Sabine Auer Explained

Sabine Auer
Full Name:Sabine Krein-Auer
Country Represented:
Birth Date:2 October 1966
Birth Place:Radolfzell, West Germany
Retired:1993
Careerprizemoney:$53,958
Singlesrecord:70-79
Singlestitles:2 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 125 (21 November 1988)
Australianopenresult:1R (1989)
Frenchopenresult:1R (1988)
Doublesrecord:16-18
Doublestitles:1 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 342 (8 May 1989)

Sabine Krein-Auer (born 2 October 1966) is a German former professional tennis player. She played under her maiden name Sabine Auer.

Biography

Born in Radolfzell, Auer competed on the professional tour in the 1980 and 1990s, reaching a best singles ranking of 125 in the world.

Auer's best performance on the WTA Tour was making the fourth round of the 1988 Lipton International Players Championships. Playing in the main draw as a qualifier, she defeated Iwona Kuczyńska, Amy Frazier and world number seven Hana Mandlíková, before being eliminated by Barbara Potter. In her upset win over Mandlíková she saved five match points in the second set.[1]

She featured in the women's singles main draws at the 1988 French Open and 1989 Australian Open.

Now living in Saarland, Auer still plays tennis competitively on the ITF senior's circuit. She was the ITF Over 40s World Champion in 2009.[2]

ITF finals

Singles (2–1)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.3 August 1987Rheda, West GermanyClay Tanja Weigl4–6, 2–6
Win2.10 August 1987Darmstadt, West GermanyClay Martina Pawlik7–5, 6–2
Win3.7 January 1991Bamberg, GermanyCarpet7–6, 4–6, 6–4

Doubles (1–2)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.1 January 1990Bamberg, West GermanyCarpet Cora Hofmann
Alexandra Seifarth
6–4, 6–2
Loss2.7 January 1991Bamberg, GermanyCarpet Steffi Menning
Martina Pawlik
4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss3.11 January 1993Coburg, GermanyCarpet Ivana Havrlíková
Pavlína Rajzlová
3–6, 0–6

Notes and References

  1. News: Mandlikova Upset, Angrily Hits Ball at Lineswoman . . 20 March 1988.
  2. News: Gerth/Schneider behalten die Nerven . . 5 May 2015 . German.