Andreja Klepač

Andreja Klepač

Klepac at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports)	Slovenia
Residence	Koper, Slovenia
Born	(1986-03-13) 13 March 1986 (age 35) Koper, SFRY
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 2,120,534
Singles
Career record	217–232 (48.3%)
Career titles	0 WTA
Highest ranking	No. 99 (14 July 2008)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2007)
French Open	Q2 (2007)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2007)
US Open	1R (2007, 2008)
Doubles
Career record	371–331 (52.8%)
Career titles	10
Highest ranking	No. 12 (16 July 2018)
Current ranking	No. 25 (8 November 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2015, 2019)
French Open	QF (2018, 2021)
Wimbledon	3R (2017)
US Open	QF (2015, 2016, 2017)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2016)
French Open	QF (2017)
Wimbledon	QF (2016, 2021)
US Open	2R (2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	14–24
Last updated on: 4 June 2021.

Andreja Klepač (born 13 March 1986) is a professional Slovenian tennis player. On 14 July 2008, Klepač reached her best singles rankings of world No. 99. On 16 July 2018, she peaked at No. 12 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Career[]

She has made one WTA Tour singles final in Budapest in 2008 and won five WTA Tour doubles titles and appeared in six other finals.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

In July 2013, she won her first WTA doubles title in Bad Gastein with Sandra Klemenschits.^[5]

In 2015, Klepač reached the quarterfinals at Australian Open with Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and US Open^[6][7] with Lara Arruabarrena.^[8]

In 2017 she has been playing together with Spaniard María José Martínez Sánchez when they reached the 2017 US Open (tennis) quarterfinals, her third consecutive quarterfinal at this Grand Slam. In 2018, they also reached three finals, defeating in the way to them top pairs like Latisha Chan/Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková (Brisbane) and Timea Babos/Kristina Mladenovic (Doha). They lost two tie-breakers in the semifinal of the 2018 Mutua Madrid Open against Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina.

Klepač also reached the quarterfinals of the 2018 French Open, the 2019 Australian Open partnering with María José Martínez Sánchez, and the 2021 French Open partnering with Croatian Darija Jurak.

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline[]

Significant finals[]

WTA 1000 finals[]

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-up)[]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2018	Qatar Open, Doha	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko	3–6, 3–6
Win	2019	Cincinnati Open, Mason	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs	6–4, 6–1
Loss	2021	Canadian Open, Montreal	Hard	Darija Jurak	Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani	3–6, 4–6

WTA Elite Trophy[]

Singles: 1 title[]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2019	WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai	Hard (i)	Lyudmyla Kichenok	Duan Yingying Yang Zhaoxuan	6–3, 6–3

WTA career finals[]

Singles: 1 runner-up[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2008	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Tier III	Clay	Alizé Cornet	6–7(5–7), 3–6

Doubles: 21 (10 titles, 11 runner-ups)[]

Results	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2007	Slovenia Open	Tier IV	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová	7–5, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss	0–2	Apr 2009	Barcelona Open, Spain	Tier III	Clay	Sorana Cîrstea	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	6–3, 2–6, [8–10]
Win	1–2	Jul 2013	Gastein Ladies, Austria	International	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Kristina Barrois Eleni Daniilidou	6–1, 6–4
Loss	1–3	Jul 2014	Gastein Ladies, Austria	International	Clay	María Teresa Torró Flor	Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková	6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Win	2–3	Jul 2014	Swedish Open	International	Clay	María Teresa Torró Flor	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	6–1, 6–1
Win	3–3	Aug 2014	Connecticut Open, U.S.	Premier	Hard	Sílvia Soler Espinosa	Marina Erakovic Arantxa Parra Santonja	7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss	3–4	Oct 2014	Tianjin Open, China	International	Hard	Sorana Cîrstea	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova	7–6(8–6), 2–6, [8–10]
Loss	3–5	Aug 2015	Washington Open, U.S.	International	Hard	Lara Arruabarrena	Belinda Bencic Kristina Mladenovic	5–7, 6–7(7–9)
Win	4–5	Sep 2015	Korea Open, South Korea	International	Hard	Lara Arruabarrena	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	4–6	Oct 2015	Hong Kong Open, China S.A.R.	International	Hard	Lara Arruabarrena	Alizé Cornet Yaroslava Shvedova	5–7, 4–6
Win	5–6	Sep 2017	Pan Pacific Open, Japan	Premier	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Daria Gavrilova Daria Kasatkina	6–3, 6–2
Loss	5–7	Jan 2018	Brisbane International, Australia	Premier	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Kiki Bertens Demi Schuurs	5–7, 2–6
Loss	5–8	Feb 2018	Qatar Open	Premier 5	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko	3–6, 3–6
Loss	5–9	Apr 2018	Charleston Open, U.S.	Premier	Clay (green)	María José Martínez Sánchez	Alla Kudryavtseva Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 3–6
Win	6–9	Jun 2018	Mallorca Open, Spain	International	Grass	María José Martínez Sánchez	Lucie Šafářová Barbora Štefková	6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
Win	7–9	Aug 2019	Cincinnati Open, U.S.	Premier 5	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs	6–4, 6–1
Win	8–9	Oct 2019	WTA Elite Trophy, China	Elite Trophy	Hard (i)	Lyudmyla Kichenok	Duan Yingying Yang Zhaoxuan	6–3, 6–3
Loss	8–10	May 2021	Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy	WTA 250	Clay	Darija Jurak	Coco Gauff Caty McNally	3–6, 2–6
Win	9–10	Jun 2021	Bad Homburg Open, Italy	WTA 250	Grass	Darija Jurak	Nadiia Kichenok Raluca Olaru	6–3, 6–1
Win	10–10	Aug 2021	Silicon Valley Classic, U.S.	WTA 500	Hard	Darija Jurak	Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani	6–1, 7–5
Loss	10–11	Aug 2021	Canadian Open	WTA 1000	Hard	Darija Jurak	Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani	3–6, 4–6

ITF Career finals[]

Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner–ups)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2004	ITF Maribor, Slovenia	10,000	Clay	Maša Zec Peškirič	6–2, 7–5
Win	1–1	Apr 2005	ITF Rabat, Morocco	10,000	Clay	Dominika Cibulková	6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Mar 2006	ITF Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.	10,000	Hard		6–4, 6–2
Win	2–2	Jul 2006	ITF Torun, Poland	25,000	Clay	Joanna Sakowicz	6–0, 6–2
Loss	2–3	Jul 2006	ITF Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine	25,000	Clay	Kristina Antoniychuk	6–3, 6–7(5), 6–4
Win	3–3	Aug 2006	ITF Maribor, Slovenia	10,000	Clay	Dia Evtimova	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	3–4	Mar 2011	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Marina Erakovic	7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 21 (13 titles, 8 runner–ups)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2005	ITF Rabat, Morocco	10,000	Clay			6–0, 6–2
Win	2–0	Sep 2005	ITF Madrid, Spain	25,000	Hard	Nika Ožegović	Kelly Liggan Seda Noorlander	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–0	Mar 2006	ITF Abu Dhabi, UAE	10,000	Hard	Petra Cetkovská		6–1, 6–3
Loss	3–1	Jun 2006	ITF Padova, Italy	25,000	Clay	Larissa Carvalho	Darija Jurak Renata Voráčová	6–4, 6–3
Win	4–1	Jul 2006	ITF Torun, Poland	25,000	Clay	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	Edina Gallovits-Hall Lenka Tvarošková	7–6(5), 6–4
Win	5–1	Aug 2006	ITF Alphen a/d Rijn, Netherlands	25,000	Clay	Danica Krstajić	Leslie Butkiewicz Caroline Maes	6–2, 7–6(1)
Win	6–1	Apr 2007	ITF Putignano, Italy	25,000	Hard	Monica Niculescu	Jessica Kirkland Carmen Klaschka	6–2, 7–5
Win	7–1	July 2007	ITF Rimini, Italy	75,000	Clay	Maret Ani	Karolina Jovanović Mervana Jugić-Salkić	6–4, 6–0
Loss	7–2	Sep 2009	ITF Saint-Malo, France	100,000	Clay	Aurélie Védy	Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin	6–3 ret.
Win	8–2	Dec 2009	ITF Přerov, Czech Republic	25,000	Hard (i)	Sandra Klemenschits	Darija Jurak Katalin Marosi	7–6(3), 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	8–3	May 2010	ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	25,000	Clay	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán	Bianca Botto Amanda Carreras	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	9–3	Jun 2010	ITF Maribor, Slovenia	50,000	Clay	Tadeja Majerič	Alexandra Panova Ksenia Pervak	6–3, 7–6(6)
Win	10–3	Jun 2010	ITF Padova, Italy	25,000	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Claudia Giovine Valentina Sulpizio	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win	11–3	Jun 2010	ITF Getxo, Spain	25,000	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Lu Jingjing Laura Siegemund	6–0, 6–0
Loss	11–4	Jun 2010	ITF Cuneo, Italy	100,000	Clay	Sorana Cîrstea	Eva Birnerová Lucie Hradecká	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss	11–5	Sep 2010	ITF Biella, Italy	100,000	Clay	Aurélie Védy	Mariya Koryttseva Raluca Olaru	7–5, 6–4
Loss	11–6	Sep 2010	ITF Mestre, Italy	50,000	Clay	Eva Birnerová	Claudia Giovine Karin Knapp	6–7(6), 7–5, [13–11]
Loss	11–7	Oct 2010	ITF Jounieh, Lebanon	100,000	Clay	Eva Birnerová	Petra Cetkovská Renata Voráčová	7–5, 6–2
Loss	11–8	Jun 2011	ITF Torún, Poland	50,000	Clay	Edina Gallovits-Hall	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Tatjana Malek	6–2, 7–5
Win	12–8	Aug 2011	ITF Kazan, Russia	50,000	Hard	Ekaterina Lopes	Vitalia Diatchenko Alexandra Panova	w/o
Win	13–8	Jun 2013	ITF Marseille, France	100,000	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Asia Muhammad Allie Will	1–6, 6–4, [10–5]

World TeamTennis[]

Klepac has played four seasons with World TeamTennis starting in 2016 when she debuted in the league with the Washington Kastles. In 2017, she played her first season for the Orange County Breakers and was named the Female MVP of the 2017 World TeamTennis Finals after leading the Breakers to the title. She played for Breakers for the 2018 and 2019 seasons as well. It was announced that she will be joining the Orange County Breakers during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12.^[9]

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