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Anna Zaja

GER Age 35 183 cm / 6'0" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 2017–2021

Anna Zaja represented Germany on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 184. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 2–6 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

184 (May 6, 2019)

Elo peak

1546 (20th percentile)

Singles record

2–6 (25.0%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$300,489

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Anna Zaja's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Elena-Gabriela Ruse #198	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 9, 2021*	R16	Hamburg Open	WTA 250	Clay
Viktoriya Tomova #104	0-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 8, 2021*	R32	Hamburg Open	WTA 250	Clay
Katharina Gerlach #225	7-5 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 6, 2021	Q2 Q	Hamburg Open	WTA 250	Clay
Jasmin Jebawy	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 5, 2021	Q1 Q	Hamburg Open	WTA 250	Clay
Ann Li #70	0-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 23, 2021*	R32	Bad Homburg Open	WTA 250	Grass

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

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Anna Zaja's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Elena-Gabriela Ruse	0	1	1	Jul 9, 2021	H2H
Viktoriya Tomova	1	0	1	Jul 8, 2021	H2H
Ann Li	0	1	1	Jun 23, 2021	H2H
Katerina Siniakova	0	1	1	May 24, 2018	H2H
Ekaterina Alexandrova	0	1	1	Aug 30, 2017	H2H

Career Results

Anna Zaja career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2017	26	Qualifying Q	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—
2017	26	WTA	1	3	4	25.0%	305	218
2018	27	Qualifying Q	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—
2018	27	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	223	213
2019	28	Qualifying Q	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—
2021	30	Qualifying Q	3	1	4	75.0%	—	—
2021	30	WTA	1	2	3	33.3%	402	325
Career		—	2	6	8	25.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Anna Zaja career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2017	26	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%
2017	26	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
2018	27	Qualifying Q	1	3	4	25.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
2018	27	WTA	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2019	28	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
2021	30	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	1	0	1	100.0%	3	1	4	75.0%
2021	30	WTA	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
Career	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Anna Zaja career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2017	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
2018	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2021	30	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
Career		0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	6	8	25.0%

Performance Stats

Anna Zaja performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2017	26	4/4	2.3	4.0	63.3%	69.3%	43.2%	47.2%	26.3%	60.1%	34.0%
2018	27	1/1	4.0	1.0	70.5%	63.6%	43.5%	42.9%	33.3%	57.7%	40.7%
2021	30	3/3	1.3	2.3	58.7%	58.1%	36.6%	42.5%	42.3%	49.2%	34.1%
Career		8/8	2.1	3.0	62.5%	64.4%	40.8%	44.9%	33.1%	55.7%	34.9%

Advanced Stats

Anna Zaja advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
2017	26	1509	110.3	-0.48	-3.26	0.853	47.9%	—	+50	—	33.3%	-1.11	0–1	—	—	+0.12
2018	27	1477	97.5	-0.01	-0.55	0.962	48.8%	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.00	0–1	—	—	-0.08
2019	28	1453	98.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	30	1480	94.2	+0.50	-3.51	0.672	42.2%	—	—	—	28.6%	-2.43	1–0	—	—	-0.03
Career		1546	101.0	-0.05	-3.02	0.788	45.9%	—	+50	—	31.6%	-1.58	1–2 (33%)	—	—	+0.13

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Anna Zaja Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	USO	W-L Win %
2017	26	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

WTA 1000

Anna Zaja WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	WUH	W-L Win %
2018	27	Q2	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)

WTA 500

Anna Zaja WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	POR	PAN	CHA	MOS	W-L Win %
2017	26	Q2	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2018	27	Q2	Q1	—	Q1	1–3 (25%)
2019	28	Q3	—	Q1	—	2–2 (50%)
2021	30	Q1	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–7 (36%)

WTA 250

Anna Zaja WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BAD	GST	HAM	BAD	BOG	LIN	NUR	NÜR	W-L Win %
2017	26	—	Q1	R16	—	—	—	Q2	—	R32	4–4 (50%)
2018	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
2019	28	Q1	—	—	—	—	Q1	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2021	30	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	4–2 (67%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	8–9 (47%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

184

Career-high date

May 6, 2019

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Anna Zaja ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2008	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	946	926	941	938	949	949
2009	18	945	879	857	844	795	864	886	791	774	752	737	720
2010	19	720	723	736	698	650	662	652	675	590	547	517	520
2011	20	523	511	513	530	565	573	549	585	668	742	811	814
2012	21	812	859	803	678	664	651	461	459	355	328	324	319
2013	22	316	324	327	343	347	340	348	333	375	404	398	410
2014	23	409	404	373	326	317	323	377	394	447	443	504	493
2015	24	493	500	559	799	892	765	671	595	554	543	499	502
2016	25	501	429	431	414	386	368	317	319	304	304	308	306
2017	26	299	307	303	265	258	261	231	236	216	213	218	—
2018	27	218	221	220	265	244	241	208	192	212	220	214	213
2019	28	207	191	191	188	200	201	279	328	362	369	380	382
2020	29	384	402	406	—	—	—	—	385	397	398	398	402
2021	30	402	408	408	434	451	372	332	322	315	320	322	325
2022	31	320	339	357	357	375	495	845	1298	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Anna Zaja's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Lina Gjorcheska (active player)	MKD	#181	1,509	4	1	3	25.0%	$673,048	2017–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Maria Mateas (active player)	USA	#190	1,500	7	2	5	28.6%	$265,029	2016–2025	Rivalries	Match log
Peangtarn Plipuech	THA	#175	1,539	9	2	7	22.2%	$463,384	2014–2020	Rivalries	Match log
Mayo Hibi	JPN	#157	1,549	7	2	5	28.6%	$527,403	2015–2021	Rivalries	Match log
Carlota Martinez Cirez (active player)	ESP	#220	1,516	4	1	3	25.0%	$305,408	2016–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Hanyu Guo (active player)	CHN	#156	1,622	15	4	11	26.7%	$1,709,284	2017–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Camilla Rosatello (active player)	ITA	#201	1,543	11	3	8	27.3%	$449,924	2018–2025	Rivalries	Match log
Zhaoxuan Yang	CHN	#151	1,533	9	2	7	22.2%	$2,160,889	2015–2021	Rivalries	Match log
Jacqueline Cako	USA	#172	1,546	3	1	2	33.3%	$237,453	2017–2018	Rivalries	Match log
Eri Hozumi	JPN	#144	1,546	12	3	9	25.0%	$1,900,534	2014–2022	Rivalries	Match log
Gabriela Dabrowski	CAN	#164	1,524	12	2	10	16.7%	$7,782,763	2014–2021	Rivalries	Match log
Ashley Kratzer	USA	#200	1,500	3	1	2	33.3%	$144,302	2017–2018	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Anna Zaja?: Anna Zaja is 35 years old, born on June 25, 1991.
Which country does Anna Zaja represent?: Anna Zaja represents Germany in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Anna Zaja?: Anna Zaja is 183 cm / 6'0".
Is Anna Zaja left-handed or right-handed?: Anna Zaja plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Anna Zaja won?: Anna Zaja has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Anna Zaja won?: TennisDB does not group any of Anna Zaja's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Anna Zaja's highest WTA ranking?: Anna Zaja's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 184, first achieved on May 6, 2019.
What is Anna Zaja's career win-loss record?: Anna Zaja has a career WTA singles record of 2 wins and 6 losses (25.0%).
How much career prize money has Anna Zaja earned?: Anna Zaja has earned at least $300,489 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Anna Zaja's career appear in TennisDB?: Anna Zaja appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2017 through 2021.
Who has Anna Zaja faced most often?: Anna Zaja's most frequent opponent is Elena-Gabriela Ruse, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.