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Career

Junior years

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. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Waltert had a career-high combined ranking of No. 9, achieved on 22 January 2018.

WTA Tour

Waltert made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the

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, where she received a wildcard for the singles and the doubles tournaments. She won her first doubles title at the

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, partnering

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. At the

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, she earned her first top-10 win over world No. 7 and top seed Danielle Collins as a wildcard, saving three match points in the deciding tiebreak. By defeating Cristina Bucsa the second round, she went one step further to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal, where she was beaten by Serbian Olga Danilovic. As a result, she moved up into the top 150 in the rankings. In doubles, Waltert and her partner Anna Blinkova won the 2022 Bronx Open.

Performance timeline

''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour (incl. Grand Slams) are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current through the 2022 Emilia-Romagna Open.''

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (6 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Head-to-head record

Record against top 10 players

Waltert's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. * Danielle Collins 1–0 *

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Wins over top-10 players

Notes

References

External links

* * 2000 births Living people Swiss female tennis players People from Chur Sportspeople from Graubünden 21st-century Swiss women {{Switzerland-tennis-bio-stub