Andreja Klepač (born 13 March 1986) is a professional Slovenian

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player. On 14 July 2008, Klepač reached her career-high singles rankings of world No. 99. On 11 April 2022, she peaked at No. 11 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Career

She has made one

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singles final in

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in 2008 and won ten WTA Tour doubles titles and appeared in twelve other finals. In July 2013, she won her first WTA doubles title in

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with Sandra Klemenschits. In 2015, Klepač reached quarterfinals at the Australian Open with

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and US Open with

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. In 2017, together with María José Martínez Sánchez, she reached at the US Open her third consecutive quarterfinal at this major. In 2018, they also reached three finals, defeating in the way to them top pairs like Latisha Chan/

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(Brisbane) and Timea Babos/

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(Doha). They lost two tie-breakers in the semifinal of the Madrid Open against

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. Klepač also reached the quarterfinals of the

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, the 2019 Australian Open, partnering with Martínez Sánchez, and the

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, alongside Croatian Darija Jurak.

World TeamTennis

Klepac has played four seasons with

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starting in 2016 when she debuted in the league with the Washington Kastles. In 2017, she played her first season for the

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and was named the Female MVP of the 2017

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

during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12.

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

Significant finals

WTA 1000 finals

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

WTA Elite Trophy

Singles: 1 (title)

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Doubles: 23 (11 titles, 12 runner-ups)

ITF Career finals

Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Doubles: 22 (14 titles, 8 runner–ups)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Klepac, Andreja 1986 births Living people Slovenian female tennis players Sportspeople from Koper Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of Slovenia