Anne Kremer

Anne Kremer
Kremer in 2007
Country (sports) Luxembourg
ResidenceHesperange
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 Open2R (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008)
French Open3R (2002)
Wimbledon3R (1999, 2004)
US Open2R (1998, 1999, 2000)
Doubles
Career record45–108
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 140 (6 May 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2005, 2008)
French Open1R (2005)
Wimbledon1R (2005)
Team competitions
Fed Cup61–57

Anne Kremer (born 17 October 1975) is a Luxembourgish retired tennis player. Anne won two singles titles on the WTA Tour. 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

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)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Nov 1999 Pattaya, Thailand Hard Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva 6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Win 1. Jan 2000 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Zimbabwe Cara Black 6–4, 6–4
Win 2. Nov 2000 Pattaya, Thailand Hard Russia Tatiana Panova 6–1, 6–4
Loss 2. Apr 2001 Budapest, Hungary Clay Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva 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
Runner-up 1. 23 May 1994 ITF Łódź, Poland Clay Ukraine Talina Beiko 4–6, 2–6
Winner 1. 31 July 1994 ITF La Coruña, Spain Clay Spain Paula Hermida 7–5, 6–1
Winner 2. 21 August 1994 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay Belgium Stephanie Devillé 6–1, 6–4
Winner 3. 11 September 1994 ITF Varna, Bulgaria Clay Belarus Marina Stets 6–7, 7–6, 6–1
Runner-up 2. 20 July 1998 ITF Peachtree, United States Hard Puerto Rico Kristina Brandi 3–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 11 October 1998 ITF Albuquerque, United States Hard United States Jane Chi 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 19 October 1998 ITF Welwyn, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi 1–6, 1–1 ret.
Winner 5. 21 February 1999 ITF Midland, United States Hard (i) United States Tara Snyder 3–6, 6–1, 7–5
Runner-up 4. 1 March 1999 ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up 5. 10 May 2004 ITF Stockholm, Sweden Clay Australia Anastasia Rodionova 6–7, 4–6
Runner-up 6. 24 January 2010 ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom Hard (i) Germany Mona Barthel 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up 7. 25 September 2010 ITF Shrewsbury, United Kingdom Hard (i) Czech Republic Eva Birnerová 6–7, 6–3, 0–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 25 March 2011 ITF Bath, United Kingdom Hard (i) Hungary Tímea Babos Poland Marta Domachowska
Poland Katarzyna Piter 		7–6(7–5), 6–2

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(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 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

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. ^ a b "Anne Kremer". Women's Tennis Association. WTA. 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
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