Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (born 11 October 1998) is a French professional tennis player of Malagasy descent, born in Montpellier, France.
On 20 June 2022, she achieved her best WTA singles ranking of 139. Andrianjafitrimo up to date has won nine singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Early life Tessah was born in Montpellier and has two younger siblings. Her father, Teddy Andrianjafitrimo, was born in Madagascar. Teddy was an excellent tennis player. A tennis champion of Madagascar and Africa, he did not become a professional player because he lacked the financial support to do so. He emigrated to France and worked as a club coach and as his daughter's coach.
Career Juniors Andrianjafitrimo started playing tennis when she was five years old. She was the 2014 national girls' champion of France in the 15–16 year-olds category. She had a career-high combined junior ranking of world No. 29, attained on 14 September 2015.
2013–2014 Andrianjafitrimo made her ITF Women's Circuit debut in September 2013 at the $25k indoor hardcourt tournament held in Clermont-Ferrand, France; she only entered that tournament's singles event, losing in the first qualifying round. She played a total of seven ITF Circuit events in 2013 and 2014.
2015–2016 Andrianjafitrimo made her major singles debut thanks to a wildcard at the 2015 French Open qualifying, where she defeated Patricia Mayr-Achleitner in the first round, before losing to Olivia Rogowska.
She also made her WTA Tour singles main-draw debut at the Luxembourg Open thanks to a wildcard, losing her first-round match to Tatjana Maria. Three weeks later, Andrianjafitrimo made her WTA 125 singles debut at the Open de Limoges; she entered the singles main draw as a wildcard and lost her first-round match to Carina Witthöft.
She received a wildcard for the singles main draw of the 2016 French Open (her major singles main-draw debut), where she lost 0–6, 0–6 to the unseeded Wang Qiang. She also played in the girls' singles main draw of the French Open, losing in the second round to Lucrezia Stefanini.
2019 In the French Open qualifying, Andrianjafitrimo failed to convert two match points in the third set of her first-round match against Rebecca Marino, who finally won 6–7, 6–4, 7–5.
Personal life Andrianjafitrimo has lived in Nogaro since 2010. She is in a relationship with French tennis player Ugo Humbert, and while out with injury she has filled in as his coach in 2020 and 2024.
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles Tournament20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025W–L Australian OpenAAAAAAQ2Q2AAA0–0 French OpenQ21R1RQ1Q1Q2Q11RAAQ10–3 WimbledonAAAAANHAQ2AAQ10–0 US OpenAAAAAAQ1Q1AAQ20–0Win–loss0–00–10–10–00–00–00–00–10–00–00–00–3
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 17 (9 titles, 8 runner-ups) LegendW75 tournaments W25/35 tournamentsW10/15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (6–4)Clay (3–4)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Aug 2015ITF Valladolid, Spain10k Hard María Luque Moreno 2–6, 2–6Win 1–1 Dec 2015Lagos Open, Nigeria25k Hard Tadeja Majerič 6–3, 5–7, 6–4Loss 1–2 Apr 2016ITF Pula, Italy10k Clay Jasmine Paolini 1–0 ret.Win 2–2 Aug 2016ITF Vinkovci, Croatia10k Clay Ivania Martinich 6–4, 6–1Win 3–2 Apr 2017ITF Hammamet, Tunisia15k Clay Camilla Scala 6–2, 6–4Loss 3–3 Dec 2017ITF Nules, Spain25k Clay Isabelle Wallace 1–6, 6–4, 3–6Win 4–3 Jun 2019ITF Périgueux, FranceW25 Clay Alice Ramé 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–2Loss 4–4 Sep 2019ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW25 Clay Yuki Naito 6–3, 5–7, 2–6Win 5–4 Jun 2021ITF Figueira da Foz, PortugalW25 Hard Jessika Ponchet 6–7(3–7), 6–1, 6–0Loss 5–5 Jul 2021Telavi Open, GeorgiaW25 Clay Valentini Grammatikopoulou 5–7, 4–6Win 6–5 Mar 2022ITF Guayaquil, EcuadorW25 Hard Hanna Chang 6–3, 6–3Loss 6–6 Apr 2022ITF Calvi, FranceW25+H Hard Léolia Jeanjean 2–6, 2–6Loss 6–7 July 2024Porto Open, PortugalW75 Hard Maja Chwalińska 5–7, 1–6Win 7–7 Aug 2024ITF Vigo, SpainW35 Hard Misaki Matsuda 6–4, 6–3Win 8–7 Sep 2024ITF Le Neubourg, FranceW75 Hard Manon Léonard 6–2, 6–4Win 9–7 Feb 2025Burnie International, AustraliaW35 Hard Guo Hanyu 6–2, 6–3Loss 9–8 Apr 2025ITF Calvi, FranceW75 Hard Sofia Costoulas 5–7, 1–6
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendW75 tournamentsW25 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (2–1)Grass (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Dec 2014ITF Djibouti City10k Hard Ashmitha Easwaramurthi Magali Kempen Wang Xiyao 3–6, 6–1, [10–8]Win 2–0 Feb 2015ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia10k Hard Anna Blinkova Arabela Fernández Rabener Eva Wacanno 6–4, 6–0Loss 2–1 Mar 2017ITF Mildura, Australia25k Grass Shérazad Reix Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Lu Jiajing 4–6, 6–1, [8–10]Loss 2–2 Feb 2025Brisbane QCT International, AustraliaW75 Hard Malene Helgø Miho Kuramochi Zheng Wushuang 6–7(6), 3–6
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