tennis
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player.
Barthel has won four singles and three doubles titles on the
WTA Tour
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, one doubles title on the
WTA Challenger Tour
WTA 125 tournaments are an international series of professional women's tennis tournaments organized by the Women's Tennis Association since 2012.
In the past (2012–2015) sometimes called the WTA Challenger seriesITF Circuit in her career. On 18 March 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 23. On 14 September 2015, she peaked at No. 63 in the doubles rankings.
Early life
Mona Barthel was born in
Bad Segeberg
Bad Segeberg (; Low German: Sebarg) is a German town of 16,000 inhabitants, located in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, capital of the district (Kreis) Segeberg. It is situated approximately northeast of Hamburg, and west of Lübeck.
It is famo ...
to Wolfgang Barthel, who won the shot put event at the 1970 European Junior Athletics Championships in Paris, and Dr. Hannelore. She was raised in a tennis-playing family, and took an interest in the game at age 3. She has cited
Steffi Graf
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as an inspiration. Barthel moved to
Neumünster
Neumünster () is a city in the middle of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. With more than 79,000 registered inhabitants, it is the fourth-largest municipality in Schleswig-Holstein (behind Kiel, Lübeck and Flensburg).
History
The city was fi ...
, where she completed her
Abitur
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in 2009, having attended the Klaus Groth Schule.
Early career
2007–2010: Early career
Barthel played her first ITF tournament in July 2007 in Frinton where she qualified for the main tournament and reached the quarterfinals, losing to
Jade Curtis
Jade Curtis (born 2 May 1990 in Oxford
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. In July 2008, she reached the finals of the Frinton tournament, losing to
Tara Moore
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, and the $10,000 event in
Gausdal
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, losing to Svenja Weidemann. She also reached the doubles final in Gausdal partnering Weidemann, where they lost to Tegan Edwards and Marcella Koek. Her first ITF tournament victory was in January 2010 at the $10k tournament in
Wrexham
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, beating
Anne Kremer
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Anne completed her schooling at the Athénée de Luxe ...
of Luxembourg in straight sets. In February 2010, she reached the doubles final of the $50k+H Biberach tournament, partnering
Carmen Klaschka
Carmen Klaschka (born 8 January 1987) is a retired German tennis
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Selima Sfar
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She turned professional in 1999 and has been ranked as high as 75th in the world (16 July 2001). Sfar is the second highest ranked female Tunisian and A ...
. In April 2010, she won the singles title at the $50k Torhout tournament, beating
Rebecca Marino
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Ekaterina Bychkova
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In her career, Bychkova won ten singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 20 F ...
in the final.
2011: Success on the ITF Circuit
Barthel started 2011 by playing a $25k tournament in
Andrézieux-Bouthéon
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* Le Château Bouthéon ...
, France. She won the tournament defeating
Stephanie Vogt
Stephanie Vogt (; born 15 February 1990) is a retired tennis player from Liechtenstein.
In her career, Vogt won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 12 singles titles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 24 February 2014, she ...
in the final. Next, Barthel competed at a $25k tournament in
Grenoble
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, France. She lost in the second round to
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. Playing at a $25k ITF tournament in
Sutton
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, England, Barthel advanced to the final where she was defeated by
Kristina Mladenovic
Kristina "Kiki" Mladenovic (; sr, Кристина "Кики" Младеновић, Kristina "Kiki" Mladenović, ; born 14 May 1993) is a French professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in doubles.
She is a nine-time Grand Slam ch ...
.
2012: First WTA title
Barthel started her year at the Auckland Open. She defeated
Jelena Dokić
Jelena Dokic ( sr, Јелена Докић, Jelena Dokić; ; born 12 April 1983) is an Australian tennis coach, commentator, writer, and former professional tennis player. Her highest ranking as a tennis player was world No. 4, in August 2002. ...
in the first round. In the second round, she lost in a close match to top seed and compatriot Sabine Lisicki. Qualifying for the
Moorilla Hobart International
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in
Hobart
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, Barthel reached the final after wins over Romina Oprandi, second seed
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues (, ; born 31 July 1982) is a Spanish tennis coach and former professional player.
As a player she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 16 in 2020, and won 11 singles and 28 doubles titles, including the 2008 ...
, fifth seed
Jarmila Gajdošová
Jarmila Wolfe (née Gajdošová, formerly Groth; born 26 April 1987) is a Slovak-Australian former tennis player.
In her career, she won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 14 singles and ten doubles titles on ...
, and fourth seed
Angelique Kerber
Angelique Kerber (; born 18 January 1988) is a German professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 1, for a total of 34 weeks, and won three major titles at the 2016 Australian Open, the 2016 US Open, and the 2018 Wim ...
. In the final, she defeated top seed Yanina Wickmayer to claim her first WTA title. With this win, Barthel became the first qualifier since September 2010 to win a WTA tournament. Following her maiden title win, Barthel made her debut at the
Australian Open
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. Barthel won her first-round match when her opponent,
Anne Keothavong
Anne Viensouk Keothavong (born 16 September 1983) is a retired British tennis player. During her career, she won a total of 28 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 48 (achieved on 23 Febru ...
, retired due to illness. In the second round, she beat 32nd seed
Petra Cetkovská
Petra Cetkovská (; born 8 February 1985) is a retired Czech tennis player. Having turned professional in 2000, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, on 18 June 2012. Over her career, Cetkovská defeated top-ten players Mar ...
. In the third round, she lost to third seed and eventual champion
Victoria Azarenka
Victória Fyódarauna Azárenka ( be, Вікторыя Фёдараўна Азаранка; Russian: Виктория Фёдоровна Азаренко; born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Azarenka is a former w ...
.
In February, Barthel competed at the Open GDF Suez in Paris. In order to play in the main draw, Barthel had to qualify, which she did by defeating
Mariya Koryttseva
Mariya Serhiyivna Koryttseva ( uk, Марія Сергіївна Коритцева; born 25 May 1985) is a Ukrainian former tennis player.
On 18 August 2008, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 50. On 23 June 2008, she ...
,
Julie Coin
Julie Coin (; born 2 December 1982) is a retired French tennis player.
Coin recorded the biggest win of her career by defeating the then- world No. 1 ranked Ana Ivanovic at the 2008 US Open. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 60, ...
, and
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* Varvara, Burgas Province, Bulgaria
* Varvara ...
. In the first round of the main draw, she defeated Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová. In the second round she crushed Frenchwoman
Pauline Parmentier
Pauline Parmentier (; born 31 January 1986) is a French former tennis player.
Her career-high WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking is world No. 40, which she attained on 21 July 2008. On 30 April 2012, she peaked at world No. 89 on the WTA doubles ...
to move into the quarterfinals, but then lost her quarterfinal match to Yanina Wickmayer. At the
Qatar Total Open
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in Doha, Barthel was defeated in the second round by top seed and eventual champion Victoria Azarenka. Barthel fell in the final round of qualifying at the
Dubai Tennis Championships
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to
Petra Martić
Petra Martić (; born 19 January 1991) is a Croatian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14, achieved in January 2020. Martić has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles and one doubles tou ...
. At the first Premier Mandatory event of the year at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Barthel earned a comfortable first-round victory over American
Jill Craybas
Jill N. Craybas (born July 4, 1974) is an American former professional tennis player.
From the 2000 US Open to the 2011 US Open, Craybas competed in 45 consecutive Grand Slam main draws; her best result coming in the 2005 Wimbledon Championship ...
. In the second round, she was up against top seed Victoria Azarenka. In this match, she played the best tennis in her career as she led 4–1 in the third set and served for the match twice. However, she ended up losing to the eventual champion. At the
Sony Ericsson Open
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, Barthel reached the third round by beating
Gréta Arn
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She has won two titles on the WTA Tour, the 2007 Estoril Open in Portugal, and the 2011 ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, as well as ...
and thirteenth seed
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković ( sr-Cyrl, Јелена Јанковић, ; born 28 February 1985) is a Serbian former tennis player. A former world No. 1, Janković reached the top ranking before her career-best major performance, a runner-up finish at the ...
. She was defeated in her third-round match by
Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova ( rus, Екатери́на Вале́рьевна Мака́рова; ; born 7 June 1988) is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles, and world No. 8 in singles.
She ...
. Seeded sixth at the e-Boks Open, Barthel lost in the quarterfinals to second seed and eventual champion, Angelique Kerber.
Barthel began her clay-court season at the
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
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in her home country. Playing as a wildcard, she defeated former world number 1 and French Open Champion
Ana Ivanovic
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in the first round. Barthel recorded her first victory against a top 10 player by defeating world number seven and seventh seed
Marion Bartoli
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in the second round. In her quarterfinal match, she played world No. 1, Victoria Azarenka, for the fourth time that year and lost in three sets. Barthel was defeated in the second round at the
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* Madrid Open (golf)
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to sixth seed Caroline Wozniacki. Seeded fifth at the
Internationaux de Strasbourg
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, Barthel lost in the first round to qualifier Alexandra Panova. Seeded thirtieth at the
French Open
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, Barthel suffered a first-round upset at the hands of American qualifier Lauren Davis.
Barthel had a very poor grass-court season. Seeded sixth at the Birmingham Classic, she lost in the second round to Andrea Hlaváčková. At the
Eastbourne International
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, Barthel was defeated in round one by Chanelle Scheepers. Ranked 39 at the
Wimbledon Championships
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, Barthel lost in the first round to 12th seed
Vera Zvonareva
Vera Igorevna Zvonareva ( rus, Вера Игоревна Звонарёва, p=ˈvʲɛrə ˈiɡərʲɪvnə zvənɐˈrʲɵvə, a=Vera zvonareva.ogg; born 7 September 1984) is a Russian professional tennis player. She was introduced to tennis at ...
.
Seeded seventh at the
Swedish Open
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, Barthel was defeated in the semifinal round by defending champion and eventual champion
Polona Hercog
Polona Hercog (, born 20 January 1991) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are 35 in singles and 56 in doubles. She has won five titles on the WTA Tour, three in singles and two in doubles. Hercog also enjoyed ...
. Playing for Germany at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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, Barthel lost in the first round to
Urszula Radwańska
Urszula Radwańska (; born 7 December 1990) is a Polish professional tennis player.
Radwańska has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as seven singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 8 October 2012, she reached ...
.
Starting her US Open series at the
Rogers Cup
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, Barthel was defeated in the second round by second seed
Agnieszka Radwańska
Agnieszka Roma Radwańska (; born 6 March 1989) is a Polish former professional tennis player. She won 20 career singles WTA Tour titles, two doubles titles, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 on 9 July 2012. Her achievem ...
. Barthel had a match point in the third set but failed to convert. In Cincinnati at the Western & Southern Open, Barthel faced fourth seed
Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová, OLY ( , ; born 8 March 1990) is a Czech professional tennis player. Known for her powerful left-handed groundstrokes and variety, Kvitová has won 29 career singles titles, including two major titles at Wimbledon in 2011 and i ...
in the second round. She pushed Kvitová to three sets, but she ended up losing. Barthel played her final tournament before the US Open at the
New Haven Open at Yale
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. She beat
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová (; born 23 April 1983) is a Slovak tennis commentator and retired player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first WTA Tour title at the Indian Wells Masters, defeating Mar ...
in the first round. She withdrew from her second-round match versus seventh seed
Maria Kirilenko
Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko ( rus, Мари́я Ю́рьевна Кириле́нко, p=mɐˈrʲijə kʲɪrʲɪˈlʲɛnkə ; born 25 January 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A junior Grand Slam champion at the 2002 US Open a ...
due to gastrointestinal illness. Ranked thirty-five at the US Open, Barthel was defeated in the first round by Bojana Jovanovski.
Seeded third at the
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in Quebec City, Barthel advanced to the semifinals where she lost to eventual champion
Kirsten Flipkens
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. At the China Open, Barthel lost in the first round to qualifier
Elena Vesnina
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She is a four-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open, and 2017 Wimbledon Cha ...
. In Austria at the
Generali Ladies Linz
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The inaugural event took place in 1987 in Wels, Austria and was organized by the ITF as a $10,000 tou ...
, Barthel was defeated in the first round by Kiki Bertens. Barthel played her final tournament of the season at the
Luxembourg Open
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Autumn events in Luxembourg
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. Seeded ninth, she lost in the second round to eventual champion,
Venus Williams
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.
Barthel ended the year ranked 39.
2013: Top-30 breakthrough: First Premier title
Barthel began her season at the ASB Classic. Seeded eighth, she reached the semifinals after wins over qualifier
Grace Min
Grace Min (born May 6, 1994) is an American tennis player who won the 2011 US Open girls' singles title.Eleni Daniilidou
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She is considered one of the best Greek tennis players of the Open Era, winning five singles titles and t ...
, and Johanna Larsson. She lost in her semifinal match to third seed Yanina Wickmayer. As the ninth seed and defending champion at the
Moorilla Hobart International
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, Barthel again reached the final by defeating Australian wildcard
Ashleigh Barty
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, Chanelle Scheepers,
Tsvetana Pironkova
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, and Kirsten Flipkens. She failed to defend her title as she was defeated in the final by Elena Vesnina. Seeded 32nd at the
Australian Open
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, Barthel suffered a first-round loss at the hands of Ksenia Pervak.
Playing at the 21st edition of the Open GDF Suez in Paris, Barthel advanced to the final after victories over Urszula Radwańska, fifth seed
Roberta Vinci
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, third seed Marion Bartoli, and Kristina Mladenovic. She won over top seed
Sara Errani
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in the final to earn her second WTA title and first premier title. In Doha at the Qatar Open, Barthel beat
Yulia Putintseva
Yulia Antonovna Putintseva ( rus, Ю́лия Анто́новна Пути́нцева; , ''puh-TEEN-tseh-vah''; born 7 January 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She is a three-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist (twic ...
in the first round. In the second round, she took out fifth seed Angelique Kerber. She lost in the third round to tenth seed Caroline Wozniacki. At the Premier Mandatory event in Indian Wells, Barthel made it to the fourth round, including wins over Kiki Bertens and former world number one and eleventh seed Ana Ivanovic. She lost to seventh seed
Sam Stosur
Samantha Jane Stosur ( ; born 30 March 1984) is an Australian professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in doubles, a ranking which she first achieved on 6 February 2006 and held for 61 consecutive weeks. Also a former top ten s ...
in the fourth round. Seeded 27th and receiving a first-round bye at the Miami Open, Barthel was defeated in the second round by
Magdaléna Rybáriková
Magdaléna Rybáriková (; born 4 October 1988) is a retired Slovak tennis player. In her career, she won four singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. Rybáriková reached the semifinals of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and bro ...
.
Barthel started her clay-court season by participating at the
Family Circle Cup
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, where she was the eighth seed. After receiving a bye into the first round, she lost to American qualifier
Jessica Pegula
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, despite serving for the first set. Representing Germany for the first time, Barthel traveled to Stuttgart to play the Fed Cup World Group Play-offs versus Serbia. In her first match, she lost to Ana Ivanovic in three sets but beat Bojana Jovanovski to bring the tie all-square at 2–2. After Sabine Lisicki and Anna-Lena Grönefeld beat the Serbian doubles team, it secured Germany their place in the 2014 Fed Cup World Group. After Fed Cup, Barthel stayed in Stuttgart to play at the
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
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. She was defeated in the first round by
Lucie Šafářová
Lucie Šafářová (; born 4 February 1987) is a Czech former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles, and No. 5 in singles.
She is a five-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2015 Australian Open, 2015 ...
. In doubles, she partnered with fellow German Sabine Lisicki where they beat experienced players, Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sania Mirza in the final. This was Barthel's first doubles title. In Madrid at the
Madrid Open There are three sporting events known as the Madrid Open:
* Madrid Open (golf)
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, Barthel lost in the first round to Kirsten Flipkens. Barthel had to withdraw from the Premier 5 tournament in
Rome
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, due to a stomach illness. At the second Grand Slam of the year in
Paris
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, she lost to eighth seed Angelique Kerber in the first round, despite having set points in the first set tie-break.
Barthel began her grass-court season at the
Aegon Classic
The Birmingham Classic (currently sponsored by Rothesay Pensions) is a 250-level women's tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Held at this location since 1982, the tourna ...
. Seeded sixth, she was defeated in the third round by
Madison Keys
Madison Keys (born February 17, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 7 by the Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's ...
. Seeded fifth at the
Topshelf Open
The Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, branded by its sponsored name as the Libéma Open since 2018, (formerly known as the Continental Grass Court Championships, Heineken Trophy, Ordina Open, UNICEF Open, Topshelf Open and RICOH Open), is a pro ...
, Barthel lost in the first round to qualifier Garbiñe Muguruza. Seeded 30th at the
Wimbledon Championships
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in ...
, Barthel was defeated in the second round by Madison Keys.
As the top seed at the
Gastein Ladies
The WTA Austrian Open is a WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament held off and on from 1968. In the Open Era, seven locations hosted the event: Pörtschach in 1968 and 1999; Kitzbühel from 1969 to 1983 and from 1990 to 1993; Vienna in 19 ...
, Barthel retired from her second-round match versus Austrian wildcard Lisa-Maria Moser due to a shoulder injury.
Barthel kicked off the summer hardcourt season in North America at the
Citi Open
The Washington Open (known as the Citi Open for sponsorship reasons) is an annual hardcourt tennis tournament played at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. The Washington Open is part of the ATP Tour 50 ...
. Seeded sixth, she beat
Stefanie Vögele
Stefanie Vögele (born 10 March 1990) is a former professional Swiss tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 on 11 November 2013. Her highest WTA ranking in doubles is 100, which she reached on 5 January 2015. O ...
in the first round. She lost to eventual finalist and compatriot
Andrea Petkovic
Andrea Petkovic (, ; born 9 September 1987) is a German former professional tennis player. Born in Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia, to Serbian father Zoran and Bosniak mother Amira, she moved to Germany at six months old and turned professional in 2006 a ...
in the second round. In Toronto at the
Rogers Cup
The Canadian Open (french: Tournoi de tennis du Canada), also known as the Canada Masters, and currently branded as the National Bank Open presented by Rogers for sponsorship reasons, is an annual tennis tournament held in Ontario and Quebec. T ...
, Barthel edged
Zheng Jie
Zheng Jie (born 5 July 1983) is a retired tennis player from China. In May 2009, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 15.
Zheng is one of the most successful tennis players from China. She won four WTA singles titles – Ho ...
in a three-set battle in the first round. In the second round, she lost to 14th seed
Sloane Stephens
Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 3 after Wimbledon in 2018. Stephens was the 2017 US Open champion, and has won seven WTA Tour singles titles in t ...
. Barthel had a good preparation for the US Open at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. She beat Lucie Šafářová in her first round match. She then upset 16th seed Maria Kirilenko in the second round. In round three, she lost to top seed
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American inactive professional tennis player. Considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for ...
. At the US Open, Barthel made it to round two where she was defeated by Alison Riske.
Barthel had poor results for the rest of the season. In Tokyo at the
Pan Pacific Open
The Pan Pacific Open ( ja, 東レ パン・パシフィック・オープン・テニストーナメント), currently sponsored by Toray Industries, is a women's outdoor hardcourt tennis tournament held annually in Tokyo, Japan. It is a WTA 500-l ...
, she lost in the first round to Venus Williams. In Beijing at the China Open, Barthel suffered a first-round loss at the hands of qualifier Lauren Davis. After Beijing, Barthel traveled to Austria to compete at the
Generali Ladies Linz
The Linz Open, currently sponsored by Generali Gruppe, is a women's tennis tournament held in Linz, Austria. It is played on indoor hardcourts.
The inaugural event took place in 1987 in Wels, Austria and was organized by the ITF as a $10,000 tou ...
. She was defeated in the first round by
Elina Svitolina
Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina ( uk, Еліна Михайлівна Світоліна, ; born 12 September 1994) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 3 in singles and 108 in doubles. Svitolina ...
. Her final tournament of the year was at the
Luxembourg Open
Luxembourg Open,
Tennis tournaments in Luxembourg
Indoor tennis tournaments
Hard court tennis tournaments
WTA Tour
Kockelscheuer
Recurring sporting events established in 1991
Autumn events in Luxembourg
1991 establishments in Luxembourg ...
. Seeded sixth, she lost in the first round to Stefanie Vögele.
Barthel ended the year ranked 34.
2014: Inconsistency; 3rd WTA title
Barthel started her season at the ASB Classic. Seeded seventh, she lost in the first round to
Yvonne Meusburger
Yvonne Meusburger Garamszegi (née Meusburger, born 3 October 1983) is an Austrian retired tennis player.
Meusburger won one singles title on the WTA Tour, as well as fifteen singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. O ...
. Barthel then traveled to Hobart for the
Hobart International
The Hobart International is a women's professional tennis tournament held at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia. Held since 1994, it forms a part of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour and is classed as an Interna ...
. Seeded sixth, she defeated Elina Svitolina in the first round. In the second round, she lost to Monica Niculescu. At the
Australian Open
The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ...
Luksika Kumkhum
Luksika "Luk" Kumkhum ( th, ลักษิกา คำขำ; ; born 21 July 1993) is a Thai tennis player. She turned professional in 2011, and reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 66 on 19 November 2018. On 16 July 2018, she ...
in her first two rounds. In the third round, she lost to twenty-eighth seed
Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta (; born 25 February 1982) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top-ten female singles player on 17 August 2009 and the first Italian to be ranked world No. 1 in doubles, on 28 February 2011. ...
despite serving for the second set at 5–4.
Barthel went to Paris to defend her title at the Open GDF Suez, but she lost in the first round to eighth seed Kirsten Flipkens. With this loss, Barthel dropped from thirty-six to sixty-four in the world rankings. Barthel added further disappointment to her season with a first round defeat at the
Qatar Total Open
The Qatar Ladies Open, currently sponsored by TotalEnergies and called the Qatar TotalEnergies Open, is a women's tennis tournament held in Doha, Qatar. Held since 2001, this WTA Tour event was a Tier I-tournament in 2008, and was played on outdoo ...
to compatriot Annika Beck. She also lost in the final round of qualifying at the
Dubai Tennis Championships
The Dubai Tennis Championships or Dubai Open (also known as the ''Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships'' for sponsorship reasons) (formerly known for sponsorship reasons as the ''Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships'' and the ''Dubai Duty Free Men's ...
to Maryna Zanevska. In Indian Wells at the BNP Paribas Open, Barthel was defeated in the first round by
Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone (; born 23 June 1980) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1998 and won the 2010 French Open singles title, becoming the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam event in singles. She wa ...
. In Miami at the
Sony Open Tennis
The Miami Open (also known as the Miami Masters, and currently branded as the Miami Open presented by Itaú for sponsorship reasons) is a tennis tournament held at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. It is part of the men's ATP Tour Mas ...
, Barthel faced
Rebecca Peterson
Rebecca Peterson (born 6 August 1995) is a Swedish tennis player. She has been ranked as high as 43 in singles and 87 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Peterson has reached two singles finals on the WTA Tour in 2019, winning bot ...
in the first round. She retired down 4–6, 2-4 due to gastrointestinal illness. Playing at the BNP Paribas Katowice Open for the first time, she was defeated in the first round by Annika Beck.
Barthel began her clay-court season at the
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
The Stuttgart Open, also known by its sponsored name Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, is a women's tennis tournament held in Stuttgart, Germany (until 2005, in Filderstadt, a southern suburb of Stuttgart). Held since 1978, the tournament is the oldest w ...
. She reached the qualifying round where she lost to
Ajla Tomljanović
Ajla Tomljanović ( ; ; born 7 May 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. She has won four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 31 October 2022, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33. On 5 Janu ...
. However, she got a lucky loser spot in the main draw. In the first round, Barthel lost to fifth seed Jelena Janković even though she had several match points against the Serb. Barthel then lost in the 2nd round of qualifying at the
Portugal Open
The Portugal Open (formerly named Estoril Open) was an ATP and WTA clay court tennis tournament in Portugal. The event took place at the sports complex of Jamor in Oeiras, of which Estoril Court Central is the most prominent show court. In 20 ...
to Kiki Bertens and at the
Mutua Madrid Open
The Madrid Open ( es, Masters de Madrid, link=no), currently sponsored by Mutua Madrileña and known as the Mutua Madrid Open, is a joint men's and women's professional tennis tournament, held in Madrid, during early May. The clay-court event is ...
to Petra Cetkovská. Barthel qualified for the Italian Open defeating
María Teresa Torró Flor
María Teresa Torró Flor (; born 2 May 1992) is a Spanish former professional tennis player.
In her career, Torró Flor won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 18 singles and five doubles titles on the ITF W ...
and
Virginie Razzano
Virginie Razzano (born 12 May 1983) is a former French professional tennis player. She won two WTA Tour singles titles, both of them in 2007. Razzano reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 16 on 14 September 2009. She represe ...
. In the first round, she lost to thirteenth seed Carla Suárez Navarro. Before the French Open, Barthel competed at the
Nürnberger Versicherungscup
The Nuremberg Cup was a women's professional tennis tournament held in Nuremberg, Germany. Held from 2013 until 2019, this 250-level tournament was played on outdoor clay courts.
Tournament history
The Nuremberg Open was a defunct men's tenni ...
. She defeated
Belinda Bencic
Belinda Bencic ( sk, Belinda Benčičová, ; born 10 March 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 4 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) which she achieved in February 2020. Bencic has won six singl ...
in the first round. In the second round, she beat eighth seed Annika Beck before losing in the quarterfinals to fourth seed Elina Svitolina. Barthel had a good run at the
French Open
The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ...
. She beat Karin Knapp in her opener. She advanced to the third round when compatriot and sixteenth seed Sabine Lisicki was forced to retire with a wrist injury. In the third round, Barthel lost to French wildcard Pauline Parmentier.
Barthel started her grass-court season at the
Aegon Classic
The Birmingham Classic (currently sponsored by Rothesay Pensions) is a 250-level women's tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Held at this location since 1982, the tourna ...
. She defeated Ajla Tomljanović in the first round before falling to top seed and eventual champion Ana Ivanovic in the second round. The following week, she qualified for the
Topshelf Open
The Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, branded by its sponsored name as the Libéma Open since 2018, (formerly known as the Continental Grass Court Championships, Heineken Trophy, Ordina Open, UNICEF Open, Topshelf Open and RICOH Open), is a pro ...
beating
Dinah Pfizenmaier
Dinah Pfizenmaier (born 13 January 1992) is a German former tennis player.
Pfizenmaier won nine singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 17 March 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 79. On 2 Febru ...
and Urszula Radwańska. In the first round, she beat Maria Kirilenko. In the second round, she lost to eighth seed Klára Koukalová. At the
Wimbledon Championships
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in ...
, Barthel beat Romina Oprandi in the first round. In the second, she lost to sixth seed and eventual champion, Petra Kvitová.
Playing at the
Gastein Ladies
The WTA Austrian Open is a WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament held off and on from 1968. In the Open Era, seven locations hosted the event: Pörtschach in 1968 and 1999; Kitzbühel from 1969 to 1983 and from 1990 to 1993; Vienna in 19 ...
, she lost to eighth seed Karolína Plíšková in the first round. The following week, Barthel competed at the
Swedish Open
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. She reached the final after wins over qualifier
Tereza Martincová
Tereza Martincová (; born 24 October 1994) is a Czech tennis player.
Martincová has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and four singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 14 February 2022, she reached her best WTA singles ranking of world ...
, qualifier
Gabriela Dabrowski
Gabriela "Gaby" Dabrowski (; pl, Dąbrowska, ; born April 1, 1992) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached her best singles ranking of world No. 164 by the WTA on November 3, 2014 and her highest doubles ranking of world No. 4 on ...
,
Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi (; born 10 June 1985) is an Estonian professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of world No. 15 on 20 August 2012 and has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour.
Described as a 'resident Grand Slam upset spec ...
, and
Sílvia Soler Espinosa
Sílvia Soler Espinosa (; born 19 November 1987) is a retired Spanish tennis player.
In her career, she has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as five singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 21 May 2012, she ...
. In the final, Barthel defeated Chanelle Scheepers to win her third WTA title. Barthel moved back into the world's top-50 after this result.
Barthel began her US Open Series by playing qualifying at the Western & Southern Open where she lost to Annika Beck in the qualifying round. However, due to Azarenka's withdrawal, Barthel got a lucky loser spot into the main draw. In the first round, she was defeated by Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová. Barthel then played qualifying at the Connecticut Open. She won the first two rounds of qualifying defeating Kiki Bertens and
Jana Čepelová
Jana Čepelová (; born 29 May 1993) is an inactive Slovak tennis player.
She has won seven singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 12 May 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 50. On 18 May 2015, she p ...
. In the final round of qualifying, Barthel lost to Belinda Bencic. At the US Open, Barthel defeated thirty-second seed Shuai Zhang in the first round. She lost in the second round to American Varvara Lepchenko.
At the Korea Open, she beat seventh seed Caroline Garcia in the first round. Barthel then lost in the second round to Christina McHale. At the first edition of the
Wuhan Open
The Wuhan Open (currently sponsored by Dongfeng Motor) is a tennis tournament held in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China and organized for female professional tennis players. It is one of the WTA 1000 tournaments on the WTA Tour and made its debut in t ...
, Barthel defeated
Peng Shuai
Peng Shuai (; born 8 January 1986) is a Chinese retired professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked world No. 1 doubles player by the WTA, becoming the first Chinese tennis player to achieve that ranking (in either single ...
in the first round before losing in the second round to sixth seed and eventual finalist
Eugenie Bouchard
Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard (; french: Eugénie Bouchard, ; born February 25, 1994) is a Canadian tennis player. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach the final of a Grand Slam t ...
. Barthel qualified for the China Open defeating Misaki Doi and
Marina Erakovic
Marina Erakovic ( ; hr, Marina Eraković ; born 6 March 1988) is a retired tennis player from New Zealand. She achieved career-high rankings of 39 in singles and 25 in doubles, and won one singles title, at U.S. National Indoor Tennis Champio ...
. In the first round, she beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands. In the second round, Barthel lost to 13th seed Lucie Šafářová. In Austria at the
Generali Ladies Linz
The Linz Open, currently sponsored by Generali Gruppe, is a women's tennis tournament held in Linz, Austria. It is played on indoor hardcourts.
The inaugural event took place in 1987 in Wels, Austria and was organized by the ITF as a $10,000 tou ...
, Barthel defeated lucky loser Kiki Bertens in the first round. She lost in the second round to seventh seed and eventual champion Karolína Plíšková. Barthel's final tournament of the year was at the
BGL Luxembourg Open
The Luxembourg Open, currently sponsored by BGL, is a women's tennis tournament held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg. Held since 1991, the tournament was an exhibition event (winners including Novotná, Navratilova and Appelmans) until 1995. ...
. She reached the semifinals where she fell to fourth seed Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová.
Barthel ended the year ranked 43.
2015: Second WTA title in doubles
During her preparation for 2015, Barthel suffered a torn ligament in her right foot.
Barthel began the year at the ASB Classic. Seeded eighth, she lost in the first round to
Ana Konjuh
Ana Konjuh (; born 27 December 1997) is a Croatian tennis player.
A successful junior player, Konjuh won both the singles and doubles junior events at the Australian Open in January 2013 and, as a result, moved up to No. 1 in the ITF Junior w ...
. Barthel then traveled to Hobart for the
Hobart International
The Hobart International is a women's professional tennis tournament held at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia. Held since 1994, it forms a part of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour and is classed as an Interna ...
. Seeded seventh, she was defeated in the first round to qualifier and eventual finalist
Madison Brengle
Madison Brengle (born April 3, 1990) is an American professional tennis player. Her biggest success she had in early 2015, reaching her first WTA Tour final in January, followed by a fourth round major event appearance at the Australian Open. I ...
. At the
Australian Open
The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ...
, Barthel defeated
Donna Vekić
Donna Vekić (; born 28 June 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player and businesswoman. She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour – at the 2014 Malaysian Open, at the 2017 Nottingham Open, and the 2021 Courmayeur Ladies Open. S ...
in the first round. In the second round, she lost to fourth seed Petra Kvitová.
After the Australian Open, Barthel competed at the
Diamond Games
The Diamond Games (due to sponsorship known for the last time as BNP Paribas Fortis Diamond Games and before that Proximus Diamond Games, GDF-Suez Diamond Games and Thomas Cook Diamond Games) was a professional women's tennis tournament organis ...
where she beat qualifier
Klaartje Liebens
Klaartje Liebens (born 11 January 1995) is a Belgian retired tennis player.
Liebens won five singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, ITF Circuit in her career. On 16 February 2015, she attained her best singles ranking of world No. 295. On 20 ...
in the first round. In the second, she stunned top seed Eugenie Bouchard before she lost to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová. Barthel then lost in the first round at the
Dubai Tennis Championships
The Dubai Tennis Championships or Dubai Open (also known as the ''Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships'' for sponsorship reasons) (formerly known for sponsorship reasons as the ''Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships'' and the ''Dubai Duty Free Men's ...
to wildcard Daniela Hantuchová. Barthel was defeated in the first round of qualifying at the Qatar Open by
Kateryna Kozlova
Kateryna Baindl ( uk, Катерина Ігорівна Баіндль, née Kozlova; born 20 February 1994) is a Ukrainian tennis player. On 19 February 2018, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 62. On 22 October 2012, she ...
. Playing at the
Indian Wells Open
The Indian Wells Masters, also known as the Indian Wells Open and BNP Paribas Open is an annual tennis tournament usually held in early- and mid-March at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States. The owner is La ...
, Barthel defeated Kristina Mladenovic in the first round. In the second round, she lost to tenth seed Lucie Šafářová. Barthel then had a first-round exit at the Miami Open, losing to Bojana Jovanovski.
Barthel began her clay-court season at the
Family Circle Cup
The Credit One Charleston Open, formerly known as the Volvo Car Open and the Family Circle Cup, is a WTA Tour-affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1973. It is the oldest professional all-women's tournament in ...
in Charleston. Seeded 15th, she defeated Tímea Babos in the first round and American Sloane Stephens in the second. In round three, she retired against American Lauren Davis at 4–6, 0-3 due to dizziness. In Stuttgart at the
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
The Stuttgart Open, also known by its sponsored name Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, is a women's tennis tournament held in Stuttgart, Germany (until 2005, in Filderstadt, a southern suburb of Stuttgart). Held since 1978, the tournament is the oldest w ...
, she lost in the first round to wildcard and compatriot Carina Witthöft. Seeded fifth at the
Morocco Open
The Morocco Open or Rabat Grand Prix (for sponsorship reasons called the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem), is a women's professional tennis tournament currently held in Rabat, Morocco. This WTA Tour event is classified as an Internati ...
, Barthel was defeated in the first round by eventual finalist Tímea Babos. She lost in the first round at the
Madrid Open There are three sporting events known as the Madrid Open:
* Madrid Open (golf)
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to qualifier Christina McHale. At the Italian Open, Barthel was defeated in the first round by tenth seed and eventual finalist Carla Suárez Navarro. Her final tournament before the French Open was the
Internationaux de Strasbourg
The Internationaux de Strasbourg (formally known as the Strasbourg Grand Prix) is a professional women's tennis tournament held in Strasbourg, France. It is an International-level outdoor event of the WTA Tour played on clay courts. The tournament ...
, where she was the eighth seed. In the first round, she faced French wildcard Virginie Razzano. Barthel retired down 2–6, 5-5 due to a wrist injury. At the
French Open
The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ...
, Barthel was defeated in the first round by qualifier
Paula Kania
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* Paula, in video game ''EarthBound''
* Paula, in ''The Larry Sanders Show''
* Paula Campbell (''EastEnders''), in 2003
Film and television
* ''Paula'' (1915 film), a si ...
.
Barthel missed the
Nottingham Open
The Nottingham Open was originally known as the Nottingham Championships or Nottingham Lawn Tennis Tournament (1887-1967), is a tennis tournament for men and women held in Nottingham, United Kingdom, played on outdoor grass courts at the Nottingh ...
and the Birmingham Classic due to a wrist injury. Barthel only played one grass-court tournament before Wimbledon, at
Eastbourne
Eastbourne () is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London. Eastbourne is immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the la ...
where she lost in the first round to eventual champion Belinda Bencic. At the
Wimbledon Championships
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in ...
, Barthel lost in the first round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
After Wimbledon, Barthel competed at the
Swedish Open
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Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
* Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland
** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
, where she was the fourth seed and defending champion. She reached the final for the second year in a row beating Kiki Bertens, Maryna Zanevska, Rebecca Peterson, and Lara Arruabarrena. However, Barthel failed to defend her title since she lost in the final to seventh seed
Johanna Larsson
Johanna Larsson (; born 17 August 1988) is a Swedish former tennis player. She won two singles and 14 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 13 singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her career-high WTA rankings are No. ...
. In Turkey at the
İstanbul Cup
The İstanbul Cup is a WTA tennis tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey, organised for professional female tennis players. It is classified as an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour. Held annually since May 2005, it was played on outdoo ...
, Barthel defeated qualifier
Olga Savchuk
Olga Mykolayivna Savchuk ( uk, Ольга Миколаївна Савчук; born 20 September 1987) is a retired tennis player from Ukraine. Savchuk grew up in the city of Makiyivka in Donetsk province. She resides in Nassau, Bahamas.
Her best ...
in the first round. In the second round, she lost to qualifier Kateryna Bondarenko.
Barthel began her US Open Series by competing at the Stanford Classic. She reached the quarterfinals by defeating wildcard
Carol Zhao
Carol Zhao (Chinese:赵一羽; born June 20, 1995) is a Canadian tennis player. She turned professional in June 2016 and was Canada's top singles player from June 11th, 2018 to July 23rd, 2018. She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. ...
and sixth seed Andrea Petkovic. In the quarterfinals, Barthel lost to Varvara Lepchenko. In Toronto at the
Rogers Cup
The Canadian Open (french: Tournoi de tennis du Canada), also known as the Canada Masters, and currently branded as the National Bank Open presented by Rogers for sponsorship reasons, is an annual tennis tournament held in Ontario and Quebec. T ...
, Barthel lost in the final round of qualifying to
Anna Tatishvili
Anna Tatishvili ( ka, ანა ტატიშვილი, tr, ; born February 3, 1990) is a Georgian-American former professional tennis player.
In her career, Tatishvili won eleven singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. ...
. Barthel qualified for the Western & Southern Open by defeating Elena Vesnina and Irina Falconi. In the first round, she defeated qualifier
Casey Dellacqua
Casey Dellacqua ( ; born 11 February 1985) is a retired Australian professional tennis player and current commentator. Her best singles results on the WTA Tour have been semifinal appearances at the 2012 Texas Tennis Open and 2014 Birmingham ...
. In the second round, she lost to Sloane Stephens. Barthel reached the third round at the US Open for the first time by beating Tsvetana Pironkova and Olga Govortsova. In the third round, she lost to Varvara Lepchenko.
Seeded third at the Coupe Banque Nationale, Barthel lost in the first round to eventual finalist
Jeļena Ostapenko
Jeļena Ostapenko (born 8 June 1997), also known as Aļona Ostapenko, is a Latvian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 5 in singles, achieved on 19 March 2018, and world No. 9 in doubles, reached on 22 Augus ...
. Barthel, as the fifth seed, reached the quarterfinals at the Korea Open defeating wildcard
Jang Su-jeong
Jang Su-jeong ( ko, 장수정 ; born 13 March 1995) is a South Korean tennis player.
Jang has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as ten singles titles and thirteen doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 July 2022, she ...
and
Mariana Duque Mariño
Mariana Duque Mariño (; born 12 August 1989) is a Colombian retired tennis player. Having turned professional in 2005, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 66 in October 2015.
Duque debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2004. ...
. She lost in her quarterfinal match to second seed
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (; born 13 September 1994) is a Slovak tennis player.
She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 12 singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 12 October 201 ...
. Barthel then lost in the first round of qualifying at the
Wuhan Open
The Wuhan Open (currently sponsored by Dongfeng Motor) is a tennis tournament held in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China and organized for female professional tennis players. It is one of the WTA 1000 tournaments on the WTA Tour and made its debut in t ...
to Patricia Maria Țig. In Beijing at the China Open, Barthel beat Chinese wildcard Shuai Zhang in the first round. In the second round, she lost to fourth seed
Agnieszka Radwańska
Agnieszka Roma Radwańska (; born 6 March 1989) is a Polish former professional tennis player. She won 20 career singles WTA Tour titles, two doubles titles, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 on 9 July 2012. Her achievem ...
. At the
Generali Ladies Linz
The Linz Open, currently sponsored by Generali Gruppe, is a women's tennis tournament held in Linz, Austria. It is played on indoor hardcourts.
The inaugural event took place in 1987 in Wels, Austria and was organized by the ITF as a $10,000 tou ...
, Barthel defeated qualifier Kiki Bertens in the first round. She then lost in the second round to qualifier
Aleksandra Krunić
Aleksandra Krunić ( sr-Cyrl, Александра Крунић; born 15 March 1993) is a Serbian professional tennis player. She has won one singles title and six doubles titles on the WTA Tour along with one singles title on WTA 125 tournament ...
. At her final tournament of the year, the
BGL Luxembourg Open
The Luxembourg Open, currently sponsored by BGL, is a women's tennis tournament held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg. Held since 1991, the tournament was an exhibition event (winners including Novotná, Navratilova and Appelmans) until 1995. ...
, Barthel reached the final defeating sixth seed Sloane Stephens,
Tatjana Maria
Tatjana Maria (née Malek; born 8 August 1987) is a German professional tennis player. In November 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 46, and in June 2016, she peaked at No. 54 in the doubles rankings.
She has won two singles ...
, Mirjana Lučić-Baroni, and Stefanie Vögele. In the final, Barthel was defeated by Misaki Doi. However, in doubles, Barthel and fellow German
Laura Siegemund
Laura Natalie Siegemund (born 4 March 1988, in Filderstadt) is a German professional tennis player.
She is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2020 US Open in women's doubles with Vera Zvonareva, as well as the 2016 US Open in mixed ...
defeated Spaniards
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues (, ; born 31 July 1982) is a Spanish tennis coach and former professional player.
As a player she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 16 in 2020, and won 11 singles and 28 doubles titles, including the 2008 ...
and
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Arantxa Parra Santonja (; born 9 November 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She turned pro in 2000 and retired in 2019.
In her career, Parra Santonja won eleven doubles titles on the WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide ...
in the final. This was her second WTA title in doubles.
Barthel ended the year ranked 44.
2016: Out of the top 100
Barthel began her year at the Auckland Open. In the first round, she faced fourth seed
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian inactive professional tennis player. She is a two-time major singles champion, winning the 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open, and finishing runner-up at two other majors. I ...
. Barthel retired trailing 2–6, 1-1 due to illness. Seeded ninth at the
Hobart International
The Hobart International is a women's professional tennis tournament held at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia. Held since 1994, it forms a part of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour and is classed as an Interna ...
, she defeated Misaki Doi in the first round. In the second round, Barthel suffered a back injury, but she still managed to beat qualifier
Naomi Osaka
is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and is the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles. Osaka is a four-time Grand Slam singles champio ...
. She withdrew from her quarterfinal match against seventh seed
Alizé Cornet
Alizé Cornet (; born 22 January 1990) is a French professional tennis player. Cornet has won six singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as three singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circu ...
due to the back injury. At the
Australian Open
The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ...
, Barthel was defeated in the first round by
Vania King
Vania King (born February 3, 1989) is an American former tennis player. A former top-ten doubles player, King won both the Wimbledon and US Open women's doubles titles in 2010 with partner Yaroslava Shvedova, with whom she also reached the fi ...
Indian Wells Open
The Indian Wells Masters, also known as the Indian Wells Open and BNP Paribas Open is an annual tennis tournament usually held in early- and mid-March at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States. The owner is La ...
Charleston Open
The Credit One Charleston Open, formerly known as the Volvo Car Open and the Family Circle Cup, is a WTA Tour-affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1973. It is the oldest professional all-women's tournament in ...
,
Prague Open In tennis, Prague Open may refer to:
* Prague Open (1987–1999)
* ATP Prague Open
* WTA Prague Open
* Sparta Prague Open Challenger
The Sparta Prague Open Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on Tennis court#Clay courts, clay cou ...
, and
Nürnberger Versicherungscup
The Nuremberg Cup was a women's professional tennis tournament held in Nuremberg, Germany. Held from 2013 until 2019, this 250-level tournament was played on outdoor clay courts.
Tournament history
The Nuremberg Open was a defunct men's tenni ...
due to health problems.
Barthel returned at the
French Open
The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ...
where she lost in the first round to
Irina Falconi
Irina Falconi ( es, Falconí; born May 4, 1990) is an Ecuadorian-born American former tennis player. She moved to Manhattan, New York, as a toddler.
Her highest WTA singles ranking is world No. 63, which she reached in May 2016. Her career-high ...
.
Barthel began her grass-court season at the
Nottingham Open
The Nottingham Open was originally known as the Nottingham Championships or Nottingham Lawn Tennis Tournament (1887-1967), is a tennis tournament for men and women held in Nottingham, United Kingdom, played on outdoor grass courts at the Nottingh ...
. Seeded seventh, she lost in the first round to eventual finalist Alison Riske. She then withdrew from the first edition of the Mallorca Open and the
Eastbourne International
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due to illness. At the
Wimbledon Championships
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in ...
, she defeated
Danka Kovinić
Danka Kovinić ( cnr, Данка Ковинић; born 18 November 1994) is a Montenegrin professional tennis player.
On 22 February 2016, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 46, and on 20 June 2016, she peaked at No. 67 in th ...
in the first round. In the second round, Barthel lost to twenty-sixth seed Kiki Bertens.
After Wimbledon, Barthel competed at the
Ladies Championship Gstaad
The Ladies Open Lausanne originally founded in 1899 as the Swiss International Championships. It is a women's professional tennis tournament which is currently played in Lausanne but has played in a number of locations in Switzerland.
History
T ...
. Seeded seventh, Barthel was defeated in the first round by the eventual champion
Viktorija Golubic
Viktorija Golubic ( sr, Викторија Голубић, Viktorija Golubić; ; born 16 October 1992) is a Swiss professional tennis player. Golubic has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, two singles WTA Challenger titles, as well as ten s ...
. Playing at the
Swedish Open
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** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
, Barthel was leading 4–6, 6–3, 3–0 in her first-round match against seventh seed
Yaroslava Shvedova
Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova (; born 12 September 1987) is a Kazakhstani former professional tennis player. Before 2008, she represented her country of birth, Russia.
She won one singles title and 13 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, plus o ...
when Shvedova retired due to a back injury. In the second round, Barthel lost to Karin Knapp. As the top seed at the
Advantage Cars Prague Open
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* Mechanical advantage, in engineering, the ratio of output force to input force on a system
* Advantage of terrain, in military use, a superiority in el ...
, Barthel retired in her quarterfinal match after losing the first set to qualifier and compatriot Antonia Lottner.
Playing at the Western & Southern Open, Barthel lost in the first round of qualifying to
Daria Gavrilova
Daria Saville (née Gavrilova, born 5 March 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player. She represented Russia until 2015, before emigrating to Australia. She competed under her maiden name until her marriage to Luke Saville in 20 ...
. At the Connecticut Open, Barthel lost in the second round of qualifying to Camila Giorgi. In New York at the US Open, Barthel was defeated in the first round by Christina McHale.
Seeded sixth at the Coupe Banque Nationale, Barthel was defeated in the first round by Canadian wildcard Françoise Abanda. In Korea at the Korea Open, Barthel had her first WTA main draw win since Bastad by beating seventh seed
Nicole Gibbs
Nicole Gibbs (born March 3, 1993) is an American retired tennis player.
She won seven singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 25 July 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 68. On 19 September 2016, she peaked at ...
in the first round. She lost in the second round to Camila Giorgi. Playing in Austria at the
Generali Ladies Linz
The Linz Open, currently sponsored by Generali Gruppe, is a women's tennis tournament held in Linz, Austria. It is played on indoor hardcourts.
The inaugural event took place in 1987 in Wels, Austria and was organized by the ITF as a $10,000 tou ...
, Barthel was defeated in the first round by fourth seed Carla Suárez Navarro. Last year finalist at the
Luxembourg Open
Luxembourg Open,
Tennis tournaments in Luxembourg
Indoor tennis tournaments
Hard court tennis tournaments
WTA Tour
Kockelscheuer
Recurring sporting events established in 1991
Autumn events in Luxembourg
1991 establishments in Luxembourg ...
, Barthel lost in the second round to eighth seed Johanna Larsson. After Luxembourg, Barthel traveled to
Poitiers
Poitiers (, , , ; Poitevin: ''Poetàe'') is a city on the River Clain in west-central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and the historical centre of Poitou. In 2017 it had a population of 88,291. Its agglomerat ...
Alison Van Uytvanck
Alison Van Uytvanck (; born 26 March 1994) is a Belgian professional tennis player.
Van Uytvanck has won five singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles and three Challenger Tour singles titles, as well as 12 singles and two doubles titles on th ...
. In Limoges at the
Open de Limoges
The Open BLS de Limoges (formerly Open GDF Suez de Limoges, Open GDF Suez Région Limousin and Engie Open de Limoges) is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on indoor hard courts. The event is currently classified as a WTA 1 ...
, Barthel lost in the first round to eighth seed Stefanie Vögele. Barthel played her final tournament of the year at the Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge in Dubai. She reached the semifinals defeating third seed
Evgeniya Rodina
Evgeniya Sergeyevna Rodina (russian: Евгения Сергеевна Родина, born 4 February 1989) is a Russian tennis player. On 6 May 2019, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of 67.
Rodina has won 13 singles titles on the ITF ...
,
Nina Stojanović
Nina Stojanović ( sr-cyr, Нина Стојановић, ; born 30 July 1996) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 2 March 2020, Stojanović reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 81. On 17 January 2022, she peaked at No. 37 in ...
, and
Ivana Jorović
Ivana Jorović ( sr-Cyrl, Ивана Јоровић; born 3 May 1997) is a Serbian tennis player.
She has won thirteen singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 15 July 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world . On 17 ...
. In the semifinals, Barthel lost to fifth seed and eventual champion
Hsieh Su-wei
Hsieh Su-wei ( ;''Xiè 謝淑薇Shūwēi'' in Chinese mainland. Taiwanese Mandarin: ; in Standard Mandarin of Chinese mainland. born 4 January 1986) is an inactive Taiwanese professional tennis player. She has won three singles titles and 30 ...
.
Barthel ended the year ranked 183.
2017: 1st WTA singles title since 2014
Barthel began her season by playing in the qualifying rounds at the ASB Classic. She qualified for the main draw beating
Magda Linette
Magda Linette (born 12 February 1992) is a Polish professional tennis player. Having made her tour debut in 2009, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in February 2020. Linette has reached five finals on the WTA Tour, winning ...
, wildcard
Joanna Carswell
Joanna Carswell (born 8 July 1988) is a New Zealand female tennis player.
Carswell has a career high WTA singles ranking of 810, achieved on 8 May 2017.
Playing for New Zealand in Fed Cup
The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the ...
, and
Dalila Jakupović
Dalila Jakupović (born 24 March 1991) is a Slovenian tennis player of Bosnian descent.
Jakupović to date has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour along with two WTA Challenger doubles titles. She also has won five singles and ten doubles ti ...
. In the first round, she lost to Mirjana Lučić-Baroni. At the
Sydney International
The Sydney International (formerly known as the Championship of New South Wales and New South Wales Open, with various title sponsors), formerly sponsored as the Apia International Sydney from 2012 to 2017, is a professional tennis tournament i ...
, Barthel was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Danka Kovinić. Barthel qualified for the
Australian Open
The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ...
beating Richèl Hogenkamp,
Teliana Pereira
Teliana Santos Pereira (born 20 July 1988) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player.
On 19 April 2015, she became the first Brazilian in 27 years to win a title on the WTA Tour, beating Yaroslava Shvedova in Bogotá 7–6, 6–1. She ...
, and Maryna Zanevska. In the main draw, she reached the fourth round at the Australian Open for the first time in her career after having victories over wildcard
Destanee Aiava
Destanee Gabriella Aiava (born 10 May 2000) is an Australian professional tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of 147 in singles, achieved on 11 September 2017, and of 192 in doubles, achieved October 2019. Aiava has won five single ...
, twenty-ninth seed
Monica Puig
Monica Puig Marchán, (born September 27, 1993) is a Puerto Rican former professional tennis player. She is the first Puerto Rican in history to win a gold medal at the Olympics while representing Puerto Rico, having done so in 2016 at the ...
, and wildcard Ashleigh Barty. Barthel lost to 13th seed and eventual finalist, Venus Williams, in the fourth round. After the tournament, her ranking improved from 181 to 111.
In Qatar at the Qatar Open, Barthel lost in the first round of qualifying to Kristýna Plíšková. Receiving a wildcard to play at the
Dubai Tennis Championships
The Dubai Tennis Championships or Dubai Open (also known as the ''Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships'' for sponsorship reasons) (formerly known for sponsorship reasons as the ''Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships'' and the ''Dubai Duty Free Men's ...
, Barthel beat Jelena Janković in the first round. In the second round, she was defeated by top seed Angelique Kerber. After qualifying for the
Indian Wells Open
The Indian Wells Masters, also known as the Indian Wells Open and BNP Paribas Open is an annual tennis tournament usually held in early- and mid-March at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States. The owner is La ...
, Barthel was defeated in the first round by
Kateřina Siniaková
Kateřina Siniaková (; ; born 10 May 1996) is a Czech professional tennis player who is the current world No. 1 in doubles.
She is a six-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2018 and 2021 French Opens, 2018 and 2022 Wimbled ...
. At the Miami Open, Barthel lost in the second round of qualifying to
Taylor Townsend
Taylor Townsend (born April 16, 1996) is an American professional tennis player. She reached career-high WTA rankings of world No. 61 in singles (July 2018) and No. 31 in doubles (December 2022). She also reached the doubles final of the 2022 ...
.
Barthel began her clay-court season at the
Volvo Car Open
The Credit One Charleston Open, formerly known as the Volvo Car Open and the Family Circle Cup, is a WTA Tour-affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1973. It is the oldest professional all-women's tournament in ...
. She beat American
Jennifer Brady
Jennifer Elizabeth Brady (born April 12, 1995) is an inactive American professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles WTA ranking of world No. 13 on 22 February 2021, and a career-high doubles ranking of 44 on 19 August 2019. Brad ...
in the first round. In the second round, Barthel lost to eleventh seed Mirjana Lučić-Baroni. Next, Barthel competed at the first edition of the Ladies Open Biel Bienne. She won her first-round match over Jana Čepelová. In the second round, she lost to
Elise Mertens
Elise Mertens (; born 17 November 1995) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
Mertens is a three-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2019 US Open and 2021 Australian Open partnering Ar ...
. Barthel qualified for the
Prague Open In tennis, Prague Open may refer to:
* Prague Open (1987–1999)
* ATP Prague Open
* WTA Prague Open
* Sparta Prague Open Challenger
The Sparta Prague Open Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on Tennis court#Clay courts, clay cou ...
beating
Sachia Vickery
Sachia Vickery (born May 11, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She first entered the top 100 in 2018 and eventually reached a career-high of No. 73 in the world in the WTA rankings.
Her best results on the WTA Tour came at the 2 ...
,
Jasmine Paolini
Jasmine Paolini (; born 4 January 1996) is an Italian tennis player. She reached career-high WTA rankings of No. 44 in singles and 122 in doubles. Paolini has won one singles title (at the 2021 Slovenian Open) and one doubles title on the WTA To ...
, and
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*Denisa Chládková
* Denisa De ...
. She advanced to her first WTA singles final since 2015 by defeating sixth seed Zhang Shuai,
Océane Dodin
Océane Dodin (, born 24 October 1996) is a professional tennis player from France. WTA rankings, Ranked by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), she reached a career-high of 46 as a singles player in June 2017 and No. 375 in October 2017 as a d ...
, Camila Giorgi, and third seed Barbora Strýcová. In the final, Barthel defeated Kristýna Plíšková to win her 4th WTA singles title and her first WTA singles title since 2014. After the tournament, her ranking went from 82 to 56. Barthel played her final tournament before the French Open at the Italian Open defeating
Maria Sakkari
Maria Sakkari ( gr, Μαρία Σάκκαρη, ; born 25 July 1995) is a Greek professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she first achieved on 21 March 2022, making her ...
and Varvara Lepchenko. In the first round, she beat Peng Shuai. In the second round, she defeated qualifier Qiang Wang. In the third round, Barthel lost to eighth seed and eventual champion Elina Svitolina. Ranked fifty at the
French Open
The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ...
, Barthel was defeated in the first round by Tsvetana Pironkova.
Barthel began her grass-court season at the
Nottingham Open
The Nottingham Open was originally known as the Nottingham Championships or Nottingham Lawn Tennis Tournament (1887-1967), is a tennis tournament for men and women held in Nottingham, United Kingdom, played on outdoor grass courts at the Nottingh ...
. Seeded seventh, she lost in the first round to qualifier
Jana Fett
Jana Fett (; born 2 November 1996) is a Croatian tennis player. On 30 October 2017, Fett reached her best singles ranking of world No. 97, and on 21 May 2018, she reached her best doubles ranking of No. 348. Fett has won six singles and five doub ...
. At the Mallorca Open, Barthel lost in the second round to
CiCi Bellis
Catherine Cartan "CiCi" Bellis (born April 8, 1999) is an American former tennis player. In early 2018, she was the second youngest player in the top 100 of the WTA rankings. Bellis has a career-high of 35, which she achieved in August 2017. She ...
. Barthel qualified for the main draw at the
Eastbourne International
The Eastbourne International is a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour and the ATP Tour held at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, United Kingdom. Held since 1974, it is classified as a WTA 500 series on the WTA Tour and an ATP Tour ...
beating
Beatriz Haddad Maia
Beatriz Haddad Maia (born 30 May 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. On 22 August 2022, she reached a career-high in the WTA rankings in singles at No. 15. Haddad Maia has won two singles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, on ...
and
Kristína Kučová
Kristína Kučová (; born 23 May 1990) is a Slovak tennis player. On 12 September 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 71. On 5 October 2009, she peaked at No. 168 in the WTA doubles rankings.
She has won one singles title on ...
. She was defeated in the second round by seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova. Ranked forty-eight at the
Wimbledon Championships
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, Barthel lost in the first round to twenty-fourth seed
Coco Vandeweghe
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.
Seeded fourth at the
Ladies Championship Gstaad
The Ladies Open Lausanne originally founded in 1899 as the Swiss International Championships. It is a women's professional tennis tournament which is currently played in Lausanne but has played in a number of locations in Switzerland.
History
T ...
, Barthel was defeated in the first round by Maria Sakkari. In Båstad at the
Swedish Open
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** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
, Barthel upset ninth seed Johanna Larsson in the first round. She lost in the second round to qualifier Kateryna Kozlova.
Barthel began her US Open Series at the
Rogers Cup
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. She lost in the first round of qualifying to Mariana Duque Mariño. In Cincinnati at the Western & Southern Open, Barthel was defeated in the first round of qualifying by
Zarina Diyas
Zarina Diyas ( kk, Зари́на Ди́ас; born 18 October 1993) is a Kazakh professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 31 in the world by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Diyas has won one WTA singles title, at the ...
. Playing in New Haven at the Connecticut Open, her final tournament before the US Open, Barthel lost in the first round of qualifying to Pauline Parmentier. Ranked fifty-one at the US Open, Barthel was defeated in round one by Ekaterina Makarova.
After the US Open, Barthel turned toward the Asian swing. In Guangzhou at the Guangzhou International Open, Barthel lost in round two to eventual finalist Aleksandra Krunić. The week after Guangzhou, Barthel was defeated in the first round at the
Wuhan Open
The Wuhan Open (currently sponsored by Dongfeng Motor) is a tennis tournament held in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China and organized for female professional tennis players. It is one of the WTA 1000 tournaments on the WTA Tour and made its debut in t ...
by qualifier Monica Puig. Competing in Beijing at the China Open, Barthel lost in the first round to Sorana Cîrstea. That ended up being her final tournament of the year.
Barthel ended the year ranked 48.
2018
Barthel started the year off at
Auckland
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. Seeded seventh, she lost in the first round to Varvara Lepchenko. At the
Hobart International
The Hobart International is a women's professional tennis tournament held at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia. Held since 1994, it forms a part of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour and is classed as an Interna ...
, Barthel was again defeated in the first round by Lepchenko. Ranked 53 at the
Australian Open
The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ...
, Barthel lost in round two to 32nd seed
Anett Kontaveit
Anett Kontaveit (; born 24 December 1995) is an Estonian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 2 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she first achieved on 6 June 2022, making her the highest-ranked Eston ...
.
Competing at the St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy in Russia, Barthel was defeated in the first round by Alizé Cornet. In Qatar at the
Qatar Total Open
The Qatar Ladies Open, currently sponsored by TotalEnergies and called the Qatar TotalEnergies Open, is a women's tennis tournament held in Doha, Qatar. Held since 2001, this WTA Tour event was a Tier I-tournament in 2008, and was played on outdoo ...
, Barthel suffered a three-set first-round loss at the hands of Agnieszka Radwańska. Barthel had multiple match points but failed to get the victory. After Qatar, Barthel traveled to Hungary to play at the
Hungarian Ladies Open
The Hungarian Ladies Open was a women's tennis tournament held in Budapest, Hungary. This WTA Tour event was an International-level tournament and was played on indoor hardcourts.
Past finals Singles
Doubles
See also
*List of tennis tourname ...
. Here, she reached the semifinal after wins over Kateryna Kozlova, third seed and defending champion Tímea Babos, and qualifier
Ysaline Bonaventure
Ysaline Bonaventure (born 29 August 1994) is a Belgian professional tennis player.
Bonaventure has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 12 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 31 October 2022, she reached he ...
. She lost in her semifinal match to top seed
Dominika Cibulková
Dominika Cibulková (; born 6 May 1989) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. She is the 2016 WTA Finals champion, becoming the fourth player (after Serena Williams in 2001 WTA Tour Championships, 2001, Maria Sharapova in 2004 WTA Tour ...
. In Indian Wells at the BNP Paribas Open, Barthel was defeated in the second round by fourth seed Elina Svitolina. At the Miami Open, Barthel lost in round one to Tímea Babos.
Barthel began her clay-court season at the
Ladies Open Lugano
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. She made it to the quarterfinals after defeating fifth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova and Donna Vekić. She lost in her quarterfinal match to second seed and eventual champion Elise Mertens. At the
İstanbul Cup
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, Barthel was defeated in the first round by Christina McHale. Barthel retired in the final round of qualifying at the
Mutua Madrid Open
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to Sílvia Soler Espinosa due to injury. Barthel lost in the final round of qualifying at the Italian Open to Hsieh Su-Wei. In Nuremberg at the
Nürnberger Versicherungscup
The Nuremberg Cup was a women's professional tennis tournament held in Nuremberg, Germany. Held from 2013 until 2019, this 250-level tournament was played on outdoor clay courts.
Tournament history
The Nuremberg Open was a defunct men's tenni ...
, Barthel was defeated in the second round by third seed Kiki Bertens. Playing in Paris at the
French Open
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, Barthel lost in the first round to twelfth seed Angelique Kerber.
In Croatia at the
Bol Open
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, Barthel lost in round one to
Viktoriya Tomova
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.
Barthel began her grass-court season at the
Nottingham Open
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. She made it to the quarterfinals after wins over British qualifier
Katie Swan
Katie Swan (born 24 March 1999) is a British tennis player.
Personal life
Swan was born in Bristol, to parents Nicki and Richard. Whilst on holiday in Portugal when she was seven, she took tennis lessons. Her teacher had once played for Portug ...
and second seed Magdaléna Rybáriková. She was defeated in her quarterfinal match by sixth seed and defending champion Donna Vekić. In
Ilkley
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at the Fuzion 100 Ilkley Trophy, a 100k ITF event, Barthel lost in the first round to Irina Falconi. Barthel qualified for the
Wimbledon Championships
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beating
Fanny Stollár
Fanny Stollár (born 12 November 1998) is a Hungarian tennis player.
Stollár has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as one singles title and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Women' ...
, Océane Dodin, and
Jamie Loeb
Jamie Loeb (born March 8, 1995) is an American tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of 132 in singles, achieved in February 2018, and 120 in doubles, achieved in July 2018. Loeb has won nine singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF ...
. She didn't make it past round one because she was defeated by Yanina Wickmayer.
Seeded eighth at the
Grand Est Open 88
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, a 100k ITF tournament in
Contrexéville
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The mineral springs of Contrexéville have been known locally for many years, but became generally known only toward ...
, Barthel lost in the quarterfinals to third seed and eventual champion Stefanie Vögele. In Gstaad at the
Ladies Championship Gstaad
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History
T ...
, Barthel was defeated in the second round by Evgeniya Rodina. As the top seed at the
Advantage Cars Prague Open
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, an 80k ITF tournament in Prague, Barthel lost in her quarterfinal match to
Iga Świątek
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.
Barthel lost in the final round of qualifying at the US Open to
Francesca Di Lorenzo
Francesca Di Lorenzo (; born July 22, 1997) is an American tennis player.
She played collegiately for the ''Ohio State University''. On May 29, 2017, Di Lorenzo and her partner Miho Kowase won the NCAA Women's Doubles Championship.
Personal li ...
. However, she made it into the main draw as a lucky loser. She was defeated in the first round by
Markéta Vondroušová
Markéta Šimková ( née Vondroušová; ; born 28 June 1999) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 14 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Vondroušová finished runner-up at the 2019 French Open, ...
Dayana Yastremska
Dayana Oleksandrivna Yastremska ( uk, Даяна Олександрівна Ястремська; born 15 May 2000) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 21 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). ...
, and sixth seed
Sachia Vickery
Sachia Vickery (born May 11, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She first entered the top 100 in 2018 and eventually reached a career-high of No. 73 in the world in the WTA rankings.
Her best results on the WTA Tour came at the 2 ...
. She lost in the final to second seed Petra Martić. In Quebec City at the Coupe Banque Nationale, Barthel was defeated in the first round by fifth seed
Sofia Kenin
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. Barthel qualified for the Korea Open beating Hanna Chang and Sílvia Soler Espinosa. She lost in the first round to seventh seed Irina-Camelia Begu. In Tashkent at the
Tashkent Open
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Since 2014, the event has been scheduled in early ...
, Barthel made it to the semifinals after defeating
Nigina Abduraimova
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Abduraimova has won 12 singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 29 September 2014, she reached her car ...
, seventh seed Evgeniya Rodina, and second seed
Vera Lapko
Vera Valeryevna Lapko ( be, Вера Валер'еўна Лапко; born 29 September 1998) is a Belarusian professional tennis player.
She has won six singles titles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 1 October 2018, she reached ...
. Playing in Austria at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, Barthel was defeated in the first round of qualifying by
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ekaterina Evgenyevna Alexandrova ( rus, Екатери́на Евге́ньевна Александро́ва, links=no; ; born 15 November 1994) is a Russian professional tennis player.
She has won three WTA singles titles, three WTA 125 titl ...
. Barthel played her final tournament of the season at the Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge in Dubai. Seeded fifth, she lost in her quarterfinal match to second seed and eventual finalist
Viktória Kužmová
Viktória Kužmová (; born 11 May 1998) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 43 in singles and No. 27 in doubles in the world by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Kužmová has won three WTA doubles ti ...
.
Barthel ended the year ranked 81.
2019
Barthel began the year at
Auckland
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. She lost in the second round to second seed, defending champion and eventual champion, Julia Görges. At the
Australian Open
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, Barthel was defeated in the first round by 13th seed
Anastasija Sevastova
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.
In Hua Hin at the Thailand Open, Barthel lost in the second round to top seed Garbiñe Muguruza. At the
Hungarian Ladies Open
The Hungarian Ladies Open was a women's tennis tournament held in Budapest, Hungary. This WTA Tour event was an International-level tournament and was played on indoor hardcourts.
Past finals Singles
Doubles
See also
*List of tennis tourname ...
, Barthel was defeated in the first round by Irina-Camelia Begu. In March, Barthel competed at the
Indian Wells Open
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. She won a tough first-round match over qualifier Lin Zhu. In the second round, she beat seventeenth seed Madison Keys. In the third round, she defeated 15th seed Julia Görges to advance to the fourth round at Indian Wells for the first time since 2013. She lost in her fourth round match to Venus Williams. Barthel was defeated in the final round of qualifying at the Miami Open to Viktorija Golubic.
Barthel started her clay-court season at the
Ladies Open Lugano
The inaugural edition of the Ladies Open Lugano, formerly the Ladies Open Biel/Bienne, an International-level WTA tennis event, was held in April 2017 at the Swiss National Tennis Centre in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. The new indoor arena was comple ...
. She lost in the first round to
Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea (; born 7 April 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. In singles, she achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 on 12 August 2013. In doubles, her career-high ranking is No. 35, which she reached on 9 March ...
. Playing for Germany in the
Fed Cup
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tie versus Latvia, Barthel won her only match played over Jeļena Ostapenko. Germany won the tie versus Latvia 3–1. In
Prague
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, Barthel lost in the first round to ninth seed Barbora Strýcová. At
Madrid
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, she was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Margarita Gasparyan. After qualifying for the Italian Open, Barthel lost in the first round to 14th seed Anett Kontaveit. Competing in Germany at the
Nürnberger Versicherungscup
The Nuremberg Cup was a women's professional tennis tournament held in Nuremberg, Germany. Held from 2013 until 2019, this 250-level tournament was played on outdoor clay courts.
Tournament history
The Nuremberg Open was a defunct men's tenni ...
, Barthel was defeated in the second round by top seed and eventual champion Yulia Putintseva. At the
French Open
The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ...
, Barthel lost in the first round to 24th seed Caroline Garcia.
Barthel started her grass-court season at the
Rosmalen Grass Court Championships
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. She was defeated in the first round by qualifier
Greet Minnen
Greet Minnen (born 14 August 1997) is a Belgian tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of World No. 69 in singles, achieved on 18 October 2021, and World No. 50 in doubles, attained on 6 June 2022.
Career
Minnen made her WTA Tour mai ...
. At the Mallorca Open, Barthel lost in the first round of qualifying to Sabine Lisicki. Ranked 96 at the
Wimbledon Championships
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, Barthel suffered a first-round defeat at the hands of lucky loser
Marie Bouzková
Marie Bouzková (, born 21 July 1998) is a Czech professional tennis player. She attained her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 26 on 31 October 2022. On 9 May 2022, she peaked at No. 24 in the WTA doubles rankings. So far, she has won one ...
.
Seeded fourth at the
Swedish Open
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, Barthel made it to the quarterfinals where she lost to eventual champion Misaki Doi. In Switzerland at the Ladies Open Lausanne, Barthel was defeated in the first round by eventual champion
Fiona Ferro
Fiona Ferro (born 12 March 1997) is a French professional tennis player born in Belgium.
Ferro has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour and four singles titles on the ITF Circuit. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 39 in singles, attaine ...
.
Barthel missed the US Open due to a right foot injury.
Barthel didn't play any more tournaments for the rest of the season. She ended the year ranked 172.
2020
Barthel began the season at the
Australian Open
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where she lost in the first round of qualifying to
Shelby Rogers
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.
Competing at the
Dow Tennis Classic
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in Midland, Barthel was defeated in the first round by American Jamie Loeb. Playing at the first edition of the Kentucky Open, she reached the quarterfinals where she lost to eventual champion Olga Govortsova.
Playing style
Barthel plays aggressively, and is primarily known for her power and movement. She is noted for having a strong serve and for hitting shots down the line, as well as for a tendency to approach the net. In her straight-sets victory at the 2013 GDF Suez, she hit 53 winners. Barthel produces deep groundstrokes, and hits powerfully on both the forehand and backhand sides.
On defense, she is noted for her aggressive return of serve, as well as for her scrambling ability.
Performance timelines
''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles
''Current through the
2022 WTA Tour
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