Judith Wiesner-Floimair

Judith Wiesner-Floimair
Nation:	Austria
Birthday:	March 2, 1966
1st professional season:	1983
Resignation:	1997
Prize money:	$ 1,738,253
singles
Career record:	366: 209
Career title:	5 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking:	12 (January 13 1997)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	109: 100
Career title:	3 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking:	29 (July 3 1989)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Judith Wiesner-Floimair (born March 2, 1966 in Hallein as Judith Pölzl) is a former Austrian tennis player .

life and career

Judith Pölzl married Heinz Wiesner in 1987 and in 2001 she married Roland Floimair (* 1948), who was head of the Salzburg regional press office for many years. Since then she has had the double name Wiesner-Floimair. As Judith Wiesner, she was one of the most successful Austrian tennis players, won the Austrian championships 16 times and was number one in Austria for many years. In her career, she has not lost a single match in the Austrian State League in a decade and a half.

At the international level, she played 66 appearances in the Fed Cup from 1983 to 1997 and won 39, including 28 in singles. Her best place in the WTA rankings was position 12 (January 13, 1997), and she stayed in the top 20 in the world for around ten years. In individual she achieved eight victories in 17 finals (WTA and ITF); four wins in doubles in eleven finals. With 40 appearances in Grand Slam tournaments , she reached the quarter-finals twice ( Wimbledon and US Open ) and the last sixteen seven times.

In her 14 years as a professional she achieved a record of 366 wins and 209 defeats on the WTA Tour . In doubles there were 109 wins out of 100 defeats. The highlight was the semi-finals at the French Open in Paris. In 1990 and 1996 Wiesner took part in the Masters of the best 16 players in the world in New York .

In 1990 she reached the final of Key Biscayne , which she lost to Monica Seles . She also took part in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona and 1996 in Atlanta .

In 1990 Judith Wiesner received the “Virginia Slims most improved player of the year” for the most improved player of the season and in 1991, as well as the “ Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award” for particularly fair and collegial behavior on and off the pitch of the tennis court. From 1991 to 1997 Judith Wiesner was a member of the board of directors of the WTA as a representative elected by the players .

In the course of her career she played five times against Jennifer Capriati , nine times against Mary-Joe Fernandez , eleven times against Steffi Graf , eight times against her long-time double partner Arantxa Sánchez Vicario , nine times against her long-time double partner Nathalie Tauziat and 13 times against her "favorite opponent" Jana Novotná , whom she defeated eight times.

From 1995 to 2001 she was director of the Austrian Fed Cup team and from January 1998 to August 1999 she was also responsible for top sports for the areas of women and women’s youngsters in the ÖTV . From 1999 to 2004 she was the club chairwoman for the Austrian People's Party in the Salzburg municipal council.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 24, 1988	Aix-en-Provence	WTA Tier V	sand	Sylvia Hanika	6: 1, 6: 2
2.	July 16, 1989	Arcachon	WTA Tier V	sand	Barbara Paulus	6: 3, 6: 7 7 , 6: 1
3.	May 24, 1992	Strasbourg	WTA Tier IV	sand	Naoko Sawamatsu	6: 1, 6: 3
4th	August 28, 1994	Schenectady	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Larisa Neiland	7: 5, 3: 6, 6: 4
5.	July 30, 1995	Maria Lankowitz	WTA Tier IV	sand	Ruxandra Dragomir	7: 6, 6: 3

Awards

• 1997: Gold Medal of Merit of the Republic of Austria

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Official Married Names Thread , tennisforum.com
   The Discovery of Slowness. The standard of February 24, 2013,

Web links

• WTA profile of Judith Wiesner-Floimair (English)
• ITF profile of Judith Wiesner-Floimair (English)
• Fed Cup statistics from Judith Wiesner-Floimair (English)