Anne Kremer

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Anne Kremer
Anne Kremer 2007 Australian Open R1.jpg
Kremer in 2007
Country (sports)Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
Residence Hesperange
Born (1975-10-17) 17 October 1975 (age 49)
Luxembourg City
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) [1]
Turned proSeptember 1998
RetiredAugust 2014
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,567,313
Singles
Career record496–418
Career titles2 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 18 (29 July 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008)
French Open 3R (2002)
Wimbledon 3R (1999, 2004)
US Open 2R (1998, 1999, 2000)
Doubles
Career record45–108
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 140 (6 May 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2005, 2008)
French Open 1R (2005)
Wimbledon 1R (2005)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 61–57

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.

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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, [2] and has entered politics. She ran for the Democratic Party in the 2009 election to the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg. [3] Running in Centre, she finished 15th on the DP list, and was thus not elected. [4]

Biography

Kremer was born in 1975 [5] 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 [5] 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)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV & V (2–2)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1. Nov 1999 Pattaya, ThailandHard Flag of Bulgaria.svg Magdalena Maleeva 6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Win1. Jan 2000 Auckland, New ZealandHard Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black 6–4, 6–4
Win2. Nov 2000 Pattaya, ThailandHard Flag of Russia.svg Tatiana Panova 6–1, 6–4
Loss2. Apr 2001 Budapest, HungaryClay Flag of Bulgaria.svg Magdalena Maleeva6–3, 2–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 12 (5–7)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.23 May 1994ITF Łódź, PolandClay Flag of Ukraine.svg Talina Beiko 4–6, 2–6
Winner1.31 July 1994ITF La Coruña, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Paula Hermida 7–5, 6–1
Winner2.21 August 1994ITF Koksijde, BelgiumClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stephanie Devillé 6–1, 6–4
Winner3.11 September 1994ITF Varna, BulgariaClay Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg Marina Stets 6–7, 7–6, 6–1
Runner-up2.20 July 1998ITF Peachtree, United StatesHard Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Kristina Brandi 3–6, 3–6
Winner4.11 October 1998ITF Albuquerque, United StatesHard Flag of the United States.svg Jane Chi 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up3.19 October 1998ITF Welwyn, United KingdomCarpet (i) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Emmanuelle Gagliardi 1–6, 1–1 ret.
Winner5.21 February 1999ITF Midland, United StatesHard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Tara Snyder 3–6, 6–1, 7–5
Runner-up4.1 March 1999ITF Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHard Flag of Slovenia.svg Katarina Srebotnik 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up5.10 May 2004ITF Stockholm, SwedenClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anastasia Rodionova 6–7, 4–6
Runner-up6.24 January 2010ITF Wrexham, United KingdomHard (i) Flag of Germany.svg Mona Barthel 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up7.25 September 2010ITF Shrewsbury, United KingdomHard (i) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eva Birnerová 6–7, 6–3, 0–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.25 March 2011ITF Bath, United KingdomHard (i) Flag of Hungary.svg Tímea Babos Flag of Poland.svg Marta Domachowska
Flag of Poland.svg Katarzyna Piter
7–6(7–5), 6–2

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 W-L
Australian Open A 1R Q2 2R 1R 2R 2R 2R A 1R Q1 2R 2R AA 1R AA6–10
French Open Q2 Q1 A 2R 2R 2R 3R AA 1R Q2 1R 1R AA Q1 AA5–7
Wimbledon 1R 1R Q3 3R 1R 1R 2R A 3R 2R A 1R AAA Q1 AA6–9
US Open Q1 Q3 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R A Q2 1R Q2 Q3 A Q1 Q2 Q1 AA3–6
Win–loss0–10–21–15–42–42–44–41–12–11–40–01–31–20–00–00–10–00–020–32
Year-end ranking13412974313533253899416614285264559165254496986

Head-to-head record

Footnotes

  1. Credit to Archived January 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Libéraux, candidats et sportifs". Le Quotidien. 27 January 2009. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
  3. Hilgert, Romain (30 January 2009). "Casting-Show im Atelier". Lëtzebuerger Land.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. "2009: Circonscription Centre" (in French). Service Information et Presse. 14 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
  5. 1 2 "Anne Kremer". Women's Tennis Association. WTA. 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.