Anne Schäfer Explained

Anne Schäfer
Itf Name:	Anne Schaefer
Birth Date:	1 March 1987
Birth Place:	Apolda, East Germany (now Germany)
Height:	1.67m (05.48feet)
Turnedpro:	2005
Plays:	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$243,911
Singlesrecord:	525–291
Singlestitles:	21 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 161 (23 March 2009)
Currentsinglesranking:	No. 843 (26 August 2024)
Australianopenresult:	Q2 (2009)
Frenchopenresult:	Q1 (2009, 2016)
Wimbledonresult:	Q1 (2009, 2013, 2016)
Usopenresult:	Q2 (2008)
Doublestitles:	9 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 211 (25 July 2016)
Updated:	3 September 2024

Anne Schäfer (pronounced as /de/; born 1 March 1987) is a German tennis player.

Schäfer has won twenty-one singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 23 March 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 161. On 25 July 2016, she peaked at No. 211 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Schäfer made her WTA Tour main-draw singles debut at the 2016 Copa Colsanitas, when she defeated qualifier Chloé Paquet in the first round.^[1]

Education

Schäfer completed her Abitur in Thuringia, and studied Economics at the University of Hagen.^{[2] [3]}

Singles performance timeline

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour and Grand Slam tournaments are included in win–loss records.

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	width=40	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
French Open	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	0–0
Wimbledon	A	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	Q1	A	A	0–0
US Open	Q2	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	Q1	0–0
Career statistics
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1
Year-end ranking	181	362	404	326	257	229	420	222	241	–	615

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 45 (21–24)

Legend $25,000 tournaments (2–6) $10/15,000 tournaments (19–18)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (21–23)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1		ITF Falkenberg, Sweden	10,000	Clay	Johanna Larsson	2–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Win	1–1		ITF Getxo, Spain	10,000	Clay		6–3, 3–6, 6–0
Win	2–1		ITF Birkerød, Denmark	10,000	Clay	Piia Suomalainen	6–4, 6–2
Win	3–1		ITF Gdynia, Poland	10,000	Clay	Oksana Teplyakova	6–3, 7–5
Win	4–1		ITF Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland	10,000	Clay	Kateřina Vaňková	7–6^(7–2), 7–5
Win	5–1		ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Tanya Germanlieva	6–2, 6–7^(3–7), 6–4
Loss	5–2		ITF Stuttgart, Germany	10,000	Hard (i)	Petra Kvitová	1–6, 0–6
Loss	5–3		ITF Rome, Italy	10,000	Clay	Darya Kustova	1–6, 4–6
Loss	5–4		ITF Falkenberg, Sweden	10,000	Clay	Ksenia Milevskaya	4–6, 4–6
Loss	5–5		ITF Vlaardingen, Netherlands	10,000	Clay	Arantxa Rus	7–6^(7–5), 2–6, 2–6
Loss	5–6		ITF Castel Gandolfo, Italy	10,000	Clay	Michaela Pochabová	1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	5–7		bgcolor=lightblue	ITF Campobasso, Italy	bgcolor=lightblue	25,000	Clay	Maša Zec Peškirič	3–6, 3–6
Loss	5–8		bgcolor=lightblue	ITF Kristinehamn, Sweden	bgcolor=lightblue	25,000	Clay	Simona Halep	3–6, 2–6
Loss	5–9		bgcolor=lightblue	ITF Båstad, Sweden	bgcolor=lightblue	25,000	Clay	Klaudia Boczová	6–1, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	5–10		bgcolor=lightblue	ITF Reggio Calabria, Italy	bgcolor=lightblue	25,000	Clay	Patricia Mayr	1–6, 1–6
Win	6–10		ITF Galatina, Italy	10,000	Clay	Lara Michel	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win	7–10		ITF Cagliari, Italy	10,000	Clay	Francesca Mazzali	6–2, 6–2
Win	8–10		ITF Gonesse, France	10,000	Clay (i)	Anastasia Grymalska	7–5, 6–1
Loss	8–11		ITF Casarano, Italy	10,000	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	3–6, 4–6
Win	9–11		ITF Gardone Val Trompia, Italy	10,000	Clay	Martina Caregaro	7–6^(7–0), 0–6, 6–4
Win	10–11		ITF Settimo San Pietro, Italy	10,000	Clay	Federica di Sarra
Loss	10–12		ITF Cagliari, Italy	10,000	Clay	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	4–6, 3–6
Loss	10–13		ITF Rovereto, Italy	10,000	Clay	Timea Bacsinszky	0–6, 2–6
Loss	10–14		bgcolor=lightblue	ITF Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy	bgcolor=lightblue	25,000	Clay	Estelle Guisard	3–6, 1–6
Win	11–14		bgcolor=lightblue	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	bgcolor=lightblue	25,000	Clay	Angelique van der Meet	6–2, 6–2
Win	12–14		ITF Gonesse, France	10,000	Clay (i)	Kateřina Vaňková	6–1, 2–1 ret.
Loss	12–15		ITF Bagnatica, Italy	10,000	Clay	Gioia Barbieri	3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	12–16		ITF Gonesse, France	10,000	Clay (i)	Anna Remondina	5–7, 6–7^(6–8)
Win	13–16		ITF Pula, Italy	10,000	Clay	Claudia Giovine	6–0, 6–3
Win	14–16		ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Elke Tiel	4–0 ret.
Loss	14–17		ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Petra Uberalová	4–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Win	15–17		ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Sofia Kvatsabaia	6–2, 6–0
Loss	15–18		ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Victoria Kan	3–6, 4–6
Loss	15–19		ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Victoria Kan	1–6, 0–6
Win	16–19		bgcolor=lightblue	ITF Pula, Italy	bgcolor=lightblue	25,000	Clay	Alizé Lim	6–4, 6–3
Win	17–19		ITF Bagnatica, Italy	10,000	Clay	Tamara Zidanšek	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	18–19		ITF Pula, Italy	10,000	Clay	Camilla Rosatello	6–1, 6–3
Loss	18–20		bgcolor=lightblue	ITF Santiago, Chile	bgcolor=lightblue	25,000	Clay	Verónica Cepede Royg	0–6, 6–2, 5–7
Loss	18–21		ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Tara Moore	6–2, 5–7, 0–6
Win	19–21		ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Viktória Kužmová	2–6, 6–2, 6–0
Win	20–21		ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Sofia Kvatsabaia	6–3, 6–1
Win	21–21		ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Anastasiya Vasylyeva	6–3, 6–3
Loss	21–22		ITF Sassuolo, Italy	15,000	Clay	Angelica Moratelli	4–6, 3–6
Loss	21–23		ITF L'Aquila, Italy	15,000	Clay	Tatiana Pieri	6–2, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	21–24		ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Ilinca Amariei	6–7^(1–7), 2–6

Doubles: 20 (9–11)

Legend $50,000 tournaments (1–0) $25,000 tournaments (2–3) $10/15,000 tournaments (6–8)

Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (7–10)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		ITF Falkenberg, Sweden	10,000	Clay	Julia Paetow	Mari Andersson Michaela Johansson	2–6, 0–6
Win	1–1		ITF Birkerød, Denmark	10,000	Clay	Julia Paetow	Karina Jacobsgaard Hanne Skak Jensen	7–5, 6–1
Loss	1–2		ITF Falkenberg, Sweden	10,000	Clay	Franziska Götz	Mari Andersson Nadja Roma	0–6, 5–7
Loss	1–3		bgcolor=lightblue	ITF Båstad, Sweden	bgcolor=lightblue	25,000	Clay	Zhang Ling	Klaudia Boczová Nicole Thyssen	2–6, 1–6
Loss	1–4		ITF Mallorca, Spain	10,000	Clay	Alice Balducci	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Lucía Cervera Vázquez	5–7, 4–6
Win	2–4		ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Claudia Giovine	Sanaz Marand Nicola Slater	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	2–5		ITF Šibenik, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Vaszilisza Bulgakova	Sofiya Kovalets Hilda Melander	1–2 ret.
Loss	2–6		ITF Pomezia, Italy	10,000	Clay	Benedetta Davato	Bianca Botto Teliana Pereira	6–7^(3–7), 2–6
Loss	2–7		bgcolor=lightblue	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	bgcolor=lightblue	25,000	Clay	Lisa Sabino	Katarzyna Piter Barbara Sobaszkiewicz	2–6, 5–7
Win	3–7		ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Gioia Barbieri	Lenka Juríková Chantal Škamlová	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss	3–8		ITF Gonesse, France	10,000	Clay (i)	Kateřina Vaňková	Cindy Burger Daniela Seguel	7–6^(8–6), 3–6, [2–10]
Win	4–8		ITF Pula, Italy	10,000	Clay	Lisa Sabino	Anna Klasen Charlotte Klasen	6–4, 5–7, [10–6]
Loss	4–9		ITF Pula, Italy	10,000	Clay	Lisa Sabino	Georgia Brescia Martina Caregaro	6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	4–10		ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Lenka Wienerová	Anita Husarić Danielle Mills	4–6, 6–4, [10–12]
Win	5–10		ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Lenka Wienerová	Audrey Albié Alice Bacquié	6–4, 6–4
Loss	5–11		bgcolor=lightblue	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	bgcolor=lightblue	25,000	Clay	Pemra Özgen	Irina Khromacheva Lidziya Marozava	4–6, 4–6
Win	6–11		bgcolor=lightblue	ITF Bratislava, Slovakia	bgcolor=lightblue	25,000	Hard (i)	Dalila Jakupović	Michaela Hončová Chantal Škamlová	6–7^(5–7), 6–2, [10–8]
Win	7–11		bgcolor=lightblue	ITF Chiasso, Switzerland	bgcolor=lightblue	25,000	Clay	Antonia Lottner	Olga Brózda Katarzyna Kawa	6–1, 6–1
Win	8–11		ITF Essen, Germany	50,000	Clay	Laura Pous Tió	Elyne Boeykens Elena Gabriela Ruse	6–2, 6–3
Win	9–11		ITF Pescara, Italy	15,000	Clay	Anastasia Grymalska	Giorgia Pinto Gaia Squarcialupi	5–7, 6–1, [12–10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Claro Open Colsanitas. Women's Tennis Association. 12 April 2016.
2. Web site: Von Turnier zu Turnier mit den Uniskripten in der Tasche. FernUniversität in Hagen - Aktuelles - März 2014. 27 July 2017.
3. Web site: Anne Schäfer hat auch noch einen Plan B. Hauschel. Thomas. Schwarzwälder Bote - Zollernalb. 7 August 2013 . 27 July 2017.