Ajla Tomljanović

Ajla Tomljanović

2009 US Open
Country  Croatia
Residence Zagreb, Croatia
Born 7 May 1993 (1993-05-07) (age 18)
Zagreb, Croatia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro December 2009
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money US$ 99,888
Singles
Career record 79-43
Career titles 0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking No. 154 (20 September 2010)
Current ranking No. 170 (11 July 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open QR2 (2011)
French Open QR1 (2010, 2011)
Wimbledon QR3 (2010)
US Open QR2 (2010)
Doubles
Career record 9-10
Career titles 0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 379 (2 November 2009)
Current ranking No. 573 (23 May 2011)
Last updated on: 23 May 2011.

Ajla Tomljanović (born 7 May 1993) is a Croatian professional tennis player. She is former junior World No. 4.[1] Partnering with Christina McHale, she won the 2009 Australian Open in Girls' Doubles. Tomljanović won her first ITF singles event in January 2010.[2]

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Personal life

Tomljanović was born on 7 May 1993 to Ratko and Emina Tomljanović.[2] She was born and raised in Zagreb, where she remains.[1][2] Her elder sister Hana Tomljanović plays tennis for University of Virginia.[2] Tomljanović is a fan of basketball.[1][2] She began playing tennis aged seven and is coached by Fernando Martínez.[1][2]

Tennis career

Junior career

Professional career

Tomljanović played her first professional ITF Circuit event in October 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico, and lost 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 to Estefania Craciún in the semifinals. She then qualified for another ITF event in Mexico City, but lost 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 to Karolina Kosińska in the second round.[3] In January 2009 Tomljanović qualified for the ITF event in Boca Raton, Florida, where she lost to Heidi El Tabakh 1–6, 6–4, 6–3 in the second round. She was awarded with a wild card for 2009 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, and lost to Angela Haynes 7–5, 6–2.[3][4] Tomljanović then made a chain of three consecutive losses in the second rounds, in at the ITF tournaments in Redding, California, Osprey, Florida, and Makarska, Croatia, losing to, respectively Rika Fujiwara, Katerina Kramperová and Ana Savić. At the ITF event in Zagreb, she lost to Tereza Hladiková in the first round 6–2, 4–6, 6–2.[3] On 10 May 2009 in Zagreb, Tomljanović won her first ITF doubles title, partnering with Croatian fellow Petra Martić.[5][3]

Career statistics

ITF Circuit singles finals (3–3)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner–up 1. November 29, 2009 Puebla, Mexico Hard Naomi Broady 6–7(4), 3–6
Winner 2. January 17, 2010 Plantation, USA Clay Johanna Larsson 6–3, 6–3
Runner–up 3. April 4, 2010 Pelham, USA Clay Edina Gallovits 2–6, 0–6
Runner–up 4. May 16, 2010 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Lucie Hradecká 1–6, 6–7(4)
Winner 5. March 13, 2011 Clearwater, USA Hard Sesil Karatantcheva 7–6(3), 6–3
Runner–up 6. April 10, 2011 Jackson, USA Clay Marina Erakovic 1-6, 2-6
Winner 7. May 29, 2011 Grado, Italy Clay Alexandra Cadanţu 6–2, 6–4

ITF Circuit doubles finals (1-0)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. May 10, 2009 Zagreb, Croatia Clay Petra Martić Ksenia Milevskaya
Anastasia Pivovarova		 6–3, 6–7(4), 10–5

Grand Slam girls' doubles finals (1-0)

No. Outcome Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Winner 1. 2009 Australian Open Hard Christina McHale Aleksandra Krunić
Sandra Zaniewska		 6–1, 2–6, 10–4

References

  1. ^ a b c d Ajla Tomljanović at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
  2. ^ a b c d e f Ajla Tomljanović at the International Tennis Federation
  3. ^ a b c d Ajla Tomljanović – Activity at the International Tennis Federation
  4. ^ Ajla Tomljanović at coretennis.com
  5. ^ Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | Players | Stats | Ajla Tomljanović

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