# Lena Papadakis

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{{Short description|German tennis player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name                  = Lena Papadakis
| image                 = Lena Rüffer - Qualifikation Nürnberger Versicherungscup 2015 - 16.05.2015 - 06.jpg
| caption               = Papadakis at the [2015 Nürnberger Versicherungscup](/source/2015_N%C3%BCrnberger_Versicherungscup)
| country               = {{GER}}
| birth_date            = {{birth date and age|1998|08|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place           = [Berlin](/source/Berlin), Germany
| careerprizemoney      = US$148,647
| coach                 = Christopher Papadakis
| singlesrecord         = 221–180
| singlestitles         = 2 ITF
| highestsinglesranking = No. 250 (9 January 2023)
| currentsinglesranking = 
| doublesrecord         = 125–108
| doublestitles         = 9 ITF
| highestdoublesranking = No. 121 (14 October 2024)
| currentdoublesranking = No. 821 (15 September 2025)
| updated               = 16 September 2025
}}

'''Lena Papadakis''' (née '''Rüffer'''; born 23 August 1998) is a German inactive [tennis](/source/tennis) player.

Papadakis has a career-high singles ranking by the [WTA](/source/Women's_Tennis_Association) of world No. 250, achieved in January 2023, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 121, reached in October 2024.

==Career==
She made her [WTA Tour](/source/WTA_Tour) debut at the [2015 Nürnberger Versicherungscup](/source/2015_N%C3%BCrnberger_Versicherungscup), partnering Katharina Gerlach in the doubles draw.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2015/1068/MDD.pdf|title=Main Draw Doubles|accessdate=16 May 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528070822/http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2015/1068/MDD.pdf|archivedate=28 May 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Doubles performance timeline==
{{performance key|short=yes}}
''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour (incl. Grand Slams) are included in win–loss records.''

''Current through the [2024 WTA Tour](/source/2024_WTA_Tour).''

{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;
!Tournament!![2015](/source/2015_WTA_Tour)!![2016](/source/2016_WTA_Tour)!![2017](/source/2017_WTA_Tour)!![2018](/source/2018_WTA_Tour)!![2019](/source/2019_WTA_Tour)!![2020](/source/2020_WTA_Tour)!![2021](/source/2021_WTA_Tour)!![2022](/source/2022_WTA_Tour)!![2023](/source/2023_WTA_Tour)!![2024](/source/2024_WTA_Tour)!!SR!!W–L 
|-
| colspan="13" align="left" |'''[Grand Slam tournaments](/source/Grand_Slam_(tennis))'''
|-
|align=left|[Australian Open](/source/Australian_Open)
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|0 / 0
|0–0
|-
|align=left|[French Open](/source/French_Open)
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|0 / 0
|0–0
|-
|align=left|[Wimbledon](/source/Wimbledon_Championships)
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|style="color:#767676;"|NH
|A
|A
|A
|A
|0 / 0
|0–0
|-
|align=left|[US Open](/source/US_Open_(tennis))
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|0 / 0
|0–0
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"
|style=text-align:left|Win–loss
|0–0
|0–0
|0–0
|0–0
|0–0
|0–0
|0–0
|0–0
|0–0
|0–0
|0 / 0
|0–0
|-
|colspan="13" align="left" |'''Career statistics'''
|-bgcolor=efefef
|align=left|Tournaments
|1
|0
|0
|2
|0
|0
|1
|0
|2
|4
|colspan=2|'''10'''
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"
|style="text-align:left;"|Overall win–loss
|0–1
|0–0
|0–0
|1–2
|0–0
|0–0
|1–1
|0–0
|0–2
|3–4
|colspan=2|5–10
|-bgcolor=efefef
|align=left|'''Year-end ranking'''
|733
|562
|462
|302
|1172
|–
|611
|358
|535
|127
|colspan=2|
|}

==ITF Circuit finals==
===Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner–ups)===
{|
|-valign=top
|
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:85%"
!Legend
|-style="background:lightblue;"
|W25 tournaments (1–3)
|-style="background:#f0f8ff;"
|W15 tournaments (1–1)
|}
|
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:85%"
!Finals by surface
|-
|Hard (0–0)
|-
|Clay (2–4)
|}
|}
{|class="sortable wikitable nowrap"
!Result
!class=unsortable|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Opponent
!class=unsortable|Score
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| <small>0–1</small>
| {{dts|Feb 2018}}
| bgcolor=f0f8ff|ITF Bergamo, Italy
| bgcolor=f0f8ff|W15
| Clay (i)
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [Martina Colmegna](/source/Martina_Colmegna)
| 2–6, 1–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>1–1</small>
| {{dts|May 2021}}
| bgcolor=f0f8ff|ITF Heraklion, Greece
| bgcolor=f0f8ff|W15
| Clay 
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [Melanie Klaffner](/source/Melanie_Klaffner)
| 6–3, 6–3
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>2–1</small>
| {{dts|Jan 2022}}
| bgcolor=lightblue|ITF Blumenau-Gaspar, Brazil
| bgcolor=lightblue|W25
| Clay
| {{flagicon|SLO}} [Pia Lovrič](/source/Pia_Lovri%C4%8D)
| 6–1, 7–6<sup>(6)</sup>
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| <small>2–2</small>
| {{dts|Jun 2022}}
| bgcolor=lightblue|ITF Annenheim, Austria
| bgcolor=lightblue|W25
| Clay
| {{flagicon|GER}} [Laura Siegemund](/source/Laura_Siegemund)
| 3–6, 2–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| <small>2–3</small>
| {{dts|Sep 2022}}
| bgcolor=lightblue|ITF Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic
| bgcolor=lightblue|W25
| Clay
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [Julie Štruplová](/source/Julie_%C5%A0truplov%C3%A1)
| 3–6, 6–2, 4–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| <small>2–4</small>
| {{dts|Dec 2023}}
| bgcolor=lightblue|ITF Nairobi, Kenya
| bgcolor=lightblue|W25
| Clay
| {{flagicon|KEN}} [Angella Okutoyi](/source/Angella_Okutoyi)
| 3–6, 6–1, 1–6
|}

===Doubles: 18 (9 titles, 9 runner–ups)===
{|
|-valign=top
|
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:85%"
!Legend
|-style="background:#addfad;"
|W60/75 tournaments (2–2)
|-style="background:#ffe4c4;"
|W40/50 tournaments (2–0)
|-style="background:lightblue;"
|W25/35 tournaments (3–5)
|-style="background:#f0f8ff;"
|W10/15 tournaments (2–2)
|}
|
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:85%"
!Finals by surface
|-
|Hard (3–0)
|-
|Clay (4–9)
|-
|Carpet (2–0)
|}
|}
{|class="sortable wikitable nowrap"
!Result
!class=unsortable|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class=unsortable|Score
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>1–0</small>
| {{dts|Oct 2015}}
| bgcolor=f0f8ff|[ITF Ismaning](/source/Ismaning_Open), <br /> Germany
| bgcolor=f0f8ff|W10
| Carpet (i)
| {{flagicon|GER}} [Anna Zaja](/source/Anna_Zaja)
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Michaela Boev <br /> {{flagicon|GER}} Hristina Dishkova
| 5–7, 7–6<sup>(3)</sup>, [10–3]
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| <small>1–1</small>
| [{{dts|Aug 2017}}](/source/2017_Ladies_Open_Hechingen_%E2%80%93_Doubles)
| bgcolor=addfad|[ITF Hechingen](/source/Ladies_Open_Hechingen), <br /> Germany
| bgcolor=addfad|W60
| Clay
| {{flagicon|GER}} Romy Kölzer
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [Camilla Rosatello](/source/Camilla_Rosatello) <br /> {{flagicon|GEO}} [Sofia Shapatava](/source/Sofia_Shapatava)
| 2–6, 4–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>2–1</small>
| {{dts|Dec 2017}}
| bgcolor=f0f8ff|ITF Milovice, <br /> Czech Republic
| bgcolor=f0f8ff|W15
| Hard (i)
| {{flagicon|SVK}} Jana Jablonovská
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Maryna Kolb <br /> {{flagicon|UKR}} Nadiya Kolb
| 6–1, 6–3
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| <small>2–2</small>
| {{dts|Mar 2018}}
| bgcolor=f0f8ff|ITF Palmanova, <br /> Spain
| bgcolor=f0f8ff|W15
| Clay
| {{flagicon|GER}} [Katharina Gerlach](/source/Katharina_Gerlach)
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yukina Saigo <br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} Aiko Yoshitomi
| 4–6, 2–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| <small>2–3</small>
| {{dts|Mar 2018}}
| bgcolor=lightblue|ITF Pula, <br /> Italy
| bgcolor=lightblue|W25
| Clay
| {{flagicon|GER}} Katharina Gerlach
| {{flagicon|GEO}} [Ekaterine Gorgodze](/source/Ekaterine_Gorgodze) <br /> {{flagicon|GEO}} Sofia Shapatava
| 4–6, 6–7<sup>(5)</sup>
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| <small>2–4</small>
| {{dts|Mar 2021}}
| bgcolor=f0f8ff|ITF Gonesse, <br /> France
| bgcolor=f0f8ff|W15
| Clay (i)
| {{flagicon|GER}} Anna Gabric
| {{flagicon|SLO}} [Tina Cvetkovič](/source/Tina_Cvetkovi%C4%8D) <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} Zoe Howard
| 7–6<sup>(5)</sup>, 3–6, [5–10]
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>3–4</small>
| {{dts|Jun 2022}}
| bgcolor=lightblue|ITF Annenheim, <br /> Austria
| bgcolor=lightblue|W25
| Clay
| {{flagicon|USA}} [Jessie Aney](/source/Jessie_Aney)
| {{flagicon|GRE}} [Martha Matoula](/source/Martha_Matoula) <br /> {{flagicon|ROU}} Arina Vasilescu
| 1–6, 6–3, [11–9]
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>4–4</small>
| {{dts|Sep 2022}}
| bgcolor=lightblue|ITF Vienna, <br /> Austria
| bgcolor=lightblue|W25
| Clay
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [Anna Sisková](/source/Anna_Siskov%C3%A1)
| {{flagicon|SLO}} [Živa Falkner](/source/%C5%BDiva_Falkner) <br /> {{flagicon|HUN}} [Amarissa Kiara Tóth](/source/Amarissa_Kiara_T%C3%B3th)
| 7–6<sup>(8)</sup>, 6–4
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| <small>4–5</small>
| {{dts|Sep 2022}}
| bgcolor=lightblue|ITF Jablonec, <br /> Czech Republic
| bgcolor=lightblue|W25
| Clay
| {{flagicon|CZE}} Anna Sisková
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [Anna Danilina](/source/Anna_Danilina) <br /> {{flagicon|UKR}} [Valeriya Strakhova](/source/Valeriya_Strakhova)
| 5–7, 1–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| <small>4–6</small>
| {{dts|Mar 2023}}
| bgcolor=lightblue|ITF Mosquera, <br /> Colombia
| bgcolor=lightblue|W25
| Clay
| {{flagicon|GER}} [Silvia Ambrosio](/source/Silvia_Ambrosio)
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [Irina Khromacheva](/source/Irina_Khromacheva) <br /> {{flagicon|UKR}} Valeriya Strakhova
| 7–5, 6–7<sup>(3)</sup>, [8–10]
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| <small>4–7</small>
| {{dts|May 2023}}
| bgcolor=lightblue|ITF Villach, <br /> Austria
| bgcolor=lightblue|W25
| Clay
| {{flagicon|USA}} [Jessie Aney](/source/Jessie_Aney)
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [Jenny Dürst](/source/Jenny_D%C3%BCrst) <br /> {{flagicon|SLO}} [Nika Radišić](/source/Nika_Radi%C5%A1i%C4%87)
| 2–6, 6–7<sup>(4)</sup>
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>5–7</small>
| {{dts|Nov 2023}}
| bgcolor=lightblue|ITF Solarino, <br /> Italy
| bgcolor=lightblue|W25
| Carpet
| {{flagicon|USA}} Jessie Aney
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [Giorgia Pedone](/source/Giorgia_Pedone) <br /> {{flagicon|ITA}} [Lisa Pigato](/source/Lisa_Pigato)
| 6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| <small>5–8</small>
| {{dts|Dec 2023}}
| bgcolor=lightblue|ITF Nairobi, <br /> Kenya
| bgcolor=lightblue|W25
| Clay
| {{flagicon|USA}} Jessie Aney
| {{flagicon|BDI}} [Sada Nahimana](/source/Sada_Nahimana) <br /> {{flagicon|KEN}} [Angella Okutoyi](/source/Angella_Okutoyi)
| 4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>6–8</small>
| {{dts|Jan 2024}}
| style="background:#ffe4c4;"|ITF Indore, <br /> India
| style="background:#ffe4c4;"|W50
| Hard
| {{flagicon|USA}} Jessie Aney
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [Saki Imamura](/source/Saki_Imamura) <br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} Mana Kawamura
| 2–6, 6–0, [10–7]
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>7–8</small>
| {{dts|Mar 2024}}
| style="background:#ffe4c4;"|ITF Mâcon, <br /> France
| style="background:#ffe4c4;"|W50
| Hard (i)
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Silvia Ambrosio
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Madeleine Brooks <br /> {{flagicon|NED}} [Isabelle Haverlag](/source/Isabelle_Haverlag)
| 5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>8–8</small>
| [{{dts|Apr 2024}}](/source/2024_Axion_Open_%E2%80%93_Doubles)
| bgcolor=addfad|[ITF Chiasso](/source/Chiasso_Open), <br /> Switzerland
| bgcolor=addfad|W75
| Clay
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [Emily Appleton](/source/Emily_Appleton_(tennis))
| {{flagicon|GRE}} [Despina Papamichail](/source/Despina_Papamichail) <br /> {{flagicon|SUI}} [Simona Waltert](/source/Simona_Waltert)
| 4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>9–8</small>
| [{{dts|May 2024}}](/source/2024_Citt%C3%A0_di_Grado_Tennis_Cup_%E2%80%93_Doubles)
| bgcolor=addfad|[ITF Grado](/source/Citt%C3%A0_di_Grado_Tennis_Cup), <br /> Italy
| bgcolor=addfad|W75
| Clay
| {{flagicon|USA}} Jessie Aney
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [Yvonne Cavallé Reimers](/source/Yvonne_Cavall%C3%A9_Reimers) <br /> {{flagicon|ITA}} [Aurora Zantedeschi](/source/Aurora_Zantedeschi)
| 6–4, 7–5
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| <small>9–9</small>
| [{{dts|Jun 2024}}](/source/2024_ITS_Cup_%E2%80%93_Doubles)
| bgcolor=addfad|[ITF Olomouc](/source/ITS_Cup), <br /> Czech Republic
| bgcolor=addfad|W75
| Clay
| {{flagicon|USA}} Jessie Aney
| {{flagicon|}} [Amina Anshba](/source/Amina_Anshba) <br /> {{flagicon|GRE}} [Valentini Grammatikopoulou](/source/Valentini_Grammatikopoulou)
| 2–6, 4–6
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Lena Rüffer|Lena Papadakis}}
* {{WTA}}
* {{ITF}}

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Category:1998 births
Category:Living people
Category:Tennis players from Berlin
Category:German female tennis players
Category:German people of Greek descent
Category:Sportspeople of Greek descent
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