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(Top) 1 Career 1.1 Junior years 1.2 2022: First ITF titles 1.3 2023: WTA debut and quarterfinal, Major and top 125 debuts 1.4 2024 2 Performance timeline 2.1 Singles 3 Junior Grand Slam tournament finals 3.1 Girls' doubles: 1 (runner-up) 4 WTA Challenger finals 4.1 Doubles: 1 (title) 5 ITF Circuit finals 5.1 Singles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups) 5.2 Doubles: 4 (4 titles) 6 Notes 7 References 8 External links

Céline Naef

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Céline Naef
Singles
Naef at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)	Switzerland
Born	(2005-06-25) 25 June 2005 (age 19) Feusisberg, Switzerland
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$280,411
Career record	87–42 (67.4%)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 121 (16 October 2023)
Current ranking	No. 161 (10 June 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2024)
French Open	Q1 (2023, 2024)
Wimbledon	1R (2023)
US Open	Q2 (2023)
Doubles
Career record	34–20 (63.0%)
Career titles	1 WTA Challenger, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 196 (10 June 2024)
Current ranking	No. 196 (10 June 2024)
Team competitions
Hopman Cup	F (2023)
Last updated on: 6 July 2024.

Céline Naef (born 25 June 2005) is a Swiss tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 121 in singles, achieved on 16 October 2023, and No. 196 in doubles, reached on 10 June 2024.^[1] She has won one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour along with six singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Career[edit]

Junior years[edit]

Naef had a successful junior career. Her career-high ranking as a junior was world No. 4. In 2022, Naef won a prestigious tournament for juniors, the Trofeo Bonfiglio (Grade A).^[2] In 2022, Naef reached the final of the 2022 French Open, partnering Nikola Bartůňková.^[3] In July 2022, she played in the final of the European Youth Championship held in Klosters, Switzerland which she lost to Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva.^[4]

2022: First ITF titles[edit]

Naef played and won her first final in Monastir, Tunisia, in March 2022.^[5] In October 2022, she became champion in both singles and doubles in Reims, France.^[6] A week later, she won another singles title in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin defeating Spanish player Irene Burillo Escorihuela in the final.^[7]

2023: WTA debut and quarterfinal, Major and top 125 debuts[edit]

Naef started the season with a title in Loughborough, England, where she became the champion by defeating British Eliz Maloney in the final.^[8] In February, Naef played her first $40k tournament finals, and became the champion in both singles and doubles in Porto, Portugal.^[9]

The 17 years old made her WTA Tour debut as a wildcard^[10] and recorded her first tour-level win at the grass court event 2023 Libéma Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands defeating 42 years old wildcard Venus Williams.^[11] Next, she upset eighth-seeded Caty McNally for her second WTA Tour win, before losing to top-seeded Veronika Kudermetova in the quarterfinals.^[12] She made her Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon after qualifying.^[13]^[14]

2024[edit]

Naef at the 2024 Libéma Open

Ranked No. 161, she received a wildcard for the Libéma Openin's-Hertogenbosch and defeated qualifier Elizabeth Mandlik.^[15]

Performance timeline[edit]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record; .

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.^[16]

Singles[edit]

Current through the 2024 Libéma Open.

Tournament	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	1R	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	Q2		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–1		0 / 1	0–1	0%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open^[a]	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Indian Wells Open	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Open	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Italian Open	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Guadalajara Open	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Wuhan Open	NH		0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
	2023		SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	5	1	Career total: 6
Titles	0		Career total: 0
Finals	0		Career total: 0
Hard win–loss	0–2	0–2	0 / 2	1–4	20%
Clay win–loss	0–1		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Grass win–loss	2–2	1–1	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Overall win–loss	1–5	1–3	0 / 6	3–8	27%
Year-end ranking	139

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals[edit]

Girls' doubles: 1 (runner-up)[edit]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2022	French Open	Clay	Nikola Bartůňková	Sára Bejlek Lucie Havlíčková	3–6, 3–6

WTA Challenger finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (title)[edit]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Dec 2023	Andorrà la Vella Open, Andorra	Hard (i)	Erika Andreeva	Tímea Babos Heather Watson	6–2, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

Singles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups)[edit]

Legend
W80 tournaments (1–0)
W60/75 tournaments (0–2)
W40/50 tournaments (1–0)
W25/35 tournaments (2–0)
W15 tournaments (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Lara Schmidt	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win	2–0	Oct 2022	ITF Reims, France	W15	Hard (i)	Manon Léonard	6–2, 6–7⁽³⁾, 6–3
Win	3–0	Oct 2022	ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France	W25+H	Hard (i)	Irene Burillo Escorihuela	3–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win	4–0	Jan 2023	GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK	W25+H	Hard (i)	Eliz Maloney	6–0, 6–4
Win	5–0	Jan 2023	Porto Indoor 1, Portugal	W40	Hard (i)	Lucrezia Stefanini	6–2, 6–4
Loss	5–1	Apr 2023	Chiasso Open, Switzerland	W60	Clay	Mirra Andreeva	6–1, 6–7⁽³⁾, 0–6
Win	6–1	Sep 2023	ITF Le Neubourg, France	W80+H	Hard	Alina Korneeva	4–6, 6–2, 7–6⁽⁷⁾
Loss	6–2	Mar 2024	Trnava Indoor, Slovakia	W75	Hard (i)	Suzan Lamens	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 4 (4 titles)[edit]

Legend
W75 tournaments (2–0)
W40/50 tournaments (1–0)
W15 tournaments (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2022	ITF Reims, France	W15	Hard (i)	Irina Balus	Mallaurie Noël Margot Yerolymos	6–2, 6–0
Win	2–0	Feb 2023	Porto Indoor 1, Portugal	W40	Hard (i)	Yanina Wickmayer	Alice Robbe Tara Würth	6–1, 6–4
Win	3–0	Feb 2024	Porto Indoor 3, Portugal	W75	Hard (i)	Anna Bondár	Francisca Jorge Matilde Jorge	6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Win	4–0	May 2024	Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia	W75	Clay	Laura Pigossi	Emily Appleton Prarthana Thombare	4–6, 6–1, [10–8]

Notes[edit]

^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.