Simona Waltert (born 13 December 2000) is a Swiss tennis player.

Simona Waltert

Waltert at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Switzerland
Born	(2000-12-13) 13 December 2000 (age 21) Chur, Switzerland
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US $254,840
Singles
Career record	172–106 (61.9%)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 118 (12 September 2022)
Current ranking	No. 119 (19 September 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2022)
French Open	Q2 (2022)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2021)
US Open	Q2 (2022)
Doubles
Career record	55–38 (59.1%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 180 (7 March 2022)
Current ranking	No. 370 (19 September 2022)
Last updated on: 19 September 2022.

Waltert has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 118 in singles, achieved on 12 September 2022, and world No. 180 in doubles, reached on 7 March 2022. She has won six ITF Circuit singles titles, one WTA doubles title, and four ITF doubles titles.

Career

2017-18: Juniors

She was a semifinalist at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships girls' singles, losing to eventual runner-up Ann Li.

On the ITF Junior Circuit, Waltert had a career-high ranking of No. 9, achieved on 22 January 2018.

2019-20: WTA Tour debut

Waltert made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2019 Ladies Open Lausanne, where she received a wildcard for the singles and the doubles tournaments.[1]

2021-22: First WTA title in doubles, WTA quarterfinal & top 10 win in singles, top 150

She won her first doubles title at the 2021 Ladies Open Lausanne partnering Susan Bandecchi.

At the 2022 Ladies Open Lausanne, she earned her first top-10 win over world No. 7 and top seed Danielle Collins as a wildcard saving three match points in the deciding tiebreak.[2][3][4] By defeating Cristina Bucsa the second round, she went one step further to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal, where she was beaten by Serbian Olga Danilovic.[5][6] As a result, she moved up into the top 150 in the rankings.

In doubles, Waltert and her partner Anna Blinkova won the 2022 Bronx Open.

Performance timeline

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour (incl. Grand Slams) are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current after the 2022 Emilia Romagna Open.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	Jul 2021	Lausanne Open, Switzerland	WTA 250	Clay	Susan Bandecchi	Ulrikke Eikeri Valentini Grammatikopoulou	6–3, 6–7(3–7), [10–5]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (6 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2017	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Georgia Brescia	6–0, 4–6, 6–7(1)
Loss	0–2	Nov 2017	ITF Oslo, Norway	15,000	Hard (i)	Leonie Küng	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Mar 2018	ITF Mâcon, France	15,000	Hard (i)	Tess Sugnaux	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	1–3	May 2018	ITF San Severo, Italy	15,000	Clay	Despina Papamichail	1–6, 2–6
Win	2–3	Dec 2018	ITF Urtijëi, Italy	15,000	Hard (i)	Joanna Garland	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–4	Jan 2019	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Magali Kempen	7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Win	3–4	Feb 2019	ITF Sharm El Sheikh	15,000	Hard	Oona Orpana	6–1, 6–3
Loss	3–5	Feb 2019	ITF Sharm El Sheikh	15,000	Hard	Mayar Sherif	4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win	4–5	Apr 2019	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	7–6(6), 7–5
Loss	4–6	May 2019	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Mayar Sherif	2–6, 1–6
Loss	4–7	Jul 2019	ITF Horb, Germany	25,000	Clay	Lea Bošković	4–6, 6–0, 1–6
Win	5–7	Jan 2021	ITF Manacor, Spain	15,000	Clay	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers	6–2, 7–6(4)
Loss	5–8	Feb 2021	ITF Altenkirchen, Germany	25,000	Carpet (i)	Clara Tauson	6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Loss	5–9	Oct 2021	ITF Poitiers, France	80,000	Hard (i)	Chloé Paquet	4–6, 3–6
Loss	5–10	Apr 2022	Chiasso Open, Switzerland	60,000	Clay	Lucia Bronzetti	6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Win	6–10	Jul 2022	ITF Amstelveen, Netherlands	60,000	Clay	Emma Navarro	7–6(10), 6–0

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2016	ITF Sion, Switzerland	10,000	Clay	Leonie Küng	Emily Arbuthnott Karin Kennel	2–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Dec 2018	ITF Urtijëi, Italy	15,000	Hard (i)	Verena Hofer	Veronika Erjavec Kristina Novak	4–6, 5–7
Win	1–2	Apr 2019	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Despina Papamichail	Mayar Sherif Rana Sherif Ahmed	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–2	May 2019	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Alica Rusová	Seone Mendez Charlotte Römer	7–5, 0–6, [10–6]
Win	3–2	Sep 2019	Verbier Open, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Xenia Knoll	İpek Soylu Kathinka von Deichmann	6–4, 6–3
Loss	3–3	Feb 2022	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	25,000	Hard	Irina Fetecău	Isabelle Haverlag Justina Mikulskytė	1–6, 2–6
Loss	3–4	Feb 2022	ITF Altenkirchen, Germany	60,000	Carpet (i)	Susan Bandecchi	Mariam Bolkvadze Samantha Murray Sharan	3–6, 5–7
Win	4–4	Aug 2022	Bronx Open, United States	60,000	Hard	Anna Blinkova	Han Na-lae Hiroko Kuwata	6–3, 6–3

Record against top 10 players

Waltert's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10.[7]

* As of 12 July 2022^[update]

Wins over top-10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	SW Rank
2022
1.	Danielle Collins	No. 7	Ladies Open Lausanne	Clay	1R	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(8–6)	No. 154

References

External links

• Simona Waltert at the Women's Tennis Association
• Simona Waltert at the International Tennis Federation

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