Anne Kremer (born 17 October 1975) is a Luxembourgish retired
tennis player. Anne won two singles titles on the
WTA Tour. On 29 July 2002, she achieved her best WTA ranking of world No. 18.
Anne completed her schooling at the
Athénée de Luxembourg
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and subsequently studied English and history at
Stanford University in California.
Kremer is a member of the
Democratic and Liberal Youth in Luxembourg, and has entered politics. She ran for the
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in the
2009 election to the
Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg
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, she finished 15th on the DP list, and was thus not elected.
Biography
Kremer was born in 1975
to father Jean (an engineer), and mother Ginette (a physical education teacher). Early in her career, Kremer was coached by her younger brother, Gilles. Later, she was coached by Stephane Vix. Kremer is a
baseliner
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Players typically specialize or naturally play in a certain way, bas ...
right-handed
player with a strong backhand and a preference for grass and hard pack playing surfaces. Beside Luxembourgish, Kremer is fluent in English, French and German and plans to become a translator.
WTA career finals
Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 12 (5–7)
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Head-to-head record
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Serena Williams
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0–1
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Anke Huber
Anke Huber (born 4 December 1974) is a German retired top-five professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open and the 1995 WTA Finals. Huber won twelve singles and one doubles title on the WTA T ...
1–3
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Martina Hingis 0–1
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Maria Sharapova 0–2
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Lindsay Davenport 0–5
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Henrieta Nagyová 2–0
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Elena Dementieva
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0–2
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Venus Williams 0–3
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Dinara Safina 0–1
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Luxembourgian female tennis players
Olympic tennis players of Luxembourg
Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Democratic Party (Luxembourg) politicians
Luxembourgian sportsperson-politicians
1975 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Luxembourg City
Alumni of the Athénée de Luxembourg
Stanford University alumni
Stanford Cardinal women's tennis players