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Heide Orth

GER Age 84 Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1968–1976

Heide Orth represented Germany on the WTA Tour. In TennisDB's records, Heide Orth finished with a career record of 66–58 and 2 singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak ranking

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Elo peak

1807 (76th percentile)

Career record

66–58 (53.2%)

Career titles

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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Heide Orth's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Helena Anliot	6-3 0-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 1976*	R16	Travemunde	WTA 250	Clay
Helga Masthoff	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 7, 1974*	F	Travemunde	WTA 250	Clay
Kazuko Sawamatsu	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 6, 1974*	SF	Travemunde	WTA 250	Clay
Lita Liem	1-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 9, 1974*	R32	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Linky Boshoff	3-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 6, 1974*	R64	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay

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Heide Orth's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Helga Masthoff	1	6	7	Jul 7, 1974	H2H
Marijke Jansen	1	3	4	May 24, 1974	H2H
Gail Sherriff	1	3	4	Apr 14, 1974	H2H
Helga Schultze	0	4	4	Aug 11, 1973	H2H
Kazuko Sawamatsu	1	2	3	Jul 6, 1974	H2H

Titles (2)

Heide Orth 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
1969	26	1	—	—	—	1	—	Bremen
1972	29	1	—	—	—	1	—	Fulda
Total		2	—	—	—	2	—

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

Career Results

Heide Orth career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	25	4	6	10	40.0%	—	—
1969	26	6	4	10	60.0%	—	—
1970	27	6	6	12	50.0%	—	—
1971	28	20	15	35	57.1%	—	—
1972	29	16	9	25	64.0%	—	—
1973	30	6	11	17	35.3%	—	—
1974	31	8	6	14	57.1%	—	—
1976	33	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		66	58	124	53.2%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Heide Orth 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 %
1968	25	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	6	10	40.0%
1969	26	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	6	4	10	60.0%
1970	27	—	—	—	—	6	5	11	54.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	6	6	12	50.0%
1971	28	6	2	8	75.0%	10	10	20	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	1	4	75.0%	20	15	35	57.1%
1972	29	3	1	4	75.0%	13	8	21	61.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16	9	25	64.0%
1973	30	—	—	—	—	2	9	11	18.2%	—	—	—	—	4	2	6	66.7%	6	11	17	35.3%
1974	31	—	—	—	—	8	6	14	57.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	6	14	57.1%
1976	33	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	9	3	12	75.0%	42	44	86	48.8%	3	4	7	42.9%	8	5	13	61.5%	66	58	124	53.2%

Advanced Stats

Heide Orth 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
1968	25	1490	99.2	—	—	—	—	—	-14	+68	41.7%	-1.12	2–2 (50%)	—	—	+0.27
1969	26	1564	119.8	—	—	—	—	—	-66	—	59.1%	+0.55	1–1	—	—	-0.05
1970	27	1608	118.3	—	—	—	—	—	-8	—	50.0%	-0.18	2–2 (50%)	—	—	-0.14
1971	28	1717	134.1	—	—	—	—	-5	-47	-188	55.8%	+0.61	4–3 (57%)	0–1	—	+0.31
1972	29	1767	144.8	—	—	—	—	-12	-6	—	62.5%	+1.38	3–3 (50%)	0–1	—	-1.13
1973	30	1672	123.4	—	—	—	—	+105	-47	—	41.5%	-0.46	2–5 (29%)	0–2	—	+0.74
1974	31	1693	122.1	—	—	—	—	—	-7	—	50.0%	+0.07	4–0 (100%)	—	—	+0.59
1976	33	1672	101.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.67	0–1	—	—	+0.14
Career		1807	135.2	—	—	—	—	+24	-25	-60	52.7%	+0.30	18–17 (51%)	0–4 (0%)	98.8	+0.59

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Heide Orth Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	W-L Win %
1968	25	—	R32	2–1 (67%)
1970	27	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1971	28	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1972	29	R32	—	2–1 (67%)
1973	30	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1974	31	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		3–3 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	5–6 (45%)

WTA 500

Heide Orth WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BER	W-L Win %
1970	27	R32	0–1 (0%)
1971	28	SF	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)

WTA 250

Heide Orth WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	BAD	BUE	GST	HAM	KIT	MAD	MC	MIA	MUN	QUE	ITA	SPB	STU	TKY	BEA	BIE	BRA	BRE	COL	DUR	DUS	ESS	FUL	LEV	MEN	NEW	NIC	SOU	TEL	TRA	VEN	W-L Win %
1968	25	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	2–5 (29%)
1969	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	SF	—	W	QF	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–4 (60%)
1970	27	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–4 (60%)
1971	28	QF	F	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	F	—	SF	QF	F	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	19–13 (59%)
1972	29	—	—	R16	R16	BR	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	W	—	—	—	SF	R16	—	—	—	14–8 (64%)
1973	30	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	R32	—	BR	—	—	SF	F	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	6–10 (38%)
1974	31	—	—	—	R16	—	—	F	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	F	—	7–5 (58%)
1976	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	6–6 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	8–3 (73%)	1–1 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	4–5 (44%)	0–1 (0%)	1–0 (100%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	5–2 (71%)	5–2 (71%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	60–50 (55%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career-high date

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First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

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Data coverage: Weekly WTA ranking snapshots are unavailable before 1984. Audited official No. 1 change dates and year-end Top 10 ranks are included, but weekly counts and ranks outside those anchors remain incomplete.

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Heide Orth?: Heide Orth is 84 years old, born on August 10, 1942.
Which country does Heide Orth represent?: Heide Orth represents Germany in TennisDB's WTA records.
Is Heide Orth left-handed or right-handed?: Heide Orth plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Heide Orth won?: Heide Orth has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Heide Orth won?: TennisDB does not group any of Heide Orth's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Heide Orth won?: Heide Orth has won 2 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Fulda in 1972.
What is Heide Orth's career win-loss record?: Heide Orth has a career WTA singles record of 66 wins and 58 losses (53.2%).
Which seasons of Heide Orth's career appear in TennisDB?: Heide Orth appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1968 through 1976.
On which surface does Heide Orth have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Heide Orth's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 48.8% (42–44).
Who has Heide Orth faced most often?: Heide Orth's most frequent opponent is Helga Masthoff, with a head-to-head record of 1–6 across 7 meetings.