Tessah Andrianjafitrimo

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

Tessah Andrianjafitrimo
Andrianjafitrimo at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) France
ResidenceNogaro, France
Born (1998-10-11) 11 October 1998 (age 26)
Montpellier, France
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CoachTeddy Andrianjafitrimo
Prize moneyUS$548,422
Singles
Career record302–219
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 139 (20 June 2022)
Current rankingNo. 303 (16 September 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2021, 2022)
French Open1R (2016, 2017, 2022)
WimbledonQ2 (2022)
US OpenQ1 (2021, 2022)
Doubles
Career record41–66
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 389 (2 July 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (2018, 2022, 2024)
Last updated on: 16 September 2024.

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

Early life

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Tessah was born in Montpellier and has two younger siblings. Her father, Teddy Andrianjafitrimo, was born in Madagascar. Teddy was an excellent amateur 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 immigrated to France and worked as a club coach and as his daughter's coach.[1]

Career

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Junior

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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 ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 29, attained on 14 September 2015.[2]

2013–2014

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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 tournaments in 2013 and 2014.[3]

2015–2016

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Andrianjafitrimo made her Grand Slam 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 Grand Slam 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

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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 won 6–7, 6–4, 7–5.[4]

Personal life

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Andrianjafitrimo has lived in Nogaro since 2010.[3] She is in a relationship with French tennis player Ugo Humbert, and while out with injury she has filled in as his coach in 2020 and 2024.[5]

Grand Slam performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

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Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 W–L
Australian Open A A A A A A Q2 Q2 A A 0–0
French Open Q2 1R 1R Q1 Q1 Q2 Q1 1R A A 0–3
Wimbledon A A A A A NH A Q2 A A 0–0
US Open A A A A A A Q1 Q1 A A 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–3

Doubles

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Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 W–L
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A 0–0
French Open 1R 1R 1R A 1R A 1R 1R A 0–6
Wimbledon A A A A NH A A A A 0–0
US Open A A A A A A A A A 0–0
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0-1 0–0 0–6

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner–ups)

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Legend
W60/75,000 tournaments
W25/35,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (5–3)
Clay (3–4)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2015 ITF Valladolid, Spain 10,000 Hard   María Luque Moreno 2–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Dec 2015 Lagos Open, Nigeria 25,000 Hard   Tadeja Majerič 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Apr 2016 ITF Pula, Italy 10,000 Clay   Jasmine Paolini 1–0 ret.
Win 2–2 Aug 2016 ITF Vinkovci, Croatia 10,000 Clay   Ivania Martinich 6–4, 6–1
Win 3–2 Apr 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay   Camilla Scala 6–2, 6–4
Loss 3–3 Dec 2017 ITF Nules, Spain 25,000 Clay   Isabelle Wallace 1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 4–3 Jun 2019 ITF Périgueux, France W25 Clay   Alice Ramé 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–2
Loss 4–4 Sep 2019 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W25 Clay   Yuki Naito 6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Win 5–4 Jun 2021 ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal W25 Hard   Jessika Ponchet 6–7(3–7), 6–1, 6–0
Loss 5–5 Jul 2021 Telavi Open, Georgia W25 Clay   Valentini Grammatikopoulou 5–7, 4–6
Win 6–5 Mar 2022 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador W25 Hard   Hanna Chang 6–3, 6–3
Loss 6–6 Apr 2022 ITF Calvi, France W25+H Hard   Léolia Jeanjean 2–6, 2–6
Loss 6–7 July 2024 Porto Open, Portugal W75 Hard   Maja Chwalińska 5–7, 1–6
Win 7–7 Aug 2024 ITF Vigo, Spain W35 Hard   Misaki Matsuda 6–4, 6–3
Win 8–7 Sep 2024 ITF Féminin Le Neubourg, France W75 Hard   Manon Léonard 6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner–up)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Grass (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2014 ITF Djibouti City 10,000 Hard   Ashmitha Easwaramurthi   Magali Kempen
  Wang Xiyao
3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Win 2–0 Feb 2015 ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia 10,000 Hard   Anna Blinkova   Arabela Fernández Rabener
  Eva Wacanno
6–4, 6–0
Loss 2–1 Mar 2017 ITF Mildura, Australia 25,000 Grass   Shérazad Reix   Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
  Lu Jiajing
4–6, 6–1, [8–10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tessah, la perle de Nogaro". La Dépêche du Midi. 24 August 2014.
  2. ^ "ITF juniors profile of Tessah Andrianjafitrimo". ITF.
  3. ^ a b "ITF pro circuit profile of Tessah Andrianjafitrimo". ITF.
  4. ^ "Rebecca Marino passe au deuxième tour des qualifications à Roland-Garros". Métro. 22 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Not just a player & girlfriend, Andrianjafitrimo coaches boyfriend Humbert to Marseille title". Association of Tennis Professionals. 2024-02-20. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
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