Ela Nala Milić (born 28 February 2006) is a

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n tennis player.

Career

Milić made her WTA main-draw debut at the 2021 Zavarovalnica Sava Portorož, after receiving a wildcard for the doubles tournament. She and her partner Tina Cvetkovič lost in the first round to third seeds

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and

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in two sets. The next wildcard she received was for the WTA 125 tournament 2023 Zavarovalnica Sava Ljubljana. Milić lost in the first round to third seed

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in three sets. In 2024, she played for

in the

Billie Jean King Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was chan ...

qualifying tie against

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. Milić lost in the opening singles match to

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and, partnering with

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 ...

, was also defeated in the dead rubber doubles against

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and

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. She, once again, received a wildcard for the 2024 Zavarovalnica Sava Ljubljana, and once more lost in the first round, this time to

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in two sets.

Personal life

Milić is the daughter of former basketball player Marko Milič and the granddaughter of former shot putter

Vladimir Milić Vladimir Milić (; born 23 October 1955) is a retired Serbian shot putter who represented SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal Peopl ...

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 3 (3 runner–ups)

ITF Junior Circuit finals

Junior Circuit tournaments

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner–ups)

Doubles: 1 (runner–up)

Billie Jean King Cup

Doubles (0–2)

References

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