Anne Kremer (born 17 October 1975) is a Luxembourgish retired

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player. Anne won two singles titles on the

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. On 29 July 2002, she achieved her best WTA ranking of world No. 18. Anne completed her schooling at the

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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 Democratic Party in the 2009 election to the

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. Running in

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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 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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