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Petra Begerow

GER Age 51 178 cm / 5'10" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1992–1999

Petra Begerow represented Germany on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 29. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 34–66 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

29 (Apr 8, 1996)

Elo peak

1655 (51st percentile)

Singles record

34–66 (34.0%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$340,523

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 →

Petra Begerow's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Miroslava Vavrinec #137	3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 15, 1999*	R32	Palermo	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Silvija Talaja #79	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 6, 1999*	R32	Warsaw	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #7	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 23, 1999*	R16	Cairo	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Marwa El Wany	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 22, 1999*	R32	Cairo	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Nathalie Dechy #107	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 27, 1997*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard

Rivals all rivalries →

Petra Begerow's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Asa Carlsson	0	4	4	May 17, 1997	H2H
Conchita Martínez	1	2	3	Mar 13, 1997	H2H
Mary Pierce	3	0	3	Apr 5, 1996	H2H
Anke Huber	0	3	3	Oct 14, 1995	H2H
Larisa Savchenko	1	2	3	Sep 28, 1995	H2H

Career Results

Petra Begerow career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1992	17	0	2	2	0.0%	612	258
1993	18	1	6	7	14.3%	257	109
1994	19	9	13	22	40.9%	109	97
1995	20	8	13	21	38.1%	96	60
1996	21	9	15	24	37.5%	57	58
1997	22	6	14	20	30.0%	58	143
1999	24	1	3	4	25.0%	851	245
Career		34	66	100	34.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Petra Begerow 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 %
1992	17	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1993	18	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%
1994	19	4	5	9	44.4%	4	5	9	44.4%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	9	13	22	40.9%
1995	20	2	5	7	28.6%	6	5	11	54.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	8	13	21	38.1%
1996	21	2	6	8	25.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	9	15	24	37.5%
1997	22	2	4	6	33.3%	4	8	12	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	14	20	30.0%
1999	24	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
Career	—	10	21	31	32.3%	22	30	52	42.3%	0	4	4	0.0%	2	11	13	15.4%	34	66	100	34.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Petra Begerow 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 %
1992	17	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1993	18	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	6	6	0.0%
1994	19	0	0	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%	4	4	8	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	8	13	21	38.1%
1995	20	2	3	5	40.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	8	12	20	40.0%
1996	21	0	1	1	0.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	5	6	11	45.5%	1	1	2	50.0%	9	14	23	39.1%
1997	22	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	2	3	5	40.0%	6	13	19	31.6%
1999	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
Career		2	8	10	20.0%	5	15	20	25.0%	15	27	42	35.7%	9	13	22	40.9%	31	63	94	33.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 94/100 (94.0%) of Petra Begerow's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Petra Begerow 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
1992	17	1495	113.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.25	—	—	—	-0.44
1993	18	1473	107.2	—	—	—	—	+24	+76	—	18.8%	-2.25	1–1	0–2	—	+0.02
1994	19	1542	107.4	—	—	—	—	-24	+51	—	43.1%	-0.59	5–6 (45%)	2–3 (40%)	102.0	+0.43
1995	20	1583	128.4	—	—	—	—	-95	+90	—	41.5%	-0.46	2–3 (40%)	1–1	—	+0.78
1996	21	1629	128.0	—	—	—	—	-116	+68	—	40.0%	-0.93	3–4 (43%)	2–0	—	-0.61
1997	22	1540	104.7	—	—	—	—	-39	+79	—	34.8%	-1.11	4–4 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	101.1	+0.93
1999	24	1519	108.8	—	—	—	—	—	+53	—	25.0%	-1.38	—	—	—	-0.10
Career		1655	122.1	—	—	—	—	-60	+72	—	37.1%	-0.97	15–18 (45%)	7–7 (50%)	103.7	+1.01

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Petra Begerow Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1994	19	R128	R64	R128	—	1–3 (25%)
1995	20	R128	R64	R128	—	1–3 (25%)
1996	21	R128	R64	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1997	22	R128	R64	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
W-L		0–4 (0%)	4–4 (50%)	0–4 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	4–14 (22%)

WTA 1000

Petra Begerow WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	ITA	BER	CAN	BER	HIL	KEY	PHI	ZUR	W-L Win %
1992	17	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1993	18	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	0–2 (0%)
1995	20	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	3–2 (60%)
1996	21	—	R64	—	R32	R32	QF	R64	—	R32	4–6 (40%)
1997	22	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	2–3 (40%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	9–14 (39%)

WTA 500

Petra Begerow WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	HAM	PAR	AME	BRI	ESS	POR	LEI	MAN	SYD	W-L Win %
1993	18	R16	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1994	19	R16	R16	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
1995	20	QF	—	R64	—	—	QF	R32	—	R32	4–5 (44%)
1996	21	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	3–3 (50%)
W-L		4–4 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	10–15 (40%)

WTA 250

Petra Begerow WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	BOL	BUD	CAI	CAR	JAK	KRE	LEI	LIN	LUX	MAR	MOS	PAL	PRA	QUE	STR	SUR	WAR	W-L Win %
1992	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1993	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1994	19	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	R16	R16	—	—	QF	—	6–6 (50%)
1995	20	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	0–3 (0%)
1996	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1997	22	—	R32	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	3–7 (30%)
1999	24	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	1–3 (25%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	11–23 (32%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Apr 8, 1996

First Top 100

Jun 6, 1994

First Top 50

Oct 30, 1995

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Petra Begerow ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1991	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	594	613
1992	17	581	501	489	461	386	390	327	284	295	289	259	258
1993	18	253	266	268	246	182	186	161	109	104	111	108	109
1994	19	121	112	118	118	102	100	96	116	117	110	97	97
1995	20	104	104	102	107	71	69	72	72	68	49	60	60
1996	21	49	37	33	30	51	55	55	58	55	62	63	58
1997	22	62	77	66	93	100	102	100	124	123	143	141	143
1998	23	137	162	236	266	322	538	571	—	—	—	953	851
1999	24	849	799	428	328	324	319	274	263	262	266	248	245
2000	25	246	263	284	317	328	327	421	448	473	659	659	—

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.

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Kyoko Nagatsuka	JPN	#28	1,726	102	42	60	41.2%	$421,541	1992–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Kristie Boogert	NED	#29	1,770	245	105	140	42.9%	$1,364,008	1991–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Katarina Studenikova	SVK	#31	1,746	157	64	93	40.8%	$594,039	1993–1999	Rivalries	Match log
Meike Babel	GER	#27	1,784	157	71	86	45.2%	$546,800	1991–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Maria Vento-Kabchi	VEN	#26	1,718	255	97	158	38.0%	$1,591,803	1992–2006	Rivalries	Match log
Rachel Mcquillan	AUS	#28	1,826	360	163	197	45.3%	$1,622,632	1988–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Sylvia Plischke	AUT	#27	1,719	142	56	86	39.4%	$660,386	1994–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Angelica Gavaldon	MEX	#34	1,735	186	75	111	40.3%	$504,376	1988–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Janette Husarova	SVK	#31	1,737	188	79	109	42.0%	$2,402,865	1993–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Magdalena Grzybowska	POL	#30	1,748	124	49	75	39.5%	$542,889	1995–2002	Rivalries	Match log
Adriana Serra Zanetti	ITA	#38	1,632	174	57	117	32.8%	$787,665	1991–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Alexandra Fusai	FRA	#37	1,765	236	89	147	37.7%	$1,608,170	1990–2002	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Petra Begerow?: Petra Begerow is 51 years old, born on April 14, 1975.
Which country does Petra Begerow represent?: Petra Begerow represents Germany in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Petra Begerow?: Petra Begerow is 178 cm / 5'10".
Is Petra Begerow left-handed or right-handed?: Petra Begerow plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Petra Begerow won?: Petra Begerow has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Petra Begerow won?: TennisDB does not group any of Petra Begerow's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Petra Begerow's highest WTA ranking?: Petra Begerow's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 29, first achieved on April 8, 1996.
What is Petra Begerow's career win-loss record?: Petra Begerow has a career WTA singles record of 34 wins and 66 losses (34.0%).
How much career prize money has Petra Begerow earned?: Petra Begerow has earned at least $340,523 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Petra Begerow's career appear in TennisDB?: Petra Begerow appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1992 through 1999.
On which surface does Petra Begerow have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Petra Begerow's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 42.3% (22–30).
Who has Petra Begerow faced most often?: Petra Begerow's most frequent opponent is Asa Carlsson, with a head-to-head record of 0–4 across 4 meetings.