Katja Oeljeklaus (born 10 February 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

Katja Oeljeklaus
Country (sports) Germany
Born (1971-02-10) 10 February 1971 (age 53)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$85,618
Singles
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 98 (2 December 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1992)
French Open1R (1992)
Wimbledon1R (1992)
Doubles
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 217 (29 March 1993)

She comes from the town of Ladbergen in North Rhine-Westphalia.

A right-handed player, Oeljeklaus began competing on the professional tour in 1990. Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a semifinal appearance at the St. Petersburg Open in 1991, a year in which she reached her best ranking of 98 in the world.[1] This allowed her to feature in the main draw of the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon Championships in 1992.

She is now known as Katja Brünemeyer.[2]

ITF finals edit

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–5) edit

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 1 January 1990 ITF Bamberg, West Germany Carpet (i)   Heike Thoms 5–7, 3–6
Winner 2. 4 June 1990 ITF Lisbon, Portugal Clay   Désirée Leupold 0–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss 3. 30 July 1990 ITF Rheda, West Germany Clay   Agnese Blumberga 6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 4. 1 July 1991 ITF Stuttgart, Germany Clay   Silke Frankl 0–6, 5–7
Loss 5. 15 July 1991 ITF Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia Clay   Zdeňka Málková 4–6, 6–2, 6–7(0)
Loss 6. 26 July 1993 ITF Rheda, Germany Clay   Eva Švíglerová 4–6, 4–6

Doubles (1–2) edit

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 31 August 1992 ITF Klagenfurt, Austria Clay   Heike Thoms   Denisa Krajčovičová
  Jana Pospíšilová
w/o
Win 2. 26 July 1993 ITF Rheda, Germany Clay   Petra Holubová   Gaby Coorengel
  Amy van Buuren
7–5, 6–0
Loss 3. 3 April 1994 ITF Moulins, France Clay   Angelique Olivier   Maria Lindström
  Maria Strandlund
6–3, 6–7, 0–6

References edit

  1. ^ "Dinah Pfizenmaier springt unter die Top 100 der Welt". SportKreisUnna (in German). 5 August 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Ellerbrock nun in erlauchtem Kreis". Neue Westfälische (in German). 27 February 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2018.

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