Tessah Andrianjafitrimo


Tessah Andrianjafitrimo is a French professional tennis player of Malagasy descent.
On 7 August 2017, Andrianjafitrimo reached her highest WTA singles ranking of world number 243. On 2 July 2018, she peaked at number 389 in the doubles rankings. Andrianjafitrimo has won four singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Personal life

Tessah Andrianjafitrimo's father, Teddy Andrianjafitrimo, was born in Madagascar. Teddy was an excellent, amateur tennis player. He was a tennis champion of Madagascar and Africa. He did not become a professional tennis player because he lacked the financial support to do so. Teddy immigrated to France and worked as a tennis club coach. Teddy is currently Tessah's coach. Tessah was born in Montpellier and has been living in Nogaro since 2010. She has two younger siblings.

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. She had a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of world no. 29, attained on 14 September 2015.

2013-2014

Andrianjafitrimo made her ITF Women's Circuit debut at the $25,000 indoor hardcourt tournament held in September 2013 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 Women's Circuit tournaments in 2013 and 2014.

2015-2016

Andrianjafitrimo made her WTA Tour and Grand Slam singles debut thanks to a wild card at the 2015 French Open qualifying, where she defeated Patricia Mayr-Achleitner in the first round before losing to Olivia Rogowska in the second round.
Andrianjafitrimo also made her WTA Tour singles main-draw debut at the BGL Luxembourg Open thanks to a wild card, losing her first-round match to Tatjana Maria. Three weeks later, Andrianjafitrimo made her WTA 125K series singles debut at the 2015 Open de Limoges; she entered the singles main draw as a wild card and lost her first-round match to Carina Witthöft.
Andrianjafitrimo received a wild card for the women's singles main draw of the 2016 French Open, where she lost 0–6, 0–6 to the unseeded Wang Qiang in the first round. She also played in the girls' singles of the French Open, where she was defeated in the second round of the main draw by Lucrezia Stefanini.

2019

At the French Open, Andrianjafitrimo failed to convert two match points in the third set of the singles qualifying first-round match against Rebecca Marino; Marino eventually won the match 6–7, 6–4, 7–5.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Aug 2015ITF Valladolid, Spain10,000Hard María José Luque Moreno2–6, 2–6
Win1–1Dec 2015ITF Lagos, Nigeria25,000Hard Tadeja Majerič6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Loss1–2Apr 2016ITF Pula, Italy10,000Clay Jasmine Paolini1–0 ret.
Win2–2Aug 2016ITF Vinkovci, Croatia10,000Clay Ivania Martinich6–4, 6–1
Win3–2Apr 2017ITF Hammamet, Tunisia15,000Clay Camilla Scala6–2, 6–4
Loss3–3Dec 2017ITF Nules, Spain25,000Clay Isabelle Wallace1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win4–3Jun 2019ITF Périgueux, France25,000Clay Alice Ramé6–7, 6–2, 6–2
Loss4–4Sep 2019ITF Pula, Italy25,000Clay Yuki Naito6–3, 5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner–up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Dec 2014ITF Djibouti City, Djibouti10,000Hard Ashmitha Easwaramurthi Magali Kempen
Wang Xiyao
3–6, 6–1,
Win2–0Feb 2015ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia10,000Hard Anna Blinkova Arabela Fernández Rabener
Eva Wacanno
6–4, 6–0
Loss2–1Mar 2017ITF Mildura, Australia25,000Grass Shérazad Reix Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Lu Jiajing
4–6, 6–1,