Darija Jurak Schreiber (

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Jurak; ; born 5 April 1984) is a Croatian professional

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player. Her career-high doubles ranking is world No. 9, achieved on 15 November 2021. Her best

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in singles of 188 she reached in April 2004. Darija Jurak (CRO)

World TeamTennis

Jurak has played six seasons with

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and was part of the 2016

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team which hoisted the King Cup after winning the WTT Championships. She debuted in 2013 with the

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returning in 2014. She played her next three seasons with the Aviators from 2015 to 2017. In 2019, Jurak joined the expansion Orlando Storm for their inaugural season. It was announced that she will rejoining the Storm during the 2020 season set to begin July 12. Jurak paired with

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throughout the season in women's doubles, helping the Storm earn a No. 3 seed in the WTT Playoffs. The Storm ultimately fell to the

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, in the semifinals.

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

Significant finals

WTA 1000 finals

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

WTA career finals

Doubles: 22 (9 titles, 13 runner-ups)

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (8–7)

Doubles: 64 (39–25)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jurak, Darija 1984 births Living people Croatian female tennis players Tennis players from Zagreb Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics