Judith Wiesner

Judith Wiesner (née Pölzl; born 2 March 1966) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. During her career, she won five top-level singles titles and three tour doubles titles. Her career high rankings were world No. 12 in singles (in 1997), and No. 29 in doubles (in 1989). In 1996, Wiesner was a quarterfinalist at both Wimbledon and the US Open.

Judith Wiesner

Country (sports)	Austria
Residence	Mattsee, Austria
Born	(1966-03-02) 2 March 1966 (age 59) Hallein, Austria
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1983
Retired	1997
Plays	Right-handed (one handed-backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,730,734
Singles
Career record	366–209
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 12 (13 January 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1989)
French Open	4R (1993)
Wimbledon	QF (1996)
US Open	QF (1996)
Olympic Games	2R (Atlanta 1996)
Doubles
Career record	109–100
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 29 (3 July 1989)

Fed Cup

Wiesner played her first match for the Austria Federation Cup team in 1983, and her last match in the Fed Cup in 1997. All together, she played in 14 different years, which is the most played by any player for Austria. She also holds the Austrian Fed Cup records for the most wins, the most singles wins, the most doubles wins jointly with Barbara Schett, and the most ties played.

Post-tennis

Initially, Wiesner turned her hand to golf, achieving a handicap of 2.^[1] She was the team captain of Austria's Fed Cup team for 2001.^[2] She married Roland Floimair in 2001. From 1999 until 2004 she was a member of the Salzburg city council for the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP).^[3] She is also the tournament ambassador for the Gastein Ladies event.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 12 (5–7)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I (0–1) Tier II (0–0) Tier III (1–2) Tier IV (2–3) Tier V (2–1)

Titles by surface Hard (1–2) Grass (0–0) Clay (4–5) Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	May 1988	Strasbourg	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	3–6, 0–6
Win	1.	Jul 1988	Aix-en-Provence	Clay	Sylvia Hanika	6–1, 6–2
Win	2.	Jul 1989	Arcachon	Clay	Barbara Paulus	6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–1
Loss	2.	Mar 1990	Key Biscayne	Hard	Monica Seles	1–6, 2–6
Loss	3.	Jul 1991	Kitzbühel	Clay	Conchita Martínez	1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	3.	May 1992	Strasbourg	Clay	Naoko Sawamatsu	6–1, 6–3
Loss	4.	May 1993	Strasbourg	Clay	Naoko Sawamatsu	6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	Jul 1993	Kitzbühel	Clay	Anke Huber	4–6, 1–6
Loss	6.	Jul 1994	Styria	Clay	Anke Huber	3–6, 3–6
Win	4.	Aug 1994	Schenectady	Hard	Larisa Neiland	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win	5.	Jul 1995	Maria Lankowitz	Clay	Ruxandra Dragomir	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss	7.	Dec 1996	Auckland	Hard	Marion Maruska	3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 9 (3–6)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I (0–0) Tier II (0–0) Tier III (0–4) Tier IV (0–1) Tier V (2–1) Virginia Slims (1–0)

Titles by surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (3–4) Carpet (0–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Oct 1987	Athens	Clay	Andrea Betzner	Kathy Horvath Dinky Van Rensburg	6–4, 7–6(7–0)
Loss	1.	Jul 1988	Hamburg	Clay	Andrea Betzner	Jana Novotná Tine Scheuer-Larsen	4–6, 2–6
Win	2.	Aug 1988	Athens	Clay	Sabrina Goleš	Silke Frankl Sabine Hack	7–5, 6–0
Loss	2.	Apr 1989	Barcelona	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Jana Novotná Tine Scheuer-Larsen	2–6, 6–2, 6–7(3–7)
Win	3.	May 1989	Strasbourg	Clay	Mercedes Paz	Lise Gregory Gretchen Magers	6–3, 6–3
Loss	3.	Oct 1989	Zürich	Carpet (I)	Nathalie Tauziat	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	4.	Apr 1991	Barcelona	Clay	Nathalie Tauziat	Martina Navratilova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	1–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	Apr 1992	Barcelona	Clay	Nathalie Tauziat	Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4–6, 1–6
Loss	6.	Feb 1993	Linz	Carpet (I)	Conchita Martínez	Eugenia Maniokova Leila Meskhi	w/o

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (3–2)

$75,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	10 August 1986	Kitzbuehl, Austria	Clay	Petra Huber	6–3, 2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	2 August 1987	Kitzbuehl, Austria	Clay	Petra Huber	3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Winner	1.	14 August 1991	Turin, Italy	Clay	Cecilia Bargagni	6–2, 6–4
Winner	2.	20 September 1992	Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic	Clay	Helena Suková	6–4, 7–5
Winner	3.	17 May 1993	Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic	Clay	Janette Husárová	6–3, 7–5

Doubles (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	10 August 1986	Kitzbuhel, Austria	Clay	Heidi Sprung	Justine Brown Louise Pleming	0–6, 0–6
Winner	1.	2 August 1987	Kitzbuhel, Austria	Clay	Heidi Sprung	Bettina Diesner Karin Oberleitner	6–3, 6–4

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	Career SR
Australian Open	NH	3R	A	4R	2R	A	2R	1R	A	3R	1R	1R	0 / 8
French Open	A	2R	1R	1R	3R	1R	3R	4R	2R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 11
Wimbledon	A	2R	1R	3R	4R	4R	3R	2R	1R	3R	QF	3R	0 / 11
US Open	A	1R	4R	1R	4R	4R	2R	3R	3R	1R	QF	A	0 / 10
SR	0 / 0	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 40
Year-end ranking	141	33	33	35	17	16	25	21	25	25	15	NR

Best Grand Slam results details

Australian Open 1989 Australian Open Round Opponent Score 1R Sandrine Jaquet 6–3, 6–3 2R Emmanuelle Derly 6–1, 6–2 3R Ronni Reis 6–4, 6–4 4R Catarina Lindqvist 5–7, 2–6

French Open 1993 French Open Round Opponent Score 1R Lindsay Davenport 6–3, 6–1 2R Jennifer Santrock 6–1, 6–3 3R Nathalie Tauziat (13) 6–3, 7–6(7–5) 4R Conchita Martínez (4) 3–6, 3–6

Wimbledon Championships 1996 Wimbledon Round Opponent Score 1R Karina Habšudová (17) 6–0, 7–5 2R Mercedes Paz (Q) 6–2, 6–3 3R Gigi Fernández 6–2, 7–5 4R Amy Frazier 6–4, 6–4 QF Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (4) 4–6, 0–6

US Open 1996 US Open Round Opponent Score 1R Iva Majoli (5) 2–6, 6–3, 6–1 2R Debbie Graham (Q) 6–2, 7–5 3R Petra Langrová 6–2, 6–0 4R Rita Grande 6–0, 6–3 QF Steffi Graf (1) 5–7, 3–6