# Caroline Schneider

Caroline Schneider (born 1 June 1973) is a German former professional tennis player. During her career, she won several titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

## Career highlights

On 25 April 1994, Schneider reached her highest doubles ranking of world No. 61. Her career-high singles ranking came on 12 December 1994, when she became world No. 289.

### Doubles majors

From 1988 to 2002, Schneider competed in 20 Grand Slam doubles tournaments, but never advanced beyond the second round. She competed six times at the Australian Open, nine times at the French Open, four times at Wimbledon and once at the US Open.

### ITF Women's doubles

In July 1996, with her partner Kirstin Freye, she won the $25k event in Buenos Aires. In 1997, she won the $10k event in Salzburg with Austria's Patricia Wartusch; and the $25k Kyiv event with Sweden's Annica Lindstedt. In April 2006, she partnered with Romina Oprandi to win the $25k event in Bari.

### ITF Seniors Circuit

Schneider is a participant in the Seniors Circuit. She reached her highest W40 singles ranking (27) on 1 June 2010 and her highest W40 doubles ranking (132) on 30 May 2016.

## WTA Tour finals

* Legend
* Tier I
* Tier II
* Tier III
* Tier IV & V

### Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | Feb 1994 | Linz Open, Austria | Carpet (i) | Åsa Carlsson | Eugenia Maniokova Leila Meskhi | 2–6, 2–6 |

## ITF Circuit finals

* $100,000 tournaments
* $75,000 tournaments
* $50,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles (1–2)

| Result | Date | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 6 August 1990 | Nicolosi, Italy | Hard | Cristina Salvi | 7–6, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 10 August 1992 | Munich, Germany | Clay | Eva-Maria Schürhoff | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 28 March 1994 | Marsa, Malta | Clay | Elizma Nortje | 7–6$^{(2)}$, 6–4 |

### Doubles (10–14)

| Result | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1. | 30 November 1987 | Budapest, Hungary | Clay | Petra Schmitt | Catrin Jexell Monica Lundqvist | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1. | 13 June 1988 | Madeira, Portugal | Hard | Jackie Joseph | Mara Eijkenboom Cora Linneman | 7–6, 4–6, 8–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 31 July 1989 | Pisticci, Italy | Hard | Mareke Plocher | Cristina Salvi Alessia Vesuvio | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 2. | 4 September 1989 | Agliana, Italy | Clay | Kylie Johnson | Andrea Noszály Zuzana Witzová | 3–6, 6–1, 6–0 |
| Loss | 3. | 30 October 1989 | Pforzheim, West Germany | Hard | Elizabeth Galphin | Elena Bryukhovets Eugenia Maniokova | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 4. | 27 November 1989 | Budapest, Hungary | Carpet (i) | Alexandra Niepel | Agnese Blumberga Tanja Hauschildt | 3–6, 6–1, 1–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 29 January 1990 | Danderyd, Sweden | Hard (i) | Carolin Franzke | Elena Bryukhovets Eugenia Maniokova | 2–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 6. | 6 August 1990 | Nicolosi, Italy | Hard | Cristina Salvi | Justine Hodder Susi Lohrmann | 6–3, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 7. | 6 July 1992 | Erlangen, Germany | Clay | Angie Woolcock | Chen Li Miki Yokobori | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 8. | 10 August 1992 | Munich, Germany | Clay | Renata Kochta | Ivona Horvat Christina Zachariadou | 4–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
| Win | 3. | 12 September 1994 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | Katarzyna Teodorowicz | Petra Kučová Kateřina Kroupová | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 4. | 22 July 1996 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Kirstin Freye | María Fernanda Landa Larissa Schaerer | 7–6$^{(4)}$, 6–4 |
| Win | 5. | 31 March 1997 | Makarska, Croatia | Clay | Evgenia Kulikovskaya | Nóra Köves Helena Vildová | 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 6. | 19 May 1997 | Brixen, Austria | Clay | Patricia Wartusch | Luciana Masante Miroslava Vavrinec | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Win | 7. | 26 May 1997 | Salzburg, Austria | Clay (i) | Patricia Wartusch | Laura Dell'Angelo Tathiana Garbin | 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 8. | 8 September 1997 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Clay | Annica Lindstedt | Natalia Medvedeva Angelina Zdorovitskaia | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 9. | 10 November 1997 | Le Havre, France | Clay (i) | Katalin Marosi | Melanie Schnell Julie Steven | 2–6, 6–3, 6–7$^{(3)}$ |
| Loss | 10. | 17 November 1997 | Deauville, France | Carpet (i) | Katalin Marosi | Julia Abe Lubomira Bacheva | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 11. | 6 April 1998 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | Radka Bobková | Caroline Dhenin Émilie Loit | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 12. | 16 November 1998 | Caracas, Venezuela | Hard | Maureen Drake | Vanessa Menga Alicia Ortuño | 3–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
| Loss | 13. | 4 December 2000 | Cergy-Pontoise, France | Hard (i) | Maja Matevžič | Justine Henin Virginie Razzano | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 9. | 9 April 2001 | Dinan, France | Clay (i) | Eleni Daniilidou | Vanessa Henke Syna Schmidle | 6–3, 7–6$^{(4)}$ |
| Loss | 14. | 6 September 2005 | Durmersheim, Germany | Clay | Adriana Barna | Danica Krstajić Elena Chalova | 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 10. | 18 April 2006 | Bari, Italy | Clay | Romina Oprandi | Stefanie Haidner Darija Jurak | 7–5, 6–2 |