Anke Huber
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Born | Bruchsal, West Germany |
4 December 1974
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Turned pro | 1989 |
Retired | 31 October 2001 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 4,768,292 |
Singles | |
Career record | 447–225 |
Career titles | 12 |
Highest ranking | No. 4 (14 October 1996) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | F (1996) |
French Open | SF (1993) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1991, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2001) |
US Open | QF (1999, 2000) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | QF (1992) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 130–129 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 30 (10 July 2000) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (1996, 1997, 1998) |
French Open | SF (1992) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1992, 2000) |
US Open | QF (2000) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | W (1992) |
Hopman Cup | W (1995 with Boris Becker) |
Last updated on: 19 February 2009. |
Anke Huber (born 4 December 1974) is a German retired professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open. Her career-high singles ranking was World No. 4, also in 1996.
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Early life
Huber was born in Bruchsal, Baden-Württemberg. She started playing tennis at the age of seven, after being introduced to the game by her father, Edgar. In junior competition, she won the under-12 German Championships in 1986, the under-14s in 1987, the under-16s in 1988, and the European Championships in 1989. She was also a semifinalist at Wimbledon's junior tournament in 1990.
Career
Huber made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the 1990 Australian Open, a year before she graduated from high school. After defeating Maider Leval and Elise Burgin, she was defeated in the third round by 13th-seeded Raffaella Reggi. In August 1990, she defeated Marianne Werdel Witmeyer to win the Schenectady tournament, a warm-up for the US Open. Jennifer Capriati then defeated Huber in the first round of that tournament 7–5, 7–5. Huber was the runner-up in her next event, losing in Bayonne to Nathalie Tauziat in straight sets. She finished 1990 ranked World No. 34.
Huber became Germany's top female tennis player upon Steffi Graf's retirement in 1999. Only two years later, however, it was Huber's turn to hang up her racquet. She cited a persistent ankle injury and the desire for a "normal life" as the reasons for her retirement. She originally planned to quit after the 2002 Australian Open, her favorite tournament, but changed her mind when she unexpectedly qualified for the year-ending Sanex Championships in Germany. "I thought there's nothing better than to celebrate saying goodbye in front of the home fans in your own country," said Huber. Huber's final match took place on 31 October 2001, against Justine Henin, in which she lost 6–1, 6–2.
During her twelve-year professional career, Huber reached 23 singles finals (winning twelve of them), 29 singles semifinals, and 50 singles quarterfinals. Her career record in singles was 447–225, and she amassed US$4,768,292 in career prize money.
Huber represented her country at three levels: the Olympic Games in 1992 in Barcelona and in 1996 in Atlanta; the Fed Cup from 1990 through 1998 and in 2000 and 2001, helping Germany to victory in 1992 by beating Spain's Conchita Martínez in the final; and the Hopman Cup, which she won with Boris Becker in 1995.
Although she did not win a Grand Slam title, Huber felt proud of her accomplishments, especially because she had to walk in Graf's footsteps. "I recognised pretty early on that I would never have her success, but I was still always measured against her," she says. "So, whenever I got into the quarterfinals or the semis of a Grand Slam tournament, it counted for nothing. Sometimes it was good to have her, because she drew the attention away from me," Huber continued. "On the other side, there was always the pressure to be the second Steffi Graf."
In 2002, Huber accepted a role with the German Tennis Federation and became the co-tournament director for the annual Porsche Tennis Grand Prix WTA tournament in Filderstadt, Germany.
Personal life
In April 2005, Huber gave birth to her first child, a boy (Moritz Luca), to her partner Roger Wittmann. A second, a girl (Laura Sophie), followed in October 2006.[1][2]
Major finals
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner–up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1996 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 1–6 |
Year-End Championships finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner–up)
Outcome | Year | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1995 | New York City | Carpet (I) | ![]() |
1–6, 6–2, 1–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 23 (12–11)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 20 August 1990 | Schenectady | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 5–7, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1. | 24 September 1990 | Bayonne | Hard (I) | ![]() |
3–6, 6–7(8–10) |
Winner | 2. | 14 October 1991 | Filderstadt | Carpet (I) | ![]() |
2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4) |
Runner-up | 2. | 11 January 1993 | Sydney | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 3. | 12 July 1993 | Kitzbühel | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 3. | 18 October 1993 | Brighton | Carpet (I) | ![]() |
2–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 4. | 25 July 1994 | Styria | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 5. | 10 October 1994 | Filderstadt | Hard (I) | ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 6. | 7 November 1994 | Philadelphia | Carpet (I) | ![]() |
6–0, 6–7(4–7), 7–5 |
Winner | 7. | 25 September 1995 | Leipzig | Carpet (I) | ![]() |
w/o |
Runner-up | 4. | 13 November 1995 | WTA Tour Championships | Carpet (I) | ![]() |
1–6, 6–2, 1–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 15 January 1996 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 8. | 17 June 1996 | 's-Hertogenbosch | Grass | ![]() |
6–4, 7–6(7–2) |
Runner-up | 6. | 12 August 1996 | Los Angeles | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 9. | 30 September 1996 | Leipzig | Carpet (I) | ![]() |
5–7, 6–3, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 7. | 7 October 1996 | Filderstadt | Hard (I) | ![]() |
2–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Winner | 10. | 21 October 1996 | Luxembourg | Carpet (I) | ![]() |
6–3, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 8. | 10 February 1997 | Paris | Carpet (I) | ![]() |
3–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 11 August 1997 | Toronto | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 11. | 10 April 2000 | Estoril | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 1–6, 7–5 |
Winner | 12. | 17 July 2000 | Sopot | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
Runner-up | 10. | 5 February 2001 | Paris | Carpet (I) | ![]() |
6–7(2–7), 1–6 |
Runner-up | 11. | 21 May 2001 | Strasbourg | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 6–0, 4–6 |
Doubles: 4 (1–3)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 18 October 1993 | Brighton | Carpet (I) | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–1, 4–6 |
Winner | 1. | 28 April 1997 | Hamburg | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 7–6(1), 6–2 |
Runner-up | 2. | 11 January 1999 | Sydney | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–2, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 18 October 1999 | Moscow | Carpet (I) | ![]() |
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1–6, 0–6 |
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Tournament | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | Career SR |
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Australian Open | A | 3R | QF | QF | 4R | 3R | 4R | F | 4R | SF | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 11 |
French Open | A | A | 3R | 2R | SF | 4R | 4R | 4R | 1R | A | A | 4R | 2R | 0 / 9 |
Wimbledon | A | 2R | 4R | 3R | 4R | 2R | 4R | 3R | 3R | A | 1R | 4R | 4R | 0 / 11 |
US Open | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 4R | 1R | 3R | 1R | QF | QF | 3R | 0 / 12 |
SR | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 43 |
Career Statistics | ||||||||||||||
Year End Ranking | 203 | 37 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 18 |
Head-to-head record against other players in the top 10
Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.
- Martina Hingis 1-12
- Lindsay Davenport 2-10
- Dominique Monami 2-1
- Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 2-12
- Venus Williams 1-3
- Steffi Graf 0-10
- Kim Clijsters 1-2
- Justine Henin 0-3
- Amélie Mauresmo 2-3
- Nadia Petrova 1-0
- Monica Seles 0-9
- Martina Navratilova 2-1
- Conchita Martinez 6-2
- Jennifer Capriati 1-7
- Amanda Coetzer 4-3
- Anna Kournikova 3-3
- Mary Joe Fernandez 3-4
- Kimiko Date 1-2
- Nathalie Tauziat 4-8
- Jana Novotna 4-8
- Irina Spirlea 7-1
- Gabriela Sabatini 3-4
- Mary Pierce 5-6
- Helena Sukova 2-0
- Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere 2-0
See also
References
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- Living people
- People from Bruchsal
- German female tennis players
- Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic tennis players of Germany
- Hopman Cup competitors