career finals[]

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	29 July 2007	Gastein Ladies, Austria	Clay	Francesca Schiavone	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	14 July 2013	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Simona Halep	3–6, 7–6(9–7), 1–6
Winner	1.	21 July 2013	Gastein Ladies, Austria	Clay	Andrea Hlaváčková	7–5, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 26 (15–11)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	16 September 2003	ITF Sunderland, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Hanna Nooni	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	13 June 2004	ITF Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Clay	Anastasia Rodionova	6–1, 3–6, 6–7
Winner	2.	30 August 2004	ITF Balashikha, Russia	Clay	Anastasiya Yakimova	6–3, 6–7, 6–0
Winner	3.	1 November 2004	ITF Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium	Hard (i)	Selima Sfar	6–4, 6–3
Winner	4.	22 March 2005	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	Kira Nagy	7–5, 5–7, 6–3
Winner	5.	10 April 2005	ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	Hard	Shiho Hisamatsu	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	19 March 2006	ITF Orange, United States	Hard	Alona Bondarenko	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	17 September 2006	ITF Innsbruck, Austria	Clay	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	6–1, 2–6, 2–2 ret.
Runner-up	4.	12 November 2006	ITF Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Mathilde Johansson	5–7, 2–6
Winner	6.	13 November 2006	ITF Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Carmen Klaschka	6–3, 6–4
Winner	7.	26 November 2006	ITF Puebla, Mexico	Hard	Maria Abramović	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	Caroline Wozniacki	7-5, 4-6, 6-3
Runner-up	5.	8 June 2008	ITF Rome, Italy	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	4-6, 6-4, 6-7
Runner-up	6.	13 July 2008	Zagreb Open, Croatia	Clay	Petra Martić	2-6, 6-2, 2-6
Winner	10.	9 August 2009	Hechingen Open, Germany	Clay	Johanna Larsson	5-7, 7-5, 6-2
Winner	11.	16 August 2009	ITF Trnava, Slovakia	Clay	Sandra Záhlavová	7-6, 7-5
Runner-up	7.	11 April 2009	ITF Mestre, Italy	Hard	Karolina Šprem	6-2, 2-6, 4-6
Winner	12.	7 August 2011	ITF Trnava, Slovakia	Clay	Elitsa Kostova	0-6, 6-2, 6-0
Runner-up	8.	17 October 2011	ITF Glasgow, Great Britain	Hard	Claire Feuerstein	3-6, 1-6
Runner-up	9.	6 November 2011	Ismaning Open, Germany	Carpet (i)	Anne Keothavong	3-6, 6-1, 2-6
Runner-up	10.	28 May 2012	ITF Grado, Italy	Clay	Maria Elena Camerin	2-6, 3-6
Runner-up	11.	22 July 2012	ITF Contrexéville, France	Clay	Aravane Rezaï	3-6, 6-2, 3-6
Winner	13.	13 April 2013	ITF La Marsa, Tunisia	Clay	Victoria Kan	6-3, 6-4
Winner	14.	5 May 2013	ITF Wiesbaden, Germany	Clay	Sharon Fichman	5-7, 6-4, 6-1
Winner	15.	2 June 2013	ITF Grado, Italy	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	6-2, 6-7, 6-3

Doubles: 17 (9–8)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	21 May 2002	ITF Rijeka, Croatia	Clay		Gabriela Chmelinová Dominika Luzarová	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	1.	17 August 2003	ITF Oulu, Finland	Clay		Kateryna Bondarenko Irina Kuzmina-Rimša	6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	14 October 2003	ITF Jersey, Great Britain	Hard	Hanna Nooni	Sofia Arvidsson Kaia Kanepi	3–6, 5–7
Winner	2.	11 September 2006	ITF Innsbruck, Austria	Clay	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	Hana Birnerová	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	11 November 2006	ITF Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	María José Argeri Letícia Sobral	4–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	7 April 2007	Dinan Open, France	Clay (i)	Angelique Kerber	Stéphanie Foretz Aurélie Védy	6–4, 6–7(6), 6–2
Runner-up	4.	23 February 2009	ITF Biberach, Germany	Hard (i)	Kristina Barrois	Melanie Klaffner Sandra Klemenschits	6–3, 4–6, [15–17]
Winner	4.	13 July 2009	ITF Contrexéville, France	Clay	Kathrin Wörle-Scheller	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Pauline Parmentier	6–2, 6–2
Winner	5.	3 August 2009	Hechingen Open, Germany	Clay	Jasmin Wöhr	Erica Krauth Hanna Nooni	6–2, 7–6(1)
Runner-up	5.	19 September 2009	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Kristina Barrois	Romina Oprandi Sandra Klemenschits	4–6, 1–6
Winner	6.	27 September 2009	Shrewsbury, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Kristina Barrois	Johanna Larsson Anna Smith	3–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Runner-up	6.	8 February 2010	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Nikola Hofmanova	Ksenia Milevskaya Lesia Tsurenko	4–6, 5–7
Winner	7.	12 June 2010	ITF Marseille, France	Clay	Johanna Larsson	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Aurélie Védy	6–4, 6–2
Winner	8.	29 August 2010	ITF Bronx, United States	Hard	Kristina Barrois	Natalie Grandin Abigail Spears	1–6, 6–4, [15–13]
Winner	9.	25 April 2011	ITF Chiasso, Switzerland	Clay	Kathrin Wörle-Scheller	Claire Feuerstein Anaïs Laurendon	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	23 October 2011	ITF Glasgow, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Stephanie Vogt	Emma Laine Kristina Mladenovic	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	6 November 2011	ITF Ismaning, Germany	Hard (i)	Kristina Barrois	Kiki Bertens Anne Keothavong	3–6, 3–6

Performance timelines[]

Singles[]

Doubles[]

References[]

External links[]

• Yvonne Meusburger Garamszegi at the Women's Tennis Association
• Yvonne Meusburger Garamszegi at the International Tennis Federation