Tamara Zidanšek (; born 26 December 1997) is a Slovenian

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player. She has career-high

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of No. 22 in singles and No. 54 in doubles, and is the current number-one Slovene tennis player in singles. She has won one singles title and four doubles titles on the

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and two WTA Challenger singles titles, as well as 17 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On the

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, she was in top 20 and had a career-high ranking of No. 16, achieved in December 2015. Playing for the

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, she has a win–loss record of 9–8.

Professional career

2014: Professional debut

Zidanšek made a perfect professional debut in 2014 at her home in Velenje, passing three qualifying rounds to go in the main draw and claim her first title on the pro-level at the age of 16.

2021: First singles major semifinal, top-50 debut, first top-10 win & first WTA singles title

She reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam championship for the first time at the

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, defeating

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in straight sets and

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in three sets. These wins made her the first Slovenian female player to accomplish this since the country became independent in 1991. As a result, Zidanšek entered the top 50 for the first time. She also scored her first top-ten win in the first round, against the No. 6 seed,

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. In the semifinal, Zidanšek was defeated by

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, in straight sets. At the Ladies Open Lausanne, as the top seed, Zidansek beat

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and

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to win her first WTA Tour title.

2022

Seeded 29th at the

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, she reached the third round for the first time, but lost to

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. At the

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, Zidansek was beaten in the third round by

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, in straight sets.

Coaching

Zidanšek was coached by Zoran Krajnc until April 2021. In May 2021, her team, signed with Pancho Alvariño from Spain. Carl Maes joined the team as head coach in December 2021.

Performance timelines

''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current through the 2022 Tunis.''

Doubles

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 25 (17 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation

Singles: 12 (7–5)

Doubles: 5 (2–3)

WTA Tour career earnings

''Current through the 2022 Australian Open''

Head-to-head record

Record against top ten players

''Zidanšek's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.''

Top-10 wins

Notes

References

External links

* * * 1997 births Living people Slovenian female tennis players People from Postojna People from the Municipality of Slovenske Konjice {{Commons