Syna Schreiber


Syna Schreiber is a former professional tennis player from Germany. Up until her marriage in 2003, she competed under her maiden name Syna Schmidle.

Biography

Schreiber was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, the daughter of tennis instructor Wolfram, who began teaching her when she was four.
When she was aged 14 she received a wildcard into the main draw of a WTA tournament in Leipzig and played her first tour match against Steffi Graf.
In 1997 she won a $25,000 ITF tournament in Flensburg and that year reached her highest career ranking of 152 in the world.
As a doubles player she made WTA Tour semi-finals at the 1999 Croatian Bol Ladies Open with Barbara Schwartz and Palermo in 2001 partnering Antonella Serra Zanetti. She won eight doubles titles on the ITF circuit.
She made her only grand slam main draw appearance at the 2000 US Open, as a qualifier in the women's doubles with Maja Matevžič.

ITF finals

Singles: 9 (3–6)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.Rungsted, DenmarkCarpet Oksana Bushevitsa6–2, 6–7, 5–7
Winner2.Barcelona, SpainClay Ana Alcázar6–3, 6–2
Runner-up3.27 July 1997Rostock, GermanyClay Silke Meier3–6, 5–7
Winner4.19 October, 1997Flensburg, GermanyCarpet Květa Hrdličková6–4, 6–4
Runner-up5.25 June 2000Sopot, PolandClay Klára Koukalová6–7, 3–6
Runner-up6.13 August 2000Hechingen, GermanyClay Susi Lohrmann3–6, 6–1, 3–6
Runner-up7.14 May 2001Edinburgh, Great BritainClay Zsófia Gubacsi4–6, 4–6
Runner-up8.3 March 2002Sunderland, Great BritainCarpet Sofia Arvidsson6–7, 5–3 ret.
Winner9.23 March 2003Amiens, FranceClay Kim Kilsdonk7–6, 6–2

Doubles: 16 (9–7)