# Anna-Lena Friedsam

Anna-Lena Friedsam (born 1 February 1994) is a German professional tennis player.
In August 2016, Friedsam reached her best singles ranking of world No. 45. In doubles, she peaked at world No. 34 in September 2020.
In her career, she has won four 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.

## Career overview
### 2012

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

### 2015: First WTA Tour final

In Linz, Friedsam reached her first career singles final, losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets.

### 2016-2018: Grand Slam fourth round, top 50 debut, extended hiatus due to surgery

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 a big battle and struggling with injury during the match. In the previous round, she defeated US Open finalist and top 20 player Roberta Vinci.
Shoulder pain and two surgeries in 2016 and 2017 kept Friedsam out of the game for more than two years. She came back to the WTA tour with a protected ranking at the Miami Open 2019.

### 2020: Second career final

At the 2020 Lyon Open, she reached the final but lost to Sofia Kenin. On her way to the final, she defeated two former top-10 players, Kristina Mladenovic and Daria Kasatkina, respectively.

### 2022: Two 125k finals

After slipping down the rankings following the Covid break in 2020, Friedsam bounced back in the second half of 2022, reaching the semifinals at Portoroz, where her run was ended by eventual champion Kateřina Siniaková. She finished the year with two WTA 125 finals at Midland and Angers, losing to Caty McNally and Alycia Parks, respectively.

### 2023: Back to top 100

At the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, Friedsam reached the quarterfinals as a qualifier defeating fellow qualifier and former top-10 player Sara Errani and fourth seed Anhelina Kalinina. She lost in the last eight to eighth seed Anastasia Potapova. At the same tournament, she reached her seventh final in doubles with Nadiia Kichenok.
At the inaugural edition of the ATX Open in Austin, Texas, Friedsam reached her second consecutive quarterfinal defeating lucky loser Erika Andreeva in a match lasting over three hours with a third set longest tiebreak for the season. This win marked Friedsam's return to the world top 100 for the first time since her shoulder surgery in January 2017. At the same tournament, she reached the doubles semifinals 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 |
Only WTA Tour and Grand Slam main-draw and Billie Jean King Cup results are considered in the career statistics.

### Singles

Current through the 2025 Australian Open qualifying.
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | Q1 | 1R | 4R | A | 1R | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
| French Open | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | Q3 | A | 2R | A | | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% |
| Wimbledon | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 3R | A | A | 1R | NH | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | A | | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% |
| US Open | Q1 | Q3 | 1R | 1R | A | A | Q3 | 2R | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | A | | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 17 | 9–17 | 35% |
| National representation |||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | NH | NH | NH | A | NH | NH | NH | NH | 2R | NH | NH | A | NH | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| BJK Cup | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QR | RR | PO | RR | 1R | | 0 / 2 | 2–3 | 40% |
| WTA 1000 tournaments |||||||||||||||||
| Qatar Open | A | A | NTI | A | NTI | A | NTI | A | NTI | A | NTI | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | Q1 | 2R | A | A | A | NH | A | Q1 | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Miami Open | A | A | Q1 | 1R | A | A | 1R | NH | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | A | | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | NH | A | A | Q2 | A | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | 1R | A | | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| China Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | NH | NH | Q1 | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Guadalajara Open | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | Q1 | A | NTI | NTI | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 7 | 1–7 | 14% |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 0 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | Career total: 83 | Career total: 83 | Career total: 83 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 2 | Career total: 2 | Career total: 2 |
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 7–10 | 11–14 | 15–14 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 7–9 | 5–4 | 5–11 | 5–3 | 8–16 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 83 | 64–86 | 43% |
| Year-end ranking | 126 | 87 | 99 | 68 | 1025 | 390 | 145 | 111 | 133 | 145 | 115 | 440 | | | | |

### Doubles

Current through the 2024 WTA Tour.
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| French Open | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | | 0 / 6 | 5–6 | 45% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | Q2 | 1R | A | A | 3R | NH | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% |
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 3R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 6–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 18 | 12–18 | 40% |
| National representation |||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | NH | NH | NH | A | NH | NH | NH | NH | 1R | NH | NH | A | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| BJK Cup | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QR | RR | PO | RR | 1R | | 0 / 2 | 2–3 | 40% |
| WTA 1000 tournaments |||||||||||||||||
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 2R | A | A | A | | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | F | A | A | A | A | | 0 / 1 | 4–1 | 80% |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 3 | 5–3 | 63% |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | Career total: 64 | Career total: 64 | Career total: 64 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 4 | Career total: 4 | Career total: 4 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 8 | Career total: 8 | Career total: 8 |
| Overall win–loss | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 8–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 15–7 | 7–10 | 14–14 | 8–8 | 13–9 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4 / 64 | 74–61 | 55% |
| Year-end ranking | 368 | 213 | 244 | 121 | 449 | 587 | 45 | 37 | 92 | 111 | 114 | 245 | | | | |

## Significant finals
### WTA 1000
#### Doubles: 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 Tour finals
### Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam
* WTA 1000 (Premier M & Premier 5)
* WTA 500 (Premier)
* WTA 250 (International) (0–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–2)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2015 | Linz Open, Austria | International | 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: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam
* WTA 1000 (Premier M & 5) (0–1)
* WTA 500 (Premier) (2–1)
* WTA 250 (International) (3–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (2–1)
* Clay (2–2)
* Grass (0–1)
| 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 | Clay (i) | Mona Barthel | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová | 2–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
| Loss | 1–2 | Sep 2020 | Italian Open, Italy | Premier 5 | 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] |
| Win | 4–4 | Sep 2023 | Japan Open, Japan | WTA 250 | Hard | Nadiia Kichenok | Anna Kalinskaya Yulia Putintseva | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–3 |

## WTA Challenger finals
### Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2014 | Suzhou Ladies Open, China | Hard | Duan Yingying | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Mar 2016 | San Antonio Open, United States | Hard | Misaki Doi | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Nov 2022 | Midland Tennis Classic, United States | Hard (i) | Caty McNally | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Dec 2022 | Open Angers, France | Hard (i) | Alycia Parks | 4–6, 6–4, 4–6 |

### Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2013 | Taipei Open, Taiwan | Carpet (i) | Alison Van Uytvanck | Caroline Garcia Yaroslava Shvedova | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Nov 2022 | Midland Tennis Classic, United States | Hard (i) | Nadiia Kichenok | Asia Muhammad Alycia Parks | 2–6, 3–6 |

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 21 (14 titles, 7 runner-ups)

* Legend
* $80,000 tournaments (0–1)
* $50,000 tournaments (3–0)
* $25,000 tournaments (8–1)
* $10/15,000 tournaments (3–5)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (8–4)
* Clay (5–3)
* Grass (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2011 | ITF Bol, Croatia | 10,000 | Clay | Evelyn Mayr | 6–7$^{(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)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–5 | Apr 2012 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | Anna Karolína Schmiedlová | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–5 | May 2012 | ITF Velenje, Slovenia | 10,000 | Clay | Agnese Zucchini | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–5 | May 2012 | Maribor Open, Slovenia | 25,000 | Clay | Teliana Pereira | 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–5 | Jun 2012 | ITF Padova, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Corinna Dentoni | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–5 | Jul 2012 | ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Kathrin Wörle | 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–5 | Aug 2012 | ITF Charleroi, Belgium | 25,000 | Clay | Angelique van der Meet | 6–4, 7–6$^{(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 | Tatarstan Open, Russia | 50,000 | Hard | Marta Sirotkina | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 9–5 | Sep 2013 | Trabzon Cup, Turkey | 50,000 | Hard | Yuliya Beygelzimer | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 10–5 | Sep 2013 | GB Pro-Series Loughborough, United Kingdom | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Alison Van Uytvanck | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Win | 11–5 | Jun 2015 | Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom | 50,000 | Grass | Magda Linette | 5–7, 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 12–5 | Nov 2017 | GB Pro-Series 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 |
| Loss | 13–7 | Oct 2023 | Internationaux de Poitiers, France | 80,000 | Hard (i) | Jessika Ponchet | 6–3, 2–6, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |
| Win | 14–8 | Jan 2025 | ITF Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Emily Appleton | 3–6, 6–0, 7–5 |

### Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

* Legend
* $100,000 tournaments (0–1)
* $50/60,000 tournaments (2–0)
* $25,000 tournaments (0–1)
* $10/15,000 tournaments (2–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–1)
* Clay (1–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2012 | ITF Leimen, Germany | 10,000 | Hard (i) | Julia Kimmelmann | Elyne Boeykens Jana Nabel | 6–1, 7–6$^{(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 | Maribor Open, Slovenia | 25,000 | Clay | Karen Barbat | Elena Bogdan Kathrin Wörle | 2–6, 6–2, [5–10] |
| Win | 3–1 | Mar 2013 | Open de Seine-et-Marne, France | 50,000 | Hard (i) | Alison Van Uytvanck | Stéphanie Foretz Eva Hrdinová | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Jul 2014 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan | 100,000 | Hard | Michaela Boev | Vitalia Diatchenko Margarita Gasparyan | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 4–2 | Oct 2024 | Internationaux de Poitiers, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Céline Naef | Martyna Kubka Conny Perrin | 6–4, 6–1 |

## Top 10 wins

| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | Rank |
| 2019 ||||||||
| 1. | Belinda Bencic | No. 10 | Linz Open, Austria | Hard (i) | 1R | 6–4, 2–6, 6–2 | No. 166 |