Isabel Cueto (born 3 December 1968) is a retired professional
tennis
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player from
Germany
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. Her career-high ranking was No. 20, which she achieved in 1989.
Early life
Isabel Cueto was born in
Kehl
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to her father, Toni, an electrical engineer who had immigrated from Bolivia, and her mother, Jutta, a German. She grew up in
Aspach and attended school in
Backnang
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Backnang was ce ...
.
Career
In 1984, Cueto became the youngest German national champion, winning the final against
Elke Renz.
She also won the German championship in 1986 and 1987.
Cueto won a total of six titles on the main
WTA Tour
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over the course of her career; five in singles, one in doubles. She also won four titles on the
ITF Women's Circuit
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History
It serves as a developmenta ...
. She progressed to the third round at the
French Open
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(1985, 1990) and the
US Open (1987, 1988), her best finishes at
Grand Slam events.
She represented the
Germany Fed Cup team four times from 1988 to 1990, playing all four matches in doubles ties. Her win–loss record was 3–1.
After tennis
Cueto trained for a teaching career at the
Ludwigsburg University of Education and teaches at the Matern-Feuerbacher ''
Realschule
Real school (, ) is a type of secondary school in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It has also existed in Croatia (''realna gimnazija''), the Austrian Empire, the German Empire, Denmark and Norway (''realskole''), Sweden (''realskola''), F ...
'' in
Großbottwar. She married Oliver Baumann, and they have two children, Ines and Eric.
WTA finals
Singles (5–3)
Doubles (1–0)
ITF finals
Singles (4–2)
References
External links
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1968 births
German female tennis players
German people of Bolivian descent
Hopman Cup competitors
Living people
People from Kehl
Tennis players from Freiburg (region)
West German female tennis players