Barbara Rittner (born 25 April 1973) is a German former professional tennis player. She currently is the captain of the German Fed Cup team. Her career-high singles ranking was No. 24 in the world, achieved on 1 February 1993. As a

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, she won the

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. She won her first

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title in 1992, and almost nine years later, she won her second at the Belgian Open in Antwerp. This marked the second longest time between singles titles in the

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(behind

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, who captured her second title nine and half years after her first one). She also won three doubles titles with three different partners. She reached the fourth round of a

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tournament twice in her professional career; once at the French Open in 1996, and again at the Australian Open in 2001. Her best performances at Wimbledon and the US Open are the third round in both. At

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in 2003, as a main-draw alternate, she recorded the best win of her career over the then-sixth ranked

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before losing to

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. Earlier in the year, she achieved her first career top-ten win over

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at Indian Wells. In January 2005, she became captain of the German

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team.

WTA Tour career finals

Singles (2–3)

Doubles (3–10)

ITF finals

Singles (2–2)

Doubles (1–2)

External links

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Official website of Barbara Rittner
1973 births Living people German female tennis players German tennis coaches Olympic tennis players of Germany Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Krefeld Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles West German female tennis players Tennis people from North Rhine-Westphalia {{Germany-tennis-bio-stub