Sabine Auer

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.

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.

ITF finals Singles (2–1) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 3 August 1987 Rheda, West Germany Clay Tanja Weigl 4–6, 2–6Win 2. 10 August 1987 Darmstadt, West Germany Clay Martina Pawlik 7–5, 6–2Win 3. 7 January 1991 Bamberg, Germany Carpet Petra Holubová 7–6, 4–6, 6–4

Doubles (1–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 1 January 1990 Bamberg, West Germany Carpet Heike Thoms Cora Hofmann Alexandra Seifarth 6–4, 6–2Loss 2. 7 January 1991 Bamberg, Germany Carpet Heike Thoms Steffi Menning Martina Pawlik 4–6, 7–6, 3–6Loss 3. 11 January 1993 Coburg, Germany Carpet Heike Thoms Ivana Havrlíková Pavlína Rajzlová 3–6, 0–6