Silke Meier (tennis player)

Silke Meier
Nation:	Germany
Birthday:	July 13, 1968
1st professional season:	1985
Resignation:	2000
Prize money:	$ 503,262
singles
Career record:	190: 214
Career title:	0 WTA , 3 ITF
Highest ranking:	40 (October 26 1987)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	94: 133
Career title:	1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking:	85 (December 9 1996)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Silke Meier (born July 13, 1968 in Kaiserslautern ) is a former German tennis player .

Career

The daughter of the former Bundesliga soccer player Reinhard Meier began her career in the SV Alsenborn tennis club.

In the WTA world rankings in October 1987 she was ranked 40th in singles. Her greatest success was winning the title at the WTA tournament in Oslo in doubles with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch in 1991 . It was her only title win on the WTA Tour ; there were also three singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit .

Meier also played for the German team that won the Fed Cup for Germany for the first time in 1987 .

After her professional career, Silke Meier became an honorary coach in the youth field at the German Tennis Association .

Tournament victories

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	February 10, 1991	Oslo	Tier V	Carpet (hall)	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Sabine Appelman's Raffaella Reggi	3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4

Web links

• WTA profile of Silke Meier (English)
• ITF profile of Silke Meier (English)
• Fed Cup statistics from Silke Meier (English)