Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah

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Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah
Country (sports)Flag of France.svg  France
Born (2005-12-15) 15 December 2005 (age 19)
Antsirabe, Madagascar
PlaysLeft (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$205,505
Singles
Career record110–66
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 180 (30 June 2025)
Current rankingNo. 184 (28 July 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 1R (2025)
US Open Q1 (2025)
Doubles
Career record60–50
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 239 (5 May 2025)
Current rankingNo. 266 (28 July 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 1R (2024, 2025)
Last updated on: 28 July 2025.

Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah (born 15 December 2005) is a French professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 180 in singles, achieved on 30 June 2025, and No. 239 in doubles, achieved on 5 May 2025. [1]

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Personal life

Rakotomanga Rajaonah is of Malagasy origin, born in Antsirabe, Madagascar, but now trains in Toulouse and Plaisir, France. [2]

She began playing tennis at the age of six and has cited her idols growing up as Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams.

Career

In 2022, she won her first singles title in Valencia, Spain. A year later, she achieved her second victory in Melilla, Spain. [3]

Rakotomanga Rajaonah won her first major ITF title at the W75 in Saint-Gaudens in the doubles draw, partnering Émeline Dartron. [4]

Rakotomanga Rajaonah made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a qualifier at the 2025 Rouen Open and defeated seventh seed Lucia Bronzetti [5] and Jaqueline Cristian [6] to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal. As a result she reached the top 250 in the rankings on 21 April 2025. [7]

Rakotomanga Rajaonah reached the biggest final of her career at the 2025 ITF W100 Biarritz [8] (held June 9–15, 2025). She managed to advance to her first-ever $100,000‑level final. In the championship match on 15 June 2025, she faced top seed Mayar Sherif and lost 7–5, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments
W50 tournaments
W35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (4–5)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Dec 2022ITF Valencia, SpainW15Clay Flag of Spain.svg Alba Rey García 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Loss1–1Dec 2023ITF Valencia, SpainW15Clay Flag of Germany.svg Chantal Sauvant 4–6, 7–6(12–10), 3–6
Loss1–2Dec 2023ITF Valencia, SpainW15Clay Flag of Spain.svg Ruth Roura Llaverias 5–7, 2–6
Win2–2Dec 2023ITF Melilla, SpainW15Clay Flag of Portugal (official).svg Inês Murta 6–2, ret.
Win3–2Mar 2024ITF Gonesse, FranceW15Clay Flag of France.svg Émeline Dartron 6–4, 6–3
Loss3–3Mar 2024ITF Le Havre, FranceW15Clay Flag of France.svg Alice Tubello 3–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win4–3Aug 2024ITF Arequipa, PeruW50Clay Flag of Argentina.svg Jazmín Ortenzi 6–4, 6–4
Loss4–4Nov 2024ITF Villeneuve-d'Ascq, FranceW35Hard (i) Flag of France.svg Émeline Dartron2–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss4–5 Feb 2025 ITF Mâcon, FranceW50Hard (i) Flag of Austria.svg Sinja Kraus 0–6, 5–7
Loss4–6 Mar 2025 ITF Bujumbura, BurundiW50Clay Flag of Burundi.svg Sada Nahimana 3–6, 2–6
Loss4–7 Jun 2025 Open de Biarritz, FranceW100Clay Flag of Egypt.svg Mayar Sherif 5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
W75 tournaments
W50 tournaments
W35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Clay (4–3)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Dec 2023ITF Valencia, SpainW15Clay Flag of Spain.svg Martina Genis Salas Flag of Italy.svg Enola Chiesa
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandra Mazzola
2–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win2–0Mar 2024ITF Le Havre, FranceW15Clay Flag of Romania.svg Elena Ruxandra Bertea Flag of Serbia.svg Bojana Marinković
Flag of Germany.svg Antonia Schmidt
7–5, 6–1
Win3–0May 2024 Open Saint-Gaudens, FranceW75Clay Flag of France.svg Émeline Dartron Flag of France.svg Estelle Cascino
Flag of France.svg Carole Monnet
6–3, 1–6, [12–10]
Win4–0Aug 2024ITF Arequipa, PeruW35Clay Flag of Peru.svg Dana Guzmán Flag of Spain.svg Alicia Herrero Liñana
Flag of the United States.svg Gabriella Price
3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss4–1Aug 2024ITF Arequipa, PeruW50Clay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lian Tran Flag of Peru.svg Lucciana Pérez Alarcón
Flag of Argentina.svg Jazmín Ortenzi
7–5, 3–6, [1–10]
Loss4–2 Mar 2025 ITF Bujumbura, BurundiW50Clay Flag of France.svg Émeline Dartron Flag of the United States.svg Julia Adams
Flag placeholder.svg Anna Ureke
1–6, 2–6
Loss4–3 May 2025 Open Saint-Gaudens, FranceW75Clay Flag of France.svg Émeline Dartron Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Gabriela Knutson
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Anna Sisková
2–6, 2–6

References

  1. "Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
  2. "Premier Roland-Garros un mois après une première victoire sur le circuit WTA : Sarah Rakotomanga découvre le grand monde avec ambition". L'Équipe.
  3. "TENNIS-CIRCUIT PROFESSIONNEL-Un deuxième titre pour Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga". www.lexpress.mg. 19 December 2023.
  4. "ITF W75 Saint-Gaudens Main Draw". www.itftennis.com.
  5. "2025 Rouen: French teenager Rakotomanga Rajaonah upsets Bronzetti on WTA debut". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  6. "2025 Rouen R16: Jaqueline Cristian vs Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah Detailed Stats | Tennis Abstract". www.tennisabstract.com. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  7. "Rakotomanga Qualifies for Her First WTA Quarterfinal in Rouen". 16 April 2025.
  8. "Open de Biarritz", Wikipedia, 2024-10-08, retrieved 2025-06-15