Angelika Roesch

Biography

Angelika Roesch began at the age of seven years with the tennis. She was originally left-handed, but plays tennis with the right.

During her career she could in a single five tournaments on the ITF Women's Circuit win, the last in September 2008 at the dope $ 25,000 event in Lecce, Italy, by a final victory over Mervana Jugic - Salkić. In doubles, she triumphed in six ITF tournaments, most recently in 2006 on the side of Yulia Beygelzimer on Fuerteventura.

On the WTA tour reached Roesch, 2002 in Quebec and 2003 in Hobart the quarterfinals, she succeeded in a double on the side of Lubomira Bacheva in Palermo 2002 finals, but they lost to a team from Russia. In 2003, she reached in double also in Budapest and Quebec respectively the semi-final, as in 2004 Hasselt in Belgium is on the side of the Italian Maria Elena Camerin.

1995-2000

In 1995, she played for the first time tournaments on the WTA Tour. At her debut in Berlin, she was subject to the same in the first round. Still in its first year, however, Roesch won an ITF tournament in Sao Paulo by a 6:1 -, 5:7 -, 6:2 final win over Sabine Haas, sister of Tommy Haas. Your first year concluded Roesch after eight tournaments at position 536 from. It was officially a professional player in 1996.

2001

2001 was largely Roesch after successful performances in ITF tournaments at the end of the first among the top 150 in the world rankings. She won the tournament of Verona ( final against Zuzana Kucova, in the quarterfinals they could prevail over the seeded 1 Dally Randriantefy from Madagascar ), in two other, better-paid ITF tournaments they reached the final.

2002

In 2002, she fell on mainly by their three wins over the Russian Elena Dementieva, who was listed among the top 20 in the world rankings. Roesch was in June 2002 for the first time in the top 100 in the world rankings. In 2002, she also reached the quarterfinals at the WTA tournament in Quebec, where they again beat Dementieva in the second round and failed only at the Russian Jelena Bowina. When high-level WTA tournament in New Haven Roesch reached as a qualifier after four wins over players from the former Top 100 the second round, by checking again Dementieva defeated before she lost to Laura Granville of the United States. The same is true for the WTA tournament in Berlin, where she came through qualifying into the main draw and retired there after another win over Dementieva in round one in the second round. At Grand Slam tournaments Roesch twice reached the third qualifying round, at Wimbledon and at the U.S. Open, she retired in the main field in the first round; in the second round of Wimbledon she was taken to the then world number one Venus Williams, but Roesch lost in the first round against the Spaniard Virginia Ruano Pascual -. Overall, it survived in 2002 in 22 of 30 tournaments, the opening round and came to 37 match wins.

Her most successful year ended Roesch on position 80 on February 24, 2003, she reached her 69th until then best ranking in the WTA world rankings. On March 17, 2003, she reached position 107 with their best finish in the doubles competition.

2003

In spring 2003, Roesch was nominated despite their rise in the world rankings and as a former number two in Germany, not the Fed Cup against Slovakia. In the next match against Indonesia in 2003 it was used in the already meaningless double on the side of Brachbacherin Vanessa Henke for the first and only time in the Fed Cup. In January 2003, Roesch reached the quarterfinals in Hobart, subject to there, however, the US-American Amy Frazier. In the WTA tournament in Antwerp, she stood for a victory over Magui Serna in the second round. The following week, she beat Amanda Coetzer in Memphis with almost another top player, but failed in a 6-2, 6:7, 1:6, apparently, as so often in her career on her nerves. 2003 Roesch also played their last match so far in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. At the U.S. Open, as this year, with all other Grand Slam tournaments, she was defeated in the first round Paola Suarez of Argentina.

2004

Their last victory in the main draw of a WTA tournament in Indian Wells succeeded Roesch. She suggested in the first round Sybille Bammer in the Austrian two sets, then defeated, however, the Belgian Kim Clijsters. Shortly before she came in Acapulco into the main draw, defeated there, however, their anxiety opponent Iveta Benešová. In the same year she reached the senior ITF Turneir in Bergamo the semi-finals after they had left in the quarter- finals of the Ukrainian Alyona Bondarenko 6-1, 6-2 no chance.

2007

In Berlin Roesch played for the last time in the main draw of a WTA tournament. She dropped after recovering from the Austrian Sybille Bammer qualification against despite a 5-1 lead in the first set in two sets of. On the way into the main draw, she defeated include the Czech Eva Birnerova, which ranked at the time among the best 80 in the world. 2007 suggested Roesch also the last time a player from the top 100, in the first qualifying round of the WTA tournament in San Diego, she defeated Bethanie Mattek of the United States.

2007 won Roesch as a qualifier, the doped $ 25,000 ITF tournament in Bari with a final victory over Giulia Gabba, and returned among the top 200 in the world rankings after they had reached the finals of the ITF tournament in Grado, where the Belarusian Darya Kustava against which they had at the beginning of the year still prevailed, was defeated in three sets; before that, she had the world ranking 115th Youlia Fedossova defeated with 6:7, 6:0, 6:1. Furthermore, it reached 2007, the quarter-finals of the doped $ 50,000 events in Saguenay, it lost to Aleksandra Wozniak - as in the Czech town of Zlín, where they defeated the Czech Petra Kvitová in straight sets, after it has previously Viktoriya Kutusowa from Ukraine with 6: 2, had 7:6 enforced. At the U.S. Open she took three years for the first time in a qualification at a Grand Slam tournament, but lost in straight sets Varvara Lepchenko from the USA. Ahead she complained as so often about motivation problems. In 18 of their 28 tournaments she survived the opening round and came to a total of 37 victories.

2008

At the beginning of Roesch went to the Australian Open qualifying, losing to the Czech Barbora Zahlavova Strycova in the first round, almost 6:7, 4:6. In the WTA tournament in Paris, she came into the second round of qualifying, in Antwerp they failed in their opening match, two other ITF events she reached the second round. As of February, they had to stop due to an injury seven months. In her comeback at the end of September they reached the doped with $ 50,000 tournament in Mestre as a qualifier the semi-finals - defeated Anastasiya Yakimova there and a 6-4, 6-2 - and won a week later, their last title in Lecce. In the $ 100,000 tournament in Taipei after they succumbed smooth opening victory over the German Vanessa Henke in round two of the Italian Corinna Dentoni almost 6:7, 6:7. The year 2008 Roesch decided with a defeat in the first round of the doped $ 50,000 ITF tournament in Calcutta, India.

Since 2009

The year 2009 began less successful for Angelika Roesch. You could up to and including the French Open, where in the first qualifying round she retired again set against the Russian Evgenia Rodina, win a match. After seven prelude bankruptcies reached the 25,000 - dollar tournament in Szczecin the second round. After she survived the qualification also at a tournament in Italy, she stood in the doped $ 25,000 ITF tournament in Stuttgart in the semi-finals. On her way there she suggested, inter alia, the top seed and defending champion Kathrin Worle Stephanie Gehrlein in two straight sets. The semi-finals had Roesch then retire in the second set. The following week, she was disqualified in Zagreb turn out in the opening round. In a further 25,000 $ tournament in Italy, she reached the quarter-finals. 2010 defeated Roesch at the WTA tournament in Budapest in the opening match, the Georgian Margalita Chakhnashvili (then to position 200 in the world rankings ) in straight sets, in the round after, she retired from, however. In the 25,000 -$ tournament in Versmold she could also win a round. Your last bet she had at one ITF tournament in Italy Ciampino where they came in the doubles competition to the semifinals.

After her retirement from professional sports Roesch has taken a tennis school in Baden Oberkirch.

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