Getting to know Laura Siegemund

The introduction of tennis for some is with teenage friends joking around on a concrete court in the park, but for Laura, she was taught by her family at the age of 3, on the courts of Filderstadt, Germany. She was having little kid’s fun, but had no idea that tennis would engulf her entire life the way it did. The year she was born in Filderstadt in 1988, the tournaments WTA seeds were Navritilova, Chris Evert, Sabatini, Mary Jo Fernandez and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario. Rightly so today, all of these ladies are still deeply embedded in the game that Laura never dreamed she’d be in as a pre-schooler.

The family was a moving one with her father Harro being an engineer and because of his job took the family to many countries of the World. Laura’s mom Brigitta, sister Satu and brother Arien had experiences living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for 3 years and Jakarta, Indonesia for a year. They’ve learned French among their native languages of German and English but that never stopped Laura from loving her tennis, her idol Steffi Graf and starting her trek of playing the ITF circuit. She had entered the prestigious 2000 Orange Bowl in the girls’ 12 and under category and had won. The year 2002 was the beginning of her playing events of teh ITF and the following year she played her 1st WTA qualifying at Leipzig. A few years later, defiant and strong she won her 1st ITF doubles title and the next year she had earned 3 doubles titles. Siegemund knew that this was her calling, her passion and she turned pro that year in 2006. Laura’s …

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