Sylvia Plischke Explained

Sylvia Plischke
Residence:Innsbruck, Austria
Birth Date:1977 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Height:1.77 m
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$660,386
Singlestitles:0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 27 (21 June 1999)
Australianopenresult:3R (1999)
Frenchopenresult:QF (1999)
Wimbledonresult:3R (1998)
Usopenresult:2R (1998, 1999, 2000)
Doublestitles:1 WTA, 2 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 78 (8 January 2001)
Team:yes
Fedcupresult:5–6

Sylvia Plischke (Czech: Plischkeová, born 20 July 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia, representing Austria. Her career-high singles ranking was No. 27 in the world, achieved in 1999.

Biography

Sylvia Plischke was born in Plzeň, Czechoslovakia, to Lubomír Plischke and Alena Plischkeová. The family moved to Austria when Sylvia was six years old and Sylvia went on to represent Austria in the Fed Cup and the Olympic Games. Her mother also was an Olympian, having represented Czechoslovakia in the 1972 Summer Olympics in the high jump.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Legend
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III (1)
Tier IV & V
Resultwidth=125Datewidth=120TournamentSurfacewidth=170Partnerwidth=170Opponentswidth=100Score
Win12 November 2000Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaHard Henrieta Nagyová Liezel Huber
Vanessa Webb
6–4, 7–6

ITF finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (2–1)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1. 27 June 1993 Zagreb, CroatiaClay 6–3, 6–0
Winner2. 10 April 1994 Limoges, France Hard (i)1–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up3. 16 February 1997Cali, Colombia Clay 6–7, 3–6

Doubles (2–3)

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OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.17 July 1994Vigo, SpainClay Jitka Dubcová Paula Cabezas
Emilie Viqueira
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up2.27 July 1997Istanbul, TurkeyHard Marlene Weingärtner Laura Golarsa
Mercedes Paz
6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Winner3.14 December 1997Bad Gögging, GermanyCarpet (i) Tina Križan Emmanuelle Curutchet
Sophie Georges
6–3, 6–3
Winner4.12 February 2002 Sutton, United KingdomCarpet Dragana Zarić Maret Ani
Galina Fokina
7–5, 6–3
Runner-up5.9 June 2002Galatina, ItalyClay Bahia Mouhtassine Edina Gallovits-Hall
Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
3–6, 2–6