Magdalena_Fręch

Magdalena Fręch

Polish tennis player (born 1997)

Magdalena Fręch (Polish pronunciation: [maɡdaˈlɛna ˈfrɛ̃x]; born 15 December 1997) is a Polish tennis player.^[1] On 29 January 2024, she reached her best singles WTA ranking of world No. 51. On 8 August 2022, she peaked at No. 174 in the doubles rankings.^[2] She won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won six singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

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Magdalena Fręch
Singles
Fręch at the 2023 DC Open
Country (sports)	Poland
Born	(1997-12-15) 15 December 1997 (age 26) Łódź, Poland
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Andrzej Kobierski
Prize money	$2,200,563
Career record	377–258 (59.4%)
Career titles	1 WTA Challenger, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 42 (26 February 2024)
Current ranking	No. 42 (26 February 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (2024)
French Open	2R (2018, 2023)
Wimbledon	3R (2022)
US Open	2R (2023)
Doubles
Career record	64–59 (52.0%)
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 174 (8 August 2022)
Current ranking	No. 565 (29 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	3R (2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	9–6 (60.0%)
Last updated on: 29 January 2024.

Playing for Poland in the Billie Jean King Cup, Fręch has a win–loss record of 9–6, as of December 2023.^[3]

Professional career

2013: WTA Tour debut

Fręch made her WTA Tour debut at the Katowice Open in doubles, partnering Katarzyna Pyka.

2018: Grand Slam debut

Fręch started 2018 season in Auckland where she lost in qualifying (in the first round) to Sachia Vickery, in straight sets. She then took part at the first Grand Slam qualifying in her career - at the Australian Open. She beat Miyu Kato, Sofya Zhuk and Kayla Day, and became one of the 12 qualifiers, making her main-draw debut at the Grand Slam championship. In the first round, she lost to eventual quarterfinalist Carla Suárez Navarro, in straight sets. At the end of January, Fręch played at the $60k Andrézieux-Bouthéon event where she defeated Conny Perrin in three sets, Chloé Paquet in two and Vitalia Diatchenko (6–3, 2–2 ret.). In the semifinals, she lost to eventual champion Georgina García Pérez, in three sets. In February, she started at the Hungarian Ladies Open where she came through the qualifying competition by defeating Çağla Büyükakçay in three, and Anna Blinkova in straight sets.

Fręch at the 2019 Wimbledon qualifying

2021: WTA 1000 & top 100 debuts

She made her top 100 debut at No. 99 on 18 October 2021, following her qualification at the Indian Wells Open and first-round win over Zheng Saisai. She lost to top seed Karolína Plíšková.

2022: Wimbledon third round in singles and doubles

In 2022, she qualified again for the Indian Wells Open into the main draw entering as a lucky loser and won against Mayar Sherif, before losing to 30th seed Markéta Vondroušová.

She reached the third round of a Major for the first time in her career at Wimbledon in singles and in doubles.

2023: WTA 1000 third round, top 70

In 2023, she again entered the Indian Wells Open as a lucky loser for a second consecutive year, and won her third match at this tournament defeating Maryna Zanevska, before losing to fourth seed Ons Jabeur. At the Miami Open, she entered directly into the second round of the main draw, again as a lucky loser, after the late withdrawal of 26th seed Zhang Shuai.^[4] She defeated wildcard player Erika Andreeva to reach the third round at a WTA 1000-level for the first time in her career.

She qualified for her next WTA 1000, the China Open, on her debut. As a result, she reached a career-high year-end ranking of No. 63 on 6 November 2023.

2024: Australian Open fourth round, top 50

She reached the third round at the 2024 Australian Open defeating Daria Saville and 16th seed Caroline Garcia, her first top-20 career win.^[5]^[6] She defeated qualifier Anastasia Zakharova to reach the fourth round of a major for the first time in her career.^[7] As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking, at world No. 51.^[8]

At the WTA 1000 Dubai Championships, she reached the round of 16 as a qualifier, defeating 14th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova, her second top-20 win,^[9] and Petra Martic. She lost to fourth seed Elena Rybakina in three sets.^[10] As a result, she moved into the top 50 in the rankings.

National representation

In 2016, Fręch made her debut in the Fed Cup, playing for Poland. Her first match was in a World Group II play-off where Poland played against the team of Chinese Taipei. Frech was chosen to play her first match against Lee Ya-hsuan, in which she also made her first Fed Cup win. In the next match, Frech lost against Hsu Ching-wen.

In 2018, from 7 to 10 February, she played at Fed Cup in Tallinn where she lost to Melanie Klaffner (Austria) in straight sets, Anastasija Sevastova (Latvia) in straight sets, and she defeated Ayla Aksu (Turkey) and Isabella Shinikova (Bulgaria) - both in straight sets.

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 main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.^[11]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Jasmin Open.

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Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	Q1	Q1	A	1R	Q2	4R	0 / 3	3–3	50%
French Open	A	A	A	A	2R	Q1	Q1	Q3	1R	2R		0 / 3	2–3	40%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	NH	Q2	3R	1R		0 / 2	2–2	50%
US Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	A	Q1	1R	2R		0 / 3	1–3	25%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–4	2–3	3–1	0 / 11	8–11	42%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup^{[lower-alpha 1]}	A	A	WG2	Z1	Z1	Z1	PO^{[lower-alpha 2]}		RR	RR		0 / 2	6–6	50%
WTA 1000
Qatar / Dubai Open^{[lower-alpha 3]}	A	A	A	A	A	1R	Q2	Q1	A	Q1		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	2R	2R	2R		0 / 3	3–3	50%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	1R	3R		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	Q1	2R		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	NH	A	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q1		0 / 0	0–0	–
Guadalajara Open	NH								2R	2R		0 / 2	2–2	50%
Wuhan Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH					0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH			1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–3	5–7		0 / 12	8–12	40%
Career statistics
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win%
Tournaments	1	1	0^{[lower-alpha 4]}	1	10	6	2	8	19	18	3	Career total: 69
Hard win–loss	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–8	1–3	0–1	4–4	5–12	5–12	4-3	0 / 41	22–46	32%
Clay win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–3	0–2	2–1	2–3	2–5	3–3		0 / 18	11–18	38%
Grass win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	NH	0–1	4–4	4–3		0 / 10	9–10	47%
Overall win–loss	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	5–12	1–6	2–2	6–8	11–21	12–18	4-3	0 / 69	42–74	36%
Win %	0%	0%	50%	0%	29%	14%	50%	43%	34%	40%	57%	Career total: 36%
Year-end ranking^{[lower-alpha 5]}	493	459	321	166	151	198	156	102	116	63		$1,819,213

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

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Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	3R	A	0 / 1	2–1	67%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0 / 1	2–1	67%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup^{[lower-alpha 1]}	A	A	WG2	Z1	Z1	Z1	PO^{[lower-alpha 2]}		RR		0 / 1	3–0	100%
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	2	0	Career total: 10
Overall win–loss	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–4	1–2	0–0	0 / 10	4–10	29%
Year-end ranking	642	418	542	251	425	870	262	227	525

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

More information Result, W–L ...

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2021	Concord Open, United States	Hard	Renata Zarazúa	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner–ups)

More information Legend, Finals by surface ...

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–1)
$60,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (3–2)
$10,000 tournaments (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (3–0)
Carpet (0–2)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2016	ITF Nishitama, Japan	10,000	Hard	Mai Minokoshi	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–0	Aug 2017	ITF Leipzig, Germany	25,000	Clay	Richèl Hogenkamp	6–2, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	3–0	Aug 2017	ITF Braunschweig, Germany	25,000	Clay	Olga Sáez Larra	6–2, 2–6, 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	3–1	Oct 2017	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Irina Khromacheva	1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	3–2	Oct 2017	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Anna Kalinskaya	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–2	Jan 2020	Canberra International, Australia^{[lower-alpha 6]}	25,000	Hard	Patricia Maria Țig	w/o
Win	5–2	Sep 2021	ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic	60,000	Clay	Tereza Smitková	6–2, 6–1
Loss	5–3	Dec 2022	Dubai Tennis Challenge, United Arab Emirates	100,000	Hard	Elsa Jacquemot	5–7, 2–6
Win	6–3	Oct 2023	ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain	100,000	Hard	Sara Errani	7–5, 4–6, 6–4

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments (2–1)
$80,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (0–2)
$25,000 tournaments (1–1)

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

More information Result, W–L ...

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2015	Bella Cup Torun, Poland	25,000	Clay	Katharina Lehnert	Ekaterine Gorgodze Sofia Shapatava	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Mar 2017	Open de Seine-et-Marne, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Manon Arcangioli	Vera Lapko Polina Monova	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Jun 2017	Manchester Trophy, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	An-Sophie Mestach	Chang Kai-chen Marina Erakovic	6–4, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Win	2–2	Oct 2018	Open de Touraine, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Bibiane Schoofs	Miriam Kolodziejová Jesika Malečková	5–7, 6–2, [10–3]
Loss	2–3	Sep 2020	Open de Saint-Malo, France	60,000	Clay	Viktorija Golubic	Paula Kania Katarzyna Piter	2–6, 4–6
Win	3–3	Oct 2020	Tennis Classic of Macon, United States	80,000	Hard	Katarzyna Kawa	Francesca Di Lorenzo Jamie Loeb	7–5, 6–1
Win	4–3	Nov 2020	ITF Charleston Pro, United States	100,000	Clay	Katarzyna Kawa	Astra Sharma Mayar Sherif	4–6, 6–4, [10–2]
Loss	4–4	Dec 2022	Dubai Tennis Challenge, United Arab Emirates	100,000+H	Hard	Kateryna Volodko	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	1–6, 3–6

Head-to-head record

Record against top 10 players

She has a 0–11 (0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

More information Result, W–L ...

Result	W–L	Opponent	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score	Rank	H2H
2018
Loss	0–1	Sloane Stephens	No. 10	French Open, France	Clay	2R	2–6, 2–6	No. 136	0–2
2020
Loss	0–2	Simona Halep	No. 2	Prague Open, Czech Republic	Clay	QF	2–6, 0–6	No. 174	0–3
2021
Loss	0–3	Karolína Plíšková	No. 3	Indian Wells Open, United States	Hard	2R	5–7, 2–6	No. 106	0–1
2022
Loss	0–4	Garbiñe Muguruza	No. 10	Eastbourne International, United Kingdom	Grass	2R	1–6, 6–7^(7–9)	No. 92	0–2
Loss	0–5	Iga Świątek	No. 1	Warsaw Open, Poland	Clay	1R	1–6, 2–6	No. 82	0–1
Loss	0–6	Daria Kasatkina	No. 4	Granby Championships, Canada	Hard	2R	3–6, 2–6	No. 104	0–2
2023
Loss	0–7	Ons Jabeur	No. 3	Indian Wells Open, United States	Hard	2R	6–4, 4–6, 1–6	No. 106	0–2
Loss	0–8	Jessica Pegula	No. 6	Madrid Open, Spain	Clay	2R	6–7^(5–7), 3–6	No. 100	0–2
Loss	0–9	Ons Jabeur	No. 6	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grass	1R	3–6, 3–6	No. 70
2024
Loss	0–10	Coco Gauff	No. 4	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	4R	1–6, 2–6	No. 69	0–1
Loss	0–11	Elena Rybakina	No. 4	Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE	Hard	3R	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 4–6	No. 53	0–1

Notes

Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Qatar for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Qatar was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.
During the season, she did not play in the main-draw of any WTA Tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but matches count.
2013: WTA ranking - 1008.
Tournament was moved from Canberra to Bendigo due to the smoke affecting Canberra from the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season.

References

[1]
"WTA Profile".
[2]
"ITF Profile".
[3]
"Performances at the Fed Cup". Fed Cup.
[4]
"Ależ zwrot! Magdalena Fręch jednak zagra w Miami. I to od drugiej rundy". 24 March 2023.
[5]
"Day 4 women's wrap: New court, no worries for Haddad Maia".
[6]
"With revamped approach, Poland's Frech upsets Garcia at Australian Open".
[7]
"Frech defies Russian's skill to hold on". 19 January 2024.
[8]
"Rankings Watch: Zheng makes Top 10 debut; Mertens back to No.1 in doubles".
[9]
"American teen Ashlyn Krueger leads trio of upsets in Dubai". 18 February 2024.
[10]
"Rybakina battles past Frech in three sets to make Dubai quarters".
[11]
"Magda Fręch [POL] | Australian Open". ausopen.com.

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