Professional Tennis Player

My previous life

Profile

Born  7th of December 1981 in Geneva, Switzerland
Residence  Geneva, Switzerland
Retired  1999
Plays  right-handed (single-handed backhand)
Height  1m 80
Weight  68 kg
Hair color  blond
Eye color  brown
Former idols  Martina Navratilova, Steffy Graf
Career-high singles  WTA 256 (05.04.1998)
Career-high doubles  WTA 452 (15.09.1997)
Career-high singles (Swiss Tennis)  4th

Best Results

Caecilia competed on the WTA Tour in the late 1990s, while still active in junior competitions. A top Swiss player, she reached a national ranking of No. 4 and won 11 Swiss Championship titles. In 1999, she notably represented Switzerland in a Fed Cup World Group tie against Slovakia, featuring in both singles and doubles matches. As a junior, she took part in major international tournaments, including the Grand Slams, and advanced to the girls’ doubles semi-finals at the 1998 US Open. Her playing career came to an early end due to a persistent shoulder injury.

1993

  • Swiss Junior Championships cat. IV winter: single winner
  • Swiss Junior Championships cat. IV summer: single and double winner

1994

  • Swiss Junior Championships cat. III winter: single ¼ final
  • Swiss Junior Championships cat. III summer: single ½ final and double winner

1995

  • Swiss Junior Championships cat. III winter: single finalist
  • Swiss Junior Championships cat. III summer: single and double winner
  • Ede Junior Cup (Netherland), U14: single ¼ final and double ½ final

1996

  • Swiss Junior Championships cat. II summer: single finalist
  • Swiss Interclub LNA: 1st participation with TC Genève
  • Played for the Swiss Team at the World Youth Cup (World Junior Team Championships, U16) in Zurich
  • 1st participation at a 10’000$-WTA-tournament

1997

  • Swiss Junior Championships cat. II winter: single winner
  • Swiss Junior Championships cat. I summer: single winner
  • Guimaraes (Portugal): 1st ½ final at a 10’000$-tournament
  • Bossonnens (SUI), 10’000$-tournament: single finalist
  • Swiss Championships: single ¼ final and double winner with Miroslava Vavrinec
  • Biel (SUI), 10’000$-tournament: finalist, beat the WTA No 123
  • Eddie Herr Cup, U16-tournament in Florida (USA): single ½ final and double winner in double with Laura Bao
  • Davos, U18: double winner
  • European Championships U16, Hatfield (UK): single ¼ final and double ½ final with Laura Bao

1998

  • Nürnberg (GER), U18: single final
  • Biel (SUI), 25’000$-tournament: 2nd round, beat in the first round the WTA No 172
  • Sofia (BUL), 10’000$-tournament: single ½ final
  • Santa Croce, U18 (Italy): double winner
  • Lenzerheide (SUI), 10’000$-tournament: single ½ final and double winner with Laura Bao
  • Biel (SUI), 10’000$-tournament: single ½ final
  • French Open Junior (Roland-Garros), U18: 1st round in single
  • Wimbledon Junior, U18; 1st round in single
  • Swiss Champion Interclub NLA with TC Driza-Miremont Genève
  • Minsk (BLR), 10’000$-tournament: single ¼ final
  • Mallorca (ESP), 10’000$-tournament: single ½ final, beat the WTA No 280 and 320
  • US Open Junior, U18: single 2nd round and double ½ final with Laura Bao
  • Swisscom Challenge Zürich: 1st participation

1999

  • Nominated for the first time for the Swiss Fed Cup-Team (Switzerland vs. Slovak Republic), played 2 singles and 1 double
  • Swansea (GB), 10’000$-tournament: winner, 1st title
  • French Open Junior (Roland-Garros), U18: single 3rd round
  • Wimbledon Junior, U18: single 1/8 final
  • Swiss Champion Interclub NLA with GC Zürich