Karin Kschwendt

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Karin Kschwendt Tennis player
Nation: LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg Germany Austria
GermanyGermany 
AustriaAustria 
Birthday: September 14, 1968
Playing hand: Right, two-handed forehand
Prize money: $ 674,599
singles
Career record: 244: 221
Career title: 0 WTA , 2 ITF
Highest ranking: 37 (August 12 1996)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 3R (1996)
French Open 3R (1994)
Wimbledon 3R (1990)
US Open 2R (1990, 1995, 1996)
Double
Career record: 158: 181
Career title: 6 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking: 45 (February 19 1996)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open AF (1996)
French Open 2R (1991-1993)
Wimbledon 2R (1993, 1998)
US Open AF (1993, 1998)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Karin Kschwendt (born September 14, 1968 in Sorengo , Switzerland ) is a former tennis player who competed for Germany , Austria and Luxembourg .

life and career

In 1970, Kschwendt moved with her Austrian father, who was a nuclear physicist , and her German mother from Ticino to Luxembourg, where she grew up. The move into the third round of the Grand Slam tournament of Wimbledon scored Kschwendt 1990 her first big success. In the same year she reached the second round at the US Open . In 1992 she won the double competition at the WTA tournament in Prague together with Petra Schwarz from Austria . At the $ 100,000 WTA tournament in Auckland , she reached the semi-finals in 1993, but then failed to Caroline Kuhlman . In 1994 at the French Open and 1996 at the Australian Open , she was once again in the third round.

Kschwendt was German champion in women's singles in 1991 and 1993.

On February 19, 1996, she achieved her best rating in the double world rankings with 45th place and six months later, on August 12th, 1996, with 37th position, her best single ranking.

In total, Kschwendt earned prize money of 674,599 US dollars in her professional career. For the Luxembourg Fed Cup team between 1986 and 1997 she won 16 in 31 games.

After studying at the FH Wiener Neustadt , Kschwendt, who has lived in Vienna since the end of her tennis career, became HR manager at T-Mobile Austria in 2016 . Since 2018 she has headed the Human Resources and Technical Support department at the Federal Computing Center .

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Balance sheet Career
Australian Open 1 1 3 - 2 1 1 3 1 5: 8 3
French Open - - - 2 1 3 1 1 - 3: 5 3
Wimbledon - 3 1 1 1 - 1 2 - 3: 6 3
US Open - 2 1 - 1 1 2 2 - 3: 6 2

Double

competition 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Balance sheet Career
Australian Open 2 1 - 1 1 1 AF 1 1 1 - 3: 9 AF
French Open - 2 2 2 1 2 1 - 1 - 1 4: 8 2
Wimbledon - 1 1 2 1 1 1 - 2 - - 2: 7 2
US Open 1 2 1 AF 1 2 1 - AF - - 6: 8 AF

Publications

  • Karin Kschwendt: Career histories of former tennis professionals: theories, studies and current interviews . VDM Publishing, Saarbrücken 2008, ISBN 978-3-639-02482-1 , p. 184 . (also diploma thesis at the FH Wiener Neustadt 2005)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manuel Wachta: What became of ... Karin Kschwendt? In: www.tennisfabrik.at. Retrieved May 1, 2014 .
  2. ↑ a b Sigi Lützow: Karin Kschwendt, who looked outside the box. The standard of March 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ Results without national leagues. Sport picture from February 10, 1993, p. 61.
  4. ^ German Tennis Federation : German Tennis Championships: Winner list women. German Tennis Federation , accessed on February 18, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Ex-tennis professional Karin Kschwendt changes to the telecom industry monitor.at from July 27, 2016.
  6. ↑ Karin Kschwendt is the new Head of Human Resources & Technical Support. GT from June 1, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Kschwendt, Karin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Austrian-Luxembourg tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Sorengo , Switzerland