How old is Barbara Rittner?

Barbara Rittner is 53 years old, born on April 25, 1973.

Which country is Barbara Rittner from?

Barbara Rittner is from Germany.

How tall is Barbara Rittner?

Barbara Rittner is 173 cm / 5'8".

Does Barbara Rittner use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?

Barbara Rittner uses a two-handed backhand.

Is Barbara Rittner left-handed or right-handed?

Barbara Rittner plays right-handed.

How many Grand Slams has Barbara Rittner won?

Barbara Rittner has not won a Grand Slam title.

How many WTA 1000 titles has Barbara Rittner won?

Barbara Rittner has not won a WTA 1000 title.

How many WTA titles has Barbara Rittner won?

Barbara Rittner has won 2 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Antwerp in 2001.

What is Barbara Rittner's highest WTA ranking?

Barbara Rittner's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 24, first achieved on February 1, 1993.

What is Barbara Rittner's career win-loss record?

Barbara Rittner has a career WTA singles record of 209 wins and 217 losses (49.1%).

How much career prize money has Barbara Rittner earned?

Barbara Rittner has earned at least $1,829,648 in career prize money from professional tennis.

When did Barbara Rittner play professional tennis?

Barbara Rittner turned professional in 1990 and was active through 2004.

What is Barbara Rittner's best surface?

Barbara Rittner's best surface is carpet court with a 53.6% win rate (37W-32L).

Who is Barbara Rittner's biggest rival?

Barbara Rittner's most frequent opponent is Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, with a head-to-head record of 0–12 across 12 meetings.

Barbara Rittner

GER Age 53 173 cm / 5'8" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand Pro 1990–2004

Peak ranking

24 (Feb 1, 1993)

Elo peak

1883 (84.4%ile)

Career record

209–217 (49.1%)

Career titles

Prize money

$1,829,648

Recent WTA Matches full match log →

Date	Tournament	Category	Round	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match
Jul 22, 2004*	Palermo	WTA 250	R32	Clay	Denisa Chladkova #63	6-4 5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2004*	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	R64	Clay	Svetlana Kuznetsova #11	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2004*	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	R128	Clay	Barbara Schett #69	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2003*	Luxembourg	WTA 250	R32	Hard	Stephanie Foretz Gacon	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2003*	US Open	Grand Slam	R128	Hard	Julia Vakulenko #94	5-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rivals full rivalries list →

Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	0	12	12	May 25, 2001	H2H
Anke Huber	1	8	9	Aug 13, 2001	H2H
Silvia Farina Elia	4	3	7	Sep 27, 2002	H2H
Conchita Martínez	0	6	6	Mar 8, 2003	H2H
Iva Majoli	2	4	6	Aug 30, 2001	H2H

Titles (2)

Season	Age	Titles	GS	WTA 1000	500	250	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1992	19	1	—	—	—	1	—	Schenectady
2001	28	1	—	—	1	—	—	Antwerp
Total		2	—	—	1	1	—

Career Results

Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1990	17	3	3	6	50.0%	349	110
1991	18	20	17	37	54.1%	111	43
1992	19	23	15	38	60.5%	44	29
1993	20	24	17	41	58.5%	30	34
1994	21	25	18	43	58.1%	34	40
1995	22	17	17	34	50.0%	39	51
1996	23	12	16	28	42.9%	49	47
1997	24	10	17	27	37.0%	45	71
1998	25	13	14	27	48.2%	74	66
1999	26	15	18	33	45.5%	66	59
2000	27	10	12	22	45.5%	59	99
2001	28	16	18	34	47.1%	99	68
2002	29	14	19	33	42.4%	68	66
2003	30	6	14	20	30.0%	66	120
2004	31	1	2	3	33.3%	120	235
Career		209	217	426	49.1%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1990	17	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%
1991	18	11	10	21	52.4%	3	4	7	42.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	2	8	75.0%	20	17	37	54.1%
1992	19	13	7	20	65.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	4	3	7	57.1%	23	15	38	60.5%
1993	20	13	10	23	56.5%	8	4	12	66.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	24	17	41	58.5%
1994	21	11	8	19	57.9%	10	8	18	55.6%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	1	3	66.7%	25	18	43	58.1%
1995	22	6	8	14	42.9%	5	5	10	50.0%	—	—	—	—	6	4	10	60.0%	17	17	34	50.0%
1996	23	5	6	11	45.5%	5	6	11	45.5%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	12	16	28	42.9%
1997	24	3	7	10	30.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	10	17	27	37.0%
1998	25	2	4	6	33.3%	8	5	13	61.5%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	13	14	27	48.1%
1999	26	3	4	7	42.9%	7	8	15	46.7%	2	2	4	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	15	18	33	45.5%
2000	27	2	3	5	40.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	2	2	4	50.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	10	12	22	45.5%
2001	28	6	9	15	40.0%	8	6	14	57.1%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	16	18	34	47.1%
2002	29	6	10	16	37.5%	5	6	11	45.5%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	1	3	66.7%	14	19	33	42.4%
2003	30	2	7	9	22.2%	1	5	6	16.7%	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—	—	—	6	14	20	30.0%
2004	31	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
Career	—	83	93	176	47.2%	71	73	144	49.3%	18	19	37	48.6%	37	32	69	53.6%	209	217	426	49.1%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1990	17	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	3	3	6	50.0%
1991	18	0	4	4	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	6	4	10	60.0%	6	3	9	66.7%	15	16	31	48.4%
1992	19	0	11	11	0.0%	6	1	7	85.7%	6	2	8	75.0%	6	1	7	85.7%	18	15	33	54.5%
1993	20	0	8	8	0.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	8	2	10	80.0%	9	2	11	81.8%	21	16	37	56.8%
1994	21	0	6	6	0.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	11	3	14	78.6%	8	1	9	88.9%	23	16	39	59.0%
1995	22	0	6	6	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	6	3	9	66.7%	11	16	27	40.7%
1996	23	0	5	5	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	4	2	6	66.7%	4	3	7	57.1%	12	15	27	44.4%
1997	24	0	4	4	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	5	5	10	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	9	13	22	40.9%
1998	25	0	3	3	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	6	5	11	54.5%	6	1	7	85.7%	13	14	27	48.1%
1999	26	0	3	3	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	9	9	18	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	15	18	33	45.5%
2000	27	0	3	3	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	6	3	9	66.7%	3	2	5	60.0%	10	12	22	45.5%
2001	28	0	2	2	0.0%	0	10	10	0.0%	10	4	14	71.4%	4	2	6	66.7%	14	18	32	43.8%
2002	29	0	5	5	0.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	5	7	12	41.7%	3	2	5	60.0%	13	19	32	40.6%
2003	30	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	8	10	20.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	6	13	19	31.6%
2004	31	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
Career		2	63	65	3.1%	37	58	95	38.9%	83	59	142	58.5%	62	26	88	70.5%	184	206	390	47.2%

Opponent ranking data available for 390/426 (91.5%) of Barbara Rittner's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Season	Age	ELO	ELO %	Hard %	Clay %	Grass %	Set Win %	Set Margin	SoS %	Deep Run %	Dec. Set W%	TB W	TB L	TB W%
1990	17	1558	58	60	—	—	36.4%	-1.30	93	0	—	1	0	—
1991	18	1709	86	85	65	—	52.9%	+0.14	63	24	54	5	2	71
1992	19	1830	91	90	70	61	56.6%	+0.35	90	19	83	3	4	43
1993	20	1838	91	92	82	—	60.9%	+0.91	88	29	22	6	4	60
1994	21	1819	89	91	80	74	58.9%	+0.96	78	33	54	1	3	25
1995	22	1728	84	89	80	—	53.9%	+0.58	71	24	42	3	4	43
1996	23	1729	84	84	80	—	46.7%	+0.02	85	6	0	1	1	—
1997	24	1654	74	75	76	57	42.9%	-0.17	72	6	40	1	2	33
1998	25	1665	77	70	84	—	48.4%	+0.22	60	14	40	3	2	60
1999	26	1655	79	75	79	58	45.8%	-0.26	63	11	50	2	2	50
2000	27	1662	80	80	69	65	48.1%	-0.06	66	8	50	2	3	40
2001	28	1618	77	80	79	65	50.6%	+0.37	59	5	38	6	4	60
2002	29	1632	77	78	78	54	44.7%	-0.23	75	11	57	3	6	33
2003	30	1568	68	59	64	71	35.4%	-1.25	76	7	38	2	2	50
2004	31	1571	69	—	64	—	42.9%	-0.39	87	0	—	0	0	—
Career		1699	81	83	77	62	50.5%	+0.12	73	15	46	39	39	50

Tournament Results by Category

Results show best round reached per tournament per season.

Grand Slams

Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO
1991	18	R64	R128	R128	R32
1992	19	R64	R64	R32	R128
1993	20	R32	R32	R64	R32
1994	21	R32	R32	R32	R32
1995	22	R128	R128	—	R128
1996	23	R64	R16	R128	R32
1997	24	R128	R128	R64	R128
1998	25	R64	R32	R64	R128
1999	26	—	R64	R64	R128
2000	27	R128	R64	R128	—
2001	28	R16	R64	R64	R64
2002	29	R32	R64	R64	R128
2003	30	R128	R128	R128	R128
2004	31	—	R64	—	—

WTA 1000

Season	Age	DOH	IW	MAD	MIA	ROM	TKY	BER	BOC	CAN	GER	HIL	KEY	MON	TOR	ZUR
1991	18	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—
1992	19	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—
1993	20	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	R32
1994	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—
1995	22	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	R32	—	R64	—	—	—
1996	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	R128	—	—	—
1997	24	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	R32	R64	—	—	—
1998	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—
1999	26	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—
2000	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	28	R32	R64	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—
2002	29	R32	R128	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	30	—	R32	—	R128	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

WTA 500

Season	Age	ANT	BRI	DUB	HAM	PAR	SPB	BAH	BIR	FIL	GOL	KLA	LEI	LIN	LUX	SYD
1991	18	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1992	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16
1993	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF
1994	21	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF
1995	22	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	R16
1996	23	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—
1998	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—
1999	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—
2000	27	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	R16	R16	R16	—	SF	—
2001	28	W	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—
2002	29	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—

WTA 250

Season	Age	AUC	DLB	EST	HAM	HER	HOU	KIT	VIE	AME	BOL	BRA	BRI	BRU	CAI	CAN	ESS	FIL	GOL	HAN	HEL	HOB	HOP	KNO	LEI	LUX	MAN	MAR	PAL	PAL	PRO	QUE	ROS	SAN	SAN	SAN	SCH	SCO	SOP	STY	WEL	ZAG	ZUR
1990	17	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1991	18	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	R32	—	—	QF	—	—
1992	19	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	R16
1993	20	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	21	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	—	—
1995	22	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—
1996	23	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	24	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R16	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	25	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	SF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—
1999	26	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—
2000	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	28	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—
2002	29	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—
2003	30	—	—	R32	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage note: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Feb 1, 1993

First top 100

Feb 4, 1991

First top 50

Oct 7, 1991

First top 20

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First top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1989	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	421	349	349
1990	17	356	300	249	198	185	189	193	184	178	115	107	110
1991	18	102	74	79	80	70	73	74	76	56	42	43	43
1992	19	44	34	28	30	30	29	29	25	28	31	30	29
1993	20	28	34	32	32	29	27	29	40	37	31	34	34
1994	21	33	32	37	39	37	39	38	35	36	39	40	40
1995	22	43	39	38	35	40	40	42	47	50	50	52	51
1996	23	46	60	64	71	82	58	63	63	54	54	52	47
1997	24	47	48	41	41	43	50	48	55	76	78	71	71
1998	25	71	86	90	86	108	91	78	74	71	65	66	66
1999	26	66	49	46	49	45	47	52	51	53	56	59	59
2000	27	55	77	93	98	107	113	125	126	130	105	101	99
2001	28	74	71	74	71	50	52	49	53	51	69	68	68
2002	29	77	70	72	67	86	82	63	68	64	67	66	66
2003	30	77	86	86	89	87	79	105	96	120	113	119	120
2004	31	120	121	148	147	155	177	162	176	188	229	234	235
2005	32	228	230	222	226	232	438	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other WTA players ranked by a composite similarity score over country, era, and peak rank.

Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Active Years	Match Log
Sabine Hack	GER	13	1,996	5	315	180	135	57.1%	1985-1997	Match log
Eva Pfaff	GER	17	1,902	0	357	155	202	43.4%	1977-1992	Match log
Isabel Cueto	GER	20	1,885	5	231	130	101	56.3%	1984-1992	Match log
Amy Frazier	USA	13	1,959	8	723	416	307	57.5%	1987-2006	Match log
Silvia Farina Elia	ITA	11	1,943	3	674	365	309	54.2%	1989-2005	Match log
Elena Likhovtseva	RUS	15	1,912	3	696	358	338	51.4%	1993-2008	Match log
Rosalyn Fairbank	USA	15	1,933	1	645	336	309	52.1%	1978-1995	Match log
Lisa Raymond	USA	15	1,945	4	597	325	272	54.4%	1989-2007	Match log
Anabel Medina Garrigues	ESP	16	1,852	11	585	310	275	53.0%	2000-2014	Match log
Judith Wiesner	AUT	12	1,979	5	479	302	177	63.0%	1985-1997	Match log
Shuai Peng	CHN	14	1,890	2	558	300	258	53.8%	2001-2020	Match log
Sandra Cecchini	ITA	15	1,937	11	514	299	215	58.2%	1981-1998	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Barbara Rittner?: Barbara Rittner is 53 years old, born on April 25, 1973.
Which country is Barbara Rittner from?: Barbara Rittner is from Germany.
How tall is Barbara Rittner?: Barbara Rittner is 173 cm / 5'8".
Does Barbara Rittner use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Barbara Rittner uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Barbara Rittner left-handed or right-handed?: Barbara Rittner plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Barbara Rittner won?: Barbara Rittner has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Barbara Rittner won?: Barbara Rittner has not won a WTA 1000 title.
How many WTA titles has Barbara Rittner won?: Barbara Rittner has won 2 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Antwerp in 2001.
What is Barbara Rittner's highest WTA ranking?: Barbara Rittner's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 24, first achieved on February 1, 1993.
What is Barbara Rittner's career win-loss record?: Barbara Rittner has a career WTA singles record of 209 wins and 217 losses (49.1%).
How much career prize money has Barbara Rittner earned?: Barbara Rittner has earned at least $1,829,648 in career prize money from professional tennis.
When did Barbara Rittner play professional tennis?: Barbara Rittner turned professional in 1990 and was active through 2004.
What is Barbara Rittner's best surface?: Barbara Rittner's best surface is carpet court with a 53.6% win rate (37W-32L).
Who is Barbara Rittner's biggest rival?: Barbara Rittner's most frequent opponent is Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, with a head-to-head record of 0–12 across 12 meetings.