Mona Barthel was born in Bad Segeberg to Wolfgang Barthel, who won the shot put event at the 1970 European Junior Athletics Championships in Paris, and Dr Hannelore.
162 Facts About Mona Barthel
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Mona Barthel was raised in a tennis-playing family, and took an interest in the game at age 3.
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Mona Barthel moved to Neumunster, where she completed her Abitur in 2009, having attended the Klaus Groth Schule.
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Mona Barthel played her first ITF tournament in July 2007 in Frinton where she qualified for the main tournament and reached the quarterfinals, losing to Jade Curtis.
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Mona Barthel reached the doubles final in Gausdal partnering Weidemann, where they lost to Tegan Edwards and Marcella Koek.
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Mona Barthel started 2011 by playing a $25k tournament in Andrezieux-Boutheon, France.
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Mona Barthel won the tournament defeating Stephanie Vogt in the final.
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Mona Barthel lost in the second round to Stephanie Foretz Gacon.
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Qualifying for the Moorilla Hobart International in Hobart, Mona Barthel reached the final after wins over Romina Oprandi, second seed Anabel Medina Garrigues, fifth seed Jarmila Gajdosova, and fourth seed Angelique Kerber.
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Mona Barthel won her first-round match when her opponent, Anne Keothavong, retired due to illness.
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At the Qatar Total Open in Doha, Mona Barthel was defeated in the second round by top seed and eventual champion Victoria Azarenka.
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Mona Barthel fell in the final round of qualifying at the Dubai Tennis Championships to Petra Martic.
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At the first Premier Mandatory event of the year at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Mona Barthel earned a comfortable first-round victory over American Jill Craybas.
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At the Sony Ericsson Open, Mona Barthel reached the third round by beating Greta Arn and thirteenth seed Jelena Jankovic.
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Mona Barthel was defeated in her third-round match by Ekaterina Makarova.
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Mona Barthel began her clay-court season at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in her home country.
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Mona Barthel recorded her first victory against a top 10 player by defeating world number seven and seventh seed Marion Bartoli in the second round.
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Mona Barthel was defeated in the second round at the Madrid Open to sixth seed Caroline Wozniacki.
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At the Eastbourne International, Mona Barthel was defeated in round one by Chanelle Scheepers.
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Mona Barthel had a match point in the third set but failed to convert.
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Mona Barthel pushed Kvitova to three sets, but she ended up losing.
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Mona Barthel played her final tournament before the US Open at the New Haven Open at Yale.
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Mona Barthel withdrew from her second-round match versus seventh seed Maria Kirilenko due to gastrointestinal illness.
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At the China Open, Mona Barthel lost in the first round to qualifier Elena Vesnina.
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Mona Barthel played her final tournament of the season at the Luxembourg Open.
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Mona Barthel failed to defend her title as she was defeated in the final by Elena Vesnina.
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Mona Barthel won over top seed Sara Errani in the final to earn her second WTA title and first premier title.
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In Doha at the Qatar Open, Mona Barthel beat Yulia Putintseva in the first round.
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Mona Barthel lost in the third round to tenth seed Caroline Wozniacki.
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At the Premier Mandatory event in Indian Wells, Mona Barthel made it to the fourth round, including wins over Kiki Bertens and former world number one and eleventh seed Ana Ivanovic.
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Mona Barthel lost to seventh seed Sam Stosur in the fourth round.
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Mona Barthel started her clay-court season by participating at the Family Circle Cup, where she was the eighth seed.
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Mona Barthel was defeated in the first round by Lucie Safarova.
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In Madrid at the Madrid Open, Mona Barthel lost in the first round to Kirsten Flipkens.
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Mona Barthel had to withdraw from the Premier 5 tournament in Rome, due to a stomach illness.
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Mona Barthel kicked off the summer hardcourt season in North America at the Citi Open.
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Mona Barthel lost to eventual finalist and compatriot Andrea Petkovic in the second round.
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In Toronto at the Rogers Cup, Mona Barthel edged Zheng Jie in a three-set battle in the first round.
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Mona Barthel beat Lucie Safarova in her first round match.
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At the US Open, Mona Barthel made it to round two where she was defeated by Alison Riske.
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Mona Barthel had poor results for the rest of the season.
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In Beijing at the China Open, Mona Barthel suffered a first-round loss at the hands of qualifier Lauren Davis.
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Mona Barthel was defeated in the first round by Elina Svitolina.
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At the Australian Open, Mona Barthel defeated Shuai Zhang and Luksika Kumkhum in her first two rounds.
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Mona Barthel went to Paris to defend her title at the Open GDF Suez, but she lost in the first round to eighth seed Kirsten Flipkens.
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Mona Barthel added further disappointment to her season with a first round defeat at the Qatar Total Open to compatriot Annika Beck.
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Mona Barthel lost in the final round of qualifying at the Dubai Tennis Championships to Maryna Zanevska.
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In Indian Wells at the BNP Paribas Open, Mona Barthel was defeated in the first round by Francesca Schiavone.
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In Miami at the Sony Open Tennis, Mona Barthel faced Rebecca Peterson in the first round.
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Mona Barthel began her clay-court season at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.
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Mona Barthel reached the qualifying round where she lost to Ajla Tomljanovic.
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Mona Barthel then lost in the 2nd round of qualifying at the Portugal Open to Kiki Bertens and at the Mutua Madrid Open to Petra Cetkovska.
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Mona Barthel defeated Ajla Tomljanovic in the first round before falling to top seed and eventual champion Ana Ivanovic in the second round.
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At the Wimbledon Championships, Mona Barthel beat Romina Oprandi in the first round.
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Mona Barthel reached the final after wins over qualifier Tereza Martincova, qualifier Gabriela Dabrowski, Kaia Kanepi, and Silvia Soler Espinosa.
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Mona Barthel moved back into the world's top-50 after this result.
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However, due to Azarenka's withdrawal, Mona Barthel got a lucky loser spot into the main draw.
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Mona Barthel won the first two rounds of qualifying defeating Kiki Bertens and Jana Cepelova.
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At the US Open, Mona Barthel defeated thirty-second seed Shuai Zhang in the first round.
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Mona Barthel lost in the second round to American Varvara Lepchenko.
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Mona Barthel then lost in the second round to Christina McHale.
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At the first edition of the Wuhan Open, Mona Barthel defeated Peng Shuai in the first round before losing in the second round to sixth seed and eventual finalist Eugenie Bouchard.
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Mona Barthel lost in the second round to seventh seed and eventual champion Karolina Pliskova.
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Mona Barthel reached the semifinals where she fell to fourth seed Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova.
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At the Australian Open, Mona Barthel defeated Donna Vekic in the first round.
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Mona Barthel then lost in the first round at the Dubai Tennis Championships to wildcard Daniela Hantuchova.
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Mona Barthel was defeated in the first round of qualifying at the Qatar Open by Kateryna Kozlova.
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Mona Barthel then had a first-round exit at the Miami Open, losing to Bojana Jovanovski.
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Mona Barthel began her clay-court season at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston.
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Mona Barthel lost in the first round at the Madrid Open to qualifier Christina McHale.
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At the Italian Open, Mona Barthel was defeated in the first round by tenth seed and eventual finalist Carla Suarez Navarro.
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At the French Open, Mona Barthel was defeated in the first round by qualifier Paula Kania.
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Mona Barthel missed the Nottingham Open and the Birmingham Classic due to a wrist injury.
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Mona Barthel only played one grass-court tournament before Wimbledon, at Eastbourne where she lost in the first round to eventual champion Belinda Bencic.
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At the Wimbledon Championships, Mona Barthel lost in the first round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
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Mona Barthel reached the final for the second year in a row beating Kiki Bertens, Maryna Zanevska, Rebecca Peterson, and Lara Arruabarrena.
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However, Mona Barthel failed to defend her title since she lost in the final to seventh seed Johanna Larsson.
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In Turkey at the Istanbul Cup, Mona Barthel defeated qualifier Olga Savchuk in the first round.
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Mona Barthel began her US Open Series by competing at the Stanford Classic.
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Mona Barthel reached the quarterfinals by defeating wildcard Carol Zhao and sixth seed Andrea Petkovic.
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In Toronto at the Rogers Cup, Mona Barthel lost in the final round of qualifying to Anna Tatishvili.
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Mona Barthel reached the third round at the US Open for the first time by beating Tsvetana Pironkova and Olga Govortsova.
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Mona Barthel lost in her quarterfinal match to second seed Anna Karolina Schmiedlova.
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Mona Barthel then lost in the first round of qualifying at the Wuhan Open to Patricia Maria Tig.
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In Beijing at the China Open, Mona Barthel beat Chinese wildcard Shuai Zhang in the first round.
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At the Generali Ladies Linz, Mona Barthel defeated qualifier Kiki Bertens in the first round.
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Mona Barthel then lost in the second round to qualifier Aleksandra Krunic.
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At her final tournament of the year, the BGL Luxembourg Open, Mona Barthel reached the final defeating sixth seed Sloane Stephens, Tatjana Maria, Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, and Stefanie Vogele.
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Mona Barthel withdrew from her quarterfinal match against seventh seed Alize Cornet due to the back injury.
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At the Australian Open, Mona Barthel was defeated in the first round by Vania King.
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Mona Barthel missed the St Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Qatar Open, Indian Wells Open, Miami Open, Charleston Open, Prague Open, and Nurnberger Versicherungscup due to health problems.
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Mona Barthel returned at the French Open where she lost in the first round to Irina Falconi.
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Mona Barthel then withdrew from the first edition of the Mallorca Open and the Eastbourne International due to illness.
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At the Connecticut Open, Mona Barthel lost in the second round of qualifying to Camila Giorgi.
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In New York at the US Open, Mona Barthel was defeated in the first round by Christina McHale.
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In Korea at the Korea Open, Mona Barthel had her first WTA main draw win since Bastad by beating seventh seed Nicole Gibbs in the first round.
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Mona Barthel lost in the second round to Camila Giorgi.
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Mona Barthel was defeated in the second round by Alison Van Uytvanck.
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In Limoges at the Open de Limoges, Mona Barthel lost in the first round to eighth seed Stefanie Vogele.
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Mona Barthel played her final tournament of the year at the Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge in Dubai.
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Mona Barthel reached the semifinals defeating third seed Evgeniya Rodina, Nina Stojanovic, and Ivana Jorovic.
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Mona Barthel began her season by playing in the qualifying rounds at the ASB Classic.
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At the Sydney International, Mona Barthel was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Danka Kovinic.
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Mona Barthel lost to 13th seed and eventual finalist, Venus Williams, in the fourth round.
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In Qatar at the Qatar Open, Mona Barthel lost in the first round of qualifying to Kristyna Pliskova.
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At the Miami Open, Mona Barthel lost in the second round of qualifying to Taylor Townsend.
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Mona Barthel began her clay-court season at the Volvo Car Open.
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Mona Barthel beat American Jennifer Brady in the first round.
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Mona Barthel played her final tournament before the French Open at the Italian Open defeating Maria Sakkari and Varvara Lepchenko.
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At the Mallorca Open, Mona Barthel lost in the second round to CiCi Bellis.
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Mona Barthel was defeated in the second round by seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova.
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Mona Barthel lost in the second round to qualifier Kateryna Kozlova.
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Mona Barthel began her US Open Series at the Rogers Cup.
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Mona Barthel lost in the first round of qualifying to Mariana Duque Marino.
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In Guangzhou at the Guangzhou International Open, Mona Barthel lost in round two to eventual finalist Aleksandra Krunic.
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The week after Guangzhou, Mona Barthel was defeated in the first round at the Wuhan Open by qualifier Monica Puig.
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At the Hobart International, Mona Barthel was again defeated in the first round by Lepchenko.
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In Qatar at the Qatar Total Open, Mona Barthel suffered a three-set first-round loss at the hands of Agnieszka Radwanska.
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Mona Barthel had multiple match points but failed to get the victory.
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Mona Barthel lost in her semifinal match to top seed Dominika Cibulkova.
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In Indian Wells at the BNP Paribas Open, Mona Barthel was defeated in the second round by fourth seed Elina Svitolina.
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At the Miami Open, Mona Barthel lost in round one to Timea Babos.
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Mona Barthel began her clay-court season at the Ladies Open Lugano.
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Mona Barthel made it to the quarterfinals after defeating fifth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova and Donna Vekic.
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Mona Barthel lost in her quarterfinal match to second seed and eventual champion Elise Mertens.
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At the Istanbul Cup, Mona Barthel was defeated in the first round by Christina McHale.
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Mona Barthel retired in the final round of qualifying at the Mutua Madrid Open to Silvia Soler Espinosa due to injury.
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Mona Barthel lost in the final round of qualifying at the Italian Open to Hsieh Su-Wei.
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In Nuremberg at the Nurnberger Versicherungscup, Mona Barthel was defeated in the second round by third seed Kiki Bertens.
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In Croatia at the Bol Open, Mona Barthel lost in round one to Viktoriya Tomova.
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Mona Barthel made it to the quarterfinals after wins over British qualifier Katie Swan and second seed Magdalena Rybarikova.
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Mona Barthel was defeated in her quarterfinal match by sixth seed and defending champion Donna Vekic.
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In Ilkley at the Fuzion 100 Ilkley Trophy, a 100k ITF event, Mona Barthel lost in the first round to Irina Falconi.
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In Gstaad at the Ladies Championship Gstaad, Mona Barthel was defeated in the second round by Evgeniya Rodina.
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Mona Barthel lost in the final round of qualifying at the US Open to Francesca Di Lorenzo.
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Mona Barthel was defeated in the first round by Marketa Vondrousova.
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Mona Barthel lost in the final to second seed Petra Martic.
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In Quebec City at the Coupe Banque Nationale, Mona Barthel was defeated in the first round by fifth seed Sofia Kenin.
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Mona Barthel lost in the first round to seventh seed Irina-Camelia Begu.
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In Tashkent at the Tashkent Open, Mona Barthel made it to the semifinals after defeating Nigina Abduraimova, seventh seed Evgeniya Rodina, and second seed Vera Lapko.
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Mona Barthel lost in her semifinal match to Margarita Gasparyan.
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Mona Barthel played her final tournament of the season at the Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge in Dubai.
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Mona Barthel lost in the second round to second seed, defending champion and eventual champion, Julia Gorges.
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At the Australian Open, Mona Barthel was defeated in the first round by 13th seed Anastasija Sevastova.
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In Hua Hin at the Thailand Open, Mona Barthel lost in the second round to top seed Garbine Muguruza.
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At the Hungarian Ladies Open, Mona Barthel was defeated in the first round by Irina-Camelia Begu.
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Mona Barthel won a tough first-round match over qualifier Lin Zhu.
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Mona Barthel lost in her fourth round match to Venus Williams.
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Mona Barthel was defeated in the final round of qualifying at the Miami Open to Viktorija Golubic.
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Mona Barthel started her clay-court season at the Ladies Open Lugano.
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Mona Barthel lost in the first round to Sorana Cirstea.
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In Prague, Mona Barthel lost in the first round to ninth seed Barbora Strycova.
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At the French Open, Mona Barthel lost in the first round to 24th seed Caroline Garcia.
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Mona Barthel started her grass-court season at the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships.
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Mona Barthel was defeated in the first round by qualifier Greet Minnen.
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At the Mallorca Open, Mona Barthel lost in the first round of qualifying to Sabine Lisicki.
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In Switzerland at the Ladies Open Lausanne, Mona Barthel was defeated in the first round by eventual champion Fiona Ferro.
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Mona Barthel missed the US Open due to a right foot injury.
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Mona Barthel began the season at the Australian Open where she lost in the first round of qualifying to Shelby Rogers.
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Mona Barthel plays aggressively, and is primarily known for her power and movement.
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Mona Barthel is noted for having a strong serve and for hitting shots down the line, as well as for a tendency to approach the net.
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Mona Barthel produces deep groundstrokes, and hits powerfully on both the forehand and backhand sides.