Laura Siegemund and Tatjana Maria are both 37 years old, the oldest player in the WTA's top 100 and the top two Germans in the world. Maria led No. 41 and Siegmund was close to falling behind in No. 54. They also had a brilliant summer: Maria won her first WTA 500 title in Queen's, while Siegmund then ran to Wimbledon quarterfinals.
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On Tuesday, Siegmund and Maria reminded everyone on Tuesday's Omnium Banque Nationale about why they are the most suitable competitors for the WTA and the most interesting competitors. In a game spanning 3 hours and 26 minutes, Sigmund beat Maria 7-5, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (2) in one of the most shocking battles of the season. She led 5-3 in the second set and won four games before Maria forced the decision-makers. It's the third longest tour-level tournament of 2025, full of stunning reflections, old-fashioned creativity and sophisticated touch.
No wonder Siegemund was filled with pride afterwards – not only representing herself, but also for her life's rivals she knew and competed with.
“Tatjana and I, we know each other,” Siegmund said in her stadium interview. “I don't know we played 20 times and we were juniors between each other, and that's really the kind of game. Three and a half hours later, someone will win 7-6 in the third quarter. Sometimes it's me, sometimes it's her.”
“I just want to say, we're here! It made me almost cry because we're here almost 30 years later. We're both 37 years old and we're still here!”
Siegemund's reward was a rematch against No. 6 seed Madison Keys, who beat him 6-3, 6-3 in the third round of Wimbledon three weeks ago. She led the Australian Open with a 2-1 lead.
so far
1. Cocoa Goff D. Zheng Qinwen 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (4), Roman SF (3:32)
2. Viktorija golubic d. Arantxa Rus 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (10), Cluj-Napoca R1 (3:30)
3. LauraSiegemund d. Tatjana Maria 7-5, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (2), Montreal R1 (3:26)
4. TatjanaMaria d. Chloe Paquet 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-4, Bogota R1 (3:25)
5. AliaksandraSasnovich d. Varvara Gracheva 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6[8]Wimbledon R1 (3:24)
6. High Xinyu d. Beatriz Haddad Maia 5-7, 6-4, 7-5, United Cup RR (3:22)
T7. Daria Kasatkina d. Peyton Stearns 7-6 (7), 4-6, 7-5, Brisbane R2 (3:21)
T7. Liudmila Samsonova d. Jessica Pegula 6-7 (8), 7-5, 7-6 (5), Berlin R2 (3:21)
T7. Diane Pari d. Tara Wuerth 7-6 (9), 3-6, 7-5, Hamburg R1 (3:21)
T10. Emma Navarro d. Peyton Stearns 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-5, Australian Open R1 (3:20)
T10. Wang Xinyu d. Jil Teichmann 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-4, Singapore QF (3:20)
T12. Laura Siegemundd. Hailey Baptiste 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, Australian Open R1 (3:16)
T12. Jaqueline Cristian d. Leylah Fernandez 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3, Indian Wells R2 (3:16)
T12. Yuliia Starodubtseva d. Wang Yafan 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4, Montreal R1 (3:16)
T15. Yulia Putintseva d. Diana Shnaider 7-6 (3), 6-7 (9), 6-4, Adelaide QF (3:14)
T15. Harriet Dart Jana Fett 7-5, 2-6, 7-6[7]Australian Open R1 (3:14)
17. RebeccaSramkova d. Laura Siegemund 7-6 (2), 4-6, 7-6 (6), Nottingham R1 (3:13)
T18. Jule Niemeier d. Laura Siegemund 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, Stuttgart R1 (3:12)
T18. Magdalena Frech d. Sara Errani 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (5), Stuttgart R1 (3:12)
T18. Emiliana Arango d. Viktoriya Tomova 7-6 (6), 5-7, 6-4, Roman R1 (3:12)
T18. Leylah Fernandez d. Elena Rybakina 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3), Washington SF (3:12)
twenty two. ClaraTauson d. Caroline Dolehide 3-6, 7-5, 6-4, Washington R2 (3:10)
twenty three. Jessica Buzzas Manilo Louisa Chirico 5-7, 7-5, 6-4, Montreal R1 (3:06)
twenty four. Katie Volynets d. Erika Andreeva 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-2, Auckland R1 (3:05)
T25. Cristina Bucsa d. Emma Raducanu 5-7, 7-5, 7-5, Singapore R1 (3:03)
T25. Belinda Bencic d. Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (2), Madrid R3 (3:03)
T25. Jaqueline Cristian d. Camila Osorio 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4, Rabat SF (3:03)
28. BeatrizHaddad Maia d. Emma Navarro 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2, Strasbourg QF (3:02)
29. SoranaCirstea d. Emma Navarro 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-5, Dubai R3 (3:01)
T30. Destanee aiava d. Greetings Minnen 5-7, 7-5, 7-6[6]Australian Open R1 (3:00)
T30. Anna Bondar d. Noma Noha Akugue 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3), Hamburger R1 (3:00)