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Tessah Andrianjafitrimo
Singles
Andrianjafitrimo at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Nogaro, France
Born	(1998-10-11) 11 October 1998 (age 25) Montpellier, France
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Teddy Andrianjafitrimo
Prize money	US$ 525,556
Career record	274–209 (56.73%)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 139 (20 June 2022)
Current ranking	No. 343 (25 September 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2021, 2022)
French Open	1R (2016, 2017, 2022)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2022)
US Open	Q1 (2021, 2022)
Doubles
Career record	41–66 (38.32%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 389 (2 July 2018)
Current ranking	No. 638 (25 September 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	1R (2018, 2022)

Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (born 11 October 1998) is a French professional tennis player of Malagasy descent. She was born in Montpellier, France.

On 20 June 2022, she achieved her best WTA singles ranking of 139. Andrianjafitrimo has won six singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Personal life
Career
- Junior
- 2013–2014
- 2015–2016
- 2019
Grand Slam performance timeline
- Singles
- Doubles
ITF Circuit finals
- Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner–ups)
- Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner–up)
See also

Personal life

Her father, Teddy Andrianjafitrimo, was born in Madagascar. Teddy was an excellent amateur tennis player. A tennis champion of Madagascar and Africa, he did not become a professional tennis player because he lacked the financial support to do so. Teddy immigrated to France and worked as a club coach; he is currently Tessah's coach. Tessah was born in Montpellier and has been living in Nogaro since 2010. She has two younger siblings.

Career

Junior

Andrianjafitrimo started playing tennis when she was five years old. She was the 2014 national girls' champion of France in the 15–16 year-olds category. She had a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 29, attained on 14 September 2015.

2013–2014

Andrianjafitrimo made her ITF Women's Circuit debut in September 2013 at the $25k indoor hardcourt tournament held in Clermont-Ferrand, France; she only entered that tournament's singles event, losing in the first qualifying round. She played a total of seven ITF Circuit tournaments in 2013 and 2014.

2015–2016

Andrianjafitrimo made her Grand Slam singles debut thanks to a wildcard at the 2015 French Open qualifying, where she defeated Patricia Mayr-Achleitner in the first round before losing to Olivia Rogowska.

She also made her WTA Tour singles main-draw debut at the Luxembourg Open thanks to a wildcard, losing her first-round match to Tatjana Maria. Three weeks later, Andrianjafitrimo made her WTA 125 singles debut at the Open de Limoges; she entered the singles main draw as a wildcard and lost her first-round match to Carina Witthöft.

Andrianjafitrimo received a wildcard for the singles main draw of the 2016 French Open (her Grand Slam singles main-draw debut), where she lost 0–6, 0–6 to the unseeded Wang Qiang. She also played in the girls' singles main draw of the French Open, losing in the second round to Lucrezia Stefanini.

2019

In the French Open qualifying, Andrianjafitrimo failed to convert two match points in the third set of her first-round match against Rebecca Marino, who won 6–7, 6–4, 7–5.

Grand Slam performance timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	A	P	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

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

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q2	0–0
French Open	Q2	1R	1R	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q1	1R	0–3
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	Q2	0–0
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–3

Doubles

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
French Open	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	1R	0–3
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	0–0
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2015	ITF Valladolid, Spain	10,000	Hard	María Luque Moreno	2–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Dec 2015	Lagos Open, Nigeria	25,000	Hard	Tadeja Majerič	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Apr 2016	ITF Pula, Italy	10,000	Clay	Jasmine Paolini	1–0 ret.
Win	2–2	Aug 2016	ITF Vinkovci, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Ivania Martinich	6–4, 6–1
Win	3–2	Apr 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Camilla Scala	6–2, 6–4
Loss	3–3	Dec 2017	ITF Nules, Spain	25,000	Clay	Isabelle Wallace	1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	4–3	Jun 2019	ITF Périgueux, France	25,000	Clay	Alice Ramé	6–7^(5–7), 6–2, 6–2
Loss	4–4	Sep 2019	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Yuki Naito	6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Win	5–4	Jun 2021	ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal	25,000	Hard	Jessika Ponchet	6–7^(3–7), 6–1, 6–0
Loss	5–5	Jul 2021	Telavi Open, Georgia	25,000	Clay	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	5–7, 4–6
Win	6–5	Mar 2022	ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador	25,000	Hard	Hanna Chang	6–3, 6–3
Loss	6–6	Apr 2022	ITF Calvi, France	25,000+H	Hard	Léolia Jeanjean	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner–up)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Dec 2014	ITF Djibouti City	10,000	Hard	Ashmitha Easwaramurthi	Magali Kempen Wang Xiyao	3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Win	2–0	Feb 2015	ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia	10,000	Hard	Anna Blinkova	Arabela Fernández Rabener Eva Wacanno	6–4, 6–0
Loss	2–1	Mar 2017	ITF Mildura, Australia	25,000	Grass	Shérazad Reix	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Lu Jiajing	4–6, 6–1, [8–10]