Tatjana Maria (née Malek; born 8 August 1987) is a professional tennis player from Germany. She reached her highest singles and doubles rankings of No. 46 and No. 54, respectively, in November 2017 and June 2016, respectively.
She has two singles titles, four doubles titles, 15 singles titles, and 15 doubles titles from the WTA Tour.
Between 2006 and 2011 and between 2018 and 2020, she made 12 appearances (18 matches) for Germany in the Billie Jean King Cup tournament.
She won her two singles WTA Tour championships in the 2022 Copa Colsanitas and the 2018 Mallorca Open.
At the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, Maria defeated Astra Sharma, Sorana Cîrstea, the fifth seed Maria Sakkari (her fifth top-10 victory), the 12th seed Jeena Ostapenko (against whom she saved two set points), and advanced to her maiden Grand Slam quarterfinal.
Her father, Heinrich Malek, was a Zabrze, Poland-born international handball player. His Polish name is Henryk Maek.
Meet Charlotte And Cecelia
On April 8, 2013, she married Charles-Edouard Maria, a former French tennis player, who served as her coach. Their first child, a daughter named Charlotte, was born on December 20, 2013, and their second daughter, Cecilia, was born on April 2, 2021.
After a match point miracle on No. 1 Court on Sunday, Maria is the only mother left at SW19. In the Wimbledon draw for 2022, she is not the most well-known mother (that honor belongs to none other than Serena Williams, obviously).
