Miriam Schnitzer

Miriam Schnitzer (born 14 January 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

Biography Born in Freiburg, she is one of two children of Gaby and Walter Schnitzer. She was introduced to tennis by her father at the age of four.

Competing professionally from 1994, Schnitzer attained her best ranking of 109 in the world in 1999 and won four titles on the ITF circuit.

All of her five main draw appearances at grand slam level, including three at Wimbledon, came after getting through qualifying. She made the second round of the 1998 US Open, by beating Ukraine's Elena Tatarkova. In qualifying for the 2000 US Open she had wins over Daniela Hantuchova and Virginie Razzano.

Her best WTA Tour performance was a quarter-final appearance at the 2001 German Open in Berlin. Playing as a wildcard, she beat Francesca Schiavone, Nathalie Tauziat and Denisa Chladkova, before falling to Justine Henin. She had earned her wildcard into the draw after winning the German Indoor Championships.

She retired from professional tennis in 2002.

ITF finals Singles (4–5) Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 18 April 1994 Nottingham, United Kingdom Hard Shannon Peters 0–6, 0–6Loss 2. 6 March 1995 Buchen, Germany Carpet Kerstin Taube 2–6, 4–6Loss 3. Istanbul, Turkey Hard Emmanuelle Gagliardi 4–6, 6–7(8–10)Win 4. 16 February 1997 Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia Carpet Ekaterina Sysoeva 7–6, 6–4Win 5. 9 March 1997 Buchen, Germany Carpet Magdalena Zděnovcová 6–2, 4–6, 7–5Loss 6. 8 March 1998 Buchen, Germany Carpet (i) Elena Dementieva 1–6, 3–6Loss 7. 13 February 2000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Carpet (i) Tina Križan 2–6, 3–6Win 8. 9 July, 2000 Vaihingen (Stuttgart), Germany Clay Mia Buric 6–3, 6–4Win 9. 16 July, 2000 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Renata Kučerová 6–4, 6–3

Doubles (0–1) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 15 February 1998 Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia Hard (i) Tina Pisnik Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik 0–6, 3–6