Simona Waltert

Simona Waltert
	Waltert at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)	Switzerland
Born	13 December 2000 (age 23); Chur, Switzerland
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$728,757
Singles
Career record	233–166
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 107 (12 June 2023)
Current ranking	No. 215 (14 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2023, 2024)
French Open	2R (2023)
Wimbledon	1R (2023)
US Open	Q2 (2022, 2023, 2024)
Doubles
Career record	67–48
Career titles	1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 180 (7 March 2022)
Current ranking	No. 440 (14 October 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	W (2022) ; Record: 0–1
	Last updated on: 15 October 2024.

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

Waltert has career-high WTA rankings of 107 in singles, achieved on 12 June 2023, and 180 in doubles, reached on 7 March 2022. Up to date, she has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, and six singles and four doubles titles at tournaments on the ITF Circuit.

Career

Junior years

She was a girls' singles semifinalist at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, losing to eventual runner-up Ann Li.^{[citation needed]} On the ITF Junior Circuit, Waltert had a career-high combined ranking of No. 9, achieved on 22 January 2018.^{[citation needed]}

WTA Tour

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]

She won her first doubles title at the 2021 Ladies Open Lausanne, partnering Susan Bandecchi.^[2]

Waltert at the 2022 French Open

At the 2022 Ladies Open Lausanne, she earned her first top-10 win as a wildcard over world No. 7 and top seed, Danielle Collins, saving three match points in the deciding tiebreak.^[3]^[4]^[5] By defeating Cristina Bucsa the second round, she went one step further to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal, where she was beaten by Olga Danilović.^[6]^[7] She won the 2022 Bronx Open in doubles with partner Anna Blinkova.^{[citation needed]}

Waltert made her major debut at the 2023 French Open^[8] and won her first match defeating Elizabeth Mandlik,^[9] before losing in the second round to Elisabetta Cocciaretto.^[10] As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of No. 107, on 12 June 2023.^{[citation needed]}

Partnering with María Lourdes Carlé, Waltert was runner-up in the doubles at the WTA 125 2024 Montreux Nestlé Open, losing to Quinn Gleason and Ingrid Martins in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.^[11]

Performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour (incl. Grand Slam tournaments) are included in win–loss records.^[12]

Singles

Current through the 2024 French Open.

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q2	Q3	Q3	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	Q2	2R	Q1	0 / 1	1–1
Wimbledon	A	A	Q2	Q1	1R	Q2	0 / 1	0–1
US Open	A	A	A	Q2	Q2	Q2	0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0 / 2	1–2
WTA 1000
Indian Wells Open					Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	0	1	2	2		5
Overall win–loss	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–2	1–2		5–6
Year-end ranking	295	297	217	120	166		45%

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)

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

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2024	Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland	Clay	María Lourdes Carlé	Quinn Gleason Ingrid Martins	3–6, 6–4, [7–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 18 (7 titles, 11 runner–ups)

Legend
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (2–2)
$25,000 tournaments (0–3)
$15,000 tournaments (5–5)

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 Ortisei, 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	AK Ladies Open, 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	Amstelveen Open, Netherlands	60,000	Clay	Emma Navarro	7–6⁽¹⁰⁾, 6–0
Loss	6–11	Feb 2023	Open de l'Isère, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Océane Dodin	2–6, 5–7
Win	7–11	Oct 2024	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, United Kingdom	W75	Hard (i)	Mariam Bolkvadze	6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments (1–1)
$10/15,000 tournaments (2–2)

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 Ortisei, 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	AK Ladies Open, 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