Magdalena Fręch Biography

Polish tennis player (born 1997)

Magdalena Fręch (Polish pronunciation: ; born 15 December 1997) is a Polish tennis player.On 29 January 2024, she reached her best singles WTA ranking of world No. 51. On 8 August 2022, she peaked at No. 174 in the doubles rankings.She won one singles *le on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won six singles and four doubles *les on the ITF Circuit.

Playing for Poland in the Billie Jean King Cup, Fręch has a win–loss record of 9–6, as of December 2023.

Professional career

2013: WTA Tour debut

Fręch made her WTA Tour debut at the Katowice Open in doubles, partnering Katarzyna Pyka.

2018: Grand Slam debut

Fręch 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 compe*ion by defeating Çağla Büyükakçay in three, and Anna Blinkova in straight sets.

Fręch at the 2019 Wimbledon qualifying

2021: WTA 1000 & top 100 debuts

She 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

In 2022, she qualified again for the Indian Wells Open into the main draw entering as a lucky loser and won against Mayar Sherif, before losing to 30th seed Markéta Vondroušová.

She reached the third round of a Major for the first time in her career at Wimbledon in singles and in doubles.

2023: WTA 1000 third round, top 70

In 2023, she again entered the Indian Wells Open as a lucky loser for a second consecutive year, 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. She defeated wildcard player Erika Andreeva to reach the third round at a WTA 1000-level 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

She reached the third round at the 2024 Australian Open defeating Daria Saville and 16th seed Caroline Garcia, her first top-20 career win. She defeated qualifier Anastasia Zakharova to reach the fourth round of a major for the first time in her career. As a result, she reached a new career-high ranking, at world No. 51.

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, and Petra Martic. She lost to fourth seed Elena Rybakina in three sets. As a result, she moved into the top 50 in the rankings.

National representation

In 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 at 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

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record. To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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.

Singles

Current through the 2023 Jasmin Open.

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (*le)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (6 *les, 3 runner–ups)

Doubles: 8 (4 *les, 4 runner–ups)

Head-to-head record

Record against top 10 players

• She has a 0–11 (0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Notes

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Magdalena Fręch.

• Magdalena Fręch at the Women's Tennis *ociation
• Magdalena Fręch at the International Tennis Federation
• Magdalena Fręch at the Billie Jean King Cup