ANNA-LENA GRöNEFELD

'Anna-Lena Grönefeld' (born on June 4, 1985 in Nordhorn, then West Germany) is a professional tennis player from Germany. She turned professional in 2003. As of February 2006, she is the No. 1 tennis player from Germany. She is coached and trained by Rafael Font de Mora in Scottsdale, Arizona. In June, 2003 she captured the prestigious French Open Junior title, becoming the first player from Germany since 1957 to accomplish this feat. In 2002 she was the Singles Champion of both the Belgium and Frankfurt International Championships and a finalist at the Orange Bowl. In July 2003, she won the Apple and Eve Newsday Long Island Classic, held in Woodbury, New York, defeating Bethanie Mattek in the final. She is an accomplished doubles player winning the French Open title and reaching the finals at Wimbledon. As a result of her tennis successes in 2003, Grönefeld had achieved the Junior World ranking of #1 in singles and doubles. She launched her professional career début under the direction of the USA Academy and Rafael Font de Mora.
In 2006 she represented Germany along with Nicolas Kiefer at the Hopman Cup. She went on to win her first title in Acapulco, and completed a career best showing at Roland Garros, by reaching the quarterfinals, where she lost to Justine Henin. Her ranking peaked at 14. The good form was short-lived, as the German failed to progress beyond the quarterfinals of most remaining tournaments for the year. She split with Font de Mora in September 2006 and is currently coached by Dirk Dier.
Her run of bad form continued into 2007, and as of June 19, Groenefeld has been eliminated in the first round of her last five tournaments. Her ranking has subsequently dipped below the top 100 for the first time since 2004. On the 20th of August 2007, Groenefeld announced that she would be taking a break from the tour, coming back in 2008.

Contents

WTA Titles

Singles (8)

Singles Finalist (3)

Doubles (6)

Sources

External links

WTA Titles

Singles (8)

'Legend (Singles)'

Grand Slam (0)

Tour Championships (0)

Tier I Event (0)

Tier II Event (0)

Tier III Event (1)

Tier IV Event (0)

ITF Circuit (7)

'No.'	'Date'	'Tournament'	'Surface'	'Opponent in the final'	'Score'
1.	August 4 2002	Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Ivana Zupa	6-3 6-4
2.	January 26 2003	Hull, Great Britain	Hard Indoors	Tessy Van de Ven	7-6 6-3
3.	June 15 2003	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Clay	Beier Ko	6-3 6-3
4.	July 13 2003	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Vilmarie Castellvi	6-2 6-4
5.	July 20 2003	Oyster Bay, USA	Hard	Bethanie Mattek	6-3 6-0
6.	August 1 2004	Modena, Italy	Clay	Selima Sfar	6-2 6-4
7.	September 12 2004	Denain, France	Clay	Dally Randriantefy	6-3 6-2
8.	March 5 2006	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Flavia Pennetta	6-1, 4-6, 6-2

Singles Finalist (3)

★ January 31, 2005: Pattaya City (lost to Conchita Martinez 3-6 6-3 3-6)

★ September 19, 2005: Beijing (lost to Maria Kirilenko 3-6 4-6)

★ September 26, 2005: Luxembourg (lost to Kim Clijsters 2-6 4-6)

Doubles (6)

'Legend (Doubles)'

Grand Slam (0)

Tour Championships (0)

Tier I Event (1)

Tier II Event (2)

Tier III Event (2)

Tier IV Event (1)

ITF Circuit (3)

'No.'	'Date'	'Tournament'	'Partner'	'Surface'	'Finalists'	'Score'
1.	2005	Pattaya City, Thailand	Marion Bartoli	Hard	Marta Domachowska Silvija Talaja	6-3 6-2
2.	2005	Toronto, Canada	Martina Navratilova	Hard	Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano-Pascual	5-7 6-3 6-4
3.	2005	Bali, Indonesia	Meghann Shaughnessy	Hard	Zi Yan Jie Zheng	6-3 6-3
4.	2006	Acapulco, Mexico	Meghann Shaughnessy	Clay	Shinobu Asagoe Emilie Loit	6-1 6-3
5.	2006	Stanford, USA	Shahar Peer	Hard	Maria Elena Camerin Gisela Dulko	6-1 6-4
6.	2007	Sydney, Australia	Meghann Shaughnessy	Hard	Marion Bartoli Meilen Tu	6-3 3-6 7-6 (2)

Sources

US Open Official Website

External links

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★ Anna-Lena Grönefeld Official Website

★ unofficial Anna- Lena Groenefeld Fanpage