Ema Burgić (born 22 August 1992) is a
Bosnian-born American professional
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 (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
player.
In her career, she won four singles and 13 doubles titles on the
ITF Circuit. On 3 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 466. On 17 October 2016, she peaked at No. 145 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Playing for
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, Burgić has a win–loss record of 11–11.
She won her first tournament on the ITF Circuit in 2008 as a 16-year-old, at a $10k event in
La Vall d'Uixó
La Vall d'Uixó (, also known as ''Vall-llarga'', ''Vall del Duc'' or simply as ''La Vall''; ) is a town situated in eastern Spain, in the Valencian province of Castelló. La Vall is located 25 km to the south of the province's capital C ...
, Spain.
In June 2015, she married fellow tennis player Attila Bucko. The couple divorced in 2023. Ema Burgić returned to professional tennis in 2024 and became a United States citizen in May.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Doubles: 18 (13 titles, 5 runner-ups)
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1992 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Tuzla
People from Lukavac
Bosnia and Herzegovina female tennis players
American female tennis players
Baylor Bears women's tennis players
Expatriate tennis players in the United States
American people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
Naturalized citizens of the United States
Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to the United States
21st-century American sportswomen
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