Ana Vrljić

Ana Vrljić (Croatian pronunciation: [âna ʋr̩̂ːʎitɕ, ǎː-];[1][2] born 1 August 1984) is a former professional Croatian female tennis player.

Ana Vrljić
Country (sports) Croatia
ResidenceZagreb
Born (1984-08-01) 1 August 1984
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Turned pro2000
Retired2019
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$286,308
Singles
Career record466-369
Career titles0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 180 (26 August 2013)
Current rankingNo. 545 (18 June 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2014)
French OpenQ1 (2013)
WimbledonQ1 (2007, 2011, 2013)
US OpenQ2 (2006)
Doubles
Career record159-134
Career titles0 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 149 (13 January 2013)
Current rankingNo. 601 (18 June 2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup4-3
Last updated on: 18 June 2018.

Vrljić has won four singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 June 2013, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of world No. 180. On 26 August 2013, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of No. 149.

Playing for Croatia at the Fed Cup, Vrljić has a win–loss record of 4–3.[3]

Tennis career

She started playing tennis at the age of 4. Favorite surface is Hard. She won the Mediterranean Games Silver Medal in Women's Doubles along with Matea Mezak.

She made it to the quarterfinals of the 2010 Swedish Open defeating Angelique Kerber and Arantxa Rus but she lost to Gisela Dulko.

ITF finals (15–22)

Singles (4–12)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–10)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 23 February 2003 Buchen, Germany Carpet (i) Sabrina Jolk 6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Runner-up 1. 5 February 2006 Jersey, Great Britain Hard (i) Anne Keothavong 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 11 June 2006 Grado, Italy Clay Sanja Ančić 4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 11 November 2006 Opole, Poland Hard (i) Yuliya Beygelzimer 2–6, 0–6
Runner-up 4. 12 August 2007 Hechingen, Germany Clay Oxana Lyubtsova 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 5. 30 March 2008 Jersey, Great Britain Hard (i) Elena Baltacha 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 6. 6 April 2008 Hamburg, Germany Hard (i) Kristina Barrois 2–6, ret.
Runner-up 7. 23 November 2008 Opole, Poland Hard (i) Arantxa Rus 6–4, 5–7, 3–6
Winner 2. 13 November 2011 Opole, Poland Hard (i) Paula Kania 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(9–7)
Runner-up 8. 18 November 2012 Opole, Poland Hard (i) Karolína Plíšková 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 9. 27 January 2013 Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France Hard (i) Alison Van Uytvanck 1–6, 4–6
Winner 3. 10 August 2013 Izmir, Turkey Hard Katarzyna Piter 6–1, 6–3
Runner-up 10. 5 October 2014 Monterrey, Mexico Hard Kateryna Bondarenko 1–6, 5–7
Winner 4. 15 November 2014 Minsk, Belarus Hard (i) Ekaterina Alexandrova 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(9–7)
Runner-up 11. 15 November 2015 Bath, United Kingdom Hard (i) Ana Bogdan 3–6, 6–4, 1–6
Runner-up 12. 6 November 2016 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Hard Melanie Klaffner 5–7, 3–6

Doubles (11–10)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (5–6)
Clay (5–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 9 February 2003 Bergamo, Italy Hard (i) Darija Jurak Stefanie Haidner
Bianca Kamper
6–4, 6–4
Winner 2. 7 July 2003 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Sanda Mamić Daniela Berček
Maria Goloviznina
7–6(9–7), 6–1
Winner 3. 4 September 2009 Maribor, Slovenia Clay Ani Mijačika Maria Abramović
Katarína Kachlíková
6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 1. 17 September 2010 Zagreb, Croatia Clay Ani Mijačika Mailen Auroux
Nataša Zorić
5–7, 7–5, [12–14]
Runner-up 2. 14 May 2011 Zagreb, Croatia Clay Ani Mijačika Elitsa Kostova
Barbara Sobaszkiewicz
6–1, 3–6, [10–12]
Runner-up 3. 4 June 2011 Maribor, Slovenia Clay Ani Mijačika Karen Castiblanco
Adriana Pérez
3–6, 6–7(9–11)
Winner 4. 29 August 2011 Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina Clay Maria Abramović Maria Joao Koehler
Florencia Molinero
5–7, 7–6(9–7), 6–2
Runner-up 4. 31 October 2011 İstanbul, Turkey Hard Mervana Jugić-Salkić Lyudmyla Kichenok
Nadiya Kichenok
6–4, 1–6, [7–10]
Winner 5. 18 June 2012 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Clay Aleksandra Krunić Ksenia Lykina
Isabella Shinikova
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 5 November 2012 Équeurdreville, France Hard (i) Amra Sadiković Magda Linette
Katarzyna Piter
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner 6. 21 January 2013 Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France Hard (i) Amra Sadiković Margarita Gasparyan
Olga Savchuk
5–7, 7–5, [10–4]
Winner 7. 12 April 2013 Edgbaston, United Kingdom Hard (i) Kristina Barrois Richèl Hogenkamp
Stephanie Vogt
6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up 6. 12 July 2013 Biarritz, France Clay Vera Dushevina Olga Savchuk
Yuliya Beygelzimer
6–2, 4–6, [8–10]
Winner 8. 13 October 2013 Joué-lès-Tours, France Hard (i) Julie Coin Andrea Hlaváčková
Michaëlla Krajicek
6–3, 4–6, [15–13]
Runner-up 7. 30 January 2015 Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France Hard (i) Lesley Kerkhove Gioia Barbieri
Jeļena Ostapenko
6–2, 6–7(4–7), [3–10]
Winner 9. 22 February 2015 Altenkirchen, Germany Carpet (i) Antonia Lottner Sandra Klemenschits
Tatjana Maria
6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Runner-up 8. 28 February 2015 Saint Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Stéphanie Foretz Viktorija Golubic
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
4–6, 5–7
Winner 10. 6 April 2015 Barnstaple, United Kingdom Hard (i) Stéphanie Foretz Naomi Broady
Ekaterina Bychkova
6–2, 5–7, [10–7]
Winner 11. 13 May 2016 Győr, Hungary Clay Réka Luca Jani Vanda Lukács
Chantal Škamlová
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 9. 25 February 2017 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Clay Pemra Özgen Veronika Kapshay
Julia Terziyska
3–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Runner-up 10. 4 March 2017 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Clay Pemra Özgen Veronika Kapshay
Julia Wachaczyk
4–6, 6–2, [5–10]

References

  1. "Ȁna". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-18. Ȁna (Ána)
  2. "vȑh (I)". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-18. Vȓljić
  3. Ana Vrljić at the Billie Jean King Cup
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