Tessah Andrianjafitrimo
Andrianjafitrimo at the 2014 French Open | |
Country (sports) |
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Residence | Nogaro, France |
Born |
Montpellier, France | 11 October 1998
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Teddy Andrianjafitrimo |
Prize money | $164,098 |
Singles | |
Career record | 117-82 |
Career titles | 3 ITF Women's Circuit |
Highest ranking | No. 243 (7 August 2017) |
Current ranking | No. 337 (30 July 2018) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
French Open | 1R (2016, 2017) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 30-35 |
Career titles | 2 ITF Women's Circuit |
Highest ranking | No. 389 (2 July 2018) |
Current ranking | No. 395 (30 July 2018) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
French Open | 1R (2016, 2017, 2018) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
French Open | 1R (2018) |
Last updated on: 1 August 2018. |
Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (born 11 October 1998) is a French professional tennis player of Malagasy descent.
On 7 August 2017, Andrianjafitrimo reached her highest WTA singles ranking of world number 243. On 2 July 2018, she peaked at world number 389 in the WTA doubles rankings. Andrianjafitrimo has won three singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
Personal life
Tessah Andrianjafitrimo's father, Teddy Andrianjafitrimo, was born in Madagascar. Teddy was an excellent, amateur tennis player. He was a tennis champion of Madagascar and Africa. He did not become a professional tennis player because he lacked the financial support to do so. Teddy immigrated to France and worked as a tennis club coach. Teddy is currently Tessah's coach. Tessah was born in Montpellier and has been living in Nogaro since 2010. She has two younger siblings.[1]
Career
Junior
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.[1] She had a career high career-high ITF junior combined ranking of world no. 29, attained on 14 September 2015.[2]
2013-2014
Andrianjafitrimo made her ITF Women's Circuit debut at the $25,000 indoor hardcourt tournament held in September 2013 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 Women's Circuit tournaments in 2013 and 2014.[3]
2015-2016
Andrianjafitrimo made her WTA Tour and Grand Slam singles debut at the 2015 French Open women's singles qualifying event thanks to a wild card, where she defeated Patricia Mayr-Achleitner in the first round before losing to Olivia Rogowska in the second round.
Andrianjafitrimo made her WTA Tour singles main draw debut at the 2015 BGL Luxembourg Open thanks to a wild card, losing her first round match to Tatjana Maria. Three weeks later, Andrianjafitrimo made her WTA 125K series singles debut at the 2015 Open de Limoges; she entered the singles main draw as a wild card and lost her first round match to Carina Witthöft.
Andrianjafitrimo received a wild card for the women's singles main draw of the 2016 French Open (that was her Grand Slam singles main draw debut), where she lost 0–6, 0–6 to the unseeded Wang Qiang in the first round. She also played in the girls' singles of the 2016 French Open, where she was defeated in the second round of the main draw by the Italian Lucrezia Stefanini.
ITF Women's Circuit finals (5-4)
Singles (3–3)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 2 August 2015 | $10,000 | Valladolid, Spain | Hard | 2–6, 2–6 | |
Winner | 1. | 12 December 2015 | $25,000 | Lagos, Nigeria | Hard | 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 | |
Runner-up | 2. | 24 April 2016 | $10,000 | Pula, Italy | Clay | 1–0 retired | |
Winner | 2. | 7 August 2016 | $10,000 | Vinkovci, Croatia | Clay | 6–4, 6–1 | |
Winner | 3. | 23 April 2017 | $15,000 | Hammamet, Tunisia | Clay | 6–2, 6–4 | |
Runner-up | 3. | 10 December 2017 | $25,000 | Nules, Spain | Clay | 1–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
Doubles (2–1)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 12 December 2014 | $10,000 | Djibouti, Djibouti | Hard | 3–6, 6–1, [10–8] | ||
Winner | 2. | 22 February 2015 | $10,000 | Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia | Hard | 6–4, 6–0 | ||
Runner-up | 1. | 10 March 2017 | $25,000 | Mildura, Australia | Grass | 4–6, 6–1, [8–10] |
References
- 1 2 "Tessah, la perle de Nogaro". La Dépêche du Midi. 24 August 2014.
- ↑ "ITF juniors profile of Tessah Andrianjafitrimo". ITF.
- ↑ "ITF pro circuit profile of Tessah Andrianjafitrimo". ITF.