The 2022 WTA Slovenia Open (also known as the Zavarovalnica Sava Portorož for sponsorship purposes) is a
WTA 250 tournament play on outdoor
hard court
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s. It is the 8th edition of the
Slovenia Open. The 2022 event took place at the Tennis Club Portorož in
Portorož
Portorož (; ) is a Slovenian Adriatic seaside resort and spa settlement located in the Municipality of Piran in southwestern Slovenia. Its modern development began in the late 19th century with the vogue for the first health resorts. In the earl ...
,
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
from 12 to 18 September 2022.
The event was held on the second consecutive year in the alternative sporting calendar, however, it was one of the six tournaments that were given single-year WTA 250 licenses in September and October 2022 due to the cancellation of tournaments in China during the 2022 season because of the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic
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, as well as the suspension of tournaments in China following former WTA player
Peng Shuai
Peng Shuai (; ; born 8 January 1986) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 doubles player by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA ...
's allegation of sexual assault against a Chinese government official.
Champions
Singles
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Kateřina Siniaková
Kateřina Siniaková (; born 10 May 1996) is a Czech professional tennis player. She is the current List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. She also has a best singles WTA rankings, ranking of No. 27 by the W ...
def.
Elena Rybakina
Elena Andreyevna Rybakina (born 17 June 1999) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked world No. 3 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, making her the first Kazakhstani ...
, 6–7
(4–7), 7–6
(7–5), 6–4
This was Siniaková's third WTA Tour singles title, and her first since
2017
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Events January
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Doubles
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Marta Kostyuk
Marta Olehivna Kostyuk ( ; born 28 June 2002) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 16 in singles, achieved on 17 June 2024 and No. 27 in doubles, achieved on 8 May 2023. On the WTA Tour, she h ...
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Tereza Martincová
Tereza Martincová (; born 24 October 1994) is a Czech professional tennis player.
Martincová has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and four singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 14 February 2022, she reached her best WTA singles ranking ...
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Cristina Bucșa
Cristina Bucsa Bucsa (; born 1 January 1998) is a Moldovan-born Spanish professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings, rankings of world No. 56 in singles, achieved on 15 January 2024, and No. 19 in doubles, achieved on 10 June ...
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Tereza Mihalíková
Tereza Mihalíková (; born 2 June 1998) is a Slovak tennis player. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 33 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, reached on 17 March 2025.
She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and three ...
6–4, 6–0
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
† Rankings are as of 29 August 2022.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcard entry into the singles main draw:
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Elizabeth Mandlik
Elizabeth Hana Mandlik (born 19 May 2001) is an American tennis player. She is the daughter of Grand Slam champion Hana Mandlíková.
Mandlik has career-high rankings by the WTA of 97 in singles and 187 in doubles. She has won eight singles tit ...
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Petra Marčinko
Petra Marčinko (born 4 December 2005) is a Croatian tennis player.
Marčinko has a career-high WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking of 132, achieved on 23 October 2023. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of 440, achieved on 21 April 2025. ...
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Emma Raducanu
Emma Raducanu ( , ; born 13 November 2002) is a British professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 10 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, and is the current British No. 1. Raducanu was the 2021 US Ope ...
The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a special ranking:
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Laura Siegemund
Laura Natalie Siegemund (born 4 March 1988) is a German professional tennis player.
Siegemund reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 on 29 January 2024 and has won fourteen doubles titles on the WTA Tour.
She is a three-time Gran ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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Cristina Bucșa
Cristina Bucsa Bucsa (; born 1 January 1998) is a Moldovan-born Spanish professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings, rankings of world No. 56 in singles, achieved on 15 January 2024, and No. 19 in doubles, achieved on 10 June ...
*
Jodie Burrage
Jodie Anna Burrage (born 28 May 1999) is a British professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking of world No. 85, achieved on 11 September 2023, and a best doubles ranking of No. 147, set on 15 January 2024 ...
*
Anna-Lena Friedsam
Anna-Lena Friedsam (born 1 February 1994) is a German professional tennis player.
In August 2016, Friedsam reached her best singles ranking of world No. 45. In doubles, she peaked at world No. 34 in September 2020.
In her career, she has won fo ...
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Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Elena-Gabriela Ruse (born 6 November 1997) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 51 and a doubles ranking of No. 32 achieved in May 2022 and 2023 respectively. She is currently the No. ...
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Tara Würth
Tara Würth (born 30 September 2002) is a Croatian tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (d ...
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Anastasia Zakharova
Anastasia Vladimirovna Zakharova (; born 18 January 2002) is a Russian tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 93 in singles and No. 93 in doubles. Zakharova has won sixteen singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women ...
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
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Harriet Dart
Harriet Dart (born 28 July 1996) is a British professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 70 and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 59, on 14 October 2024. She reached the final of the 2021 Wimbledon Ch ...
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
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Marie Bouzková
Marie Bouzková (, born 21 July 1998) is a Czech professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 24 on 12 December 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 15 on 6 May 2024. She has won one singles title (at the 2022 P ...
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Diane Parry
Diane Parry (; born 1 September 2002) is a French professional tennis player. On 28 October 2024, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 48. On 4 December 2023, she peaked at No. 74 in the WTA doubles rankings. She is the curre ...
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Anhelina Kalinina
Anhelina Serhiyivna Kalinina ( ; born 7 February 1997) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. On 22 May 2023, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 25. She peaked at No. 92 in the doubles rankings in January 2025. She has ...
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Donna Vekić
Donna Vekić (; born 28 June 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 17 on 27 January 2025. Her best performance at a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major is reachin ...
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Anna Kalinskaya
Anna Nikolayevna Kalinskaya ( rus, Анна Николаевна Калинская, , ˈanːə kɐˈlʲinskəjə, Ru-Anna_Kalinskaya.ogg; born 2 December 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world ...
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Tamara Zidanšek
Tamara Zidanšek (; born 26 December 1997) is a Slovenian professional tennis player.
She has career-high rankings of world No. 22 in singles and No. 47 in doubles by the WTA, and has won one singles title and four doubles titles on the WTA Tou ...
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Barbora Krejčíková
Barbora Krejčíková (; born 18 December 1995) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles by the Wome ...
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Lesia Tsurenko
Lesia Viktorivna Tsurenko (; born 30 May 1989) is a Ukrainian inactive professional tennis player. Tsurenko has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and eight doubles tournaments on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 18 Febr ...
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Bernarda Pera
Bernarda Pera ( ; ; born 3 December 1994) is a Croatian-American professional tennis player. Pera has won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, along with nine singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She achieved ...
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Harriet Dart
Harriet Dart (born 28 July 1996) is a British professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 70 and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 59, on 14 October 2024. She reached the final of the 2021 Wimbledon Ch ...
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Liudmila Samsonova
Liudmila Dmitrievna Samsonova ( rus, Людмила Дмитриевна Самсонова, , lʲʊdˈmʲiɫə sɐmˈsonəvə; born 11 November 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 12 in singles ...
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Dayana Yastremska
Dayana Oleksandrivna Yastremska (; born 15 May 2000) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 21 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, and No. 82 in doubles, both achieved in January 2020. ...
*
Alison Van Uytvanck
Alison Van Uytvanck (; born 26 March 1994) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. In August 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 37.
Van Uytvanck has won five singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles and three Chall ...
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Claire Liu
Claire Liu (born May 25, 2000) is an American professional tennis player. On 30 January 2023, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 52.
Liu has won one singles title and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well ...
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
*Rankings are as of August 29, 2022.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
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Tímea Babos
Tímea Babos (; born 10 May 1993) is a Hungarian professional tennis player who is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles.
She has won three WTA Tour titles in singles and 27 in doubles. Babos is a f ...
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Tamara Zidanšek
Tamara Zidanšek (; born 26 December 1997) is a Slovenian professional tennis player.
She has career-high rankings of world No. 22 in singles and No. 47 in doubles by the WTA, and has won one singles title and four doubles titles on the WTA Tou ...
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Pia Lovrič
Pia Lovrič (born 23 April 2002) is a Slovenian tennis player.
Lovrič has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 438, reached on 17 March 2025. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 401, achieved on 5 August 2024.
Lovrič re ...
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Lara Smejkal
The following pair received entry as alternates:
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Nigina Abduraimova
Nigina Abduraimova (; born 7 July 1994) is an Uzbekistani professional tennis player.
On 29 September 2014, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 144, and on 25 September 2017, she reached world No. 175 in doubles.
Abduraimova ha ...
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Jodie Burrage
Jodie Anna Burrage (born 28 May 1999) is a British professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking of world No. 85, achieved on 11 September 2023, and a best doubles ranking of No. 147, set on 15 January 2024 ...
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
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Alena Fomina-Klotz
Alena Sergeyevna Fomina-Klotz (née Fomina; ; born 5 July 1989) is a Russian tennis player. From 2005 to October 2017, she represented Ukraine.
Career
She has won one singles title and 27 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 3 April 201 ...
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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 five WTA Challenger doubles titles. She also has won eight singles and sixteen dou ...
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Alena Fomina-Klotz
Alena Sergeyevna Fomina-Klotz (née Fomina; ; born 5 July 1989) is a Russian tennis player. From 2005 to October 2017, she represented Ukraine.
Career
She has won one singles title and 27 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 3 April 201 ...
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Ingrid Gamarra Martins
Ingrid Gamarra Martins (born 22 August 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 47 in doubles, attained on 6 November 2023 and No. 448 in singles, achieved on 31 January 2022.
Martins graduated f ...
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Anna Kalinskaya
Anna Nikolayevna Kalinskaya ( rus, Анна Николаевна Калинская, , ˈanːə kɐˈlʲinskəjə, Ru-Anna_Kalinskaya.ogg; born 2 December 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world ...
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Tereza Mihalíková
Tereza Mihalíková (; born 2 June 1998) is a Slovak tennis player. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 33 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, reached on 17 March 2025.
She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and three ...
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Cristina Bucșa
Cristina Bucsa Bucsa (; born 1 January 1998) is a Moldovan-born Spanish professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings, rankings of world No. 56 in singles, achieved on 15 January 2024, and No. 19 in doubles, achieved on 10 June ...
/
Tereza Mihalíková
Tereza Mihalíková (; born 2 June 1998) is a Slovak tennis player. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 33 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, reached on 17 March 2025.
She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and three ...
*
Andreja Klepač
Andreja Klepač (born 13 March 1986) is a Slovenian former tennis player. On 14 July 2008, she reached her career-high singles rankings of world No. 99. On 11 April 2022, she peaked at No. 11 in the WTA doubles rankings. She qualified also with ...
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Elena Rybakina
Elena Andreyevna Rybakina (born 17 June 1999) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked world No. 3 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, making her the first Kazakhstani ...
→ replaced by
Andreja Klepač
Andreja Klepač (born 13 March 1986) is a Slovenian former tennis player. On 14 July 2008, she reached her career-high singles rankings of world No. 99. On 11 April 2022, she peaked at No. 11 in the WTA doubles rankings. She qualified also with ...
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Laura Siegemund
Laura Natalie Siegemund (born 4 March 1988) is a German professional tennis player.
Siegemund reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 on 29 January 2024 and has won fourteen doubles titles on the WTA Tour.
She is a three-time Gran ...
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Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Nicole Melichar-Martinez (née Melichar; , ; born July 29, 1993) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. On 3 July 2023, she peaked at No. 6 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Melichar has won fifteen doubles titles on the ...
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Laura Siegemund
Laura Natalie Siegemund (born 4 March 1988) is a German professional tennis player.
Siegemund reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 on 29 January 2024 and has won fourteen doubles titles on the WTA Tour.
She is a three-time Gran ...
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Adrienn Nagy
Adrienn Nagy (born 24 March 2001) is a Hungarian tennis player.
Her mother Virág Csurgó also was a professional tennis player, she participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Nagy has career-high WTA rankings of 504 in singles, achieved on 26 ...
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Nika Radišić
Nika Radišić (born 19 March 2000) is a Slovenian tennis player.
Radišić has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 330, achieved on 12 August 2024. On 19 August 2024, she peaked at No. 173 in the WTA doubles ranking. Up to date, she has ...
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Diane Parry
Diane Parry (; born 1 September 2002) is a French professional tennis player. On 28 October 2024, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 48. On 4 December 2023, she peaked at No. 74 in the WTA doubles rankings. She is the curre ...
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Clara Tauson
Clara Tauson (born 21 December 2002) is a Danish professional tennis player. Her career-high rankings are world No. 21 in singles, achieved on 3 March 2025 and No. 124 in doubles, on 16 June same year. Tauson has won three WTA Tour titles, all o ...
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Nigina Abduraimova
Nigina Abduraimova (; born 7 July 1994) is an Uzbekistani professional tennis player.
On 29 September 2014, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 144, and on 25 September 2017, she reached world No. 175 in doubles.
Abduraimova ha ...
/
Jodie Burrage
Jodie Anna Burrage (born 28 May 1999) is a British professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking of world No. 85, achieved on 11 September 2023, and a best doubles ranking of No. 147, set on 15 January 2024 ...
References
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