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Stefanie Vögele

Stefanie Vögele
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Vögele at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports)   Switzerland
Residence Biel, Switzerland
Born (1990-03-10) 10 March 1990 (age 26)
Leuggern, Switzerland
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro 2006
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es) Ivo Werner
Prize money $ 1,583,486
Singles
Career record 320-258
Career titles 0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking No. 42 (11 November 2013)
Current ranking No. 114 (28 November 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (2010, 2014, 2015, 2017)
French Open 3R (2013)
Wimbledon 1R (2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
US Open 2R (2009)
Doubles
Career record 88-97
Career titles 0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking No. 103 (12 January 2015)
Current ranking No. 600 (28 November 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2014)
French Open 2R (2010)
Wimbledon 3R (2014)
US Open 2R (2009)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 6–14
Last updated on: 25 October 2016.

Stefanie Vögele (born 10 March 1990 in Leuggern, Aargau) is a professional Swiss tennis player. She is currently World No. 117 in singles, with her highest WTA singles ranking being no. 42, which she reached on 11 November 2013. Her career high in doubles is no. 103, which she reached on 12 January 2015.

Vögele is coached by Ivo Werner. She has three sisters and speaks German, English, and French. She was introduced to tennis at age 4 by her parents.

For the first five months of the year, Vögele participated in several WTA events, needing to play through the qualifying rounds of most tournaments. During this period, she never won a main-draw match in a WTA event. Vögele also played in ITF tournaments.

In June, Vögele played in Birmingham, defeating seeded Ekaterina Makarova en route to a quarterfinal showing. Playing at Wimbledon for the first time, she lost to defending champion Venus Williams in the first round.

Vögele had strong showings in July, advancing to the second round and semifinals in Prague and Portorož, respectively.

Playing at her third French Open, she lost to Serena Williams in the first round.

In 2011, Stefanie failed to qualify for the main draw of the Grand Slams. She lost in the first round of qualifiers of the Australian Open to Lesia Tsurenko. At Roland Garros, she defeated María Irigoyen and Misaki Doi, before losing to Heather Watson. She lost in the first round of Wimbledon qualifiers to Carla Suárez Navarro. At the US Open, she defeated Lenka Wienerová, before losing to Aleksandra Wozniak.


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