Anna-Lena Friedsam

Anna-Lena Friedsam (born 1 February 1994) is a German professional tennis player. She reached her best singles ranking of world No. 45 in August 2016. In doubles, she peaked at No. 34 in September 2020. 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. Friedsam also reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam, at the 2016 Australian Open.

Career 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 WTA Tour 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 WTA 125 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 and eventual champion 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, but lost to eventual champions Erin Routliffe and Aldila Sutjiadi.

Performance timelines

Only WTA Tour and Grand Slam main-draw and Billie Jean King Cup results are considered in the career statistics.

Singles Current through the 2026 Wimbledon qualifying.

Doubles Current through the 2026 Linz Open.

Significant finals WTA 1000 Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2020Italian Open Clay Raluca Olaru Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová 2–6, 2–6

WTA Tour finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam WTA 1000 (Premier M & Premier 5)WTA 500 (Premier)WTA 250 (International) (0–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Linz Open, Austria International Hard (i) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 4–6, 3–6Loss 0–2 Lyon Open, France International Hard (i) Sofia Kenin 2–6, 6–4, 4–6

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam WTA 1000 (Premier M & 5) (0–1)WTA 500 (Premier) (2–1)WTA 250 (International) (3–3)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (2–2)Grass (0–1)

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

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Taipei Open, Taiwan Carpet (i) Alison Van Uytvanck Caroline Garcia Yaroslava Shvedova 3–6, 3–6Loss 0–2 Midland Tennis Classic, United States Hard (i) Nadiia Kichenok Asia Muhammad Alycia Parks 2–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 22 (14 titles, 8 runner-ups) Legend$80,000 tournaments (0–1)$50,000 tournaments (3–0)$40,000 tournaments (0–1)$25,000 tournaments (8–1)$10/15,000 tournaments (3–5)Finals by surfaceHard (8–4)Clay (5–4)Grass (1–0)

Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments (0–1)$50/60,000 tournaments (3–0)$25,000 tournaments (0–1)$10/15,000 tournaments (2–0)Finals by surfaceHard (4–1)Clay (1–1)

Top 10 wins PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScore2019 1. Belinda BencicNo. 10 Linz Open, AustriaHard (i)1R 6–4, 2–6, 6–2 No. 166