Jule Niemeier
[1] As a qualifier, Niemeier secured her first WTA Tour main draw wins at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, reaching the semifinals,[2] where she lost in three sets to fifth seed and eventual champion Barbora Krejčíková.[citation needed] On her Grand Slam tournament qualifying competition debut at Wimbledon, Niemeier reached the third round but lost to Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove in three sets.[5] At the French Open, Niemeier qualified to make her Grand Slam tournament main-draw debut,[6] losing in the first round to Sloane Stephens in three sets.[8] Making her main-draw debut at Wimbledon, Niemeier reached her first Grand Slam tournament quarterfinal after defeating Wang Xiyu,[9] second seed Anett Kontaveit[10] Lesia Tsurenko[11] and Heather Watson.[14] At her US Open main-draw debut, she reached the fourth round, after defeating Sofia Kenin,[15] Yulia Putintseva,[16] and Zheng Qinwen,[17] all in straight sets.[27] Wins over Ella Seidel[28] and sixth seed Yulia Putintseva[29] saw her make it through to the quarterfinals at the Hamburg European Open.