Her father Johannes and her mother Petra teach chemistry at the [[University of Bonn]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kommapoellath.de/assets/download/KM-GirlsOpen-Porsche2012.pdf#page=16&zoom=page-width,-19,794 |title=Ein Tag im Leben von Annika Beck |work=Nr. 1 / 2012 |publisher=Girls Open |pages=32–37 |last=Krenz |first=David |year=2012 |access-date=16 May 2012 |language=de |archive-date=16 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216190356/http://www.kommapoellath.de/assets/download/KM-GirlsOpen-Porsche2012.pdf#page=16&zoom=page-width,-19,794 |url-status=dead }} pp. 16–18 of 53 in the PDF.</ref><ref name="WTA-GTK">{{cite web |date=7 December 2012 |title=Getting To Know... Annika Beck |url=http://www.wtatennis.com/getting-to-know/article/3002967/title/getting-to-know-annika-beck |url-status=dead |archive-url=httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20130123022826/http://www.wtatennis.com/getting-to-know/article/3002967/title/getting-to-know-annika-beck |archive-date=2013-01-23 January 2013 |access-date=12 September 2013 |work=[[Women's Tennis Association]] }}</ref> Beck attended the [[Erzbischöfliche Liebfrauenschule Bonn]], a [[Gymnasium (Germany)|school]] for girls, where she completed her [[Abitur]] in 2011.<ref name="WTA-GTK"/><ref>{{cite web |date=19 July 2011 |title=Liebfrauenschule, Bonn – Die Abiturientinnen 2011 |url=http://www2.ga-bonn.de/index.php%3Fk%3Dloka%26itemid%3D10628%26bilderKatid%3D2072%2B%2522Annika%2BBeck%2522%2BLiebfrauenschule |url-status=unfit |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=16 May 2012 |work=General-Anzeiger Bonn |language=de}}</ref>{{Dead link|date=February 2024|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lfs-bonn.de/nee-annika-beck.html |title=Erfolgreiche Tennisspielerin – erfolgreiche Schülerin |work=Erzbischöfliche Liebfrauenschule Bonn |date=22 February 2010 |access-date=16 May 2012 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109080438/http://www.lfs-bonn.de/nee-annika-beck.html |archive-date=9 November 2013 }}</ref>
==Career==
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===2015===
At the [[2015 French Open|French Open]], Beck defeated former world No. 2, [[Agnieszka Radwańska]], in the first round in three sets, becoming just the third player to defeat the Pole in the first round of a Grand Slam tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/4744180/title/sloane-downs-venus-aga-out-too|title=Sloane Downs Venus, Aga Out Too|work=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|date=25 May 2015|access-date=26 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite webnews|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/mehr-sport/french-open/annika-beck-besiegt-bei-french-open-agnieszka-radwanska-13611250.html|title=Annika Beck trumpft groß auf|first=Doris|last=Henkel|work=[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]]|date=25 May 2015|access-date=28 May 2015|language=de}}</ref> In round two, she defeated another Pole in the person of qualifier [[Paula Kania]] to reach the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time.<ref>{{cite webnews|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/mehr-sport/french-open/benjamin-becker-siegt-bei-french-open-in-paris-in-5-saetzen-13614262.html|title=Nicht nur Kerber hat einen Lauf|work=[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]]|date=27 May 2015|access-date=28 May 2015|language=de}}</ref> After early exits at [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] and the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] and her first WTA doubles title, Beck won her second WTA singles title at the [[Tournoi de Québec]] by beating [[Jeļena Ostapenko]] (who had defeated her in their last meeting) in straight sets.
