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Mandy Minella
Minella in November 2023
Country (sports) Luxembourg
Born (1985-11-22) 22 November 1985 (age 38)
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2001
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$2,183,346
Singles
Career record501–426
Career titles1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 66 (17 September 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2014, 2017)
French Open2R (2019)
Wimbledon2R (2016)
US Open3R (2010, 2012)
Doubles
Career record187–201
Career titles2 WTA, 3 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 47 (29 April 2013)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2013, 2015, 2017)
French Open2R (2012)
Wimbledon3R (2012)
US Open1R (2012, 2013, 2015)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup32–44
Medal record
Representing  Luxembourg
Games of the Small States of Europe
Gold medal – first place 2003 Malta Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2005 Andorra Singles
Gold medal – first place 2005 Andorra Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2007 Monaco Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2009 Cyprus Singles
Gold medal – first place 2009 Cyprus Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2003 Malta Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Monaco Singles

Mandy Minella (born 22 November 1985) is a Luxembourgish politician and former professional tennis player. Having made her debut on the WTA Tour in 2001, she peaked at No. 66 in the WTA singles rankings in September 2012, and No. 47 in doubles in April 2013.

Minella won two doubles tournaments on the WTA Tour, as well as one singles title and three doubles events of WTA 125 tournaments. She also won 16 singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Minella was coached by Norbert Palmier from May 2008 until 2011,[1] and later by Tim Sommer, her husband since October 2014.

After her retirement in 2022, she began a career in national politics, joining the Democratic Party and being elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2023.

Tennis career

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Early years: 2000–2005

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In 2000, Minella debuted for the Luxembourg Fed Cup team, partnering Celine Francois in the doubles matches against the teams of Ukraine and Great Britain, losing both times. After again participating in Fed Cup in 2001 (where she won her first rubber), she began competing on the ITF Women's Circuit in the same year. In 2002, she received a qualifying wildcard into the WTA Tour Tier III Luxembourg Open, losing the first round.[2] She reached her first ITF singles final in 2003, losing to Liana-Gabriela Balaci in three sets.[2]

She lost again in ITF finals in 2004 (in both singles and doubles at the same tournament in Napoli), before winning her first singles title in Zadar later that year. in 2005, she won her second title, in Gardone Val Trompia.[2]

ITF Circuit

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In 2006, she won an ITF tournament in Caserta, as well as being a finalist a week later (both matches versus Alisa Kleybanova). In 2009, three years later, she won her fourth ITF title, in Tessenderlo, Belgium.[2]

2010: US Open third round

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In 2010, Minella had more success on the ITF Circuit, winning two $25k events, in Lutz, Florida and in Stuttgart-Vaihingen, and finishing runner-up in Laguna Niguel, California.[2]

In the qualifying draw for the US Open, Minella won all three matches and lost just one set. In her first appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, she beat world No. 47, Polona Hercog to advance to the second round. She continued her good performance by defeating world No. 34 and Wimbledon semifinalist, Tsvetana Pironkova. In the third round, however, she lost to world No. 4, Venus Williams.

2012: Another third round appearance at US Open

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Minella at the 2012 US Open

In 2012, Minella played her first Australian Open main draw. She was given direct entry, being ranked No. 110. She lost to American qualifier Jamie Hampton in the first round. She then went on to reach the final of a $100k tournament in Cali. Despite defeating top-seed Marina Erakovic along the way, she lost the final to second seed Alexandra Dulgheru. She fared better in doubles, winning the title with Karin Knapp. As a result of her performances, Minella broke into the top-100 singles rankings for the first time. She then played at the Copa Colsanitas, losing in the first round. She reached the final in doubles; her first WTA final of any kind. At the Monterrey Open, she faced Frenchwoman Mathilde Johansson and won in three sets. She followed this up with a win over wildcard Yaroslava Shvedova in a tight three-setter. Minella lost to second seed Sara Errani in her first WTA singles quarterfinal. At the Nürnberger Gastein tournament, Minella defeated Johanna Larsson to reach her first WTA Tour semifinal (against Yanina Wickmayer). She reached the third round of Wimbledon doubles alongside Olga Govortsova, losing to Llagostera Vives and Martínez Sánchez.

2013: A pair of WTA doubles titles

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Minella at the 2013 Katowice Open

In 2013, Minella started her season at the Shenzhen Open, where she faced first seed Li Na but lost in straight sets. She then played the Hobart International where she qualified for the main draw but lost to Monica Niculescu in the first round. In the doubles event she partnered Tímea Babos and went on to reach the final, after the pair saved multiple match points in their first-round match. They eventually lost to Garbiñe Muguruza and María Teresa Torró Flor in the final. Minella then continued her disappointing run of first-round losses where she lost to Valeria Savinykh in the first round of the Australian Open. She partnered Megan Moulton-Levy in the doubles event and also saved multiple match points in their first-round match, eventually going on to win. The pair then lost, however, in the second round. Minella then played the Paris indoor but suffered a first-round loss in qualifying and another first-round loss in doubles. She then went to play in the Copa Colsanitas where she had more positive results, reaching the quarterfinals in singles, beating Tatjana Malek and Tímea Babos before losing to Teliana Pereira. In the doubles event, Minella again partnered Babos, going on to win her first WTA Tour title. The pair did not drop a set all week.

Minella went on to play the Mexican Open but lost to Sílvia Soler Espinosa in the first round. She then lost out to Olga Govortsova at Indian Wells in a tight three-setter. At Miami, Minella fell in qualifying to junior player Kateřina Siniaková. In the doubles event, she played with Babos once more, with the pair putting up a fight against the top seeds Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci, in the second round, but it wasn't enough to advance. Minella then suffered another first-round loss at Charleston, to Camila Giorgi. At the Katowice Open, she defeated Vesna Dolonc in the first round before falling to the first seed Petra Kvitová. Minella then went on to play the Marrakech Grand Prix and defeated Estrella Cabeza Candela in the first round, fourth seed Kaia Kanepi in the second, and Soler Espinosa in the quarterfinals. She lost her semifinal match to Lourdes Domínguez Lino but won the doubles event with Tímea Babos.

Continuing her season playing an ITF tournament in France, Minella lost to Cabeza Candela in the quarterfinals. She played the French Open, suffering first-round losses in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Minella then had a string of first-round losses, including at the Wimbledon Championships to the world No. 1, Serena Williams. At the US Open, she lost to Sloane Stephens in the final set tiebreak, having been up a break in the third set.

Minella and Alexander Peya in the mixed-doubles event at the 2013 French Open

Due to not being able to defend her third round points from the 2012 US Open, Minella's rank dropped to 132. Her next tournament would be the Tashkent Open, where she reached the semifinals in singles and was runner-up, partnering Govortsova, in doubles.[3]

Minella then suffered early losses in multiple tournaments including losses to Estrella Cabeza Candela, Casey Dellacqua, Belinda Bencic and Caroline Wozniacki. She then went on to play at the ITF Poitiers where she defeated Donna Vekić in the first round, only to lose to eventual tournament champion, Aliaksandra Sasnovich, in the second.[4]

Minella's last two tournaments were to be in North America. She played the Tevlin Women's Challenger defeating Élisabeth Fournier and Julia Boserup easily before falling to eventual champion, Victoria Duval, in the quarterfinals.[5] She then went to her last tournament of the year at the South Seas Island Resort Women's Pro Classic, defeating Hsu Chieh-yu, Allie Will, Boserup and Allie Kiick to reach the final in which she played Gabriela Dabrowski, defeating her in straight sets.[6]

In 2013, Minella won three matches 6–0, 6–0; against Kamilla Farhad, Julia Boserup and Allie Kiick.

2014: Injuries and inconsistency

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In 2014, Minella started the year at the Brisbane International where she lost to Heather Watson in the first round of qualifying, but reached the semifinals in the doubles event partnering Chanelle Scheepers.[7] Then, at the Sydney International, Minella suffered a second successive qualifying loss at the first qualifying stage, this time at the hands of Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko.[8]

Minella at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships

Minella scored her first win of the season at the Australian Open where she defeated German qualifier Carina Witthöft in straight sets,[9] scoring her first win at a Grand Slam championship outside of the US Open, but her run was not to go further as she fell in the second round to 29th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.[10]

Minella then was forced to withdraw from the events in Paris, Rio and Acapulco, as well as the Fed Cup due to an edema in her right arm, in which she had experienced pain whilst playing in Australia.[11] She made her comeback at the Indian Wells Open, losing to Allie Klick in the first round of qualifying.[12] She lost again at the first qualifying stage a fortnight later in Miami.[13]

Minella had to take a couple of weeks off again due to the edema and hoped to be back in Marrakech for the Morocco Open,[14] but sat out a further week before playing at the $25k Wiesbaden Open in Germany, losing in the first round of singles,[15] but making the final in doubles with Julia Glushko. The pair lost in straight sets to Viktorija Golubic and Diāna Marcinkēviča.

Minella encountered further first-round losses at Cagnes-sur-Mer, Prague, the French Open and Marseille. She then won the $25k in Essen (Bredeney) defeating Richèl Hogenkamp in the final. Although the success on clay did not translate to success on grass as she encountered another first-round loss in qualifying at Wimbledon to Shelby Rogers. Minella then went on to have success on the ITF Circuit reaching the semifinals of a $25k event in Stuttgart, reaching the quarterfinals at the Lorraine Open 88 and the semifinals at Biarritz.

But the success did not translate towards the WTA Tour, suffering first-round losses at the İstanbul Cup and the Jiangxi International Open. Minella then went to play the US Open suffering a first-round loss to Kateryna Kozlova in the first qualifying round. She had scheduled to play doubles at the US Open with Camila Giorgi, but later withdrew.

Minella at Cagnes-sur-Mer

Minella started her Asian tour at the Tashkent Open where she was defending semifinal points but she failed to do so, losing in the first round to Donna Vekić. The next stop was at Seoul where she qualified for the main draw, defeating Choi Ji-hee, Hong Seung-yeon and Hsu Chieh-yu, all in straight sets. In the main draw, she drew Belgian Yanina Wickmayer, but lost. In the doubles event, partnering with German Mona Barthel, she reached the final losing to Lara Arruabarrena and Irina-Camelia Begu.

Minella then continued to lose in qualifying rounds in Beijing and Linz, but also continued her success with Barthel in the doubles competitions in Wuhan, Beijing and Linz winning a round in each. Her year ended in her home tournament in Luxembourg where she faced Barthel in the first round and lost in straight sets. Minella stated that her edema in the right arm obtained in January had still been hurting her, finishing the year in October.

2015: Continued inconsistency

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In 2015, Minella went to Melbourne in mid-December to prepare early for the season. She started in Auckland where she won two matches in qualifying over Barbora Krejčíková and Sharon Fichman, before falling at the last hurdle to Anna Tatishvili. She also had no luck in the doubles event with Barthel, losing in the first round. Minella then headed to the Australian Open, but lost in the first qualifying round to Paula Ormaechea. She fared better in the doubles event with Barthel, they reached the second round. Minella then went on to reach the quarterfinals at the Burnie International, falling to eventual champion Daria Gavrilova. In her next tournaments, she suffered early losses in qualifying of WTA events and in main draws of ITF events.

Minella at the 2015 French Open

At the Bolívar Open, Minella won the doubles title partnering Lourdes Domínguez Lino, defeating Mariana Duque and Julia Glushko in the final. She qualified for the Colombia Open where she defeated Patricia Mayr-Achleitner in the first round before losing to Teliana Pereira. She continued her poor form in singles where she had a string of early losses in WTA and ITF draws as well as the mistake of forgetting to enter the French Open singles qualifying tournament. She, however, contested the doubles competition of the French Open, partnering Barthel, but they lost in the first round. At Wimbledon, Minella won her first career matches on grass, reaching the final qualifying round, defeating Amanda Carreras and Lourdes Domínguez Lino before losing to Laura Siegemund. Partnering Magda Linette, Minella qualified for the doubles competition, however the pair lost to Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic in the first round. The poor form in Minella's 2015 season did continue, losing in the second round of the Lorraine Open 88, the first round of the Swedish Open and the Brasil Tennis Cup and in qualifying stages of the Vancouver Open.

It was the latter part of the year when Minella began to turn around, qualifying for the Tournoi de Québec, reaching the doubles final of the Internacional Femenil Monterrey and the quarterfinals of the Red Rock Pro Open. It was not until the Kirkland Challenger where Minella gained her confidence. She won the singles and doubles title of the Challenger, defeating players such as Sofia Arvidsson, Jovana Jakšić, Antonia Lottner, Jessica Pegula and Nicole Gibbs. In her second-round match against Jakšić, Minella was down 4–6, 0–5, and won the match 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, saving three match points. This was her second $50k title, her biggest to date. Next tournament was the Luxembourg Open where she received a main-draw wildcard into the singles event, however, she had no luck in her draw once again, losing to former world No. 1, Jelena Janković, in the first round. She had more success in the doubles competition, where she partnered Julie Coin, reaching the quarterfinals. Her last tournament of the season was to be the Open de Limoges. Despite losing in qualifying to Anna Blinkova, Minella entered into the main draw as lucky loser following Lesia Tsurenko's withdrawal. In the first round, she managed to defeat Stefanie Vögele. However, she then fell to former Roland Garros champion, Francesca Schiavone, in straight sets. But Minella finished season on a high, after winning the doubles competition, partnering Barbora Krejčíková. This marked her first triumph at a WTA 125 tournament.

2016

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In 2016, Minella started the year poorly, including a string of first-round losses in Auckland, Melbourne and Launceston. At the Taiwan Open in Kaohsiung, she managed to score another WTA main-draw win, defeating Naomi Osaka in the first round before falling to local favourite Hsieh Su-wei. However, Minella bowed out in the first or second round of her next four events which included both ITF and WTA tournaments. In Fed Cup, she began to turn the tide, boasting an unbeaten record in Europe/Africa Zone Group III, helping Luxembourg gain promotion to Group II in 2017 alongside teammates Claudine Schaul, Eléonora Molinaro and Merima Mujasevic.

Minella began her 2016 clay-court campaign at the Prague Open. However, she lost to Océane Dodin in the second qualifying round. A few more early losses in Cagnes-sur-Mer, Saint-Gaudens and Strasbourg had only given more worries as she had failed to win back-to-back singles matches, excluding Fed Cup, for the entire year. This was not to change at the French Open though, as she lost to Klára Koukalová in the second round of qualifying. The Bol Open, however, proved to be a lucky charm for Minella as she started to turn her year around. This event saw her win her first WTA singles title in which she boasted wins over current top and former top-100 players Evgeniya Rodina, Varvara Lepchenko, Marina Erakovic, Ana Konjuh and Polona Hercog.

Personal life

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Minella was born in Esch-sur-Alzette to parents Mario and Anna Minella[16] and started playing tennis at the age of five.[16]

On 17 October 2014, Minella married her coach and boyfriend Tim Sommer in her home town of Esch-sur-Alzette. In October 2017, she gave birth to a daughter, Emma Lina.[17] On 12 December 2020, she gave birth to her second child, girl Maya.[18]

In November 2023, she joined the Luxembourg parliament as a member of the Democratic Party, representing the South constituency.[19]

Grand Slam performance timelines

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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.

Singles

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Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win%
Australian Open A A A A Q2 1R 1R 2R Q1 Q1 2R A Q2 Q2 A A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
French Open A A A Q1 Q3 1R 1R 1R A Q2 1R 1R 2R A Q2 A 0 / 6 1–6 14%
Wimbledon A A A Q1 Q1 1R 1R Q1 Q3 2R 1R A 1R NH Q1 Q2 0 / 5 1–5 17%
US Open Q1 A Q1 3R Q3 3R 1R Q1 Q2 1R A Q2 1R A Q1 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–4 0–4 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 20 8–20 29%
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 401 330 241 133 117 75 115 156 162 105 134 111 144 169 268 $2,043,944

Doubles

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Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 W–L
Australian Open A A A A A A 2R 1R 2R A 2R A A 2R A 4–5
French Open A A A A A 2R 1R A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A 1–7
Wimbledon A A A A A 3R 1R Q1 1R Q1 1R 1R 1R NH A 2–6
US Open A A A A A 1R 1R A 1R A A A A A 1R 0–4
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–3 1–4 0–1 1–4 0–1 1–3 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 7–22
Year-end ranking 414 594 422 185 65 62 83 98 236 97 289 108 113 216

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2018 Ladies Gstaad Open, Switzerland International[a] Clay France Alizé Cornet 4–6, 6–7(6–8)

Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner–ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (2–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–4)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2012 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia International Clay Switzerland Stefanie Vögele Czech Republic Eva Birnerová
Russia Alexandra Panova
2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Jan 2013 Hobart International, Australia International Hard Hungary Tímea Babos Spain Garbiñe Muguruza
Spain María Teresa Torró Flor
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 1–2 Feb 2013 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia International Clay Hungary Tímea Babos Czech Republic Eva Birnerová
Russia Alexandra Panova
6–4, 6–3
Win 2–2 Apr 2013 Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco International Clay Hungary Tímea Babos Croatia Petra Martić
France Kristina Mladenovic
6–3, 6–1
Loss 2–3 Sep 2013 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Belarus Olga Govortsova Hungary Tímea Babos
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–4 Sep 2014 Korea Open, South Korea International Hard Germany Mona Barthel Spain Lara Arruabarrena
Romania Irina-Camelia Begu
3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–5 Oct 2018 Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg International Hard (i) Belarus Vera Lapko Belgium Greet Minnen
Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck
6–7(3–7), 2–6

WTA Challenger finals

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Singles: 1 (title)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2016 Bol Open, Croatia Clay Slovenia Polona Hercog 6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2015 Open de Limoges, France Hard (i) Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková Russia Margarita Gasparyan
Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
1–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Win 2–0 Nov 2016 Open de Limoges, France (2) Hard (i) Belgium Elise Mertens United Kingdom Anna Smith
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
6–4, 6–4
Win 3–0 Jun 2019 Bol Open, Croatia Clay Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky Sweden Cornelia Lister
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
0–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–4]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 24 (16 titles, 8 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75/80,000tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (5–2)
Clay (11–6)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2003 ITF Ancona, Italy 10,000 Clay Romania Liana Balaci 6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Mar 2004 ITF Napoli, Italy 10,000 Clay Belgium Kirsten Flipkens 7–5, 3–6, 1–6
Win 1–2 May 2004 ITF Zadar, Croatia 10,000 Clay Croatia Matea Mezak 7–5, 5–7, 6–4
Win 2–2 Aug 2005 ITF Gardone Val Trompia, Italy 10,000 Clay Czech Republic Sandra Záhlavová 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–2 May 2006 ITF Caserta, Italy 25,000 Clay Russia Alisa Kleybanova 6–2, 6–4
Loss 3–3 May 2006 ITF Campobasso, Italy 25,000 Clay Russia Alisa Kleybanova 6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Loss 3–4 Aug 2008 ITF Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy 25,000 Clay Italy Nathalie Viérin 1–6, 6–2, 6–7(5)
Win 4–4 Apr 2009 ITF Tessenderlo, Belgium 25,000 Clay (i) France Youlia Fedossova 7–5, 6–3
Win 5–4 Jan 2010 ITF Lutz, United States 25,000 Clay United States Jamie Hampton 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 5–5 Feb 2010 ITF Laguna Niguel, US 25,000 Hard France Olivia Sanchez 3–6, 4–6
Win 6–5 Jun 2010 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 25,000 Clay Netherlands Elise Tamaëla 6–4, 6–2
Win 7–5 Jul 2011 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 7–6(5), 6–2
Loss 7–6 Oct 2011 Kōfu International, Japan 50,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen 4–6, 6–1, 4–6
Loss 7–7 Feb 2012 Copa Bionaire, Colombia 100,000 Clay Romania Alexandra Dulgheru 3–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss 7–8 Jul 2012 Open de Biarritz, France 100,000 Clay Switzerland Romina Oprandi 5–7, 5–7
Win 8–8 Nov 2013 Captiva Island Classic, US 50,000 Hard Canada Gabriela Dabrowski 6–3, 6–3
Win 9–8 Jun 2014 Bredeney Ladies Open, Germany 25,000 Clay Netherlands Richèl Hogenkamp 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win 10–8 Oct 2015 Kirkland Challenger, US 50,000 Hard United States Nicole Gibbs 2–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win 11–8 Sep 2016 Albuquerque Championships, US 75,000 Hard Paraguay Verónica Cepede Royg 6–4, 7–5
Win 12–8 Apr 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Italy Deborah Chiesa 6–3, 7–6(7)
Win 13–8 Jun 2018 Bredeney Ladies Open, Germany (2) 25,000 Clay Netherlands Cindy Burger 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Win 14–8 Jun 2018 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 25,000 Clay Germany Anna Zaja 6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Win 15–8 Nov 2018 ITF Pétange, Luxembourg 25,000 Hard (i) Belgium Hélène Scholsen 6–2, 6–1
Win 16–8 Nov 2019 Tyler Pro Challenge, US 80,000 Hard United States Alexa Glatch 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (7–4)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2003 ITF Le Touquet, France 10,000 Clay France Pauline Parmentier Madagascar Natacha Randriantefy
France Aurélie Védy
2–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Mar 2004 ITF Napoli, Italy 10,000 Clay Belgium Elke Clijsters Netherlands Michelle Gerards
Netherlands Marielle Hoogland
6–1, 6–0
Win 2–1 May 2004 ITF Zadar, Croatia 10,000 Clay Italy Lisa Tognetti Slovakia Martina Babáková
Slovakia Michaela Michálková
w/o
Loss 2–2 Aug 2005 ITF Gardone Val Trompia, Italy 10,000 Clay Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská Argentina María Corbalán
Italy Sonia Iacovacci
w/o
Loss 2–3 Oct 2005 ITF Troy, United States 50,000 Hard Georgia (country) Salome Devidze United States Julie Ditty
Venezuela Milagros Sequera
2–6, 2–6
Win 3–3 Jun 2010 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 25,000 Clay France Irena Pavlovic Poland Magdalena Kiszczyńska
Japan Erika Sema
6–3, 6–4
Win 4–3 Jun 2011 ITF Cuneo, Italy 100,000 Clay Switzerland Stefanie Vögele Czech Republic Eva Birnerová
Russia Vesna Dolonts
6–3, 6–2
Win 5–3 Feb 2012 ITF Cali, Colombia 100,000 Clay Italy Karin Knapp Romania Alexandra Cadanțu
Romania Raluca Olaru
6–4, 6–3
Loss 5–4 Apr 2014 Wiesbaden Open, Germany 25,000 Clay Israel Julia Glushko Switzerland Viktorija Golubic
Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča
4–6, 3–6
Win 6–4 Apr 2015 Open Medellín, Colombia 50,000 Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Colombia Mariana Duque
Israel Julia Glushko
7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss 6–5 Sep 2015 ITF Monterrey, Mexico 50,000 Hard Russia Marina Melnikova Belgium Ysaline Bonaventure
Belgium Elise Mertens
4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Win 7–5 Oct 2015 ITF Kirkland, US 50,000 Hard France Stéphanie Foretz Netherlands Lesley Kerkhove
Netherlands Arantxa Rus
6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
Loss 7–6 Feb 2016 Launceston International, Australia 75,000 Hard Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok China You Xiaodi
China Zhu Lin
6–2, 5–7, [7–10]
Loss 7–7 Sep 2016 Albuquerque Championships, US 75,000 Hard Belgium Elise Mertens Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
United States Maria Sanchez
2–6, 4–6
Win 8–7 Dec 2016 Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE 100,000 Hard Serbia Nina Stojanović Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Russia Valeria Savinykh
6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
Win 9–7 Sep 2019 Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland 60,000 Clay Switzerland Xenia Knoll Switzerland Ylena In-Albon
Switzerland Conny Perrin
6–3, 6–4
Win 10–7 Nov 2019 Las Vegas Open, US 60,000 Hard Belarus Olga Govortsova United States Sophie Chang
United States Alexandra Mueller
6–3, 6–4
Loss 10–8 May 2021 ITF La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain 60,000 Clay Germany Mona Barthel Russia Valentina Ivakhnenko
Romania Andreea Prisăcariu
3–6, 1–6

Head-to-head record

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Record vs. top 20 players

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Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface. Players who have been ranked in the top 10 are in italics

Notes

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  1. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

References

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