Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (born 11 October 1998) is a French professional female
tennis
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player of
Malagasy descent. She was born in
Montpellier
Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...
, France.
On 20 June 2022, she reached her highest
WTA singles ranking of 139. Andrianjafitrimo has won six singles and two doubles titles on the
ITF Circuit.
Personal life
Her father, Teddy Andrianjafitrimo, was born in
Madagascar
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. Teddy was an excellent amateur tennis player. A tennis champion of Madagascar and Africa, he did not become a professional tennis player because of lacking financial support to do so. Teddy immigrated to France and worked as a club coach; he is currently Tessah's coach. Tessah was born in
Montpellier
Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...
and has been living in
Nogaro
Nogaro (; Gascon: ''Nogaròu'') is a commune in the Gers department, Southwestern France. It is the site of a distillery of Armagnac brandy.
Geography
The commune is bordered by six other communes: Caupenne-d'Armagnac to the northwest, Sain ...
since 2010. She has two younger siblings.
Career
Junior
Andrianjafitrimo started playing tennis when she was five years old. She was the 2014 national girls' champion of France in the 15-16 year-olds category.
She had a career-high
ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 29, attained on 14 September 2015.
2013–2014
Andrianjafitrimo made her
ITF Women's Circuit
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History
It serves as a developmental ...
debut in September 2013 at the $25k indoor hardcourt tournament held in
Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label=Auvergnat (dialect), Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population ...
, France; she only entered that tournament's singles event, losing in the first qualifying round. She played a total of seven ITF Circuit tournaments in 2013 and 2014.
2015–2016
Andrianjafitrimo made her Grand Slam singles debut thanks to a
wildcard
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* Wild card (cards), a playing card that substitutes for any other card in card games
* Wild card (sports), a tournament or playoff place awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal pla ...
at the
2015 French Open qualifying, where she defeated
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner
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Mayr-Achleitner won 17 singles and seven doubles titles on the International Tennis Federation, ITF Circuit in her career. On 4 May ...
in the first round before losing to
Olivia Rogowska
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The right-hander was born in and lives in Melbourne. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 102, achieved on 11 August 2014. Her ...
.
She also made her
WTA Tour
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WTA Tour tourna ...
singles main-draw debut at the
Luxembourg Open
Luxembourg Open,
Tennis tournaments in Luxembourg
Indoor tennis tournaments
Hard court tennis tournaments
WTA Tour
Kockelscheuer
Recurring sporting events established in 1991
Autumn events in Luxembourg
1991 establishments in Luxembourg ...
thanks to a wildcard, losing her first-round match to
Tatjana Maria
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She has won two singles ...
. Three weeks later, Andrianjafitrimo made her
WTA 125
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In the past (2012–2015) sometimes called the WTA Challenger seriesOpen de Limoges
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; she entered the singles main draw as a wildcard and lost her first-round match to
Carina Witthöft
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.
Andrianjafitrimo received a wildcard for the
singles main draw of the
2016 French Open (that was her Grand Slam singles main-draw debut), where she lost 0–6, 0–6 to the unseeded
Wang Qiang. She also played in the
girls' singles main draw of the French Open, where she was defeated in the second round by
Lucrezia Stefanini
Lucrezia Stefanini (born 15 May 1998) is an Italian tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings by No. 140 in singles and No. 393 in doubles.
Career 2021: WTA debut
Stefanini made her WTA Tour debut at the Abu Dhabi Open, qualifying for t ...
.
2019
At the
French Open
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, Andrianjafitrimo failed to convert two match points in the third set of the singles qualifying first-round match against
Rebecca Marino
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, who won the match 6–7, 6–4, 7–5.
Grand Slam performance timeline
Singles
Doubles
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner–ups)
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner–up)
Notes
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
French female tennis players
Sportspeople from Montpellier
Sportspeople from Gers
French sportspeople of Malagasy descent
Black French sportspeople