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Tatjana Maria

Tatjana Maria (née Malek; born 8 August 1987) is a German professional tennis player. In July 2025, she reached her career-best singles ranking of world No. 36 at 37 years and 11 months old. In June 2016, she peaked at No. 54 in the doubles rankings.

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Maria at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships
Germany
(1987-08-08) 8 August 1987Bad Saulgau, West Germany
1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
2001
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Charles-Edouard Maria
US$6,668,009
704–564
4
No. 36 (14 July 2025)
No. 54 (4 May 2026)
2R (2009, 2016, 2024, 2025)
2R (2016, 2017)
SF (2022)
2R (2012, 2017, 2018, 2024)
1R (2024)
270–252
4
No. 54 (6 June 2016)
No. 1256 (10 November 2025)
2R (2017)
3R (2016)
QF (2018)
3R (2023)
1R (2024)
SF (2018), record 13–10
Last updated on: 1 May 2026.

Tatjana Maria (née Malek; born 8 August 1987) is a German professional tennis player. In July 2025, she reached her career-best singles ranking of world No. 36 at 37 years and 11 months old. In June 2016, she peaked at No. 54 in the doubles rankings.

She has won four singles titles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won 19 singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She has played 1268 singles matches, the third highest number of tennis matches in the Open Era, after just Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert.

She has made 16 appearances (23 matches) for Germany in the Billie Jean King Cup competition between 2006 and 2011 and since 2018. She won three of her four WTA Tour titles after giving births and after being 34, winning her biggest title (a WTA 500) at 37 years old.

Maria took a sabbatical in 2013, to have her first child, and returned to tour at the 2014 Copa Colsanitas.

Maria reached a career-high ranking in the top 50 in November 2017.

She won her first singles WTA Tour title at the 2018 Mallorca Open defeating Anastasija Sevastova.

Maria won her second title at the 2022 Copa Colsanitas, defeating Laura Pigossi in the final.

At the Wimbledon Championships she defeated Astra Sharma, Sorana Cîrstea and then world No. 5, Maria Sakkari (her fifth top 10 win), and, in the round of 16, the 12th-seeded Jeļena Ostapenko, winning after saving two match points. This made her the oldest player to debut in a Wimbledon quarterfinal. In the quarterfinals, she beat compatriot Jule Niemeier who was ranked 97th, in three sets. She reached a Wimbledon semifinal as the sixth female player in the Open era over the age of 34, and the sixth woman from Germany. She lost her semifinal match to the second seed and world No. 2, Ons Jabeur, in three sets. She was the first mother-of-two to make the last four of a major since Margaret Court at Wimbledon 1975, and only the fourth player ranked outside the top 100 to reach the Wimbledon semifinals. She was awarded the WTA Comeback Player of the Year for her performance in 2022.

Maria defended her title at the 2023 Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá by defeating Peyton Stearns in the final.

At the 2024 Copa Colsanitas, she could not defend her title losing to local favorite and 2021 champion, Camila Osorio, in the quarterfinals and fell down to No. 65 in the singles rankings.

She was selected as the German No. 2 player for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

At age 37 and 312 days, at the 2025 Queen's Club Championships, Maria became the oldest woman to reach a WTA 500 final and the oldest WTA singles finalist since Serena Williams won the 2020 title in Auckland at age 38. Maria defeated Amanda Anisimova to become the "Queen of Queen's" and win her first WTA 500 title and second on grass, the first woman champion at Queen's Club for over half a century, having come through qualifying to earn the right to play the tournament. She was also the oldest ever winner of a WTA 500 event.

The following month, she was runner-up at the WTA 125 Hall of Fame Open, losing to Caty McNally in the final.

Her father Heinrich Malek (Polish: Henryk Małek) was a Polish international handball player originally from Zabrze.

On 8 April 2013, she married her coach, the French former tennis player Charles-Edouard Maria. Their first child, a daughter, was born in December 2013, and their second daughter was born in April 2021.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Olympic Games and Billie Jean King Cup are included in win–loss records.

Current through the 2026 French Open.

Legend	Finals by surface
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500 (1–0)
WTA 250 (3–0)
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2018	Mallorca Open, Spain	International	Grass	Anastasija Sevastova	6–4, 7–5
Win	2–0	Apr 2022	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	WTA 250	Clay	Laura Pigossi	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Win	3–0	Apr 2023	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (2)	WTA 250	Clay	Peyton Stearns	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win	4–0	Jun 2025	Queen's Club Championships, UK	WTA 500	Grass	Amanda Anisimova	6–3, 6–4

Legend	Finals by surface
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (4–4)
Hard (2–1)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2009	Austrian Open, Austria	International	Clay	Andrea Petkovic	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	2–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Sep 2012	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	International	Carpet (i)	Kristina Mladenovic	Alicja Rosolska Heather Watson	7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), [10–7]
Loss	1–2	Oct 2014	Japan Open, Japan	International	Hard	Lara Arruabarrena	Shuko Aoyama Renata Voráčová	1–6, 2–6
Loss	1–3	Jul 2015	Swedish Open, Sweden	International	Clay	Olga Savchuk	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	5–7, 4–6
Win	2–3	Apr 2016	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Lara Arruabarrena	Gabriela Cé Andrea Gámiz	6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
Loss	2–4	Apr 2016	Morocco Open, Morocco	International	Clay	Raluca Olaru	Xenia Knoll Aleksandra Krunić	3–6, 0–6
Win	3–4	Mar 2018	Mexican Open, Mexico	International	Hard	Heather Watson	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	7–5, 2–6, [10–2]
Win	4–4	Sep 2019	Korea Open, South Korea	International	Hard	Lara Arruabarrena	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	7–6(9–7), 3–6, [10–7]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2023	Veneto Open, Italy	Grass	Ashlyn Krueger	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	Aug 2023	Barranquilla Open, Colombia	Hard	Fiona Ferro	6–1, 6–2
Loss	1–2	Aug 2024	Barranquilla Open, Colombia	Hard	Nadia Podoroska	2–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss	1–3	Sep 2024	Abierto Zapopan, Mexico	Hard	Kamilla Rakhimova	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Loss	1–4	Jul 2025	Hall of Fame Open, United States	Grass	Caty McNally	6–2, 4–6, 2–6

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2015	Carlsbad Open, United States	Hard	Oksana Kalashnikova	Verónica Cepede Royg Gabriela Cé	6–1, 4–6, [8–10]

Legend	Finals by surface
$100,000 tournaments (6–5)
$50/60,000 tournaments (5–1)
$40,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (6–7)
$10,000 tournaments (1–1)
Hard (13–4)
Clay (3–8)
Grass (2–2)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2006	Biberach Open, Germany	25,000	Hard (i)	Kristina Barrois	4–6, 7–5, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	0–2	Jun 2006	ITF Davos, Switzerland	10,000	Clay	Sandra Martinović	6–1, 4–6, 2–6
Win	1–2	Jul 2006	ITF Les Contamines, France	25,000	Hard	Sandra Záhlavová	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–2	Aug 2006	Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany	25,000	Clay	Magda Mihalache	6–2, 6–3
Loss	2–3	Sep 2006	ITF Gliwice, Poland	25,000	Clay	Sandra Záhlavová	4–6, 0–6
Loss	2–4	Oct 2006	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	25,000	Hard (i)	Caroline Wozniacki	2–6, 1–6
Loss	2–5	Apr 2007	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	100,000	Clay	Timea Bacsinszky	4–6, 1–6
Win	3–5	Oct 2007	Slovak Open, Slovakia	100,000	Hard (i)	Petra Kvitová	6–2, 7–6(9–7)
Win	4–5	Nov 2008	Ismaning Open, Germany	50,000	Carpet (i)	Kristina Barrois	6–2, 6–3
Win	5–5	Feb 2009	ITF Stockholm, Sweden	25,000	Hard (i)	Anikó Kapros	6–3, 6–2
Win	6–5	May 2009	ITF Makarska, Croatia	50,000	Clay	Simona Halep	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Win	7–5	Aug 2009	Bronx Open, United States	100,000	Hard	Kristina Barrois	6–1, 6–4
Loss	7–6	Jul 2011	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	25,000	Clay	Raluca Olaru	6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Win	8–6	Aug 2011	Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany	25,000	Clay	Sarah Gronert	6–3, 6–4
Loss	8–7	Oct 2011	ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Andrea Hlaváčková	4–6, 6–0, 6–7(6–8)
Loss	8–8	Apr 2012	ITF Tessenderlo, Belgium	25,000	Clay (i)	Maryna Zanevska	2–6, 2–6
Loss	8–9	Jun 2012	Nottingham Open, United Kingdom	50,000	Grass	Ashleigh Barty	1–6, 1–6
Loss	8–10	Sep 2012	ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Stefanie Vögele	4–6, 1–6
Win	9–10	Aug 2014	ITF Fort Worth, United States	10,000	Hard	Hayley Carter	6–1, 6–1
Win	10–10	Oct 2014	ITF Makinohara, Japan	25,000	Grass	Shuko Aoyama	6–1, 6–2
Win	11–10	Dec 2014	ITF Mérida, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Victoria Rodríguez	6–0, 6–3
Win	12–10	Feb 2015	Midland Tennis Classic, United States	100,000	Hard (i)	Louisa Chirico	6–2, 6–0
Loss	12–11	May 2015	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	100,000	Clay	Carina Witthöft	5–7, 1–6
Win	13–11	Nov 2015	Toronto Challenger, Canada	50,000	Hard (i)	Jovana Jakšić	6–3, 6–2
Win	14–11	Feb 2017	Midland Tennis Classic, United States	100,000	Hard (i)	Naomi Broady	6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–4
Loss	14–12	Jun 2017	Open de Marseille, France	100,000	Clay	Jasmine Paolini	4–6, 6–2, 1–6
Win	15–12	Jun 2017	Southsea Trophy, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Irina-Camelia Begu	6–2, 6–2
Loss	15–13	Jul 2017	Contrexéville Open, France	100,000	Clay	Johanna Larsson	1–6, 4–6
Win	16–13	Feb 2022	Georgia's Rome Open, United States	60,000	Hard (i)	Alycia Parks	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Win	17–13	Jan 2023	ITF Pune, India	40,000	Hard	Nigina Abduraimova	6–1, 6–1
Loss	17–14	Jun 2024	Surbiton Trophy, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Alison Van Uytvanck	7–6(7–5), 1–6, 2–6
Win	18–14	Dec 2024	Trnava Indoor, Slovakia	60,000	Hard (i)	Jodie Burrage	6–4, 6–1
Win	19–14	Jan 2025	ITF Bengaluru Open, India	100,000	Hard	Léolia Jeanjean	6–7(0–7), 6–3, 6–4

Legend	Finals by surface
$100,000 tournaments (0–3)
$75,000 tournaments (0–2)
$50,000 tournaments (5–2)
$25,000 tournaments (9–2)
$10,000 tournaments (1–1)
Hard (5–5)
Clay (8–4)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2003	ITF Warsaw, Poland	10,000	Clay	Annette Kolb	Barbora Machovská Ivana Plateniková	6–3, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Aug 2004	ITF Westende, Belgium	10,000	Hard	Janette Bejlková	Veronika Chvojková Emma Laine	4–6, 5–7
Loss	1–2	Sep 2006	Save Cup Mestre, Italy	50,000	Clay	Margalita Chakhnashvili	Monica Niculescu Renata Voráčová	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	2–2	May 2009	ITF Makarska, Croatia	50,000	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Tereza Hladíková Karolina Kosińska	6–4, 5–7, [10–6]
Loss	2–3	Sep 2010	Sofia Cup, Bulgaria	100,000	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Oct 2010	GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, United Kingdom	75,000	Hard (i)	Sandra Klemenschits	Andrea Hlaváčková Michaëlla Krajicek	6–7(4–7), 2–6
Win	3–4	Oct 2010	Open de Touraine, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Irena Pavlovic	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Selima Sfar	6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Win	4–4	Oct 2010	Open de Saint-Raphaël, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Sandra Klemenschits	Estrella Cabeza Candela Laura Pous Tió	6–2, 6–4
Win	5–4	Apr 2011	ITF Tessenderlo, Belgium	25,000	Clay (i)	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Elina Svitolina Maryna Zanevska	7–5, 6–3
Win	6–4	Jun 2011	Bella Cup Toruń, Poland	50,000	Clay	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	Edina Gallovits-Hall Andreja Klepač	6–2, 7–5
Win	7–4	Aug 2011	Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany	25,000	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Korina Perkovic Laura Siegemund	4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Loss	7–5	Oct 2011	GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, United Kingdom	75,000	Hard (i)	Sandra Klemenschits	Eva Birnerová Anne Keothavong	5–7, 1–6
Win	8–5	Mar 2012	GB Pro-Series Bath, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard (i)	Stephanie Vogt	Julie Coin Melanie South	6–3, 3–6, [10–3]
Loss	8–6	Apr 2012	ITF Tessenderlo, Belgium	25,000	Clay (i)	Stephanie Vogt	Demi Schuurs Maryna Zanevska	4–6, 3–6
Win	9–6	Jun 2012	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	25,000	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Lenka Juríková Zuzana Luknárová	6–3, 6–2
Loss	9–7	Jul 2012	ITF Biella, Italy	100,000	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Eva Hrdinová Mervana Jugić-Salkić	6–1, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	9–8	Oct 2012	ITF Poitiers, France	100,000	Hard (i)	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	Catalina Castaño Mervana Jugić-Salkić	4–6, 7–5, [4–10]
Win	10–8	Apr 2013	Dothan Pro Classic, United States	50,000	Clay	Julia Cohen	Irina Falconi Maria Sanchez	6–4, 4–6, [11–9]
Win	11–8	Jun 2014	ITF Essen, Germany	25,000	Clay	Kristina Barrois	Ysaline Bonaventure Elitsa Kostova	6–2, 6–2
Win	12–8	Oct 2014	ITF Makinohara, Japan	25,000	Grass	Miki Miyamura	Makoto Ninomiya Mari Tanaka	6–3, 6–1
Win	13–8	Oct 2014	ITF Hamamatsu, Japan	25,000	Carpet	Miki Miyamura	Makoto Ninomiya Mari Tanaka	5–7, 6–2, [10–5]
Loss	13–9	Oct 2014	Toronto Challenger, Canada	50,000	Hard (i)	Gabriela Dabrowski	Maria Sanchez Taylor Townsend	5–7, 6–4, [13–15]
Win	14–9	Dec 2014	ITF Mérida, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Renata Zarazúa	Jan Abaza Hsu Chieh-yu	7–6(7–1), 6–1
Win	15–9	Dec 2014	ITF Mérida, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Renata Zarazúa	Andrea Gámiz Valeria Savinykh	6–4, 6–1
Loss	15–10	Feb 2015	AK Ladies Open, Germany	25,000	Carpet (i)	Sandra Klemenschits	Antonia Lottner Ana Vrljić	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]

Maria has a 6–20 win-loss record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	Rank
2010
1.	Li Na	10	Malaysian Open, Malaysia	Hard	1R	6–1, 5–7, 6–2	81
2015
2.	Eugenie Bouchard	7	Miami Open, United States	Hard	2R	6–0, 7–6(7–4)	113
2018
3.	Elina Svitolina	5	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grass	1R	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–1	57
2019
4.	Sloane Stephens	6	Miami Open, United States	Hard	3R	6–3, 6–2	62
2022
5.	Maria Sakkari	5	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grass	3R	6–3, 7–5	103
2025
6.	Madison Keys	8	Queen's Club, United Kingdom	Grass	SF	6–3, 7–6(7–3)	86

Note: Levels of Billie Jean King Cup in which Germany did not participate in a particular year are marked "NP".

Tatjana Maria at the Women's Tennis Association
Tatjana Maria at the International Tennis Federation
Tatjana Maria at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived former page)
Tatjana Maria at Team Deutschland (in German)
Tatjana Maria on Instagram

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