Siegemund at the2023 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Full name | Laura Natalie Siegemund |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) | |
| Residence | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Born | (1988-03-04)4 March 1988 (age 37) |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Turned pro | 2006 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Antonio Zucca |
| Prize money | US $8,030,304 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 607–412 |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 27 (29 August 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 46 (3 November 2025) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2016,2023,2025) |
| French Open | QF (2020) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2025) |
| US Open | 3R (2016,2025) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | QF (2016) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 371–209 |
| Career titles | 16 |
| Highest ranking | No. 4 (29 January 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 24 (3 November 2025) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2024) |
| French Open | 3R (2016,2019,2021,2024,2025) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2023,2024) |
| US Open | W (2020) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | W (2023) |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2016,2021,2024) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Career record | 26–17 |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2024) |
| French Open | W (2024) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2019) |
| US Open | W (2016) |
| Other mixed doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | QF (2021) |
| Team competitions | |
| BJK Cup | 1R (2017,2019,2024), RR (2023) |
| Last updated on: 13 October 2025. | |
Laura Natalie Siegemund[1] (born 4 March 1988) is a German professionaltennis player.
Siegemund reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 on 29 January 2024 and has won fourteen doubles titles on theWTA Tour.She is a three-timeGrand Slam champion, having won the2020 US Open in women's doubles withVera Zvonareva, as well as the2016 US Open and the2024 French Open in mixed doubles, partneringMate Pavić andÉdouard Roger-Vasselin respectively. Alongside her major titles, she won the2023 WTA Finals and the2022 Miami Open in doubles.
In singles, her career-high ranking is world No. 27, achieved in August 2016, and she has won two WTA titles, at the2016 Swedish Open and2017 Stuttgart Open. Siegemund's best Grand Slam result in singles was a quarterfinal appearance at the2020 French Open and at2025 Wimbledon. She also reached the same stage at the2016 Summer Olympics, and has represented Germany in theBillie Jean King Cup since 2017.
Siegemund was born to parents Harro (an engineer) and Brigitta Siegemund, and has two siblings. She was introduced to tennis by her family at age three. Siegemund lived inRiyadh, Saudi Arabia from age four to seven and inJakarta, Indonesia from nine to ten. In 2016, she completed her bachelor's degree in psychology from theUniversity of Hagen. Besides German, she is fluent in English and French. Her tennis idol growing up wasSteffi Graf.[2]
Siegemund won theJunior Orange Bowl in the "12 and under" age category as the first German since Steffi Graf in 1981.[2]
In 2002, Siegemund played her first events on the ITF Circuit. The following year, she contested her first WTA qualifying inLeipzig, Germany. In 2004, she continued playing on ITF tournaments, and won her first ITF doubles title in 2005 in Darmstadt, Germany, and her first ITF singles title in 2006 in Lagos, Nigeria; and in that year also three other ITF doubles titles, but fell in WTA singles qualifying twice. In 2007, she won one ITF doubles title, but fell in WTA singles qualifying once. She won three ITF doubles titles in 2008 and two ITF doubles titles in 2009, but fell in WTA singles qualifying at theUS Open. In 2010, she played her firstWTA Tour main draw at theSwedish Open, falling in the first round as a qualifier. She also won four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, but fell in WTA tournament singles qualifying once.
She won one ITF singles title in 2011, but fell in tour singles qualifying nine times (incl. Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open). In 2012, she won three singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. In 2013, she won three singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit, but fell in WTA Tour singles qualifying once (again US Open). In 2014, she won her first main-draw match on the WTA Tour at theSwedish Open in Båstad, defeatingYaroslava Shvedova in the first round. She won two singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit, but fell in the first round once and in WTA singles qualifying four times (incl. Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open).[3]
She reached the quarterfinals at the WTA Tour twice inFlorianópolis, Brazil and inKockelscheuer, Luxembourg. She reached the second round once; fell in the first round four times (incl. Wimbledon and US Open) and in qualifying five times (incl. the other two majors).
She won three career doubles titles and also won one singles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.
In Wimbledon, she reached her first Grand Slam main draw after exiting ten times in the qualification rounds.[4]
Siegemund reached the top 100 in the WTA rankings on 14 September finishing the season at No. 90 on 9 November 2015.

At theAustralian Open, Siegemund scored one of her biggest victories, defeating formerworld No. 1Jelena Janković in the second round in three sets.[5]
In April, she made an upset by reaching the final as a qualifier inStuttgart, losing to compatriot and defending championAngelique Kerber. On her way to this success she beat three top-10 players in a row (Simona Halep,Roberta Vinci andAgnieszka Radwańska), all of them in straight sets.[6]
At the Premier MandatoryMadrid Open, she reached as a qualifier the third round. After beating ninth-seedSvetlana Kuznetsova andMirjana Lučić-Baroni, she lost toSorana Cîrstea.
At theFrench Open and inWimbledon, she was knocked out in the first round.
In July, she won the first WTA title of her career inBåstad, the place where she played her first match on the WTA Tour in 2010. In the final, she defeatedKateřina Siniaková in straight sets.[7]
She got to the quarterfinals at theOlympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
In September, she won her first Grand Slam title, winning theUS Open mixed-doubles championship withMate Pavić.[8]
After winning only one of nine matches on hardcourt, Siegemund started the clay-court season by reaching the semifinals of theCharleston Open.
She won her second career title in her hometown Premier eventStuttgart Open after a wildcard entry, defeatingKristina Mladenovic in the final, in three sets.[9]
In May at theNuremberg Cup, she suffered a knee injury which kept her out for the rest of the season.[10]
Siegemund made her return to the WTA Tour in April at theCharleston Open where she lost in the second round to tenth seed Naomi Osaka.[11] At theLadies Open Lugano, she retired during her first-round match againstKathinka von Deichmann.[12] Siegemund received a wildcard to compete at thePorsche Tennis Grand Prix as the defending champion. In the first round, she beat Barbora Strýcová[13] but was defeated in round two by eventual finalist CoCo Vandeweghe.[14]

Siegemund started her 2019 season at theAuckland Open. She lost in the final round of qualifying toBianca Andreescu who would end up reaching the final. However, she earned a lucky loser spot into the main draw. She was defeated in the first round by top seed and two-time finalist,Caroline Wozniacki.[15] Getting past qualifying at theHobart International, she was eliminated in the first round byDayana Yastremska.[16] At theAustralian Open, she beat two-time champion and former world No. 1,Victoria Azarenka, in the first round.[17] She was beaten in the second round by 28th seedHsieh Su-wei.[18]
Siegemund started the 2020 season at theAuckland Open. She reached the quarterfinals where she lost to top seed and eventual champion, Serena Williams.[19] At theAustralian Open, she was defeated in the second round by second seed Karolína Plíšková.[20]
Playing for Germany in theFed Cup tie against Brazil, Siegemund won both of her rubbers beating Teliana Pereira andGabriela Cé. Those wins helped Germany win the tie 4–0 to advance to theFed Cup Finals.[21] Coming through qualifying at theQatar Open, she made it to the second round where she lost to top seedAshleigh Barty.[22] Seeded fifth at theIndian Wells Challenger, she reached the quarterfinals and lost toVera Zvonareva. The WTA Tour was suspended from the week of 9 March through July due to thecoronavirus pandemic.[23][24]
Siegemund returned to action in August at thePalermo Ladies Open where she was eliminated in the second round by fourth seed and eventual finalist, Anett Kontaveit.[25] Competing at thePrague Open, she was beaten in the second round by Sara Sorribes Tormo.[26] Playing one tournament before the US Open, theCincinnati Open, Siegemund got through qualifying and reached the second round defeating world No. 18 and tenth seedMarketa Vondrousova before losing to fellow qualifier and doubles partner Vera Zvonareva. At theUS Open, Siegemund lost in the first round to 16th seed Elise Mertens. However, indoubles, she and Zvonareva won the title beatingNicole Melichar/Xu Yifan in the final.[27]
Siegemund had a great run at theFrench Open. She reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal in singles where she lost to seventh seed Petra Kvitová.[28]
Siegemund ended the year ranked 50 in singles and 41 in doubles.

Siegemund began season at the first edition of theAbu Dhabi Open where she lost in the first round to Kirsten Flipkens.[29] Seeded 16th at the first edition of theGippsland Trophy, she reached the third round where she was defeated by top seed Simona Halep.[30] At theAustralian Open, Siegemund was eliminated from the tournament in the first round by tenth seed and seven-time champion, Serena Williams.[31] After the Australian Open, she competed at theAdelaide International. She was beaten in the first round by seventh seed Yulia Putintseva.[32]
Getting past qualifying at theQatar Ladies Open, Siegemund made it to the second round where she lost to eighth seed and two-time champion, Victoria Azarenka.[33] InDubai, she was defeated in the first round byAnastasia Potapova.[34] AtMiami, she withdrew from her second-round match against 14th seed and three-time champion, Victoria Azarenka, due to a right knee injury.[35]
Starting her clay-court season at theStuttgart Open, Siegemund was eliminated in the second round by top seed and eventual champion, Ashleigh Barty.[36] Getting past qualifying inMadrid, she was beaten in her second-round match by 14th seedIga Świątek.[37] At theItalian Open, she fell in the final round of qualifying toAjla Tomljanović.[38] However, due to Venus Williams withdrawing from the event, she entered the main draw as a lucky loser.[39] She lost in the first round toNadia Podoroska, in three sets.[40] Last year quarterfinalist at theFrench Open, she wasn't able to match that result this year; she lost in the first round toCaroline Garcia.[41]
Seeded eighth at the first edition of theBad Homburg Open, Siegemund's first grass-court tournament of the season, she reached the quarterfinals in which she was defeated by eventual finalist Kateřina Siniaková.[42] AtWimbledon, she was eliminated in the first round by 32nd seed Ekaterina Alexandrova.[43]
Representing Germany at theSummer Olympics, Siegemund fell in the first round to fourth seed and eventual bronze medalist,Elina Svitolina.[44]
Siegemund then withdrew from theUS Open due to a knee injury.[45]
Siegemund won the doubles at theLyon Open title with Vera Zvonareva.[46] She won her firstWTA 1000 doubles title at theMiami Open, again with partner Vera Zvonareva.[47] Partnering withKirsten Flipkens, she won the doubles title at theTransylvania Open.[48] At the end of the season, she reached a new career-high doubles ranking of world No. 27 on 17 October 2022.[49]

At theUnited Cup she lost both her singles matches againstPetra Kvitová andJessica Pegula. One week later, she won her tenth title on the WTA Tour at theHobart International alongsideKirsten Flipkens, which whom she also won theTransylvania Open in October 2022.[50]
She entered the singles competition of theAustralian Open using protected ranking. After winning her second-round match againstIrina-Camelia Begu, Siegemund lost toCaroline Garcia in a three set match lasting over two hours.[51]
Playing withBeatriz Haddad Maia, she reached her second WTA 1000 final at theIndian Wells Open, losing to top seedsBarbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková.[52]
In July, she reached her first WTA Tour singles final in over six years at thePoland Open, but lost to world No. 1Iga Świątek.[53]
At theUS Open, she reached her second doubles final at this tournament withVera Zvonareva. She won her second doubles title of the season at theNingbo Open with Vera Zvonareva.
In singles, ranked No. 113, she qualified for the main draw of the WTA 500Zhengzhou Open and won overLin Zhu. She then recorded her first top-20 win over 11th seedLiudmila Samsonova since Cincinnati 2020 where she beat tenth seed Marketa Vondrousova. As a result, she returned to the top 100 in the singles rankings.[54]
Following herJiangxi Open doubles title, she reached the top 10 for the first time in her career and also qualified with Vera Zvonareva for theWTA Finals in Cancun. It was her first qualification in doubles for the year-end prestigious event.[55] Next the pair Siegemund/Zvonareva reached the final, a first time at this level for both players. They won the title by defeatingNicole Melichar-Martinez andEllen Perez.[56] As a result, she reached the top 5 in doubles on 6 November 2023.
At the beginning of the year, Siegemund won with Team Germany theUnited Cup. She won all three of her mixed doubles matches with partnerAlexander Zverev, all of which were tie-deciding in the knockout stage. In the final, they beat the Polish team ofIga Świątek andHubert Hurkacz in a match tie-break to claim the title.[57][58]
At theAdelaide International, she defeated seventh seedLiudmila Samsonova, her first top 20 win of the season andAna Bogdan to reach the quarterfinals and returned to the top 80 in the singles rankings on 15 January 2024. In doubles she reached the semifinals with new partner Barbora Krejcikova.
In singles, at theAustralian Open, she defeated 17th seedEkaterina Alexandrova, for her second top 20 win of the season.[59] She lost toStorm Hunter in three sets.[60] In doubles with Barbora Krejcikova, she reached the quarterfinals but lost also to Storm Hunter and her new partner Katerina Siniakova. Despite this, she moved to a new career-high of world No. 4 in the doubles rankings.
Siegemund and Krejcikova were runners-up at theMadrid Open in May, losing 0–6, 2–6 to Cristina Bucsa and Sara Sorribes Tormo in the final of the clay-court WTA 1000 event.[61]At theFrench Open, she won her third Grand Slam title by winning themixed doubles withÉdouard Roger-Vasselin.[62][63]
Her second-round match at theThailand Open against fifth seedWang Xiyu lasted 4 hours and 9 minutes, making it the first match to break the four hour mark since the2011 Australian Open fourth round match betweenFrancesca Schiavone andSvetlana Kuznetsova,[64] and the fourth-longest on the WTA Tour in theOpen Era.[65][66] Next, she defeatedRebeka Masarova[67] and qualifierArianne Hartono[68] in straight sets to reach the final which she lost in straight sets toRebecca Šramková[69] She won her 15th doubles title at the2024 Japan Women's Open in Osaka partneringEna Shibahara.[70] Siegemund and Shibahara were runners-up at thePan Pacific Open, losing toShuko Aoyama andEri Hozumi in the final.[71]
Partnering withBeatriz Haddad Maia, Siegemund was runner-up in the doubles at theAdelaide International, losing toGuo Hanyu andAlexandra Panova in the final.[72] She reached the singles third round at theAustralian Open with wins overHailey Baptiste[73] and fifth seedZheng Qinwen,[74] before losing to 27th seedAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova.[75]
AtWimbledon, Siegemund upset the reigningAustralian Open champion and world No. 6Madison Keys to reach the fourth round for the first time at this major.[76] Siegemund is the sixth player in theOpen Era to reach the Women's singles fourth round at the SW19 after having turned 37 afterBillie Jean King,Virginia Wade,Martina Navratilova,Venus andSerena Williams.[77] In the quarterfinals, she lost to world No. 1Aryna Sabalenka in three sets.[78]
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q3 | 3R | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 3R | 2R | 3R | 0 / 8 | 9–8 | 53% |
| French Open | A | A | Q2 | A | A | Q3 | Q2 | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | QF | 1R | Q3 | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 5–7 | 42% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | Q1 | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | A | A | 2R | NH | 1R | A | Q3 | 2R | QF | 0 / 6 | 6–6 | 50% |
| US Open | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | Q2 | Q3 | 1R | 3R | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 0 / 9 | 5–9 | 36% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 5–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 8–4 | 0 / 30 | 25–30 | 45% |
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 2 | ||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 4 | ||
| Year-end ranking | 227 | 225 | 243 | 383 | 235 | 161 | 90 | 31 | 69 | 117 | 73 | 50 | 124 | 169 | 86 | 84 | 46 | |||
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | A | 1R | QF | 3R | 0 / 8 | 8–8 | 50% |
| French Open | A | 3R | A | A | 3R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 0 / 8 | 11–8 | 58% |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | 1R | A | A | 3R | NH | 3R | A | QF | QF | 3R | 0 / 6 | 11–5 | 69% |
| US Open | 2R | 1R | A | 3R | 3R | W | A | A | F | 3R | 2R | 1 / 8 | 18–7 | 72% |
| Win–loss | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–4 | 6–2 | 6–3 | 0–1 | 7–4 | 10–4 | 7–3 | 1 / 30 | 48–28 | 63% |
| Year-end championship | ||||||||||||||
| WTA Finals | did not qualify | NH | DNQ | W | DNQ | 1 / 1 | 4–1 | 80% | ||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
| Titles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | Career total: 16 | ||
| Finals | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | Career total: 25 | ||
| Year-end ranking | 44 | 86 | 128 | 80 | 82 | 41 | 58 | 27 | 5 | 21 | 24 | |||
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | QF | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | NH | 1R | 1R | A | W | QF | 1 / 4 | 7–3 | 70% |
| Wimbledon | 2R | A | A | QF | NH | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | 50% |
| US Open | W | A | 1R | 1R | NH | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1 / 5 | 5–4 | 56% |
| Win–loss | 6–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 7–2 | 2–1 | 2 / 16 | 18–14 | 56% |
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2020 | US Open | Hard | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 2023 | US Open | Hard | 6–7(9–11), 3–6 |
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2016 | US Open | Hard | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 2024 | French Open | Clay | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2023 | WTA Finals, Cancún | Hard | 6–4, 6–4 |
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)