Magdalena Fręch (Polish pronunciation: [maɡdaˈlɛna ˈfrɛ̃x]; born 15 December 1997) is a Polish professional tennis player.[1] On 26 February 2024, she reached her best singles WTA ranking of No. 42. On 8 August 2022, she peaked at No. 174 in the doubles rankings.[2] She has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, along with six singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
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Born | Łódź, Poland | 15 December 1997
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Andrzej Kobierski |
Prize money | $2,445,560 |
Singles | |
Career record | 396–276 |
Career titles | 1 WTA Challenger, 6 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 42 (26 February 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 50 (5 August 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (2024) |
French Open | 2R (2018, 2023) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2022) |
US Open | 2R (2023) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (2024) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 65–63 |
Career titles | 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 174 (8 August 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 386 (5 August 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 1R (2024) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2022) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 10–7 |
Last updated on: 8 August 2024. |
Playing for Poland in the Billie Jean King Cup, Fręch has a win–loss record of 10–7, as of June 2024.[3]
Career
edit2013: WTA Tour debut
editFręch made her WTA Tour debut at the Katowice Open in doubles, partnering with Katarzyna Pyka.
2018: Grand Slam debut
editFręch started 2018 season in Auckland where she lost in qualifying (in the first round) to Sachia Vickery, in straight sets. She then took part at the first Grand Slam qualifying in her career - at the Australian Open. She beat Miyu Kato, Sofya Zhuk and Kayla Day, and became one of the 12 qualifiers, making her main-draw debut at the Grand Slam championship. In the first round, she lost to eventual quarterfinalist Carla Suárez Navarro, in straight sets. At the end of January, Fręch played at the $60k Andrézieux-Bouthéon event where she defeated Conny Perrin in three sets, Chloé Paquet in two and Vitalia Diatchenko (6–3, 2–2 ret.). In the semifinals, she lost to eventual champion Georgina García Pérez, in three sets. In February, she started at the Hungarian Ladies Open where she came through the qualifying competition by defeating Çağla Büyükakçay in three, and Anna Blinkova in straight sets.
2021: WTA 1000 & top 100 debuts
editShe made her top 100 debut at No. 99 on 18 October 2021, following her qualification at the Indian Wells Open and first-round win over Zheng Saisai. She lost to top seed Karolína Plíšková.
2022: Wimbledon third round in singles and doubles
editIn 2022, she played again at Indian Wells, entering into the main draw as a lucky loser and winning against Mayar Sherif, before losing to 30th seed Markéta Vondroušová.
Then, she reached the third round of a major event for the first time in her career at Wimbledon, in singles and in doubles.
2023: WTA 1000 third round, top 70
editIn 2023, she again entered the Indian Wells Open as a lucky loser, and won her third match at this tournament defeating Maryna Zanevska, before losing to fourth seed Ons Jabeur. At the Miami Open, she entered directly into the second round of the main draw, again as a lucky loser, after the late withdrawal of 26th seed Zhang Shuai.[4] She defeated wildcard player Erika Andreeva to reach the third round at a WTA 1000-level event for the first time in her career.
She qualified for her next WTA 1000, the China Open, on her debut. As a result, she reached a career-high year-end ranking of No. 63, on 6 November 2023.
2024: Australian Open fourth round, top 50, WTA Tour final
editShe reached the third round at the 2024 Australian Open defeating Daria Saville and 16th seed Caroline Garcia, her first top-20 career win.[5][6] She defeated qualifier Anastasia Zakharova to reach the fourth round of a Major for the first time in her career.[7] As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking, at world No. 51.[8]
At the WTA 1000 Dubai Championships, she reached the round of 16 as a qualifier, defeating 14th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova, her second top-20 win,[9] and Petra Martić. She lost to fourth seed Elena Rybakina in three sets.[10] As a result, she moved into the top 50 of the rankings.
In June, Fręch reached the quarterfinals at the Nottingham Open, before losing to eventual champion Katie Boulter.[11]
In July, at the Prague Open, she defeated third seed Anhelina Kalinina in the quarterfinals.[12] She reached a historic first all-Polish WTA Tour final in the Open Era after 16 years old wildcard Laura Samson retirement.[13] She lost her first final to compatriot Magda Linette, in straight sets.[14][15]
On her debut at the Cincinnati Open where she qualified for the main draw, she recorded her first win over Marie Bouzková.[16] She followed this good result by reaching the quarterfinals at the newly upgraded WTA 500 Monterrey Open where she lost to second seed Emma Navarro.
National representation
editIn 2016, Fręch made her debut in the Fed Cup, playing for Poland. Her first match was in a World Group II play-off where Poland played against the team of Chinese Taipei. Frech was chosen to play her first match against Lee Ya-hsuan, in which she also made her first Fed Cup win. In the next match, Frech lost against Hsu Ching-wen.
In 2018, from 7 to 10 February, she played Fed Cup in Tallinn where she lost to Melanie Klaffner (Austria) in straight sets, Anastasija Sevastova (Latvia) in straight sets, and she defeated Ayla Aksu (Turkey) and Isabella Shinikova (Bulgaria) - both in straight sets.
Performance timelines
editW | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[17]
Singles
editCurrent through the 2023 Jasmin Open.
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | A | 1R | Q2 | 4R | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
French Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | Q1 | Q1 | Q3 | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | NH | Q2 | 3R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
US Open | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | A | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 0 / 14 | 8–14 | 36% |
National representation | ||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | NH | A | NH | A | NH | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||
Billie Jean King Cup[a] | A | A | WG2 | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | PO[b] | RR | RR | 0 / 2 | 6–6 | 50% | ||
WTA 1000 | ||||||||||||||
Qatar[c] | A | NTI | A | NTI | A | NTI | Q2 | NTI | A | NTI | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Dubai Open[c] | NTI | A | NTI | A | NTI | 1R | NTI | Q1 | NTI | Q1 | 3R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | NH | A | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
Guadalajara Open | NH | 2R | 2R | NTI | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% | |||||||
Wuhan Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||
China Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–7 | 0 / 19 | 12–19 | 39% | |
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% | |
Tournaments | 1 | 1 | 0[d] | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 3 | Career total: 69 | ||
Hard win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–8 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 5–12 | 5–12 | 10–11 | 0 / 41 | 28–54 | 34% |
Clay win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 6–8 | 0 / 18 | 17–26 | 40% |
Grass win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | NH | 0–1 | 4–4 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 0 / 10 | 11–14 | 44% |
Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–12 | 1–6 | 2–2 | 6–8 | 11–21 | 12–18 | 18-26 | 0 / 69 | 56–97 | 37% |
Win % | 0% | 0% | 50% | 0% | 29% | 14% | 50% | 43% | 34% | 40% | 41% | Career total: 37% | ||
Year-end ranking[e] | 493 | 459 | 321 | 166 | 151 | 198 | 156 | 102 | 116 | 63 | $1,819,213 |
Doubles
editCurrent through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 3R | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | |
US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | |
National representation | |||||||||||||
Billie Jean King Cup[a] | A | A | WG2 | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | PO[b] | RR | 0 / 1 | 3–0 | |||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||
Tournaments | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Career total: 10 | ||
Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 10 | 4–10 | |
Year-end ranking | 642 | 418 | 542 | 251 | 425 | 870 | 262 | 227 | 525 | 388 |
WTA Tour finals
editSingles: 1 (runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2024 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | WTA 250 | Clay | Magda Linette | 2–6, 1–6 |
WTA Challenger finals
editSingles: 1 (title)
editResult | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Aug 2021 | Concord Open, United States | Hard | Renata Zarazúa | 6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
ITF Circuit finals
editSingles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Mar 2016 | ITF Nishitama, Japan | 10,000 | Hard | Mai Minokoshi | 7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 2–0 | Aug 2017 | ITF Leipzig, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Richèl Hogenkamp | 6–2, 7–6(7–3) |
Win | 3–0 | Aug 2017 | ITF Braunschweig, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Olga Sáez Larra | 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(7–3) |
Loss | 3–1 | Oct 2017 | ITF Óbidos, Portugal | 25,000 | Carpet | Irina Khromacheva | 1–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
Loss | 3–2 | Oct 2017 | ITF Óbidos, Portugal | 25,000 | Carpet | Anna Kalinskaya | 3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 4–2 | Jan 2020 | Canberra International, Australia[f] | W25 | Hard | Patricia Maria Țig | walkover |
Win | 5–2 | Sep 2021 | ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic | W60 | Clay | Tereza Smitková | 6–2, 6–1 |
Loss | 5–3 | Dec 2022 | Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE | W100 | Hard | Elsa Jacquemot | 5–7, 2–6 |
Win | 6–3 | Oct 2023 | ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain | W100 | Hard | Sara Errani | 7–5, 4–6, 6–4 |
Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)
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Head-to-head record
editRecord against top 10 players
edit- She has a 0–11 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Result | W–L | Opponent | Rank | Event | Surface | Round | Score | Rank | H2H |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sloane Stephens | No. 10 | French Open, France | Clay | 2R | 2–6, 2–6 | No. 136 | 0–2 |
2020 | |||||||||
Loss | 0–2 | Simona Halep | No. 2 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | Clay | QF | 2–6, 0–6 | No. 174 | 0–3 |
2021 | |||||||||
Loss | 0–3 | Karolína Plíšková | No. 3 | Indian Wells Open, US | Hard | 2R | 5–7, 2–6 | No. 106 | 0–1 |
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Loss | 0–4 | Garbiñe Muguruza | No. 10 | Eastbourne International, UK | Grass | 2R | 1–6, 6–7(7–9) | No. 92 | 0–2 |
Loss | 0–5 | Iga Świątek | No. 1 | Warsaw Open, Poland | Clay | 1R | 1–6, 2–6 | No. 82 | 0–1 |
Loss | 0–6 | Daria Kasatkina | No. 4 | Granby Championships, Canada | Hard | 2R | 3–6, 2–6 | No. 104 | 0–2 |
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Loss | 0–7 | Ons Jabeur | No. 3 | Indian Wells Open, US | Hard | 2R | 6–4, 4–6, 1–6 | No. 106 | 0–2 |
Loss | 0–8 | Jessica Pegula | No. 6 | Madrid Open, Spain | Clay | 2R | 6–7(5–7), 3–6 | No. 100 | 0–2 |
Loss | 0–9 | Ons Jabeur | No. 6 | Wimbledon, UK | Grass | 1R | 3–6, 3–6 | No. 70 | |
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Loss | 0–10 | Coco Gauff | No. 4 | Australian Open, Australia | Hard | 4R | 1–6, 2–6 | No. 69 | 0–1 |
Loss | 0–11 | Elena Rybakina | No. 4 | Dubai Championships, UAE | Hard | 3R | 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 4–6 | No. 53 | 0–1 |
Notes
edit- ^ a b Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
- ^ a b Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
- ^ a b The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Qatar for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Qatar was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.
- ^ During the season, she did not play in the main-draw of any WTA Tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but matches count.
- ^ 2013: WTA ranking - 1008.
- ^ Tournament moved from Canberra to Bendigo due to the smoke affecting Canberra from the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season.
References
edit- ^ "WTA Profile".
- ^ "ITF Profile".
- ^ "Performances at the Fed Cup". Fed Cup.
- ^ "Ależ zwrot! Magdalena Fręch jednak zagra w Miami. I to od drugiej rundy". 24 March 2023.
- ^ "Day 4 women's wrap: New court, no worries for Haddad Maia".
- ^ "With revamped approach, Poland's Frech upsets Garcia at Australian Open".
- ^ "Frech defies Russian's skill to hold on". 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Rankings Watch: Zheng makes Top 10 debut; Mertens back to No.1 in doubles".
- ^ "American teen Ashlyn Krueger leads trio of upsets in Dubai". 18 February 2024.
- ^ "Rybakina battles past Frech in three sets to make Dubai quarters".
- ^ "Katie Boulter win over Magdalena Frech ensures British finalist at Nottingham". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Prague Open: Frech advances to semi-finals". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Linette, Frech advance in Prague; set first all-Polish final of Open Era". wtatennis.com. 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Linette bests Frech in first all-Polish WTA final to win Prague title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Historic All-Polish Final in Prague: Linette Triumphs Over Fręch". 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Ona to wyrwała! Magdalena Fręch "wybiegała" awans. Zagra z mistrzynią". Onet.pl (in Polish). 14 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "Magda Fręch [POL] | Australian Open". ausopen.com.