Anna Zaja

Anna Zaja
	Zaja at the 2019 Wimbledon qualifying
Country (sports)	Germany
Born	25 June 1991 (age 33); Sigmaringen, Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Retired	July 2022
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$300,489
Singles
Career record	332–249 (57.1%)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 184 (6 May 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2019)
French Open	Q1 (2019)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2019)
US Open	1R (2017)
Doubles
Career record	164–116 (58.6%)
Career titles	13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 145 (28 April 2014)

Last updated June 27, 2024

Anna Zaja (born 25 June 1991^[1]) is a retired German tennis player.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (1–2)
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
$10,000 tournaments (4–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (2–3)
Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2010	ITF Mytilene, Greece	10,000	Hard	Despina Papamichail	6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Jan 2011	ITF Kaarst, Germany	10,000	Carpet (i)	Sarah Gronert	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 3–6
Win	1–2	Apr 2012	ITF Muscat, Oman	10,000	Hard	Laëtitia Sarrazin	6–2, 6–2
Win	2–2	Mar 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Kathinka von Deichmann	6–4, 6–1
Loss	2–3	Jun 2015	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Iva Mekovec	3–6, 2–6
Win	3–3	Feb 2016	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	10,000	Hard (i)	Maia Lumsden	6–4, 6–3
Win	4–3	Mar 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Anastasiya Komardina	6–4, 7–5
Loss	4–4	Jan 2017	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	15,000	Hard (i)	Markéta Vondroušová	6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Win	5–4	Mar 2017	ITF Gonesse, France	15,000	Clay (i)	Priscilla Heise	6–3, 2–6, 7–6⁽⁶⁾
Loss	5–5	Jul 2017	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	25,000	Clay	Bernarda Pera	4–6, 4–6
Loss	5–6	Jul 2018	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	25,000	Clay	Mandy Minella	4–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win	6–6	Jul 2018	ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany	25,000	Clay	Katharina Hobgarski	6–4, 7–5

Doubles: 27 (13 titles, 14 runner–ups)

Legend
$50/60,000 tournaments (2–1)
$25,000 tournaments (8–6)
$10,000 tournaments (3–7)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–7)
Clay (9–7)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2009	ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain	10,000	Hard	Efrat Mishor	Ximena Hermoso Garbiñe Muguruza	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2010	ITF Horb, Germany	10,000	Clay	Korina Perkovic	Simona Dobrá Lucie Kriegsmannová	6–4, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, [8–10]
Loss	0–3	Jul 2010	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	25,000	Clay	Ana Jovanović	Elise Tamaëla Scarlett Werner	4–6, 6–1, 5–7
Loss	0–4	Aug 2010	ITF Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina	10,000	Clay	Alexandra Damaschin	Jasmina Kajtazovič Zuzana Zlochová	1–6, 2–6
Win	1–4	Jun 2011	ITF Cologne, Germany	10,000	Clay	Vanessa Henke	Carolin Daniels Christina Shakovets	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	2–4	Jul 2011	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	25,000	Clay	Natela Dzalamidze	Hana Birnerová Karolína Plíšková	7–5, 2–6, [10–6]
Loss	2–5	Apr 2012	ITF Manama, Bahrain	10,000	Hard	Yana Sizikova	Abbie Myers Anna Tyulpa	3–6, 6–3, [11–13]
Win	3–5	Apr 2012	ITF Fujairah, United Arab Emirates	10,000	Hard	Yana Sizikova	Fatma Al-Nabhani Kyra Shroff	6–4, 6–1
Loss	3–6	May 2012	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Fatma Al-Nabhani	Başak Eraydın Melis Sezer	2–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win	4–6	Sep 2012	Royal Cup, Montenegro	50,000	Clay	Nicole Clerico	Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen	4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss	4–7	Oct 2012	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Nicole Clerico	Justyna Jegiołka Diāna Marcinkēviča	2–6, 1–6
Loss	4–8	Apr 2013	Wiesbaden Open, Germany	25,000	Clay	Dinah Pfizenmaier	Gabriela Dabrowski Sharon Fichman	3–6, 3–6
Win	5–8	May 2013	ITF Casablanca, Morocco	25,000	Clay	Justine Ozga	Elitsa Kostova Sandra Zaniewska	6–4, 6–2
Loss	5–9	Sep 2013	Telavi Open, Georgia	50,000	Clay	Maša Zec Peškirič	Maria Elena Camerin Anja Prislan	5–7, 2–6
Loss	5–10	Mar 2014	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Irina Khromacheva	Denise Muresan Indy de Vroome	4–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Win	6–10	Oct 2015	Ismaning Open, Germany	10,000	Carpet (i)	Lena Rüffer	Michaela Boev Hristina Dishkova	5–7, 7–6⁽³⁾, [10–3]
Loss	6–11	Jan 2016	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	10,000	Hard (i)	Laura Schaeder	Anna Blinkova Maria Marfutina	6–0, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	6–12	Feb 2016	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	10,000	Hard (i)	Fatma Al-Nabhani	Nina Stadler Kimberley Zimmermann	2–6, 6–7⁽⁷⁾
Win	7–12	Jul 2016	ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany	25,000	Clay	Nicola Geuer	Dalila Jakupović Lu Jiajing	6–4, 6–4
Loss	7–13	Aug 2016	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	25,000	Clay	Nicola Geuer	Irina Bara Oleksandra Korashvili	5–7, 6–4, [4–10]
Win	8–13	Aug 2016	Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany	25,000	Clay	Nicola Geuer	Vivian Heisen Pia König	6–3, 6–1
Win	9–13	Jan 2017	Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Nicola Geuer	Ana Bogdan Ioana Loredana Roșca	6–3, 2–2 ret.
Win	10–13	Apr 2017	ITF Jackson, United States	25,000	Clay	Alla Kudryavtseva	Alexa Guarachi Ronit Yurovsky	6–2, 6–0
Win	11–13	Jun 2017	ITF Baja, Hungary	25,000	Clay	Chantal Škamlová	Ágnes Bukta Vivien Juhászová	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–1, [11–9]
Loss	11–14	Jul 2017	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	25,000	Clay	Laura Schaeder	Kseniia Bekker Raluca Șerban	3–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Win	12–14	Apr 2018	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Valeriya Solovyeva	Manon Arcangioli Chantal Škamlová	7–5, 6–3
Win	13–14	Feb 2019	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Lesley Kerkhove	Freya Christie Jana Fett	6–4, 3–6, [10–3]

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References

↑ "Spielerprofil". Tennis-Bundesliga (Damen) (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2012.

External links

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Anna Zaja at the International Tennis Federation

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[1] "Spielerprofil". Tennis-Bundesliga (Damen) (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2012.

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