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 played on the WTA circuit in the late 1990s, while still competing in junior events. She was ranked 4th in Switzerland and won 11 Swiss Champion titles. She is most noted for representing Switzerland in a Fed Cup World Group tie against Slovakia in 1999. She featured in two singles rubbers as well as in the doubles. Caecilia competed in top international events as a junior, including Grand Slam tournaments, and she made the girls’ doubles semi-finals at the 1998 US Open. She ended her career because of a chronic shoulder injury.

1993

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

1994

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

1995

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

1996

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

1998

  • Nürnberg (GER), U18: final in single
  • Biel (SUI), 25’000$-tournament: 2nd round, beat in the first round the WTA No 172
  • Sofia (BUL), 10’000$-tournament: ½ final in single
  • Santa Croce, U18 (Italy): winner in double
  • Lenzerheide (SUI), 10’000$-tournament: ½ final in single and winner in double with L. Bao
  • Biel (SUI), 10’000$-tournament: ½ final in single
  • 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$-tournament: ¼ final in single
  • Mallorca (ESP), 10’000$-tournament: ½ final in single, beat the WTA No 280 and 320
  • US Open Junior, U18: 2nd round in single and ½ final in double with L. 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: win, 1st title
  • French Open Junior (Roland-Garros), U18: 3rd round in single
  • Wimbledon Junior, U18: 1/8 final in single
  • Swiss Champion Interclub NLA with GC Zürich