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.
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.The Barbara Schett Official Site She was the team captain of Austria's Fed Cup team for 2001. 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). She is also the tournament ambassador for the Gastein Ladies event.
WTA Tour finals Singles: 12 (5–7) Winner – LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (1–2)Grass (0–0)Clay (4–5)Carpet (0–0) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. May 1988 Strasbourg Clay Sandra Cecchini 3–6, 0–6Win 1. Jul 1988 Aix-en-Provence Clay Sylvia Hanika 6–1, 6–2Win 2. Jul 1989 Arcachon Clay Barbara Paulus 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–1Loss 2. Mar 1990 Key Biscayne Hard Monica Seles 1–6, 2–6Loss 3. Jul 1991 Kitzbühel Clay Conchita Martínez 1–6, 6–2, 3–6Win 3. May 1992 Strasbourg Clay Naoko Sawamatsu 6–1, 6–3Loss 4. May 1993 Strasbourg Clay Naoko Sawamatsu 6–4, 1–6, 3–6Loss 5. Jul 1993 Kitzbühel Clay Anke Huber 4–6, 1–6Loss 6. Jul 1994 Styria Clay Anke Huber 3–6, 3–6Win 4. Aug 1994 Schenectady Hard Larisa Neiland 7–5, 3–6, 6–4Win 5. Jul 1995 Maria Lankowitz Clay Ruxandra Dragomir 7–6(7–4), 6–3Loss 7. Dec 1996 Auckland Hard Marion Maruska 3–6, 1–6
Doubles: 9 (3–6) Winner – LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–0)Grass (0–0)Clay (3–4)Carpet (0–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 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, 2–6Win 2. Aug 1988 Athens Clay Sabrina Goleš Silke Frankl Sabine Hack 7–5, 6–0Loss 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, 6–3Loss 3. Oct 1989 Zürich Carpet (I) Nathalie Tauziat Jana Novotná Helena Suková 3–6, 6–3, 4–6Loss 4. Apr 1991 Barcelona Clay Nathalie Tauziat Martina Navratilova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1–6, 3–6Loss 5. Apr 1992 Barcelona Clay Nathalie Tauziat Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4–6, 1–6Loss 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 ScoreRunner-up 1. 10 August 1986 Kitzbuehl, Austria Clay Petra Huber 6–3, 2–6, 0–6Runner-up 2. 2 August 1987 Kitzbuehl, Austria Clay Petra Huber 3–6, 6–3, 1–6Winner 1. 14 August 1991 Turin, Italy Clay Cecilia Bargagni 6–2, 6–4Winner 2. 20 September 1992 Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic Clay Helena Suková 6–4, 7–5Winner 3. 17 May 1993 Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic Clay Janette Husárová 6–3, 7–5
Doubles (1–1) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up 1. 10 August 1986 Kitzbuhel, Austria Clay Heidi Sprung Justine Brown Louise Pleming 0–6, 0–6Winner 1. 2 August 1987 Kitzbuhel, Austria Clay Heidi Sprung Bettina Diesner Karin Oberleitner 6–3, 6–4
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Career SRAustralian OpenNH3RA4R2RA2R1RA3R1R1R0 / 8French OpenA2R1R1R3R1R3R4R2R1R1R1R0 / 11 WimbledonA2R1R3R4R4R3R2R1R3RQF3R0 / 11US OpenA1R4R1R4R4R2R3R3R1RQFA0 / 10 SR0 / 00 / 40 / 30 / 40 / 40 / 30 / 40 / 40 / 30 / 40 / 40 / 30 / 40Year-end ranking14133333517162521252515NR
Best Grand Slam results details
Australian Open1989 Australian OpenRoundOpponentScore1R Sandrine Jaquet6–3, 6–32R Emmanuelle Derly6–1, 6–23R Ronni Reis6–4, 6–44R Catarina Lindqvist5–7, 2–6
French Open1993 French OpenRoundOpponentScore1R Lindsay Davenport6–3, 6–12R Jennifer Santrock6–1, 6–33R Nathalie Tauziat (13)6–3, 7–6(7–5)4R Conchita Martínez (4)3–6, 3–6
Wimbledon Championships1996 WimbledonRoundOpponentScore1R Karina Habšudová (17)6–0, 7–52R Mercedes Paz (Q)6–2, 6–33R Gigi Fernández6–2, 7–54R Amy Frazier6–4, 6–4QF Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (4)4–6, 0–6
US Open1996 US OpenRoundOpponentScore1R Iva Majoli (5)2–6, 6–3, 6–12R Debbie Graham (Q)6–2, 7–53R Petra Langrová6–2, 6–04R Rita Grande6–0, 6–3QF Steffi Graf (1)5–7, 3–6
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