Claudia Porwik

Claudia Porwik

Country (sports)	West Germany  Germany
Born	(1968-11-14) 14 November 1968 Coburg, West Germany
Retired	1997
Prize money	$702,409
Singles
Career record	195–191
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 29 (2 April 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	SF (1990)
French Open	3R (1986)
Wimbledon	3R (1982)
US Open	3R (1982)
Doubles
Career record	157–151
Career titles	6 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 24 (25 April 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1989)
French Open	3R (1988, 1992, 1993)
Wimbledon	QF (1988)
US Open	QF (1992)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	3–2

Claudia Porwik, born on 14 November 1968, is a former professional tennis player.

She played on the WTA Tour from 1986 to 1996 and reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 1988 and the semifinals in 1990. Porwik retired with a 195–191 career record, including wins over Gabriela Sabatini and Conchita Martínez.

Career

She won the German National Indoor Championships two times in 1990 and 1992.^[1] Porwik first played for West Germany in the Federation Cup in 1986. She played two singles matches in the Federation Cup, both for Germany in 1990, and won them both. She played her last Fed Cup match in 1995.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 runner-up

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1987	Taipei Championships, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Anne Minter	4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 1 Tier III 3 Tier IV & V 1

Titles by surface Hard 4 Clay 2 Grass 0 Carpet 0

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 1988	Taranto Trophy, Italy	Clay	Andrea Betzner	Laura Garrone Helen Kelesi	6–1, 6–2
Loss	1–1	May 1988	Swiss Open	Clay	Maria Lindström	Christiane Jolissaint Dinky Van Rensburg	1–6, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Nov 1989	Virginia Slims of Indianapolis, US	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	Katrina Adams Lori McNeil	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Aug 1991	Schenectady Open, US	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	Nicole Arendt Shannan McCarthy	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–3	Feb 1992	Essen Grand Prix, Germany	Carpet	Sabine Appelmans	Katerina Maleeva Barbara Rittner	5–7, 3–6
Loss	2–4	Feb 1992	Generali Ladies Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Raffaella Reggi-Concato	Miriam Oremans Monique Kiene	6–4, 6–2
Win	3–4	Aug 1993	Schenectady Open, US	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	Florencia Labat Barbara Rittner	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	4–4	Oct 1993	Montpellier Open, France	Carpet	Meredith McGrath	Janette Husárová Dominique Monami	3–6, 6–2, 7–6
Win	5–4	Jan 1995	Jakarta Open, Indonesia	Hard	Irina Spîrlea	Laurence Courtois Nancy Feber	6–2, 6–3
Win	6–4	Sep 1995	China Open	Hard	Linda Wild	Stephanie Rottier Wang Shi-ting	6–1, 6–0

ITF finals

Singles (3–0)

Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	25 November 1985	ITF Telford, United Kingdom	Hard	Nicole Muns-Jagerman	6–3, 6–4
Win	2.	3 March 1986	ITF Stockholm, Sweden	Clay	Petra Tesarová	6–1, 6–0
Win	3.	24 July 1995	ITF Valladolid, Spain	Clay	María Sánchez Lorenzo	6–4, 6–2

Doubles (1–3)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	5 August 1985	ITF Rheda, West Germany	Clay	Silke Meier	Belinda Borneo Lorrayne Gracie	4–6, 7–6, 6–1
Loss	2.	28 October 1985	ITF Peterborough, United Kingdom	Hard	Wiltrud Probst	Regina Rajchrtová Jana Novotná	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	3.	11 November 1985	ITF Queens, United Kingdom	Hard	Wiltrud Probst	Christina Singer-Bath Petra Tesarová	7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	3 March 1986	ITF Stockholm, Sweden	Clay	Silke Meier	Hana Fukárková Jana Novotná	4–6, 6–4, 3–6

References

External links

• Claudia Porwik at the Women's Tennis Association
• Claudia Porwik at World Tennis
• Claudia Porwik at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)