Angelika Rösch (born 8 June 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She reached her career-high ranking in singles of No. 69 in the world on 24 February 2003, and retired from tennis in 2010.

Angelika Rösch
ITF nameAngelika Roesch
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceBerlin, Germany
Born (1977-06-08) 8 June 1977 (age 46)
East Berlin
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2010
PlaysRight-handed (two handed backhand)
Prize money$371,951
Singles
Career record347–363 (48.9%)
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 69 (24 February 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2003)
French Open1R (2003)
Wimbledon1R (2002, 2003)
US Open1R (2002, 2003)
Doubles
Career record125–147 (46.0%)
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 107 (17 March 2003)

Rösch turned professional in 1996 and spent several years in mostly ITF Women's Circuit events before enjoying her best year in 2002, reaching the top 100 and making her Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon. She also beat Elena Dementieva three times during that season, with Dementieva being ranked in the top 20 in all three of the meetings. She went on to play in all four Grand Slams during 2003 but failed to advance past the first round in any of them.

WTA career finals edit

Doubles: 1 (runner-up) edit

Result Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents Score
Loss 13 July 2002 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy Clay   Lubomira Bacheva   Evgenia Kulikovskaya
  Ekaterina Sysoeva
4–6, 3–6

ITF finals edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (5–5) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 3 December 1995 São Paulo, Brazil Hard   Sabine Haas 6–1, 5–7, 6–2
Winner 2. 6 September 1998 Hechingen, Germany Clay   Olga Vymetálková 6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Runner-up 3. 19 September 1999 Otocec, Slovenia Clay   Marta Marrero 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 4. 27 August 2000 Maribor, Slovenia Clay   Klára Zakopalová 5–7, 4–6
Runner-up 5. 1 July 2001 Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay   Céline Beigbeder 1–6, 1–6
Winner 6. 30 September 2001 Verona, Italy Clay   Zuzana Kučová 6–4, 6–0
Runner-up 7. 7 October 2001 Girona, Spain Clay   Anabel Medina Garrigues 4–6, 4–6
Winner 8. 21 April 2007 Bari, Italy Clay   Giulia Gabba 6–4, 6–7(3), 7–5
Runner-up 9. 10 June 2007 Grado, Italy Clay   Darya Kustova 2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner 10. 28 September 2008 Lecce, Italy Clay   Mervana Jugić-Salkić 6–2, 6–7(5), 7–5

Doubles (6–7) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 20 August 1995 Wahlscheid, Germany Clay   Tanja Tsiganii   Sylva Nesvadbová
  Milena Nekvapilová
6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 2 August 1997 Les Contamines, France Hard   Eva Belbl   Emmanuelle Curutchet
  Sophie Georges
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 3. 8 February 1998 Mallorca, Spain Clay   Eva Belbl   Katia Altilia
  Alice Canepa
5–7, 6–7
Winner 1. 13 August 2000 Hechingen, Germany Clay   Miriam D'Agostini   Natalie Grandin
  Nicole Rencken
7–6(3), 6–2
Winner 2. 26 August 2000 Maribor, Slovenia Clay   Jasmin Wöhr   Vanesa Krauth
  Alienor Tricerri
6–4, 4–6, 7–6(1)
Runner-up 4. 24 September 2000 Lecce, Italy Clay   Syna Schmidle   Eva Bes
  Alicia Ortuño
4–6, 0–6
Winner 3. 22 September 2001 Lecce, Italy Clay   Mariam Ramón Climent   Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
  Maria Paola Zavagli
7–6(5), 7–6(6)
Winner 4. 6 July 2003 Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany Clay   Antonia Matic   Maria Geznenge
  Dragana Zarić
6–1, 7–6(2)
Runner-up 5. 8 February 2004 Ortisei, Italy Carpet (i)   Lubomira Bacheva   Olga Vymetálková
  Gabriela Navrátilová
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 6. 19 June 2004 Gorizia, Italy Carpet (i)   Martina Müller   Ruxandra Dragomir
  Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
6–7(4), 2–6
Winner 5. 16 October 2004 Joué-lès-Tours, France Carpet (i)   Květa Peschke   Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
  Selima Sfar
w/o
Winner 6. 17 March 2006 Fuerteventura, Spain Hard   Yuliya Beygelzimer   Angelika Bachmann
  Kristina Barrois
6–3, 6–7(5), 6–4
Runner-up 7. 18 February 2007 Saguenay, Canada Hard (i)   Sabine Klaschka   Angelique Kerber
  Ágnes Szatmári
1–6, 4–6

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