Lilli Tagger
Lilli Tagger in March 2025 | |
| Country (sports) | Austria |
|---|---|
| Residence | Varese, Italy |
| Born | 17 February 2008 Lienz, Austria |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Francesca Schiavone |
| Prize money | US$ 152,841 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 72–33 |
| Career titles | 3 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 109 (21 March 2026) |
| Current ranking | No. 109 (21 March 2026) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q3 (2026) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 8–2 |
| Career titles | 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 1,085 (12 August 2024) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open Junior | 1R (2025) |
| French Open Junior | SF (2025) |
| Wimbledon Junior | 2R (2024) |
| US Open Junior | 1R (2024) |
| Last updated on: 8 March 2026. | |
Lilli Tagger (born 17 February 2008) is an Austrian tennis player.[1] She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 109, achieved on 21 March 2026. Tagger was the 2025 Junior singles French Open champion.[2]
Career
Juniors
From Lienz, she later became based in Varese near Milan, in Italy, and trained at the academy of Francesca Schiavone.[3][4]
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 tiebreak.[5]
She beat Mimi Xu to reach the quarterfinals of the girls singles at the 2025 Australian Open where she lost to Australian Emerson Jones.[6]
At the 2025 French Open she had Francesca Schiavone as part of her support team.[7] She reached the semifinals of the girls' singles with a win over the number 12 seed Julia Stusek. In doing so, she became the first female Austrian player to reach the semifinals of a junior Grand Slam tournament since Tamira Paszek in 2006, and the first Austrian overall since Dominic Thiem in 2011.[3] Tagger again faced Emerson Jones and won in straight sets, before also defeating Hannah Klugman of Great Britain in straight sets, for the loss of only two games in the final.[8] In the girls' doubles she played alongside Slovakian Mia Pohánková and they reached the semifinals before facing German pairing Sonja Zhenikhova and Eva Bennemann.[3][9]
2023-2024
In November 2023 Tagger reached her first ITF Women's Circuit final 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.[3][4]
In December 2024, she played in her first WTA 125 tournament main-draw in Limoges as a wildcard entrant, where she won her first round match against the world No. 159, Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva,[10][11] before losing in the second round to sixth seed Nuria Parrizas-Diaz.[12]
2025: WTA Tour debut
In March, Tagger won her first ITF Circuit singles title defeating Lois Boisson in a straight-sets final in Terrassa, Spain.[3]
In October, Tagger was given a wildcard entry to make her WTA Tour debut at the Jiangxi Open, recording wins over fellow WTA debutante Zhu Chenting,[13] Elisabetta Cocciaretto[14] and Tamara Korpatsch[15] to make it through to the semifinals, where she fought back from three match points down to overcome second seed and defending champion, Viktorija Golubic, in three sets to become the first player born in 2008 to reach a WTA Tour final.[16] In the championship match she lost to Anna Blinkova in straight sets.[17] Despite her defeat, she reached a new career-high ranking in the top 200 at world No. 156, on 3 November 2025.[18]
2026: WTA 1000 debut
In March, she was able to compete in the main draw of a WTA 1000 tournament for the first time, after receiving a wildcard at the 2026 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. In the first round, she defeated French Varvara Gracheva in straight sets in 82 minutes.[19][20] In the second round, she was defeated by world No. 34 Maria Sakkari.[21]
At the 2026 Miami Open where she also received a wildcard for her debut at the event, she defeated qualifier Ella Seidel. [22]
Style of play
Tagger plays with a single-handed backhand.[9]
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2025 | Jiangxi Open, China | WTA 250 | Hard | Anna Blinkova | 3–6, 3–6 |
WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Feb 2026 | Mumbai Open, India | Hard | Mananchaya Sawangkaew | 4–6, 3–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Mar 2025 | ITF Terrassa, Spain | W35 | Clay | Loïs Boisson | 7–6(4), 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Aug 2025 | Ladies Open Amstetten, Austria | W75 | Clay | Sinja Kraus | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Sep 2025 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | W75 | Clay | Lina Gjorcheska | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–1 | Sep 2025 | ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia | W75 | Clay | Rada Zolotareva | 5–7, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–1 | Jan 2026 | ITF Fujairah Championships, UAE | W100 | Hard | Harriet Dart | 6–4, 6–2 |
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2023 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W15 | Hard | Mariam Atia | Evgeniya Burdina Nina Rudiukova |
7–5, 4–6, [6–10] |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2024 | ITF Viserba, Italy | W15 | Clay | Anastasia Bertacchi | Inès Ibbou Francesca Pace |
6–0, 2–6, [10–5] |
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
Singles: 1 (title)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 2025 | French Open | Clay | Hannah Klugman | 6–2, 6–0[23][24] |
References
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- ^ Sharp, Alex (7 June 2025). "Tagger and McDonald land junior silverware". French Open. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ a b c d e "Tagger already in the Paris semifinals". Sport.orf.at. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ a b "First title for Tagger! Still only €340 bonus". Krone.at. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "Wimbledon! Lienz woman serves on the holy grass". Krone.at. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "Aussie teenage prodigy Emerson Jones suffers heartbreaking loss at Australian Open". 7news.com. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
- ^ Imhoff, Dan (6 June 2025). "TAGGER CHANNELS FORMER SCHIAVONE FIELD". Rolandgarros.com. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ Findon, Ben (June 6, 2025). "Jones misses out on French Open girls final dream". Canberra Times. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Klugman misses out on rare British juniors win". BBC Sport. 7 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "Open BLS de Limoges: Jimenez Kasintseva ousted in first round". tennismajors. 9 December 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "Third Grand Slam for Lienz tennis hopeful". Krone.at. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "Open BLS de Limoges: Parrizas Diaz makes quarter-finals". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ "Tagger, 17, victorious on WTA debut in Jiujiang with one-handed backhand". WTATennis. 27 October 2025.
- ^ "Tagger, 17, upsets Cocciaretto to make Jiujiang quarters; first Top 100 win". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ "In first WTA main draw, 17-year-old Tagger shines to reach Jiujiang semis". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ "Teenage wild card Tagger to meet Chinese-speaking Blinkova in Jiujiang final". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ "Jiangxi Open: Blinkova wins the tournament". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ "Rankings Watch: Mboko breaks Top 20; Tjen, Tagger soar to new highs". WTATennis. 3 November 2025.
- ^ "Tagger überzeugt bei 1.000er-Premiere". sport.orf.at.
- ^ "Lilli Tagger spielt sich in Indian Wells in die zweite Runde". Die Presse. March 6, 2026.
- ^ "sport.ORF.at". sport.ORF.at.
- ^ "Lilli Tagger steht in der zweiten Runde von Miami" (in German). 19 March 2026.
- ^ "2025 Roland Garros Juniors F: Lilli Tagger vs Hannah Klugman Detailed Stats | Tennis Abstract". www.tennisabstract.com. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
- ^ "Lilli Tagger". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 22 January 2025.