Yana Morderger

Yana Morderger
Nation:	Germany
Birthday:	March 7, 1997
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 57,453
singles
Career record:	185: 181
Career title:	0 WTA , 1 ITF
Highest ranking:	518 (June 26, 2017)
Current placement:	552
Double
Career record:	144: 117
Career title:	0 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking:	239 (December 16, 2019)
Current placement:	239
Last update of the infobox: December 16, 2019
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Yana Morderger (born March 7, 1997 in Kiev , Ukraine ) is a German tennis player . She is the twin sister of Tayisiya , who also plays tennis professionally.

Career

Morderger began playing tennis at the age of six. She mainly plays in ITF Women's Circuit tournaments .

The twin sisters Morderger were considered to be great young talents at a young age and at the age of twelve they topped the rankings of the Westphalian Tennis Association and later also the German rankings of young people.

Morderger played her first professional tournament in April 2011 in Tessenderlo , Belgium , where she won her opening match against Alina Wessel 6: 4 and 6: 1 before losing to Bibiane Weijers 2: 6 and 1: 6 in the second qualifying round . At the Reinert Open 2013 she made it into the main field through qualification, where she lost 4-6 and 4-6 to Anna Zaja in the first round . Also at the ITF Women's Circuit UBS Thurgau 2014 in Kreuzlingen she was eliminated after successfully qualifying in the first round, this time 4-6 and 2-6 against Ekaterina Alexandrova .

On the WTA Tour Morderger received both for qualifying for the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in 2014 and for the qualification for the 2014 Nürnberger Versicherungscup a wildcard , but failed each in their opening match.

At the subsequent Schönbusch Open 2014 she failed again after qualifying in the first round of the main draw 6: 3, 5: 7 and 4: 6 to Milana Špremo . At the ITF Women's Circuit UBS Thurgau 2015 , she started with her twin sister, but again they did not get past the first round. Yana Morderger achieved her greatest success so far in July 2015 at the $ 25,000 tournament in Denain, France , when she made it into the round of 16, which she lost 6-1 and 6-1 to Florencia Molinero .

In 2016 she and her sister were defeated by Georgina García Pérez and Polina Leikina in the first round 6: 3, 4: 6 and [9:11] at the Altenkirchen Ladies Open 2016 . At the Bredeney Ladies Open 2016 she was defeated in the first round of the main field to Anna Zaja with 2: 6 and 2: 6.

In 2012 with the U16 juniors and 2013 with the U18 juniors, she was German champion in singles and with her twin sister in doubles.

In 2014 and 2015 she won the Westphalian tennis championships.

TV projects

In 2019 she took part as a candidate in the documentary soap Shopping Queen . In 2020, she and her twin sister Tayisiya took part in the reality format Fight of Reality Stars - Shipwreck on Dream Beach .

Private

Father Vitali is a qualified tennis trainer, mother Julia has a degree in business administration.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	5th February 2017	Antalya	ITF $ 15,000	sand	Tayisiya Morderger	6: 4, 6: 3

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	October 29, 2016	Antalya	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Tayisiya Morderger	Arina Folts Kateryna Sliusar	3: 6, 7: 6 5 , [10: 6]
2.	15th January 2017	Antalya	ITF $ 15,000	sand	Tayisiya Morderger	Sofiya Kovalets Kateryna Sliusar	3: 6, 7: 6 1 , [10: 6]
3.	29th July 2017	Les Contamines-Montjoie	ITF $ 15,000	Hard court	Tayisiya Morderger	Kerrie Cartwright Kariann Pierre-Louis	2: 6, 6: 4, [10: 7]
4th	18th November 2017	Heraklion	ITF $ 15,000	sand	Tayisiya Morderger	Anastasia Detiuc Elina Nepliy	6: 2, 7: 6 7
5.	November 24, 2017	Heraklion	ITF $ 15,000	sand	Tayisiya Morderger	Gabriela Duca Oana Gavrilă	6: 4, 3: 6, [10: 8]
6th	29th September 2018	Santa Margherita di Pula	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Tayisiya Morderger	Cao Siqi Ma Shuyue	6: 7, 7: 6, [12:10]
7th	March 22, 2019	Le Havre	ITF $ 15,000	sand	Tayisiya Morderger	Eléonora Molinaro Svenja Ochsner	6: 4, 6: 3
8th.	17th November 2019	Solarino	ITF $ 15,000	sand	Tayisiya Morderger	Emma Davis Nicole Fossa Huergo	6: 2, 6: 3
9.	23rd November 2019	Solarino	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Tayisiya Morderger	Olga Parres Azcoitia Ioana Loredana Roșca	6: 3, 6: 4
10.	November 30, 2019	Solarino	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Tayisiya Morderger	Sara Lanca Olga Parres Azcoitia	6: 3, 6: 3

Web links

• WTA profile of Yana Morderger (English)
• ITF profile of Yana Morderger (English)
• ITF junior profile Yana Morderger (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} These twins train as hard as Steffi Graf (welt.de, March 21, 2015, accessed June 10, 2016)
2. ↑ QUESTIONS. In: morderger.com. Retrieved June 10, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Tennis: Tayisiya beats twin sister Yana in the final (tennisnet.com from April 29, 2008, accessed on June 10, 2016)
4. ↑ Yana Morderger wins the double again at the German Championships (sport-kreisunna.de from December 2, 2013, accessed on June 10, 2016)
5. ↑ 82nd Westphalian Tennis Championships: Last year's winner Yana Morderger triumphs again, Netuschil wins in the fifth attempt (wtv.de from June 7, 2015, accessed on June 10, 2016)
6. ↑ Twins in the footsteps of Steffi Graf (derwesten.de from February 14, 2012, accessed on June 10, 2016)