Isabel Cueto

Isabel Cueto
Country (sports)  Germany
Born (1968-12-03) 3 December 1968
Kehl, West Germany
Turned pro 1983
Retired 1994
Plays Right Handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money US$ 404,418
Singles
Career record 193–132
Career titles 5 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking No. 20 (28 August 1989)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (1991)
French Open 3R (1985, 1990)
Wimbledon 2R (1988)
US Open 3R (1987, 1988)
Doubles
Career record 23–43
Career titles 1 WTA
Highest ranking No. 77 (14 September 1987)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open 3R (1987)
Wimbledon 1R (1988)
US Open 2R (1987)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 3–1

Isabel Cueto (born 3 December 1968) is a retired professional tennis player from Germany. Her career-high ranking was No. 20, which she achieved in 1989.

Early life

Isabel Cueto was born in Kehl to her father, Toni, an electrical engineer who had immigrated from Bolivia, and her mother, Jutta, a German. She grew up in Aspach and attended school in Backnang.[1]

Career

In 1984, Cueto became the youngest German national champion, winning the final against Elke Renz.[1] She also won the German championship in 1986 and 1987.[2]

Cueto won a total of six titles on the main WTA Tour over the course of her career; five in singles, one in doubles. She also won four titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She progressed to the third round at the French Open (1985, 1990) and the US Open (1987, 1988), her best finishes at Grand Slam events.

She represented the Germany Fed Cup team four times from 1988–1990, playing all four matches in doubles ties. Her win–loss record was 3–1.

After tennis

Cueto trained for a teaching career at the Ludwigsburg University of Education and teaches at the Matern-Feuerbacher Realschule in Großbottwar. She married Oliver Baumann, and they have two children, Ines and Eric.[2]

Singles finals (5–3)

Legend
WTA Championships
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV-V (5)

Titles (5)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 4 July 1988 Båstad, Sweden Clay Italy Sandra Cecchini 7–5, 6–1
2. 1 August 1988 Athens, Greece Clay Italy Laura Golarsa 6–0, 6–1
3. 17 July 1989 Estoril, Portugal Clay Italy Sandra Cecchini 7–6(7–3), 6–2
4. 31 July 1989 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
5. 9 July 1990 Palermo, Italy Clay Austria Barbara Paulus 6–2, 6–3

Runners-up (3)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 21 September 1987 Hamburg, Germany Clay Germany Steffi Graf 6–2, 6–2
2. 30 November 1987 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 6–0, 6–1
3. 21 April 1990 Barcelona, Spain Clay Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 7–6(7–3), 6–2

Doubles finals (1–0)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score
1. 15 September 1986 Athens, Greece Clay Spain Arantxa Sánchez Germany Silke Meier
Germany Wiltrud Probst
4–6, 6–2, 6–4

References

  1. 1 2 "Isabel Cueto". Internationales Sportarchiv 15/1989. Munzinger Archiv. 3 April 1989. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Training mit einer mehrmaligen Deutschen Meisterin TC Oberstenfeld Isabel Cueto hat den Damen Tricks gezeigt". Stuttgarter Nachrichten Online. Marbacher Zeitung. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2011.


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