Anna-Lena Friedsam
Friedsam at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Germany
Born (1994-02-01) 1 February 1994
Neuwied, Germany
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$2,512,849
Singles
Career record346–233 (59.8%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 45 (15 August 2016)
Current rankingNo. 127 (1 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2016)
French Open2R (2015, 2023)
Wimbledon3R (2016)
US Open2R (2020)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record110–94 (53.9%)
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 34 (21 September 2020)
Current rankingNo. 121 (1 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2022)
French Open3R (2016, 2019)
Wimbledon3R (2019)
US Open3R (2019)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2021)
Team competitions
BJK CupRR (2021, 2023)
Last updated on: 7 January 2024.

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

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 Australian Open qualifying.

Tournament20112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024SRW–LWin%
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 0 / 2 2–2 50%
WTA 1000 tournaments
Indian Wells Open A A A A Q1 2R A A A NH A Q1 Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A A A A Q1 1R A A 1R NH Q2 Q1 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Madrid Open A A A A A 1R A A A NH A A Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A A A A 2R A A A Q2 A A 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A A A Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open NH Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A A A A A A A A NH Q1 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 0–0 0 / 82 64–84 43%
Year-end ranking 655 189 126 87 99 68 1025 390 145 111 133 145 115

Doubles

Current through the 2023 WTA Tour.

Tournament201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A 1R A 1R A 2R 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 0 / 2 2–3 40%
WTA 1000 tournaments
Miami Open A A A A A A A NH 2R A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Italian Open A A A A A A A F 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 0 Career total: 63
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 0–0 4 / 63 72–60 55%
Year-end ranking 368 213 244 121 449 587 45 37 92 111 114

Significant finals

WTA 1000

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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

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

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

WTA Challenger finals

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

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

Doubles: 2 (runner-ups)

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

ITF Circuit finals

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

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

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

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

Record against top 10 players

Friedsam's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10.[9]

* As of 9 November 2023

Top 10 wins

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

Notes

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".
  9. ↑ "Head to Head". WTA.
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