Laura Natalie Siegemund was born on 4 March 1988 and is a German professional tennis player.
33 Facts About Laura Siegemund
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Laura Siegemund is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2020 US Open in women's doubles with Vera Zvonareva, as well as the 2016 US Open in mixed doubles alongside Mate Pavic.
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Laura Siegemund's best Grand Slam result in singles was a quarterfinal appearance at the 2020 French Open.
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Laura Siegemund reached the same stage at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and has represented Germany in the Billie Jean King Cup since 2017.
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Laura Siegemund was born to parents Harro and Brigitta Laura Siegemund, and has two siblings.
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Laura Siegemund was introduced to tennis by her family at age three.
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Laura Siegemund lived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from age four to seven and in Jakarta, Indonesia from nine to ten.
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Laura Siegemund won the Junior Orange Bowl in the "12 and under" age category as the first German since Steffi Graf in 1981.
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In 2002, Laura Siegemund played her first events on the ITF Circuit.
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Laura Siegemund won three ITF doubles titles in 2008 and two ITF doubles titles in 2009, but fell in WTA singles qualifying at the US Open.
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Laura Siegemund won four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, but fell in WTA tournament singles qualifying once.
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Laura Siegemund reached the quarterfinals at the WTA Tour twice in Florianopolis, Brazil and in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg.
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Laura Siegemund won three WTA doubles titles and won one singles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.
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Laura Siegemund reached the top 100 in the WTA rankings on 14 September finishing the season at No 90 on 9 November 2015.
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At the Australian Open, Laura Siegemund scored one of her biggest victories, defeating former world No 1 Jelena Jankovic in the second round in three sets.
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Laura Siegemund got to the quarterfinals at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
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Laura Siegemund won her second career title in her hometown Premier event Stuttgart Open after a wildcard entry, defeating Kristina Mladenovic in the final, in three sets.
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Laura Siegemund received a wildcard to compete at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix as the defending champion.
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Laura Siegemund lost in the final round of qualifying to Bianca Andreescu who would end up reaching the final.
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Laura Siegemund was defeated in the first round by top seed and two-time finalist, Caroline Wozniacki.
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Laura Siegemund was beaten in the second round by 28th seed Hsieh Su-wei.
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Laura Siegemund reached the quarterfinals where she lost to top seed and eventual champion, Serena Williams.
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At the US Open, Laura Siegemund lost in the first round to 16th seed Elise Mertens.
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Laura Siegemund reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinals in singles in which she lost to seventh seed Petra Kvitova.
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Laura Siegemund ended the year ranked 50 in singles and 41 in doubles.
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Laura Siegemund started the 2021 season at the first edition of the Abu Dhabi Open.
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Laura Siegemund lost in the first round to Kirsten Flipkens.
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At the Australian Open, Laura Siegemund was eliminated from the tournament in the first round by tenth seed and seven-time champion, Serena Williams.
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Laura Siegemund was beaten in the first round by seventh seed Yulia Putintseva.
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Laura Siegemund lost in the first round to Nadia Podoroska in three sets.
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Laura Siegemund then withdrew from the US Open due to a knee injury.
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Laura Siegemund won her first WTA 1000 doubles title at the Miami Open, again with partner Vera Zvonareva.
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Laura Siegemund entered the singles competition of the Australian Open using protected ranking.