Tamara Zidanšek (; born 26 December 1997) is a Slovenian professional

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player. She has career-high

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of world No. 22 in singles and No. 47 in doubles by the WTA, and has won one singles title and four doubles titles on the

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and three singles titles along with one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won 17 titles in singles and six in doubles on the ITF Circuit. Playing for the Slovenia Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 12–11.

Career

Juniors

On the ITF Junior Circuit, she was in the top 20 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 16, achieved in December 2015.

2014: Professional debut

Zidanšek made a perfect professional debut in 2014 at her home in Velenje, passing three qualifying rounds to go in the main draw and claim her first title on the pro-level at the age of 16.

2021: First major semifinal, top-50 debut, first top-10 win & WTA Tour title

She reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam championship for the first time at the

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, defeating

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in straight sets and Paula Badosa in three sets. These wins made her the first Slovenian female player to accomplish this since the country became independent in 1991. As a result, Zidanšek entered the top 50 for the first time. She also scored her first top-ten win in the first round, against the No. 6 seed,

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. In her semifinal match, Zidanšek was defeated by

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in straight sets. At the Ladies Open Lausanne, as the top seed, Zidanšek beat

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and

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to win her first WTA Tour singles title.

2022: Top 25 debut, two major third rounds

Seeded 29th at the

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, she reached the third round for the first time, but lost to

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. At the

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, Zidanšek also reached the third round in which she lost to

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, in straight sets.

2023-2024: Third WTA 125 title, WTA semifinal

After saving four championship points and defeating

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in the final, Zidanšek won the WTA 125 tournament in

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. As a result, she moved 30 positions up in the rankings back to the top 100 on 11 September 2023. She qualified for the 2024 French Open defeating Hailey Baptiste in the final qualifying round. In the main draw, she defeated

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, to set up a match against world No. 3,

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, which she lost in straight sets. Ranked No. 261 at the Thailand Open, Zidanšek reached her first WTA Tour semifinal since January 2022 coming back from a set down to beat Tatiana Prozorova, sixth seed Katie Volynets, and

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, saving four match points in the quarterfinals. She lost in the last four to eventual champion, Rebecca Šramková.

2025: Australian Open

Zidanšek qualified for the main draw at the

, losing to

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in the first round.

Coaches

Zidanšek was coached by Zoran Krajnc until April 2021. In May 2021, her team signed with Pancho Alvariño from Spain. Carl Maes joined the team in December 2021 for a period of one year. After a few coaching trials, she is now coached by former Slovenian ATP Tour player

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Performance timelines

''Only main-draw results in

, Grand Slam tournaments,

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and

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are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current through the 2024 Mérida Open.''

Doubles

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 25 (17 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Team competitions

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup

Singles (9–8)

Doubles (3–3)

WTA Tour career earnings

''Current through the 2022 Australian Open''

Head-to-head record

Record against top 10 players

* She has a 1–7 () record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Notes

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zidansek, Tamara 1997 births Living people Slovenian female tennis players Sportspeople from Postojna People from the Municipality of Slovenske Konjice