Anna-Lena_Friedsam

Anna-Lena Friedsam

German tennis player

Anna-Lena Friedsam (born 1 February 1994) is a German professional tennis player.

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Anna-Lena Friedsam
Singles
Friedsam at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Germany
Born	(1994-02-01) 1 February 1994 (age 30) Neuwied, Germany
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$2,558,368
Career record	349–240 (59.3%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 45 (15 August 2016)
Current ranking	No. 194 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (2016)
French Open	2R (2015, 2023)
Wimbledon	3R (2016)
US Open	2R (2020)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	114–97 (54.0%)
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 34 (21 September 2020)
Current ranking	No. 119 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2022)
French Open	3R (2016, 2019)
Wimbledon	3R (2019)
US Open	3R (2019)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2021)
Team competitions
BJK Cup	RR (2021, 2023)
Last updated on: 22 April 2024.

In August 2016, Friedsam reached her best singles ranking of world No. 45. In doubles, she peaked at world No. 34 in September 2020.

In her career, she has won four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one WTA 125 singles title as well as 13 singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She played also in the fourth round of one Grand Slam championship, at the 2016 Australian Open.

Career overview

2012

Friedsam won her first $25k tournament in 2012, at the Infond Open.^[1]

2015: First WTA final

In Linz, Friedsam reached her first WTA singles final, losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets.

2016-2018: Grand Slam fourth round, top 50 debut, extended hiatus due to surgery

At the 2016 Australian Open, she reached her first and so far only Grand Slam round of 16. There, she lost to Agnieszka Radwańska after a big battle and struggling with injury during the match. In the previous round, she defeated US Open finalist and top 20 player Roberta Vinci.^[2]

Shoulder pain and two surgeries in 2016 and 2017 kept Friedsam out of the game for more than two years. She came back to the WTA tour with a protected ranking at the Miami Open 2019.

2020: Second WTA final

At the 2020 Lyon Open, she reached the final but lost to Sofia Kenin.^[3] On her way to the final, she defeated two former top-10 players, Kristina Mladenovic and Daria Kasatkina, respectively.^[4]

2022: Two 125k finals

After slipping down the rankings following the Covid break in 2020, Friedsam bounced back in the second half of 2022, reaching the semifinal at Portoroz, beating 2020 US Open champion Emma Raducanu alongside. She finished the year with two WTA 125 finals at Midland and Angers, losing to Catherine McNally and Alycia Parks respectively.

2023: Two WTA quarterfinals, back to top 100

At the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, she reached the quarterfinals as a qualifier defeating fellow qualifier and former top-10 player Sara Errani and fourth seed Anhelina Kalinina. At the same tournament, she reached her seventh final in doubles with Nadiia Kichenok.

At the inaugural edition of the 2023 ATX Open in Austin, Texas, she reached her second consecutive quarterfinal defeating lucky loser Erika Andreeva in an over 3 hours match with a third set longest tiebreak for the season.^[5]^[6]^[7] This win marked Friedsam's return to the world top 100 for the first time since her shoulder surgery in January 2017.^[8] At the same tournament, she reached the doubles semifinals with Nadiia Kichenok.

Performance timelines

**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 WTA Tour and Grand Slam main-draw and Billie Jean King Cup results are considered in the career statistics.

Singles

Current through the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup qualifying round.

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Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q1	1R	4R	A	1R	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q1	0 / 3	3–3	50%
French Open	A	A	Q1	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	1R	Q3	A	2R		0 / 5	2–5	29%
Wimbledon	A	A	Q2	1R	2R	3R	A	A	1R	NH	Q1	Q1	1R		0 / 5	3–5	38%
US Open	A	A	Q1	Q3	1R	1R	A	A	Q3	2R	Q2	Q1	1R		0 / 4	1–4	20%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–4	5–4	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0 / 17	9–17	35%
National representation
Olympic Games	NH	A	NH			A	NH				2R	NH			0 / 1	1–1	50%
Billie Jean King Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QR	RR	PO	RR	QR	0 / 2	2–3	40%
WTA 1000 tournaments
Qatar Open	NTI	A	A	A	NTI	A	NTI	A	NTI	A	NTI	A	NTI	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	2R	A	A	A	NH	A	Q1	Q2	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	A	A	1R	NH	Q2	Q1	1R	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	NH	A	A	Q2	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	1R	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH			Q1		0 / 0	0–0	–
Guadalajara Open	NH											Q1	A	NTI	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–4	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0 / 7	1–7	14%
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	0	0	10	14	14	1	2	9	4	11	3	14	0	Career total: 82
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Finals	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	Career total: 2
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	7–10	11–14	15–14	0–1	1–2	7–9	5–4	5–11	5–3	8–16	0–1	0 / 82	64–85	43%
Year-end ranking	655	189	126	87	99	68	1025	390	145	111	133	145	115

Doubles

Current through the 2024 Linz Open.

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Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	2R	A	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
French Open	A	A	A	3R	A	A	3R	1R	2R	1R	1R		0 / 6	5–6	45%
Wimbledon	A	A	Q2	1R	A	A	3R	NH	2R	1R	1R		0 / 5	3–5	38%
US Open	A	A	A	1R	A	A	3R	2R	1R	A	A		0 / 4	3–4	43%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	0–0	0–1	6–3	1–3	2–3	1–3	0–2	0–0	0 / 18	12–18	40%
National representation
Olympic Games	NH			A	NH				1R	NH			0 / 1	0–1	0%
Billie Jean King Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QR	RR	PO	RR	QR	0 / 2	2–3	40%
WTA 1000 tournaments
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	2R	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	4–1	80%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 3	5–3	63%
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	1	3	6	1	2	8	10	13	9	9	1	Career total: 64
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	Career total: 4
Finals	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	0	Career total: 8
Overall win–loss	1–1	0–1	3–3	8–4	2–1	1–2	15–7	7–10	14–14	8–8	13–9	2–1	4 / 64	74–61	55%
Year-end ranking	368	213	244	121	449	587	45	37	92	111	114

Significant finals

WTA 1000

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2020	Italian Open	Clay	Raluca Olaru	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	2–6, 2–6

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam
Premier M & Premier 5 / WTA 1000
Premier / WTA 500
International / WTA 250 (0–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2015	Ladies Linz, Austria	International^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Hard (i)	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Mar 2020	Lyon Open, France	International	Hard (i)	Sofia Kenin	2–6, 6–4, 4–6

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam
Premier M & Premier 5 / WTA 1000 (0–1)
Premier / WTA 500 (1–0)
International / WTA 250 (3–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–1)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2016	Mallorca Open, Spain	International	Grass	Laura Siegemund	Gabriela Dabrowski María José Martínez Sánchez	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2019	Stuttgart Grand Prix, Germany	Premier^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Clay (i)	Mona Barthel	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová	2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	1–2	Sep 2020	Italian Open, Italy	Premier 5^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Clay	Raluca Olaru	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	2–6, 2–6
Loss	1–3	Apr 2021	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	WTA 250	Clay	Mihaela Buzărnescu	Elixane Lechemia Ingrid Neel	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–3	Oct 2021	Astana Open, Kazakhstan	WTA 250	Hard (i)	Monica Niculescu	Angelina Gabueva Anastasia Zakharova	6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
Win	3–3	Jul 2022	Poland Open, Poland	WTA 250	Clay	Anna Danilina	Katarzyna Kawa Alicja Rosolska	6–4, 5–7, [10–5]
Loss	3–4	Feb 2023	Ladies Linz, Austria	WTA 250	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Natela Dzalamidze Viktória Kužmová	6–4, 5–7, [10–12]
Win	4–4	Sep 2023	Japan Open, Japan	WTA 250	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Anna Kalinskaya Yulia Putintseva	7–6^(7–3), 6–3

WTA Challenger finals

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

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2014	WTA 125 Suzhou, China	Hard	Duan Yingying	6–1, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Mar 2016	WTA 125 San Antonio, United States	Hard	Misaki Doi	4–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Nov 2022	WTA 125 Midland, United States	Hard (i)	Caty McNally	3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–3	Dec 2022	WTA 125 Angers, France	Hard (i)	Alycia Parks	4–6, 6–4, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (runner-ups)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2013	WTA 125 Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Alison Van Uytvanck	Caroline Garcia Yaroslava Shvedova	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Nov 2022	WTA 125 Midland, United States	Hard (i)	Nadiia Kichenok	Asia Muhammad Alycia Parks	2–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 20 (13 titles, 7 runner-ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$50,000 tournaments (3–0)
$25,000 tournaments (7–1)
$10/15,000 tournaments (3–5)

Finals by surface
Hard (7–4)
Clay (5–3)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)

More information Result, W–L ...

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2011	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Evelyn Mayr	6–7^(3–7), 2–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2011	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Diana Enache	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Nov 2011	ITF Équeurdreville, France	10,000	Hard	Maryna Zanevska	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–3	Mar 2012	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	10,000	Hard (i)	Ekaterina Yashina	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–4	Mar 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	6–7^(5–7), 4–6
Loss	1–5	Apr 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	5–7, 2–6
Win	2–5	May 2012	ITF Velenje, Slovenia	10,000	Clay	Agnese Zucchini	6–1, 6–3
Win	3–5	May 2012	ITF Maribor, Slovenia	25,000	Clay	Teliana Pereira	2–6, 7–6^(7–1), 6–2
Win	4–5	June 2012	ITF Padova, Italy	25,000	Clay	Corinna Dentoni	6–2, 6–2
Win	5–5	July 2012	ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany	25,000	Clay	Kathrin Wörle	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Win	6–5	Aug 2012	ITF Charleroi, Belgium	25,000	Clay	Angelique van der Meet	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
Win	7–5	Mar 2013	ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom	15,000	Hard (i)	Alison Van Uytvanck	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	8–5	Aug 2013	ITF Kazan, Russia	50,000	Hard	Marta Sirotkina	6–2, 6–3
Win	9–5	Sep 2013	ITF Trabzon, Turkey	50,000	Hard	Yuliya Beygelzimer	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win	10–5	Sep 2013	ITF Loughborough, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard (i)	Alison Van Uytvanck	6–3, 6–0
Win	11–5	Jun 2015	ITF Ilkley, United Kingdom	50,000	Grass	Magda Linette	5–7, 6–3, 6–1
Win	12–5	Nov 2017	ITF Shrewsbury, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard (i)	Lesley Kerkhove	6–4, 6–2
Loss	12–6	Sep 2019	ITF Roehampton, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	2-6, 7-5, 5-7
Win	13–6	Sep 2019	ITF Roehampton, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard	Indy de Vroome	6–3, 6–3
Loss	13–7	Oct 2023	ITF Poitiers, France	80,000	Hard (i)	Jessika Ponchet	6–3, 2–6, 6–7^(2–7)

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–1)
$80,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10/15,000 tournaments (2–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

More information Result, W–L ...

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2012	ITF Leimen, Germany	10,000	Hard (i)	Julia Kimmelmann	Elyne Boeykens Jana Nabel	6–1, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	2–0	May 2012	ITF Velenje, Slovenia	10,000	Clay	Vanda Lukács	Anja Prislan Dejana Raickovic	7–6^(7–3), 5–7, [10–4]
Loss	2–1	May 2012	ITF Maribor, Slovenia	25,000	Clay	Karen Barbat	Elena Bogdan Kathrin Wörle	2–6, 6–2, [5–10]
Win	3–1	Mar 2013	ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Alison Van Uytvanck	Stéphanie Foretz Eva Hrdinová	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–2	Jul 2014	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	100,000	Hard	Michaela Boev	Vitalia Diatchenko Margarita Gasparyan	4–6, 1–6

Top 10 wins

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#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	ALFR
2019
1.	Belinda Bencic	No. 10	Linz Open, Austria	Hard (i)	1R	6–4, 2–6, 6–2	No. 166

Notes

The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.
The WTA Premier 5 & Mandatory tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

References

[1]
"Anna Lena Friedsam osvojila Infond open". SiOL.net (in Slovenian). 3 June 2012. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
[2]
Toby Keel (24 January 2016). "Agnieszka Radwanska comes through against Anna-Lena Friedsam". eurosport.com. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
[3]
Alex Macpherson (8 March 2020). "Kenin captures second title of 2020 in Lyon over Friedsam". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
[4]
Alex Macpherson (23 March 2020). "Anna-Lena Friedsam opens up about injuries, resurgence and cooking". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
[5]
"Austin: Friedsam saves match point, quells Andreeva in over three hours".
[6]
"Two tight tiebreaks later, Friedsam outlasts Andreeva in marathon ATX Open match".
[7]
"WTA roundup: Mayar Sherif rallies to reach Monterrey quarters". Reuters. 3 March 2023.
[8]
"Rankings Watch: Kostyuk cracks Top 40; Friedsam returns to Top 100".

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