Lilli Tagger
{{short description|Austrian tennis player (born 2008)}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
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|country = {{AUT}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2008|2|17|df=y}}{{cite web|title= Lilli Tagger |website=usopen.org|url=https://www.usopen.org/en_US/players/overview/wta332150.html|accessdate=6 June 2025}}
|birth_place = Lienz, Austria
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|plays = Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
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|coach = Francesca Schiavone
|careerprizemoney = $21,088
|singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=39|lost=25}}
|singlestitles = 1 ITF
|highestsinglesranking = No. 506 (19 May 2025)
|currentsinglesranking = No. 508 (26 May 2025)
|AustralianOpenjuniorresult = QF (2025)
|FrenchOpenjuniorresult = W (2025)
|Wimbledonjuniorresult = 1R (2024)
|USOpenjuniorresult = 1R (2024)
|doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=8|lost=2}}
|doublestitles = 1 ITF
|highestdoublesranking = No. 1085 (12 August 2024)
|currentdoublesranking = No. 1341 (26 May 2025)
|AustralianOpenDoublesresult =
|AustralianOpenDoublesjuniorresult = 1R (2025)
|FrenchOpenDoublesjuniorresult = SF (2025)
|WimbledonDoublesresult =
|WimbledonDoublesjuniorresult = 2R (2024)
|USOpenDoublesjuniorresult = 1R (2024)
|updated = 7 June 2025
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Lilli Tagger (born 17 February 2008) is an Austrian tennis player. She has a career high singles ranking of No. 506 achieved on 19 May 2025. She won the final of the girls' singles at the 2025 French Open.{{cite web|title=Lilli Tagger|accessdate=22 January 2025|url= https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/lilli-tagger/800564568/aut/wt/s/overview/|website=ITF Tennis}}{{cite web |last=Sharp |first=Alex |title=Tagger and McDonald land junior silverware |url=https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2025-tagger-and-mcdonald-land-junior-silverware |website=Roland-Garros |access-date=7 June 2025 |date=7 June 2025}}
Junior career
From Lienz, she later became based in Varese near Milan, in Italy, and trained at the academy of Francesca Schiavone.
In July 2024, she qualified for the girls' singles at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships with a win over Ksenia Efremova in a 10:6 match tie-break.{{cite web|url= https://www.krone.at/3448060#|website=Krone.at|accessdate=22 January 2025|title= Wimbledon! Lienz woman serves on the holy grass|date=7 July 2024}}
She beat Mingge Xu to reach the quarter-finals of the girls singles at the 2025 Australian Open where she lost to Australian Emerson Jones.{{cite web|url= https://7news.com.au/sport/tennis/aussie-teenage-prodigy-emerson-jones-suffers-heartbreaking-loss-at-australian-open-c-17492993.amp |website=7news.com|accessdate=24 January 2025|title= Aussie teenage prodigy Emerson Jones suffers heartbreaking loss at Australian Open|date=24 January 2025}}
At the 2025 French Open she had Francesca Schiavone as part of her support team.{{cite web|url= https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2025-tagger-channels-former-champ-schiavone-girls-singles-semi-final |website=Rolandgarros.com|accessdate=6 June 2025|date=6 June 2025|title= TAGGER CHANNELS FORMER SCHIAVONE FIELD|first=Dan|last=Imhoff}} She reached the semi-finals of the girls' singles with a win over the number 12 seed Julia Stusek. In doing so, she became the first Austrian player to reach the semi-finals of a junior Grand Slam since Tamira Paszek in 2006. In the semi-final she again faced Emerson Jones, winning in straight sets, before also defeating Hannah Klugman of Great Britain in straight sets, for the loss of only two games in the final.{{cite web|url= https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8986282/jones-misses-out-on-french-open-girls-final-dream/|title= Jones misses out on French Open girls final dream|website=Canberra Times|first= Ben |last=Findon|date=June 6, 2025|accessdate=6 June 2025}} In the girls' doubles she played alongside Slovakian Mia Pohánková and they reached the semi-finals before facing
German pairing Sonja Zhenikhova and Eva Bennemann.{{cite web|url=https://sport.orf.at/stories/3142090/|website=Sport.orf.at|accessdate=6 June 2025|date=5 June 2025|title= Tagger already in the Paris semifinals}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/c3wdy3l7lydo|title=Klugman misses out on rare British juniors win|date=7 June 2025|accessdate=7 June 2025|website=BBC Sport}}
Professional career
She reached her first ITF level tour final in November 2023 in Sharm-el-Sheik. She won her first ITF tour doubles title in Viserba, Italy in July 2024 playing alongside Italian Anastasia Bertacchi, they defeated Francesca Pace and Inès Ibbou in the final.{{cite web|website=Krone.at|accessdate=22 January 2025|title= First title for Tagger! Still only €340 bonus|date=29 July 2024|url=https://www.krone.at/3475356}} In December 2024, she played her first tournament on the WTA Tour in Limoges where she won her first round match against the world number 159 Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva.{{cite web|url= https://www.tennismajors.com/wta-tour-news/open-bls-de-limoges-lilli-tagger-makes-last-16-798871.html|website=tennismajors|accessdate=22 January 2025|title= Open BLS de Limoges: Jimenez Kasintseva ousted in first round|date=9 December 2024}}{{cite web|date=15 January 2025|title= Third Grand Slam for Lienz tennis hopeful|url= https://www.krone.at/3653664#|website=Krone.at|accessdate=22 January 2025}}
In March 2025, she won her first ITF singles tournament defeating Frenchwoman Lois Boisson 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 in Terrassa, Spain.
Style of play
ITF Circuit finals
=Singles: 1 (title)=
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|W25/35 tournaments (1–0) |
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!Finals by surface |
| Clay (1–0) |
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!Result !class=unsortable|W–L !Date !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Opponent !class=unsortable|Score |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 1-0 | Mar 2025 | style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Terrassa, Spain | style="background:lightblue;"|W35 | Clay | {{flagicon|FRA}} Loïs Boisson | 7–6(4), 6–3 |
=Doubles: 1 (title)=
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| W15 tournaments |
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!Finals by surface |
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!Result !class=unsortable|W–L !Date !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Partner !Opponent !class=unsortable|Score |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 1-0 | Jul 2024 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Viserba, Italy | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Anastasia Bertacchi | {{flagicon|ALG}} Inès Ibbou | 6-0, 2-6, [10–5] |
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
=Singles: 1 (title)=
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!Result !Year !Tournament !Surface !Opponent !Score |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2025 | Clay | {{flagicon|GBR}} Hannah Klugman | 6-2, 6-0 |
References
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External links
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Category:Austrian female tennis players