Danka Kovinić

Danka Kovinić

Kovinić at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Montenegro
Residence	Herceg Novi, Montenegro
Born	(1994-11-18.) 18 November 1994 Cetinje, FR Yugoslavia
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es)	Svetko Bjelotomić Veljko Radojicić
Prize money	USD$ 980,486
Singles
Career record	205–142
Career titles	0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 46 (22 February 2016)
Current ranking	No. 122 (31 July 2017)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2016, 2017)
French Open	2R (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2015, 2016)
US Open	2R (2015)
Doubles
Career record	69–60
Career titles	1 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 68 (6 June 2016)
Current ranking	No. 97 (16 January 2017)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2016, 2017)
French Open	1R (2016)
US Open	1R (2015)
Medal record Games of the Small States of Europe 2015 Reykjavík Singles 2015 Reykjavík Mixed Doubles
Last updated on: 23 May 2016.

Danka Kovinić (Serbian: Данка Ковинић; born 18 November 1994) is a Montenegrin professional tennis player and a member of the Montenegro Fed Cup team Fed Cup team.

On 22 February 2016, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 46, whilst her best doubles ranking, 68, was achieved on 6 June 2016.

2010–2015

Kovinić started playing professionally in 2010. Her first WTA singles tournament was the 2013 Budapest Grand Prix. By reaching the quarterfinals Kovinic became the first ever Montenegrin to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA event.^[1] Her first singles Grand Slam match wins were at the 2015 French Open and the 2015 US Open, and she reached her first singles WTA final at the Tianjin Open in October 2015.

Her first WTA doubles match was at Bogotá, Colombia in April 2014, and she won her first WTA doubles tournament, with Stephanie Vogt, in July 2015 at Bad Gastein, Austria.

2016

In doubles play she advanced to two finals, with Barbora Strýcová at Auckland in January, and with Xenia Knoll at the İstanbul Cup in April. At the same time, she also reached the singles final in İstanbul. The next month, playing number 10 seed Petra Kvitová in the first round of the 2016 French Open, she came within two points of winning the match.^[2][3]

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	18 October 2015	Tianjin Open, Tianjin, China	Hard	Agnieszka Radwańska	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	24 April 2016	Istanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey	Clay	Çağla Büyükakçay	6–3, 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	26 July 2015	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Stephanie Vogt	Lara Arruabarrena Lucie Hradecká	4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Runner-up	1.	9 January 2016	ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Barbora Strýcová	Elise Mertens An-Sophie Mestach	6–2, 3–6, [5–10]
Runner-up	2.	24 April 2016	Istanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Andreea Mitu İpek Soylu	walkover

ITF Circuit finals

Singles finals: 14 (9–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	10 October 2010	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Isabella Shinikova	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	12 June 2011	Nyíregyháza, Hungary	Clay	Simona Dobrá	4–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	26 June 2011	Balş, Romania	Clay	Alice-Andrada Radu	6–0, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	11 September 2011	Podgorica, Montenegro	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	1–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	13 April 2012	Tlemcen, Algeria	Clay	Alexandra Romanova	6–2, 6–2
Winner	4.	8 July 2012	Toruń, Poland	Clay	Paula Kania	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	5.	22 June 2013	Ystad, Sweden	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	6–3, 6–3
Winner	6.	30 June 2013	Kristinehamn, Sweden	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	6–1, 7–5
Winner	7.	18 May 2014	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Pauline Parmentier	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	8 March 2015	Curitiba, Brazil	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Winner	8.	10 May 2015	Trnava, Slovakia	Clay	Margarita Gasparyan	7–5, 6–3
Winner	9.	5 June 2016	Marseille, France	Clay	Hsieh Su-wei	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	18 June 2017	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Mihaela Buzărnescu	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	15 July 2017	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Jana Čepelová	4–6, 3–6

Doubles finals: 7 (3–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runners-up	1.	11 September 2011	Podgorica, Montenegro	Clay	Danica Krstajić	Corinna Dentoni Florencia Molinero	4–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Runners-up	2.	29 October 2011	Lagos, Nigeria	Carpet (i)	Elina Svitolina	Melanie Klaffner Ágnes Szatmári	0–6, 7–6, [5–10]
Runners-up	3.	13 April 2013	Mamaia, Romania	Clay	Tadeja Majerič	Elena Bogdan Raluca Olaru	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Runners-up	4.	1 September 2012	La Marsa, Tunisia	Clay	Laura Pigossi	Réka-Luca Jani Eugeniya Pashkova	3–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Winners	1.	25 May 2012	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Elena Bogdan Cristina Dinu	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Winners	2.	13 February 2015	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Andreea Mitu	Tatiana Búa Paula Cristina Gonçalves	6–2, 7–5
Winners	3.	10? July 2015	Contrexéville, France	Clay	Oksana Kalashnikova	Irina Ramialison Constance Sibille	2–6, 6–3, [10–6]

Other finals

Singles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponents	Score
Gold	2015	Games of the Small States of Europe	Clay	Kathinka von Deichmann	6–0, 6–1

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score
2016
1.	Roberta Vinci	No. 8	Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid, Spain	Clay	1st Round	6–4, 6–2

References

External links

• Danka Kovinić at the Women's Tennis Association
• Danka Kovinić at the International Tennis Federation
• Danka Kovinić at the Fed Cup