Amra Sadiković

Amra Sadiković
	Sadiković at the 2016 Wimbledon; qualifying tournament
Country (sports)	Switzerland
Residence	Birr, Switzerland
Born	6 May 1989 (age 32); Prilep, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2009
Retired	April 2019
Coach	Jean-Claude Scherrer
Prize money	$301,943
Singles
Career record	314–235 (57.2%)
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 126 (18 July 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2017)
French Open	Q2 (2016)
Wimbledon	1R (2016)
US Open	Q2 (2013)
Doubles
Career record	168–119 (58.5%)
Career titles	15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 135 (10 October 2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	7–6

Amra Sadiković (Macedonian: Амра Садиковиќ; Bosnian pronunciation: [sadǐːkoʋitɕ]; born 6 May 1989) is an inactive Swiss tennis player. She announced her retirement in May 2014, a few days after her 25th birthday,^[1] only to begin playing 13 months later on the ITF Circuit again.^[2]

In her career, Sadiković won eight singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.^[1] On 18 July 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 126. On 10 October 2016, she peaked at No. 135 in the WTA doubles rankings.

In 2016, Sadiković made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at Wimbledon.^[3] She won three rounds of qualifying before facing defending (and eventual) champion Serena Williams in the first round, where she lost in straight sets.^[4]

Sadiković has a win/loss record of 7–6 for Switzerland in Fed Cup competition.

In April 2019, Sadiković announced her second and permanent retirement from professional tennis.

ITF finals[]

Singles: 13 (8–5)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (3–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	16 June 2008	ITF Davos, Switzerland	Clay	Michaela Pochabová	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 7–6⁽³⁾
Runner-up	1.	15 June 2009	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Michelle Gerards	2–6, 5–7
Winner	2.	15 March 2010	ITF Wetzikon, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Nina Zander	7–5, 7–5
Winner	3.	16 August 2010	Innsbruck, Austria	Clay	Ellen Barry	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	14 February 2011	Albufeira, Portugal	Hard	Lesley Kerkhove	6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	20 June 2011	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Ani Mijačika	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	4.	31 October 2011	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Gabriela Dabrowski	6–4, 6–2
Winner	5.	28 November 2011	Vendryně, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Karolína Plíšková	5–7, 6–1, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Winner	6.	26 March 2012	Fällanden, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic	6–3, 6–2
Winner	7.	30 April 2012	ITF Chiasso, Switzerland	Clay	Tereza Mrdeža	6–3, 6–3
Winner	8.	12 November 2012	ITF Helsinki, Finland	Carpet (i)	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	4.	19 October 2015	ITF Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Jovana Jakšić	3–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	22 February 2016	ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Kristýna Plíšková	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–7⁽³⁾

Doubles: 34 (15–19)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000/$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (3–7)
Clay (6–10)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (6–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	26 September 2006	ITF Thessaloniki, Greece	Clay	Stefanie Vögele	Nicole Clerico Alexandra Panova	4–6, 6–7⁽⁸⁾
Runner-up	2.	11 June 2007	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Paola Sprovieri	Eva-Maria Hoch Laura Siegemund	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	10 September 2007	ITF Innsbruck, Austria	Clay		Astrid Besser Monika Kochanová	5–7, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	1 October 2007	Castel Gandolfo, Italy	Clay	Stefanie Haidner	Stefania Chieppa Giulia Gatto-Monticone	2–3 ret.
Winner	1.	14 April 2008	ITF Bol, Croatia	Clay	Naomi Broady	Tina Obrez Anja Prislan	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	14 September 2008	ITF Casale Monferrato, Italy	Clay	Nicole Riner	Catarina Ferreira Oksana Kalashnikova	5–7, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Runner-up	6.	15 June 2009	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Michelle Gerards Marcella Koek	3–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	22 June 2009	ITF Davos, Switzerland	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Marcella Koek Lisa Sabino	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	7.	20 July 2009	ITF Horb, Germany	Clay	Anja Prislan	Michelle Gerards Marcella Koek	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 1–6
Winner	3.	8 March 2010	ITF Buchen, Germany	Carpet (i)	Irina Buryachok	Simona Dobrá Tereza Hladíková	7–5, 6–3
Winner	4.	15 March 2010	Wetzikon, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Xenia Knoll	Simona Dobrá Tereza Hladíková	6–4, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Runner-up	8.	21 June 2010	Davos, Switzerland	Clay	Sarah Moundir	Amanda Elliott Emelyn Starr	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	9.	16 August 2010	Innsbruck, Austria	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Victoria Larrière Elixane Lechemia	w/o
Winner	5.	21 February 2011	Portimão, Portugal	Hard	Ani Mijačika		6–1, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Winner	6.	14 March 2011	Fällanden, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Xenia Knoll	Dalila Jakupović Anja Prislan	6–3, 6–3
Winner	7.	4 April 2011	Šibenik, Croatia	Clay	Mateja Kraljevic	Simona Dobrá Tereza Hladíková	7–5, 6–3
Winner	8.	20 June 2011	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Ani Mijačika	Nikola Hofmanova Romana Tabak	4–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Winner	9.	26 March 2012	Fällanden, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Xenia Knoll	Lara Michel Emily Webley-Smith	6–7⁽³⁾, 6–4, [12–10]
Winner	10.	22 October 2012	Ismaning, Germany	Carpet (i)	Romina Oprandi	Jill Craybas Eva Hrdinová	4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Runner-up	10.	5 November 2012	Équeurdreville, France	Hard (i)	Ana Vrljić	Magda Linette Katarzyna Piter	4–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Winner	11.	21 January 2013	ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	Hard (i)	Ana Vrljić	Margarita Gasparyan Olga Savchuk	5–7, 7–5, [10–4]
Runner-up	11.	4 March 2013	ITF Irapuato]], Mexico	Hard	Aleksandra Krunić	Alla Kudryavtseva Olga Savchuk	6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Runner-up	12.	17 February 2014	ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Aleksandra Krunić	Eva Birnerová Michaëlla Krajicek	1–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Runner-up	13.	31 March 2014	ITF Edgbaston, England	Hard (i)	Magda Linette	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	6–3, 5–7, [4–10]
Runner-up	14.	24 August 2015	ITF Mamaia, Romania	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Anastasiya Komardina Sofia Shapatava	3–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Runner-up	15.	1 February 2016	ITF Grenoble, France	Hard (i)	Lidziya Marozava	Manon Arcangioli Alizé Lim	5–7, 2–6
Winner	12.	22 February 2016	ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Antonia Lottner	Tena Lukas Bernarda Pera	5–7, 6–2, [10–5]
Winner	13.	24 June 2017	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay		Gabriela Cé Catalina Pella	2–6, 6–4, [10–1]
Winner	14.	20 August 2017	ITF Montreux, Switzerland	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Michaela Hončová Isabella Shinikova	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	16.	24 September 2017	ITF Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Viktorija Golubic	Conny Perrin Tara Moore	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	17.	1 October 2017	Templeton Open, United States	Hard	Viktorija Golubic	Kaitlyn Christian Giuliana Olmos	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	18.	21 October 2017	ITF Florence, United States	Hard	Tara Moore	Maria Sanchez Taylor Townsend	1–6, 2–6
Winner	15.	9 February 2018	ITF Grenoble, France	Hard (i)	Eva Wacanno	Estelle Cascino Elixane Lechemia	4–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Runner-up	19.	13 May 2018	Fukuoka International, Japan	Carpet	Tara Moore	Naomi Broady Asia Muhammad	2–6, 0–6

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Amra Sadikovic tritt zurück". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 14 May 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
^ Baranzini, Fabio (21 June 2015). "Rücktritt vom Rücktritt nach nur einem Jahr - Amra Sadikovic ist zurück". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 27 August 2015.
^ Rothenburg, Ben (27 June 2016). "Amra Sadikovic Faces Serena Williams at Wimbledon Two Years After She Walked Away". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
^ "Wimbledon 2016: Serena Williams defeats Amra Sadikovic in two sets". BBC Sport. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.

External links[]

Amra Sadiković at the Women's Tennis Association
Amra Sadiković at the International Tennis Federation
Amra Sadiković at the Billie Jean King Cup
Official website (in German)

[NZZ-1] "Amra Sadikovic tritt zurück". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 14 May 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

[2] Baranzini, Fabio (21 June 2015). "Rücktritt vom Rücktritt nach nur einem Jahr - Amra Sadikovic ist zurück". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[3] Rothenburg, Ben (27 June 2016). "Amra Sadikovic Faces Serena Williams at Wimbledon Two Years After She Walked Away". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 July 2016.

[4] "Wimbledon 2016: Serena Williams defeats Amra Sadikovic in two sets". BBC Sport. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.

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Singles
Sadiković at the 2016 Wimbledon qualifying tournament
Country (sports)	Switzerland
Residence	Birr, Switzerland
Born	(1989-05-06) 6 May 1989 (age 32) Prilep, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2009
Retired	April 2019
Coach	Jean-Claude Scherrer
Prize money	$301,943
Career record	314–235 (57.2%)
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 126 (18 July 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2017)
French Open	Q2 (2016)
Wimbledon	1R (2016)
US Open	Q2 (2013)
Doubles
Career record	168–119 (58.5%)
Career titles	15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 135 (10 October 2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	7–6