Syna Schreiber (born 20 November 1978) is a former professional

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player from Germany. Up until her marriage in 2003, she competed under her maiden name Syna Schmidle.

Biography

Schreiber was born in

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, the daughter of tennis instructor Wolfram, who began teaching her when she was four. Aged 14 she received a wildcard into the main draw of a WTA tournament in Leipzig and played her first tour match against

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. In 1997, she won a $25k tournament in Flensburg, and that year reached her career-high ranking of 152 in the world. As a doubles player, she made

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semifinals at the 1999 Bol Ladies Open with Barbara Schwartz, and

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in 2001, partnering

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. She won eight doubles titles on the

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. She had her only Grand Slam main-draw appearance at the 2000 US Open, as a qualifier in the women's doubles with

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ITF finals

Singles: 9 (3–6)

Doubles: 16 (9–7)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schreiber, Syna 1978 births Living people German female tennis players Sportspeople from Freiburg im Breisgau Tennis players from Freiburg (region)