Tatjana Maria (née Malek; born 8 August 1987) is a German professional
tennis
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player. In November 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 46, and in June 2016, she peaked at No. 54 in the doubles rankings.
She has won two singles titles and four doubles titles on the
WTA Tour
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WTA Tour tou ...
, as well as 16 singles and 15 doubles titles on the
ITF Circuit. She has made twelve appearances (18 matches) for
Germany
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in
Fed Cup
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competition between 2006 and 2011 and between 2018 and 2020.
Career
2013–2015: Wimbledon & Miami Open third rounds, top 100 debut
Maria took a sabbatical in 2013, to have her first child, and returned to tour at the
2014 Copa Colsanitas.
2017–2022: Top 50, two WTA titles, first major semifinal at Wimbledon
Maria won her two singles WTA Tour titles at the
2018 Mallorca Open and the
2022 Copa Colsanitas.
At the
2022 Wimbledon Championships
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, she won in the third round against world No. 5,
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Career 2018–2019: WTA debut
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who was ranked 97th, in three sets. She reached a Wimbledon semifinal as the sixth female player in the
Open era
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at Wimbledon 1975, and only the fourth player ranked outside the top 100 to reach the Wimbledon semifinals. She was named the
WTA Comeback Player of the Year for her performance in 2022.
Personal life
Her father Heinrich Malek ( pl, Henryk Małek) was a Polish international
handball player originally from
Zabrze
Zabrze (; German: 1915–1945: ''Hindenburg O.S.'', full form: ''Hindenburg in Oberschlesien'', Silesian: ''Zŏbrze'', yi, זאַבזשע, Zabzhe) is an industrial city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The west district of the Si ...
.
On 8 April 2013, she married her coach, the French former tennis player Charles-Edouard Maria. Their first child, a daughter named Charlotte, was born on 20 December 2013,
and their second daughter, Cecilia, was born on 2 April 2021.
Performance timelines
''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
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Singles
''Current through the
2022 WTA Tour
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Doubles
WTA career finals
Singles: 2 (2 titles)
Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)
WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner–up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 29 (16 titles, 13 runner–ups)
Doubles: 25 (15 titles, 10 runner–ups)
Record against top-10 players
Maria's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.
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Wins over top-10 players
Maria has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Notes
References
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1987 births
Living people
People from Bad Saulgau
Sportspeople from Tübingen (region)
German female tennis players
German people of Polish descent
Tennis people from Baden-Württemberg