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    Laura Siegemund – biography and career milestones

    German tennis player Laura Siegemund, whose middle name is Natalie, was born on 4 March 1988 in Filderstadt near Stuttgart. She has a sister, Satu, and a brother named Arlen. Her mother Brigitta and her father Harro, an engineer, introduced little Laura to tennis at the tender age of three. Shortly after, the family moved to Riyadh for a few years, and later to Jakarta. Laura only returned to Germany at the age of ten. Alongside her native German, Laura Siegemund is fluent in English and French.

    In 2000 she won the “Orange Bowl” in the under-12 category – the unofficial junior world championship held in Florida – and was named the best in the world for her age group. From then on, Siegemund was hailed as the new wonder child of world tennis and tipped to succeed her idol Steffi Graf, who had announced her retirement just six months earlier. The media frenzy that followed, and the pressure that came with it, weighed heavily on Laura Siegemund in the years afterwards, tending to hold back her development rather than spur it on.

    Playing style and first steps as a professional

    Laura Siegemund is a clay-court specialist with a highly varied game. Standing 1.68m tall and playing a two-handed backhand off her right hand, she's known and loved for her exciting, high-pressure tennis and her fearless character. With her heavy serves, she skilfully puts opponents under pressure, picking up plenty of easy points as a result.

    At 14, from 2002 onwards, Laura Siegemund began playing on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, winning her first title in 2006. That same year, thanks to a wildcard, she took part in the first two WTA tournaments of her career, but went out in the first round in both Stuttgart and Berlin. In the years that followed, Siegemund's results stagnated at a mid-level ITF standard, and she failed to qualify for WTA tournaments on nine separate occasions. As a result, between 2006 and 2009 she mostly languished somewhere between No. 200 and No. 400 in the world rankings. In 2010 she successfully came through WTA qualifying for the first time, but lost in the first round in Båstad, Sweden. Even so, her improving form saw her climb steadily up the WTA rankings and break into the world's top 200. Given the high expectations, both her own and those from outside, Laura Siegemund hung up her racket in 2012 and began studying psychology at the FernUniversität in Hagen, graduating in 2016 with top marks.

    Her final breakthrough on the WTA Tour

    After her break from tennis, punctuated only by occasional appearances on the ITF Tour that nonetheless earned her six titles, Laura Siegemund returned to the WTA Tour in 2015. She promptly qualified for a Grand Slam for the first time at Wimbledon, where she went out in the first round. Shortly after, she won a $100,000-category ITF event in Biarritz – her biggest success to that point, which immediately catapulted her into the world's top 100. She was even more successful in doubles, winning a WTA title with three different partners. Siegemund's final breakthrough on the WTA Tour came in 2016. She reached the third round at the Australian Open and, in Stuttgart, played her first WTA singles final, which she lost to Angelique Kerber after previously producing strong performances against three top players. That same year, however, she claimed her first WTA singles title – once again in Båstad. At the Rio Olympics she was stopped only in the quarter-final by eventual gold medallist Monica Puig. At Flushing Meadows, she then won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title alongside her Croatian partner Mate Pavić.

    The following year went even better for Laura Siegemund. In the tie against Ukraine, she got to represent Germany in the Fed Cup for the first time. And in Stuttgart, on her way to the final, she beat three top-ten players in a row before defeating France's Kristina Mladenovic to win her most significant singles title to that point. This success earned her a spot in the world's top 30. However, in the fourth round in Paris, a torn cruciate ligament ended what had been such a strong season – and, for the time being, her rise as well. After a few mixed years, Siegemund found her old form again in 2020 and won her second US Open title, this time in women's doubles alongside her Russian partner Vera Zvonareva.

    The tennis products Laura Siegemund trusts

    As a psychologist, Laura Siegemund of course knows that successful tennis isn't just about intensive training and detailed match preparation – the right equipment matters too. After all, it's only when you feel completely comfortable that you have the mental strength to bring out your best performances. That's why, when it comes to her tennis clothing, Siegemund trusts the traditional Italian brand FILA, which combines quality, functionality and style in the perfect way.

    If you'd like to follow in your idol's footsteps when it comes to tennis gear, you'll find all the products Laura Siegemund uses to sprint so successfully across courts around the world right here in our tennis online shop. We regularly have attractive special offers for you too, so it's always worth checking back at Tennis-Point. You can order comfortably from home and take your time examining your new tennis gear. Enjoy browsing!