Jule Niemeier (born 12 August 1999) is a German professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 61, achieved on 7 November 2022. She is currently the No. 1 German player.
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Born | Dortmund, Germany | 12 August 1999
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Turned pro | 2016 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Michael Geserer |
Prize money | US$1,833,898 |
Singles | |
Career record | 205–140 |
Career titles | 1 WTA 125 |
Highest ranking | No. 61 (7 November 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 100 (19 August 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2023) |
French Open | 1R (2022, 2023, 2024) |
Wimbledon | QF (2022) |
US Open | 4R (2022) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 7–13 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 418 (14 August 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 564 (19 August 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 1R (2023) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2022) |
Team competitions | |
BJK Cup | RR (2021, 2023) |
Last updated on: 21 August 2024. |
Career
edit2018–2019: WTA debut
editShe made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard at the 2018 Nürnberger Versicherungscup in doubles, partnering Lara Schmidt. She made her singles main-draw debut at the 2019 Nürnberger Versicherungscup, as a qualifier.
2021: Two WTA semifinals, top 150 debut
editIn 2021, Niemeier reached two semifinals on clay, in May at the Internationaux de Strasbourg as a qualifier, losing to the eventual champion Barbora Krejčíková, and in July at the Hamburg European Open as a wildcard, losing to Andrea Petkovic. As a result, she entered top 150 at world No. 140, on 12 July 2021.
On her Grand Slam qualifying competition debut at Wimbledon, she reached the third round losing to Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove.
2022: Top 100, first WTA 125 title, Grand Slam debut and quarterfinal
editAt the French Open, Niemeier qualified to make her Grand Slam main-draw debut.[1] She won her first WTA 125 tournament title at the Makarska International Championships.[2]
Following her main-draw debut at the Wimbledon Championships, she reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal after defeating Wang Xiyu, second seed Anett Kontaveit, Lesia Tsurenko and Heather Watson.[3][4] The victory over Kontaveit was in straight sets and her first against a top-10 player.[5] In the quarterfinal, she lost to compatriot Tatjana Maria in three sets.[6]
At her US Open main-draw debut, she reached the fourth round, after defeating Sofia Kenin,[7] Yulia Putintseva, and Zheng Qinwen, all in straight sets. In the fourth round, she lost to world No. 1, Iga Świątek, after winning the first set.[8]
2023-2024: WTA 1000 debut & third round, three top 10 wins, US Open third round
editRanked No. 120 at her home tournament, the 2023 WTA German Open she qualified for the main draw and defeated fourth seed and defending champion Ons Jabeur for her third career top-ten win, and second on grass. It was also Niemeier's first WTA Tour main-draw victory since her second career top-ten win over Petra Kvitová in the second round of the Madrid Open in May, where she reached the third round for the first time at a WTA 1000 level.[9] On 18 December, Niemeier announced that her new coach is Michael Geserer, who is also her manager.[10] Under his tutelage she qualified for the main draw at the 2024 French Open.[11] She was leading against Wang Xinyu, winning the first set 6-0, but eventually lost in three sets.
At her home tournament, the Bad Homburg Open, she entered the main draw as a lucky loser and upset top seed Maria Sakkari, for her third top 10 win on grass courts.[12] In London, she reached the second round defeating former quarterfinalist Viktorija Golubic. She then lost to Elina Svitolina.
At the US Open, she reached the third round for the second time at this Grand Slam, upsetting 32nd Dayana Yastremska and Moyuka Uchijima. She lost to Qinwen Zheng in straight sets.[13]
Performance timelines
editW | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour (incl. Grand Slams), Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[14]
Singles
editCurrent through the 2024 US Open.
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | Q3 | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
French Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
Wimbledon | A | NH | Q3 | QF | 2R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 6–3 | 67% |
US Open | A | A | Q2 | 4R | Q1 | 3R | 0 / 2 | 5–2 | 71% |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 7–3 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0 / 9 | 11–9 | 55% |
National representation | |||||||||
Billie Jean King Cup | A | A | RR | PO | RR | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% | |
WTA 1000 tournaments | |||||||||
Indian Wells Open | A | NH | A | Q1 | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Miami Open | A | NH | A | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Madrid Open | A | NH | A | A | 3R | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Canadian Open | A | NH | Q2 | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
Career statistics | |||||||||
Tournaments | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 9 | Career total: 46 | ||
Hard win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 6–5 | 3–13 | 4–3 | 0 / 19 | 13–23 | 36% |
Clay win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 2–5 | 5–6 | 1–2 | 0 / 16 | 14–16 | 47% |
Grass win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 0 / 11 | 10–11 | 48% |
Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 6–5 | 13–13 | 10–22 | 8–9 | 0 / 46 | 37–50 | 43% |
Win % | 0% | – | 55% | 50% | 31% | 47% | Career total: 43% | ||
Year-end ranking | 296 | 280 | 130 | 61 | 162 |
Doubles
editTournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Wimbledon | A | A | NH | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
National representation | ||||||||||
Billie Jean King Cup | A | A | A | RR | PO | RR | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | |
Career statistics | ||||||||||
Tournaments | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | Career total: 9 | ||
Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0 / 9 | 5–9 | 36% |
Year-end ranking | 837 | – | – | – | – | 425 |
WTA Challenger finals
editSingles: 1 (1 title)
editResult | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jun 2022 | Makarska International, Croatia | Clay | Elisabetta Cocciaretto | 7–5, 6–1 |
ITF Circuit finals
editSingles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jun 2018 | ITF Kaltenkirchen, Germany | W15 | Clay | Vlada Ekshibarova | 7–5, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–1 | Aug 2018 | ITF Braunschweig, Germany | W25 | Clay | Anastasia Zarycká | 1–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Jul 2019 | ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany | W25 | Clay | Despina Papamichail | 2–6, 7–5, 2–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Aug 2019 | ITF Leipzig, Germany | W25 | Clay | Katharina Gerlach | 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 3–2 | May 2021 | ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic | W25 | Clay | Dalma Gálfi | 6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 4–2 | Apr 2022 | Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia | W60 | Clay | Réka Luca Jani | 6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 4–3 | Feb 2024 | Guanajuato Open, Mexico | W100 | Hard | Rebecca Marino | 1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 4–4 | May 2024 | Wiesbaden Open, Germany | W100 | Clay | Julia Riera | 6–3, 3–6, 2–6 |
Wins over top-10 players
editNiemeier has a 4–5 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.[15]
Season | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Total |
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Wins | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | Rank |
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1. | Anett Kontaveit | 3 | Wimbledon, United Kingdom | Grass | 2R | 6–4, 6–0 | 97 |
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2. | Petra Kvitová | 10 | Madrid Open, Spain | Clay | 2R | 7–6(11–9), 6–1 | 67 |
3. | Ons Jabeur | 6 | German Open, Germany | Grass | 1R | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 | 120 |
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4. | Maria Sakkari | 9 | Bad Homburg Open, Germany | Grass | 1R | 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4) | 96 |
National teams participation
editBillie Jean King Cup (3–4)
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Date | Venue | Surface | Rd | Opponent nation | Score | Match type | Opponent player(s) | W/L | Match score |
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2020–21 | |||||||||
Nov | Prague | Hard (i) | RR | Czech Republic | 1–2 | Doubles (w/ A-L Friedsam) | L Hradecká / K Siniaková | Loss | 4–6, 7–6(7–2), [8–10] |
2022 | |||||||||
Apr | Astana | Clay (i) | QR | Kazakhstan | 1–3 | Doubles (w/ A-L Friedsam) | A Danilina / Z Kulambayeva | Win | 6–2, 3–6, [10–6] |
Nov | Rijeka | Hard (i) | PO | Croatia | 3–1 | Singles | Petra Marčinko | Loss | 3–6, 2–6 |
Ana Konjuh | Win | 6–2, 6–1 | |||||||
2023 | |||||||||
Apr | Stuttgart | Clay (i) | QR | Brazil | 3–1 | Singles | Beatriz Haddad Maia | Win | 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–2 |
Nov | Seville | Hard (i) | RR | France | 0–3 | Singles | Clara Burel | Loss | 4–6, 3–6 |
Doubles (w/ L Siegemund) | C Garcia / K Mladenovic | Loss | 7–5, 3–6, [1–10] |
United Cup (0–2)
editMatches by type |
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Singles (0–2) |
Mixed doubles (0–0) |
Venue | Surface | Rd | Opponent nation | Score | Match type | Opponent player(s) | W/L | Match score |
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Sydney | Hard | RR | Czech Republic | 2–3 | Singles | Marie Bouzková | Loss | 2–6, 5–7 |
United States | 0–5 | Madison Keys | Loss | 2–6, 3–6 |
References
edit- ^ "Introducing the 2022 French Open's Grand Slam debutantes". WTA Tennis. 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Niemeier snaps Cocciaretto streak to capture Makarska 125 title". WTA Tennis. 5 June 2022.
- ^ "Bouzkova, Niemeier's Wimbledon breakthroughs continue into quarterfinals". WTA Tennis. 3 July 2022.
- ^ "Wimbledon: Jule Niemeier also wins – and clears the quarterfinals against Tatjana Maria". Tennisnet.com. 3 July 2022.
- ^ "Niemeier routs Kontaveit at Wimbledon; Tsurenko wins all-Ukrainian contest". WTA Tennis. 29 June 2022.
- ^ "Maria triumphs over Niemeier at Wimbledon to reach first Slam semifinal". WTA Tennis. 5 July 2022.
- ^ "Niemeier powers past former Grand Slam champion Kenin". US Open. 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Iga Swiatek gets to work, solves Jule Niemeier in Labor Day thriller at US Open". Tennis.com. 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Niemeier dethrones 2022 champion Jabeur in Berlin". WTA Tennis. 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Jule Niemeier: Ihr Manager ist nun auch ihr Coach". Tennis Magazin. 18 December 2023.
- ^ "NIEMEIER: 'I FOUND THE JOY AGAIN'". 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Niemeier upsets Sakkari, Blinkova ousts Andreescu in Bad Homburg". 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "Zheng puts tearful memory to rest with US Open revenge; Badosa escapes Ruse". WTATennis. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "Jule Niemeier [GER] Australian Open". ausopen.com.
- ^ "Jule Niemeier WTA Match Results, Splits, and Analysis". Tennis Abstract.