Tamara Zidanšek

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Tamara Zidanšek
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Zidanšek at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) Slovenia
ResidenceDoha, Qatar
Born (1997-12-26) 26 December 1997 (age 24)
Postojna, Slovenia
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachMarjan Čuk
Prize moneyUS$ 2,163,720
Singles
Career record260–118 (68.8%)
Career titles1 WTA, 2 WTA 125, 17 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 24 (21 February 2022)
Current rankingNo. 24 (21 February 2022)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open3R (2022)
French OpenSF (2021)
Wimbledon2R (2019)
US Open2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record75–50 (60.0%)
Career titles3 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 56 (25 January 2021)
Current rankingNo. 129 (21 February 2022)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2021, 2022)
French Open2R (2020, 2021)
Wimbledon2R (2019, 2021)
US Open1R (2019, 2021)
Last updated on: 21 February 2022.

Tamara Zidanšek (Slovene: [zíːdanˈʃɛːk]; born 26 December 1997) is a Slovenian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 29 in singles, achieved on 17 January 2022, and No. 56 in doubles, achieved on 25 January 2021. She is currently the No. 1 Slovene singles tennis player. She has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour and two WTA 125 singles titles, as well as 17 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On the junior tour, she was a top 20 junior and had a career-high ranking of No. 16, achieved in December 2015. Playing for the Slovenia Fed Cup team, she has a win/loss record of 6–7.

Professional career[]

2014: Professional debut[]

Zidanšek made a perfect professional debut in 2014 at her home in Velenje, passing three qualifying rounds to go in the main draw and claim the first title on the pro-level still at the age of 16.[2]

2021: First Grand Slam singles semifinal, top 50 debut, first top-10 win, top 30 year-end ranking[]

She reached the quarterfinals and the semifinals of a Grand Slam event at the 2021 French Open for the first time in her career, after defeating Sorana Cîrstea in straight sets[3] and Paula Badosa in three sets,[4] making her the first Slovenian female player to accomplish this since the country achieved its independence in 1991. As a result, Zidanšek entered the top 50 for the first time in her career. She also scored her first top-ten win in the first round over No. 6 seed, Bianca Andreescu.[5] In the semifinal, Zidanšek was defeated in straight sets by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

2022[]

Seeded 29th, at her career best ranking, she reached the Australian Open third round for the first time at this major. Then she lost to Alizé Cornet.

Coaching[]

Zidanšek was coached by Zoran Krajnc until April 2021. In May 2021, her team, led by Marjan Čuk, signed with Pancho Alvariño from Spain.

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/Paralympic 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.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win/loss records.[6]

Singles[]

Current after the 2022 Australian Open.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q2 2R 2R 1R 3R 0 / 4 4–4 50%
French Open Q1 Q2 1R 1R SF 0 / 3 5–3 63%
Wimbledon Q1 Q3 2R NH 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
US Open A 1R 1R A 2R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 2–4 1–2 6–4 2–1 0 / 12 11–12 48%
WTA 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A NH 3R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Miami Open A A 1R NH Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A A A NH 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Italian Open A A 1R A 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Cincinnati Open A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wuhan Open A A 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 7 18 9 19 3 Career total: 56
Titles 0 0 0 0 1 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 1 0 2 0 Career total: 3
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 7–7 15–18 6–10 24–18 5–2 1 / 56 57–55 51%
Year-end ranking 180 70 64 87 30 $2,163,720

Doubles[]

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 2R 2R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
French Open A 1R 2R 2R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Wimbledon A 2R NH 2R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
US Open A 1R A 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–Loss 0–0 1–3 1–2 3–4 1–1 0 / 10 6–10 38%
WTA 1000
Miami Open A A NH 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
Titles 1 0 2 0 Career total: 3
Finals 1 1 2 0 Career total: 4

WTA career finals[]

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)[]

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (0–0)
International / WTA 250 (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2019 Nuremberg Cup, Germany International Clay Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 2021 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia WTA 250 Clay Colombia Camila Osorio 7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Jul 2021 Swiss Open Lausanne WTA 250 Clay France Clara Burel 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–1

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)[]

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
Premier / WTA 500 (0–1)
International / WTA 250 (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2018 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Serbia Olga Danilović Romania Irina-Camelia Begu
Romania Raluca Olaru 		7–5, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Sep 2019 Zhengzhou Open, China Premier Hard Belgium Yanina Wickmayer United States Nicole Melichar
Czech Republic Květa Peschke 		1–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 2–1 Aug 2020 Internazionali di Palermo, Italy International Clay Netherlands Arantxa Rus Italy Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Italy Martina Trevisan 		7–5, 7–5
Win 3–1 Nov 2020 Linz Open, Austria International Hard (i) Netherlands Arantxa Rus Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková 		6–3, 6–4

WTA Challenger finals[]

Singles: 2 (2 titles)[]

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2018 Bol Open, Croatia Clay Poland Magda Linette 6–1, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jun 2019 Bol Open, Croatia (2) Clay Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo 7–5, 7–5

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 24 (17 titles, 7 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (14–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2014 ITF Velenje, Slovenia 10,000 Clay Austria Barbara Haas 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss 1–1 May 2015 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay Croatia Tena Lukas 2–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 Jun 2015 ITF Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzogovina 10,000 Clay Serbia Marina Kachar 6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Win 3–1 Jun 2015 ITF Telavi, Georgia 10,000 Clay Belarus Sadafmoh Tolibova 6–4, 6–1
Win 4–1 Jun 2015 ITF Telavi, Georgia 10,000 Clay Hungary Szabina Szlavikovics 6–3, 6–3
Win 5–1 Aug 2015 ITF Arad, Romania 10,000 Clay Slovakia Chantal Škamlová 6–1, 6–3
Loss 5–2 Aug 2015 ITF Bagnatica, Italy 15,000 Clay Germany Anne Schäfer 6–2, 1–6, 2–6
Win 6–2 Sep 2015 ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Russia Polina Leykina 6–3, 6–2
Loss 6–3 Apr 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay Romania Irina Bara 3–6, 3–6
Win 7–3 Apr 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay France Alice Bacquié 6–1, 6–0
Win 8–3 May 2016 ITF Győr, Hungary 25,000 Clay Russia Ekaterina Alexandrova 6–4, 6–4
Win 9–3 May 2016 Hódmezővásárhely Open, Hungary 25,000 Clay Czech Republic Karolína Muchová 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 10–3 Dec 2016 ITF Santiago, Chile 25,000 Clay Brazil Paula Cristina Gonçalves 6–1, 6–4
Win 11–3 Dec 2016 ITF Pune, India 25,000 Hard Russia Polina Monova 6–4, 6–2
Loss 11–4 Dec 2016 ITF Navi Mumbai, India 25,000 Hard China Lu Jiajing 3–6, 1–6
Loss 11–5 Feb 2017 Launceston International, Australia 60,000 Hard United States Jamie Loeb 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 12–5 Sep 2017 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Croatia Tereza Mrdeža 7–6(7–4), 7–5
Win 13–5 Nov 2017 Bendigo International, Australia 60,000 Hard Australia Olivia Rogowska 5–7, 6–1, 6–0
Loss 13–6 Nov 2017 ITF Toyota, Japan 60,000 Carpet (i) Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu 0–6, 1–6
Win 14–6 Feb 2018 ITF Curitiba, Brazil 25,000 Clay France Fiona Ferro 7–5, 6–4
Loss 14–7 Mar 2018 ITF São Paulo, Brazil 25,000 Clay Austria Julia Grabher 4���6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 15–7 Apr 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Italy Anastasia Grymalska 6–3, 6–1
Win 16–7 Apr 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay France Myrtille Georges 6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Win 17–7 Dec 2018 ITF Pune, India 25,000 Hard India Karman Thandi 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (4–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2015 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay Slovenia Slovenia Natalija Šipek
Slovenia Eva Zagorac 		6–1, 6–1
Loss 1–1 May 2015 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay Slovenia Pia Čuk Russia Anastasiya Komardina
Slovakia Zuzana Luknárová 		2–6, 6–0, [7–10]
Win 2–1 Aug 2015 ITF Tarvisio, Italy 10,000 Clay Slovenia Pia Čuk Italy Giorgia Marchetti
Italy Maria Masini 		6–1, 6–4
Win 3–1 Oct 2016 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Switzerland Jil Teichmann Italy Claudia Giovine
Italy Camilla Rosatello 		6–2, 6–4
Win 4–1 Nov 2016 ITF Santiago, Chile 25,000 Clay Argentina Guadalupe Pérez Rojas United States Usue Maitane Arconada
Italy 		6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 4–2 Feb 2017 Launceston International, Australia 60,000 Hard Italy Georgia Brescia Australia Monique Adamczak
United States Nicole Melichar 		1–6, 2–6
Loss 4–3 Dec 2017 ITF Navi Mumbai, India 25,000 Hard India Pranjala Yadlapalli Spain Georgina García Pérez
Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča 		0–6, 1–6
Loss 4–4 Nov 2018 ITF Pune, India 25,000 Hard Bulgaria Aleksandrina Naydenova India Ankita Raina
India Karman Thandi 		2–6, 7–6(7–5), [9–11]

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation[]

Singles: 3 (3–0)[]

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2017 Z2 R/R Apr 2017 Šiauliai (LTU) Sweden Sweden Hard (i) Johanna Larsson W 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
South Africa South Africa Chanel Simmonds W 6–4, 6–2
Z2 P/O Luxembourg Luxembourg Eléonora Molinaro W 4–6, 7–5, 6–2

WTA Tour career earnings[]

As of 4 October 2021

Year Grand Slam
singles titles		 WTA
singles titles		 Total
singles titles		 Earnings ($) Money list rank
2014 0 0 0 2,222 1024
2015 0 0 0 15,545 404
2016 0 0 0 19,076 369
2017 0 0 0 33,251 324
2018 0 0 0 215,778 152
2019 0 0 0 474,370 93
2020 0 0 0 217,297 116
2021 0 0 0 887,466 29
Career 0 0 0 1,907,097 275

Top 10 wins[]

Season 2021 Total
Wins 1 1
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score TZR
2021
1. Canada Bianca Andreescu No. 7 French Open Clay 1R 6–7(1), 7–6(2), 9–7 No. 85

Notes[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Tamara Zidansek Player Profile - The Championships, Wimbledon 2018 - Official Site by IBM". wimbledon.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  2. ^ "WTA Bol: Tamara Zidansek claims her biggest title on the paradise island". Tennis World. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Zidansek scores Slovenian milestone, sets first-time QFist clash with Badosa in Paris".
  4. ^ "Zidansek bests Badosa in overtime to reach French Open semifinal".
  5. ^ "From junior champion snowboarder to upsetting Andreescu, meet Zidansek".
  6. ^ "Tamara Zidanšek [SLO] | Australian Open". ausopen.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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