Anne Kremer

Anne Kremer (born 17 October 1975) is a Luxembourgish retired tennis player. She won two singles titles on the WTA Tour. On 29 July 2002, she achieved her best WTA ranking of world No. 18.

Kremer completed her schooling at the Athénée de Luxembourg and subsequently studied English and history at Stanford University in California.

Kremer is a member of the Democratic and Liberal Youth in Luxembourg, and has entered politics. She ran for the Democratic Party in the 2009 election to the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg. Running in Centre, she finished 15th on the DP list, and was thus not elected.

Biography

Kremer was born in 1975 to father Jean (an engineer), and mother Ginette (a physical education teacher). Early in her career, Kremer was coached by her younger brother, Gilles. Later, she was coached by Stephane Vix. Kremer is a baseliner right-handed player with a strong backhand and a preference for grass and hard pack playing surfaces. Beside Luxembourgish, Kremer is fluent in English, French and German and plans to become a translator.

WTA career finals Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)Tier I (0–0)Tier II (0–0)Tier III (0–0)Tier IV & V (2–2)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. Nov 1999 Pattaya, Thailand Hard Magdalena Maleeva 6–4, 1–6, 2–6Win 1. Jan 2000 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Cara Black 6–4, 6–4Win 2. Nov 2000 Pattaya, Thailand Hard Tatiana Panova 6–1, 6–4Loss 2. Apr 2001 Budapest, Hungary Clay Magdalena Maleeva 6–3, 2–6, 4–6

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Singles: 12 (5–7) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up 1. 23 May 1994 ITF Łódź, Poland Clay Talina Beiko 4–6, 2–6Winner 1. 31 July 1994 ITF La Coruña, Spain Clay Paula Hermida 7–5, 6–1Winner 2. 21 August 1994 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay Stephanie Devillé 6–1, 6–4Winner 3. 11 September 1994 ITF Varna, Bulgaria Clay Marina Stets 6–7, 7–6, 6–1Runner-up 2. 20 July 1998 ITF Peachtree, United States Hard Kristina Brandi 3–6, 3–6Winner 4. 11 October 1998 ITF Albuquerque, United States Hard Jane Chi 2–6, 6–4, 6–4Runner-up 3. 19 October 1998 ITF Welwyn, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Emmanuelle Gagliardi 1–6, 1–1 ret.Winner 5. 21 February 1999 ITF Midland, United States Hard (i) Tara Snyder 3–6, 6–1, 7–5Runner-up 4. 1 March 1999 ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Katarina Srebotnik 1–6, 1–6Runner-up 5. 10 May 2004 ITF Stockholm, Sweden Clay Anastasia Rodionova 6–7, 4–6Runner-up 6. 24 January 2010 ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom Hard (i) Mona Barthel 1–6, 1–6Runner-up 7. 25 September 2010 ITF Shrewsbury, United Kingdom Hard (i) Eva Birnerová 6–7, 6–3, 0–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinner 1. 25 March 2011 ITF Bath, United Kingdom Hard (i) Tímea Babos Marta Domachowska Katarzyna Piter 7–6(7–5), 6–2

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Head-to-head record Serena Williams 0–1 Anke Huber 1–3 Martina Hingis 0–1 Maria Sharapova 0–2 Lindsay Davenport 0–5 Henrieta Nagyová 2–0 Elena Dementieva 0–2 Venus Williams 0–3 Dinara Safina 0–1

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