Simona Waltert

Simona Waltert
Waltert at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Switzerland
Born (2000-12-13) 13 December 2000
Chur, Switzerland
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CoachStéphane Bohli (2019-)
Prize moneyUS$ 896,961
Singles
Career record293–192
Career titles0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 86 (10 November 2025)
Current rankingNo. 86 (12 January 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2026)
French Open2R (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
US OpenQ2 (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
Doubles
Career record95–55
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 88 (27 October 2025)
Current rankingNo. 88 (27 October 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2026)
Team competitions
Fed CupW (2022)
Record: 0–1
Last updated on: 1 November 2025.

Simona Waltert (born 13 December 2000) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 88, achieved on 20 October 2025, and a doubles ranking of No. 88, achieved on 27 October 2025. To date, she has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, one singles and five WTA 125 doubles titles.

Career

2017: Juniors

Waltert was a girls' singles semifinalist at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, losing to eventual runner-up Ann Li. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Waltert had a career-high combined ranking of No. 9, achieved on 22 January 2018.[1]

2019-2023: WTA Tour and major debuts, maiden doubles title

Waltert made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2019 Ladies Open Lausanne, where she received a wildcard for the singles and doubles tournaments.[2]

She won her first WTA Tour doubles title at the 2021 Ladies Open Lausanne, partnering Susan Bandecchi.[3]

Waltert at the 2022 French Open

At the 2022 Ladies Open Lausanne, she earned her first top-10 win as a wildcard over world No. 7 and top seed Danielle Collins, saving three match points in the deciding tiebreak.[4][5][6] By defeating Cristina Bucsa the second round, she went one step further to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal, where she was beaten by Olga Danilović.[7][8] She won the 2022 Bronx Open in doubles with partner Anna Blinkova.[9]

Waltert made her Grand Slam debut at the 2023 French Open[10] and won her first match defeating Elizabeth Mandlik,[11][12] before losing in the second round to Elisabetta Cocciaretto.[13] As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking of No. 107 on 12 June 2023.[14][15]

2024-2025: First WTA 125 singles title, top 100

Partnering with María Lourdes Carlé, Waltert was runner-up in the doubles at the WTA 125 2024 Montreux Open, losing to Quinn Gleason and Ingrid Martins in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.[16]

She reached the top 100 on 6 October 2025, following her first WTA 125 singles final at the 2025 Zavarovalnica Sava Ljubljana in Slovenia and the quarterfinals in Rende, Calabria,[17] as well as winning her first and biggest ITF W100 title in Lisbon.[18][14][15]

Waltert won her first WTA 125 singles title at the 2025 Rio Ladies Open, defeating Alice Ramé in the final.[19]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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 (incl. Grand Slam tournaments) are included in win–loss records.[20]

Singles

Current through the 2025 US Open.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q2 Q3 Q3 Q1 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A Q2 2R Q1 Q3 0 / 1 1–1
Wimbledon A A Q2 Q1 1R Q2 Q1 0 / 1 0–1
US Open A A A Q2 Q2 Q2 Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 1–2
WTA 1000
Indian Wells Open A A A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 0 1 2 2 3 9
Overall win–loss 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–3 6–9
Year-end ranking 295 297 217 120 166 175 40%

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (–)
WTA 1000 (–)
WTA 500 (–)
WTA 250 (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (–)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (–)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–1)
Indoor (–)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2021 Ladies Open Lausanne, Switzerland WTA 250 Clay Switzerland Susan Bandecchi Norway Ulrikke Eikeri
Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou 		6–3, 6–7(3–7), [10–5]
Loss 1–1 Jul 2025 Iași Open, Romania WTA 250 Clay Argentina María Lourdes Carlé Slovenia Veronika Erjavec
Hungary Panna Udvardy 		5–7, 3–6

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2025 Ljubljana Open, Slovenia Clay Slovenia Kaja Juvan 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2025 Rio de Janeiro Open, Brazil Clay France Alice Ramé 7–5, 6–2

Doubles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2024 Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland Clay Argentina María Lourdes Carlé United States Quinn Gleason
Brazil Ingrid Martins 		3–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Win 1–1 Mar 2025 Antalya Challenger, Turkey Clay Argentina María Lourdes Carlé Poland Maja Chwalińska
Czech Republic Anastasia Dețiuc 		3–6, 7–5, [10–3]
Win 2–1 Mar 2025 Antalya Challenger 3, Turkey Clay Hungary Anna Bondár United Kingdom Alicia Barnett
France Elixane Lechemia 		7–5, 2–6, [10–6]
Win 3–1 Jun 2025 Ilkley Open, United Kingdom Grass Netherlands Isabelle Haverlag Russia Vitalia Diatchenko
United Kingdom Eden Silva 		6–1, 6–1
Win 4–1 Sep 2025 Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland Clay Russia Oksana Selekhmeteva Netherlands Arantxa Rus
Romania Anca Todoni 		6–4, 6–1
Win 5–1 Sep 2025 Ljubljana Open, Slovenia Clay Czech Republic Miriam Škoch Slovenia Dalila Jakupović
Slovenia Nika Radišić 		6–2, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 19 (8 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (1–0)
W80 tournaments (0–1)
W60/75 tournaments (2–2)
W25 tournaments (0–3)
W15 tournaments (5–5)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2017 ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Italy Georgia Brescia 6–0, 4–6, 6–7(1)
Loss 0–2 Nov 2017 ITF Oslo, Norway 15,000 Hard (i) Switzerland Leonie Küng 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Mar 2018 ITF Mâcon, France 15,000 Hard (i) Switzerland Tess Sugnaux 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 1–3 May 2018 ITF San Severo, Italy 15,000 Clay Greece Despina Papamichail 1–6, 2–6
Win 2–3 Dec 2018 ITF Ortisei, Italy 15,000 Hard (i) Chinese Taipei Joanna Garland 6–4, 6–2
Loss 2–4 Jan 2019 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Belgium Magali Kempen 7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Win 3–4 Feb 2019 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Finland Oona Orpana 6–1, 6–3
Loss 3–5 Feb 2019 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Egypt Mayar Sherif 4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win 4–5 Apr 2019 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Austria Melanie Klaffner 7–6(6), 7–5
Loss 4–6 May 2019 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Egypt Mayar Sherif 2–6, 1–6
Loss 4–7 Jul 2019 ITF Horb, Germany W25 Clay Croatia Lea Bošković 4–6, 6–0, 1–6
Win 5–7 Jan 2021 ITF Manacor, Spain W15 Clay Spain Yvonne Cavallé Reimers 6–2, 7–6(4)
Loss 5–8 Feb 2021 AK Ladies Open, Germany W25 Carpet (i) Denmark Clara Tauson 6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Loss 5–9 Oct 2021 Internationaux de Poitiers, France W80 Hard (i) France Chloé Paquet 4–6, 3–6
Loss 5–10 Apr 2022 Chiasso Open, Switzerland W60 Clay Italy Lucia Bronzetti 6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Win 6–10 Jul 2022 Amstelveen Open, Netherlands W60 Clay United States Emma Navarro 7–6(10), 6–0
Loss 6–11 Feb 2023 Open de Grenoble, France W60 Hard (i) France Océane Dodin 2–6, 5–7
Win 7–11 Oct 2024 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, United Kingdom W75 Hard (i) Georgia (country) Mariam Bolkvadze 6–4, 6–2
Win 8–11 Sep 2025 Lisboa Belém Open, Portugal W100 Clay Latvia Darja Semeņistaja 6–2, 6–1

Doubles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (1–2)
$25,000 tournaments (1–1)
$10/15,000 tournaments (2–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2016 ITF Sion, Switzerland 10,000 Clay Switzerland Leonie Küng United Kingdom Emily Arbuthnott
Switzerland Karin Kennel 		2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Dec 2018 ITF Ortisei, Italy 15,000 Hard (i) Italy Verena Hofer Slovenia Veronika Erjavec
Slovenia Kristina Novak 		4–6, 5–7
Win 1–2 Apr 2019 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Greece Despina Papamichail Egypt Mayar Sherif
Egypt Rana Sherif Ahmed 		6–3, 6–2
Win 2–2 May 2019 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Slovakia Alica Rusová Australia Seone Mendez
Ecuador Charlotte Römer 		7–5, 0–6, [10–6]
Win 3–2 Sep 2019 Verbier Open, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Switzerland Xenia Knoll Turkey İpek Soylu
Liechtenstein Kathinka von Deichmann 		6–4, 6–3
Loss 3–3 Feb 2022 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 25,000 Hard Romania Irina Fetecău Netherlands Isabelle Haverlag
Lithuania Justina Mikulskytė 		1–6, 2–6
Loss 3–4 Feb 2022 AK Ladies Open, Germany 60,000 Carpet (i) Switzerland Susan Bandecchi Georgia (country) Mariam Bolkvadze
United Kingdom Samantha Murray Sharan 		3–6, 5–7
Win 4–4 Aug 2022 Bronx Open, United States 60,000 Hard Russia Anna Blinkova South Korea Han Na-lae
Japan Hiroko Kuwata 		6–3, 6–3
Loss 4–5 Apr 2024 ITF Chiasso, Switzerland 75,000 Clay Greece Despina Papamichail Germany Lena Papadakis
United Kingdom Emily Appleton 		6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss 4–6 Aug 2025 Landisville Tennis Challenge, United States 100,000 Hard Brazil Ingrid Martins United States Carmen Corley
United States Ivana Corley 		6–4, 6–7(4), [10–12]

Head-to-head record

Record against top 10 players

Waltert's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10.[21]

* As of 12 July 2022

Wins over top-10 players

# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score SW Rank
2022
1. United States Danielle Collins No. 7 Ladies Open Lausanne Clay 1R 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(8–6) No. 154

References

  1. ^ Simona Waltert ITF Juniors Overview
  2. ^ "Simona Waltert mit Wildcard in Lausanne". www.suedostschwiez.ch (in German). 15 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Zidansek battles past Burel in Lausanne to win first title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Tennis, WTA – Lausanne Open 2022: Waltert downs Collins". Tennis Majors. 12 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Lausanne: Waltert saves 3 MPS, upsets Collins for 1st Top 10 win". Women's Tennis Association.
  6. ^ "Collins stunned by home hope Waltert as Bencic bounces back in Lausanne". Yahoo. 12 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Lausanne: Wildcard Waltert beats Bucsa in 3 sets to make 1st WTA QF". Women's Tennis Association.
  8. ^ "Beginner's Guide: Simona Waltert breathes life into Lausanne with breakout run". tennis.com.
  9. ^ "Rakhimova Wins 2022 NYJTL Bronx Open Title". 22 August 2025.
  10. ^ "Roland Garros 2023's Grand Slam debuts: Mirra Andreeva, Shymanovich, Waltert". Women's Tennis Association.
  11. ^ "Simona Waltert, du sang neuf à Roland-Garros" (in French). 1 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Roland-Garros: Waltert beats Mandlik in battle of the qualifiers, into second round". Tennis Majors. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Roland-Garros: Cocciaretto makes third round". Tennis Majors. June 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Simona Waltert Rankings History". Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  15. ^ a b "Rankings watch: Noskova makes Top 20 debut, Lys cracks Top 50". 6 October 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  16. ^ "Begu takes traditional lake plunge after winning Montreux WTA 125". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  17. ^ "Simona Waltert in the top 100 for the first time". Bluewin. 6 October 2025.
  18. ^ "Waltert wins biggest title yet at W100 Lisboa". 29 September 2025.
  19. ^ "Simona Waltert wins first Challenger tournament". Blue News. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  20. ^ "Simona Waltert | Player Stats & More – WTA Official".
  21. ^ "Head to Head". WTA Tennis.
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