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Sylvia Plischke

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Sylvia Plischke
Country (sports) Austria
ResidenceInnsbruck, Austria
Born (1977-07-20) 20 July 1977 (age 47)
Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$660,386
Singles
Career record187–184
Career titles0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 27 (21 June 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1999)
French OpenQF (1999)
Wimbledon3R (1998)
US Open2R (1998, 1999, 2000)
Doubles
Career record62–87
Career titles1 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 78 (8 January 2001)
Team competitions
Fed Cup5–6

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

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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

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Doubles: 1 (title)

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Legend
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III (1)
Tier IV & V
Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 12 November 2000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard Slovakia Henrieta Nagyová South Africa Liezel Huber
Canada Vanessa Webb
6–4, 7–6

ITF finals

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

Singles (2–1)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 27 June 1993 Zagreb, Croatia Clay Germany Renata Kochta 6–3, 6–0
Winner 2. 10 April 1994 Limoges, France Hard (i) France Nathalie Guerrée-Spitzer 1–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 16 February 1997 Cali, Colombia Clay Spain Laura Pena 6–7, 3–6

Doubles (2–3)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 17 July 1994 Vigo, Spain Clay Czech Republic Jitka Dubcová Chile Paula Cabezas
Puerto Rico Emilie Viqueira
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 27 July 1997 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Germany Marlene Weingärtner Italy Laura Golarsa
Argentina Mercedes Paz
6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Winner 3. 14 December 1997 Bad Gögging, Germany Carpet (i) Slovenia Tina Križan France Emmanuelle Curutchet
France Sophie Georges
6–3, 6–3
Winner 4. 12 February 2002 Sutton, United Kingdom Carpet Serbia and Montenegro Dragana Zarić Estonia Maret Ani
Russia Galina Fokina
7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 5. 9 June 2002 Galatina, Italy Clay Morocco Bahia Mouhtassine Romania Edina Gallovits-Hall
Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
3–6, 2–6
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