LauraSiegemund

Laura Siegemund was born in Germany, but lived in Saudi Arabia and Indonesia during her childhood. She was introduced to tennis by her family at age 3 and feel in love with the sport. In 2000, Siegemund won the Junior Orange Bowl in the "12 and under" age category as the first German since Steffi Graf in 1981. Early days on the pro tour she spent in the ITF Women's Circuit winning 12 Singles titles and 20 Doubles titles. She had a breakthrough on the WTA circuit when she won her first WTA Singles title at the 2016 Bastad Open and reached the finals at Stuttgart. Siegemund speaks German, English, and French, and her tennis idol growing up was Steffi Graf. Her favorite movie is Mean Girls, and she wants to become a sports psychologist after her retirement from playing tennis.