Tessah Andrianjafitrimo
Andrianjafitrimo at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Country (sports) | France |
|---|---|
| Residence | Nogaro, France |
| Born | 11 October 1998 Montpellier, France |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Teddy Andrianjafitrimo |
| Prize money | US$562,429 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 316–229 |
| Career titles | 8 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 139 (20 June 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 241 (14 April 2025) |
| 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 | 45–68 |
| Career titles | 2 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 389 (2 July 2018) |
| Current ranking | No. 1303 (14 April 2025) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| French Open | 1R (2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| French Open | 1R (2018, 2022, 2024) |
| Last updated on: 14 April 2025. | |
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.
Early life
Tessah was born in Montpellier and has two younger siblings. 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 player because he lacked the financial support to do so. He emigrated to France and worked as a club coach and as his daughter's coach.[1]
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.[1] She had a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 29, attained on 14 September 2015.[2]
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.[3]
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.
She 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.[4]
Personal life
Andrianjafitrimo has lived in Nogaro since 2010.[3] She is in a relationship with French tennis player Ugo Humbert, and while out with injury she has filled in as his coach in 2020 and 2024.[5]
Grand Slam performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | Q2 | A | A | 0–0 |
| French Open | Q2 | 1R | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | A | A | 0–3 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | Q2 | A | A | 0–0 |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | 0–0 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 |
Doubles
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| French Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | A | 0–6 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0-1 | 0–0 | 0–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 16 (9 titles, 7 runner–ups)
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| 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 | W25 | Clay | Alice Ramé | 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–4 | Sep 2019 | ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | W25 | Clay | Yuki Naito | 6–3, 5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 5–4 | Jun 2021 | ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal | W25 | Hard | Jessika Ponchet | 6–7(3–7), 6–1, 6–0 |
| Loss | 5–5 | Jul 2021 | Telavi Open, Georgia | W25 | Clay | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 6–5 | Mar 2022 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | W25 | Hard | Hanna Chang | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 6–6 | Apr 2022 | ITF Calvi, France | W25+H | Hard | Léolia Jeanjean | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 6–7 | July 2024 | Porto Open, Portugal | W75 | Hard | Maja Chwalińska | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Win | 7–7 | Aug 2024 | ITF Vigo, Spain | W35 | Hard | Misaki Matsuda | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 8–7 | Sep 2024 | ITF Féminin Le Neubourg, France | W75 | Hard | Manon Léonard | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 9–7 | Feb 2025 | Burnie International, Australia | W35 | Hard | Guo Hanyu | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 9–8 | Apr 2025 | ITF Calvi, France | W75 | Hard | Sofia Costoulas | 5–7, 1–6 |
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| 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] |
| Loss | 2–2 | Feb 2025 | ITF Brisbane, Australia | W75 | Hard | Malene Helgø | Miho Kuramochi Zheng Wushuang |
6–7(6), 3–6 |
References
- ^ a b "Tessah, la perle de Nogaro". La Dépêche du Midi. 24 August 2014.
- ^ "ITF juniors profile of Tessah Andrianjafitrimo". ITF.
- ^ a b "ITF pro circuit profile of Tessah Andrianjafitrimo". ITF.
- ^ "Rebecca Marino passe au deuxième tour des qualifications à Roland-Garros". Métro. 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Not just a player & girlfriend, Andrianjafitrimo coaches boyfriend Humbert to Marseille title". Association of Tennis Professionals. 2024-02-20. Retrieved 2024-03-05.