Marlene Weingärtner

Who is Marlene Weingärtner?

Marlene Weingärtner is a retired professional tennis player from Germany. She is a former top 40 player in both singles and doubles.

Weingärtner retired after the US Open 2005 after suffering several first round losses due to ongoing physical problems.

The most remarkable moment of Weingärtner's career was her dramatic first round match in the Australian Open 2003 when she defeated the defending champion Jennifer Capriati after she seemed to have already lost. Capriati led their encounter at one stage 6–2 4–1, but the determined German fought back and eventually won by a 2–6 7–6 6–4 scoreline. She eventually reached the third round.

Her best Grand Slam showings were two fourth round appearances, the first in Melbourne 2002, the latter at the French Open 2004. In that year she also reached her only WTA Tour final in Bali which she lost in straight sets to Svetlana Kuznetsova.

She made a brief return in July 2008 to play the doubles event of the tournament in Bad Gastein. She had partnered Sandra Klemenschits, losing in the quarterfinals to Xu Yifan and Zhang Shuai.