Sabine Auer

Sabine Auer
Full name	Sabine Krein-Auer
Country (sports)	West Germany; Germany
Born	2 October 1966 (age 58); Radolfzell, West Germany
Retired	1993
Prize money	$53,958
Singles
Career record	70-79
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 125 (21 November 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1989)
French Open	1R (1988)
Doubles
Career record	16-18
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 342 (8 May 1989)

Sabine Krein-Auer (born 2 October 1966) is a German former professional tennis player. She played under her maiden name Sabine Auer.

Biography

Born in Radolfzell, Auer competed on the professional tour in the 1980 and 1990s, reaching a best singles ranking of 125 in the world.

Auer's best performance on the WTA Tour was making the fourth round of the 1988 Lipton International Players Championships. Playing in the main draw as a qualifier, she defeated Iwona Kuczyńska, Amy Frazier and world number seven Hana Mandlíková, before being eliminated by Barbara Potter. In her upset win over Mandlíková she saved five match points in the second set.^[1]

She featured in the women's singles main draws at the 1988 French Open and 1989 Australian Open.

Now living in Saarland, Auer still plays tennis competitively on the ITF senior's circuit. She was the ITF Over 40s World Champion in 2009.^[2]

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	3 August 1987	Rheda, West Germany	Clay	Tanja Weigl	4–6, 2–6
Win	2.	10 August 1987	Darmstadt, West Germany	Clay	Martina Pawlik	7–5, 6–2
Win	3.	7 January 1991	Bamberg, Germany	Carpet	Petra Holubová	7–6, 4–6, 6–4

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	1 January 1990	Bamberg, West Germany	Carpet	Heike Thoms	Cora Hofmann Alexandra Seifarth	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2.	7 January 1991	Bamberg, Germany	Carpet	Heike Thoms	Steffi Menning Martina Pawlik	4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	11 January 1993	Coburg, Germany	Carpet	Heike Thoms	Ivana Havrlíková Pavlína Rajzlová	3–6, 0–6