Lilli Tagger
Austrian tennis player (born 2008)
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Lilli Tagger (born 17 February 2008) is an Austrian tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 120, achieved on 6. February 2026. Tagger was the 2025 Junior singles French Open champion.[2][3][4]
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AustriaLilli Tagger in March 2025 | |
| Country (sports) | Austria |
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| Residence | Varese, Italy |
| Born | 17 February 2008[1] Lienz, Austria |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Francesca Schiavone |
| Prize money | US$ 152,841 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 72–33 |
| Career titles | 3 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 114 (16 February 2026) |
| Current ranking | No. 119 (2 March 2026) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q3 (2026) |
| Australian Open Junior | QF (2025) |
| French Open Junior | W (2025) |
| Wimbledon Junior | QF (2025) |
| US Open Junior | 1R (2024) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 8–2 |
| Career titles | 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 1,085 (12 August 2024) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open Junior | 1R (2025) |
| French Open Junior | SF (2025) |
| Wimbledon Junior | 2R (2024) |
| US Open Junior | 1R (2024) |
| Last updated on: 8 March 2026. | |
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] In March 2026, she was able to compete in a WTA 1000 tournament for the first time. In the first round of Indian Wells, she defeated France's Varvara Gracheva 6-2, 6-4 in 82 minutes.[21][22] In the second round, she was defeated by world number 34 Maria Sakkari 7-5, 6-0.[23]
Style of play
Tagger plays with a single-handed backhand.[11]
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2025 | Jiangxi Open, China | WTA 250 | Hard |  Anna Blinkova |
3–6, 3–6 |
WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Feb 2026 | Mumbai Open, India | Hard |  Mananchaya Sawangkaew |
4–6, 3–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Mar 2025 | ITF Terrassa, Spain | W35 | Clay |  Loïs Boisson |
7–6(4), 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Aug 2025 | Ladies Open Amstetten, Austria | W75 | Clay | Sinja Kraus |
2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Sep 2025 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | W75 | Clay |  Lina Gjorcheska |
6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–1 | Sep 2025 | ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia | W75 | Clay | Rada Zolotareva |
5–7, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–1 | Jan 2026 | ITF Fujairah Championships, UAE | W100 | Hard |  Harriet Dart |
6–4, 6–2 |
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2023 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W15 | Hard |  Mariam Atia |
Evgeniya Burdina Nina Rudiukova |
7–5, 4–6, [6–10] |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2024 | ITF Viserba, Italy | W15 | Clay |  Anastasia Bertacchi |
 Inès Ibbou Francesca Pace |
6–0, 2–6, [10–5] |
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
Singles: 1 (title)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2025 | French Open | Clay | Hannah Klugman |
6–2, 6–0 |
