Angelika Rösch

Angelika Rösch (born 8 June 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She reached her career-high ranking in singles of No. 69 in the world on 24 February 2003, and retired from tennis in 2010.

Angelika Rösch
ITF nameAngelika Roesch
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceBerlin, Germany
Born (1977-06-08) 8 June 1977 (age 47)
East Berlin
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2010
PlaysRight-handed (two handed backhand)
Prize money$371,951
Singles
Career record347–363 (48.9%)
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 69 (24 February 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2003)
French Open1R (2003)
Wimbledon1R (2002, 2003)
US Open1R (2002, 2003)
Doubles
Career record125–147 (46.0%)
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 107 (17 March 2003)

Rösch turned professional in 1996 and spent several years in mostly ITF Women's Circuit events before enjoying her best year in 2002, reaching the top 100 and making her Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon. She also won against Elena Dementieva three times during that season, with Dementieva being ranked in the top 20 in all three of the meetings. She went on to play in all four Grand Slams during 2003 but failed to advance past the first round in any of them.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentsScore
Loss13 July 2002Palermo Ladies Open, ItalyClay Lubomira Bacheva Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Ekaterina Sysoeva
4–6, 3–6

ITF finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (5–5)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.3 December 1995São Paulo, BrazilHard Sabine Haas6–1, 5–7, 6–2
Winner2.6 September 1998Hechingen, GermanyClay Olga Vymetálková6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Runner-up3.19 September 1999Otocec, SloveniaClay Marta Marrero2–6, 1–6
Runner-up4.27 August 2000Maribor, SloveniaClay Klára Zakopalová5–7, 4–6
Runner-up5.1 July 2001Mont-de-Marsan, FranceClay Céline Beigbeder1–6, 1–6
Winner6.30 September 2001Verona, ItalyClay Zuzana Kučová6–4, 6–0
Runner-up7.7 October 2001Girona, SpainClay Anabel Medina Garrigues4–6, 4–6
Winner8.21 April 2007Bari, ItalyClay Giulia Gabba6–4, 6–7(3), 7–5
Runner-up9.10 June 2007Grado, ItalyClay Darya Kustova2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner10.28 September 2008Lecce, ItalyClay Mervana Jugić-Salkić6–2, 6–7(5), 7–5

Doubles (6–7)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.20 August 1995Wahlscheid, GermanyClay Tanja Tsiganii Sylva Nesvadbová
Milena Nekvapilová
6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up2.2 August 1997Les Contamines, FranceHard Eva Belbl Emmanuelle Curutchet
Sophie Georges
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up3.8 February 1998Mallorca, SpainClay Eva Belbl Katia Altilia
Alice Canepa
5–7, 6–7
Winner1.13 August 2000Hechingen, GermanyClay Miriam D'Agostini Natalie Grandin
Nicole Rencken
7–6(3), 6–2
Winner2.26 August 2000Maribor, SloveniaClay Jasmin Wöhr Vanesa Krauth
Alienor Tricerri
6–4, 4–6, 7–6(1)
Runner-up4.24 September 2000Lecce, ItalyClay Syna Schmidle Eva Bes
Alicia Ortuño
4–6, 0–6
Winner3.22 September 2001Lecce, ItalyClay Mariam Ramón Climent Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
Maria Paola Zavagli
7–6(5), 7–6(6)
Winner4.6 July 2003Stuttgart-Vaihingen, GermanyClay Antonia Matic Maria Geznenge
Dragana Zarić
6–1, 7–6(2)
Runner-up5.8 February 2004Ortisei, ItalyCarpet (i) Lubomira Bacheva Olga Vymetálková
Gabriela Navrátilová
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up6.19 June 2004Gorizia, ItalyCarpet (i) Martina Müller Ruxandra Dragomir
Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
6–7(4), 2–6
Winner5.16 October 2004Joué-lès-Tours, FranceCarpet (i) Květa Peschke Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
Selima Sfar
w/o
Winner6.17 March 2006Fuerteventura, SpainHard Yuliya Beygelzimer Angelika Bachmann
Kristina Barrois
6–3, 6–7(5), 6–4
Runner-up7.18 February 2007Saguenay, CanadaHard (i) Sabine Klaschka Angelique Kerber
Ágnes Szatmári
1–6, 4–6