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)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | Rungsted, Denmark | Carpet | Oksana Bushevitsa | 6–2, 6–7, 5–7 | |
Winner | 2. | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Ana Alcázar | 6–3, 6–2 | |
Runner-up | 3. | 27 July 1997 | Rostock, Germany | Clay | Silke Meier | 3–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 4. | 19 October, 1997 | Flensburg, Germany | Carpet | Květa Hrdličková | 6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 5. | 25 June 2000 | Sopot, Poland | Clay | Klára Koukalová | 6–7, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 13 August 2000 | Hechingen, Germany | Clay | Susi Lohrmann | 3–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 14 May 2001 | Edinburgh, Great Britain | Clay | Zsófia Gubacsi | 4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 3 March 2002 | Sunderland, Great Britain | Carpet | Sofia Arvidsson | 6–7, 5–3 ret. |
Winner | 9. | 23 March 2003 | Amiens, France | Clay | Kim Kilsdonk | 7–6, 6–2 |