Anna Zaja (born 25 June 1991[1]) is a retired German tennis player.

Anna Zaja
Country (sports) Germany
Born (1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 33)
Sigmaringen, Germany
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
RetiredJuly 2022
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$300,489
Singles
Career record332–249
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 184 (6 May 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2019)
French OpenQ1 (2019)
WimbledonQ2 (2019)
US Open1R (2017)
Doubles
Career record164–116
Career titles13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 145 (28 April 2014)

Zaja has won six singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In May 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 184. On 28 April 2014, she peaked at No. 145 in the WTA doubles rankings.

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner–ups)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments (1–2)
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
$10,000 tournaments (4–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (2–3)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2010 ITF Mytilene, Greece 10,000 Hard   Despina Papamichail 6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 0–2 Jan 2011 ITF Kaarst, Germany 10,000 Carpet (i)   Sarah Gronert 7–6(4), 6–7(5), 3–6
Win 1–2 Apr 2012 ITF Muscat, Oman 10,000 Hard   Laëtitia Sarrazin 6–2, 6–2
Win 2–2 Mar 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard   Kathinka von Deichmann 6–4, 6–1
Loss 2–3 Jun 2015 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay   Iva Mekovec 3–6, 2–6
Win 3–3 Feb 2016 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK 10,000 Hard (i)   Maia Lumsden 6–4, 6–3
Win 4–3 Mar 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh,
Egypt
10,000 Hard   Anastasiya Komardina 6–4, 7–5
Loss 4–4 Jan 2017 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 15,000 Hard (i)   Markéta Vondroušová 6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Win 5–4 Mar 2017 ITF Gonesse, France 15,000 Clay (i)   Priscilla Heise 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(6)
Loss 5–5 Jul 2017 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 25,000 Clay   Bernarda Pera 4–6, 4–6
Loss 5–6 Jul 2018 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 25,000 Clay   Mandy Minella 4–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win 6–6 Jul 2018 ITF Aschaffenburg,
Germany
25,000 Clay   Katharina Hobgarski 6–4, 7–5

Doubles: 27 (13 titles, 14 runner–ups)

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Legend
$50/60,000 tournaments (2–1)
$25,000 tournaments (8–6)
$10,000 tournaments (3–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–7)
Clay (9–7)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2009 ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain 10,000 Hard   Efrat Mishor   Ximena Hermoso
  Garbiñe Muguruza
2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2010 ITF Horb, Germany 10,000 Clay   Korina Perkovic   Simona Dobrá
  Lucie Kriegsmannová
6–4, 6–7(5), [8–10]
Loss 0–3 Jul 2010 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany 25,000 Clay   Ana Jovanović   Elise Tamaëla
  Scarlett Werner
4–6, 6–1, 5–7
Loss 0–4 Aug 2010 ITF Doboj,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
10,000 Clay   Alexandra Damaschin   Jasmina Kajtazovič
  Zuzana Zlochová
1–6, 2–6
Win 1–4 Jun 2011 ITF Cologne, Germany 10,000 Clay   Vanessa Henke   Carolin Daniels
  Christina Shakovets
1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–4 Jul 2011 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay   Natela Dzalamidze   Hana Birnerová
  Karolína Plíšková
7–5, 2–6, [10–6]
Loss 2–5 Apr 2012 ITF Manama, Bahrain 10,000 Hard   Yana Sizikova   Abbie Myers
  Anna Tyulpa
3–6, 6–3, [11–13]
Win 3–5 Apr 2012 ITF Fujairah,
United Arab Emirates
10,000 Hard   Yana Sizikova   Fatma Al-Nabhani
  Kyra Shroff
6–4, 6–1
Loss 3–6 May 2012 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 10,000 Hard   Fatma Al-Nabhani   Başak Eraydın
  Melis Sezer
2–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win 4–6 Sep 2012 Royal Cup, Montenegro 50,000 Clay   Nicole Clerico   Mailen Auroux
  María Irigoyen
4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss 4–7 Oct 2012 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK 25,000 Hard (i)   Nicole Clerico   Justyna Jegiołka
  Diāna Marcinkēviča
2–6, 1–6
Loss 4–8 Apr 2013 Wiesbaden Open, Germany 25,000 Clay   Dinah Pfizenmaier   Gabriela Dabrowski
  Sharon Fichman
3–6, 3–6
Win 5–8 May 2013 ITF Casablanca, Morocco 25,000 Clay   Justine Ozga   Elitsa Kostova
  Sandra Zaniewska
6–4, 6–2
Loss 5–9 Sep 2013 Telavi Open, Georgia 50,000 Clay   Maša Zec Peškirič   Maria Elena Camerin
  Anja Prislan
5–7, 2–6
Loss 5–10 Mar 2014 ITF Irapuato, Mexico 25,000 Hard   Irina Khromacheva   Denise Muresan
  Indy de Vroome
4–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Win 6–10 Oct 2015 Ismaning Open, Germany 10,000 Carpet (i)   Lena Rüffer   Michaela Boev
  Hristina Dishkova
5–7, 7–6(3), [10–3]
Loss 6–11 Jan 2016 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 10,000 Hard (i)   Laura Schaeder   Anna Blinkova
  Maria Marfutina
6–0, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 6–12 Feb 2016 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK 10,000 Hard (i)   Fatma Al-Nabhani   Nina Stadler
  Kimberley Zimmermann
2–6, 6–7(7)
Win 7–12 Jul 2016 ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany 25,000 Clay   Nicola Geuer   Dalila Jakupović
  Lu Jiajing
6–4, 6–4
Loss 7–13 Aug 2016 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany 25,000 Clay   Nicola Geuer   Irina Bara
  Oleksandra Korashvili
5–7, 6–4, [4–10]
Win 8–13 Aug 2016 Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany 25,000 Clay   Nicola Geuer   Vivian Heisen
  Pia König
6–3, 6–1
Win 9–13 Jan 2017 Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France 60,000 Hard (i)   Nicola Geuer   Ana Bogdan
  Ioana Loredana Roșca
6–3, 2–2 ret.
Win 10–13 Apr 2017 ITF Jackson, United States 25,000 Clay   Alla Kudryavtseva   Alexa Guarachi
  Ronit Yurovsky
6–2, 6–0
Win 11–13 Jun 2017 ITF Baja, Hungary 25,000 Clay   Chantal Škamlová   Ágnes Bukta
  Vivien Juhászová
6–7(5), 6–1, [11–9]
Loss 11–14 Jul 2017 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 25,000 Clay   Laura Schaeder   Kseniia Bekker
  Raluca Șerban
3–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Win 12–14 Apr 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay   Valeriya Solovyeva   Manon Arcangioli
  Chantal Škamlová
7–5, 6–3
Win 13–14 Feb 2019 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK 25,000 Hard (i)   Lesley Kerkhove   Freya Christie
  Jana Fett
6–4, 3–6, [10–3]

References

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  1. ^ "Spielerprofil". Tennis-Bundesliga (Damen) (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2012.
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