Aleksandra Krunić ( sr-Cyrl, Александра Крунић; born 15 March 1993) is a Serbian professional
tennis
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player. She is a Grand Slam doubles finalist at the
2025 French Open, partnering
Anna Danilina
Anna Sergeyevna Danilina (; born 20 August 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 9 in doubles by the WTA. She is a Grand Slam mixed-doubles champion, having won the 2023 US Open with Harri Heliö ...
.
In June 2018, she reached her best singles rankings of world No. 39. On 30 September 2019, she peaked at No. 35 in the doubles rankings. Krunić has won one singles title and seven doubles titles on the
WTA Tour
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along with one singles
WTA 125 title.
Krunić was the runner–up of
2009 Australian Open
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in
girls' doubles, along with
Sandra Zaniewska
Sandra Zaniewska (born 3 January 1992) is a Polish tennis coach and former professional player.
In her career, she won ten singles tournaments as well as a further seven in doubles on the ITF Circuit, and was the runner-up of the 2009 Austral ...
. She made her WTA Tour debut at
2010 Slovenia Open, playing doubles with world No. 2,
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković ( sr-Cyrl, Јелена Јанковић, ; born 28 February 1985) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the W ...
,
and made her WTA singles debut at the
2011 Budapest Grand Prix. In
2014 US Open, in her second main-draw appearance at a Grand Slam tournament, Krunić won her first main-draw match and then reached the fourth round, beating 27th seed
Madison Keys
Madison Keys (born February 17, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 5 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Keys has won ten WTA Tour-level career singles ...
and third seed
Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová (; born 8 March 1990) is a Czech professional tennis player. Known for her powerful left-handed groundstrokes and variety, Kvitová has won 31 career singles titles, including two Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major titles ...
in the process.
Krunić has wins over prime or close to their prime
Garbiñe Muguruza
Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco (; born 8 October 1993) is a Venezuelan-born Spanish former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Asso ...
, Petra Kvitová,
Jeļena Ostapenko
Jeļena "Aļona" Ostapenko (born 8 June 1997) is a Latvian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 5 in singles and No. 4 in doubles by the WTA. Ostapenko has won nine WTA Tour-level singles and eleven doubles tit ...
,
Elina Svitolina
Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina (, ; born 12 September 1994) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 3 in singles and No. 108 in doubles by the WTA rankings, WTA. Svitolina has won 18 WTA Tour single ...
,
Johanna Konta
Johanna Konta (born 17 May 1991) is a British-Australian former professional tennis player. Konta won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, along with eleven titles in singles and four in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She was British No. ...
,
CoCo Vandeweghe,
Sara Errani
Sara Errani (; born 29 April 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. Errani is one of only seven women who have completed a career Grand Slam (tennis)#Golden Slam, Golden Slam in doubles. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, a former ...
,
Roberta Vinci
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, Madison Keys,
Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova (; ; born 7 June 1988) is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles, and world No. 8 in singles.
She is a four-time Gra ...
and
Caroline Garcia
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. She has wins over former top-10 players,
Timea Bacsinszky
Timea Bacsinszky (; born 8 June 1989) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. A former top ten singles player, Bacsinszky reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9, on 16 May 2016. She won four singles and five doubles titles o ...
, while she was coming back from injury, as well as over
Kimiko Date
is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals of the 1994 Australian Open, the 1995 French Open and the 1996 Wimbledon Championships, and won the Japan Open a record four times. She reached a career-high ranking ...
and Roberta Vinci in their last career matches, which were played in front of their home crowds in Tokyo and Rome, respectively. She also has wins in the qualifying rounds over former top-5 players
Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone (; born 23 June 1980) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She had career-high rankings of world No. 4 in women's singles and No. 8 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Schiavone won eight W ...
and
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová (; born 23 April 1983) is a Slovak tennis commentator and retired player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first WTA Tour title at the Indian Wells Open, defeating Martin ...
.
Personal life
Krunić was born to Bratislav and Ivana Krunić in Moscow and has a sister named Anastasia.
She resides in Moscow, Bratislava and Belgrade,
and speaks – beside Serbian – Slovak, Russian and English fluently.
Career
Junior events
Krunić picked up a
tennis racquet
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aged seven.
She began training tennis at the
Spartak Moscow club,
which spawned numerous tennis stars such as
Anna Kournikova
Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova Iglesias (née Kournikova; ; ; born 7 June 1981) is a Russian model and television personality, and former professional tennis player. Her appearance and celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis stars ...
,
Elena Dementieva
Elena Viacheslavovna Dementieva (, ; born 15 October 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was WTA rankings, ranked world No. 3 in women's singles and world No. 5 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Dem ...
,
Marat Safin
Marat Mubinovich Safin ( rus, Мара́т Муби́нович Са́фин, , mɐˈrat ˈsafʲɪn, Ru-Marat-Safin.ogg; ; born 27 January 1980) is a Russian former professional tennis player and former politician. He was ranked as the List of ...
,
Anastasia Myskina
Anastasia Andreyevna Myskina ( ; born 8 July 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. Myskina won the 2004 French Open singles title, becoming the first Russian woman to win a major singles title. Due to this victory, she rose to ...
,
Igor Andreev
Igor Valeryevich Andreev (, BGN/PCGN: ''Andreyev'', ISO 9: ''Andreev'', ; born 14 July 1983) is a Russian coach and a former professional tennis player. He won three ATP Tour singles titles, reached the quarterfinals of the 2007 French Open a ...
and others. Since then Krunić has been coached by Edouard Safonov.
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at the ITF Junior In 2006, Krunić reached the semifinals of junior
Kremlin Cup
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, losing to
Dalia Zafirova.
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at coretennis.net The following year, she won junior events in Podgorica, Livorno and Maia.
In 2008, Krunić reached the quarterfinals of
European Junior Championships in Moscow and won the junior event in Budapest. She also played at the junior event in Kramfors, however, withdrew from the final match against Croatian
Silvia Njirić due to injury by a score of 6–3, 6–1 for Njirić.
In 2009, she played the second round of
Australian Open in girls' singles and the final of
girls' doubles event, partnering with
Sandra Zaniewska
Sandra Zaniewska (born 3 January 1992) is a Polish tennis coach and former professional player.
In her career, she won ten singles tournaments as well as a further seven in doubles on the ITF Circuit, and was the runner-up of the 2009 Austral ...
. The two lost to
Christina McHale
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Known for an aggressive baseline game, McHale was recognized by ''The New Yor ...
and
Ajla Tomljanović in the super-tiebreaker. She reached the second round of both
girls' singles and
doubles at the
French Open
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, and lost in the first round of
girls' singles at
Wimbledon
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* Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London
* Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships
Wimbledon may also refer to:
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* W ...
. Krunić also partnered with
Tamara Čurović at the
girls' doubles, however they lost in the first round to
Tímea Babos
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She has won three WTA Tour titles in singles and 27 in doubles. Babos is a f ...
and Ajla Tomljanović. In April 2009, she reached her highest junior ranking when she was ranked world No. 17.
Although she had decided not to play juniors anymore, Krunić took part in the
European Championships
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In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...
organized by both ITF and
Tennis Europe, along with
Bojana Jovanovski and Doroteja Erić in the team of Serbia.
2008–2010: Beginning, dominance on ITF Circuit
As a member of
TK Red Star, Krunić won the national club championships in 2008.
She was awarded with a
wildcard for tennis event in Prokuplje, Serbia organized by the ITF. On 6 July 2008, Krunić won the tournament and became the youngest title winner in 2008 by winning this event. She beat one wildcard, third seed, and next three players were qualifiers.
In October 2008, she also played two ITF events in Dubrovnik, but lost both times in first round.
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of Aleksandra Krunić at the ITF
Krunić was invited by
Serbia Fed Cup team coach Dejan Vraneš to join the team for the
2009 Fed Cup World Group play-offs versus
Spain
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.
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković ( sr-Cyrl, Јелена Јанковић, ; born 28 February 1985) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the W ...
and
Ana Ivanovic
Ana Schweinsteiger (name at birth, née Ivanovic; born 6 November 1987) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tenn ...
secured Serbia 4–0 win.
[ Serbia Fed Cup team]
Team Biography
Krunić debuted in a doubles match played on 25 April 2009, along with
Ana Jovanović, and they were down 6–2, 1–0 against
Llagostera Vives and
Domínguez Lino, when the match was cancelled due to rain.
In 2009, Krunić won a total of three ITF titles, including first in doubles.
On 14 September 2009, she was ranked No. 795.
In January 2010, Krunić won her fourth ITF tournament in Quanzhou, China defeating domestic player
Zhou Yimiao
Zhou Yimiao, also spelled as Zhou Yi-Miao, (; ; born 7 February 1991) is a former professional Chinese tennis player.
Zhou was born in Hubei
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in the final, after beating top seed and compatriot Bojana Jovanovski in semifinal.
In May, she won ITF singles title in Moscow and was the doubles runner–up. Krunić made her
WTA Tour
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debut at the
Slovenia Open, playing doubles with world No. 2 and compatriot Janković.
The two reached semifinals beating the fourth seeds
Eleni Daniilidou
Eleni Daniilidou (; ; born 19 September 1982) is a Greek former tennis player from the island of Crete.
She is considered one of the best Greek tennis players of the Open Era, winning five singles titles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tou ...
and
Jasmin Wöhr in process, but then had to withdraw from their semifinal match due to an injury of Janković.
2011–2012: WTA Tour singles debut
In February 2011, Krunić again was invited to play for the Serbia Fed Cup team in the
World Group II rubber against
Canada
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.
Fed Cup
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Tie Details: Serbia – Slovakia
(1 February 2011) She lost her debut singles match against world No. 84,
Rebecca Marino, in three sets. Krunić played the final doubles match with Bojana Jovanovski, beating
Fichman and
Pelletier to guarantee Serbia the spot in the
World Group Play Offs.
Fed Cup
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Draw made for Play Offs
(9 February 2011) Serbia won that tie 3–2 against
Slovakia
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, after Krunić and Janković having beaten
Hantuchová and
Rybáriková in three sets, rallying from 2–6, 1–5.
With this win, Serbia qualified for the 2012 Fed Cup World Group.
In May 2011, Krunić qualified for the 100k
Sparta Prague Open. She reached the semifinals where she lost to world No. 10,
Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová (; born 8 March 1990) is a Czech professional tennis player. Known for her powerful left-handed groundstrokes and variety, Kvitová has won 31 career singles titles, including two Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major titles ...
, in straight sets.
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at the WTA Tour's official website At
Wimbledon
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* Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London
* Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships
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* W ...
and the
US Open, she lost in qualifying. Krunić qualified for her first WTA singles event in
Budapest
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.
[ 2011 Poli-Farbe Budapest Grand Prix]
Women's Qualifying Draw
/ref> She was leading in the first-round match against Nina Bratchikova
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Bratchikova won one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, and in addition nine singles and 35 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 10 December ...
7–5, 1–0, when Bratchikova retired. Krunić lost her following match to the third seed Klára Zakopalová.[ 2011 Poli-Farbe Budapest Grand Prix]
Women's Singles Main Draw
/ref> She played in Tashkent, and after qualifications, Krunić won her second WTA professional match, losing just one game to Kamila Farhad. In the second round, she lost to Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea (; born 7 April 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. In singles, she achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 on 12 August 2013. In doubles, her career-best ranking is No. 35, which she reached on 9 March ...
, in two tight sets.
At the Australian Open
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, Krunić fell to qualify losing to 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 ...
in final round. In February 2012, she was a part of Serbian Fed Cup team. She lost in singles to Yanina Wickmayer
Yanina Wickmayer (born 20 October 1989) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals at the 2009 US Open – Women's singles, 2009 US Open, and a career-high WTA ranking of No. 12, on 19 April 2010. In doubles, she achieve ...
, but won in doubles with Bojana Jovanovski to claim a historic victory for Serbia. In 2012 on ITF Circuit, Krunić won one title and lost one final in both singles and doubles. At next Grand Slam tournaments, she failed to qualify. In Baku
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, Krunić reached first WTA main draw of season and finished as a quarterfinalist for the first time. She beat fourth seed Andrea Hlaváčková
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Origin of the name
The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that ...
and in second round Laura Pous Tió, but lost in three sets to eventual champion Bojana Jovanovski.
2013: Major debut
Krunić started the season playing at the Australian Open
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qualifying, losing to Maria Elena Camerin
Maria Elena Camerin (born 21 March 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.
In her career, Camerin won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 October 2004 ...
in the third set. At WTA events in Bogotá and Acapulco, Krunić did not qualify. In Irapuato, Mexico, Krunić beat Olga Savchuk
Olga Mykolayivna Savchuk (; born 20 September 1987) is a retired tennis player from Ukraine. Savchuk grew up in the city of Makiyivka in Donetsk province. She resides in Nassau, Bahamas.
Her best accomplishment to date was reaching the third ro ...
for her first ITF title of the year and seventh overall, dropping no set the entire tournament. In clay-court season, she played four ITF tournaments and the best result was in Trnava, Slovakia when she reached the semifinal. There she beat top 100 player and top seed Jana Čepelová
Jana Čepelová (; born 29 May 1993) is a Slovak former professional tennis player.
Čepelová won seven singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 12 May 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 50. On 18 Ma ...
in first round, but Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Barbora (; ) is a Czech and Slovak female given name. It was derived from the Greek word ''barbaros'' () meaning "foreign", a variant of " Barbara". It is the 36th most popular given name in the Czech Republic (as of 2007). Notable people with th ...
was better in two sets in semifinal. At French Open
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she lost in three sets to Mariana Duque Marino in second qualifying round.
After missing Wimbledon, Krunić played in WTA events in Budapest and Baku without qualifying rounds. In Baku, she was the only player who won a set against eventual champion Elina Svitolina
Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina (, ; born 12 September 1994) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 3 in singles and No. 108 in doubles by the WTA rankings, WTA. Svitolina has won 18 WTA Tour single ...
. In doubles, Krunić played alongside Eleni Daniilidou and went to first WTA doubles final where they lost in three sets. US Open was the first Grand Slam tournament where she qualified for the main draw – she beat Carina Witthöft, Daria Gavrilova
Daria Saville (née Gavrilova; born 5 March 1994) is a Russian-born Australian professional tennis player. She competed under her maiden name until her marriage to Luke Saville in 2021. On 28 August 2017, she reached her best singles rank ...
and Louisa Chirico
Louisa Chirico (born May 16, 1996) is an American tennis player. On 24 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 58. On 6 March 2017, she peaked at No. 184 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Chirico has won seven singles titles ...
to do it, all in two sets. But in first round, CoCo Vandeweghe was better in two sets. Week after US Open, she played an ITF in Trabzon, Turkey and won her last ITF title of the season, beating Stéphanie Foretz Gacon in the final. At the WTA events in Linz and Luxembourg City, she played qualifications. In Linz, she qualified but lost to lucky loser Maryna Zanevska
Maryna Volodymyrivna Zanevska (; born 24 August 1993) is a Ukrainian-born Belgian former professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 62, achieved on 23 May 2022, and a WTA doubles ranking of 86, reached on 16 ...
, in three sets. In doubles, Krunić won three ITF titles and lost in two finals during the season.
2014: Top 100, US Open fourth round, WTA Tour doubles title
In first round of qualifications at the Australian Open
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, Krunić lost to Zarina Diyas
Zarina Diyas (; ; born 18 October 1993) is a Kazakh professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as No. 31 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Diyas has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2017 Japan Women' ...
in three sets. In January, she qualified for the Pattaya Open, but lost to Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
Nicha "Eve" Lertpitaksinchai (; born 14 August 1991) is a former professional tennis player from Thailand.
She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 280 in singles, achieved on 24 October 2016, and 144 in doubles, reached on 21 April 2014.
Ler ...
in the first round. Next she played three ITF events and best result was quarterfinal where she lost to Timea Bacsinszky
Timea Bacsinszky (; born 8 June 1989) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. A former top ten singles player, Bacsinszky reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9, on 16 May 2016. She won four singles and five doubles titles o ...
. In the WTA event in Katowice, Krunić didn't qualify for main draw, but she beat former top-30 player Tamira Paszek
Tamira Shelah Paszek (born 6 December 1990) is an Austrian tennis player.
On 11 February 2013, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 26. On 6 May 2013, she peaked at No. 93 in the doubles rankings.
Paszek has won three single ...
. In Kuala Lumpur, she did not need to go through the qualifications, but in the first round, she lost to Karolína Plíšková
Karolína Plíšková (; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), holding the position for a total of eight weeks, and has been ...
in two sets. On clay, she made it to the semifinal at two ITF tournaments. At French Open
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and Wimbledon
Wimbledon most often refers to:
* Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London
* Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships
Wimbledon may also refer to:
Places London
* W ...
, she failed to qualify. At the WTA Tour event in Bucharest, she beat Alexandra Panova
Alexandra Alexandrovna Panova (; born 2 March 1989) is a Russian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.
She has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of world No. 30 achieved on 28 October 2024. She peaked at No. 71 in singles on 3 ...
in the first round, but lost in the second to world No. 3 and domestic player, Simona Halep
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, in a match full of breaks. Last prepare for US Open was at an ITF event in Poland where she lost in early round of singles, but won doubles title alongside 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 ...
.
At the US Open, Krunić again qualified for her second main draw appearance. In the first round, she played against good friend Katarzyna Piter
Katarzyna Piter (; born 16 February 1991) is a Polish professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.
In May 2014, she reached her career-high ranking of No. 95 in singles and in July 2022, No. 66 in doubles. She has won three doubles ti ...
and won her first ever main-draw match at a Grand Slam tournament. In the second round, 27th seed Madison Keys
Madison Keys (born February 17, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 5 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Keys has won ten WTA Tour-level career singles ...
awaited. Although they finished the match with the same number of points, Krunić won in three sets and subsequently defeated third seed and reigning Wimbledon champion, Petra Kvitová in the third round in straight sets. With that win, she was guaranteed a world ranking in the top 100 for the first time. In the round of 16, Krunić lost to 16th seed and two time US Open finalist, Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Fiodaraŭna Azarenka (born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), having held the position for a total of 51 weeks ...
, in three sets. 18-time Grand Slam champion Martina Navratilova
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said of Krunić during the match "what a find she is, what an athlete". During the tournament, Krunić's compatriots Janković, Ivanovic and Jovanovski gave her advice and support. She was nominated a "Rising star of the month", but Belinda Bencic
Belinda Bencic (; born 10 March 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 4 which she achieved in February 2020. Bencic has won nine career singles titles, including Tennis at the 2020 ...
had more votes by 5%. Also, the match against Azarenka was one of ten matches nominated for Grand Slam match of the year award.
The Asian swing started for Krunić in Tashkent. Despite losing to Lesia Tsurenko in the first round of singles, she managed to capture her first career title playing doubles alongside Kateřina Siniaková. They beat all opponents in three sets en route to the final, where they beat Margarita Gasparyan
Margarita Melikovna Betova (née Gasparyan; rus, Маргари́та Ме́ликовна Гаспаря́н, , mərɡɐˈrʲitə ɡəspɐˈrʲan, Ru-Margarita Gasparyan.ogg, ; born 1 September 1994) is a Russian inactive tennis player.
Betov ...
and Alexandra Panova
Alexandra Alexandrovna Panova (; born 2 March 1989) is a Russian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.
She has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of world No. 30 achieved on 28 October 2024. She peaked at No. 71 in singles on 3 ...
, in straight sets. In her hometown Moscow, she beat Caroline Garcia
Caroline Garcia (, born 16 October 1993) is a French professional tennis player. She had a career-high WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 4 in singles and world No. 2 in doubles. Garcia was the 2022 WTA Finals – Singles, 2022 WTA Finals champi ...
but lost to Tsvetana Pironkova
Tsvetana Kirilova Pironkova ( ; born 13 September 1987) is a Bulgarians, Bulgarian former tennis player. Considered to be one of the best grass court players of her generation, she has been noted for her "cerebral" skills on the surface, reachi ...
in second round. In doubles, Krunić and Siniakova beat top-seeded top-10 players Makarova and Vesnina in the first round.
2015: Wimbledon third round
Before the 2015 season, Krunić won an ITF title in Ankara in late December as a top seed, saving a few match points en route. In Shenzhen
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, she qualified and then in second round won against Anna Schmiedlová, rallying from 3–6, 2–5 and saving match points. In the quarterfinal, eventual champion Simona Halep was better in straight sets. At the Australian Open
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, Krunić played her first major event without qualifying, and was beaten in first round by Lauren Davis
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. She beat Schmiedlová in Acapulco
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again, but lost her next four matches on hardcourt. In Prague on clay, she upset Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
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, but lost narrowly to Yanina Wickmayer
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. At the French Open
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, she lost to Yulia Putintseva
Yulia Antonovna Putintseva (, ; born 7 January 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 20 on 27 January 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 76 on 17 March 2025.
Puti ...
.
Krunić started grass-court season playing in Birmingham, where she qualified for main draw and beat Heather Watson
Heather Miriam Watson (born 19 May 1992) is a British professional tennis player. A former British No. 1, Watson has won nine titles over her career, including the mixed-doubles title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles, 2016 ...
in first round, but lost next to Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and world No. 3 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Kuznetsova won 18 singl ...
. She then had her best result of the year in terms of importance, as she reached the third round of Wimbledon
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* W ...
with wins over 19th seed Sara Errani
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and former world No. 11, Roberta Vinci
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. She lost to Venus Williams
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in straight sets.
Krunić returned to clay playing at the Bucharest Open where she reached the quarterfinals. She beat Elizaveta Kulichkova
Elizaveta Dmitrievna Kulichkova (; born 12 April 1996) is a Russian former tennis player. She competed for her last pro match at the 2017 US Open.
In her career, she won seven singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 22 February 2016, she reached ...
and Roberta Vinci again, losing just two games, but lost to Polona Hercog
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. However, she didn't win a match at her next six tournaments, including US Open loss to Danka Kovinić. She also played doubles alongside Janković and they reached third round but lost match for quarterfinal against fourth seeds Dellacqua and Shvedova, as they led 6–2, 4–2 and also 4–2 in third set.
She won her first match since six-match losing streak in Tashkent Open
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, beating Anett Kontaveit
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but lost to Jovanovski. At the next tournament in Linz
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, she won five matches to reach her third quarterfinal of the year. She won three qualifying rounds, including wins over Anastasija Sevastova
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and Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi (; born 10 June 1985) is an Estonian inactive professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of world No. 15 on 20 August 2012 and has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour.
Described as a 'resident Grand Slam up ...
, to reach the main draw. There she defeated previous month's US Open finalist, Roberta Vinci (for the third time in only five months) and Mona Barthel
Mona Barthel (born 11 July 1990) is a German tennis player.
On 18 March 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 23. On 14 September 2015, she peaked at No. 63 in the doubles rankings.
Barthel has won four singles and three double ...
, before losing to eventual champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (; born 3 July 1991) is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 11 on 8 November 2021. Pavlyuchenkova has won twelve singles titles ...
. She played at next event in Moscow but lost to Lesia Tsurenko.
Krunić reached a new career-high ranking of No. 62 in July, but finished the year at No. 96.
2021–22: Major quarterfinals in doubles & Serbian No. 1
Coming back from wrist injury, Krunić qualified for the main draw at Roland Garros. She beat Kamilla Rakhimova
Kamilla Stanislavovna Rakhimova ( rus, Камилла Станиславовна Рахимова, , kɐˈmʲiɫə rɐˈxʲiməvə; born 28 August 2001) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings of No. 61 in si ...
in the first round in straight sets, before losing in the second round to 29th seed Veronika Kudermetova
Veronika Eduardovna Kudermetova (born 24 April 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player.
She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9, achieved on 24 October 2022, and a best WTA doubles ranking of No. 2, reached on 6 June 2022. In ...
.
In June, as a lucky loser she entered the main draw of Birmingham Classic, where she managed to beat Petra Martić
Petra Martić (; born 19 January 1991) is a Croatian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings, singles ranking of world No. 14, achieved in January 2020. Martić has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles and o ...
in straight sets, in the first round, before losing to sixth seed Sorana Cîrstea. The following week, Krunić qualified for the main draw at the Eastbourne International
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where she lost in the first round, in three tight sets, to Australian Ajla Tomljanović.
At Wimbledon
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, she met again 26th seed Sorana Cîrstea in the first round and lost in two tiebreak sets.
In July, Krunić beat 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 ...
in straight sets in the first round of the Budapest Grand Prix. In the second round, she beat sixth seed Zhang Shuai
Zhang Shuai ( zh , s = 张帅 , p = Zhāng Shuài ; ; born 21 January 1989) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She has a career-high doubles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 2, achieved in July 2022 and a singles ranking of No. 22 re ...
, while in the quarterfinals she defeated Wang Xiyu
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Wang became junior world No. 1 on ...
to reach the semifinals. Next she reached her third WTA singles final defeating third seed and defending champion Yulia Putintseva. She lost the final to Bernarda Pera
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. As a result, she returned to the top 100 becoming the Serbian female player No. 1.
Her next tournament was the Hamburg European Open
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where she beat Sabine Lisicki
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Lisicki turned professional in 2006, and her breakthrough came in 2009 when she reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships � ...
, in straight sets, before losing to the fourth seed Aliaksandra Sasnovich
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in the second round.
At the US Open, she defeated Elina Avanesyan in straight sets in the first round. In the second, she managed to beat 23rd seed and Roland Garros 2021 champion Barbora Krejčíková to reach the third round for a fourth time at this major, before losing to Ludmilla Samsonova. As a result, she moved back into the top 75 after several years of absence.
In September 2022, Krunić was the top seed in qualifying for the Tallinn Open. In her first match, she was 6–4, 5–4 up against Eva Lys and serving for the match, when she tore her knee which resulted in total ACL rupture.
2024: First WTA Tour quarterfinal since 2022
Ranked No. 400 and also using protected ranking at the Rosmalen Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, she recorded her first win after her comeback to the tour over Jessika Ponchet.
Next, she reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal since 2022 and first on grass in six years, since she won the tournament, defeating top seed Jessica Pegula in three tight sets.
2025: Doubles success: Rouen title, first major final at Roland Garros
Partnering Sabrina Santamaria, Krunić was runner-up in the doubles at the Auckland Open, losing to Jiang Xinyu and Wu Fang-hsien in the final.
In April, she won her seventh doubles title at Open de Rouen, again partnering Santamaria. In the final, they defeated top-seeded Irina Khromacheva and Linda Nosková in straight sets.
In June, she reached the doubles final of the 2025 French Open with Anna Danilina
Anna Sergeyevna Danilina (; born 20 August 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 9 in doubles by the WTA. She is a Grand Slam mixed-doubles champion, having won the 2023 US Open with Harri Heliö ...
. They lost in three sets to No. 2 seeds Sara Errani
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and Jasmine Paolini.
Performance timelines
''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win/loss records.''
Singles
Doubles
''Current through 2023 Wimbledon.''
Grand Slam tournament finals
Women's doubles: 1 (runner-up)
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
Doubles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner-ups)
WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 1 (title)
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Doubles: 20 (8 titles, 12 runner–ups)
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
Girls' doubles: 1 (runner-up)
Team competitions
Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup
Singles (12–7)
Doubles (12–5)
Head-to-head records
Record against top 10 players
''Against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.''
Wins over top-10 players
Awards
* 2007 – Tennis Europe Silver Medal for Player of the Year U–14
* 2012 – Serbian Women's Team of The Year (''as part of Serbia Fed Cup team'')
See also
* Serbia Fed Cup team
Notes
References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
Tennis players from Moscow
Russian people of Serbian descent
Serbian female tennis players
Serbian people of Russian descent
Olympic tennis players for Serbia
Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics