Wiltrud Probst
{{Short description|German tennis player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Wiltrud Probst
| image =
| country = {{GER}}
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| residence =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|05|29}}
| birth_place = Nuremberg, West Germany
| height = {{height|m=1.70}}
| turnedpro = 1985
| retired = 1999
| plays = Right-handed
| careerprizemoney = US$824,173
| singlesrecord = 249–228
| singlestitles = 2 WTA
| highestsinglesranking = No. 31 (4 February 1991)
| AustralianOpenresult = 2R (1987, 1991, 1993–95, 1997)
| FrenchOpenresult = 4R (1990)
| Wimbledonresult = 3R (1991)
| USOpenresult = 2R (1990, 1997)
| doublesrecord = 133–167
| doublestitles = 0 WTA, 1 ITF
| highestdoublesranking = No. 32 (8 January 1996)
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 3R (1995)
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 3R (1990, 91, 1994, 1998)
| WimbledonDoublesresult = 3R (1996)
| USOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1990, 91, 1997)
}}
Wiltrud Probst (born 29 May 1969) is a former tennis player from Germany.
She was ranked world No. 31 on 4 February 1991. Probst won in singles two titles on the WTA Tour. In 1990, she won the tournament in the New Zealand capital Wellington by a final victory over Leila Meskhi. In 1992, she won the final of the Belgian Open against compatriot Meike Babel. Her most successful Grand Slam tournament she played in 1990, when she reached the knockout stages at the French Open, in which she defeated world No. 10, Conchita Martínez. Probst retired from tour 1999.
WTA Tour finals
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|style="text-align:left;"|Tier I | 0–0 | 0–0 |
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|style="text-align:left;"|Tier II | 0–0 | 0–0 |
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|style="text-align:left;"|Tier III | 0–0 | 0–2 |
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|style="text-align:left;"|Tier IV | 2–0 | 1–0 |
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style="text-align:left;"|Hard | 1–0 | 0–0 |
style="text-align:left;"|Clay | 1–0 | 0–5 |
style="text-align:left;"|Grass | 0–0 | 0–0 |
style="text-align:left;"|Carpet | 0–0 | 0–1 |
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=Singles: 2 (titles)=
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|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |1–0 | Feb 1990 | Wellington, New Zealand | Hard | {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} Leila Meskhi | 1–6, 6–4, 6–0 |
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|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |2–0 | May 1992 | Waregem, Belgium | Clay | {{flagicon|GER}} Meike Babel | 6–2, 6–3 |
=Doubles: 7 (runner-ups)=
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!style="width:40px"|Result !style="width:35px" class="unsortable"|W/L !style="width:60px"|Date !style="width:170px"|Tournament !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:180px"|Partner !style="width:180px"|Opponents !style="width:110px" class="unsortable"|Score |
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| 0–1 | Sep 1986 | Athens, Greece | Clay | {{flagicon|FRG}} Silke Meier | {{flagicon|FRG}} Isabel Cueto | 6–4, 2–6, 4–6 |
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| 0–2 | Aug 1990 | Schenectady, New York, US | Hard | {{flagicon|ITA}} Linda Ferrando | {{flagicon|USA}} Alysia May | 4–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 0–3 | Jul 1992 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | {{nowrap|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Amanda Coetzer}} | {{flagicon|ARG}} Florencia Labat | 3–6, 3–6 |
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| 0–4 | Oct 1993 | Essen, Germany | Hard | {{flagicon|GER}} Christina Singer | {{flagicon|ESP}} Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 2–6, 2–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 0–5 | Apr 1995 | Houston, Texas, US | Clay | {{flagicon|CAN}} Rene Simpson | {{flagicon|USA}} Nicole Arendt | 4–6, 2–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 0–6 | Jul 1995 | Maria Lankowitz, Austria | Clay | {{flagicon|FRA}} Alexandra Fusai | {{flagicon|ITA}} Silvia Farina | 2–6, 2–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 0–7 | Aug 1997 | Maria Lankowitz, Austria | Clay | {{flagicon|CZE}} Radka Bobková | {{flagicon|CZE}} Eva Melicharová | 2–6, 2–6 |
ITF finals
=Singles (0–5)=
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|$50,000 tournaments |
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|$25,000 tournaments |
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|$10,000 tournaments |
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Result
!No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Opponent !Score |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 7 April 1986 | Caserta, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|BRA}} Gisele Miró | 3–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | 21 April 1986 | Taranto, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|ARG}} Patricia Tarabini | 2–6, 1–6 |
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| 3. | 13 July 1987 | Erlangen, West Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|FRA}} Julie Halard-Decugis | 6–4, 4–6, 2–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 4. | 16 July 1989 | Erlangen, West Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Elena Pampoulova | 1–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 5. | {{dts|format=dmy|1996|10|14}} | Cardiff, United Kingdom | Hard | {{flagicon|FRA}} Anne-Gaëlle Sidot | 1–6, 5–7 |
=Doubles (1–4)=
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Result
!No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !Score |
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| 1. | 28 October 1985 | Peterborough, United Kingdom | Hard | {{flagicon|FRG}} Claudia Porwik | {{flagicon|TCH}} Regina Rajchrtová | 7–5, 3–6, 4–6 |
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| 2. | 11 November 1985 | Queens, United Kingdom | Hard | {{flagicon|FRG}} Claudia Porwik | {{flagicon|FRG}} Christina Singer-Bath | 7–5, 4–6, 3–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 3. | 31 March 1986 | Bari, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|GBR}} Belinda Borneo | {{flagicon|NED}} Nanette Schutte | 6–4, 6–7, 3–6 |
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| 4. | 7 April 1986 | Caserta, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|NED}} Marianne van der Torre | {{flagicon|ARG}} Bettina Fulco | 3–6, 3–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 5. | 10 July 1989 | Erlangen, West Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|FRG}} Andrea Betzner | {{Flagicon|NED}} Ingelise Driehuis | 6–2, 6–3 |
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Category:German female tennis players