Judith Wiesner

Judith Wiesner (née Pölzl; born 2 March 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Austria. During her career, she won five top-level singles titles and three tour doubles titles. Her career high rankings were world No. 12 in singles (in 1997), and No. 29 in doubles (in 1989). In 1996, Wiesner was a quarterfinalist at both Wimbledon and the US Open.

Judith Wiesner
Country (sports) Austria
ResidenceMattsee, Austria
Born (1966-03-02) 2 March 1966
Hallein, Austria
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro1983
Retired1997
PlaysRight-handed (one handed-backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,730,734
Singles
Career record366–209
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 12 (13 January 1997)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open4R (1989)
French Open4R (1993)
WimbledonQF (1996)
US OpenQF (1996)
Olympic Games2R (Atlanta 1996)
Doubles
Career record109–100
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 29 (3 July 1989)

Fed Cup

Wiesner played her first match for the Austria Federation Cup team in 1983, and her last match in the Fed Cup in 1997. Altogether, she played in 14 different years, which is the most played by any player for Austria. She also holds the Austrian Fed Cup records for the most wins, the most singles wins, the most doubles wins jointly with Barbara Schett, and the most ties played.

Post-tennis

Initially, Wiesner turned her hand to golf, achieving a handicap of 2.[1] She was the team captain of Austria's Fed Cup team for 2001.[2] She married Roland Floimair in 2001. From 1999 until 2004 she was a member of the Salzburg city council for the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP).[3] She is also the tournament ambassador for the Gastein Ladies event.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 12 (5–7)
Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–1)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (1–2)
Tier IV (2–3)
Tier V (2–1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (4–5)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 16 May 1988 Strasbourg Clay Sandra Cecchini 3–6, 0–6
Winner 1. 18 July 1988 Aix-en-Provence Clay Sylvia Hanika 6–1, 6–2
Winner 2. 10 July 1989 Arcachon Clay Barbara Paulus 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–1
Runner-up 2. 16 March 1990 Key Biscayne Hard Monica Seles 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 15 July 1991 Kitzbühel Clay Conchita Martínez 1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Winner 3. 18 May 1992 Strasbourg Clay Naoko Sawamatsu 6–1, 6–3
Runner-up 4. 17 May 1993 Strasbourg Clay Naoko Sawamatsu 6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 12 July 1993 Kitzbühel Clay Anke Huber 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 6. 25 July 1994 Styria Clay Anke Huber 3–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 22 August 1994 Schenectady Hard Larisa Neiland 7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Winner 5. 24 July 1995 Maria Lankowitz Clay Ruxandra Dragomir 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Runner-up 7. 30 December 1996 Auckland Hard Marion Maruska 3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 9 (3–6)
Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–4)
Tier IV (0–1)
Tier V (2–1)
Virginia Slims (1–0)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (3–4)
Carpet (0–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 5 October 1987 Athens Clay Andrea Betzner Kathy Horvath
Dinky Van Rensburg		 6–4, 7–6(7–0)
Runner-up 1. 25 July 1988 Hamburg Clay Andrea Betzner Jana Novotná
Tine Scheuer-Larsen		 4–6, 2–6
Winner 2. 1 August 1988 Athens Clay Sabrina Goleš Silke Frankl
Sabine Hack		 7–5, 6–0
Runner-up 2. 24 April 1989 Barcelona Clay Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Jana Novotná
Tine Scheuer-Larsen		 2–6, 6–2, 6–7(3–7)
Winner 3. 22 May 1989 Strasbourg Clay Mercedes Paz Lise Gregory
Gretchen Magers		 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 16 October 1989 Zürich Carpet (I) Nathalie Tauziat Jana Novotná
Helena Suková		 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 22 April 1991 Barcelona Clay Nathalie Tauziat Martina Navratilova
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 20 April 1992 Barcelona Clay Nathalie Tauziat Conchita Martínez
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 6. 22 February 1993 Linz Carpet (I) Conchita Martínez Eugenia Maniokova
Leila Meskhi		 w/o

Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
Tournament198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997Career SR
Australian Open NH 3R A 4R 2R A 2R 1R A 3R 1R 1R 0 / 8
French Open A 2R 1R 1R 3R 1R 3R 4R 2R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 11
Wimbledon A 2R 1R 3R 4R 4R 3R 2R 1R 3R QF 3R 0 / 11
US Open A 1R 4R 1R 4R 4R 2R 3R 3R 1R QF A 0 / 10
SR 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 40
Year-end ranking 141 33 33 35 17 16 25 21 25 25 15 NR

References
  1. The Barbara Schett Official Site Archived 11 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Fed Cup - All upcoming ties
  3. Christian Hackl (24 February 2013). "Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit". DerStandard.at (in German).
Awards
Preceded by
Mercedes Paz		 Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award
1991		 Succeeded by
Jill Hetherington
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