15 Facts About Yvonne Meusburger

1.

Yvonne Meusburger Garamszegi is an Austrian retired tennis player.

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Yvonne Meusburger made the second round of the 2010 Australian Open, French Open, and US Open.

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3.

Yvonne Meusburger lost to Russian Maria Kirilenko on all three occasions.

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4.

In June 2013, Yvonne Meusburger entered the qualifying tournament of the Wimbledon Championships, defeating Nicole Gibbs, Tamarine Tanasugarn, and Sesil Karatantcheva for a spot in the main draw.

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5.

Yvonne Meusburger was drawn against fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska and was knocked out in straight sets.

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6.

Yvonne Meusburger consequently re-entered the top 100 and overtook Tamira Paszek to become Austria's top-ranked women's player.

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7.

Yvonne Meusburger returned to defend her title at the 2014 Gastein Ladies and started off well when she defeated qualifier Tereza Smitkova in a match lasting nearly three hours.

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8.

Yvonne Meusburger played her last professional match at the 2014 US Open, announcing her retirement following a first-round loss to Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic.

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In December 2014, Yvonne Meusburger announced that she would come out of retirement to play one more tournament—the 2015 Australian Open—telling the Austria Press Agency that she wanted to end her career at the tournament because it was the first Grand Slam she contested was the 2006 Australian Open.

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10.

Yvonne Meusburger played her final career-match against 29th seed Australian Casey Dellacqua at the following 2015 Australian Open.

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11.

Yvonne Meusburger is fit and an excellent mover, often outlasting her opponents during matches.

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12.

Yvonne Meusburger uses her compact groundstrokes to consistently hit flat groundstrokes and positions the ball well.

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13.

Yvonne Meusburger's weak serve has been a major hindrance throughout her career, especially against top players, whom are able to attack her serve and place her in a defensive position.

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14.

However, Yvonne Meusburger is an excellent returner, winning the most points for first-serve returns during the 2013 season; she was in the top 10 for second-serve returns and return games won.

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15.

Yvonne Meusburger has enjoyed her greatest success on clay courts, having reached three WTA finals on this particular surface.

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