Chelsea Fontenel
| Country (sports) | Switzerland |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 June 2004 Kaiseraugst, Switzerland |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Prize money | $18,977 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 46–57 |
| Highest ranking | No. 746 (15 July 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 839 (9 June 2025) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 29–25 |
| Career titles | 2 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 364 (9 June 2025) |
| Current ranking | No. 366 (30 June 2025) |
| Last updated on: 30 June 2025. | |
Chelsea Fontenel (born 25 June 2004) is a Swiss tennis player, singer and songwriter.
Fontenel has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 746, achieved in July 2024. has a career-high doubles ranking by the of 364 achieved on 9 June 2025.[1]
Personal
Born and raised in Kaiseraugst, Fontenel's family originally comes from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia.[2] Her dream is to be the first singing tennis player. Her tennis role models are Serena Williams and Roger Federer.[3]
Career
Fontenel, who enjoys writing and singing songs as well as playing tennis, became known to a wide audience when she participated in the competition program The Voice Kids in 2013 at the age of nine, and thus became the brand ambassador of the Suzuki automobile and motorcycle company.[4]
In 2015, Fontenel sang at the Match for Africa between Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka at the Hallenstadion in Zurich. She, IMG, sang the US national anthem at the National College Basketball Finals.[5]
In 2018, Fontenel released her debut single, Showers of Blessings. At the end of the year, Fontenel released her second single, New Day.[6]
She dedicated her song Never Forget You, which she released in 2022, to legendary coach Nick Bollettieri, who founded the IMG Academy, where she met and studied for years when she was 10 years old.[7]
Fontenel played for the University of Georgia Bulldogs women's tennis team starting in the 2022 season.[8] She will be playing for the Arizona State University Sun Devils women's tennis team starting in the 2023/24 season.[9]
Partnering Ksenia Zaytseva, Fontenel won her first major $50k tournament in March 2025 at the ITF event in Bujumbura, Burundi.[10][11]
ITF Circuit finals
Doubles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2021 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | W15 | Hard | Qavia Lopez | María Portillo Ramírez Victoria Rodríguez |
1–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | May 2022 | ITF Daytona Beach, United States | W25 | Clay | Hina Inoue | Hsieh Yu-chieh Hsu Chieh-yu |
5–7, 0–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Jul 2024 | ITF Casablanca, Morocco | W35 | Clay | Sandra Samir | Malak El Allami Aya El Aouni |
2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–4 | Oct 2024 | Open de Touraine, France | W35 | Hard (i) | Anastasiia Firman | Sarah Beth Grey Leonie Küng |
4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–5 | Mar 2025 | ITF Alaminos, Cyprus | W15 | Clay | Anastasiia Firman | Ștefania Bojică Marie Mettraux |
2–6, 6–4, [7–10] |
| Win | 1–5 | Mar 2025 | ITF Bujumbura, Burundi | W50 | Clay | Ksenia Zaytseva | Demi Tran Lian Tran |
4–6, 6–1, [11–9] |
| Win | 2–5 | May 2025 | ITF Merzig, Germany | W15 | Clay | Tiphanie Lemaître | Ivana Šebestová Arina Vasilescu |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–6 | Jun 2025 | ITF Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany | W35 | Clay | Alevtina Ibragimova | Martha Matoula Radka Zelníčková |
6–7(5), 5–7 |
References
- ^ "Chelsea Fontenel | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
- ^ "Profil". chelseafontenel.com.
- ^ "Ambitious Swiss sensation Chelsea Fontenel balances tennis stardom, rising music career at ASU". cronkitenews.azpbs.org.
- ^ "Tennis-Jungtalent Chelsea Fontenel glänzt mit Top-Leistungen". auto.suzuki.ch.
- ^ "Chelsea Fontenel (15) startet in Florida durch". www.blick.ch.
- ^ "Schweizer Tennis-Talent singt Hoffnungs-Song". www.blick.ch.
- ^ "Tennis-Juwel Fontenel (18) huldigt Trainer-Legende Bollettieri mit Song". www.blick.ch.
- ^ "Fontenel signs to play tennis with Bulldogs". peachtreetimes.com.
- ^ "Arizona State Sun Devils 2023-24 Women's Tennis Roster". thesundevils.com.
- ^ "Erster Turniersieg als Profi in Burundi". chelseafontenel.com.
- ^ "ITF W50 Bujumbura Main Draws". www.itftennis.com.
External links
- Chelsea Fontenel at the Women's Tennis Association
- Chelsea Fontenel at the International Tennis Federation