Tessah Andrianjafitrimo

Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (born 11 October 1998) is a French professional tennis player of Malagasy descent, born in Montpellier, France.

On 20 June 2022, she achieved her best WTA singles ranking of 139. Andrianjafitrimo up to date has won nine singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Early life Tessah was born in Montpellier and has two younger siblings. Her father, Teddy Andrianjafitrimo, was born in Madagascar. Teddy was an excellent tennis player. A tennis champion of Madagascar and Africa, he did not become a professional player because he lacked the financial support to do so. He emigrated to France and worked as a club coach and as his daughter's coach.

Career Juniors 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.

2013–2014 Andrianjafitrimo made her ITF Women's Circuit debut in September 2013 at the $25k indoor hardcourt tournament held in Clermont-Ferrand, France; she only entered that tournament's singles event, losing in the first qualifying round. She played a total of seven ITF Circuit events in 2013 and 2014.

2015–2016 Andrianjafitrimo made her major singles debut thanks to a wildcard at the 2015 French Open qualifying, where she defeated Patricia Mayr-Achleitner in the first round, before losing to Olivia Rogowska.

She also made her WTA Tour singles main-draw debut at the Luxembourg Open thanks to a wildcard, losing her first-round match to Tatjana Maria. Three weeks later, Andrianjafitrimo made her WTA 125 singles debut at the Open de Limoges; she entered the singles main draw as a wildcard and lost her first-round match to Carina Witthöft.

She received a wildcard for the singles main draw of the 2016 French Open (her major 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, losing in the second round to Lucrezia Stefanini.

2019 In the French Open qualifying, Andrianjafitrimo failed to convert two match points in the third set of her first-round match against Rebecca Marino, who finally won 6–7, 6–4, 7–5.

Personal life Andrianjafitrimo has lived in Nogaro since 2010.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 17 (9 titles, 8 runner-ups) LegendW75 tournaments W25/35 tournamentsW10/15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (6–4)Clay (3–4)

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendW75 tournamentsW25 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (2–1)Grass (0–1)