German tennis fairy tale
At the age of 37: Maria wins Rasurnier from London
Updated on June 15th, 2025 – 4:08 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The tennis fairy tale continues: Tatjana Maria wins the traditional tournament in the Queen’s Club as a qualifier. She clearly won in the final.
Tatjana Maria caused a surprise with a cool head and extraordinary game at the WTA tournament in the London Queen’s Club. The 37-year-old prevailed in the final against Amanda Anisimova from the USA with 6: 3, 6: 4-and thus won the biggest title of her career two months before her 38th birthday.
For Maria it was the seventh win in a row on the traditional lawn in the West Kensington district of London – started as a qualifier, she crowned her triumphal march with the tournament victory.
A German tennis player had never won the preparation tournament on Wimbledon before. The facility in the Queen’s Club was reserved exclusively for men for 52 years – this year the women’s competition returned, with a winner that hardly anyone had on the piece.
In the history of the tournament, Maria is now part of a special list of German tennis greats: According to Gottfried von Cramm (1939), Boris Becker (multiple winner) and Michael Stich (1993), a German player is now entitled for the first time.
It is already Maria’s fourth tournament on the WTA tour. In 2018 she triumphed on lawn in Mallorca, in 2022 and 2023 she was successful on sand in Bogotá. Due to her recent success, she improves in 43th place in the world rankings – just behind her previous record (42).
Shortly before the start of Wimbledon (from June 30th) Maria underlined her reputation as a lawn specialist. In 2022 she had reached the semi -finals there.
Maria convinced at the tournament with her special style: with her slice played on both sides, she brought numerous top players out of the concept. On the way to the title, she defeated the Grand Slam finalist Leylah Fernandez (Canada) and Karolína Muchová (Czech Republic) as well as the major winners Jelena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) and Madison Keys (USA).
The player from Bad Saulgau lives with her husband and two daughters in Florida.