Laura Natalie Siegemund (born 4 March 1988, in
Filderstadt
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) is a German professional
tennis
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player.
She is a two-time
Grand Slam
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champion, having won the
2020 US Open in women's doubles with
Vera Zvonareva
Vera Igorevna Zvonareva ( rus, Вера Игоревна Звонарёва, p=ˈvʲɛrə ˈiɡərʲɪvnə zvənɐˈrʲɵvə, a=Vera zvonareva.ogg; born 7 September 1984) is a Russian professional tennis player. She was introduced to tennis at ...
, as well as the
2016 US Open in mixed doubles alongside
Mate Pavić
Mate Pavić (; born 4 July 1993) is a Croatian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
He is a five-time Grand Slam champion, having won three titles in men's doubles: the 2018 Australian Open with Oliver Marach, th ...
. Siegemund reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 27 in October 2022, and has won nine doubles titles on the
WTA Tour
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, including the
2022 Miami Open
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.
In singles, her career-high ranking is world No. 27, achieved in August 2016, and she has won two WTA titles, at the
2016 Swedish Open and
2017 Stuttgart Open. Siegemund's best Grand Slam result in singles was a quarterfinal appearance at the
2020 French Open
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. She also reached the same stage at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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, and has represented Germany in the
Billie Jean King Cup
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since 2017.
Biography
Siegemund was born to parents Harro (an engineer) and Brigitta Siegemund. She has two siblings. She was introduced to tennis by her family at age three. Siegemund lived in
Riyadh
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, Saudi Arabia from age four to seven and in
Jakarta
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, Indonesia from nine to ten. She is fluent in German, English, and French, and in 2016, she completed her bachelor's degree in Psychology from the
University of Hagen
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. Her tennis idol growing up was
Steffi Graf
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.
Career
2000: Junior years
Siegemund won the
Junior Orange Bowl
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in the "12 and under" age category as the first German since
Steffi Graf
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in 1981.
2002–14: Contesting mainly on ITF Circuit
In 2002, Siegemund played her first events on the ITF Circuit. The following year, she contested her first WTA qualifying in
Leipzig
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, Germany.
In 2004, she continued playing on ITF tournaments, and won her first ITF doubles title in 2005 in Darmstadt, Germany, and her first ITF singles title in 2006 in Lagos, Nigeria; and in that year also three other ITF doubles titles, but fell in WTA singles qualifying twice.
In 2007, she won one ITF doubles title, but fell in WTA singles qualifying once. She won three ITF doubles titles in 2008 and two ITF doubles titles in 2009, but fell in WTA singles qualifying at the
US Open.
In 2010, she played her first
WTA Tour
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main draw at the
Swedish Open
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, falling in the first round as a qualifier. She also won four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, but fell in WTA tournament singles qualifying once.
She won one ITF singles title in 2011, but fell in WTA singles qualifying nine times (incl. Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open). In 2012, she won three singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit.
In 2013, she won three singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit, but fell in WTA singles qualifying once (again US Open).
In 2014, she won her first main-draw match on the WTA Tour at the
Swedish Open
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in Båstad, defeating
Yaroslava Shvedova
Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova (; born 12 September 1987) is a Kazakhstani former professional tennis player. Before 2008, she represented her country of birth, Russia.
She won one singles title and 13 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, plus o ...
in the first round. 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 the WTA ranking (finishing No. 90).
She reached the quarterfinals at the WTA Tour twice in
Florianópolis
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, Brazil and in
Kockelscheuer
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, 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).
She won three WTA doubles titles and also won one singles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.
In Wimbledon, she reached her first Grand Slam main draw after exiting ten times in the qualification rounds.
2016: Breakthrough, first WTA singles title & top 30, US Open mixed-doubles title
![Siegemund US16 (15) (29780035751)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Siegemund_US16_%2815%29_%2829780035751%29.jpg)
At the
Australian Open
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, Siegemund scored one of her biggest victories, defeating former
world No. 1 Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković ( sr-Cyrl, Јелена Јанковић, ; born 28 February 1985) is a Serbian former tennis player. A former world No. 1, Janković reached the top ranking before her career-best major performance, a runner-up finish at the ...
in the second round in three sets.
In April, she made an upset by reaching the final as a qualifier in
Stuttgart
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, losing to compatriot and defending champion
Angelique Kerber
Angelique Kerber (; born 18 January 1988) is a German professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 1, for a total of 34 weeks, and won three major titles at the 2016 Australian Open, the 2016 US Open, and the 2018 Wim ...
. On her way to this success she beat three top-10 players in a row (
Simona Halep
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,
Roberta Vinci
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and
Agnieszka Radwańska
Agnieszka Roma Radwańska (; born 6 March 1989) is a Polish former professional tennis player. She won 20 career singles WTA Tour titles, two doubles titles, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 on 9 July 2012. Her achievem ...
), all of them in straight sets.
At the Premier Mandatory
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, she reached as a qualifier the third round. After beating ninth-seed
Svetlana Kuznetsova
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and
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
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, she lost to
Sorana Cîrstea
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.
At the
French Open
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and in
Wimbledon
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* ...
, she was knocked out in the first round.
In July, she won the first WTA title of her career in
Båstad
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, the place where she played her first match on the WTA Tour in 2010. In the final, she defeated
Kateřina Siniaková
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She is a six-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2018 and 2021 French Opens, 2018 and 2022 Wimbled ...
in straight sets.
She got to the quarterfinals at the
Olympic Games
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in Rio de Janeiro.
In September, she won her first Grand Slam title, winning the
US Open mixed-doubles championship with
Mate Pavić
Mate Pavić (; born 4 July 1993) is a Croatian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
He is a five-time Grand Slam champion, having won three titles in men's doubles: the 2018 Australian Open with Oliver Marach, th ...
.
2017: First Premier title and injury
![2017-05 Laura Siegemund](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/2017-05_Laura_Siegemund.JPG)
After winning only one of nine matches on hardcourt, Siegemund started the clay-court season by reaching the semifinals of the
Charleston Open
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.
She won her second career title in her hometown Premier event
Stuttgart Open
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after a wildcard entry, defeating
Kristina Mladenovic
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She is a nine-time Grand Slam ch ...
in the final in three sets.
In May at the
Nuremberg Cup, she suffered a knee injury which kept her out for the rest of the season.
2018: Return to the tour
Siegemund made her return to the WTA Tour in April at the
Charleston Open
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. She lost in the second round to tenth seed Naomi Osaka. At the
Ladies Open Lugano
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, Siegemund retired during her first-round match against
Kathinka von Deichmann
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Von Deichmann has won 15 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 8 October 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world ...
. Siegemund received a wildcard to compete at the
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
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as the defending champion. In the first round, she beat Barbora Strýcová. She was defeated in round two by eventual finalist CoCo Vandeweghe.
2019: Wimbledon quarterfinal in mixed doubles
![Siegemund RG19 (14) (48199055782)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Siegemund_RG19_%2814%29_%2848199055782%29.jpg)
Siegemund started her 2019 season at the
Aukland Open. She lost in the final round of qualifying to
Bianca Andreescu
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(who would end up reaching the final). However, she earned a lucky loser spot into the main draw. She was defeated in the first round by top seed and two-time finalist,
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki (; born 11 July 1990) is a Danish former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 in singles for a total of 71 weeks, including at the end of 2010 and 2011. She achieved the top ranking for the first time on 11 ...
. Getting past qualifying at the
Hobart International
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, she was eliminated in the first round by
Dayana Yastremska
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. At the
Australian Open
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, she beat two-time champion and former World No. 1,
Victoria Azarenka
Victória Fyódarauna Azárenka ( be, Вікторыя Фёдараўна Азаранка; Russian: Виктория Фёдоровна Азаренко; born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Azarenka is a former wo ...
, in the first round. She was beaten in the second round by 28th seed
Hsieh Su-wei
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.
2020: French Open quarterfinal, US Open doubles title
Siegemund started the 2020 season at the
Auckland Open. She reached the quarterfinals where she lost to top seed and eventual champion, Serena Williams. At the
Australian Open
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, she was defeated in the second round by second seed Karolína Plíšková.
Playing for Germany in the
Fed Cup
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tie against Brazil, Siegemund won both of her rubbers beating Teliana Pereira and
Gabriela Cé
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She has won one WTA 125 doubles title, with eleven singles titles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 9 September 2019, she reached her best singles ran ...
. Those wins helped Germany win the tie 4–0 to advance to the
Fed Cup Finals. Coming through qualifying at the
Qatar Open, she made it to the second round where she lost to top seed
Ashleigh Barty
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Notable people
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. Seeded fifth at the
Indian Wells Challenger, she reached the quarterfinals and lost to
Vera Zvonareva
Vera Igorevna Zvonareva ( rus, Вера Игоревна Звонарёва, p=ˈvʲɛrə ˈiɡərʲɪvnə zvənɐˈrʲɵvə, a=Vera zvonareva.ogg; born 7 September 1984) is a Russian professional tennis player. She was introduced to tennis at ...
. The WTA tour was suspended from the week of March 9 through July due to the
Coronavirus pandemic
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.
Siegemund returned to action in August at the
Palermo Open. She was eliminated in the second round by fourth seed and eventual finalist, Anett Kontaveit. Competing at the
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, she was beaten in the second round by Sara Sorribes Tormo. Playing one tournament before the US Open, the
Cincinnati Open
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, Siegemund got through qualifying and reached the second round where she lost to fellow qualifier Vera Zvonareva. At the
US Open, Siegemund lost in the first round to 16th seed Elise Mertens. However, in
doubles, she and Zvonareva won the title beating
Nicole Melichar
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She has won twelve doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA 125 doubles title as well as two singles and seven double ...
/
Xu Yifan
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in the final.
Siegemund had a great run at the
French Open
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. She reached her first Grand slam quarterfinals in singles where she lost to seventh seed Petra Kvitová.
Siegemund ended the year ranked 50 in singles and 41 in doubles.
2021: Top 30 in doubles and Olympics
![Siegemund RG21 (49) (51376299633)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Siegemund_RG21_%2849%29_%2851376299633%29.jpg)
Siegemund started the 2021 season at the first edition of the
Abu Dhabi Open
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. She lost in the first round to Kirsten Flipkens. Seeded 16th at the first edition of the
Gippsland Trophy, she reached the third round where she was defeated by top seed Simona Halep. At the
Australian Open
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, Siegemund was eliminated from the tournament in the first round by tenth seed and seven-time champion, Serena Williams. After the Australian Open, she competed at the
Adelaide International. She was beaten in the first round by seventh seed Yulia Putintseva.
Getting past qualifying at the
Qatar Open, Siegemund made it to the second round where she lost to eighth seed and two-time champion, Victoria Azarenka. In
Dubai
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, she was defeated in the first round by
Anastasia Potapova
Anastasia Sergeyevna Potapova (born 30 March 2001) is a Russian tennis player.
Potapova has a career-high ranking of No. 44 achieved on 17 October 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 44 achieved on 3 October 2022. Potapova is a former junior No ...
. At the
Miami Open, she withdrew from her second-round match against 14th seed and three-time champion, Victoria Azarenka, due to a right knee injury.
Starting her clay-court season at the
Stuttgart Open
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, Siegemund was eliminated in the second round by top seed and eventual champion, Ashleigh Barty. Getting past qualifying in
Madrid
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, she was beaten in her second-round match by 14th seed
Iga Świątek
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. At the
Italian Open, she fell in the final round of qualifying to
Ajla Tomljanović
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. However, due to Venus Williams withdrawing from the event, she entered the main draw as a lucky loser. She lost in the first round to
Nadia Podoroska
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Podoroska has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, along with 14 singles titles and seven doubles titles on ...
in three sets. Last year quarterfinalist at the
French Open
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, she wasn't able to match that result this year; she lost in the first round to
Caroline Garcia
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She is also a two-ti ...
.
Seeded eighth at the first edition of the
Bad Homburg Open
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, Siegemund's first grass-court tournament of the season, she reached the quarterfinals where she was defeated by eventual finalist Kateřina Siniaková. At
Wimbledon
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* Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London
* Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships
Wimbledon may also refer to:
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* ...
, she was eliminated in the first round by 32nd seed Ekaterina Alexandrova.
Representing Germany at the
Summer Olympics
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, Siegemund fell in the first round to fourth seed and eventual bronze medalist,
Elina Svitolina
Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina ( uk, Еліна Михайлівна Світоліна, ; born 12 September 1994) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 3 in singles and 108 in doubles. Svitolina ...
.
Siegemund withdrew from the
US Open due to a knee injury.
2022: First WTA 1000 doubles title
Siegemund won her first
WTA 1000
WTA 1000 tournaments is a category of tennis tournaments on the WTA Tour, governed by the Women's Tennis Association. The old WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments merged into a single highest tier and it is implemented since the r ...
doubles title at the
Miami Open, again with partner
Vera Zvonareva
Vera Igorevna Zvonareva ( rus, Вера Игоревна Звонарёва, p=ˈvʲɛrə ˈiɡərʲɪvnə zvənɐˈrʲɵvə, a=Vera zvonareva.ogg; born 7 September 1984) is a Russian professional tennis player. She was introduced to tennis at ...
. At the end of the season, she reached a new career-high doubles ranking of world No. 27.
Career statistics
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam finals
Women's doubles: 1 (1 title)
Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)
References
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1988 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Stuttgart
People from Filderstadt
Sportspeople from Stuttgart (region)
German expatriates in Saudi Arabia
German expatriates in Indonesia
German female tennis players
Olympic tennis players of Germany
Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
US Open (tennis) champions
Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Tennis people from Baden-Württemberg
20th-century German women
21st-century German women