Lilli Tagger: At the age of 17 to the third ITF title-a new tennis miracle!

Lilli Tagger: At the age of 17 to the third ITF title-a new tennis miracle!

On September 21, 2025, the 17-year-old Lilli Tagger in Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia, achieved another significant success on her already impressive tennis trip. In the exciting final, she defeated the Russian Rada Zolotareva 5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 2 after a lost first set. Tagger has secured her third title on the professional tour. Their victory marks another highlight in her career, which has risen continuously since her first successes, since she had already won a W75 event in Bucharest the previous week. This winning streak now comprises ten consecutive successes, many of them in highly competitive matches, which often went over three sentences.

In the final duel on the pitch, Zolotareva, which is currently noted in 701 in the world, represented a significant challenge. However, Tagger proved to be adaptable and impressively dominated the subsequent sentences. The season of the final was almost two and a half hours, and this triumph catapulted Tagger to 219th place in the live ranking of the world rankings. At the beginning of the year she was listed in 765, which underlines her dramatic ascent in the tennis area. The success now gives her the opportunity to take part in the Australian Open.

Career highlights and development

Lilli Tagger, born on February 17, 2008 and resident in Varese, Italy, is trained by the former world ranking-four Francesca Schiavone. Your impressive course of career includes numerous milestones. In 2024 she qualified for the girls' singles at the Wimbledon Championships, where she defeated in a gripping match Ksenia Efremova. In 2025 she reached the quarter -finals at the Australian Open and the semi -finals at the French Open, where she triumphed against number 12, Julia Stuseek. She is the first Austrian player to reach the semi -finals of a Junior Grand Slam since Tamira Paszek in 2006.

Tagger debut in 2023 on the ITF tour with a final in Sharm-El-Heik. A year later, her first ITF double title followed in Viserba, Italy, which she won with Anastasia Bertacchi. In March 2025 she secured her first ITF one-time title in Terrassa, Spain by defeating Lois Boisson. Their impressive record shows that she won a total of three titles in four finals and acts on different surfaces with a clear style of play that includes a one -handed backhand.

The look ahead

With this recent success in Serbia and the impressive series won, Lilli Tagger will continue to be carefully pursued both in both national and international tennis. Their impressive development and the opportunity to take part in the Australian Open give hope for a promising future, while she wants to master further challenges in her career. As already mentioned, your progress in the WTA ranking and your future participation in prestigious tournaments will be decisive for your further career.