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Wiltrud Probst

Country (sports)	Germany  West Germany
Born	(1969-05-29) 29 May 1969 (age 55) Nuremberg, West Germany
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	1985
Retired	1999
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$824,173
Singles
Career record	249–228
Career titles	2 WTA
Highest ranking	No. 31 (4 February 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1987, 1991, 1993–95, 1997)
French Open	4R (1990)
Wimbledon	3R (1991)
US Open	2R (1990, 1997)
Doubles
Career record	133–167
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 32 (8 January 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1995)
French Open	3R (1990, 91, 1994, 1998)
Wimbledon	3R (1996)
US Open	2R (1990, 91, 1997)

Wiltrud Probst (born 29 May 1969) is a former tennis player from Germany.

She was ranked world No. 31 on 4 February 1991. Probst won in singles two titles on the WTA Tour. In 1990, she won the tournament in the New Zealand capital Wellington by a final victory over Leila Meskhi. In 1992, she won the final of the Belgian Open against compatriot Meike Babel. Her most successful Grand Slam tournament she played in 1990, when she reached the knockout stages at the French Open, in which she defeated world No. 10, Conchita Martínez. Probst retired from tour 1999.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 2 (titles)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 1990	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Leila Meskhi	1–6, 6–4, 6–0
Win	2–0	May 1992	Waregem, Belgium	Clay	Meike Babel	6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 7 (runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 1986	Athens, Greece	Clay	Silke Meier	Isabel Cueto Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 1990	Schenectady, New York, US	Hard	Linda Ferrando	Alysia May Nana Miyagi	4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Jul 1992	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Amanda Coetzer	Florencia Labat Alexia Dechaume	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–4	Oct 1993	Essen, Germany	Hard	Christina Singer	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–5	Apr 1995	Houston, Texas, US	Clay	Rene Simpson	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–6	Jul 1995	Maria Lankowitz, Austria	Clay	Alexandra Fusai	Silvia Farina Andrea Temesvári	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–7	Aug 1997	Maria Lankowitz, Austria	Clay	Radka Bobková	Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová	2–6, 2–6

ITF finals

Singles (0–5)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	7 April 1986	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Gisele Miró	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	2.	21 April 1986	Taranto, Italy	Clay	Patricia Tarabini	2–6, 1–6
Loss	3.	13 July 1987	Erlangen, West Germany	Clay	Julie Halard-Decugis	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	4.	16 July 1989	Erlangen, West Germany	Clay	Elena Pampoulova	1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	5.	14 October 1996	Cardiff, United Kingdom	Hard	Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	1–6, 5–7

Doubles (1–4)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	28 October 1985	Peterborough, United Kingdom	Hard	Claudia Porwik	Regina Rajchrtová Jana Novotná	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	11 November 1985	Queens, United Kingdom	Hard	Claudia Porwik	Christina Singer-Bath Petra Tesarová	7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	31 March 1986	Bari, Italy	Clay	Belinda Borneo	Nanette Schutte Marianne van der Torre	6–4, 6–7, 3–6
Loss	4.	7 April 1986	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Marianne van der Torre	Bettina Fulco Gisele Miro	3–6, 3–6
Win	5.	10 July 1989	Erlangen, West Germany	Clay	Andrea Betzner	Ingelise Driehuis Jennifer Fuchs	6–2, 6–3

External links

• Wiltrud Probst at the Women's Tennis Association
• Wiltrud Probst at the International Tennis Federation
• Wiltrud Probst at the Billie Jean King Cup

• 1969 births
• Living people
• German female tennis players
• Tennis players from Nuremberg
• West German female tennis players