Céline Naef (born 25 June 2005) is a Swiss

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player. Naef has career-high

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of world No. 121 in singles, achieved on 16 October 2023, and No. 433 in doubles, reached on 16 October 2023. Up to date, she has won six singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Junior years

Naef had a successful junior career. Her career-high ranking as a junior was world No. 4. In 2022, Naef won a prestigious tournament for juniors, the

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(Grade A). In 2022, Naef reached the final of the

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, partnering Nikola Bartůňková. In July 2022, she played in the final of the European Youth Championship held in

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, Switzerland. She lost to

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from Andorra in the final.

Career

2022

Naef played and won her first final in Monastir, Tunisia, in March 2022. In October 2022, she became champion in both singles and doubles in Reims, France. A week later, she won another singles title in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin defeating Spanish player

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in the final.

2023: First WTA Tour wins and quarterfinal, Major and top 125 debuts

Naef started 2023 with a title in

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, England, where she became the champion by defeating British Eliz Maloney in the final. In February 2023, Naef played her first major final, and became the champion in both singles and doubles at the $40k tournament held in Porto, Portugal. The 17 years old made her

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debut as a wildcard and recorded her first WTA level win at the grass event Rosmalen Open defeating 42 years old wildcard

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. Next she defeated eight seed

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for her second ever WTA win. She lost to top seed

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in the quarterfinals. She made her Grand Slam debut at

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after qualifying for the main draw.https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3563322/wimbledon-2023-s-grand-slam-debuts-stevanovic-naef-bai-and-more

Performance timeline

''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current after the 2023 Libema Open.''

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Girls' doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (6 titles, 1 runner-up)

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Notes

References

External links

* * 2005 births Living people Swiss female tennis players 21st-century Swiss women {{Switzerland-tennis-bio-stub