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Silke Meier

GER Age 58 185 cm / 6'1" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1985–1997

Silke Meier represented Germany on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 40. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 81–141 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

40 (Oct 26, 1987)

Elo peak

1667 (52nd percentile)

Singles record

81–141 (36.5%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$522,976

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 →

Silke Meier's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Barbara Schett #35	1-6 0-1 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 17, 1997*	R32	Palermo	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Yayuk Basuki #32	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 18, 1996*	R16	China Open	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Melanie Schnell #148	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 17, 1996*	R32	China Open	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Irina Spirlea #18	4-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 18, 1996*	R32	Palermo	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Iva Majoli #4	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 29, 1996*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Silke Meier's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Sandra Cecchini	1	4	5	Apr 28, 1995	H2H
Kimiko Date	1	3	4	Aug 30, 1995	H2H
Lori Mcneil	0	4	4	Jan 20, 1995	H2H
Barbara Schett	0	3	3	Jul 17, 1997	H2H
Irina Spirlea	0	3	3	Jul 18, 1996	H2H

Career Results

Silke Meier career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1985	16	3	3	6	50.0%	211	164
1986	17	10	10	20	50.0%	167	85
1987	18	10	13	23	43.5%	85	50
1988	19	8	16	24	33.3%	51	99
1989	20	7	14	21	33.3%	99	148
1990	21	6	13	19	31.6%	148	132
1991	22	4	9	13	30.8%	128	138
1992	23	10	13	23	43.5%	140	80
1993	24	6	16	22	27.3%	79	151
1994	25	5	9	14	35.7%	151	113
1995	26	10	14	24	41.7%	112	91
1996	27	2	10	12	16.7%	83	205
1997	28	0	1	1	0.0%	204	234
Career		81	141	222	36.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Silke Meier career results by season and 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 %
1985	16	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%
1986	17	2	2	4	50.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	—	—	—	—	4	2	6	66.7%	10	10	20	50.0%
1987	18	5	4	9	55.6%	3	6	9	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	10	13	23	43.5%
1988	19	0	5	5	0.0%	7	6	13	53.8%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	8	16	24	33.3%
1989	20	0	4	4	0.0%	7	9	16	43.8%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	7	14	21	33.3%
1990	21	3	2	5	60.0%	3	8	11	27.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	6	13	19	31.6%
1991	22	0	1	1	0.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	4	9	13	30.8%
1992	23	1	2	3	33.3%	8	7	15	53.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	10	13	23	43.5%
1993	24	2	3	5	40.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	6	16	22	27.3%
1994	25	2	2	4	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	5	9	14	35.7%
1995	26	2	5	7	28.6%	8	8	16	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	10	14	24	41.7%
1996	27	2	3	5	40.0%	0	7	7	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	10	12	16.7%
1997	28	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	19	33	52	36.5%	47	76	123	38.2%	2	7	9	22.2%	10	24	34	29.4%	81	141	222	36.5%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Silke Meier 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 %
1985	16	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1986	17	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	2	5	60.0%	4	5	9	44.4%
1987	18	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	4	6	33.3%	2	4	6	33.3%	6	11	17	35.3%
1988	19	0	2	2	0.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	5	12	17	29.4%
1989	20	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	10	11	9.1%
1990	21	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	4	10	14	28.6%
1991	22	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	4	8	12	33.3%
1992	23	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	4	4	8	50.0%	9	13	22	40.9%
1993	24	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	2	7	9	22.2%	1	3	4	25.0%	3	14	17	17.6%
1994	25	1	0	1	100.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	1	3	4	25.0%	4	9	13	30.8%
1995	26	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	4	4	8	50.0%	7	13	20	35.0%
1996	27	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	9	11	18.2%
1997	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		2	10	12	16.7%	5	30	35	14.3%	21	45	66	31.8%	21	31	52	40.4%	49	116	165	29.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 165/222 (74.3%) of Silke Meier's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Silke Meier 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
1985	16	1512	104.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	46.2%	+0.15	1–0	0–1	—	+0.29
1986	17	1594	114.1	—	—	—	—	+37	-79	—	49.0%	+0.08	5–4 (56%)	1–2 (33%)	—	+2.07
1987	18	1592	118.2	—	—	—	—	+66	-86	—	44.4%	-0.61	6–4 (60%)	2–0	—	+0.77
1988	19	1590	121.7	—	—	—	—	-65	+4	—	36.5%	-1.14	3–3 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	—	-0.88
1989	20	1554	105.5	—	—	—	—	-82	+43	—	38.5%	-0.92	4–6 (40%)	2–4 (33%)	96.0	+1.00
1990	21	1529	108.7	—	—	—	—	-26	-7	—	30.8%	-1.31	1–2 (33%)	1–4 (20%)	96.9	-0.10
1991	22	1511	102.1	—	—	—	—	-36	+3	—	31.3%	-1.13	4–2 (67%)	0–2	—	+0.55
1992	23	1585	122.9	—	—	—	—	-101	+40	—	45.6%	-0.18	5–6 (45%)	1–1	—	+1.05
1993	24	1521	105.5	—	—	—	—	-12	+4	—	31.4%	-1.53	3–4 (43%)	4–4 (50%)	100.0	+0.19
1994	25	1528	101.6	—	—	—	—	-52	+33	—	34.5%	-1.14	1–0	1–0	—	+0.23
1995	26	1534	112.5	—	—	—	—	-61	+42	—	42.4%	-0.52	6–5 (55%)	1–3 (25%)	101.7	+1.06
1996	27	1488	107.5	—	—	—	—	+7	-8	—	21.4%	-2.00	2–2 (50%)	0–1	—	-0.31
1997	28	1482	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.14
Career		1667	116.1	—	—	—	—	-20	+5	—	38.4%	-0.83	41–38 (52%)	15–23 (39%)	102.4	+2.60

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Silke Meier Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1986	17	—	R64	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1987	18	—	R128	R64	R64	2–3 (40%)
1988	19	—	R64	R64	R128	2–3 (40%)
1989	20	R128	R64	R128	—	1–3 (25%)
1990	21	R64	R128	R128	R32	3–4 (43%)
1991	22	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1992	23	R128	R64	R128	R64	2–4 (33%)
1993	24	R64	R128	R128	R64	2–4 (33%)
1994	25	—	R64	—	R128	1–2 (33%)
1995	26	R64	R64	R128	R128	2–4 (33%)
1996	27	R64	R128	—	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		4–7 (36%)	6–10 (38%)	2–7 (22%)	5–7 (42%)	17–31 (35%)

WTA 1000

Silke Meier WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	BER	BER	CHA	KEY	W-L Win %
1990	21	—	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1991	22	—	R64	—	R64	—	0–2 (0%)
1992	23	—	R32	—	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
1993	24	—	R64	—	R64	R128	0–3 (0%)
1994	25	—	R16	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1995	26	—	—	R32	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1996	27	R64	—	R64	—	R128	0–3 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	3–5 (38%)	1–2 (33%)	0–3 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	4–13 (24%)

WTA 500

Silke Meier WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	HAM	SDG	AME	BER	BOC	ESS	POR	KEY	LEI	STR	SYD	W-L Win %
1985	16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1986	17	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1987	18	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1988	19	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	R32	R128	—	R16	—	3–5 (38%)
1989	20	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	1–4 (20%)
1990	21	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1991	22	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1992	23	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1993	24	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1994	25	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	26	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1996	27	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–6 (14%)	5–4 (56%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	10–26 (28%)

WTA 250

Silke Meier WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BAD	BAR	BEI	EST	HAM	HOU	KIT	MTP	PAR	ITA	SOF	TKY	AME	ATH	BAY	BOL	BRE	BRI	BRU	BUD	CES	KEY	LEI	LIN	LIT	LUG	MAH	MOS	OKL	JAP	OSL	PAL	PAT	PER	PRA	QUE	SAN	SAN	SAN	STR	STY	TAI	TAM	WAR	ZAG	ZUR	W-L Win %
1985	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–1 (75%)
1986	17	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	9–8 (53%)
1987	18	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	5–8 (38%)
1988	19	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	3–8 (27%)
1989	20	—	R16	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–7 (42%)
1990	21	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	2–6 (25%)
1991	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–4 (43%)
1992	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–5 (55%)
1993	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–7 (36%)
1994	25	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	2–5 (29%)
1995	26	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	F	—	7–8 (47%)
1996	27	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1997	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	1–3 (25%)	50–71 (41%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Oct 26, 1987

First Top 100

Nov 10, 1986

First Top 50

Aug 17, 1987

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Silke Meier ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	196	205	212
1985	16	212	198	221	236	205	210	223	225	—	183	160	164
1986	17	169	172	165	161	149	134	134	129	131	128	94	85
1987	18	89	87	65	70	53	63	53	52	42	40	51	50
1988	19	52	52	91	92	92	78	80	67	75	95	98	99
1989	20	113	118	106	101	129	140	187	161	150	152	145	148
1990	21	146	138	130	116	114	120	117	133	124	136	134	132
1991	22	129	134	131	171	177	180	155	156	144	134	136	138
1992	23	141	147	147	125	121	106	101	91	91	83	81	80
1993	24	82	70	75	80	82	88	112	127	144	144	150	151
1994	25	167	167	164	157	115	104	90	94	107	105	114	113
1995	26	107	114	121	124	100	106	102	105	105	103	93	91
1996	27	86	79	79	136	171	207	221	236	225	207	233	205
1997	28	238	237	238	246	262	268	253	193	189	241	232	234
1998	29	246	242	243	229	232	230	249	341	368	374	449	452
1999	30	453	513	545	763	841	896	948	—	—	—	—	—

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

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Silke Meier's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Christina Singer	GER	#41	1,738	142	56	86	39.4%	$517,704	0	1986–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Carrie Cunningham	USA	#38	1,738	128	54	74	42.2%	$318,541	0	1988–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Laura Golarsa	ITA	#39	1,761	307	127	180	41.4%	$1,012,453	1	1985–1999	Rivalries	Match log
Marketa Kochta	GER	#45	1,635	99	32	67	32.3%	$375,688	0	1990–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Nicole Jagerman	NED	#43	1,736	181	81	100	44.8%	$495,975	0	1986–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Naoko Kijimuta	JPN	#44	1,696	94	37	57	39.4%	$499,278	0	1989–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Karin Kschwendt	AUT	#37	1,712	195	79	116	40.5%	$676,039	0	1989–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Katia Piccolini	ITA	#37	1,694	69	29	40	42.0%	$185,854	1	1989–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Elena Brioukhovets	UKR	#46	1,687	108	44	64	40.7%	$386,215	0	1989–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Linda Ferrando	ITA	#36	1,734	188	87	101	46.3%	$501,483	0	1985–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Jenny Byrne	AUS	#45	1,725	178	59	119	33.1%	$515,140	0	1983–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Nathalie Herreman	FRA	#42	1,727	257	103	154	40.1%	$535,530	1	1982–1995	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Silke Meier?: Silke Meier is 58 years old, born on July 13, 1968.
Which country does Silke Meier represent?: Silke Meier represents Germany in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Silke Meier?: Silke Meier is 185 cm / 6'1".
Is Silke Meier left-handed or right-handed?: Silke Meier plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Silke Meier won?: Silke Meier has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Silke Meier won?: TennisDB does not group any of Silke Meier's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Silke Meier's highest WTA ranking?: Silke Meier's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 40, first achieved on October 26, 1987.
What is Silke Meier's career win-loss record?: Silke Meier has a career WTA singles record of 81 wins and 141 losses (36.5%).
How much career prize money has Silke Meier earned?: Silke Meier has earned at least $522,976 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Silke Meier's career appear in TennisDB?: Silke Meier appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1985 through 1997.
On which surface does Silke Meier have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Silke Meier's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 38.2% (47–76).
Who has Silke Meier faced most often?: Silke Meier's most frequent opponent is Sandra Cecchini, with a head-to-head record of 1–4 across 5 meetings.