Yvonne Meusburger Garamszegi

Yvonne Meusburger Garamszegi (née Meusburger, born 3 October 1983) is an Austrian retired tennis player.

Yvonne Meusburger
Country (sports) Austria
ResidenceSchwarzach, Austria
Born (1983-10-03) 3 October 1983
Dornbirn, Austria
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2015
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,384,838
Singles
Career record439–316
Career titles1 WTA, 15 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 37 (31 March 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open3R (2014)
French Open2R (2010, 2014)
Wimbledon2R (2007, 2014)
US Open2R (2008, 2010)
Doubles
Career record104–103
Career titles9 ITF
Highest ranking104 (30 August 2010)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2008)
French Open1R (2014)
Wimbledon1R (2014)
US Open1R (2007, 2013)

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. On 31 March 2014, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 37. On 30 August 2010, she peaked at No. 104 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Austria in Fed Cup, Meusburger has accumulated a win-loss record of 8–21.

After getting married, she changed her surname to Meusburger Garamszegi.[1]

Tennis career

Meusburger made the second round of the 2010 Australian Open, French Open, and US Open. She lost to Russian Maria Kirilenko on all three occasions.

In June 2013, Meusburger entered the qualifying tournament of the Wimbledon Championships, defeating Nicole Gibbs, Tamarine Tanasugarn, and Sesil Karatantcheva for a spot in the main draw. She was drawn against fourth seed Agnieszka Radwańska and was knocked out in straight sets. Despite the loss, it was Meusburger's first Grand Slam appearance in nearly three years. The following month, she advanced to the final of the Budapest Grand Prix, beating three seeded players en route. However, she lost in the final to third seed Simona Halep in three sets. Meusburger consequently re-entered the top 100 and overtook Tamira Paszek to become Austria's top-ranked women's player.

In July 2013, she won her first WTA singles title in Bad Gastein, defeating Andrea Hlaváčková. This win, along with a successful end to the 2013 season, meant that, at the age of 30, Meusburger's ranking moved into the world's top 50 for the first time in her career.

Ranked 49 in the world, Meusburger reached the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career at the 2014 Australian Open. En route, she defeated Chanelle Scheepers and 33rd seed Bojana Jovanovski. In the third round, she was defeated by second seed Victoria Azarenka.

Logging quarterfinal appearances in Katowice and Marrakech, Meusburger entered the 2014 French Open with confidence, recording a three-set win over French wildcard Amandine Hesse in the first round. She would progress no further; however, as she was eliminated by 2010 finalist Samantha Stosur in their second round encounter.

Meusburger continued her resurgence at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. Having defeated Vania King at the first hurdle, she advanced to the second round but was defeated there by Li Na.

Meusburger returned to defend her title at the 2014 Gastein Ladies and started off well when she defeated qualifier Tereza Smitková in a match lasting nearly three hours. However, she was unable to follow the win up and was beaten in the second round by Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa. It was Meusburger's least successful performance ever in Bad Gastein, as she had reached the quarterfinals or better of the tournament since its debut in 2007.

Meusburger played her last professional match at the 2014 US Open, announcing her retirement following a first-round loss to Karolína Plíšková of the Czech Republic.

In December 2014, Meusburger announced that she would come out of retirement to play one more tournament—the 2015 Australian Open—telling the Austria Press Agency that she wanted to end her career at the tournament because it was the first Grand Slam she contested was the 2006 Australian Open.[2]

Meusburger played her final career-match against 29th seed Australian Casey Dellacqua at the following 2015 Australian Open. She lost 4–6, 0–6.

Playing style

Meusburger is fit and an excellent mover, often outlasting her opponents during matches. She uses her compact groundstrokes to consistently hit flat groundstrokes and positions the ball well. Her weak serve has been a major hindrance throughout her career, especially against top players, whom are able to attack her serve and place her in a defensive position. However, Meusburger is an excellent returner, winning the most points for first-serve returns during the 2013 season; she was also in the top 10 for second-serve returns and return games won. Meusburger has enjoyed her greatest success on clay courts, having reached three WTA finals on this particular surface.

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 29 July 2007 Gastein Ladies, Austria Clay Francesca Schiavone 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 14 July 2013 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Simona Halep 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 1–6
Winner 1. 21 July 2013 Gastein Ladies, Austria Clay Andrea Hlaváčková 7–5, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 26 (15–11)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 16 September 2003 ITF Sunderland, Great Britain Hard (i) Hanna Nooni 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 1. 13 June 2004 ITF Vaduz, Liechtenstein Clay Anastasia Rodionova 6–1, 3–6, 6–7
Winner 2. 30 August 2004 ITF Balashikha, Russia Clay Anastasiya Yakimova 6–3, 6–7, 6–0
Winner 3. 1 November 2004 ITF Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium Hard (i) Selima Sfar 6–4, 6–3
Winner 4. 22 March 2005 ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Kira Nagy 7–5, 5–7, 6–3
Winner 5. 10 April 2005 ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico Hard Shiho Hisamatsu 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 19 March 2006 ITF Orange, United States Hard Alona Bondarenko 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up 3. 17 September 2006 ITF Innsbruck, Austria Clay Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 6–1, 2–6, 2–2 ret.
Runner-up 4. 12 November 2006 ITF Mexico City, Mexico Hard Mathilde Johansson 5–7, 2–6
Winner 6. 13 November 2006 ITF Mexico City, Mexico Clay Carmen Klaschka 6–3, 6–4
Winner 7. 26 November 2006 ITF Puebla, Mexico Hard Maria Abramović 6–4, 6–2
Winner 8. 18 February 2007 ITF Biberach, Germany Hard (i) Martina Pavelec 7-6, 4-6, 7-5
Winner 9. 1 April 2007 ITF Latina, Italy Clay Caroline Wozniacki 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
Runner-up 5. 8 June 2008 ITF Rome, Italy Clay Tathiana Garbin 4-6, 6-4, 6-7
Runner-up 6. 13 July 2008 Zagreb Open, Croatia Clay Petra Martić 2-6, 6-2, 2-6
Winner 10. 9 August 2009 Hechingen Open, Germany Clay Johanna Larsson 5-7, 7-5, 6-2
Winner 11. 16 August 2009 ITF Trnava, Slovakia Clay Sandra Záhlavová 7-6, 7-5
Runner-up 7. 11 April 2009 ITF Mestre, Italy Hard Karolina Šprem 6-2, 2-6, 4-6
Winner 12. 7 August 2011 ITF Trnava, Slovakia Clay Elitsa Kostova 0-6, 6-2, 6-0
Runner-up 8. 17 October 2011 ITF Glasgow, Great Britain Hard Claire Feuerstein 3-6, 1-6
Runner-up 9. 6 November 2011 Ismaning Open, Germany Carpet (i) Anne Keothavong 3-6, 6-1, 2-6
Runner-up 10. 28 May 2012 ITF Grado, Italy Clay Maria Elena Camerin 2-6, 3-6
Runner-up 11. 22 July 2012 ITF Contrexéville, France Clay Aravane Rezaï 3-6, 6-2, 3-6
Winner 13. 13 April 2013 ITF La Marsa, Tunisia Clay Victoria Kan 6-3, 6-4
Winner 14. 5 May 2013 ITF Wiesbaden, Germany Clay Sharon Fichman 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
Winner 15. 2 June 2013 ITF Grado, Italy Clay Katarzyna Piter 6-2, 6-7, 6-3

Doubles: 17 (9–8)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 21 May 2002 ITF Rijeka, Croatia Clay Jenny Zika Gabriela Chmelinová
Dominika Luzarová		 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner 1. 17 August 2003 ITF Oulu, Finland Clay Nicole Melch Kateryna Bondarenko
Irina Kuzmina-Rimša		 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Runner-up 2. 14 October 2003 ITF Jersey, Great Britain Hard Hanna Nooni Sofia Arvidsson
Kaia Kanepi		 3–6, 5–7
Winner 2. 11 September 2006 ITF Innsbruck, Austria Clay Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Hana Birnerová
Zuzana Zálabská		 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 11 November 2006 ITF Mexico City, Mexico Hard Patricia Mayr-Achleitner María José Argeri
Letícia Sobral		 4–6, 2–6
Winner 3. 7 April 2007 Dinan Open, France Clay (i) Angelique Kerber Stéphanie Foretz
Aurélie Védy		 6–4, 6–7(6), 6–2
Runner-up 4. 23 February 2009 ITF Biberach, Germany Hard (i) Kristina Barrois Melanie Klaffner
Sandra Klemenschits		 6–3, 4–6, [15–17]
Winner 4. 13 July 2009 ITF Contrexéville, France Clay Kathrin Wörle-Scheller Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
Pauline Parmentier		 6–2, 6–2
Winner 5. 3 August 2009 Hechingen Open, Germany Clay Jasmin Wöhr Erica Krauth
Hanna Nooni		 6–2, 7–6(1)
Runner-up 5. 19 September 2009 Mestre, Italy Clay Kristina Barrois Romina Oprandi
Sandra Klemenschits		 4–6, 1–6
Winner 6. 27 September 2009 Shrewsbury, Great Britain Hard (i) Kristina Barrois Johanna Larsson
Anna Smith		 3–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Runner-up 6. 8 February 2010 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Nikola Hofmanova Ksenia Milevskaya
Lesia Tsurenko		 4–6, 5–7
Winner 7. 12 June 2010 ITF Marseille, France Clay Johanna Larsson Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
Aurélie Védy		 6–4, 6–2
Winner 8. 29 August 2010 ITF Bronx, United States Hard Kristina Barrois Natalie Grandin
Abigail Spears		 1–6, 6–4, [15–13]
Winner 9. 25 April 2011 ITF Chiasso, Switzerland Clay Kathrin Wörle-Scheller Claire Feuerstein
Anaïs Laurendon		 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 7. 23 October 2011 ITF Glasgow, Great Britain Hard (i) Stephanie Vogt Emma Laine
Kristina Mladenovic		 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 8. 6 November 2011 ITF Ismaning, Germany Hard (i) Kristina Barrois Kiki Bertens
Anne Keothavong		 3–6, 3–6

Singles performance timeline
Tournament20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 1R Q2 Q2 1R 2R A Q3 A 3R 1R 3–5
French Open 1R Q1 1R 1R 1R 2R Q2 Q2 Q3 2R A 2–6
Wimbledon Q2 Q1 2R 1R Q2 1R Q2 Q2 1R 2R A 2–5
US Open Q2 Q1 1R 2R 1R 2R Q1 Q2 1R 1R A 2–6
Win–Loss 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–3 0–3 3–4 0–0 0–0 0–2 4–4 0–1 9–22

Doubles performance timeline
Tournament2007200820132014W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R 0–2
French Open 1R 0–1
Wimbledon 1R 0–1
US Open 1R 1R 0–2
Win–Loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–3 0–6

References
  1. ITF profile
  2. "Yvonne Meusburger: Proper farewell". ESPN. Associated Press. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
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