Andreja Klepač
Andreja Klepač (born 13 March 1986) is a professional Slovenian tennis player. On 14 July 2008, Klepač reached her best singles rankings of world number 99. On 16 July 2018, she peaked at world number 12 in the doubles rankings.
Country (sports) | Slovenia |
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Residence | Koper, Slovenia |
Born | Koper, Slovenia | 13 March 1986
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | 2004 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$2,003,161 |
Singles | |
Career record | 217–231 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 3 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 99 (14 July 2008) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2007) |
French Open | Q2 (2007) |
Wimbledon | Q3 (2007) |
US Open | 1R (2007, 2008) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 356–314 |
Career titles | 8 WTA, 13 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 12 (16 July 2018) |
Current ranking | No. 30 (16 March 2020) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2015, 2019) |
French Open | QF (2018) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2017) |
US Open | QF (2015, 2016, 2017) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (2016) |
French Open | QF (2017) |
Wimbledon | QF (2016) |
US Open | 1R (2015) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 12–23 |
Last updated on: 31 March 2020. |
Career
She has made one WTA Tour singles final in Budapest in 2008 and won five WTA Tour doubles titles and appeared in six other finals.[1] [2] [3] [4]
In July 2013, she won her first WTA doubles title in Bad Gastein with Sandra Klemenschits.[5]
In 2015, she reached the quarterfinals at Australian Open with Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and US Open[6][7] with Lara Arruabarrena.[8]
In 2018 she has been playing together with María José Martínez Sánchez. They reached three finals, defeating in the way to them top pairs like Latisha Chan/Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková (Brisbane) and Timea Babos/Kristina Mladenovic (Doha). They lost tie-breakers in the semi-final of Madrid Masters against Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina.
Significant finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 2018 | Doha | Hard | María José Martínez Sánchez | Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko |
3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 2019 | Cincinnati | Hard | Lucie Hradecká | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs |
6–4, 6–1 |
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 13 July 2008 | Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary | Clay | Alizé Cornet | 6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
Doubles: 17 (8 titles, 9 runner-ups)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 23 September 2007 | Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož, Slovenia | Hard | Elena Likhovtseva | Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová |
7–5, 4–6, [7–10] |
Runner-up | 2. | 19 April 2009 | Barcelona Ladies Open, Spain | Clay | Sorana Cîrstea | Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez |
6–3, 2–6, [8–10] |
Winner | 1. | 21 July 2013 | Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria | Clay | Sandra Klemenschits | Kristina Barrois Eleni Daniilidou |
6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 3. | 13 July 2014 | Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria | Clay | María Teresa Torró Flor | Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková |
6–4, 3–6, [6–10] |
Winner | 2. | 20 July 2014 | Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden | Clay | María Teresa Torró Flor | Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith |
6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 3. | 23 August 2014 | Connecticut Open, New Haven, United States | Hard | Sílvia Soler Espinosa | Marina Erakovic Arantxa Parra Santonja |
7–5, 4–6, [10–7] |
Runner-up | 4. | 12 October 2014 | Tianjin Open, China | Hard | Sorana Cîrstea | Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova |
7–6(8–6), 2–6, [8–10] |
Runner-up | 5. | 8 August 2015 | Citi Open, Washington, United States | Hard | Lara Arruabarrena | Belinda Bencic Kristina Mladenovic |
5–7, 6–7(7–9) |
Winner | 4. | 27 September 2015 | Kia Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea | Hard | Lara Arruabarrena | Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson |
2–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
Runner-up | 6. | 18 October 2015 | Hong Kong Open, Hong Kong | Hard | Lara Arruabarrena | Alizé Cornet Yaroslava Shvedova |
5–7, 4–6 |
Winner | 5. | 23 September 2017 | Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan | Hard | María José Martínez Sánchez | Daria Gavrilova Daria Kasatkina |
6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 7. | 6 January 2018 | Brisbane International, Australia | Hard | María José Martínez Sánchez | Kiki Bertens Demi Schuurs |
5–7, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 18 February 2018 | Qatar Ladies Open, Doha, Qatar | Hard | María José Martínez Sánchez | Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko |
3–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 8 April 2018 | Charleston Open, United States | Clay (green) | María José Martínez Sánchez | Alla Kudryavtseva Katarina Srebotnik |
3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 6. | 24 June 2018 | Mallorca Open, Spain | Grass | María José Martínez Sánchez | Lucie Šafářová Barbora Štefková |
6–1, 3–6, [10–3] |
Winner | 7. | 17 August 2019 | Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States | Hard | Lucie Hradecká | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs |
6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 8. | 27 October 2019 | WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai, China | Hard (i) | Lyudmyla Kichenok | Duan Yingying Yang Zhaoxuan |
6–3, 6–3 |
ITF Career Finals
Singles: 7 (3–4)
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 23 August 2004 | Maribor, Slovenia | Clay | Maša Zec Peškirič | 6–2, 7–5 |
Winner | 1. | 25 April 2005 | Rabat, Morocco | Clay | Dominika Cibulková | 6–1, 3–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2. | 27 March 2006 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | Hard | Katerina Avdiyenko | 6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 2. | 11 July 2006 | Torun, Poland | Clay | Joanna Sakowicz | 6–0, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 3. | 18 July 2006 | Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine | Clay | Kristina Antoniychuk | 6–3, 6–7(5), 6–4 |
Winner | 3. | 22 August 2006 | Maribor, Slovenia | Clay | Dia Evtimova | 6–4, 2–6, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 4. | 8 March 2011 | Irapuato, Mexico | Hard | Marina Erakovic | 7–5, 6–4 |
Doubles 21 (13–8)
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score |
Winner | 1. | 25 April 2005 | Rabat, Morocco | Clay | Anett Kaasik | Meryem El Haddad Habiba Ifrakh |
6–0, 6–2 |
Winner | 2. | 6 September 2005 | Madrid, Spain | Hard | Nika Ožegović | Kelly Liggan Seda Noorlander |
6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | 27 March 2006 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | Hard | Petra Cetkovská | Katerina Avdiyenko Kristina Grigorian |
6–1, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 1. | 28 June 2006 | Padova, Italy | Clay | Larissa Carvalho | Darija Jurak Renata Voráčová |
6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 4. | 11 July 2006 | Torun, Poland | Clay | Ekaterina Dzehalevich | Edina Gallovits-Hall Lenka Tvarošková |
7–6(5), 6–4 |
Winner | 5. | 29 August 2006 | Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands | Clay | Danica Krstajić | Leslie Butkiewicz Caroline Maes |
6–2, 7–6(1) |
Winner | 6. | 2 April 2007 | Putignano, Italy | Hard | Monica Niculescu | Jessica Kirkland Carmen Klaschka |
6–2, 7–5 |
Winner | 7. | 30 July 2007 | Rimini, Italy | Clay | Maret Ani | Karolina Jovanović Mervana Jugić-Salkić |
6–4, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 2. | 22 September 2009 | Saint-Malo, France | Clay | Aurélie Védy | Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin |
6–3 ret. |
Winner | 8. | 2 December 2009 | Přerov, Czech Republic | Hard (i) | Sandra Klemenschits | Darija Jurak Katalin Marosi |
7–6(3), 3–6, [10–7] |
Runner-up | 3. | 3 May 2010 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Clay | María Fernanda Álvarez Terán | Bianca Botto Amanda Carreras |
3–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
Winner | 9. | 1 June 2010 | Maribor, Slovenia | Clay | Tadeja Majerič | Alexandra Panova Ksenia Pervak |
6–3, 7–6(6) |
Winner | 10. | 14 June 2010 | Padova, Italy | Clay | Sandra Klemenschits | Claudia Giovine Valentina Sulpizio |
4–6, 6–4, [10–5] |
Winner | 11. | 21 June 2010 | Getxo, Spain | Clay | Sandra Klemenschits | Lu Jingjing Laura Siegemund |
6–0, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 4. | 29 June 2010 | Cuneo, Italy | Clay | Sorana Cîrstea | Eva Birnerová Lucie Hradecká |
3–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
Runner-up | 5. | 7 September 2010 | Biella, Italy | Clay | Aurélie Védy | Mariya Koryttseva Raluca Olaru |
7–5, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 6. | 14 September 2010 | Mestre, Italy | Clay | Eva Birnerová | Claudia Giovine Karin Knapp |
6–7(6), 7–5, [13–11] |
Runner-up | 7. | 4 October 2010 | Jounieh, Lebanon | Clay | Eva Birnerová | Petra Cetkovská Renata Voráčová |
7–5, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 8. | 28 June 2011 | Torun, Poland | Clay | Edina Gallovits-Hall | Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Tatjana Malek |
6–2, 7–5 |
Winner | 12. | 8 August 2011 | Kazan, Russia | Hard | Ekaterina Lopes | Vitalia Diatchenko Alexandra Panova |
walkover |
Winner | 13. | 4 June 2013 | Marseille, France | Clay | Sandra Klemenschits | Asia Muhammad Allie Will |
1–6, 6–4, [10–5] |
Women's doubles performance timeline
Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | W–L | ||||||||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 3R | 1R | QF | 1R | 10–9 | |||||||||||
French Open | 2R | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 3R | 3R | QF | 3R | 1R | 11–9 | |||||||||||
Wimbledon | Q1 | A | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | NH | 5–8 | |||||||||||
US Open | A | A | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | QF | QF | QF | 1R | 1R | 2R | 13–10 |
World TeamTennis
Klepac has played four seasons with World TeamTennis starting in 2016 when she debuted in the league with the Washington Kastles. In 2017, she played her first season for the Orange County Breakers and was named the Female MVP of the 2017 World TeamTennis Finals after leading the Breakers to the title. She played for Breakers for the 2018 and 2019 seasons as well. It was announced that she will be joining the Orange County Breakers during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12.[9]
References
- admin (27 September 2015). "Irina-Camelia Begu Conquers Seoul". WTA Tennis.
- admin (9 October 2014). "Zheng Saisai's Big Breakthrough". WTA Tennis.
- admin (23 August 2014). "Kvitova Storms To New Haven Title". WTA Tennis.
- admin (20 July 2014). "Barthel Brings It Home In Bastad". WTA Tennis.
- admin (21 July 2013). "Speechless Meusburger Wins Bad Gastein". WTA Tennis.
- "US Open, Errani-Pennetta in semifinale di doppio". sport.leggo.it.
- "US Open Doubles Preview: Mirza-Hingis, Murray-Peers on court tonight". 8 September 2015.
- admin (23 January 2015). "Hingis & Pennetta Dodge Upset Bug". WTA Tennis.
- "World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. 16 June 2020.
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