Andreja Klepač (born 13 March 1986) is a Slovenian former
tennis
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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 Darija Jurak for the
2021 WTA Finals after nearly 20 years on the professional tour.
Career
Klepač has made one
WTA Tour
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singles final in
Budapest
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in 2008. She won eleven WTA Tour doubles titles and appeared in twelve other finals.
In July 2013, she won her first WTA Tour doubles title in
Bad Gastein with
Sandra Klemenschits.
In 2015, Klepač reached quarterfinals at the Australian Open with
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik
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and
US Open with
Lara Arruabarrena
Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (; born 20 March 1992) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. On 3 July 2017, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 52, and her best doubles ranking is world No. 28, set on 22 February 2016.
Over ...
.
In 2017, together with
María José Martínez Sánchez, she reached her third consecutive quarterfinal at the
US Open. In 2018, they also reached three finals, defeating en route top pairs
Latisha Chan
Latisha Chan (born 17 August 1989), formerly known by her Chinese name Chan Yung-jan (; ), is a Taiwanese professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. She has won 33 career titles in doubles, including a Grand Slam title ...
/
Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková (Brisbane) and
Tímea Babos
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She has won three WTA Tour titles in singles and 27 in doubles. Babos is a f ...
/
Kristina Mladenovic
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She is a nine-time Grand Slam ...
(Doha). They lost two tie-breakers in the semifinal of the
Madrid Open against
Ekaterina Makarova
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She is a four-time Gra ...
/
Elena Vesnina
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Vesnina is a four-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, h ...
.
Klepač also appeared in the quarterfinals of the
2018 French Open
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, and the
2019 Australian Open, partnering with Martínez Sánchez, and of the
2021 French Open, alongside Croatian
Darija Jurak
Darija Jurak Schreiber (née Jurak; ; born 5 April 1984) is a Croatian former tennis player. Her career-high doubles ranking is world No. 9, achieved on 15 November 2021. Her best WTA ranking in singles is 188 which she reached in April 2004. ...
.
World TeamTennis
Klepač has played four seasons with
World TeamTennis
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The league's season normally took place in the summer months. Players from the ATP and WTA would ...
starting in 2016 when she debuted in the league with the
Washington Kastles. In 2017, she played her first season for the
Orange County Breakers and was named the Female MVP of the 2017 World TeamTennis 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 would join the Orange County Breakers during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12
but was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Significant finals
WTA 1000 tournaments
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
WTA Elite Trophy
Doubles: 1 (title)
Grand Slam doubles performance timeline
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
Doubles: 23 (11 titles, 12 runner-ups)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Doubles: 22 (14 titles, 8 runner–ups)
References
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1986 births
Living people
Slovenian female tennis players
Sportspeople from Koper
Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic tennis players for Slovenia