Annika Beck

Annika Beck

Beck at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament
Full name	Annika Beck
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Bonn, Germany
Born	16 February 1994 Gießen, Germany
Height	1.69 m
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$ 1,471,948
Singles
Career record	220–143
Career titles	2 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	39 (1 February 2016)
Current ranking	39 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2016)
French Open	3R (2015)
Wimbledon	2R (2013)
US Open	1R (2013, 2014, 2015)
Doubles
Career record	18–44
Career titles	1 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking	102 (21 September 2015)
Current ranking	111 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2014)
French Open	2R (2014, 2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2013, 2014)
US Open	1R (2013, 2014, 2015)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	0–1
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Annika Beck (born 16 February 1994) is a German tennis player.

Beck has won two singles titles on the WTA tour, as well as seven singles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 17 March 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 43. On 3 August 2015, she peaked at world number 108 in the doubles rankings.

Personal life

Beck's father, Johannes, and mother, Petra, teach chemistry at the University of Bonn.^[1][2] Beck attended the Erzbischöfliche Liebfrauenschule Bonn, a school for girls, where she completed her Abitur in 2011.^[2][3][4]

Career

2012

Beck started 2012 ranked world number 234. She played one ITF tournament in January, one in February, and three in March. She was runner-up in Sunderland and Bath and won in Moscow. In April and May, Beck played higher-level tournaments, but had to play qualifying rounds. She qualified for the main draw in Copenhagen and Prague, achieving the second round of the main draw at the latter. She lost in qualifying at the events in Stuttgart and Estoril, and at the French Open. She did, however, take part in the Junior French Open, defeating Anna Karolína Schmiedlová in the final in three sets.

Beck played in the qualifying rounds of Wimbledon, earning a place in the main draw, but lost in the first round. In July, she played the qualifying rounds at the WTA tournament in Båstad, earning a spot in the main draw. Again, she lost in the first round. She also played two ITF tournaments, winning the $50,000 ITF event in Versmold, and losing in the second round at the $100,000 ITF event in Olomouc. In August, she won a $25,000 ITF tournament in Koksijde, then played in qualifying for the US Open, losing in the first round. In September, she played at the 2012 Bell Challenge in Quebec City, with her rank now high enough to earn direct entry into the main draw. In Canada, she won in the first round, but lost in the second. She then went on to win the 2012 Aegon GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury on the ITF tour. In October, she played two WTA events, but had to play qualifying rounds. She lost in the second round of qualifying at the 2012 Generali Ladies Linz, but won through to the main draw at the 2012 BGL Luxembourg Open, winning her first-round match but losing to Lucie Hradecká in the second. Back on the ITF circuit, she won the two $75,000 events in Ismaning and Barnstaple. She ended 2012 with a ranking of world number 78.

2013

In 2013, Beck reached the quarterfinals of the 2013 Shenzhen Open, defeating the number four seed Hsieh Su-wei in the second round. She then went on to win her first Grand Slam match at the 2013 Australian Open, shocking the number 28 seed Yaroslava Shvedova in round one before going out to Ayumi Morita of Japan. Beck then played WTA main tour events, with her ranking now giving direct entry into the main draw. She lost first round in Pattaya City and Memphis, but advanced to the second round in Florianópolis. Beck then played at the Premier tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami, losing in the first round of each. In April, Beck achieved her best WTA International result in Katowice, achieving her first career International-level semifinal, losing to world number 13 Roberta Vinci. Beck then played the WTA Premier tournament in Stuttgart, losing in the first round to world number 8 Petra Kvitová.

At the 2013 French Open, Beck reached the second round before losing to Victoria Azarenka in straight sets. She also reached round two at Wimbledon, losing to Klára Zakopalová in straight sets. However, at the US Open, she lost to Elena Vesnina in the first round.^[5]

2014

Beck improved her previous year's result at the Shenzhen Open, this time reaching the semifinals, where she lost to Li Na in straight sets.^[6] At the 2014 Australian Open she defeated Croatian Petra Martić in the first round,^[7][8] but lost to 14th seed Ana Ivanovic in the second.^[9][10] At the French Open, she lost in the first round to Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova in the first round in three sets.^[11]

In October, Beck won her first WTA title by emphatically defeating Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the Luxembourg Open final.^[12]

2015

At the 2015 French Open, Beck defeated former world number two Agnieszka Radwańska in the first round in three sets, becoming just the third player to defeat the Pole in the first round of a Grand Slam tournament.^[13][14] In round two, she defeated another Pole in the form of qualifier Paula Kania to reach the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time.^[15]

WTA finals

Singles (2–2)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (2–2)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	14 October 2013	Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Caroline Wozniacki	2–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	13 October 2014	Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	1 August 2015	Brasil Tennis Cup, Florianópolis, Brazil	Clay	Teliana Pereira	4–6, 6–4, 1–6
Winner	2.	20 September 2015	Coupe Banque Nationale, Quebec City, Canada	Carpet (i)	Jeļena Ostapenko	6–2, 6–2

Doubles (1–1)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (1–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 October 2014	Generali Ladies Linz, Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Caroline Garcia	Raluca Olaru Anna Tatishvili	2–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	31 July 2015	Brasil Tennis Cup, Florianópolis, Brazil	Clay	Laura Siegemund	María Irigoyen Paula Kania	6–3, 7–6^(7–1)

ITF finals

Singles (7–3)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (4–3) Clay (2–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	16 November 2009	Équeurdreville, France	Hard (i)	Constance Sibille	4–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	25 January 2010	Kaarst, Germany	Hard (i)	Audrey Bergot	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	30 January 2012	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Sarah Gronert	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	20 February 2012	Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Kirsten Flipkens	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	19 March 2012	Bath, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Kiki Bertens	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	3.	2 July 2012	Versmold, Germany	Clay	Anastasija Sevastova	6–3, 6–1
Winner	4.	6 August 2012	Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Bibiane Schoofs	6–1, 6–1
Winner	5.	17 September 2012	Shrewsbury, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Stefanie Vögele	6–2, 6–4
Winner	6.	22 October 2012	Ismaning, Germany	Carpet (i)	Eva Birnerová	6–3, 7–6^(10–8)
Winner	7.	29 October 2012	Barnstaple, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Eleni Daniilidou	6–7^(1–7), 6–2, 6–2

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Australian Open	A	2R	2R	1R	4R	5-4
French Open	Q1	2R	1R	3R	N/A	3–3
Wimbledon	1R	2R	1R	1R	N/A	1–4
US Open	Q1	1R	1R	1R	N/A	0–2
Win–Loss	0–1	3–4	1–4	2–4	3-1	6–13

Doubles

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Australian Open	1R	2R	1R	N/A	1–3
French Open	1R	2R	2R	N/A	2–3
Wimbledon	1R	1R	Q2	N/A	0–2
US Open	1R	1R	1R	N/A	0–2
Win–Loss	0–4	2–4	1–2	0–0	3–10

Fed Cup participation

Doubles

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2013 Fed Cup World Group II	WG2	10 February 2013	Limoges, France	France	Clay (i)	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Alizé Cornet Kristina Mladenovic	L	3–6, 4–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' Singles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	2012	French Open	Clay	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	3–6, 7–5, 6–3

References

1. Krenz, David (2012). "Ein Tag im Leben von Annika Beck" (pdf). Nr. 1 / 2012 (in German). Girls Open. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
2. "Getting To Know... Annika Beck". Women's Tennis Association. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
3. "Liebfrauenschule, Bonn – Die Abiturientinnen 2011". General-Anzeiger Bonn (in German). 19 July 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
4. "Erfolgreiche Tennisspielerin – erfolgreiche Schülerin". Erzbischöfliche Liebfrauenschule Bonn (in German). 22 February 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
5. "Vesnina qualifiée". L'Équipe (in French). 27 August 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
6. "Beck chancenlos gegen Li Na". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 3 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
7. "Beck deklassiert Martic und steht in Runde zwei". Focus (in German). 13 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
8. "Beck verteilt die Höchststrafe". hr-online (in German). 13 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
9. "Youngster Beck zahlt Lehrgeld". Focus (in German). 15 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
10. "Beck zahlt Lehrgeld". hr-online (in German). 15 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
11. "French Open: Beck als erster deutscher Profi ausgeschieden". Focus (in German). 25 May 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
12. "Annika Beck triumphiert in Luxemburg". Sportschau (in German). 18 October 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
13. "Sloane Downs Venus, Aga Out Too". Women's Tennis Association. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
14. Henkel, Doris (25 May 2015). "Annika Beck trumpft groß auf". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 28 May 2015.
15. "Nicht nur Kerber hat einen Lauf". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 27 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

External links

• Annika Beck at the Women's Tennis Association
• Annika Beck at the International Tennis Federation
• Annika Beck at the Fed Cup