Mona Barthel

Mona Barthel
Mona Barthel 2015 in Rome
Nation:	Germany
Birthday:	July 11, 1990
Size:	185 cm
Weight:	69 kg
1st professional season:	2008
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Christopher Kas
Prize money:	$ 3,713,394
singles
Career record:	368: 271
Career title:	4 WTA , 5 ITF
Highest ranking:	23 (March 18, 2013)
Current placement:	106
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	72:94
Career title:	3 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking:	63 (September 14, 2015)
Current placement:	172
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: November 4th, 2019
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Mona Barthel (born July 11, 1990 in Bad Segeberg ) is a German tennis player . So far she has won four singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour .

Career

Barthel started playing tennis at the age of three. Your preferred surface is the hard court. After graduating from the Klaus-Groth-Schule in Neumünster in 2009 , she started a professional career in September of the same year. During her school days she reached 498th place in the WTA ranking. In the tennis Bundesliga she plays for the TC Blau-Weiss Bocholt , with whom she became German team champion in 2012. Mona Barthel grew up in Neumünster and lives there.

2009 to 2011: First successes on the ITF Tour

Her biggest success in 2009 was her entry into the semifinals of the US $ 75,000 ITF tournament in Shrewsbury, UK . As a qualifier, she defeated the first Czech Lucie Hradecká (WTA 60) in the main field .

In the 2010 season, Barthel won three ITF titles. In January she won the tournament in Wrexham, UK, by beating Anne Kremer (LUX) in the final . She achieved the greatest success of her career up to then with the two tournament victories in Torhout, Belgium . In the individual, she started as a qualifier against the Canadian Rebecca Marino . In doubles she and Justine Ozga defeated the Czech-Russian pairing Hana Birnerová and Jekaterina Bytschkowa .

At the French Open 2011 , after surviving the qualification, she made it into the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time . In the first round she defeated Sybille Bammer 6: 1, 7: 5. Only a week later she made it to the semi-finals of the WTA tournament in Copenhagen , where she was defeated by world number one Caroline Wozniacki with 1: 6, 2: 6.

2012: First WTA title

At the beginning of 2012, Barthel won the Moorilla International in Hobart , a preparatory tournament for the Australian Open . As a qualifier, she played herself with victories a. a. via Anabel Medina Garrigues (WTA 27, seeded number 2), Jarmila Gajdošová (WTA 33) and Angelique Kerber (WTA 32) to the final, where they clearly beat the top seed Yanina Wickmayer (WTA 26) 6: 1, 6 : 2 prevailed and won their first WTA tournament. At the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami , Barthel was able to defeat a top 20 player for the first time in Jelena Janković (WTA 15), the former world number one (6: 0, 6: 3). In Stuttgart , equipped with a wildcard, she made it to the quarter-finals. She defeated both Ana Ivanović (WTA 15), another former number 1, and Marion Bartoli (WTA 7) in two sets. With Bartoli, Barthel also beat the first top ten player. In the quarter-finals she had to admit defeat 4: 6, 7: 6, ³ , 5: 7 to the world number one Wiktoryja Asaranka . After the Australian Open, Doha and Indian Wells , it was the fourth defeat against Asaranka this year. At the WTA tournament in Madrid, Barthel lost in round two to Caroline Wozniacki 4: 6, 6: 7 ² , after she had defeated Julia Görges in the first round . At the tournament in Strasbourg , she was eliminated in the first round.

At the French Open 2012 Barthel was seeded for the first time in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. But she lost in the first round against 18-year-old qualifier Lauren Davis with 1: 6 and 1: 6. In Båstad she reached the semi-finals with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Sofia Arvidsson , where she had to admit defeat to Polona Hercog with 1: 6 and 3: 6.

The day before (July 19), the ITF confirmed Barthel's nomination for the individual competition at the Olympic Games . The day before, the injured Andrea Petković was canceled . Barthel lost her opening match against Urszula Radwańska from Poland 4: 6 and 3: 6.

On November 9th, Mona Barthel was given the bronze sports plaque of the city of Neumünster retroactively for 2011 by the city's mayor.

Since 2013

At the beginning of 2013, Barthel was again in the Hobart final . The defending champion was defeated by Jelena Wesnina 3: 6, 4: 6. At the Australian Open 2013 Barthel was eliminated in the first round against Xenia Perwak with 5: 7, 6: 2, 4: 6. Barthel celebrated the greatest success of her career to date in Paris at the beginning of February , where she was in the final after victories over Roberta Vinci , Marion Bartoli and Kristina Mladenovic . She also defeated the top seed Sara Errani 7: 5, 7: 6 ⁴ and secured her first premier title on the WTA Tour.

In the match between Germany and Serbia, Barthel made her Fed Cup debut for the German team on April 20 and 21, under the direction of Barbara Rittner . She lost her first match against Ana Ivanović 6: 7, ⁵ , 6: 2 and 2: 6, and won her second match against Bojana Jovanovski 6: 1, 3: 6 and 6: 3. Overall, Germany won 3-2 and rose to World Group I. On November 18, Mona Barthel was presented with the silver sports badge of the city of Neumünster retrospectively for 2012 by Mayor Olaf Tauras .

At the Australian Open and the French Open , Barthel reached the third round in 2014. In July she won the WTA title in Båstad . In preparation for the new 2015 season, she tore a ligament in early December.

Despite the injury from December, she got well in time for the new 2015 season, but was eliminated in the first two tournaments, Auckland and Hobart , in the first round. At the Australian Open it reached the second round. At the tournament in Båstad she reached the final again, but lost it against Johanna Larsson 3: 6 and 6: 7 ² . At the end of the season she was in both the singles and doubles finals in Luxembourg . She lost the singles final to Misaki Doi 4: 6, 7: 6, ⁷ and 0: 6, but won that in doubles alongside Laura Siegemund against the pairing Anabel Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra Santonja 6: 2 and 7: 6 ² .

At her start of the 2016 season, which she had in Auckland , she had to give up the game in the second set against Svetlana Kuznetsova . There was another setback at the subsequent tournament in Hobart when she was unable to play her quarterfinal match against Alizé Cornet due to back problems . The Australian Open did not go any better , here she was eliminated in the first round against Vania King 6: 3, 5: 7 and 4: 6. Because of illness, Barthel stayed out for a few weeks, but played the remaining Grand Slam tournaments, where she failed twice in the first and once in the second round.

The 2017 season started successfully for Barthel. At the Australian Open , she reached the round of 16 of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career, in which she was defeated by Venus Williams . As a qualifier, Mona Barthel won her fourth title on the WTA Tour in May 2017 at the WTA tournament in Prague , by beating the Czech Kristýna Plíšková in the final .

Awards

Mona Barthel ended up in second place behind Kirsten Bruhn in the election of the 2014 Sportsman of the Year for the city of Neumünster and was subsequently honored by the city with a certificate, a cup and a medal in February 2015.

successes

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 24, 2010	Wrexham	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Anne Kremer	6: 1, 6: 1
2.	April 10, 2010	Torhout	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Rebecca Marino	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
3.	January 23, 2011	Andrézieux-Bouthéon	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Stephanie Vogt	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 4
4th	September 12, 2011	Mestre	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco	7: 5, 6: 2
5.	September 18, 2011	Shrewsbury	ITF $ 75,000	Hard court	Heather Watson	6: 0, 6: 3
6th	January 14, 2012	Hobart	WTA International	Hard court	Yanina Wickmayer	6: 1, 6: 2
7th	3rd February 2013	Paris	WTA Premier	Hard court (hall)	Sara Errani	7: 5, 7: 6 4
8th.	20th July 2014	Båstad	WTA International	sand	Chanelle Scheepers	6: 3, 7: 6 3
9.	May 6, 2017	Prague	WTA International	sand	Kristýna Plíšková	2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2

Final participation

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Tournament winner	Result
1.	July 19, 2008	Frinton-on-Sea	ITF $ 10,000	race	Tara Moore	5: 7, 1: 6
2.	July 26, 2008	Gausdal	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Svenja Weidemann	2: 6, 3: 6
3.	Feb 6, 2011	Sutton	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Kristina Mladenovic	3: 6, 6: 1, 2: 6
4th	Aug 7, 2011	Bronx	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Andrea Hlaváčková	6: 7 8 , 3: 6
5.	January 12, 2013	Hobart	WTA International	Hard court	Jelena Wesnina	3: 6, 4: 6
6th	19th July 2015	Båstad	WTA International	sand	Johanna Larsson	3: 6, 6: 7 2
7th	October 24, 2015	Luxembourg	WTA International	Hard court (hall)	Misaki Doi	4: 6, 7: 6 7 , 0: 6
8th.	September 9, 2018	Chicago	WTA Challenger	Hard court	Petra Martić	4: 6, 1: 6

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	April 10, 2010	Torhout	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Justine Ozga	Hana Birnerová Ekaterina Bychkowa	7: 5, 6: 2
2.	April 28, 2013	Stuttgart	WTA Premier	Sand (hall)	Sabine Lisicki	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza	6: 4, 7: 5
3.	October 24, 2015	Luxembourg	WTA International	Hard court (hall)	Laura Siegemund	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	6: 2, 7: 6 2
4th	September 8, 2018	Chicago	WTA Challenger	Hard court	Kristýna Plíšková	Asia Muhammad Maria Sanchez	6: 3, 6: 2
5.	April 28, 2019	Stuttgart (2)	WTA Premier	Sand (hall)	Anna-Lena Friedsam	Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová	2: 6, 6: 3, [10: 6]

Final participation

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Winners	Result
1.	July 26, 2008	Gausdal	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Svenja Weidemann	Tegan Edwards Marcella Koek	6: 1, 4: 6, [8:10]
2.	February 28, 2010	Biberach	ITF $ 50,000 + H	Carpet (hall)	Carmen Klaschka	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Selima Sfar	7: 5, 1: 6, [5:10]
3.	20th September 2014	Seoul	WTA International	Hard court	Mandy Minella	Lara Arruabarrena Vecino Irina-Camelia Begu	3: 6, 3: 6

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

indicated is the lap reached

singles

competition	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Career
Australian Open	-	3	1	3	2	1	AF	2	1	Q1	AF
French Open	2	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1		3
Wimbledon	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1		2
US Open	2	1	2	2	3	1	1	1	-		3

Double

competition	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Career
Australian Open	-	1	1	1	2	1	-	2	1	-	2
French Open	-	1	2	1	-	-	1	-	-		2
Wimbledon	-	1	1	1	AF	1	2	-	1		AF
US Open	-	2	2	1	2	1	2	-	-		2

Web links

Commons : Mona Barthel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Mona Barthel (English)
• ITF profile of Mona Barthel (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Mona Barthel (English)
• Mona Barthel in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Barthel is surprisingly eliminated. In: The world . May 28, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Late honor for Mona Barthel. In: Holsteinischer Courier . November 9, 2012, accessed April 2, 2017 . 
3. ↑ "The whole city trembles too". In: Holsteinischer Courier. November 19, 2013, accessed April 2, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Barthel celebrates in Bastad - Karlovic 39 aces are not enough. In: Kicker . July 21, 2014, accessed April 2, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Torn ligament - Australian Open start extremely questionable. In: tennisnet.com. Retrieved December 4, 2014 . 
6. ↑ The Path of Sorrows of Mona Barthel. In: ln-online. April 15, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Prague: Mona Barthel wins fourth title on the WTA tour . Eurosport , May 6, 2017, accessed May 13, 2017.
8. ↑ Stopover at home. In: Holsteinischer Courier. February 3, 2015, accessed April 2, 2017 .