Laura Siegemund

Laura Siegemund

Siegemund at the 2016 US Open
Full name	Laura Natalie Siegemund
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Stuttgart, Germany
Born	(1988-03-04) 4 March 1988 Filderstadt, West Germany
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$ 1,194,585
Singles
Career record	398–253
Career titles	1 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking	27 (29 August 2016)
Current ranking	31 (21 November 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2016)
French Open	1R (2016)
Wimbledon	1R (2015, 2016)
US Open	3R (2016)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (2016)
Doubles
Career record	199–123
Career titles	3 WTA, 20 ITF
Highest ranking	40 (25 April 2016)
Current ranking	86 (21 November 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2016)
French Open	3R (2016)
Wimbledon	1R (2016)
US Open	2R (2015)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2016)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (2016)
US Open	W (2016)
Last updated on: 21 November 2016.

Laura Natalie Siegemund^[1] (born 4 March 1988) is a German tennis player.

Siegemund, who was born in Filderstadt, has won three doubles titles on the WTA tour, as well as 11 singles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 29 August 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 27 and on 25 April 2016, she peaked at world number 40 in the doubles rankings.

Biography

Laura was born to parents Harro (an engineer) and Brigitta Siegemund. She has two siblings. She was introduced to tennis by her family at age 3. Siegemund briefly lived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from age 4 to 7 and in Jakarta, Indonesia from age 9 to 10. She is fluent in German, English, and French, and in 2016, she completed her Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Hagen. Her tennis idol growing up was Steffi Graf. Siegemund is coached by Markus Gentner.

Tennis career

2000: Junior

Siegemund won the Junior Orange Bowl in the "12 and under" age category as the first German since Steffi Graf in 1981.

2002–14

2002: Siegemund played her first events of career on ITF Circuit.

2003: Siegemund played her first WTA qualifying in Leipzig, Germany.

2004: Siegemund continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2005: Siegemund won her first doubles title on ITF Circuit in Darmstadt, Germany.

2006: Siegemund won her first singles title on ITF Circuit in Lagos, Nigeria and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit, but fell in WTA singles qualifying twice.

2007: Siegemund won one doubles title on ITF Circuit, but fell in WTA singles qualifying once.

2008: Siegemund won three doubles title on ITF Circuit, but fell in WTA singles qualifying once.

2009: Siegemund won two doubles title on ITF Circuit, but fell in WTA singles qualifying once at the US Open.

2010: Siegemund played her first WTA main draw in Båstad, Sweden, falling in the first round as a qualifier. She won four doubles titles on ITF Circuit, but fell in WTA singles qualifying once.

2011: Siegemund won one singles title on ITF Circuit, but fell in WTA singles qualifying nine times (incl. Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open).

2012: Siegemund won three singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2013: Siegemund won three singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit, but fell in WTA singles qualifying once (US Open).

2014: Siegemund reached the second round in Båstad, losing to Chanelle Scheepers. She won two singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit, but fell in the first round once and in WTA singles qualifying four times (incl. Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open).

2015: Progressing into a first Grand Slam main draw

Siegemund got to the Top 100 in WTA ranking (finishing No. 90). She reached the quarterfinals at WTA Tour twice in Florianópolis, Brazil and in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg. She reached the second round once; fell in the first round four times (incl. Wimbledon and US Open) and in qualifying five times (incl. the other two majors). In Wimbledon, she reached for her first time a Grand Slam main draw after exiting ten times in the qualification rounds. She won three WTA doubles titles and also won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2016: Breakthrough, first WTA title and maiden Grand Slam title

At the 2016 Australian Open, Siegemund scored one of the biggest victories of her career, defeating former world number one Jelena Janković in the second round in three sets.^[2]
In April, Siegemund made an upset by reaching the final as a qualifier in Stuttgart, Germany, losing to compatriot and defending champion Angelique Kerber. On her way to this success she beat three top-10 players in a row (Simona Halep, Roberta Vinci, and Agnieszka Radwańska), all of them in straight sets.^[3]
At the Premier Mandatory tournament in Madrid Siegemund reached as a qualifier the third round. After beating ninth-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova and Mirjana Lučić-Baroni she lost to Sorana Cîrstea.
At the French Open and in Wimbledon Siegemund was knocked out in the first round.
In July, Siegemund won the first WTA Tour title of her career in Båstad, the place where she played her first WTA Tour match in 2010. In the final, she defeated Kateřina Siniaková in straight sets.^[4]
In September, Siegemund won her first Grand Slam title, winning the US Open mixed doubles championship with Mate Pavić.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
Winner	2016	US Open	Hard	Mate Pavić	Coco Vandeweghe Rajeev Ram	6–4, 6–4

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	24 April 2016	Premier	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany	Clay (i)	Angelique Kerber	4–6, 0–6
Winner	24 July 2016	International	Ericsson Open, Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Kateřina Siniaková	7–5, 6–1

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	27 April 2015	International	Marrakech Grand Prix, Marrakesh, Morocco	Clay	Maryna Zanevska	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Winner	8 June 2015	International	Topshelf Open, Rosmalen, Netherlands	Grass	Asia Muhammad	Jelena Janković Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6–3, 7–5
Winner	27 July 2015	International	Brasil Tennis Cup, Florianópolis, Brazil	Clay	Annika Beck	María Irigoyen Paula Kania	6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Winner	19 October 2015	International	Luxembourg Open, Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Mona Barthel	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up	19 June 2016	International	Mallorca Open, Mallorca, Spain	Grass	Anna-Lena Friedsam	Gabriela Dabrowski María José Martínez Sánchez	4–6, 2–6

ITF finals (31–24)

Singles: 23 (11 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	9 October 2006	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Magdalena Kiszczyńska	4–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	6 November 2006	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Gracia Radovanovic	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	5 November 2007	Jounieh, Lebanon	Clay	Mariya Koryttseva	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	6 April 2009	Jackson, United States	Clay	Yuliana Fedak	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	4 May 2009	Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Clay	Melanie Oudin	5–7, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	26 April 2010	Charlottesville, United States	Clay	Michaëlla Krajicek	2–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	17 January 2011	Lutz, United States	Clay	Jessica Pegula	6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	30 April 2012	Wiesbaden, Germany	Clay	Anna Danilina	6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7)
Winner	3.	16 July 2012	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	7–6(9–7), 6–3
Winner	4.	23 July 2012	Horb am Neckar, Germany	Clay	Gaia Sanesi	6–3, 6–0
Winner	5.	13 August 2012	Ratingen, Germany	Clay	Caitlin Whoriskey	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	7.	14 January 2013	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	Julia Kimmelmann	4–6, 3–6
Winner	6.	1 April 2013	Jackson, United States	Clay	Florencia Molinero	6–4, 6–0
Winner	7.	17 June 2013	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Beatriz Haddad Maia	6–2, 6–3
Winner	8.	24 June 2013	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Viktorija Golubic	6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	9.	6 January 2014	Vero Beach, United States	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	6–3, 7–6(12–10)
Winner	10.	7 April 2014	Pelham, United States	Clay	Yulia Putintseva	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	4 August 2014	Hechingen, Germany	Clay	Carina Witthöft	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	3 November 2014	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Evgeniya Rodina	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	10.	10 November 2014	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Evgeniya Rodina	7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	11.	13 April 2015	Pelham, United States	Clay	Anhelina Kalinina	3–6, 5–7
Winner	11.	7 September 2015	Biarritz, France	Clay	Romina Oprandi	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	14 September 2015	Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Daria Kasatkina	5–7, 6–7(4–7)

Doubles (20–12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	4 July 2005	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Vanessa Henke	Vasilisa Bardina Yaroslava Shvedova	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	11 July 2005	Garching bei München, Germany	Clay	Lenka Dlhopolcová	Zuzana Hejdová Eva-Maria Hoch	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	24 July 2006	Les Contamines-Montjoie, France	Hard	Catarina Ferreira	Christina Horiatopoulos Caroline Maes	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Winner	3.	14 August 2006	Wahlstedt, Germany	Clay	Julia Görges	Raluca Ciulei Neda Kozić	6–1, 6–3
Winner	4.	9 October 2006	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Magda Mihalache	Lisa Sabino Montinee Tangphong	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	13 November 2006	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Anja Prislan	Nuria Sánchez García Neuza Silva	3–6, 1–6
Winner	5.	11 June 2007	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Eva-Maria Hoch	Amra Sadiković Paola Sprovieri	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	20 August 2007	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Ana Jovanović	Darija Jurak Michaela Paštiková	6–1, 4–6, 1–6
Winner	6.	30 June 2008	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Kristina Barrois	Katalin Marosi Marina Tavares	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	6 October 2008	Jounieh, Lebanon	Clay	Carmen Klaschka	Chayenne Ewijk Anastasiya Yakimova	5–7, 5–7
Runner-up	5.	3 November 2008	Ismaning, Germany	Carpet (i)	Julia Görges	Oxana Lyubtsova Ksenia Pervak	2–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Winner	7.	17 November 2008	Kolkata, India	Hard	Ágnes Szatmári	Lu Jingjing Sun Shengnan	7–5, 6–3
Winner	8.	24 November 2008	Saint-Denis, Réunion, France	Hard	Carmen Klaschka	Surina De Beer Tamaryn Hendler	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	26 January 2009	Laguna Niguel, United States	Hard	Megan Moulton-Levy	Vanessa Henke Darija Jurak	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	7.	16 March 2009	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Megan Moulton-Levy	Anikó Kapros Katalin Marosi	5–7, 3–6
Winner	9.	15 June 2009	Montpellier, France	Clay	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Stefania Boffa Story Tweedie-Yates	6–4, 6–1
Winner	10.	29 June 2009	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Leonie Mekel Kathrin Wörle	7–6(7–2), 6–7(6–8), [10–4]
Winner	11.	8 February 2010	Laguna Niguel, United States	Hard	Anastasia Pivovarova	Amanda Fink Elizabeth Lumpkin	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	8 March 2010	Clearwater, United States	Hard	Alina Jidkova	Xu Yifan Zhou Yimiao	4–6, 4–6
Winner	12.	31 May 2010	Brno, Czech Republic	Clay	Carmen Klaschka	Darya Kustova Lesia Tsurenko	w/o
Winner	13.	14 June 2010	Montpellier, France	Clay	Lu Jingjing	Amandine Hesse Lyudmyla Kichenok	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	21 June 2010	Getxo, Spain	Clay	Lu Jingjing	Sandra Klemenschits Andreja Klepač	0–6, 0–6
Winner	14.	12 July 2010	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Vitalia Diatchenko	Irina-Camelia Begu Erika Sema	4–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Runner-up	10.	11 October 2010	Troy, United States	Hard	Alina Jidkova	Madison Brengle Asia Muhammad	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	11.	1 August 2011	Hechingen, Germany	Clay	Korina Perkovic	Sandra Klemenschits Tatjana Malek	6–4, 2–6, [7–10]
Winner	15.	30 April 2012	Wiesbaden, Germany	Clay	Caitlin Whoriskey	Alexandra Romanova Sylwia Zagórska	6–0, 6–0
Winner	16.	11 February 2013	Leimen, Germany	Hard (i)	Carolin Daniels	Antonia Lottner Daria Salnikova	6–1, 6–4
Winner	17.	24 June 2013	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Kristina Barrois	Stephanie Vogt Sandra Zaniewska	7–6(7–1), 6–4
Winner	18.	23 June 2014	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Viktorija Golubic	Lesley Kerkhove Arantxa Rus	6–3, 6–3
Winner	19.	3 November 2014	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Antonia Lottner	Olga Ianchuk Nastja Kolar	6–1, 6–1
Winner	20.	1 June 2015	Brescia, Italy	Clay	Renata Voráčová	María Irigoyen Stephanie Vogt	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	12.	15 June 2015	Montpellier, France	Clay	Renata Voráčová	María Irigoyen Barbora Krejčíková	4–6, 2–6

Performance timelines

Current till 2016 WTA Tour

Singles

¹ Only WTA Tour main draw and Olympics
² Year-end ranking 2002: 1235, 2003: 601, 2004: 847, 2005: 353, 2006: 367, 2007: 319, 2008: 307

Doubles

¹ Only WTA Tour main draw and Olympics
² Including Overall Win–Loss 2006–2013: 2–7

Record against top 10 players

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

Player	Record	Hard	Clay	Grass	Carpet	Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Jelena Janković	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	Won (3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4) at 2016 Australian Open
Angelique Kerber	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	Lost (4–6, 0–6) at 2016 Stuttgart
Serena Williams	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	Lost (2–6, 1–6) at 2016 Indian Wells
Venus Williams	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2016 US Open
Number 2 ranked players
Simona Halep	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	Won (6–1, 6–2) at 2016 Stuttgart
Svetlana Kuznetsova	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	Won (6–0, 3–6, 6–3) at 2016 Madrid
Agnieszka Radwańska	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	Won (6–4, 6–2) at 2016 Stuttgart
Petra Kvitová	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	Lost (1–6, 1–6) at 2015 US Open
Number 3 ranked players
Number 4 ranked players
Kimiko Date-Krumm	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	Won (6–0, 6–1) at 2015 Charleston
Jelena Dokić	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2008 Stuttgart-Vaihingen ITF
Francesca Schiavone	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	Lost (2–6, 2–6) at 2016 Luxembourg
Number 5 ranked players
Eugenie Bouchard	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	Lost (2–6, 2–6) at 2016 French Open
Dominika Cibulková	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	Lost (6–2, 3–6, 4–6) at 2016 Wuhan
Sara Errani	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	Lost (1–6, 1–6) at 2006 Toronto ITF
Number 6 ranked players
Carla Suárez Navarro	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	Lost (6–7(3–7), 6–1, 4–6) at 2014 Bastad
Flavia Pennetta	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	Lost (6–4, 1–6, 3–6) at 2015 Marrakesh
Number 7 ranked players
Belinda Bencic	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	Won (6–2, 6–4) at 2013 Lenzerheide ITF
Roberta Vinci	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	Won (6–1, 6–4) at 2016 Stuttgart
Madison Keys	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	Lost (3–6, 1–6) at 2016 Wimbledon
Number 8 ranked players
Ekaterina Makarova	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	Lost (0–6, 1–6) at 2006 Moscow ITF
Number 9 ranked players
Johanna Konta	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	Won (6–0, 6–2) at 2015 Pelham ITF
Timea Bacsinszky	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	Won (4–6, 6–4, ret.) at 2015 Luxembourg
Andrea Petkovic	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	Lost (2–6, 2–6) at 2008 Istanbul-Ted ITF
Number 10 ranked players
Total	12–20	2–8	10–9	0–2	0–1	Statistics correct as of 31 October 2016.

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score	LS Rank
2015
1.	Timea Bacsinszky	No. 10	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	1st Round	4–6, 6–4 ret.	101
2016
2.	Simona Halep	No. 6	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay (i)	2nd Round	6–1, 6–2	71
3.	Roberta Vinci	No. 8	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay (i)	Quarterfinals	6–1, 6–4	71
4.	Agnieszka Radwańska	No. 2	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay (i)	Semifinals	6–4, 6–2	71

References

External links

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Women's Tennis Association: Top German female singles tennis players as of 12 December 2016
1. Angelique Kerber (1 ) 2. Laura Siegemund (31 ) 3. Annika Beck (51 ) 4. Julia Görges (53 ) 5. Andrea Petkovic (55 )
6. Anna-Lena Friedsam (67 ) 7. Carina Witthöft (87 ) 8. Sabine Lisicki (92 ) 9. Tatjana Maria (115 ) 10. Tamara Korpatsch (158 )

Women's Tennis Association: Top German female doubles tennis players as of 12 December 2016
1. Julia Görges (16 ) 2. Anna-Lena Grönefeld (28 ) 3. Tatjana Maria (65 ) 4. Laura Siegemund (86 ) 5. Andrea Petkovic (97 )
6. Sabine Lisicki (105 ) 7. Nicola Geuer (115 ) 8. Anna-Lena Friedsam (119 ) 9. Annika Beck (133 ) 10. Angelique Kerber (213 )