Simona Waltert (born 13 December 2000) is a Swiss tennis player.
Waltert has career-high WTA rankings of 107 in singles, achieved on 12 June 2023, and 180 in doubles, reached on 7 March 2022. To date, she has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, and six singles and four doubles titles at tournaments on the ITF Circuit.
Career
Junior years
She was a girls' singles semifinalist at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, losing to eventual runner-up Ann Li.[citation needed] On the ITF Junior Circuit, Waltert had a career-high combined ranking of No. 9, achieved on 22 January 2018.[citation needed]
WTA Tour
Waltert made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2019 Ladies Open Lausanne, where she received a wildcard for the singles and doubles tournaments.[1]
She won her first doubles title at the 2021 Ladies Open Lausanne, partnering Susan Bandecchi.[2]
At the 2022 Ladies Open Lausanne, she earned her first top-10 win as a wildcard over world No. 7 and top seed Danielle Collins, saving three match points in the deciding tiebreak.[3][4][5] By defeating Cristina Bucsa the second round, she went one step further to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal, where she was beaten by Olga Danilović.[6][7] She won the 2022 Bronx Open in doubles with partner Anna Blinkova.[citation needed]
Waltert made her major debut at the 2023 French Open[8] and won her first match defeating Elizabeth Mandlik,[9] before losing in the second round to Elisabetta Cocciaretto.[10] As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of No. 107 on 12 June 2023.[citation needed]
Partnering with María Lourdes Carlé, Waltert was runner-up in the doubles at the WTA 125 2024 Montreux Nestlé Open, losing to Quinn Gleason and Ingrid Martins in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.[11]
Performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour (incl. Grand Slam tournaments) are included in win–loss records.[12]
Singles
Current through the 2024 French Open.
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | Q2 | Q3 | Q3 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| French Open | A | A | A | Q2 | 2R | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| US Open | A | A | A | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| WTA 1000 | ||||||||
| Indian Wells Open | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Overall win–loss | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 5–6 | ||
| Year-end ranking | 295 | 297 | 217 | 120 | 166 | 45% | ||
WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 1 (title)
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| Result | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Jul 2021 | Ladies Open Lausanne, Switzerland |
WTA 250 | Clay |  Susan Bandecchi
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 Ulrikke Eikeri  Valentini Grammatikopoulou
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6–3, 6–7(3–7), [10–5] |
WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2024 | Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland |
Clay |  María Lourdes Carlé
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 Quinn Gleason  Ingrid Martins
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3–6, 6–4, [7–10] |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 18 (7 titles, 11 runner–ups)
| Legend |
|---|
| $80,000 tournaments (0–1) |
| $60,000 tournaments (2–2) |
| $25,000 tournaments (0–3) |
| $15,000 tournaments (5–5) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2017 | ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland | 25,000 | Clay |  Georgia Brescia
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6–0, 4–6, 6–7(1) |
| Loss | 0–2 | Nov 2017 | ITF Oslo, Norway | 15,000 | Hard (i) | Leonie Küng
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4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Mar 2018 | ITF Mâcon, France | 15,000 | Hard (i) | Tess Sugnaux
|
6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–3 | May 2018 | ITF San Severo, Italy | 15,000 | Clay | Despina Papamichail
|
1–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–3 | Dec 2018 | ITF Ortisei, Italy | 15,000 | Hard (i) |  Joanna Garland
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6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Jan 2019 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard |  Magali Kempen
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7–5, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–4 | Feb 2019 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh | 15,000 | Hard |  Oona Orpana
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6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–5 | Feb 2019 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh | 15,000 | Hard |  Mayar Sherif
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4–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–5 | Apr 2019 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay |  Melanie Klaffner
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7–6(6), 7–5 |
| Loss | 4–6 | May 2019 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | Mayar Sherif
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2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 4–7 | Jul 2019 | ITF Horb, Germany | 25,000 | Clay |  Lea Bošković
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4–6, 6–0, 1–6 |
| Win | 5–7 | Jan 2021 | ITF Manacor, Spain | 15,000 | Clay |  Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
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6–2, 7–6(4) |
| Loss | 5–8 | Feb 2021 | AK Ladies Open, Germany | 25,000 | Carpet (i) |  Clara Tauson
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6–3, 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5–9 | Oct 2021 | ITF Poitiers, France | 80,000 | Hard (i) |  Chloé Paquet
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4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5–10 | Apr 2022 | Chiasso Open, Switzerland | 60,000 | Clay | Lucia Bronzetti
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6–2, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 6–10 | Jul 2022 | Amstelveen Open, Netherlands | 60,000 | Clay | Emma Navarro
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7–6(10), 6–0 |
| Loss | 6–11 | Feb 2023 | Open de l'Isère, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Océane Dodin
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2–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 7–11 | Oct 2024 | GB Pro-Series Glasgow, United Kingdom | W75 | Hard (i) |  Mariam Bolkvadze
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6–4, 6–2 |
Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)
| Legend |
|---|
| $60,000 tournaments (1–1) |
| $25,000 tournaments (1–1) |
| $10/15,000 tournaments (2–2) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2016 | ITF Sion, Switzerland | 10,000 | Clay | Leonie Küng
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 Emily Arbuthnott Karin Kennel
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2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Dec 2018 | ITF Ortisei, Italy | 15,000 | Hard (i) | Verena Hofer
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 Veronika Erjavec Kristina Novak
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4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 1–2 | Apr 2019 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | Despina Papamichail
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Mayar Sherif Rana Sherif Ahmed
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6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–2 | May 2019 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay |  Alica Rusová
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 Seone Mendez  Charlotte Römer
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7–5, 0–6, [10–6] |
| Win | 3–2 | Sep 2019 | Verbier Open, Switzerland | 25,000 | Clay | Xenia Knoll
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 İpek Soylu  Kathinka von Deichmann
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6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Feb 2022 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 25,000 | Hard |  Irina Fetecău
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 Isabelle Haverlag  Justina Mikulskytė
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1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Feb 2022 | AK Ladies Open, Germany | 60,000 | Carpet (i) | Susan Bandecchi
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Mariam Bolkvadze Samantha Murray Sharan
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3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 4–4 | Aug 2022 | Bronx Open, United States | 60,000 | Hard |  Anna Blinkova
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 Han Na-lae  Hiroko Kuwata
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6–3, 6–3 |
Head-to-head record
Record against top 10 players
Waltert's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10.[13]
- Danielle Collins 1–0
Julia Görges 1–0
- * As of 12 July 2022
Wins over top-10 players
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | SW Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | |||||||
| 1. | Danielle Collins
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No. 7 | Ladies Open Lausanne | Clay | 1R | 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(8–6) | No. 154 |
References
- ^ "Simona Waltert mit Wildcard in Lausanne". www.suedostschwiez.ch (in German).
- ^ "Zidansek battles past Burel in Lausanne to win first title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "Tennis, WTA – Lausanne Open 2022: Waltert downs Collins". Tennis Majors. 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Lausanne: Waltert saves 3 MPS, upsets Collins for 1st Top 10 win". Women's Tennis Association.
- ^ "Collins stunned by home hope Waltert as Bencic bounces back in Lausanne". Yahoo. 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Lausanne: Wildcard Waltert beats Bucsa in 3 sets to make 1st WTA QF". Women's Tennis Association.
- ^ "Beginner's Guide: Simona Waltert breathes life into Lausanne with breakout run". tennis.com.
- ^ "Roland Garros 2023's Grand Slam debuts: Mirra Andreeva, Shymanovich, Waltert". Women's Tennis Association.
- ^ "Roland-Garros: Waltert beats Mandlik in battle of the qualifiers, into second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "Roland-Garros: Cocciaretto makes third round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "Begu takes traditional lake plunge after winning Montreux WTA 125". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "Simona Waltert | Player Stats & More – WTA Official".
- ^ "Head to Head". WTA Tennis.
External links
- Simona Waltert at the Women's Tennis Association
- Simona Waltert at the International Tennis Federation
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