
{"id":2223,"date":"2026-09-17T05:45:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T03:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=2223"},"modified":"2026-09-17T05:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T03:45:30","slug":"0141-natalie-proese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"beautyoftennis.com\/?p=2223","title":{"rendered":"#0141 natalie proese"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-2223\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-2223-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-2223-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-2223-0-0-0\" class=\"widget_text so-panel widget widget_custom_html panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><blockquote><small>alert, provisional, alive.<\/small><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2223-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image\" data-index=\"1\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1672\" height=\"941\" src=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/one_proese_altenkirchen_IMG_0910_02b_ChatGPT_10haikus.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-2225  attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/one_proese_altenkirchen_IMG_0910_02b_ChatGPT_10haikus.jpg 1672w, http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/one_proese_altenkirchen_IMG_0910_02b_ChatGPT_10haikus-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/one_proese_altenkirchen_IMG_0910_02b_ChatGPT_10haikus-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/one_proese_altenkirchen_IMG_0910_02b_ChatGPT_10haikus-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/one_proese_altenkirchen_IMG_0910_02b_ChatGPT_10haikus-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1672px) 100vw, 1672px\" \/><\/div><div id=\"panel-2223-0-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image\" data-index=\"2\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"432\" src=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/one_proese_altenkirchen_IMG_0910_02b_ChatGPT_200-words.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-2226  attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/one_proese_altenkirchen_IMG_0910_02b_ChatGPT_200-words.jpg 747w, http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/one_proese_altenkirchen_IMG_0910_02b_ChatGPT_200-words-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/div><div id=\"panel-2223-0-0-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image\" data-index=\"3\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/one_proese_altenkirchen_IMG_0910_02b.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-2224  attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/one_proese_altenkirchen_IMG_0910_02b.jpg 1920w, http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/one_proese_altenkirchen_IMG_0910_02b-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/one_proese_altenkirchen_IMG_0910_02b-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/one_proese_altenkirchen_IMG_0910_02b-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/one_proese_altenkirchen_IMG_0910_02b-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div><div id=\"panel-2223-0-0-4\" class=\"widget_text so-panel widget widget_custom_html panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><div style=\"width:700px;font-size:80%;\">\n\n<h3>Natalie Proese (Natalie Pr\u00f6se) \u2013 Overview<\/h3>\n\n<p>Natalie Pr\u00f6se, internationally listed as Natalie Proese, is a German tennis player born on 27 September 1990 in Offenbach am Main. She played primarily on the ITF Women's Circuit and in German national league and tournament competition. A right-handed player with a two-handed backhand, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 726 on 14 September 2015 and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 737 at the end of 2018. She never won an ITF or WTA title, but became particularly successful at regional and German national level, winning seven Hessian championships between 2014 and 2018 and the German Women's 30 championship in 2020.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Personal Background<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se was born and grew up in Offenbach, Germany. She began playing tennis at the age of seven and developed primarily within the Hessian tennis system. At 1.76 m (5 ft 8 in), she possessed good physical dimensions for an attacking all-court game.<\/p>\n\n<p>Her long-time coach was Gerry Blum, who began working with her in 2007 and remained an important figure throughout her competitive career.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Playing Style<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se plays right-handed with a two-handed backhand. According to her ITF profile, her preferred surfaces are carpet and grass, an unusual combination in modern women's tennis.<\/p>\n\n<p>Although much of her domestic competition took place on clay, faster surfaces suited her attacking instincts. Later accounts of her matches also describe her willingness to move forward and finish points at the net.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Professional Beginnings<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se played her first professional ITF tournament in Dubrovnik in October 2007.<\/p>\n\n<p>Her professional development was gradual. She competed mostly at the lower levels of the ITF circuit while simultaneously maintaining an extensive schedule in German national and club competition.<\/p>\n\n<h3>First WTA Appearance \u2013 Prague 2009<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se received a wildcard into qualifying for the Prague Open in July 2009, her first appearance at a WTA Tour tournament.<\/p>\n\n<p>She faced Slovak player Lenka Wienerov\u00e1 in the opening qualifying round and lost 6\u20131, 6\u20130.<\/p>\n\n<h3>German Bundesliga<\/h3>\n\n<p>German league tennis became an important component of Pr\u00f6se's career. In 2010 she played in the 2. Tennis-Bundesliga for Ratinger TC Gr\u00fcn-Wei\u00df.<\/p>\n\n<p>She later represented several Hessian clubs and joined SC Frankfurt 1880, playing for the club in the Regionalliga and 2. Bundesliga environment.<\/p>\n\n<h3>First ITF Final \u2013 2011<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se reached the first professional final of her career in doubles at the $10,000 ITF tournament in Gardone Val Trompia, Italy, in 2011.<\/p>\n\n<p>Partnering fellow German Mirjam Zeller, she reached the championship match before losing to Yuka Higuchi and Hirono Watanabe 6\u20131, 6\u20132.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Singles Development<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se's singles ranking developed slowly. She remained outside the world's Top 800 for most of her international career and combined ITF tournaments with German national events and club competition.<\/p>\n\n<p>Her ranking nevertheless improved significantly between 2013 and 2015.<\/p>\n\n<h3>2013 Season<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se finished 2013 ranked world No. 863 in singles.<\/p>\n\n<p>Her increasing activity on the ITF circuit laid the foundation for the strongest international phase of her career over the following three seasons.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Hessian Indoor Champion \u2013 2014<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se won the Hessian women's indoor championship for the first time in 2014.<\/p>\n\n<p>This began an exceptional period of dominance in regional championship competition.<\/p>\n\n<h3>2014 Ranking<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se reached a season-high singles ranking of approximately No. 838 in 2014 and finished the year at No. 979.<\/p>\n\n<p>Her international ranking remained modest, but domestically she was becoming one of Hessen's strongest female players.<\/p>\n\n<h3>2015 \u2013 Career-Best International Season<\/h3>\n\n<p>The 2015 season produced Pr\u00f6se's highest WTA singles ranking.<\/p>\n\n<p>She entered the year around world No. 875 and was simultaneously ranked among the leading women in Hessen and approximately the Top 50 of the German national rankings.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Career Goal \u2013 Top 500<\/h3>\n\n<p>During early 2015 Pr\u00f6se publicly identified reaching the world's Top 500 as an important professional objective.<\/p>\n\n<p>At the time she was combining extensive international tournament travel with national competition while attempting to move beyond the lower levels of the ITF circuit.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Career-High Singles Ranking<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 726 on 14 September 2015.<\/p>\n\n<p>She finished the season at No. 768, her strongest year-end ranking.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Hessian Champion \u2013 2015<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se won the Hessian outdoor women's championship in 2015.<\/p>\n\n<p>It was the first of three outdoor Hessian titles she would collect during her peak domestic years.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Hessian Indoor Champion \u2013 2015<\/h3>\n\n<p>She also successfully won the Hessian indoor championship in 2015.<\/p>\n\n<p>By combining the indoor and outdoor titles, Pr\u00f6se established herself as the dominant women's player in the region.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Hessian Indoor Champion \u2013 2016<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se retained the Hessian indoor championship in 2016.<\/p>\n\n<p>She had now won the indoor title for three consecutive years from 2014 through 2016.<\/p>\n\n<h3>2016 International Ranking<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se reached a season-high WTA ranking of No. 759 in 2016 and finished the season around No. 930.<\/p>\n\n<p>She therefore remained close to her career-best level but was unable to make the substantial ranking jump required for regular higher-level ITF or WTA competition.<\/p>\n\n<h3>WTA Biel \u2013 2017<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se received another opportunity at WTA level in April 2017 when she was awarded a wildcard into qualifying for the Ladies Open Biel in Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n<p>She faced Dutch player Rich\u00e8l Hogenkamp, then an established Top-100-level professional.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Close Match against Rich\u00e8l Hogenkamp<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se produced one of the strongest WTA-level performances of her career against Hogenkamp.<\/p>\n\n<p>She won the first set before narrowly losing 3\u20136, 6\u20132, 7\u20135. Although she did not advance, taking an established WTA player to a close deciding set was a notable performance given the large ranking difference.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Hessian Champion \u2013 2017<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se won another Hessian outdoor women's championship in 2017.<\/p>\n\n<p>It was her second outdoor title following her 2015 victory.<\/p>\n\n<h3>2017 Ranking<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se reached a season-high WTA singles ranking of approximately No. 904 during 2017 and finished at No. 1154.<\/p>\n\n<p>Her international ranking was declining even while her results in German domestic competition remained very strong.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Move to SC Frankfurt 1880<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se joined SC Frankfurt 1880 for the 2018 season.<\/p>\n\n<p>She became an important member of the club's women's team in the Regionalliga and subsequently competed with Frankfurt in the 2. Bundesliga.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Strong Regionalliga Performance<\/h3>\n\n<p>One of her most notable league victories came against Russian Victoria Kamenskaya, who was ranked approximately world No. 182 at the time.<\/p>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se recovered from losing the opening set 1\u20136 to win 1\u20136, 6\u20134, 12\u201310 in the match tiebreak, demonstrating that her domestic playing level could significantly exceed what her WTA ranking suggested.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Hessian Indoor Champion \u2013 2018<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se returned to the top of the Hessian indoor championships in 2018.<\/p>\n\n<p>She defeated highly regarded 14-year-old prospect Mara Guth in a three-set final.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Fourth Indoor Championship<\/h3>\n\n<p>The 2018 victory was Pr\u00f6se's fourth Hessian indoor women's title:<\/p>\n\n<p>\n2014<br>\n2015<br>\n2016<br>\n2018\n<\/p>\n\n<h3>Hessian Outdoor Champion \u2013 2018<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se also successfully defended her status as Hessen's leading women's player at the 2018 outdoor championships in Bad Homburg.<\/p>\n\n<p>She defeated Jennifer Rink 6\u20133, 6\u20130 in the final.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Seven Hessian Championships<\/h3>\n\n<p>By the end of 2018 Pr\u00f6se had won seven senior Hessian women's championships within five seasons:<\/p>\n\n<p>\nOutdoor champion \u2013 2015, 2017, 2018<br>\nIndoor champion \u2013 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018\n<\/p>\n\n<p>This regional record is one of the most significant achievements of her tennis career.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Career-High Doubles Ranking<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 737 on 31 December 2018.<\/p>\n\n<p>Unlike in singles, her highest doubles ranking therefore came relatively late in her international career.<\/p>\n\n<h3>2018 Singles Ranking<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se reached a season-high singles ranking of approximately No. 846 in 2018 before finishing the year at No. 1067.<\/p>\n\n<p>She continued to play ITF tournaments but increasingly derived her strongest results from German competition.<\/p>\n\n<h3>2019 Season<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se began 2019 ranked approximately world No. 847 and remained in the 800s during the opening months.<\/p>\n\n<p>Her final WTA ranking was around No. 872 in late April, after which she ceased appearing regularly in the conventional WTA ranking system.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Mainz Open Final \u2013 2019<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se reached the women's final of the SiNN Mainz Open in 2019 while representing SC Frankfurt 1880.<\/p>\n\n<p>She finished runner-up to Lea Gasparovic.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Serious Knee Injury<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se suffered a significant knee injury around 2019 involving a torn medial collateral ligament and a partial anterior cruciate ligament injury.<\/p>\n\n<p>She elected not to undergo surgery and instead pursued an extensive rehabilitation program.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Return after Knee Injury<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se successfully returned to competitive tennis following rehabilitation.<\/p>\n\n<p>Although the injury effectively ended any remaining attempt to climb significantly higher in the international rankings, she continued competing successfully in German league and national age-group tennis.<\/p>\n\n<h3>VfL Sindelfingen \u2013 2020<\/h3>\n\n<p>During the 2020 summer season Pr\u00f6se played for VfL Sindelfingen.<\/p>\n\n<p>She was highly successful in singles and contributed substantially to the team's promotion to the 2. Bundesliga.<\/p>\n\n<h3>German Women's 30 Championship \u2013 2020<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se achieved one of the biggest titles of her career at the 2020 German national championships for younger seniors in Worms.<\/p>\n\n<p>Competing in the Women's 30 category for the first time, she entered as the No. 1 seed and advanced to the final against Lisa Rauch.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Dramatic German Championship Final<\/h3>\n\n<p>The final lasted almost four hours in difficult summer conditions.<\/p>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se experienced pain in the same knee that had been seriously injured the previous year and required treatment during the match.<\/p>\n\n<h3>German Champion \u2013 2020<\/h3>\n\n<p>Despite losing the first set, Pr\u00f6se defeated Lisa Rauch 6\u20137, 6\u20132, 6\u20131 to become German Women's 30 champion.<\/p>\n\n<p>She adapted tactically after the knee problem, playing more aggressively and moving toward the net more frequently in order to shorten rallies.<\/p>\n\n<h3>First German National Title<\/h3>\n\n<p>The 2020 Women's 30 championship was Pr\u00f6se's first German national title.<\/p>\n\n<p>It followed her seven Hessian championships and represented the most important title of her post-ITF competitive career.<\/p>\n\n<h3>International Career Record<\/h3>\n\n<p>The WTA records Pr\u00f6se with 99 victories and 168 defeats in its career statistics, while other databases using somewhat different inclusion criteria list approximately 100\u2013113 victories.<\/p>\n\n<p>The difference reflects variations in which lower-level ITF and qualifying matches are counted. The official WTA figure is 99\u2013168.<\/p>\n\n<h3>ITF Record<\/h3>\n\n<p>The current ITF profile contains a more limited subset of her later professional results and therefore shows a much smaller win-loss total than the WTA career database.<\/p>\n\n<p>For a complete career overview, the WTA's 99\u2013168 record is the more representative figure.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Singles Titles<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se did not win a WTA or ITF professional singles title.<\/p>\n\n<p>Her principal championships came instead in German national and regional tournaments.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Doubles Career<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se's doubles career was comparatively limited. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 737 and recorded 16 victories against 40 defeats in commonly cited professional records.<\/p>\n\n<p>She did not win an ITF or WTA doubles title.<\/p>\n\n<h3>ITF Doubles Final \u2013 2011<\/h3>\n\n<p>Her best international doubles result was the final at the $10,000 Gardone Val Trompia tournament in 2011 with Mirjam Zeller.<\/p>\n\n<p>The pair finished runner-up to Yuka Higuchi and Hirono Watanabe.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Grand Slam Record<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se never competed in a Grand Slam singles main draw.<\/p>\n\n<p>Her ranking also never reached the level required for regular Grand Slam qualifying participation.<\/p>\n\n<h3>WTA Tour Record<\/h3>\n\n<p>Her most notable WTA opportunities came through qualifying wildcards:<\/p>\n\n<p>\nPrague Open \u2013 2009 qualifying<br>\nLadies Open Biel \u2013 2017 qualifying\n<\/p>\n\n<p>She did not qualify for a WTA Tour singles main draw.<\/p>\n\n<h3>ITF Women's Circuit<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se spent the international portion of her career primarily at lower-level ITF tournaments.<\/p>\n\n<p>Her schedule included events in Germany and throughout Europe as well as tournaments farther abroad, but she was unable to accumulate the results needed to establish herself inside the Top 500.<\/p>\n\n<h3>German Club Tennis<\/h3>\n\n<p>Club and league tennis played a substantially greater role in Pr\u00f6se's career than it does for many internationally established WTA professionals.<\/p>\n\n<p>Her teams included Ratinger TC Gr\u00fcn-Wei\u00df, TGS Bieber Offenbach, SC Frankfurt 1880 and VfL Sindelfingen.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Ratinger TC Gr\u00fcn-Wei\u00df<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se competed for Ratinger TC Gr\u00fcn-Wei\u00df in the 2. Tennis-Bundesliga in 2010.<\/p>\n\n<p>This gave her experience in one of Europe's strongest national club competitions while she was still developing her international career.<\/p>\n\n<h3>TGS Bieber Offenbach<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se also represented TGS Bieber in her native Offenbach.<\/p>\n\n<p>Her strong connection with the Offenbach and Hessian tennis community remained a constant feature of her career.<\/p>\n\n<h3>SC Frankfurt 1880<\/h3>\n\n<p>From 2018 Pr\u00f6se represented SC Frankfurt 1880, initially in the Regionalliga and subsequently in the 2. Bundesliga environment.<\/p>\n\n<p>Her performances included victories against opponents with substantially higher WTA rankings.<\/p>\n\n<h3>VfL Sindelfingen<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se later represented VfL Sindelfingen and helped its women's team achieve promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in 2020.<\/p>\n\n<p>Her successful league season coincided with her German Women's 30 championship.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Preferred Surfaces<\/h3>\n\n<p>The ITF lists carpet and grass as Pr\u00f6se's preferred surfaces.<\/p>\n\n<p>These faster courts reward compact preparation, attacking play and the ability to finish points quickly. Nevertheless, many of her most important German championship results were achieved on clay.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Coach Gerry Blum<\/h3>\n\n<p>German professional coach Gerry Blum worked with Pr\u00f6se from 2007 onward.<\/p>\n\n<p>Blum is an A-level coach with the Global Professional Tennis Coach Association and has worked with ATP, WTA, ITF and international junior players.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Career Prize Money<\/h3>\n\n<p>The WTA records Pr\u00f6se's official career prize money at US$25,195.<\/p>\n\n<p>The relatively modest figure reflects the fact that her international career was spent almost entirely at lower-level ITF tournaments, while German league and national competition formed a major part of her playing career.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Career-High Rankings<\/h3>\n\n<p>\nSingles \u2013 No. 726, 14 September 2015<br>\nDoubles \u2013 No. 737, 31 December 2018\n<\/p>\n\n<h3>Year-End Singles Rankings<\/h3>\n\n<p>\n2009 \u2013 No. 1099<br>\n2013 \u2013 No. 863<br>\n2014 \u2013 No. 979<br>\n2015 \u2013 No. 768<br>\n2016 \u2013 approximately No. 929\u2013936<br>\n2017 \u2013 No. 1154<br>\n2018 \u2013 No. 1067\n<\/p>\n\n<h3>German Championship Record<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se's strongest title record was achieved outside the international tour:<\/p>\n\n<p>\nHessian outdoor women's champion \u2013 2015, 2017, 2018<br>\nHessian indoor women's champion \u2013 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018<br>\nGerman Women's 30 champion \u2013 2020\n<\/p>\n\n<h3>Current Status<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se is listed as inactive by the WTA and has no current WTA singles or doubles ranking in 2026.<\/p>\n\n<p>Her international professional career is effectively over, although she continued competing successfully in German club and age-group tennis after leaving the regular ITF circuit.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Career Highlights<\/h3>\n\n<p>\nFull name: Natalie Pr\u00f6se \/ Natalie Proese<br>\nBorn: 27 September 1990, Offenbach am Main, Germany<br>\nNationality: German<br>\nHeight: 1.76 m (5 ft 8 in)<br>\nPlays: Right-handed, two-handed backhand<br>\nStarted tennis: Age 7<br>\nPreferred surfaces: Carpet and grass<br>\nLong-time coach: Gerry Blum<br>\nFirst professional tournament: Dubrovnik, October 2007<br>\nCareer-high singles ranking: No. 726 (14 September 2015)<br>\nCareer-high doubles ranking: No. 737 (31 December 2018)<br>\nWTA singles titles: 0<br>\nITF singles titles: 0<br>\nWTA doubles titles: 0<br>\nITF doubles titles: 0<br>\nBest ITF doubles result: Final, Gardone Val Trompia 2011<br>\nWTA career singles record: 99\u2013168<br>\nCareer prize money: US$25,195<br>\nGrand Slam main draws: 0<br>\nWTA qualifying appearances: Prague 2009, Biel 2017<br>\nHessian outdoor champion: 2015, 2017, 2018<br>\nHessian indoor champion: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018<br>\nGerman Women's 30 champion: 2020<br>\nCurrent WTA ranking: Unranked<br>\nCurrent status: Inactive\n<\/p>\n\n<h3>Career Trajectory<\/h3>\n\n<p>Pr\u00f6se's career differed considerably from that of a conventional WTA professional. She began international competition in 2007 and spent more than a decade moving between lower-level ITF tournaments, German ranking events and national league tennis. Her first WTA opportunity came in Prague qualifying in 2009, while her international ranking improved gradually rather than dramatically.<\/p>\n\n<p>Her strongest international period came from 2014 to 2016. She reached world No. 726 in September 2015 and finished that year at No. 768. Although her stated ambition was to enter the Top 500, she never quite made the transition from lower-level ITF competition to regular WTA tournaments.<\/p>\n\n<p>At the same time, Pr\u00f6se became exceptionally successful within Hessen. Between 2014 and 2018 she collected seven regional senior championships, establishing herself as one of the dominant Hessian women's players of the period. Her level was sometimes significantly stronger than her international ranking suggested, illustrated by victories over opponents such as then-world No. 182 Victoria Kamenskaya and a close three-set qualifying match against Rich\u00e8l Hogenkamp.<\/p>\n\n<p>A serious knee injury around 2019 interrupted her career, but rehabilitation allowed her to return successfully. In 2020 she helped VfL Sindelfingen earn promotion and then won the German Women's 30 championship in a nearly four-hour final despite renewed knee pain.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Assessment<\/h3>\n\n<p>Natalie Pr\u00f6se did not reach the international level suggested by the most successful German WTA professionals: she never entered the Top 500, won an ITF title or played a Grand Slam. Judged solely by WTA ranking, her career therefore appears relatively modest.<\/p>\n\n<p>Her broader competitive record gives a more complete picture. She remained involved in professional tennis for many years, reached No. 726 in the world, played WTA qualifying events and competed successfully in the German Bundesliga system. At regional level she was considerably more accomplished, winning seven Hessian senior championships within five years.<\/p>\n\n<p>Her 2020 German Women's 30 championship provides a fitting late-career highlight. Coming after a serious knee injury and years of international and league competition, it demonstrated the persistence that characterized her playing career. Pr\u00f6se is therefore best understood as a strong German national-level player who tested herself extensively on the international professional circuit while achieving her greatest success in domestic championship and team tennis.<\/p>\n<p>all texts by ChatGPT<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>alert, provisional, alive. Natalie Proese (Natalie Pr\u00f6se) \u2013 Overview Natalie Pr\u00f6se, internationally listed as Natalie Proese, is a German tennis player born on 27 September 1990 in Offenbach am Main.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=2223\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<svg class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-arrow-right\" xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use> <\/svg><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#0141 natalie proese<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/full-width-page.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[139],"class_list":["post-2223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts","tag-proese"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/one_proese_altenkirchen_IMG_0910_02b_square_01.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2228,"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223\/revisions\/2228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}