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Veronika Martinek

GER Age 54 160 cm / 5'3" WTA Tour years active: 1988–1998

Veronika Martinek represented Germany on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 49. In TennisDB's records, Veronika Martinek finished with a career record of 73–104 and one singles title. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak ranking

49 (Mar 25, 1991)

Elo peak

1664 (52nd percentile)

Career record

73–104 (41.2%)

Career titles

Prize money

$410,132

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Veronika Martinek's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Mariana Mesa	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 19, 1998*	R32	Bogotá Open	WTA 250	Clay
Joannette Kruger #66	5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 19, 1997*	SF	Prague	WTA 250	Clay
Denisa Chladkova #43	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 19, 1997*	QF	Prague	WTA 250	Clay
Wiltrud Probst #93	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 18, 1997*	R16	Prague	WTA 250	Clay
Petra Langrova #83	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 17, 1997*	R32	Prague	WTA 250	Clay

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Veronika Martinek's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Petra Langrova	2	2	4	Jul 17, 1997	H2H
Laura Garrone	2	2	4	Aug 8, 1996	H2H
Sabine Hack	0	4	4	Jul 18, 1996	H2H
Barbara Schett	0	4	4	Apr 12, 1996	H2H
Dominique Monami	1	3	4	Jan 11, 1996	H2H

Titles (1)

Veronika Martinek titles by season and category
Season	Age	Titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1990	18	1	—	—	—	1	—	São Paulo Open
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Veronika Martinek career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1988	16	7	8	15	46.7%	391	116
1989	17	2	9	11	18.2%	117	160
1990	18	11	9	20	55.0%	160	54
1991	19	13	15	28	46.4%	56	74
1992	20	12	13	25	48.0%	70	61
1993	21	6	13	19	31.6%	59	131
1994	22	7	10	17	41.2%	131	86
1995	23	8	10	18	44.4%	85	80
1996	24	4	13	17	23.5%	97	143
1997	25	3	3	6	50.0%	146	144
1998	26	0	1	1	0.0%	143	465
Career		73	104	177	41.2%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Veronika Martinek career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1988	16	1	2	3	33.3%	6	6	12	50.0%	—	—	—	—	7	8	15	46.7%
1989	17	0	3	3	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	—	—	—	—	2	9	11	18.2%
1990	18	—	—	—	—	11	8	19	57.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	11	9	20	55.0%
1991	19	2	4	6	33.3%	11	10	21	52.4%	0	1	1	0.0%	13	15	28	46.4%
1992	20	2	4	6	33.3%	10	8	18	55.6%	0	1	1	0.0%	12	13	25	48.0%
1993	21	2	4	6	33.3%	4	8	12	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	13	19	31.6%
1994	22	4	5	9	44.4%	3	4	7	42.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	10	17	41.2%
1995	23	1	2	3	33.3%	7	7	14	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	8	10	18	44.4%
1996	24	0	4	4	0.0%	4	8	12	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	13	17	23.5%
1997	25	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%
1998	26	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	12	28	40	30.0%	61	69	130	46.9%	0	7	7	0.0%	73	104	177	41.2%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Veronika Martinek career results by season and 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 %
1988	16	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%
1989	17	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	6	8	25.0%
1990	18	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	3	3	6	50.0%	6	9	15	40.0%
1991	19	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%	6	2	8	75.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	9	13	22	40.9%
1992	20	1	2	3	33.3%	0	4	4	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	6	13	19	31.6%
1993	21	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	1	5	6	16.7%	4	12	16	25.0%
1994	22	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	5	9	14	35.7%
1995	23	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	1	4	5	20.0%	6	10	16	37.5%
1996	24	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	2	12	14	14.3%
1997	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%	0	0	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%
Career		1	9	10	10.0%	2	18	20	10.0%	25	32	57	43.9%	16	33	49	32.7%	44	92	136	32.4%

Opponent ranking data available for 136/177 (76.8%) of Veronika Martinek's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Veronika Martinek advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1988	16	1510	111.4	—	—	—	—	+15	+54	—	50.0%	+0.03	3–5 (38%)	—	—	+1.90
1989	17	1459	95.1	—	—	—	—	+16	+80	—	17.4%	-2.56	1–0	0–2	—	+0.68
1990	18	1592	115.1	—	—	—	—	—	+74	—	53.2%	0.00	4–3 (57%)	4–1 (80%)	104.6	+1.22
1991	19	1608	110.7	—	—	—	—	-146	+86	—	46.7%	-0.45	2–2 (50%)	3–0 (100%)	103.2	+1.23
1992	20	1652	129.4	—	—	—	—	-155	+71	—	46.4%	-0.25	4–2 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	104.4	+0.53
1993	21	1531	109.2	—	—	—	—	-41	+75	—	41.3%	-0.48	1–7 (13%)	1–1	—	+1.41
1994	22	1571	121.9	—	—	—	—	-47	+68	—	44.4%	-0.78	2–2 (50%)	3–0 (100%)	—	-0.54
1995	23	1580	110.5	—	—	—	—	-49	+57	—	45.9%	-0.70	2–1 (67%)	—	—	+0.42
1996	24	1489	102.6	—	—	—	—	-7	+78	—	25.0%	-2.08	1–3 (25%)	0–1	—	+0.67
1997	25	1521	108.0	—	—	—	—	—	+74	—	50.0%	-0.08	—	0–1	—	+0.43
1998	26	1504	95.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	+0.12
Career		1664	117.3	—	—	—	—	-64	+72	—	43.0%	-0.66	20–25 (44%)	13–8 (62%)	102.0	+4.56

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Veronika Martinek Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1989	17	R128	R128	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1990	18	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1991	19	R64	R64	R128	—	2–3 (40%)
1992	20	R128	R64	R128	—	1–3 (25%)
1993	21	R64	R128	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1994	22	R128	—	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1995	23	R64	R32	R128	R128	3–4 (43%)
1996	24	R128	R64	R128	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		3–7 (30%)	5–6 (45%)	0–7 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	8–23 (26%)

WTA 1000

Veronika Martinek WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	BER	HIL	KEY	W-L Win %
1990	18	—	R64	R64	—	0–2 (0%)
1991	19	—	R64	R64	—	0–2 (0%)
1992	20	—	R64	R16	—	2–2 (50%)
1993	21	—	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1994	22	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	23	—	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1996	24	R64	—	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	3–5 (38%)	0–1 (0%)	3–11 (21%)

WTA 500

Veronika Martinek WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	HOU	PAR	AME	BER	POR	SYD	W-L Win %
1988	16	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1989	17	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1990	18	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1991	19	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1992	20	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	1–2 (33%)
1993	21	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1994	22	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1995	23	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1996	24	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	2–2 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	8–6 (57%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	15–15 (50%)

WTA 250

Veronika Martinek WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BAD	BAR	BRI	EST	HAM	KIT	MAD	MEL	PAR	SOF	ATH	BOG	BOL	BOL	BRU	CAR	CUR	GUA	KAR	LIE	MAR	PAL	PAT	PRA	SAN	SÃO	SCH	SCO	STR	STY	SUR	TAI	TAR	WAR	WEL	W-L Win %
1988	16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	5–6 (45%)
1989	17	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	1–5 (17%)
1990	18	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	9–5 (64%)
1991	19	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	F	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	9–9 (50%)
1992	20	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	8–6 (57%)
1993	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–6 (33%)
1994	22	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	R16	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
1995	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	4–4 (50%)
1996	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–6 (14%)
1997	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–3 (50%)
1998	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	7–3 (70%)	0–1 (0%)	9–1 (90%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	5–3 (62%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	47–55 (46%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Mar 25, 1991

First Top 100

Sep 17, 1990

First Top 50

Mar 25, 1991

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Veronika Martinek ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1987	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	397	392
1988	16	393	394	395	366	143	145	145	125	122	120	115	116
1989	17	116	122	117	114	181	186	138	164	153	158	157	160
1990	18	159	159	153	131	106	110	127	130	107	111	111	54
1991	19	55	52	49	59	64	59	55	57	62	62	64	74
1992	20	80	86	83	65	62	62	54	61	58	54	53	61
1993	21	58	51	54	60	67	75	82	85	114	128	131	131
1994	22	158	149	106	112	99	102	115	92	86	89	86	86
1995	23	78	76	116	127	102	81	78	82	80	86	79	80
1996	24	105	99	99	86	105	123	134	134	146	151	162	143
1997	25	149	143	144	186	182	215	143	135	138	133	138	144
1998	26	142	149	162	162	179	171	306	389	425	444	452	465
1999	27	465	482	507	579	589	683	549	538	535	527	528	510
2000	28	512	516	513	470	384	404	468	481	481	502	517	521
2001	29	519	525	530	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: 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.

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Veronika Martinek's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Petra Langrova	TCH	53	1,700	1	198	81	117	40.9%	1988–1998	Match log
Shaun Stafford	USA	48	1,772	1	222	90	132	40.5%	1987–1996	Match log
Karine Quentrec	FRA	45	1,739	1	129	55	74	42.6%	1988–1994	Match log
Jana Pospisilova	CZE	49	1,709	0	73	31	42	42.5%	1988–1994	Match log
Nicole Arendt	USA	49	1,775	0	142	67	75	47.2%	1986–2000	Match log
Elena Brioukhovets	UKR	46	1,687	0	108	44	64	40.7%	1989–1997	Match log
Nana Smith	JPN	51	1,649	0	179	65	114	36.3%	1988–2000	Match log
Kristine Kunce	AUS	45	1,742	0	109	46	63	42.2%	1988–1998	Match log
Sandra Wasserman	BEL	48	1,701	0	170	77	93	45.3%	1987–1994	Match log
Marion Maruska	AUT	50	1,620	1	81	27	54	33.3%	1989–2001	Match log
Petra Schwarz	AUT	52	1,667	0	126	48	78	38.1%	1987–1997	Match log
Naoko Kijimuta	JPN	44	1,696	0	94	37	57	39.4%	1989–1998	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Veronika Martinek?: Veronika Martinek is 54 years old, born on April 3, 1972.
Which country does Veronika Martinek represent?: Veronika Martinek represents Germany in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Veronika Martinek?: Veronika Martinek is 160 cm / 5'3".
How many Grand Slams has Veronika Martinek won?: Veronika Martinek has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Veronika Martinek won?: TennisDB does not group any of Veronika Martinek's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Veronika Martinek won?: Veronika Martinek has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Sao Paulo in 1990.
What is Veronika Martinek's highest WTA ranking?: Veronika Martinek's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 49, first achieved on March 25, 1991.
What is Veronika Martinek's career win-loss record?: Veronika Martinek has a career WTA singles record of 73 wins and 104 losses (41.2%).
How much career prize money has Veronika Martinek earned?: Veronika Martinek has earned at least $410,132 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Veronika Martinek's career appear in TennisDB?: Veronika Martinek appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1988 through 1998.
On which surface does Veronika Martinek have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Veronika Martinek's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 46.9% (61–69).
Who has Veronika Martinek faced most often?: Veronika Martinek's most frequent opponent is Petra Langrova, with a head-to-head record of 2–2 across 4 meetings.