Personal

Coached by Milos Sarbajic...Favorite surface is Rebound Ace; names best shot as her serve; plays all-court style of game...Father, Lutz, is a planner; mother, Petra (nee Vogt), is a teacher; mother was 1969 European track champion in 100 meters, 200 meters, and 100x4 meter relay in Athens; parents play tennis as a hobby...Is naturally left-handed, but plays tennis right-handed...Enjoys horseback riding, drawing, reading, seeing friends and walking her dog...Favorite movie is Life is Beautiful; favorite books are Ansichten eines Clowns and Le Petit Prince...Favorite places to visit are India and South America...Interrupted her German studies to train at a gymnasium in 1996; went back to school in 1999-2000 to study for pre-university exams in July 2000 and did not play tournaments for three months (Feb.-April 2000) while in school...Admires, among others, Nelson Mandela, Che Guevara, Itzhak Rabin, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Gandhi...Favorite tournaments are in Australia because of the beaches and the Rebound Ace courts...Self-described as chaotic.

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Semifinalist (2): 2001 - Estoril; 1996 - Palermo.
Quarterfinalist (5): 2001 - Stanford; 2000 - Warsaw; 1997 - Amelia Island; 1995 - Hamburg, Warsaw.

DOUBLES
Quarterfinalist (13): 2001 - Canberra (w/Casoni); 2000 - Gold Coast (w/Jeyaseelan), Warsaw (w/Babel); 1999 - Bogota (w/Labat), Estoril (w/Dokic), Budapest (w/Wagner), Birmingham (w/Golarsa), Luxembourg (w/Pitkowski); 1998 - Madrid (w/Makarova), Istanbul (w/Lubiani), Quebec City (w/Gagliardi); 1997 - Rosmalen (w/DeVille); 1995 - Maria Lankowitz (w/Meier).

ADDITIONAL
German Fed Cup Team 1998-99. German Olympic Team 2000.