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whereas on the

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, she won eleven singles titles and one doubles title. On 8 January 2018, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 48.

Career

Witthöft made her

debut at the 2012 Swedish Open. Having defeated Marina Shamayko,

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and Jill Craybas to qualify, she lost in the first round of the main draw against Kateryna Bondarenko. She won her first WTA title at the 2017 Luxembourg Open, defeating Monica Puig in straight sets in the final. She was coached by Torben Beltz and then by Philip Lang.

2018

Witthöft started the season at the

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where she lost in the first round to Aleksandra Krunić. Despite being defeated in the final round of qualifying at the

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by Camila Giorgi, Witthöft entered the main draw as a lucky loser. She lost in the first round to Australian wildcard Sam Stosur. At the

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, Witthöft was defeated in the first round by eighth seed Caroline Garcia. In Doha at the Qatar Open, she lost in the second round to top seed

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2019

Witthöft played her last professional match at the Australian Open qualifying, where she lost in the first round.

Singles performance timeline

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 20 (11 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Record against top 10 players

Witthöft's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. * Julia Görges 2–0 * CoCo Vandeweghe 2–0 * Kiki Bertens 2–2 * Belinda Bencic 1–0 * Ons Jabeur 1–0 *

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References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Witthoft, Carina 1995 births Living people People from Herzogtum Lauenburg German female tennis players Sportspeople from Schleswig-Holstein 21st-century German sportswomen