Lola Radivojević ( sr-Cyrl, Лола Радивојевић; born 2 January 2005)
is a Serbian
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player.
Radivojević has won four singles titles and one doubles title on the
ITF Circuit. On 31 July 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 244. On 27 February 2023, she peaked at No. 427 in the doubles rankings.
Early life and background
Radivojević was born in
Prokuplje and started playing tennis at the age of five in her hometown of
Blace
Blace ( sr-cyr, Блаце, ) is a town and municipality located in the Toplica District of the southern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the town is 5,253, while population of the municipality is 11,754.
History
In the Ex ...
.
Two years later, she moved to
Niš
Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names in other languages) is the third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District. It is located in southern part of Serbia. , the city proper has a population of 183,164, while ...
and trained at the local club
and later was a member of the local tennis academy, while in 2019 she transferred to ''Novak Tennis Center'' in
Belgrade
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.
Junior career
Radivojević made her junior Grand Slam debut at the
2021 French Open
The 2021 French Open was a major level tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 30 May to 13 June 2021, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. The qualifiers too ...
.
Grand Slam performance
Singles:
* Australian Open: QF (2022)
* French Open: 1R (2021)
* Wimbledon: 1R (2021)
* US Open: –
Doubles:
* Australian Open: 1R (2022)
* French Open: 1R (2021)
* Wimbledon: 1R (2021)
* US Open: –
Senior career
Radivojević made her
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.
WTA Tour tourna ...
debut at the
2021 Serbia Open
The 2021 Serbia Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 5th and 1st edition of the event for male and female professional tennis players, respectively. It was part of the 2021 ATP Tour and the 2021 WTA Tour and t ...
, where she was granted a wildcard entry into the main draw in both singles and doubles. She lost both of her matches in the first round – in singles, she was defeated by lucky loser
Viktoriya Tomova, while in doubles, partnering compatriot
Ivana Jorović, they lost to
Dalila Jakupović
Dalila Jakupović (born 24 March 1991) is a Slovenian tennis player of Bosnian descent.
Jakupović to date has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour along with two WTA Challenger doubles titles. She also has won five singles and ten doubles ti ...
and
Yana Sizikova.
National representation
She earned her first
Billie Jean King Cup nomination in April 2021, against Canada in the
2020–21 Play-offs for the
2022 qualifying round but did not play in the tie. She played her first matches for
Serbia Billie Jean King Cup team in April 2022 in
Europe/Africa Zone Group I, while her lifetime win-loss record stands at 1–3.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Doubles: 1 (title)
ITF Junior Circuit finals
Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner–up)
Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner–ups)
Notes
References
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2005 births
Living people
Serbian female tennis players
People from Prokuplje