# Jule Niemeier

Jule Niemeier (born 12 August 1999) is a German professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 61, achieved on 7 November 2022.

## Career
### 2018–2019: WTA debut

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard at the 2018 Nürnberger Versicherungscup in doubles, partnering Lara Schmidt. She made her singles main-draw debut at the 2019 Nürnberger Versicherungscup, as a qualifier.

### 2021: Two WTA semifinals

As a qualifier, Niemeier secured her first WTA Tour main draw wins at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, reaching the semifinals, where she lost in three sets to fifth seed and eventual champion Barbora Krejčíková.
Having received a wildcard entry, she also made the semifinals at the Hamburg European Open, losing to Andrea Petkovic. As a result, she entered top 150 at world No. 140, on 12 July.
On her Grand Slam tournament qualifying competition debut at Wimbledon, Niemeier reached the third round but lost to Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove in three sets.

### 2022: Wimbledon quarterfinal, first WTA 125 title

At the French Open, Niemeier qualified to make her Grand Slam tournament main-draw debut, losing in the first round to Sloane Stephens in three sets.
She won her first WTA 125 tournament title at the Makarska International Championships, defeating Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the final.
Making her main-draw debut at Wimbledon, Niemeier reached her first Grand Slam tournament quarterfinal after defeating Wang Xiyu, second seed Anett Kontaveit Lesia Tsurenko and Heather Watson. In the quarterfinal, she lost to compatriot Tatjana Maria in three sets.
At her US Open main-draw debut, she reached the fourth round, after defeating Sofia Kenin, Yulia Putintseva, and Zheng Qinwen, all in straight sets. In the fourth round, she lost to world No. 1, Iga Świątek, after winning the first set.

### 2023: WTA 1000 debut & third round, Hamburg quarterfinal

Niemeier reached the third round of a WTA 1000 event at the Madrid Open, defeating Wang Xinyu and 10th seed Petra Kvitová, before losing to 24th seed Elise Mertens.
Ranked No. 120 at the WTA German Open, she qualified for the main draw and defeated fourth seed and defending champion Ons Jabeur for her third career top-10 win, and second on grass. She retired injured while trailing in next match against wildcard entrant Markéta Vondroušová.
Niemeier overcame 16th seed Karolina Muchova to reach the second round at Wimbledon, where she lost to Dalma Gálfi.
Wins over Ella Seidel and sixth seed Yulia Putintseva saw her make it through to the quarterfinals at the Hamburg European Open. She was defeated in the last eight by Daria Saville.
On 18 December, Niemeier announced her manager, Michael Geserer, as her new coach.

### 2024: US Open third round

Niemeier reached the semifinals at the WTA 125 Emilia-Romagna Open, defeating sixth seed María Lourdes Carlé, Ankita Raina and Zeynep Sönmez, before losing to fourth seed and eventual champion Anna Karolína Schmiedlová.
She qualified for the main draw at the French Open, but lost in the first round to Wang Xinyu in three sets.
Entering as a lucky loser at the Bad Homburg Open, she upset top seed Maria Sakkari for her third top 10 win on grass courts. Niemeier lost in the second round to Paula Badosa in three sets.
At Wimbledon, she reached the second round with a win over Viktorija Golubic. She then lost to 21st seed Elina Svitolina.
Niemeier made the third round at the US Open for the second time, defeating 32nd Dayana Yastremska and Moyuka Uchijima. She lost to Qinwen Zheng in straight sets.

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour (incl. Grand Slams), Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

### Singles

Current through the 2025 Miami Open.
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | Q3 | 1R | Q2 | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| French Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | A | NH | Q3 | QF | 2R | 2R | | 0 / 3 | 6–3 | 67% |
| US Open | A | A | Q2 | 4R | Q1 | 3R | | 0 / 2 | 5–2 | 71% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 7–3 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0 / 10 | 12–10 | 55% |
| National representation |||||||||||
| BJK Cup | A | A | RR | PO | RR | 1R | | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
| WTA 1000 tournaments |||||||||||
| Qatar Open | NTI | A | NTI | A | NTI | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Dubai Open | A | NTI | A | NTI | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Indian Wells Open | A | NH | A | Q1 | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Miami Open | A | NH | A | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Madrid Open | A | NH | A | A | 3R | Q2 | | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Canadian Open | A | NH | Q2 | A | A | Q1 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% |
| Career statistics |||||||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 3 | Career total: 50 | Career total: 50 | Career total: 50 |
| Hard win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 6–5 | 3–13 | 4–5 | 1–3 | 0 / 23 | 14–28 | 33% |
| Clay win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 2–5 | 5–6 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 16 | 14–16 | 47% |
| Grass win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 0 / 11 | 10–11 | 48% |
| Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 6–5 | 13–13 | 10–22 | 8–11 | 1–3 | 0 / 50 | 38–55 | 41% |
| Win % | 0% | – | 55% | 50% | 31% | 42% | 25% | Career total: 41% | Career total: 41% | Career total: 41% |
| Year-end ranking | 296 | 280 | 130 | 61 | 162 | 92 | | | | |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | NH | A | 2R | A | A | | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| National representation ||||||||||||
| BJK Cup | A | A | A | RR | PO | RR | 1R | | 0 / 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| WTA 1000 tournaments ||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | NH | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Career statistics ||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Career total: 10 | Career total: 10 | Career total: 10 |
| Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 10 | 5–10 | 33% |
| Year-end ranking | 837 | – | – | – | – | 425 | 562 | | | | |

## WTA Challenger finals
### Singles: 1 (1 title)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2022 | Makarska International, Croatia | Clay | Elisabetta Cocciaretto | 7–5, 6–1 |

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)

* Legend
* W100 tournaments (0–2)
* W60 tournaments (1–0)
* W25 tournaments (2–2)
* W15 tournaments (1–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (4–3)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2018 | ITF Kaltenkirchen, Germany | W15 | Clay | Vlada Ekshibarova | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Aug 2018 | ITF Braunschweig, Germany | W25 | Clay | Anastasia Zarycká | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Jul 2019 | ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany | W25 | Clay | Despina Papamichail | 2–6, 7–5, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Aug 2019 | ITF Leipzig, Germany | W25 | Clay | Katharina Gerlach | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–2 | May 2021 | ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic | W25 | Clay | Dalma Gálfi | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–2 | Apr 2022 | Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia | W60 | Clay | Réka Luca Jani | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Feb 2024 | Guanajuato Open, Mexico | W100 | Hard | Rebecca Marino | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 4–4 | May 2024 | Wiesbaden Open, Germany | W100 | Clay | Julia Riera | 6–3, 3–6, 2–6 |

## Wins over top-10 players

Niemeier has a 4–6 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
| Season | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
| Wins | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | Rank |
| 2022 ||||||||
| 1. | Anett Kontaveit | 3 | Wimbledon, United Kingdom | Grass | 2R | 6–4, 6–0 | 97 |
| 2023 ||||||||
| 2. | Petra Kvitová | 10 | Madrid Open, Spain | Clay | 2R | 7–6$^{(11–9)}$, 6–1 | 67 |
| 3. | Ons Jabeur | 6 | German Open, Germany | Grass | 1R | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–4 | 120 |
| 2024 ||||||||
| 4. | Maria Sakkari | 9 | Bad Homburg Open, Germany | Grass | 1R | 2–6, 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ | 96 |

## National teams participation
### Billie Jean King Cup (3–5)

* Group membership
* Finals (0–4)
* Qualifying round (2–0)
* Play-offs (1–1)
* Matches by type
* Singles (2–3)
* Doubles (1–2)
| Date | Venue | Surface | Rd | Opponent nation | Score | Match type | Opponent player(s) | W/L | Match score |
| 2020–21 ||||||||||
| Nov | Prague | Hard (i) | RR | Czech Republic | 1–2 | Doubles (w/ A-L Friedsam) | L Hradecká / K Siniaková | Loss | 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, [8–10] |
| 2022 ||||||||||
| Apr | Astana | Clay (i) | QR | Kazakhstan | 1–3 | Doubles (w/ A-L Friedsam) | A Danilina / Z Kulambayeva | Win | 6–2, 3–6, [10–6] |
| Nov | Rijeka | Hard (i) | PO | Croatia | 3–1 | Singles | Petra Marčinko | Loss | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Nov | Rijeka | Hard (i) | PO | Croatia | 3–1 | Singles | Ana Konjuh | Win | 6–2, 6–1 |
| 2023 ||||||||||
| Apr | Stuttgart | Clay (i) | QR | Brazil | 3–1 | Singles | Beatriz Haddad Maia | Win | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Nov | Seville | Hard (i) | RR | France | 0–3 | Singles | Clara Burel | Loss | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Nov | Seville | Hard (i) | RR | France | 0–3 | Doubles (w/ L Siegemund) | C Garcia / K Mladenovic | Loss | 7–5, 3–6, [1–10] |
| 2024 ||||||||||
| Nov | Málaga | Hard (i) | 1R | Great Britain | 0–2 | Singles | Emma Raducanu | Loss | 4–6, 4–6 |

### United Cup (0–2)

* Matches by type
* Singles (0–2)
* Mixed doubles (0–0)
| Venue | Surface | Rd | Opponent nation | Score | Match type | Opponent player(s) | W/L | Match score |
| 2023 |||||||||
| Sydney | Hard | RR | Czech Republic | 2–3 | Singles | Marie Bouzková | Loss | 2–6, 5–7 |
| Sydney | Hard | RR | United States | 0–5 | Singles | Madison Keys | Loss | 2–6, 3–6 |