Marianne Werdel

Marianne Werdel

Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1967-10-17) October 17, 1967 Los Angeles, California
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Turned pro	1986
Plays	Right-handed (double handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,044,641
Singles
Career record	237–227
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 21 (October 9, 1995)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	SF (1995)
French Open	2R (1989, 1994)
Wimbledon	3R (1991, 1993)
US Open	2R (1985, 1986, 1994, 1995)
Doubles
Career record	179–202
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 45 (May 25, 1992)

Marianne Werdel (born October 17, 1967) is an American former professional tennis player.

Werdel was born in Los Angeles and played on the WTA tour from 1982 to 1997. She is also known as Marianne Werdel and Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer.

She won 19 national juniors titles. In 1988 Werdel suffered a partially herniated disc forcing a two months absence from the tour.^[1]

At the 1995 Australian Open, unseeded Marianne Werdel defeated fifth-seeded Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina in a first round match. Werdel won the first set, but Sabatini raced out to a 3–0 lead in the second set before twice losing her serve. Werdel won four consecutive games to close out the match in straight sets, dismissing Sabatini 6-4, 6-4.^[2] Werdel had also beaten Sabatini two years earlier at a tournament in Japan. After she had disposed of Sabatini, Werdel continued to work her way through the draw beating Park Sung-hee, Elena Makarova, Barbara Paulus and Angélica Gavaldón en route to a semifinal encounter with the top-seed and World No. 1 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. In their two previous meetings, Werdel had lost both times to Sánchez Vicario. This time proved no different as Sánchez Vicario defeated Werdel in two sets. In reaching the semifinals, the 1995 Australian Open proved to be the best results Werdel would have in Grand Slam singles competition. She defeated Sánchez Vicario two months later in the third round of the Lipton Championships in Key Biscayne.^[3]

Werdel was coached by Woody Blocher.^[1]

On 21 November 1992 she married Major League Baseball player Ron Witmeyer.^[1][2]

WTA Tour finals

Singles 6

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	July 30, 1989	Schenectady, New York, USA	Hard	Laura Gildemeister	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	August 25, 1990	Schenectady, New York, USA	Hard	Anke Huber	1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	October 21, 1990	Scottsdale, Arizona, USA	Hard	Conchita Martínez	5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	April 18, 1993	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Yayuk Basuki	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	September 19, 1993	Hong Kong	Hard	Shi-Ting Wang	4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	January 12, 1997	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Dominique Van Roost	3–6, 3–6

Doubles 5

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	May 24, 1992	European Open, Switzerland	Clay	Karina Habšudová	Amy Frazier Elna Reinach	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	May 23, 1993	European Open, Switzerland	Clay	Lindsay Davenport	Mary Joe Fernandez Helena Suková	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	September 19, 1993	Hong Kong	Hard	Debbie Graham	Karin Kschwendt Rachel McQuillan	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	February 12, 1995	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Carpet	Tami Whitlinger-Jones	Gabriela Sabatini Brenda Schultz	7–5, 6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	May 25, 1996	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Tami Whitlinger-Jones	Yayuk Basuki Nicole Bradtke	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	February 23, 1997	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA	Hard	Tami Whitlinger-Jones	Rika Hiraki Nana Miyagi	4–6, 1–6

References

External links

• Marianne Werdel at the Women's Tennis Association
• Marianne Werdel at the International Tennis Federation