Anna-Lena Grönefeld

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**Anna-Lena Grönefeld**

Country	Germany
Residence	Nordhorn, Germany Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Date of birth	June 4, 1985
Place of birth	Nordhorn, Germany
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	67 kg (147 1/2 lbs)
Turned Pro	2003
Plays	Right
Career Prize Money	$1,047,697
Singles
Career record:	162-96
Career titles:	1 (7 ITF circuit titles)
Highest ranking:	No.14 (May 29, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3rd (2005)
French Open	QF (2006)
Wimbledon	1r (2004, 2005, 2006)
U.S. Open	3rd (2005)
Doubles
Career record:	90-50
Career titles:	4 (1 ITF circuit titles)
Highest ranking:	No.7 (May 29, 2006)
Infobox last updated on: June 4, 2006.

Anna-Lena Grönefeld (born on June 4, 1985 in Nordhorn, 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. Presently she is launching 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.

1 WTA Titles
2 Sources
3 External links

[edit] WTA Titles

[edit] 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 (Croatia)	6-3 6-4
2.	January 26, 2003	Hull, Great Britain	Hard Indoors	Tessy Van de Ven (Netherlands)	7-6 6-3
3.	June 15, 2003	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Clay	Beier Ko (Canada)	6-3 6-3
4.	July 13, 2003	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Vilmarie Castellvi (Puerto Rico)	6-2 6-4
5.	July 20, 2003	Oyster Bay, USA	Hard	Bethanie Mattek (USA)	6-3 6-0
6.	August 1, 2004	Modena, Italy	Clay	Selima Sfar (Tunisia)	6-2 6-4
7.	September 12, 2004	Denain, France	Clay	Dally Randriantefy (Madagascar)	6-3 6-2
8.	March 5, 2006	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Flavia Pennetta (Italy)	6-1, 4-6, 6-2

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)