Petra Jauch-Delhees (born 28 March 1959), born Petra Delhees, is a former professional

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player from Switzerland.

Biography

Delhees, a left-hander, began playing

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tennis for

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as a 17-year old in 1976. She was a member of the 1981 and 1983 Swiss semifinal teams, the latter her final season. She finished with a 33-15 overall record, at the time the Swiss record for the number of wins. Her doubles partnership with Christiane Jolissaint, which resulted in ten wins, is the most prolific in the Fed Cup for Switzerland. From 1983 she was known as Petra Jauch-Delhees after marrying German Peter Jauch. She was a doubles finalist with

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at the 1983 Swiss Open. She had her best performance at

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level when she upset sixth seed

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in the first round of the 1984 US Open and made it to the round of 16 stage, despite entering the draw as a qualifier. In 1985 was runner-up to

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at the

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and won the

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doubles with Patricia Medrado. This was her last year of professional tennis and she retired after the 1985 French Open.

WTA career finals

Singles (0–1)

Doubles (1–1)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jauch-Delhees, Petra 1959 births Living people Swiss female tennis players People from Aarau Sportspeople from Aargau