Magdalena Fręch

Magdalena Fręch
Fręch at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports) Poland
Born (1997-12-15) 15 December 1997 (age 26)
Łódź, Poland
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachAndrzej Kobierski
Prize money$1,825,563
Singles
Career record374–257 (59.3%)
Career titles1 WTA Challenger, 5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 63 (6 November 2023)
Current rankingNo. 69 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2024)
French Open2R (2018, 2023)
Wimbledon3R (2022)
US Open2R (2023)
Doubles
Career record64–59 (52.0%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 174 (8 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 564 ( l15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon3R (2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup9–6 (60.0%)
Last updated on: 23 January 2024.

Magdalena Fręch (Polish pronunciation: [maɡdaˈlɛna ˈfrɛ̃x]; born 15 December 1997) is a Polish tennis player. On 6 November 2023, she reached her best singles WTA ranking of world No. 63. On 8 August 2022, she peaked at No. 174 in the doubles rankings. She won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won five singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Playing for the Poland Billie Jean King Cup team, Fręch has a win–loss record of 9–6, as of September 2023.

Professional career

2013: WTA Tour debut

Fręch made her WTA Tour debut at the Katowice Open in doubles, partnering Katarzyna Pyka.

2018: Grand Slam debut

Fręch started 2018 season in Auckland where she lost in qualifying (in the first round) to Sachia Vickery, in straight sets. She then took part at the first Grand Slam qualifying in her career - at the Australian Open. She beat Miyu Kato, Sofya Zhuk and Kayla Day, and became one of the 12 qualifiers, making her main-draw debut at the Grand Slam championship. In the first round, she lost to eventual quarterfinalist Carla Suárez Navarro, in straight sets. At the end of January, Fręch played at the $60k Andrézieux-Bouthéon event where she defeated Conny Perrin in three sets, Chloé Paquet in two and Vitalia Diatchenko (6–3, 2–2 ret.). In the semifinals, she lost to eventual champion Georgina García Pérez, in three sets. In February, she started at the Hungarian Open where she came through the qualifying competition by defeating Çağla Büyükakçay in three, and Anna Blinkova in straight sets.

Fręch at the 2019 Wimbledon qualifying

2021: WTA 1000 & top 100 debuts

She made her top 100 debut at No. 99 on 18 October 2021 following her qualification at the Indian Wells Open and first round win over Zheng Saisai. She lost to top seed Karolina Pliskova.

2022: Wimbledon third round in singles and doubles

In 2022, she qualified again for the Indian Wells Open into the main draw entering as a lucky loser and won against Mayar Sherif before losing to 30th seed Marketa Vondrousova.

She reached the third round of a Major for the first time in her career at Wimbledon in singles and in doubles.

2023: WTA 1000 third round, top 70

In 2023, she again entered the Indian Wells Open as a lucky loser for a second consecutive year, and won her third match at this tournament defeating Maryna Zanevska before losing to fourth seed Ons Jabeur. At the Miami Open, she entered directly into the second round of the main draw, again as a lucky loser, after the late withdrawal of 26th seed Zhang Shuai. She defeated wildcard player Erika Andreeva to reach the third round at a WTA 1000-level for the first time in her career.

She qualified for her next WTA 1000, the China Open, on her debut. As a result she reached a career high year-end ranking of No. 63 on 6 November 2023.

2024: Australian Open fourth round, top 55

She reached the third round at the 2024 Australian Open defeating Daria Saville and 16th seed Caroline Garcia, her first top-20 career win. She defeated qualifier Anastasia Zakharova to reach the fourth round of a Major for the first time in her career. As a result she reached the top 55 in the rankings.

National representation

In 2016, Fręch made her debut in the Fed Cup, playing for Poland. Her first match was in a World Group II play-off where Poland played against the team of Chinese Taipei. Frech was chosen to play her first match against Lee Ya-hsuan, in which she also made her first Fed Cup win. In the next match, Frech lost against Hsu Ching-wen.

In 2018, from 7 to 10 February, she played at Fed Cup in Tallinn where she lost to Melanie Klaffner (Austria) in straight sets, Anastasija Sevastova (Latvia) in straight sets, and she defeated Ayla Aksu (Turkey) and Isabella Shinikova (Bulgaria) - both in straight sets.

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2023 Jasmin Open.

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 1R Q1 Q1 A 1R Q2 4R 0 / 3 3–3 50%
French Open A A A A 2R Q1 Q1 Q3 1R 2R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Wimbledon A A A A Q1 Q1 NH Q2 3R 1R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
US Open A A A A Q1 1R A Q1 1R 2R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–4 2–3 3–1 0 / 11 8–11 42%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup A A WG2 Z1 Z1 Z1 PO RR RR 0 / 2 6–6 50%
WTA 1000
Qatar / Dubai Open A A A A A 1R Q2 Q1 A Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Indian Wells Open A A A A A A NH 2R 2R 2R 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Miami Open A A A A A A NH A 1R 3R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Madrid Open A A A A A A NH A Q1 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Canadian Open A A A A Q1 A NH A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A A Q2 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open NH 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Wuhan Open A A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A A A A A NH 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 5–7 0 / 12 8–12 40%
Career statistics
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 1 1 0 1 10 6 2 8 19 18 3 Career total: 69
Hard win–loss 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–8 1–3 0–1 4–4 5–12 5–12 4-3 0 / 41 22–46 32%
Clay win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–3 0–2 2–1 2–3 2–5 3–3 0 / 18 11–18 38%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 NH 0–1 4–4 4–3 0 / 10 9–10 47%
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 5–12 1–6 2–2 6–8 11–21 12–18 4-3 0 / 69 42–74 36%
Win % 0% 0% 50% 0% 29% 14% 50% 43% 34% 40% 57% Career total: 36%
Year-end ranking 493 459 321 166 151 198 156 102 116 63 $1,819,213

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A A A A A NH A 3R A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
US Open A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0 / 1 2–1 67%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup A A WG2 Z1 Z1 Z1 PO RR 0 / 1 3–0 100%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 Career total: 10
Overall win–loss 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–4 1–2 0–0 0 / 10 4–10 29%
Year-end ranking 642 418 542 251 425 870 262 227 525

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2021 WTA 125 Concord, United States Hard Mexico Renata Zarazúa 6–3, 7–6(7–4)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–1)
$60,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (3–2)
$10,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (3–0)
Carpet (0–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2016 ITF Nishitama, Japan 10,000 Hard Japan Mai Minokoshi 7–5, 6–4
Win 2–0 Aug 2017 ITF Leipzig, Germany 25,000 Clay Netherlands Richèl Hogenkamp 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Win 3–0 Aug 2017 ITF Braunschweig, Germany 25,000 Clay Spain Olga Sáez Larra 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 3–1 Oct 2017 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet Russia Irina Khromacheva 1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 3–2 Oct 2017 ITF Óbidos, Portugal 25,000 Carpet Russia Anna Kalinskaya 3–6, 3–6
Win 4–2 Jan 2020 ITF Canberra, Australia 25,000 Hard Romania Patricia Maria Țig w/o
Win 5–2 Sep 2021 ITF Prague, Czech Republic 60,000 Clay Czech Republic Tereza Smitková 6–2, 6–1
Loss 5–3 Dec 2022 ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates 100,000 Hard France Elsa Jacquemot 5–7, 2–6
Win 6–3 Oct 2023 ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain 100,000 Hard Italy Sara Errani 7–5, 4–6, 6–4

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (2–1)
$80,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (0–2)
$25,000 tournaments (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2015 ITF Torun, Poland 25,000 Clay Philippines Katharina Lehnert Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze
Georgia (country) Sofia Shapatava
4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Mar 2017 ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, France 60,000 Hard (i) France Manon Arcangioli Belarus Vera Lapko
Russia Polina Monova
3–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Jun 2017 ITF Manchester, United Kingdom 100,000 Grass Belgium An-Sophie Mestach Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen
New Zealand Marina Erakovic
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win 2–2 Oct 2018 ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France 25,000 Hard (i) Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs Czech Republic Miriam Kolodziejová
Czech Republic Jesika Malečková
5–7, 6–2, [10–3]
Loss 2–3 Sep 2020 ITF Saint-Malo, France 60,000 Clay Switzerland Viktorija Golubic Poland Paula Kania
Poland Katarzyna Piter
2–6, 4–6
Win 3–3 Oct 2020 ITF Macon, United States 80,000 Hard Poland Katarzyna Kawa United States Francesca Di Lorenzo
United States Jamie Loeb
7–5, 6–1
Win 4–3 Nov 2020 ITF Charleston, United States 100,000 Clay Poland Katarzyna Kawa Australia Astra Sharma
Egypt Mayar Sherif
4–6, 6–4, [10–2]
Loss 4–4 Dec 2022 ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates 100,000+H Hard Ukraine Kateryna Volodko Hungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
1–6, 3–6

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players

  • She has a 0–9 (0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Result W–L Opponent Rank Event Surface Round Score Rank H2H
2018
Loss 0–1 United States Sloane Stephens No. 10 French Open, France Clay 2R 2–6, 2–6 No. 136 0–2
2020
Loss 0–2 Romania Simona Halep No. 2 Prague Open, Czech Republic Clay QF 2–6, 0–6 No. 174 0–3
2021
Loss 0–3 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková No. 3 Indian Wells Open, United States Hard 2R 5–7, 2–6 No. 106 0–1
2022
Loss 0–4 Spain Garbiñe Muguruza No. 10 Eastbourne International, United Kingdom Grass 2R 1–6, 6–7(7–9) No. 92 0–2
Loss 0–5 Poland Iga Świątek No. 1 Warsaw Open, Poland Clay 1R 1–6, 2–6 No. 82 0–1
Loss 0–6 Russia Daria Kasatkina No. 4 Granby Championships, Canada Hard 2R 3–6, 2–6 No. 104 0–2
2023
Loss 0–7 Tunisia Ons Jabeur No. 3 Indian Wells Open, United States Hard 2R 6–4, 4–6, 1–6 No. 106 0–2
Loss 0–8 United States Jessica Pegula No. 6 Madrid Open, Spain Clay 2R 6–7(5–7), 3–6 No. 100 0–2
Loss 0–9 Tunisia Ons Jabeur No. 6 Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom Grass 1R 3–6, 3–6 No. 70
2024
Pending United States Coco Gauff No. 4 Australian Open, Australia Hard 4R No. 69 0–0

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