Andrea Glass
Andrea Glass 
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| Nation: |
 Germany
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| Birthday: | 17th July 1976 | ||||||||||||
| Size: | 168 cm | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 58 kg | ||||||||||||
| 1st professional season: | 1993 | ||||||||||||
| Resignation: | 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Playing hand: | Right | ||||||||||||
| Trainer: | Marcus Schneider | ||||||||||||
| Prize money: | $ 589,087 | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 207: 225 | ||||||||||||
| Career title: | 0 WTA , 0 ITF | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 53 (February 1, 1999) | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 48:75 | ||||||||||||
| Career title: | 0 WTA, 3 ITF | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 85 (November 20, 2000) | ||||||||||||
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| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | |||||||||||||
Andrea Glass (born July 17, 1976 in Darmstadt ) is a former German tennis player .
Career
Andrea Glass was a successful tennis player even as a teenager. In 1997 she became German champion in singles and also in doubles with her partner Barbara Rittner . Her most successful Grand Slam tournament was the Australian Open in 1999, when she lost to Anna Kurnikowa in three sets in the round of 32 . After this tournament she reached her best position in the world rankings with place 53 . One of her greatest successes in singles is the three-set win over Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the second round at Hilton Head in 1998. Sánchez Vicario was number 5 in the world rankings at that time. In this tournament, Glass failed only in the quarterfinals against the later tournament winner Amanda Coetzer .
In doubles she was able to reach the semi-finals four times in tournaments on the WTA Tour .
From 1998 to 2001 Andrea Glass played for Germany in the Fed Cup . Your personal record is 3: 6 wins in singles and 0: 3 in doubles. Her greatest success in the Fed Cup was the promotion game against Japan in 1999 in Hamburg. She won both singles and Germany was first class again. In 1998, in a match against Spain, she defeated the top ten player Conchita Martínez in three sets.
She played her last professional match in 2003 in the doubles competition at the Australian Open. Constant injuries and Pfeiffer's glandular fever forced her to retire from professional sports.
Private
Andrea Glass is married to the former Argentinian tennis professional and current coach Sebastian Weisz. She runs a tennis school in Neu-Isenburg.
Web links
- WTA profile Andrea Glass (English)
- ITF profile of Andrea Glass (English)
- Fed Cup stats by Andrea Glass (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ You have to fight
- ↑ Interview with tennis magazin We asked Andrea Glass - "I work on the ground"
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| SURNAME | Glass, Andrea |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th July 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt , Germany |