Lucija Ćirić Bagarić (born 9 January 2004) is a Croatian professional

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player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 157, achieved on 5 August 2024, and a doubles ranking of No. 426, achieved on 31 July 2023. She has won eight singles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Early life

Ćirić Bagarić was born in

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and grew up in Lapad. Her father was a footballer. She began playing tennis at the age of six, and, at the age of 13, she moved to

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for better training opportunities. After her junior career, she was extended offers to play tennis at

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and

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, but chose to pursue professional tennis instead.

Career

Ćirić Bagarić made her debut for

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in the

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in April 2023 playing doubles in the Europe/Africa Zone. In September 2023, she made her WTA 125 debut at the Zavarovalnica Sava Ljubljana, where she reached the quarterfinals. She was named ITF World Tennis Tour Player of the Month in February 2024. Ranked No. 185, she qualified for her first Grand Slam at the 2024 French Open after defeating

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, and

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in the qualifying competition without dropping a set. She lost to

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in the first round in three sets.

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Doubles: 5 (5 runner-ups)

Team competitions

Billie Jean King Cup (1–3)

United Cup (0–1)

References

External links

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