Kaja Juvan

Kaja Juvan
	Juvan at the 2019 Wimbledon
Country (sports)	Slovenia
Born	25 November 2000 (age 20); Ljubljana, Slovenia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2016
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Philippe Dehaes
Prize money	US$ 932,510
Singles
Career record	145–63 (69.7%)
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 91 (22 February 2021)
Current ranking	No. 114 (16 August 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2021)
French Open	2R (2020)
Wimbledon	3R (2021)
US Open	2R (2020)
Doubles
Career record	12–10 (54.5%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 240 (16 August 2021)
Current ranking	No. 240 (16 August 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2021)
	Last updated on: 16 August 2021.

Kaja Juvan (born 25 November 2000) is a Slovenian tennis player. She became professional on 17 October 2016. She has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 91, achieved on 22 February 2021, and peaked at No. 576 in the doubles rankings on 14 December 2020.

She won her maiden WTA Tour doubles title at the 2021 Winners Open in Cluj-Napoca, partnering Natela Dzalamidze.

Junior Career[]

On the junior tour, she achieved a career-high combined ranking of 5, in January 2017. She reached the semifinals of both the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and the 2016 US Open girls' doubles events. She was also winner of the Orange Bowl in 2016.

Professional career[]

2019: Breakthrough, Grand Slam debut[]

She made her Grand Slam debut as a lucky loser at the 2019 French Open where she lost in the first round.

After winning her qualifier bracket, she reached the second round of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships where she lost a three-set match to Serena Williams.^[1]

2021: Australian Open and Wimbledon third rounds, top 100 debut[]

Juvan reached the third round of a Grand Slam at the 2021 Australian Open as a qualifier for the first time in her career defeating thirteenth seed Johanna Konta in the first round, her first top-15 win, and Mayar Sherif in the second round. She lost to eventual Australian Open runner-up and 22nd seed Jennifer Brady. As a result she entered the top 100 at a career-high of World No. 91 on 22 February 2021.

In June she reached also the 2021 Wimbledon Championships third round where she defeated ninth seed Belinda Bencic in the first round, her second top-15 win for 2021, and French qualifier Clara Burel in the second round.

Fed Cup[]

Juvan has represented Slovenia in Fed Cup competition, where she has a win/loss record of 7–8.

Performance timelines[]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	P	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current after the 2021 Winners Open.

Singles[]

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q2	1R	3R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
French Open	1R	2R	1R	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Wimbledon	2R	NH	3R	0 / 2	3–2	60%
US Open	A	2R		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Win–Loss	1–2	2–3	4–3	0 / 8	7–8	47%
WTA 1000
Madrid Open	A	NH	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Italian Open	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Career statistics
Tournaments	4	7	9	Career total: 20
Overall W–L	2–4	4–7	8–8	0 / 20	14–19	42%
Win (%)	43%	42%	50%	Career total: 46%
Year-end ranking	133	104		$932,510

WTA career finals[]

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[]

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (0–0)
WTA 250 (1–0)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2021	Cluj-Napoca Open, Romania	WTA 250	Clay	Natela Dzalamidze	Katarzyna Piter Mayar Sherif	6–3, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (7–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2016	ITF Velenje, Slovenia	10,000	Clay	Gabriela Pantůčková	6–4, 2–6, 0–6
Win	1–1	Oct 2016	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Tena Lukas	6–3, 6–1
Loss	1–2	Mar 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Camilla Scala	6–2, 5–7, 2–6
Win	2–2	Jun 2017	ITF Maribor, Slovenia	15,000	Clay	Nina Potočnik	6–4, 6–2
Win	3–2	Apr 2018	ITF Balatonboglár, Hungary	25,000	Clay	Raluca Șerban	6–4, 6–1
Loss	3–3	May 2018	ITF Andijan, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Sabina Sharipova	4–6, 2–6
Win	4–3	Jun 2018	ITF Ystad, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Andreea Roșca	2–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss	4–4	Jul 2018	ITF Turin, Italy	25,000	Clay	Andreea Roșca	1–6, 1–6
Win	5–4	Sep 2018	ITF Bagnatica, Italy	25,000	Clay	Jasmine Paolini	6–7^(8–10), 6–1, 7–5
Win	6–4	Oct 2018	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Polina Leykina	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	6–5	Mar 2019	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Jil Teichmann	6–7^(3–7), 0–6
Win	7–5	Apr 2019	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	6–1, 3–0 ret.

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

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2016	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Lea Bošković	Mariana Dražić Ani Mijačika	4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Loss	1–1	Dec 2020	Al Habtoor Challenge, U.A.E.	100,000	Hard	Aliona Bolsova	Ekaterine Gorgodze Ankita Raina	4–6, 6–3, [6–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals[]

Girls' doubles: 1 (1 title)[]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Win	2017	Wimbledon	Grass	Olga Danilović	Caty McNally Whitney Osuigwe	6–4, 6–3

Fed Cup participation[]

Singles[]

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R/R	21 Apr 2017	Šiauliai, Lithuania	Norway	Hard (i)	Astrid Wanja Brune Olsen	L	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 3–6
2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I	R/R	7 Feb 2018	Tallinn, Estonia	Croatia	Hard (i)	Lea Bošković	L	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I	R/R	9 Feb 2018	Tallinn, Estonia	Sweden	Hard (i)	Jacqueline Cabaj Awad	W	6–1, 6–3
2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I	R/R	6 Feb 2019	Bath, Great Britain	Great Britain	Hard (i)	Katie Boulter	L	4–6, 2–6
		7 Feb 2019		Hungary		Dalma Gálfi	L	1–6, 4–6
		8 Feb 2019		Greece		Valentini Grammatikopoulou	L	6–7^(2–7), 7–5, 3–6
	P/O	9 Feb 2019		Georgia		Mariam Bolkvadze	W	6–1, 3–0 ret.
2020 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I	R/R	5 Feb 2020	Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	Turkey	Hard (i)	Başak Eraydın	W	6–4, 7–5
2020 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I	PO	8 Feb 2020	Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	Serbia	Hard (i)	Olga Danilović	W	6–2, 6–2

Doubles[]

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II	R/R	20 Apr 2017	Šiauliai, Lithuania	Sweden	Hard (i)	Andreja Klepač	Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Kajsa Rinaldo Persson	W	6–3, 7–5
2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I	R/R	8 Feb 2018	Tallinn, Estonia	Hungary	Hard (i)	Tamara Zidanšek	Dalma Gálfi Fanny Stollár	L	4–6, 3–6
2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I	R/R	9 Feb 2018	Tallinn, Estonia	Sweden	Hard (i)	Nika Radišič	Mirjam Björklund Jacqueline Cabaj Awad	W	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–2
2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I	R/R	6 Feb 2019	Bath, Great Britain	Great Britain	Hard (i)	Dalila Jakupović	Harriet Dart Katie Swan	L	2–6, 2–6
2020 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I	R/R	6 Feb 2020	Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	Poland	Hard (i)	Pia Lovrič	Maja Chwalińska Alicja Rosolska	W	7–5, 6–0
2020 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I	PO	8 Feb 2020	Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	Serbia	Hard (i)	Tamara Zidanšek	Aleksandra Krunić Nina Stojanović	L	4–6, 4–6

References[]

^ Zagoria, Adam (4 July 2019). "Serena Williams Survives 18-Year-Old Qualifier Kaja Juvan, Advances To Third Round At Wimbledon". Forbes. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

External links[]

Kaja Juvan at the Women's Tennis Association
Kaja Juvan at the International Tennis Federation
Kaja Juvan at the Billie Jean King Cup

Sporting positions
Preceded by Bianca Andreescu	Orange Bowl Girls' Singles Champion Category: 18 and under 2016	Succeeded by Whitney Osuigwe

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[forbes-2019-07-06-1] Zagoria, Adam (4 July 2019). "Serena Williams Survives 18-Year-Old Qualifier Kaja Juvan, Advances To Third Round At Wimbledon". Forbes. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

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