Anne Kremer
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Hesperange |
Born | Luxembourg City | 17 October 1975
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) [1] |
Turned pro | September 1998 |
Retired | August 2014 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,567,313 |
Singles | |
Career record | 496–418 |
Career titles | 2 WTA, 5 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 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 record | 45–108 |
Career titles | 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 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. On 29 July 2002, she achieved her best WTA ranking of world No. 18.
Anne 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[]
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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 | |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) | |
Tier I (0–0) | |
Tier II (0–0) | |
Tier III (0–0) | |
Tier IV & V (2–2) |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 20 November 1999 | Pattaya Open, Thailand |
Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 1–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1. | 8 January 2000 | Auckland Open, New Zealand |
Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 2. | 19 November 2000 | Pattaya Open, Thailand |
Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 2. | 22 April 2001 | Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary |
Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 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)[]
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 23 May 1994 | ITF Łódź, Poland | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 1. | 31 July 1994 | ITF La Coruña, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 6–1 |
Winner | 2. | 21 August 1994 | ITF Koksijde, Belgium | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–4 |
Winner | 3. | 11 September 1994 | ITF Varna, Bulgaria | Clay | ![]() |
6–7, 7–6, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 2. | 20 July 1998 | ITF Peachtree, United States | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 4. | 11 October 1998 | ITF Albuquerque, United States | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 3. | 19 October 1998 | ITF Welwyn, United Kingdom | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
1–6, 1–1 ret. |
Winner | 5. | 21 February 1999 | ITF Midland, United States | Hard (i) | ![]() |
3–6, 6–1, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 4. | 1 March 1999 | ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 10 May 2004 | ITF Stockholm, Sweden | Clay | ![]() |
6–7, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 24 January 2010 | ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
1–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 25 September 2010 | ITF Shrewsbury, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–7, 6–3, 0–6 |
Doubles: 1 (1–0)[]
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 25 March 2011 | ITF Bath, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
Grand Slam singles performance timeline[]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | W-L |
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Australian Open | A | 1R | LQ | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | LQ | 2R | 2R | A | A | 1R | A | A | 6–10 |
French Open | LQ | LQ | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | A | A | 1R | LQ | 1R | 1R | A | A | LQ | A | A | 5–7 |
Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | LQ | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 3R | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | A | LQ | A | A | 6–9 |
US Open | LQ | LQ | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | LQ | 1R | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | A | 3–6 |
Win-Loss | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 20–32 |
Year-end ranking | 134 | 129 | 74 | 31 | 35 | 33 | 25 | 389 | 94 | 166 | 142 | 85 | 264 | 559 | 165 | 254 | 496 | 986 |
Head-to-head record[]
- Serena Williams 0–1
- Anke Huber 1–3
- Martina Hingis 0–1
- Maria Sharapova 0–2
- Lindsay Davenport 0–5
- Henrieta Nagyová 2–0
- Elena Dementieva 0–2
- Venus Williams 0–3
- Dinara Safina 0–1
Footnotes[]
- ^ Credit to Archived January 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Libéraux, candidats et sportifs". Le Quotidien. 27 January 2009. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
- ^ Hilgert, Romain (30 January 2009). "Casting-Show im Atelier". Lëtzebuerger Land.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2009: Circonscription Centre" (in French). Service Information et Presse. 14 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Anne Kremer". Women's Tennis Association. WTA. 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
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