Aleksandra Krunić

Aleksandra Krunić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александра Крунић; born 15 March 1993) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On the WTA Tour, she has won one singles title and four doubles titles. In June 2018, she reached her best singles rankings of world No. 39. On 30 September 2019, she peaked at No. 35 in the doubles rankings.

Aleksandra Krunić
Krunić at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) Serbia
ResidenceBelgrade, Serbia
Born (1993-03-15) 15 March 1993
Moscow, Russia
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned pro2008[1]
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachElise Tamaëla (2016–18)[2]
Sarah Stone (2018)
Prize moneyUS$2,617,379
Singles
Career record305–228 (57.2%)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 39 (18 June 2018)
Current rankingNo. 218 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2019)
French Open2R (2019)
Wimbledon3R (2015)
US Open4R (2014)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record175–141 (55.4%)
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 35 (30 September 2019)
Current rankingNo. 57 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2018, 2021)
French Open3R (2016)
Wimbledon3R (2016)
US Open3R (2015)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed CupF (2012),
record 18–9 (66.7%)
Last updated on: 11 August 2020.

Krunić was the runner–up of 2009 Australian Open in girls' doubles, along with Sandra Zaniewska. She made her WTA Tour debut at 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, playing doubles with world No. 2 Jelena Janković,[3] and made her WTA singles debut at the 2011 Poli-Farbe Budapest Grand Prix. In 2014 US Open, in her second main-draw appearance at a Grand Slam tournament, Krunić won her first main-draw match and then reached the fourth round, beating third seed Petra Kvitová in the process.

Krunić has wins over prime or close to their prime Garbiñe Muguruza, Petra Kvitová, Jeļena Ostapenko, Elina Svitolina, Johanna Konta, CoCo Vandeweghe, Sara Errani, Roberta Vinci, Madison Keys, Ekaterina Makarova and Caroline Garcia. She has wins over former top-10 players, Timea Bacsinszky, while she was coming back from injury, as well as over Kimiko Date and Roberta Vinci in their last career matches, which were played in front of their home crowds in Tokyo and Rome, respectively. She also has wins in the qualifying rounds over former top-5 players Francesca Schiavone and Daniela Hantuchová.

Personal life

Krunić was born to Bratislav and Ivana Krunić and has a sister named Anastasia.[4] She was born on 15 March 1993 in Moscow, Russia. She currently resides in Moscow and Bratislava in Belgrade,[5] and speaks Serbian, Slovak, Russian and English fluently.

Tennis career

Junior events

Krunić picked up a tennis racquet aged seven.[4] She began training tennis at the Spartak Moscow club,[6] which spawned numerous tennis stars such as Anna Kournikova, Elena Dementieva, Marat Safin, Anastasia Myskina, Igor Andreev and others. Since then Krunić has been coached by Edouard Safonov.[4][6][7] In 2006 Krunić reached the semifinals of junior Kremlin Cup, losing to Dalia Zafirova.[8] The following year, she won junior events in Podgorica, Livorno and Maia.[8] In 2008, Krunić reached the quarterfinals of European Junior Championships in Moscow and won the junior event in Budapest. She also played at the junior event in Kramfors, however, withdrew from the final match against Croatian Silvia Njirić due to injury by a score of 6–3, 6–1 for Njirić.[9]

In 2009, she played the second round of Australian Open in girls' singles and the final of girls' doubles event, partnering with Sandra Zaniewska. The two lost to Christina McHale and Ajla Tomljanović in the super-tiebreaker. She reached the second round of both girls' singles and doubles at the French Open, and lost in the first round of girls' singles at Wimbledon. Krunić also partnered with Tamara Čurović at the girls' doubles, however they lost in the first round to Tímea Babos and Ajla Tomljanović. In April 2009, she reached her highest junior ranking when she was ranked world No. 17.[10]

Although she had decided not to play juniors anymore, Krunić took part in the European Championships organized by both ITF and Tennis Europe, along with Bojana Jovanovski and Doroteja Erić in the team of Serbia.[1]

2008–2010: Beginning, dominance on ITF Circuit

As a member of TK Red Star, Krunić won the national club championships in 2008.[1] She was awarded with a wildcard for tennis event in Prokuplje, Serbia organized by the ITF. On 6 July 2008, Krunić won the tournament and became the youngest title winner in 2008 by winning this event. She beat one wildcard, third seed, and next three players were qualifiers.[6][8][11] In October 2008, she also played two ITF events in Dubrovnik, but lost both times in first round.[12]

Krunić was invited by Serbia Fed Cup team coach Dejan Vraneš to join the team for the 2009 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs versus Spain. Jelena Janković and Ana Ivanovic secured Serbia 4–0 win.[13] Krunić debuted in a doubles match played on 25 April 2009, along with Ana Jovanović, and they were down 6–2, 1–0 against Llagostera Vives and Domínguez Lino, when the match was cancelled due to rain.[14] In 2009, Krunić won a total of three ITF titles, including first in doubles.[12][15] On 14 September 2009, she was ranked No. 795.

In January 2010, Krunić won her fourth ITF tournament in Quanzhou, China defeating domestic player Zhou Yimiao in the final, after beating top seed and compatriot Bojana Jovanovski in semifinal.[16] In May, she won ITF singles title in Moscow and was the doubles runner–up. Krunić made her WTA Tour debut at Banka Koper Slovenia Open, playing doubles with world No. 2 and compatriot Janković.[3] The two reached semifinals beating the fourth seeds Eleni Daniilidou and Jasmin Wöhr in process, but then had to withdraw from their semifinal match due to an injury of Janković.

Krunić in Prague, 2011

2011–2012: WTA Tour singles debut

In February 2011, Krunić again was invited to play for the Serbia Fed Cup team in the World Group II rubber against Canada.[17] She lost her debut singles match against world No. 84 Rebecca Marino in three sets. Krunić played the final doubles match with Bojana Jovanovski, beating Fichman and Pelletier to guarantee Serbia the spot in the World Group Play Offs.[18] Serbia won that tie 3–2 against Slovakia, after Krunić and Janković having beaten Hantuchová and Rybáriková in three sets, rallying from 2–6, 1–5.[19] With this win, Serbia qualified for the 2012 Fed Cup World Group.

In May 2011, Krunić qualified for the $100k Sparta Prague Open. She reached the semifinals where she lost to world No. 10, Petra Kvitová, in straight sets.[20] At Wimbledon and the US Open, she lost in qualifying. Krunić qualified for her first WTA singles event in Budapest.[21] She was leading in the first-round match against Nina Bratchikova 7–5, 1–0, when Bratchikova retired. Krunić lost her following match to the third seed Klára Zakopalová.[22] She played in Tashkent, and after qualifications, Krunić won her second WTA professional match, losing just one game to Kamila Farhad. In the second round, she lost to Sorana Cîrstea, in two tight sets.

At the Australian Open, Krunić fell to qualify losing to Lesia Tsurenko in final round. In February 2012, she was a part of Serbian Fed Cup team. She lost in singles to Yanina Wickmayer, but won in doubles with Bojana Jovanovski to claim a historic victory for Serbia.[23] In 2012 on ITF Circuit, Krunić won one title and lost one final in both singles and doubles. At next Grand Slam tournaments, she failed to qualify. In Baku, Krunić reached first WTA main draw of season and finished as a quarterfinalist for the first time. She beat fourth seed Andrea Hlaváčková and in second round Laura Pous Tió, but lost in three sets to eventual champion Bojana Jovanovski.

2013: First Grand Slam appearance

Krunić started the season playing at the Australian Open qualifying, losing to Maria Elena Camerin with 7–9 in third set. At WTA events in Bogotá and Acapulco, Krunić tried to qualify but didn't manage. In Irapuato, Mexico, Krunić beat Olga Savchuk for first ITF title of the year and seventh overall, dropping no set the entire tournament. In clay-court season, she played four ITF tournaments and best result was in Trnava, Slovakia when she went to semifinal. There she beat top 100 player and top seed Jana Čepelová in first round, but Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová was better in two sets in semifinal. At French Open she lost to Mariana Duque Marino in second qualifying round, although she won second set 6–1.

After missing Wimbledon, Krunić played in WTA events in Budapest and Baku without qualifications. In Baku, she was the only player who won a set against eventual champion Elina Svitolina. In doubles, Krunić played alongside Eleni Daniilidou and went to first WTA doubles final where they lost in three sets. US Open was the first Grand Slam tournament where she qualified for the main draw – she beat Carina Witthöft, Daria Gavrilova and Louisa Chirico to do it, all in two sets. But in first round, CoCo Vandeweghe was better in two sets. Week after US Open, she played an ITF in Trabzon, Turkey and won her last ITF title of the season, beating Stéphanie Foretz Gacon in the final. At the WTA events in Linz and Luxembourg City, she played qualifications. In Linz, she qualified but lost to lucky loser Maryna Zanevska, in three sets. In doubles, Krunić won three ITF titles and lost in two finals during the season.

2014: Breakthrough – top 100, US Open fourth round and first WTA doubles title

In first round of qualifications at the Australian Open, Krunić lost to Zarina Diyas in three sets. In January, she qualified for the Pattaya Open, but lost to Nicha Lertpitaksinchai in the first round. Next she played three ITF events and best result was quarterfinal where she lost to Timea Bacsinszky. In the WTA event in Katowice, Krunić didn't qualify for main draw, but she beat former top-30 player Tamira Paszek. In Kuala Lumpur, she didn't need qualifications, but in first round, she lost to Karolína Plíšková in two sets. On clay, she made it to the semifinal at two ITF tournaments. At French Open and Wimbledon, she failed to qualify. At the WTA event in Bucharest, she beat Alexandra Panova in the first round, but lost in the second to world No. 3 and domestic player, Simona Halep, in a match full of breaks. Last prepare for US Open was at an ITF event in Poland where she lost in early round of singles, but won doubles title alongside Barbora Krejčíková.

At the US Open, Krunić again qualified for her second main-draw appearance. In the first round, she played against good friend Katarzyna Piter and won her first ever main-draw match at a Grand Slam tournament. In the second round, 27th seed Madison Keys awaited. Although they finished the match with the same number of points, Krunić won in three sets. Next she faced third seed and reigning Wimbledon champion, Petra Kvitová. And Krunić's run continued in the third round – she won 6–4, 6–4.[24] With that win, she was guaranteed a world ranking in the top 100 for the first time. In the round of 16, Krunić lost to 16th seed and two time US Open finalist, Victoria Azarenka, in three sets.[25] 18-time Grand Slam champion Martina Navratilova said of Krunić during the match "what a find she is, what an athlete".[26] During the tournament, Krunić's compatriots Janković, Ivanovic and Jovanovski gave her advice and support. She was nominated a "Rising star of the month", but Belinda Bencic had more votes by 5%. Also, the match against Azarenka was one of ten matches nominated for Grand Slam match of the year award.

The Asian swing started for Krunić in Tashkent. Despite losing to Lesia Tsurenko in the first round of singles, she managed to capture her first WTA title playing doubles alongside Kateřina Siniaková. They beat all opponents in three sets en route to the final, where they declassed Margarita Gasparyan and Alexandra Panova, 6–2, 6–1. In her hometown Moscow, she beat Caroline Garcia but lost to Tsvetana Pironkova in second round. In doubles, Krunić and Siniakova beat top-seeded top-10 players Makarova and Vesnina in the first round.

2015

Krunić in her first-round match at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships

Before the 2015 season, Krunić won an ITF title in Ankara in late December as a top seed, saving a few match points en route. In Shenzhen, she qualified and then in second round won against Anna Schmiedlová, rallying from 3–6, 2–5 and saving match points. In the quarterfinal, eventual champion Simona Halep was better in straight sets. At the Australian Open, Krunić played her first Grand Slam event without qualifying, and was beaten in first round by Lauren Davis. She beat Schmiedlová in Acapulco again, but lost her next four matches on hard court. In Prague on clay, she upset Mirjana Lučić-Baroni, but lost narrowly to Yanina Wickmayer. At the French Open, she lost to Yulia Putintseva.

Krunić started grass-court season playing in Birmingham, where she qualified for main draw and beat Heather Watson in first round, but lost next to Svetlana Kuznetsova. She then had her best result of the year in terms of importance, as she reached the third round of Wimbledon with wins over 19th seed Sara Errani and former world No. 11, Roberta Vinci. She lost to Venus Williams in straight sets.

Krunić returned to clay playing in Bucharest where she reached quarterfinals. She beat Elizaveta Kulichkova and Vinci again, losing just two games, but lost to Polona Hercog. However, she didn't win a match at her next six tournaments, including US Open loss to Danka Kovinic. She also played doubles alongside Janković and they reached third round but lost match for quarterfinal against fourth seeds Dellacqua and Shvedova, as they led 6–2, 4–2 and also 4–2 in third set.

She won her first match since six-match losing streak in Tashkent, beating Anett Kontaveit but lost to Jovanovski. At the next tournament in Linz, she won five matches to reach her third quarterfinal of the year. She won three qualifying rounds, including wins over Anastasija Sevastova and Kaia Kanepi, to reach the main draw. There she defeated previous month's US Open finalist, Roberta Vinci (for the third time in only five months) and Mona Barthel, before losing to eventual champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. She played at next event in Moscow but lost to Lesia Tsurenko.

Krunić set a new career-high ranking at No. 62 in July, but finished the year at No. 96.

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

This table is current through the 2021 Australian Open.

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q3 Q1 Q1 1R 1R Q2 1R 2R Q1 Q3 0 / 4 1–4 20%
French Open A A A Q1 Q2 Q2 1R Q1 Q3 1R 2R A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Wimbledon A A Q1 A A Q1 3R 1R Q3 1R 1R NH 0 / 4 2–4 33%
US Open A A Q2 Q2 1R 4R 1R 1R 3R 3R 1R A 0 / 7 7–7 50%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–4 0–3 2–1 2–4 2–4 0–0 0–0 0 / 18 11–18 38%
National representation
Summer Olympics[27] Not Held A Not Held 1R Not Held 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Fed Cup PO PO PO F QF WG2 PO PO PO A PO 0 / 10 7–6 54%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[1] A A A A A A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Indian Wells Open A A A A A A 1R A A 1R 1R NH 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Miami Open A A A A A A 1R Q2 Q1 1R 1R NH 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Madrid Open A A A A A A A A A 1R Q1 NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A 2R Q1 A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Canadian Open A A A A A A Q1 A A 1R A NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A Q1 A 2R 1R A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[2] A A A A A A A Q1 A 2R A NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
China Open A A A A A A A Q1 A 2R A NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Career statistics
Tournaments[3] 0 0 2 1 4 6 19 12 13 21 14 0 0 Career total: 92
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Career total: 2
Hard Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–3 4–5 6–12 1–5 11–8 8–12 3–9 0–0 0–0 0 / 55 36–58 38%
Clay Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–5 2–5 4–5 6–6 2–4 0–0 0–0 0 / 28 19–28 40%
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–2 0–0 6–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 1 / 9 10–8 56%
Overall Win–Loss[4] 0–0 0–0 2–3 2–2 0–4 5–6 12–19 4–12 15–13 20–20 5–15 0–0 0–0 1 / 92 65–94 41%
Win %       40% 50% 0% 45% 39% 25% 54% 50% 25%    Career total: 41%
Year-end ranking 632 224 226 168 145 101 96 147 55 57 165 $2,616,229

Notes

  • 1 The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. The Dubai Championships were classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by the Qatar Open for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, the Dubai Championships regained its Premier 5 status while the Qatar Open was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.
  • 2 In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open.
  • 3 Tournament appearances include Grand Slam, WTA Tour main draw tournaments and the Summer Olympics. They do not include Fed Cup matches.
  • 4 Overall W–L include Grand Slam, WTA Tour main draw, Summer Olympics and Fed Cup matches. They do not include qualifying matches.

Doubles

This table is current through the 2020 Qatar Open.

20092010201120122013201420152016201720182019 2020 2021SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A 1R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 4 1–4 20%
French Open A A A A A A 1R 3R 2R 2R 1R A 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Wimbledon A A A A A A 1R 3R 2R 1R 2R NH 0 / 5 4–5 43%
US Open A A A A A A 3R 1R 1R 1R 2R A 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 4–3 2–4 2–4 2–4 0–1 0 / 19 12–19 39%
National representation
Summer Olympics Not Held A Not Held 1R Not Held 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Fed Cup PO PO PO F QF WG2 PO PO PO A PO 0 / 10 7–3 70%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open A A A A A A A A A QF A A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Indian Wells Open A A A A A A A A A 2R A NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Miami Open A A A A A A A A 1R 2R 2R NH 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Madrid Open A A A A A A A A A A 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A QF A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Canadian Open A A A A A A A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0   
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A A A 2R 1R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open A A A A A A A QF A 1R A NH 0 / 2 2–2 50%
China Open A A A A A A A 2R A 2R 1R NH 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 1 0 1 5 6 13 13 17 15 11 1 Career total: 83
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 Career total: 4
Finals 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 Career total: 6
Hard Win–Loss 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 4–3 6–4 7–9 7–7 4–10 8–10 8–3 1–1 2 / 50 49–49 50%
Clay Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 4–3 1–1 2–4 6–2 6–6 4–2 2–4 0–0 1 / 23 26–22 54%
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 5–3 1–1 0–2 7–2 0–0 0 / 10 13–9 59%
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 8–6 7–5 9–14 18–12 11–17 12–14 17–9 1–1 4 / 83 88–80 52%
Win %    100% 100% 33% 57% 58% 39% 60% 39% 46% 65% 50% Career total: 52%
Year-end ranking 752 363 613 345 97 91 94 47 76 66 38

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2017 Guangzhou Open, China International Hard Zhang Shuai 2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jun 2018 Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands International Grass Kirsten Flipkens 6–7(0–7), 7–5, 6–1

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (1–0)
International (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2013 Baku Cup, Azerbaijan International Hard Eleni Daniilidou Irina Buryachok
Oksana Kalashnikova
6–4, 6–7(3–7), [4–10]
Win 1–1 Sep 2014 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Kateřina Siniaková Margarita Gasparyan
Alexandra Panova
6–2, 6–1
Win 2–1 Apr 2016 Morocco Open, Morocco International Clay Xenia Knoll Tatjana Maria
Raluca Olaru
6–3, 6–0
Loss 2–2 Jun 2016 Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands International Grass Xenia Knoll Oksana Kalashnikova
Yaroslava Shvedova
1–6, 1–6
Win 3–2 Jan 2019 Sydney International, Australia Premier Hard Kateřina Siniaková Eri Hozumi
Alicja Rosolska
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win 4–2 Jun 2019 Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands International Grass Shuko Aoyama Lesley Kerkhove
Bibiane Schoofs
7–5, 6–3

Team competition: 1 (runner–up)

Result Date Team competition Surface Partner/Team Opponents Score
Loss Nov 2012 Fed Cup, Czech Republic Hard (i) Ana Ivanovic
Jelena Janković
Bojana Jovanovski
Petra Kvitová
Lucie Šafářová
Lucie Hradecká
Andrea Hlaváčková
1–3

WTA 125K series finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2017 Bol Open, Croatia Clay Alexandra Cadanțu 6–3, 3–0 ret.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (9 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–1)
$75,000 tournaments (0–0)
$50,000 tournaments (3–0)
$25,000 tournaments (3–1)
$10,000 tournaments (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (6–2)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2008 ITF Prokuplje, Serbia 10,000 Clay Tanya Germanlieva 6–4, 6–1
Loss 1–1 Jul 2009 ITF Prokuplje, Serbia 10,000 Clay Dalia Zafirova 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 2–1 Aug 2009 ITF Velenje, Slovenia 10,000 Clay Nika Ožegović 6–3, 6–1
Win 3–1 Oct 2009 ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia 10,000 Clay Karin Morgošová 6–0, 6–3
Win 4–1 Jan 2010 Industrial Bank Cup, China 50,000 Hard Zhou Yimiao 6–3, 7–5
Win 5–1 May 2010 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Clay Natalia Ryzhonkova 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 5–2 May 2012 ITF Caserta, Italy 25,000 Clay Bianca Botto 1–6, 0–6
Win 6–2 Jun 2012 ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Chiara Scholl 6–3, 6–3
Win 7–2 Mar 2013 ITF Irapuato, Mexico 25,000 Clay Olga Savchuk 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win 8–2 Sep 2013 Trabzon Cup, Turkey 50,000 Hard Stéphanie Foretz 1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 9–2 Dec 2014 Ankara Cup, Turkey 50,000 Hard Akgul Amanmuradova 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 9–3 Jun 2017 Manchester Trophy Challenger, UK 100,000 Grass Zarina Diyas 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 17 (7 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–3)
$75,000 tournaments (0–0)
$50,000 tournaments (2–3)
$25,000 tournaments (3–4)
$10,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (4–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2009 ITF Prokuplje, Serbia 10,000 Clay Ema Polić Aleksandra Josifoska
Cristina Stancu
6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 1–1 May 2010 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Clay Marina Shamayko Anna Arina Marenko
Ekaterina Yakovleva
2–6, 2–6
Loss 1–2 May 2012 ITF Caserta, Italy 25,000 Clay Viktorija Golubic Katarzyna Piter
Romana Tabak
2–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Jun 2012 ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Ana Vrljić Ksenia Lykina
Isabella Shinikova
6–2, 6–4
Loss 2–3 Mar 2013 ITF Irapuato, Mexico 25,000 Clay Amra Sadiković Alla Kudryavtseva
Olga Savchuk
2–6, 4–6
Win 3–3 Apr 2013 ITF Tunis, Tunisia 25,000 Clay Katarzyna Piter Réka Luca Jani
Eugeniya Pashkova
6–2, 3–6, [10–8]
Win 4–3 Aug 2013 ITF Izmir, Turkey 25,000 Hard Katarzyna Piter Kristi Boxx
Abigail Guthrie
6–2, 6–2
Win 5–3 Sep 2013 Trabzon Cup, Turkey 50,000 Hard Oksana Kalashnikova Ani Amiraghyan
Dalila Jakupović
6–2, 6–1
Loss 5–4 Dec 2013 Ankara Cup, Turkey 50,000 Hard Eleni Daniilidou Yuliya Beygelzimer
Çağla Büyükakçay
3–6, 3–6
Loss 5–5 Feb 2014 ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland 25,000 Carpet (i) Amra Sadiković Eva Birnerová
Michaëlla Krajicek
1–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss 5–6 Apr 2014 Lale Cup, Turkey 50,000 Hard Michaëlla Krajicek Petra Krejsová
Tereza Smitková
6–1, 6–7(2–7), [9–11]
Loss 5–7 Jul 2014 ITS Cup, Czech Republic 50,000 Clay Barbora Krejčíková Petra Cetkovská
Renata Voráčová
2–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Win 6–7 Jul 2014 Powiat Poznański Open, Poland 50,000 Clay Barbora Krejčíková Anastasiya Vasylyeva
Maryna Zanevska
3–6, 6–0, [10–6]
Loss 6–8 May 2015 Trnava Open, Slovakia 100,000 Clay Petra Martić Yuliya Beygelzimer
Margarita Gasparyan
3–6, 2–6
Loss 6–9 May 2016 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 100,000 Clay Xenia Knoll Andreea Mitu
Demi Schuurs
4–6, 5–7
Loss 6–10 Jul 2017 Pro Circuit Open, Hungary 100,000 Clay Nina Stojanović Mariana Duque Mariño
María Irigoyen
6–7(3–6), 5–7
Win 7–10 Feb 2020 Zed Open, Egypt 100,000 Hard Katarzyna Piter Arantxa Rus
Mayar Sherif
6–4, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2009 Australian Open Hard Sandra Zaniewska Christina McHale
Ajla Tomljanović
1–6, 6–2, [4–10]

Wins over top 10 players

Season20142015201620172018Total
Wins100124
# Player Rank Event Surface Round Score
2014
1. Petra Kvitová No. 4 US Open, United States Hard 3rd Round 6–4, 6–4
2017
2. Johanna Konta No. 7 US Open, United States Hard 1st Round 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2018
3. Garbiñe Muguruza No. 2 Brisbane International, Australia Hard 2nd Round 5–7, 7–6(7–3), 1–2 ret.
4. Elina Svitolina No. 5 China Open, China Hard 1st Round 0–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Fed Cup performances

Singles: 10 (6–4)

Edition Round Date Venue Against Surface Opponent W/L Result Team result
2011 Fed Cup
World Group II
5 February 2011 Novi Sad Canada Hard (i) Rebecca Marino Lose 3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win (3–2)
2012 Fed Cup
World Group QF
5 February 2012 Charleroi Belgium Hard (i) Yanina Wickmayer Lose 1–6, 0–6
Win (3–2)
2015 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group I Round Robin
4 February 2015 Budapest Austria Hard (i) Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Win 6–2, 6–2
Win (3–0)
5 February 2015 Hungary Tímea Babos Win 7–6(8–6), 0–6, 7–6(7–5)
Win (2–1)
Europe/Africa Zone Group I Play-offs
7 February 2015 Croatia Donna Vekić Win 6–1, 6–1
Win (2–0)
World Group II Play-offs
18 April 2015 Novi Sad Paraguay Hard (i) Verónica Cepede Royg Win 6–1, 6–3
Win (4–1)
19 April 2015 Montserrat Gonzalez Win 6–0, 6–2
2016 Fed Cup
World Group II Play-offs
16 April 2016 Belgrade Belgium Clay (i) Kirsten Flipkens Win 6–4, 7–6(10–8)
Loss (2–3)
17 April 2016 Yanina Wickmayer Lose 6–1, 5–7, 6–8
2017 Fed Cup
World Group II Play-offs
22 April 2017 Zrenjanin Australia Hard (i) Ashleigh Barty Lose 4–6, 3–6
Loss (0–4)

Doubles: 8 (5–3)

Edition Round Date Venue Partnering Against Surface Opponents W/L Result Team result
2009 Fed Cup
World Group Play-offs
26 April 2009 Lleida Ana Jovanović Spain Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Cancelled 2–6, 0–1
Win (4–0)
2011 Fed Cup
World Group II
6 February 2011 Novi Sad Bojana Jovanovski Canada Hard (i) Sharon Fichman
Marie-Ève Pelletier
Win 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win (3–2)
World Group Play-offs
17 April 2011 Bratislava Jelena Janković Slovakia Clay (i) Daniela Hantuchová
Magdaléna Rybáriková
Win 2–6, 7–5, 9–7
Win (3–2)
2012 Fed Cup
World Group QF
5 February 2012 Charleroi Bojana Jovanovski Belgium Hard (i) Alison van Uytvanck
Yanina Wickmayer
Win 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–1
Win (3–2)
World Group Semifinals
22 April 2012 Moscow Bojana Jovanovski Russia Hard (i) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Elena Vesnina
Lose 4–6, 0–6
Win (3–2)
2013 Fed Cup
World Group QF
10 February 2013 Niš Vesna Dolonc Slovakia Hard (i) Jana Čepelová
Magdaléna Rybáriková
Win walkover
Lose (2–3)
World Group Play-offs
21 April 2013 Stuttgart Vesna Dolonc Germany Clay (i) Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Sabine Lisicki
Lose 2–6, 4–6
Lose (2–3)
2015 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group I Round Robin
4 February 2015 Budapest Ivana Jorović Austria Hard (i) Julia Grabher
Sandra Klemenschits
Win 6–1, 6–3
Win (3–0)
5 February 2015 Hungary Tímea Babos
Réka Luca Jani
Lose 6–4, 6–7(2–7), 2–6
Win (2–1)
World Group II Play-offs
19 April 2015 Novi Sad Ivana Jorović Paraguay Hard (i) Verónica Cepede Royg
Montserrat Gonzalez
Win 6–1, 6–4
Win (4–1)

Awards

See also

References

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Preceded by
Jelena Janković
Serbian Tennis number one
11 September 2017 – 16 June 2019
Succeeded by
Ivana Jorović
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