Anne Schäfer

For the actress, see Anne Schaefer.

Anne Schäfer (German pronunciation: [ˈʔanə ˈʃɛːfɐ]; born 1 March 1987) is a German tennis player.

Anne Schäfer

Schäfer at the 2016 Wimbledon qualifying tournament
ITF name	Anne Schaefer
Country (sports)	Germany
Born	(1987-03-01) 1 March 1987 (age 38) Apolda, East Germany (now Germany)
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$248,133
Singles
Career record	540–296
Career titles	22 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 161 (23 March 2009)
Current ranking	No. 981 (10 November 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2009)
French Open	Q1 (2009, 2016)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2009, 2013, 2016)
US Open	Q2 (2008)
Doubles
Career record	133–134
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 211 (25 July 2016)
Last updated on: 11 November 2025.

Schäfer has won twenty-one singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 23 March 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 161. On 25 July 2016, she peaked at No. 211 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Schäfer made her WTA Tour main-draw singles debut at the 2016 Copa Colsanitas, when she defeated qualifier Chloé Paquet in the first round.^[1]

Education

Schäfer completed her Abitur in Thuringia, and studied Economics at the University of Hagen.^[2][3]

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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 and Grand Slam tournaments are included in win–loss records.

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
French Open	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	0–0
Wimbledon	A	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	Q1	A	A	0–0
US Open	Q2	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	Q1	0–0
Career statistics
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1
Year-end ranking	181	362	404	326	257	229	420	222	241	–	615

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 46 (22–24)

Legend $25,000 tournaments (2–6) $10/15,000 tournaments (20–18)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (22–23)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2006	ITF Falkenberg, Sweden	10,000	Clay	Johanna Larsson	2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	1–1	Jun 2006	ITF Getxo, Spain	10,000	Clay	Irene Rehberger Bescos	6–3, 3–6, 6–0
Win	2–1	Jul 2006	ITF Birkerød, Denmark	10,000	Clay	Piia Suomalainen	6–4, 6–2
Win	3–1	Aug 2006	ITF Gdynia, Poland	10,000	Clay	Oksana Teplyakova	6–3, 7–5
Win	4–1	Aug 2006	ITF Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland	10,000	Clay	Kateřina Vaňková	7–6(7–2), 7–5
Win	5–1	Oct 2006	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	10,000	Clay	Tanya Germanlieva	6–2, 6–7(3–7), 6–4
Loss	5–2	Jan 2007	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	10,000	Hard (i)	Petra Kvitová	1–6, 0–6
Loss	5–3	Mar 2007	ITF Rome, Italy	10,000	Clay	Darya Kustova	1–6, 4–6
Loss	5–4	Mar 2007	ITF Falkenberg, Sweden	10,000	Clay	Ksenia Milevskaya	4–6, 4–6
Loss	5–5	Aug 2007	ITF Vlaardingen, Netherlands	10,000	Clay	Arantxa Rus	7–6(7–5), 2–6, 2–6
Loss	5–6	Oct 2007	ITF Castel Gandolfo, Italy	10,000	Clay	Michaela Pochabová	1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	5–7	Jun 2008	ITF Campobasso, Italy	25,000	Clay	Maša Zec Peškirič	3–6, 3–6
Loss	5–8	Jun 2008	ITF Kristinehamn, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Simona Halep	3–6, 2–6
Loss	5–9	Jun 2008	ITF Båstad, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Klaudia Boczová	6–1, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	5–10	Oct 2008	ITF Reggio Calabria, Italy	25,000	Clay	Patricia Mayr	1–6, 1–6
Win	6–10	May 2010	ITF Galatina, Italy	10,000	Clay	Lara Michel	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win	7–10	Oct 2010	ITF Cagliari, Italy	10,000	Clay	Francesca Mazzali	6–2, 6–2
Win	8–10	Mar 2011	ITF Gonesse, France	10,000	Clay (i)	Anastasia Grymalska	7–5, 6–1
Loss	8–11	May 2011	ITF Casarano, Italy	10,000	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	3–6, 4–6
Win	9–11	Jul 2011	ITF Gardone Val Trompia, Italy	10,000	Clay	Martina Caregaro	7–6(7–0), 0–6, 6–4
Win	10–11	Oct 2011	ITF Settimo San Pietro, Italy	10,000	Clay	Federica di Sarra	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	10–12	Oct 2011	ITF Cagliari, Italy	10,000	Clay	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	4–6, 3–6
Loss	10–13	Jul 2012	ITF Rovereto, Italy	10,000	Clay	Timea Bacsinszky	0–6, 2–6
Loss	10–14	Aug 2012	ITF Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy	25,000	Clay	Estelle Guisard	3–6, 1–6
Win	11–14	Sep 2012	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Angelique van der Meet	6–2, 6–2
Win	12–14	Mar 2013	ITF Gonesse, France	10,000	Clay (i)	Kateřina Vaňková	6–1, 2–1 ret.
Loss	12–15	Aug 2013	ITF Bagnatica, Italy	10,000	Clay	Gioia Barbieri	3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	12–16	Mar 2014	ITF Gonesse, France	10,000	Clay (i)	Anna Remondina	5–7, 6–7(6–8)
Win	13–16	Nov 2014	ITF Pula, Italy	10,000	Clay	Claudia Giovine	6–0, 6–3
Win	14–16	Jan 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Elke Tiel	4–0 ret.
Loss	14–17	Jan 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Petra Uberalová	4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win	15–17	Feb 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Sofia Kvatsabaia	6–2, 6–0
Loss	15–18	Feb 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Victoria Kan	3–6, 4–6
Loss	15–19	Mar 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Victoria Kan	1–6, 0–6
Win	16–19	Apr 2015	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Alizé Lim	6–4, 6–3
Win	17–19	Aug 2015	ITF Bagnatica, Italy	10,000	Clay	Tamara Zidanšek	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	18–19	Oct 2015	ITF Pula, Italy	10,000	Clay	Camilla Rosatello	6–1, 6–3
Loss	18–20	Nov 2015	ITF Santiago, Chile	25,000	Clay	Verónica Cepede Royg	0–6, 6–2, 5–7
Loss	18–21	Jan 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Tara Moore	6–2, 5–7, 0–6
Win	19–21	Feb 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Viktória Kužmová	2–6, 6–2, 6–0
Win	20–21	Feb 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Sofia Kvatsabaia	6–3, 6–1
Win	21–21	Mar 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Anastasiya Vasylyeva	6–3, 6–3
Loss	21–22	Jun 2018	ITF Sassuolo, Italy	15,000	Clay	Angelica Moratelli	4–6, 3–6
Loss	21–23	Jun 2021	ITF L'Aquila, Italy	15,000	Clay	Tatiana Pieri	6–2, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	21–24	Oct 2022	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Ilinca Amariei	6–7(1–7), 2–6
Win	22–24	Sep 2025	ITF Viserba, Italy	15,000	Clay	Deborah Chiesa	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(8–6)

Doubles: 20 (9–11)

Legend $50,000 tournaments (1–0) $25,000 tournaments (2–3) $10/15,000 tournaments (6–8)

Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (7–10)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2006	ITF Falkenberg, Sweden	10,000	Clay	Julia Paetow	Mari Andersson Michaela Johansson	2–6, 0–6
Win	1–1	Jul 2006	ITF Birkerød, Denmark	10,000	Clay	Julia Paetow	Karina Jacobsgaard Hanne Skak Jensen	7–5, 6–1
Loss	1–2	May 2007	ITF Falkenberg, Sweden	10,000	Clay	Franziska Götz	Mari Andersson Nadja Roma	0–6, 5–7
Loss	1–3	Jun 2008	ITF Båstad, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Zhang Ling	Klaudia Boczová Nicole Thyssen	2–6, 1–6
Loss	1–4	Jan 2012	ITF Mallorca, Spain	10,000	Clay	Alice Balducci	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Lucía Cervera Vázquez	5–7, 4–6
Win	2–4	Feb 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Claudia Giovine	Sanaz Marand Nicola Slater	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	2–5	Apr 2012	ITF Šibenik, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Vaszilisza Bulgakova	Sofiya Kovalets Hilda Melander	1–2 ret.
Loss	2–6	Apr 2012	ITF Pomezia, Italy	10,000	Clay	Benedetta Davato	Bianca Botto Teliana Pereira	6–7(3–7), 2–6
Loss	2–7	Sep 2012	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Lisa Sabino	Katarzyna Piter Barbara Sobaszkiewicz	2–6, 5–7
Win	3–7	Feb 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Gioia Barbieri	Lenka Juríková Chantal Škamlová	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss	3–8	Mar 2013	ITF Gonesse, France	10,000	Clay (i)	Kateřina Vaňková	Cindy Burger Daniela Seguel	7–6(8–6), 3–6, [2–10]
Win	4–8	Oct 2014	ITF Pula, Italy	10,000	Clay	Lisa Sabino	Anna Klasen Charlotte Klasen	6–4, 5–7, [10–6]
Loss	4–9	Nov 2014	ITF Pula, Italy	10,000	Clay	Lisa Sabino	Georgia Brescia Martina Caregaro	6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	4–10	Jan 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Lenka Wienerová	Anita Husarić Danielle Mills	4–6, 6–4, [10–12]
Win	5–10	Jan 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Lenka Wienerová	Audrey Albié Alice Bacquié	6–4, 6–4
Loss	5–11	Jul 2015	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	25,000	Clay	Pemra Özgen	Irina Khromacheva Lidziya Marozava	4–6, 4–6
Win	6–11	Nov 2015	ITF Bratislava, Slovakia	25,000	Hard (i)	Dalila Jakupović	Michaela Hončová Chantal Škamlová	6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–8]
Win	7–11	Apr 2016	ITF Chiasso, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Antonia Lottner	Olga Brózda Katarzyna Kawa	6–1, 6–1
Win	8–11	Jun 2016	ITF Essen, Germany	50,000	Clay	Laura Pous Tió	Elyne Boeykens Elena Gabriela Ruse	6–2, 6–3
Win	9–11	Aug 2022	ITF Pescara, Italy	15,000	Clay	Anastasia Grymalska	Giorgia Pinto Gaia Squarcialupi	5–7, 6–1, [12–10]