{{Short description|German tennis player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Sarah Gronert | country = {{GER}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|07|06|df=yes}} | birth_place = Linnich, West Germany | careerprizemoney = $96,009 | singlesrecord = 164–108 | singlestitles = 9 ITF | highestsinglesranking = No. 164 (14 May 2012) | AustralianOpenresult = Q2 (2012) | FrenchOpenresult = Q1 (2012) | Wimbledonresult = Q1 (2012) | USOpenresult = Q1 (2010, 2012) | doublesrecord = 4–1 | doublestitles = 1 ITF }}
'''Sarah Gronert''' (born 6 July 1986)<ref name="Focus">{{cite web|url=http://www.focus.de/sport/mehrsport/tennis-hohn-spott-bittere-traenen_aid_364868.html|title=Hohn, Spott, bittere Tränen|first=Christian|last=Witt|work=Focus|date=26 January 2009|accessdate=19 July 2010|language=German}}</ref> is a German former professional tennis player. She won a total of ten titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career and her best WTA ranking of 164 came on 14 May 2012.
==Intersex condition== Gronert was born intersex, with both male and female genitalia. She had surgery at the age of 19 and is legally and competitively considered to be a woman.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/wtatour/5063065/Sarah-Gronert-passes-gender-test-to-play-on-womens-circuit.html|title=Sarah Gronert passes gender test to play on women's circuit|first=Mark|last=Hodgkinson|work=Daily Telegraph|date=27 March 2009|accessdate=19 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="Welt">{{cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/sport/article2253480/Warum-Sarah-Gronert-ihre-Karriere-unterbricht.html|title=Warum Sarah Gronert ihre Karriere unterbricht|work=Die Welt|date=27 July 2008|accessdate=19 July 2010|language=German}}</ref><ref name="Westen">{{cite web|url=https://www.derwesten.de/sport/tennis/Tennisspielerin-Sarah-Gronert-als-Mann-angefeindet-id83579.html|title=Tennisspielerin Sarah Gronert als Mann angefeindet|first=René|last=Schröder|work=Der Westen|date=29 July 2008|accessdate=19 July 2010|language=German}}</ref>
==ITF finals== ===Singles (9–5)=== {| |-valign=top | {|class=wikitable style="font-size:85%" ! Legend |- style="background:#f88379;" | $100,000 tournaments |- style="background:#f7e98e;" | $75,000 tournaments |- style="background:#addfad;" | $50,000 tournaments |- style="background:lightblue;" | $25,000 tournaments |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | $10,000 tournaments |} | {|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%" !Finals by surface |- |Hard (4–1) |- |Clay (3–4) |- |Grass (0–0) |- |Carpet (2–0) |} |} {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !Result !No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable"|Score |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 23 March 2008 | ITF Amiens, France | Clay (i) | {{flagicon|FRA}} Karla Mraz | 4–6, 7–5, 1–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | 25 January 2009 | ITF Kaarst, Germany | Carpet (i) | {{flagicon|LAT}} Irina Kuzmina | 2–6, 6–4, 7–5 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2. | 7 March 2009 | ITF Ra'anana, Israel | Clay | {{flagicon|BEL}} Lavinia Lobbinger | 6–0, 6–1 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3. | 19 July 2009 | ITF Darmstadt, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|SVK}} Zuzana Kučová | 6–1, 6–1 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 4. | 16 August 2009 | Reinert Open, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|CRO}} Darija Jurak | 6–3, 3–6, 7–6<sup>(5)</sup> |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | 23 August 2009 | ITF Wahlstedt, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|BIH}} Sandra Martinović | 6–2, 1–6, 4–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 5. | 17 January 2010 | GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|GER}} Julia Babilon | 2–6, 6–2, 6–1 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 3. | 26 June 2010 | ITF Getxo, Spain | Clay | {{flagicon|ESP}} Sílvia Soler Espinosa | 2–6, 1–6 |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 6. | 30 January 2011 | ITF Kaarst, Germany | Carpet (i) | {{flagicon|GER}} Anna Zaja | 6–7<sup>(4)</sup>, 7–6<sup>(5)</sup>, 6–3 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 7. | 24 July 2011 | ITF Wrexham, UK | Hard | {{flagicon|SVK}} Lenka Wienerová | 6–4, 6–4 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 4. | 7 August 2011 | Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany | Clay | {{flagicon|GER}} Tatjana Malek | 3–6, 4–6 |- style="background:#addfad;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 5. | 28 August 2011 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | {{flagicon|FRA}} Victoria Larrière | 3–6, 6–1, 5–7 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 8. | 5 February 2012 | GB Pro-Series Sunderland, UK | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|GER}} Annika Beck | 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 |- style="background:lightblue;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 9. | 21 July 2012 | GB Pro-Series Foxhills, UK | Hard | {{flagicon|LAT}} Diāna Marcinkēviča | 6–2, 6–3 |}
===Doubles (1–0)=== {| |-valign=top | {| class=wikitable style="font-size:85%" ! Legend |- style="background:#addfad;" | $50,000 tournaments |- style="background:lightblue;" | $25,000 tournaments |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | $10,000 tournaments |} | {| class=wikitable style="font-size:85%" !Finals by surface |- |Hard (0–0) |- |Clay (1–0) |- |Carpet (0–0) |} |} {|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !Date !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 6 March 2009 | ITF Ra'anana, Israel | Clay | {{flagicon|ISR}} Keren Shlomo | {{flagicon|SUI}} Lucia Kovarčíková <br/> {{flagicon|CZE}} Zuzana Linhová | 7–5, 7–5 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{WTA}} * {{ITF}}
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