Carolina Kuhl

Carolina Kuhl
Country (sports) Germany
Born (2005-04-04) 4 April 2005
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$56,556
Singles
Career record85–74
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 391 (11 November 2024)
Current rankingNo. 524 (11 August 2025)
Doubles
Career record28–31
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 601 (11 August 2025)
Current rankingNo. 601 (11 August 2025)
Last updated on: 11 August 2025.

Carolina Kuhl (born 4 April 2005) is a German tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 391, achieved on 11 November 2024, and a best doubles ranking of No. 601, attained on 11 August 2025.

Career

In 2017, Kuhl won the Bavarian championship title in the U14 age group at the age of twelve,[1] and two years later she also became Bavarian champion in the U16 age group.[2] She won six singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Junior Tour and achieved her highest junior world ranking of 31st on January 31, 2022.

Kuhl has been part of the Porsche Junior Team since 2021 and has also been playing tournaments on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour since the same year.[3][4][5]

In 2022, she reached the quarter-finals of the girls' singles at the Australian Open.[6] In April, she won her first ITF doubles title together with Ilinca Amariei. In September, she and her partner Ella Seidel reached the final of the girls' doubles at the 2022 US Open, which they lost 3-6 and 2-6 to Lucie Havlíčková and Diana Schneider.[7]

In 2023, Kuhl celebrated her first ITF singles title in May when she won the tournament in Pörtschach am Wörther See.[8] At the beginning of June, she won her second singles tournament in Troisdorf,[9][10] and in the same month she won her third tournament in a row in Gdańsk, Poland.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
W25/W35 tournaments (1–1)
W15 tournaments (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (3–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2022 ITF Kottingbrunn, Austria W15 Clay Hungary Amarissa Kiara Tóth 3–6, 5–7
Win 1–1 May 2023 ITF Pörtschach, Austria W15 Clay Belgium Lara Salden 6–1, 1–6, 6–4
Win 2–1 Jun 2023 ITF Troisdorf, Germany W25 Clay  Julia Avdeeva 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–1 Jun 2023 ITF Gdańsk, Poland W15 Clay Poland Gina Feistel 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 3–2 Jan 2024 ITF Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg W15 Hard (i) Ukraine Veronika Podrez 4–6, 3–6
Loss 3–3 Mar 2024 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Germany Mara Guth 2–6, 3–3 ret.
Loss 3–4 Jul 2025 ITF Mohammedia, Morocco W35 Clay Morocco Yasmine Kabbaj 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
W50 tournaments (0–1)
W15 tournaments (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2021 ITF Erwitte, Germany W15 Clay Germany Angelina Wirges Germany Katharina Hering
Germany Natalia Siedliska
1–6, 5–7
Win 1–1 Apr 2022 ITF Cairo, Egypt W15 Clay Romania Ilinca Amariei Italy Diletta Cherubini
Germany Emily Welker
6–2, 2–6, [10–3]
Loss 1–2 Jun 2024 ITF Madrid, Spain W15 Clay Italy Diletta Cherubini Colombia María Herazo González
Italy Francesca Pace
3–6, 5–7
Loss 1–3 Dec 2024 ITF Sëlva, Italy W50 Hard (i) Serbia Mia Ristić Poland Martyna Kubka
Sweden Lisa Zaar
3–6, 0–6

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2022 US Open Hard Germany Ella Seidel Czech Republic Lucie Havlíčková
Diana Shnaider
3–6, 2–6

References

  1. ^ "Juhu! Zwei Bayerische Meister". tv-fuerth-1860.de. 2017-03-27. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  2. ^ "Bayerischer Tennis-Verband" (PDF). btv.de. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  3. ^ "DTB nominiert Porsche-Nachwuchsteams für 2021". Deutscher Tennis Bund (in German). 2021-01-20. Archived from the original on 2021-06-13.
  4. ^ "DTB nominiert Porsche Nachwuchsteams für 2022". Deutscher Tennis Bund (in German). Archived from the original on 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  5. ^ Bund, Deutscher Tennis. "DTB nominiert Porsche Nachwuchsteams für 2023". Deutscher Tennis Bund (in German). Archived from the original on 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  6. ^ "Australian Open: Carolina Kuhl zieht ins Viertelfinale der Juniorinnen ein - Rittner lobt deutsche Nachwuchshoffnung". www.eurosport.de. 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  7. ^ Bund, Deutscher Tennis. "Tennis-Ticker: Deutsches Juniorinnen-Doppel spielt groß auf". Deutscher Tennis Bund (in German). Archived from the original on 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  8. ^ "Carinthian Ladies Lake's Trophy Pörtschach: Kuhl siegt vor Salden". MeinBezirk.at (in German). 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  9. ^ Bund, Deutscher Tennis. "Tennis-Ticker: Starker Erfolg für Carolina Kuhl in Troisdorf". Deutscher Tennis Bund (in German). Archived from the original on 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  10. ^ "Titel-Ansage von Carolina Kuhl! Deutsches Tennis-Talent lässt aufhorchen". SPORT1 (in German). 2023-06-13. Retrieved 2025-02-27.