Lilli Tagger (born 17 February 2008) is an Austrian tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 153, achieved on 10 November 2025. Tagger was the 2025 Junior singles French Open champion.[2][3][4]
Career
Juniors
From Lienz, she later became based in Varese near Milan, in Italy, and trained at the academy of Francesca Schiavone.[5][6]
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.[7]
She beat Mimi Xu to reach the quarterfinals of the girls singles at the 2025 Australian Open where she lost to Australian Emerson Jones.[8]
At the 2025 French Open she had Francesca Schiavone as part of her support team.[9] 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.[5] 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.[10] In the girls' doubles she played alongside Slovakian Mia Pohánková and they reached the semifinals before facing
German pairing Sonja Zhenikhova and Eva Bennemann.[5][11]
Professional
Tagger reached her first ITF Women's Circuit final in November 2023 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.[5][6]
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,[12][13] before losing in the second round to sixth seed Nuria Parrizas-Diaz.[14]
In March 2025, Tagger won her first ITF Circuit singles title defeating Lois Boisson in a two-set final in Terrassa, Spain.[5]
In October 2025, Tagger was given a wildcard entry to make her WTA Tour debut at the Jiangxi Open, recording wins over fellow WTA debutant Zhu Chenting,[15] Elisabetta Cocciaretto[16] and Tamara Korpatsch[17] 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.[18] In the championship match she lost to Anna Blinkova in straight sets.[19] Despite her defeat, she reached a new career-high ranking in the top 200 at world No. 156, on 3 November 2025.[20]
Style of play
Tagger plays with a single-handed backhand.[11]
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
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| Finals by surface
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| Hard (0–1)
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| Clay
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| Grass
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| Finals by setting
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| Outdoor (0–1)
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| Indoor
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ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
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| W60/75 tournaments (2–1)
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| W25/35 tournaments (1–0)
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| Finals by surface
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| Clay (3–1)
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| Result
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W–L
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Date
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Tournament
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Tier
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Surface
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Opponent
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Score
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| Win
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1–0
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Mar 2025
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ITF Terrassa, Spain
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W35
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Clay
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Loïs Boisson
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7–6(4), 6–3
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| Loss
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1–1
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Aug 2025
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Ladies Open Amstetten, Austria
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W75
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Clay
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Sinja Kraus
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2–6, 4–6
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| Win
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2–1
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Sep 2025
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ITF Bucharest, Romania
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W75
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Clay
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Lina Gjorcheska
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6–4, 3–6, 6–4
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| Win
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3–1
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Sep 2025
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ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia
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W75
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Clay
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Rada Zolotareva
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5–7, 6–2, 6–2
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Doubles: 1 (title)
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| Finals by surface
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| Clay (1–0)
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W–L
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Date
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Tournament
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Tier
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Surface
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Partner
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Opponent
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Score
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1–0
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Jul 2024
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ITF Viserba, Italy
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W15
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Clay
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Anastasia Bertacchi
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Inès Ibbou
Francesca Pace
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6–0, 2–6, [10–5]
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Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
Singles: 1 (title)
References
- ^ "Lilli Tagger". usopen.org. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
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