Stefanie Vögele (born 10 March 1990) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 on 11 November 2013. Her highest WTA ranking in doubles is 100, which she reached on 5 January 2015. Over her career, she has defeated top ten players Sloane Stephens and Caroline Wozniacki.
Vögele announced her retirement from tennis in November 2022. She had a short comeback in 2025 with two first-round losses on ITF single events, and again lost in the first round at the 2025 French Open and Wimbledon. There has been no more appearances since then.
Biography Vögele who has three sisters was introduced to tennis at the age of four by her parents. Her coach was Ivo Werner.
Professional 2009 For the first five months of the year, Vögele participated in several WTA Tour events, needing to play through the qualifying rounds of most tournaments. During this period, she never won a main-draw match in such an event.
In June, Vögele played in Birmingham, defeating seeded Ekaterina Makarova en route to a quarterfinal showing. Playing at Wimbledon for the first time, she lost to defending champion Venus Williams in the first round.
Vögele had strong showings in July, advancing to the second round and semifinals in Prague and Portorož, respectively.
2010–2011 Vögele began the season at Auckland and lost in the first round to Sania Mirza. At Sydney, she was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Chang Kai-chen. At the Australian Open, she made it to the second round where she lost to seventh seed Victoria Azarenka.
Playing as a wildcard at Dubai, Vögele upset 15th seed Nadia Petrova in the first round and was defeated in the second by Russian qualifier Regina Kulikova. At the Malaysian Open, Vögele lost in the first round to Chanelle Scheepers. In March, she competed at Indian Wells where she was defeated in the first round by qualifier Chan Yung-jan. Vögele fell in the first round of the Miami Open to Alizé Cornet.
At her first clay-court tournament of the season, in Andalucia, she lost in the first round to fifth seed María José Martínez Sánchez. Staying in Spain to play at the Barcelona Open, Vögele was defeated in the first round by wildcard Arantxa Parra Santonja.
2012
She began the season at Brisbane where she defeated Australian wildcard Sally Peers in the first round of qualifying, and in the second Akgul Amanmuradova. However, in the final round, she lost to top seed Vania King. At Sydney, Vögele qualified by defeating Victoria Larrière, Michaëlla Krajicek, and Bojana Jovanovski. In the first round, she lost to third seed and eventual champion, Victoria Azarenka, in straight sets. As the 20th seed, Vögele qualified for the Australian Open by defeating Lara Arruabarrena, Mihaela Buzărnescu, and Michelle Larcher de Brito. In the main draw, she lost to 14th seed Sabine Lisicki, in three sets.
At the Copa Colsanitas, she lost in the first round to top seed Marina Erakovic. However, in doubles, Vögele and her partner Mandy Minella reached the final where they lost to top seeds Eva Birnerová/Alexandra Panova, 2–6, 2–6. At the Monterrey Open, she lost in the first round to third seed Sorana Cîrstea. Then Vögele competed at the $25k tournament in Clearwater, Florida. She defeated Allie Kiick and Hsieh Su-wei, and in the quarterfinals, Camila Giorgi. In the semifinals, she lost to Garbiñe Muguruza, 1–6, 2–6. At the Miami Open, Vögele lost in the first round of qualifying to 24th seed Valeria Savinykh. At the $50k tournament in Osprey, Florida, she defeated Mirjana Lučić-Baroni, before losing to Edina Gallovits.
Vögele, as the ninth seed, qualified for the Charleston Open by defeating Ani Mijačika and 16th seed Caroline Garcia. In the first round, she defeated Jarmila Gajdošová in three sets, and in the second Lucie Hradecká. In the third round, Vögele lost to fourth seed Vera Zvonareva. At the Danish Open, she lost in round one to Bojana Jovanovski. Seeded fourth for qualifying at Budapest, she lost in the first round to Rika Fujiwara in two tiebreakers. At the $100k tournament in Prague, she defeated Stéphanie Foretz in the first round but then, she withdrew from her match against Ayumi Morita. Seeded ninth for qualifying at the French Open, Vögele beat Noppawan Lertcheewakarn in the first round 6–0, 6–4. In the second round of qualifying, Vögele lost to Julia Cohen.
Seeded eighth for qualifying at Wimbledon, Vögele defeated Grace Min in the first round and in the second, she lost to Kristýna Plíšková in three sets.
At the $100k tournament in Biella, she was beaten in the first round by Alexandra Cadanţu. At the $100k event in Biarritz, Vögele defeated Amra Sadiković in three sets, before she lost to Romina Oprandi. At the $100k event in Bucharest, she lost in the second round to Irina-Camelia Begu. At the $100k tournament in Olomouc against Yvonne Meusburger, Vögele suffered another first-round loss.
As the 27th seed, she qualified for the US Open by defeating Petra Rampre, Ekaterina Bychkova, and Heidi El Tabakh, before losing to fellow qualifier Edina Gallovits-Hall in two sets.
Vögele lost in the final of the $75k event in Shrewsbury to Annika Beck, in straight sets. However, she bounced back by winning the $25k tournament in Clermont-Ferrand defeating Tatjana Malek in the final, in straight sets. At the Ladies Linz, Vögele beat Malek in the first round of qualifying, but in the second she lost to top seed Irina-Camelia Begu. She lost her semifinal at the $50k event in Limoges to Claire Feuerstein in a narrow three-setter. At the $100k tournament in Poitiers, she lost in the quarterfinals to Monica Puig.
2013
Vögele began the year by playing at the first edition of the Shenzhen Open. As the top seed in qualifying, she qualified by beating Zarina Diyas and fifth seed Caroline Garcia. In the first round, she defeated Tímea Babos. In the second round, Vögele lost to second seed Marion Bartoli. Competing in Melbourne at the Australian Open, Vögele lost in the first round to 30th seed Tamira Paszek.
Vögele qualified for the Paris Indoors by defeating eighth seed Mandy Minella, Stéphanie Foretz, and Monica Puig. After winning her first-round match over Tsvetana Pironkova, she lost in the second round to second seed and 2011 Open GdF Suez champion, Petra Kvitová. Vögele reached the semifinals of the U.S. Indoor Championships by defeating Sílvia Soler Espinosa, qualifier Claire Feuerstein, and fourth seed Heather Watson. She was defeated in her semifinal match by eventual champion Marina Erakovic. As the top seed for qualifying at the Indian Wells Open, Vögele lost in the final round of qualifying to 17th seed Mirjana Lučić-Baroni. After losing in the final round of qualifying, she received a lucky loser spot into the main draw. She defeated Petra Martić, before she lost in the second round to tenth seed Nadia Petrova. Seeded second for qualifying at the Miami Open, Vögele qualified for the main draw by beating Alexandra Cadanţu and 21st seed Galina Voskoboeva. In the first round, she again defeated Petra Martić. Vögele was defeated in the second round by 30th seed Kirsten Flipkens.
Vögele began her clay-court season at Charleston where she started off the tournament by defeating qualifier Teliana Pereira in the first round. In the second round, she upset seventh seed Carla Suárez Navarro. In the third round, she upset 10th seed Julia Görges. In the quarterfinals, Vögele had a huge win over 2011 Charleston champion, second seed, and former world No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki. With this win, she reached her second semifinal of the year. Vögele lost in the semifinal to another former world No. 1, Jelena Janković. Playing against Australia at the 2013 Fed Cup World Group play-offs, Vögele lost both of her rubbers to Ashleigh Barty and Samantha Stosur. Australia defeated Switzerland 3–1. Seeded third for qualifying at the Madrid Open, Vögele lost in the final round of qualifying to 13th seed Lesia Tsurenko. However, she entered the main draw as a lucky loser but was defeated in the first round by wildcard Anabel Medina Garrigues. Seeded second for qualifying at the Italian Open, Vögele lost in the first round of qualifying to María Teresa Torró Flor. Playing at the Brussels Open, Vögele was defeated in the first round by wildcard Elena Baltacha. Ranked 56 at the French Open, Vögele advanced to the third round of a major for the first time in her career. She started off with a three-set victory over Heather Watson in the first round. In the second round, she won a three-set thriller over Kaia Kanepi. Her run came to an end as she lost in round three to 12th seed Maria Kirilenko.
Vögele began her grass-court season at the Rosmalen Open where she defeated qualifier Yulia Putintseva, before losing in the second round to lucky loser Lesia Tsurenko. At Wimbledon, she lost in the opening round to 22nd seed Sorana Cîrstea.
Vögele began the US Open Series at the Stanford Classic where she defeated wildcard Ajla Tomljanović in the first round 6–4, 6–0. In the second round, she lost to third seed and eventual champion, Dominika Cibulková. Playing at the Washington Open, Vögele lost in the first round to sixth seed Mona Barthel. Seeded fifth for qualifying at Cincinnati, she lost in the first round to Sofia Arvidsson. Seeded fifth for qualifying at New Haven, she qualified by defeating American wildcard Katerina Stewart, Alexandra Cadanţu, and Yaroslava Shvedova but then lost to fellow qualifier Alison Riske. At the US Open, Vögele lost in the first round to world No. 105, Anna Karolína Schmiedlová.
Playing at the Pan Pacific Open, she lost in the first round to ninth seed Sloane Stephens 3–6, 2–6. At the China Open, Vögele lost in the first round to 2011 China Open champion and third seed Agnieszka Radwańska. Vögele reached her third semifinal of the year at the Ladies Linz by defeating Klára Zakopalová, Karin Knapp, and second seed Sloane Stephens. In the semifinal, she lost to third seed and eventual finalist Ana Ivanovic in straight sets. Her final tournament of the year was the Luxembourg Open where she reached the semifinals by defeating sixth seed Mona Barthel, Karolína Plíšková, and second seed Sloane Stephens. Vögele retired in her semifinal-match against eventual finalist Annika Beck at 7–5, 1–0 due to a left thigh injury.
Vögele ended the year ranked 44.
2014
Vögele began the year by playing at Brisbane. In the first round, she defeated Madison Keys 6–4, 6–3. In the second round, she received a walkover when seventh seed Sabine Lisicki withdrew due to gastrointestinal illness. In the quarterfinals, Vögele lost to second seed and eventual finalist, Victoria Azarenka. At the Australian Open, she defeated Kristina Mladenovic in the first round 7–5, 7–5. In the second round, she lost to 20th seed and eventual finalist Dominika Cibulková, 0–6, 1–6.
After the Australian Open, Vögele competed in Paris. In the first round, she lost in a narrow match to qualifier Galina Voskoboeva. Playing against France at the 2014 Fed Cup World Group II, Vögele lost the only rubber she played to Virginie Razzano. France ended up defeating Switzerland 3–2. At the Qatar Open, Vögele defeated Alizé Cornet in the first round, 7–6, 7–5. In the second round, she lost to wildcard Alisa Kleybanova. Seeded seventh at the Mexican Open, Vögele lost in the first round to Kimiko Date-Krumm. At Indian Wells, she lost in the first round to Annika Beck in three sets. In Miami, Vögele lost in the first round to wildcard Casey Dellacqua in straight sets.