Céline Naef

Swiss tennis player (born 2005)
Céline Naef
Naef at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Switzerland
Born (2005-06-25) 25 June 2005 (age 18)
Feusisberg, Switzerland
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$242,989
Singles
Career record77–31 (71.3%)
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 121 (16 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 163 (4 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2024)
French OpenQ1 (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
US OpenQ2 (2023)
Doubles
Career record26–14 (65.0%)
Career titles1 WTA Challenger, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 262 (4 March 2024)
Current rankingNo. 262 (4 March 2024)
Last updated on: 4 March 2024.

Céline Naef (born 25 June 2005) is a Swiss tennis player.

Naef has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 121 in singles, achieved on 16 October 2023, and No. 262 in doubles, reached on 4 March 2024.[1] Up to date, she has won one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour along with six singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Junior years

Naef had a successful junior career. Her career-high ranking as a junior was world No. 4. In 2022, Naef won a prestigious tournament for juniors, the Trofeo Bonfiglio (Grade A).[2] In 2022, Naef reached the final of the 2022 French Open, partnering Nikola Bartůňková.[3] In July 2022, she played in the final of the European Youth Championship held in Klosters, Switzerland which she lost to Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva.[4]

Career

2022

Naef played and won her first final in Monastir, Tunisia, in March 2022.[5] In October 2022, she became champion in both singles and doubles in Reims, France.[6] A week later, she won another singles title in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin defeating Spanish player Irene Burillo Escorihuela in the final.[7]

2023: First WTA Tour wins and quarterfinal, major debut and top 125

Naef started 2023 with a title in Loughborough, England, where she became the champion by defeating British Eliz Maloney in the final.[8] In February 2023, Naef played her first major final, and became the champion in both singles and doubles at the $40k tournament held in Porto, Portugal.[9]

The 17 years old made her WTA Tour debut as a wildcard and recorded her first tour-level win at the grass-court event Rosmalen Open defeating 42 years old wildcard Venus Williams.[10] Next, she defeated eighth seed Caty McNally for her second WTA Tour win, before losing to top-seeded Veronika Kudermetova in the quarterfinals.[11]

She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at Wimbledon after qualifying.[12][13]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2023 Rosmalen Open.

Tournament 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Guadalajara Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
2023 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 1 Career total: 1
Titles 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 Career total: 0
Hard win–loss 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Clay win–loss 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Grass win–loss 2–1 0 / 1 2–1  – 
Overall win–loss 2–1 0 / 1 2–1  – 
Year-end ranking

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Girls' doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2022 French Open Clay Czech Republic Nikola Bartůňková Czech Republic Sára Bejlek
Czech Republic Lucie Havlíčková 		3–6, 3–6

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2023 Andorrà la Vella Open, Andorra Hard (i) Erika Andreeva Hungary Tímea Babos
United Kingdom Heather Watson 		6–2, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
W80 tournaments (1–0)
W60/75 tournaments (0–2)
W40/50 tournaments (1–0)
W25/35 tournaments (2–0)
W15 tournaments (2–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Germany Lara Schmidt 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win 2–0 Oct 2022 ITF Reims, France W15 Hard (i) France Manon Léonard 6–2, 6–7(3), 6–3
Win 3–0 Oct 2022 ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France W25+H Hard (i) Spain Irene Burillo Escorihuela 3–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win 4–0 Jan 2023 GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK W25+H Hard (i) United Kingdom Eliz Maloney 6–0, 6–4
Win 5–0 Jan 2023 Porto Indoor 1, Portugal W40 Hard (i) Italy Lucrezia Stefanini 6–2, 6–4
Loss 5–1 Apr 2023 Chiasso Open, Switzerland W60 Clay Mirra Andreeva 6–1, 6–7(3), 0–6
Win 6–1 Sep 2023 ITF Féminin Le Neubourg, France W80+H Hard Alina Korneeva 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7)
Loss 6–2 Mar 2024 Trnava Indoor, Slovakia W75 Hard (i) Netherlands Suzan Lamens 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

Legend
W75 tournaments (1–0)
W40/50 tournaments (1–0)
W15 tournaments (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2022 ITF Reims, France W15 Hard (i) Slovakia Irina Balus France Mallaurie Noël
France Margot Yerolymos 		6–2, 6–0
Win 2–0 Feb 2023 Porto Indoor 1, Portugal W40 Hard (i) Belgium Yanina Wickmayer France Alice Robbe
Croatia Tara Würth 		6–1, 6–4
Win 3–0 Feb 2024 Porto Indoor 3, Portugal W75 Hard (i) Hungary Anna Bondár Portugal Francisca Jorge
Portugal Matilde Jorge 		6–4, 3–6, [11–9]

Notes

  1. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

References

  1. ^ "Céline Naef | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
  2. ^ "BASAVAREDDY AND NAEF WARM UP FOR ROLAND GARROS WITH MILAN SUCCESS". Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  3. ^ "LES VAINQUEURS DE CETTE ÉDITION 2022". Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  4. ^ "Céline Naef holt in Klosters Silbermedaille". Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  5. ^ "Céline Naef gelingt erster Profi-Turniersieg". Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  6. ^ "Tennis – Céline Naef s'offre les Internationaux de Reims Champagne". Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  7. ^ "Tennis. Open féminin 50 : un scénario incroyable pour la victoire en finale de Céline Naef". Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  8. ^ "MONDAY UPDATE: NÄCHSTER TITEL FÜR CÉLINE NAEF". Retrieved 2023-01-16.
  9. ^ "Celine Naef vence W40 Porto I em ténis". Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  10. ^ https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3536335/with-serena-on-hand-venus-falls-to-naef-in-s-hertogenbosch-opener
  11. ^ https://libema-open.nl/en/2023/06/16/kudermetova-and-hruncakova-final-semi-finalists/
  12. ^ https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3561768/mirra-andreeva-kenin-wickmayer-qualify-for-wimbledon-main-draw
  13. ^ https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3563322/wimbledon-2023-s-grand-slam-debuts-stevanovic-naef-bai-and-more

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