Anne Kremer (born 17 October 1975) is a Luxembourgish retired tennis player. Anne won two singles titles on the WTA Tour. On 29 July 2002, she achieved her best WTA ranking of world No. 18.
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Hesperange |
Born | (1975-10-17) 17 October 1975 (age 46) Luxembourg City |
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) [1] |
Turned pro | September 1998 |
Retired | August 2014 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,567,313 |
Singles | |
Career record | 496–418 |
Career titles | 2 WTA, 5 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 18 (29 July 2002) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008) |
French Open | 3R (2002) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1999, 2004) |
US Open | 2R (1998, 1999, 2000) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 45–108 |
Career titles | 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 140 (6 May 2002) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2005, 2008) |
French Open | 1R (2005) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2005) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 61–57 |
Anne completed her schooling at the Athénée de Luxembourg and subsequently studied English and history at Stanford University in California.
Kremer is a member of the Democratic and Liberal Youth in Luxembourg,[2] and has entered politics. She ran for the Democratic Party in the 2009 election to the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg.[3] Running in Centre, she finished 15th on the DP list, and was thus not elected.[4]
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Kremer was born in 1975[5] to father Jean (an engineer), and mother Ginette (a physical education teacher). Early in her career, Kremer was coached by her younger brother, Gilles. Later, she was coached by Stephane Vix. Kremer is a baseliner right-handed[5] player with a strong backhand and a preference for grass and hard pack playing surfaces. Beside Luxembourgish, Kremer is fluent in English, French and German and plans to become a translator.
Legend | |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) | |
Tier I (0–0) | |
Tier II (0–0) | |
Tier III (0–0) | |
Tier IV & V (2–2) |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 20 November 1999 | Pattaya Open, Thailand |
Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 1–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1. | 8 January 2000 | Auckland Open, New Zealand |
Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 2. | 19 November 2000 | Pattaya Open, Thailand |
Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 2. | 22 April 2001 | Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary |
Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 2–6, 4–6 |
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 23 May 1994 | ITF Łódź, Poland | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 1. | 31 July 1994 | ITF La Coruña, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 6–1 |
Winner | 2. | 21 August 1994 | ITF Koksijde, Belgium | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–4 |
Winner | 3. | 11 September 1994 | ITF Varna, Bulgaria | Clay | ![]() |
6–7, 7–6, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 2. | 20 July 1998 | ITF Peachtree, United States | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 4. | 11 October 1998 | ITF Albuquerque, United States | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 3. | 19 October 1998 | ITF Welwyn, United Kingdom | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
1–6, 1–1 ret. |
Winner | 5. | 21 February 1999 | ITF Midland, United States | Hard (i) | ![]() |
3–6, 6–1, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 4. | 1 March 1999 | ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 10 May 2004 | ITF Stockholm, Sweden | Clay | ![]() |
6–7, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 24 January 2010 | ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
1–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 25 September 2010 | ITF Shrewsbury, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–7, 6–3, 0–6 |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 25 March 2011 | ITF Bath, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | W-L |
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Australian Open | A | 1R | LQ | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | LQ | 2R | 2R | A | A | 1R | A | A | 6–10 |
French Open | LQ | LQ | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | A | A | 1R | LQ | 1R | 1R | A | A | LQ | A | A | 5–7 |
Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | LQ | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 3R | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | A | LQ | A | A | 6–9 |
US Open | LQ | LQ | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | LQ | 1R | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | A | 3–6 |
Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 20–32 |
Year-end ranking | 134 | 129 | 74 | 31 | 35 | 33 | 25 | 389 | 94 | 166 | 142 | 85 | 264 | 559 | 165 | 254 | 496 | 986 |
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