Anna-Lena Friedsam

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

Anna-Lena Friedsam
Friedsam at the 2016 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 $2,138,634
Singles
Career record319–210 (60.3%)
Career titles1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 45 (15 August 2016)
Current rankingNo. 107 (13 February 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2016)
French Open2R (2015)
Wimbledon3R (2016)
US Open2R (2020)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record99–86 (53.5%)
Career titles3 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 34 (21 September 2020)
Current rankingNo. 107 (13 February 2023)
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)
Last updated on: 13 February 2023.

In her career, she has won three 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.

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

Career overview

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

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 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]

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]

At the 2023 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 in doubles, she reached her seventh final 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 2023 Linz Open.

Tournament2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q1 1R 4R A 1R A Q1 Q1 Q1 Q2 0 / 3 3–3 50%
French Open A A Q1 1R 2R 1R A A A 1R Q3 A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Wimbledon A A Q2 1R 2R 3R A A 1R NH Q1 Q1 0 / 4 3–4 43%
US Open A A Q1 Q3 1R 1R A A Q3 2R Q2 Q1 0 / 3 1–3 25%
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 0–0 0 / 14 8–14 36%
National representation
Olympic Games NH A NH A NH 2R NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Billie Jean King Cup[lower-alpha 1] A A A A A A A A A QR RR PO 0 / 1 1–0 100%
WTA 1000 tournaments
Indian Wells Open A A A A Q1 2R A A A NH A Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A A A A Q1 1R A A 1R NH Q2 Q1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Madrid Open A A A A A 1R A A A NH A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A A A A 2R A A A Q2 A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open NH Q1 NTI 0 / 0 0–0 –
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 0 10 14 14 1 2 9 4 11 3 1 Career total: 69
Titles 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 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 2–1 0 / 69 58–69 46%
Year-end ranking 655 189 126 87 99 68 1025 390 145 111 133 145

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Linz Open.

Tournament20132014201520162017201820192020202120222023SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A 1R A 1R A 2R A 0 / 3 1–3
French Open A A A 3R A A 3R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 5 5–5
Wimbledon A A Q2 1R A A 3R NH 2R 1R 0 / 4 3–4
US Open A A A 1R A A 3R 2R 1R A 0 / 4 3–4
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 0–0 0–1 6–3 1–3 2–3 1–3 0–0 0 / 16 12–16
National representation
Olympic Games NH A NH 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1
Billie Jean King Cup[lower-alpha 1] A A A A A A A QR RR PO 0 / 1 2–2
WTA 1000 tournaments
Miami Open A A A A A A A NH 2R A 0 / 1 1–1
Italian Open A A A A A A A F A A 0 / 1 4–1
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1
Career statistics
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
Finals 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 7
Overall win–loss 1–1 0–0 3–3 8–4 2–1 1–2 15–7 7–11 14–14 8–8 3–1 62–52
Year-end ranking 368 213 244 121 449 587 45 37 92 111 54%

Significant finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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)
Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2015 Linz Open, Austria International[lower-alpha 2] 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: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000 (0–1)
WTA 500 (1–0)
WTA 250 (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
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 Open, Germany Premier[lower-alpha 3] 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 4] 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 Linz Open, Austria WTA 250 Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Natela Dzalamidze
Viktória Kužmová		 6–4, 5–7, [10–12]

WTA 125 tournament 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 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)
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: 19 (13 titles, 6 runner-ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–0)
$80,000 tournaments (0–0)
$60,000 tournaments (3–0)
$25,000 tournaments (7–1)
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
$10,000 tournaments (2–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–3)
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 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

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–1)
$80,000 tournaments (0–0)
$60,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10,000 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) 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

Record against top 10 players

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

* As of 8 February 2023

Top 10 wins
# 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
  1. Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
  3. The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.
  4. 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.
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