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Aleksandra Krunić ( sr-Cyrl, Александра Крунић; born 15 March 1993) is a Serbian professional
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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
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along with one singles WTA 125 title. Krunić was the runner–up of
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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
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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,
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,
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, Madison Keys,
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and
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. She has wins over former top-10 players,
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, while she was coming back from injury, as well as over
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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
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and
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.


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
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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.Aleksandra Krunić
at the ITF Junior
In 2006, Krunić reached the semifinals of junior
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, losing to Dalia Zafirova.Aleksandra Krunić
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 Christina Maria McHale (born May 11, 1992) is an American professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are world No. 24 in singles and No. 35 in doubles. 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
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, and lost in the first round of girls' singles at
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. Krunić also partnered with Tamara Čurović at the girls' doubles, however they lost in the first round to
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 ...
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
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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.Players Activity
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
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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 Hubei is a province of China, province in Central China. It has the List of Chinese provincial- ...
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
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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
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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
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.
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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.
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Draw made for Play Offs
(9 February 2011)
Serbia won that tie 3–2 against
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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.Aleksandra Krunic
at the WTA Tour's official website
At
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and the US Open, she lost in qualifying. Krunić qualified for her first WTA singles event in
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. 2011 Poli-Farbe Budapest Grand Prix
Women's Qualifying Draw
/ref> She was leading in the first-round match against
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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
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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
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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
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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
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qualifying, losing to
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in the third set. At WTA events in Bogotá and Acapulco, Krunić did not qualify. In Irapuato, Mexico, Krunić beat
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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
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was better in two sets in semifinal. At
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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
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. 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,
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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
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, 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
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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
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in the first round. Next she played three ITF events and best result was quarterfinal where she lost to
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. In the WTA event in Katowice, Krunić didn't qualify for main draw, but she beat former top-30 player
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. In Kuala Lumpur, she did not need to go through the qualifications, but in the first round, she lost to
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in two sets. On clay, she made it to the semifinal at two ITF tournaments. At
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and
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, 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,
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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
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. 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
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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
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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
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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
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, in straight sets. In her hometown Moscow, she beat
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but lost to
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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
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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
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, Krunić played her first major event without qualifying, and was beaten in first round by
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. She beat Schmiedlová in
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again, but lost her next four matches on hardcourt. In Prague on clay, she upset
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, but lost narrowly to
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. At the
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, she lost to
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. Krunić started grass-court season playing in Birmingham, where she qualified for main draw and beat
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in first round, but lost next to
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. She then had her best result of the year in terms of importance, as she reached the third round of
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with wins over 19th seed
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and former world No. 11,
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. She lost to
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in straight sets. Krunić returned to clay playing at the Bucharest Open where she reached the quarterfinals. She beat
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and Roberta Vinci again, losing just two games, but lost to
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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
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, beating
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but lost to Jovanovski. At the next tournament in
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, she won five matches to reach her third quarterfinal of the year. She won three qualifying rounds, including wins over
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and
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, 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
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, before losing to eventual champion
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. 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
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in the first round in straight sets, before losing in the second round to 29th seed
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. In June, as a lucky loser she entered the main draw of Birmingham Classic, where she managed to beat
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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
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where she lost in the first round, in three tight sets, to Australian Ajla Tomljanović. At
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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
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in straight sets in the first round of the Budapest Grand Prix. In the second round, she beat sixth seed
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, while in the quarterfinals she defeated
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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
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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
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where she beat
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, in straight sets, before losing to the fourth seed
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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
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. They lost in three sets to No. 2 seeds
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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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Unofficial blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Krunic, Aleksandra 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