Katharina Krüger | |
Residence: | Berlin, Germany |
Birth Date: | 3 January 1990 |
Birth Place: | Zehlendorf, West Berlin, West Germany |
Turnedpro: | 2001 |
Plays: | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 6 (24 August 2009) |
Currentsinglesranking: | No. 22 (16 March 2020) |
Australianopenresult: | QF (2015, 2017, 2018) |
Frenchopenresult: | QF (2010, 2013, 2018, 2023) |
Wimbledonresult: | QF (2018) |
Usopenresult: | QF (2022) |
Othertournaments: | yes |
Paralympicsresult: | 2R (2012, 2016) |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 5 (2 February 2009) |
Currentdoublesranking: | No. 14 (16 March 2020) |
Australianopendoublesresult: | F (2009) |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | SF (2010, 2013, 2018) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | SF (2009, 2014, 2015, 2018) |
Usopendoublesresult: | QF (2022, 2023) |
Othertournamentsdoubles: | yes |
Paralympicsdoublesresult: | QF (2012) |
Katharina Krüger (born 3 January 1990) is a German wheelchair tennis player who competes in international level events. In the singles she is a three-time quarterfinalist in the Australian Open and four-time quarterfinalist in the French Open. She has participated at three Summer Paralympic Games and reached the second round in the singles' events. In the doubles she was a runner-up in the 2009 Australian Open where she partnered with Agnieszka Wysocka and lost to Korie Homan and Esther Vergeer in the final.[1] [2] [3] Krüger has used a wheelchair from an early age as she was born with spina bifida.[4]