Marianne Werdel
Outcome No Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1 May 24 , 1992 European Open , Switzerland Clay Karina Habšudová Amy Frazier Elna Reinach 5-7 , 2-6
Runner-up 2 May 23 , 1993 European Open , Switzerland Clay Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernandez Helena Suková 2-6 , 4-6
Runner-up 3 September 19 , 1993 Hong Kong Hard Debbie Graham Karin Kschwendt Rachel McQuillan 6-4 , 4-6 , 2-6
Runner-up 4 February 12 , 1995 Chicago , Illinois , USA Carpet Tami Whitlinger-Jones Gabriela Sabatini Brenda Schultz 7-5 , 6-7 , 4-6
Runner-up 4 May 25 , 1996 Strasbourg , France Clay Tami Whitlinger-Jones Yayuk Basuki Nicole Bradtke 7-5 , 4-6 , 4-6
Runner-up 5 February 23 , 1997 Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , USA Hard Tami Whitlinger-Jones Rika Hiraki Nana Miyagi 4-6 , 1-6
WTA Tour finals -- Doubles 5
Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 0 Tier IV & V 0 Titles by Surface Hard 0 Clay 0 Grass 0 Carpet 0
Marianne Werdel (born October 17, 1967) is an American former professional tennis player. Werdel was born in Los Angeles and played on the WTA tour from 1982 to 1997. She is also known as Marianne Witmeyer and Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer. She won 19 national juniors titles. In 1988 Werdel suffered a partially herniated disc, forcing a two-month absence from the tour. At the 1995 Australian Open, unseeded Marianne Werdel defeated fifth-seeded Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina in a first round match. Werdel won the first set, but Sabatini raced out to a 3-0 lead in the second set before twice losing her serve. Werdel won four consecutive games to close out the match in straight sets, dismissing Sabatini 6-4, 6-4. Werdel had also beaten Sabatini two years earlier at a tournament in Japan. After she had disposed of Sabatini, Werdel continued to work her way through the draw beating Park Sung-hee, Elena Makarova, Barbara Paulus and Angélica Gavaldón en route to a semifinal encounter with the top-seed and World No. 1 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. In their two previous meetings, Werdel had lost both times to Sánchez Vicario.