Jule Niemeier

Jule Niemeier
Niemeier at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Germany
Born (1999-08-12) 12 August 1999 (age 25)
Dortmund, Germany
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2016
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachMichael Geserer
Prize moneyUS$2,053,443
Singles
Career record207–144
Career titles1 WTA 125
Highest rankingNo. 61 (7 November 2022)
Current rankingNo. 90 (9 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
French Open1R (2022, 2023, 2024)
WimbledonQF (2022)
US Open4R (2022)
Doubles
Career record7–13
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 418 (14 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 550 (9 December 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2023)
Wimbledon2R (2022)
Team competitions
BJK Cup1R (2024), RR (2021, 2023)
Last updated on: 9 December 2024.

Jule Niemeier (born 12 August 1999) is a German professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 61, achieved on 7 November 2022. She is currently the No. 1 German player.

Career

2018–2019: WTA debut

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard at the 2018 Nürnberger Versicherungscup in doubles, partnering Lara Schmidt. She made her singles main-draw debut at the 2019 Nürnberger Versicherungscup, as a qualifier.

2021: Two WTA semifinals

As a qualifier, Niemeier secured her first WTA Tour main draw wins at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, reaching the semifinals,[1] where she lost in three sets to fifth seed and eventual champion Barbora Krejčíková.[2]

Having received a wildcard entry, she also made the semifinals at the Hamburg European Open, losing to Andrea Petkovic.[3] As a result, she entered top 150 at world No. 140, on 12 July.[citation needed]

On her Grand Slam tournament qualifying competition debut at Wimbledon, Niemeier reached the third round but lost to Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove in three sets.[4]

2022: Wimbledon quarterfinal, first WTA 125 title

At the French Open, Niemeier qualified to make her Grand Slam tournament main-draw debut,[5] losing in the first round to Sloane Stephens in three sets.[6]

She won her first WTA 125 tournament title at the Makarska International Championships, defeating Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the final.[7]

Making her main-draw debut at Wimbledon, Niemeier reached her first Grand Slam tournament quarterfinal after defeating Wang Xiyu,[8] second seed Anett Kontaveit[9] Lesia Tsurenko[10] and Heather Watson.[11][12] In the quarterfinal, she lost to compatriot Tatjana Maria in three sets.[13]

At her US Open main-draw debut, she reached the fourth round, after defeating Sofia Kenin,[14] Yulia Putintseva,[15] and Zheng Qinwen,[16] all in straight sets. In the fourth round, she lost to world No. 1, Iga Świątek, after winning the first set.[17]

2023: WTA 1000 debut & third round, Hamburg quarterfinal

Niemeier reached the third round of a WTA 1000 event at the Madrid Open, defeating Wang Xinyu[18] and 10th seed Petra Kvitová,[19][20] before losing to 24th seed Elise Mertens.[21]

Ranked No. 120 at the WTA German Open, she qualified for the main draw and defeated fourth seed and defending champion Ons Jabeur for her third career top-10 win, and second on grass.[22][23] She retired injured while trailing in next match against wildcard entrant Markéta Vondroušová.[24]

Niemeier overcame 16th seed Karolina Muchova to reach the second round at Wimbledon,[25] where she lost to Dalma Gálfi.[26]

Wins over Ella Seidel[27] and sixth seed Yulia Putintseva[28] saw her make it through to the quarterfinals at the Hamburg European Open. She was defeated in the last eight by Daria Saville.[29]

On 18 December, Niemeier announced her manager, Michael Geserer, as her new coach.[30]

2024: US Open third round

Niemeier reached the semifinals at the WTA 125 Emilia-Romagna Open, defeating sixth seed María Lourdes Carlé,[31] Ankita Raina[32] and Zeynep Sönmez,[33] before losing to fourth seed and eventual champion Anna Karolína Schmiedlová.[34]

She qualified for the main draw at the French Open,[35] but lost in the first round to Wang Xinyu in three sets.[36]

Entering as a lucky loser at the Bad Homburg Open, she upset top seed Maria Sakkari for her third top 10 win on grass courts.[37][38] Niemeier lost in the second round to Paula Badosa in three sets.[39]

At Wimbledon, she reached the second round with a win over Viktorija Golubic.[40] She then lost to 21st seed Elina Svitolina.[41]

Niemeier made the third round at the US Open for the second time, defeating 32nd Dayana Yastremska[42] and Moyuka Uchijima.[43] She lost to Qinwen Zheng in straight sets.[44][45]

Performance timelines

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.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour (incl. Grand Slams), Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[46]

Singles

Current through the 2024 WTA Tour.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q3 1R Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A A A 1R 1R 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Wimbledon A NH Q3 QF 2R 2R 0 / 3 6–3 67%
US Open A A Q2 4R Q1 3R 0 / 2 5–2 71%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 7–3 1–3 3–3 0 / 9 11–9 55%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup A A RR PO RR 1R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
WTA 1000 tournaments
Indian Wells Open A NH A Q1 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A NH A Q1 1R Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A NH A A 3R Q2 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Italian Open A A A A 1R Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A NH Q2 A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–4 0–0 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 0 5 12 19 10 Career total: 47
Hard win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–2 6–5 3–13 4–5 0 / 21 13–25 34%
Clay win–loss 0–1 0–0 6–2 2–5 5–6 1–2 0 / 16 14–16 47%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 5–3 2–3 3–4 0 / 11 10–11 48%
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–0 6–5 13–13 10–22 8–11 0 / 47 37–52 42%
Win % 0% – 55% 50% 31% 42% Career total: 42%
Year-end ranking 296 280 130 61 162 92

Doubles

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A A NH A 2R A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
US Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0 / 2 1–2 33%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup A A A RR PO RR 1R 0 / 3 1–2 33%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 1 0 0 3 3 1 Career total: 9
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–3 2–2 1–1 0 / 9 5–9 36%
Year-end ranking 837 – – – – 425 562

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2022 Makarska International, Croatia Clay Italy Elisabetta Cocciaretto 7–5, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (0–2)
W60 tournaments (1–0)
W25 tournaments (2–2)
W15 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (4–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2018 ITF Kaltenkirchen, Germany W15 Clay Israel Vlada Ekshibarova 7–5, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Aug 2018 ITF Braunschweig, Germany W25 Clay Czech Republic Anastasia Zarycká 1–6, 3–6
Loss 1–2 Jul 2019 ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany W25 Clay Greece Despina Papamichail 2–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win 2–2 Aug 2019 ITF Leipzig, Germany W25 Clay Germany Katharina Gerlach 6–3, 6–3
Win 3–2 May 2021 ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic W25 Clay Hungary Dalma Gálfi 6–4, 6–2
Win 4–2 Apr 2022 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia W60 Clay Hungary Réka Luca Jani 6–2, 6–2
Loss 4–3 Feb 2024 Guanajuato Open, Mexico W100 Hard Canada Rebecca Marino 1–6, 2–6
Loss 4–4 May 2024 Wiesbaden Open, Germany W100 Clay Argentina Julia Riera 6–3, 3–6, 2–6

Wins over top-10 players

Niemeier has a 4–6 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.[47]

Season 2022 2023 2024 Total
Wins 1 2 1 4
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score Rank
2022
1. Estonia Anett Kontaveit 3 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grass 2R 6–4, 6–0 97
2023
2. Czech Republic Petra Kvitová 10 Madrid Open, Spain Clay 2R 7–6(11–9), 6–1 67
3. Tunisia Ons Jabeur 6 German Open, Germany Grass 1R 7–6(7–4), 6–4 120
2024
4. Greece Maria Sakkari 9 Bad Homburg Open, Germany Grass 1R 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4) 96

National teams participation

Billie Jean King Cup (3–5)

Group membership
Finals (0–4)
Qualifying round (2–0)
Play-offs (1–1)
Matches by type
Singles (2–3)
Doubles (1–2)
Date Venue Surface Rd Opponent nation Score Match type Opponent player(s) W/L Match score
2020–21
Nov Prague Hard (i) RR  Czech Republic 1–2 Doubles (w/ A-L Friedsam) L Hradecká / K Siniaková Loss 4–6, 7–6(7–2), [8–10]
2022
Apr Astana Clay (i) QR  Kazakhstan 1–3 Doubles (w/ A-L Friedsam) A Danilina / Z Kulambayeva Win 6–2, 3–6, [10–6]
Nov Rijeka Hard (i) PO  Croatia 3–1 Singles Petra Marčinko Loss 3–6, 2–6
Ana Konjuh Win 6–2, 6–1
2023
Apr Stuttgart Clay (i) QR  Brazil 3–1 Singles Beatriz Haddad Maia Win 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–2
Nov Seville Hard (i) RR  France 0–3 Singles Clara Burel Loss 4–6, 3–6
Doubles (w/ L Siegemund) C Garcia / K Mladenovic Loss 7–5, 3–6, [1–10]
2024
Nov Málaga Hard (i) 1R  Great Britain 0–2 Singles Emma Raducanu Loss 4–6, 4–6

United Cup (0–2)

Matches by type
Singles (0–2)
Mixed doubles (0–0)
Venue Surface Rd Opponent nation Score Match type Opponent player(s) W/L Match score
2023
Sydney Hard RR  Czech Republic 2–3 Singles Marie Bouzková Loss 2–6, 5–7
 United States 0–5 Madison Keys Loss 2–6, 3–6

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