Eleni Louka (born 25 October 2001) is a Cypriot tennis player. She has played for Cyprus at the Billie Jean King Cup since 2017.[1]

Eleni Louka
Louka at the 2023 Kitty Harrison Invitational
Country (sports) Cyprus
Born (2001-10-25) 25 October 2001 (age 22)
Deryneia, Cyprus
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeClemson
Team competitions
Fed Cup11–8
Last updated on: 31 August 2020.

Louka has a career-high ITF juniors ranking of No. 128, achieved on 31 December 2018.[2]

She started studying at Clemson University in 2019.[3]

ITF junior finals edit

Grand Slam
Category GA
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles (4–3) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Grade Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 26 August 2017 Limassol, Cyprus G5 Clay   Luisa Meyer auf der Heide 3–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 2 September 2017 Larnaca, Cyprus G4 Hard   Alexandra Viktorovitch 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 3 February 2018 Cairo, Egypt G5 Clay   Amira Badawi 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Winner 2. 9 June 2018 Larnaca, Cyprus G4 Clay   Mavie Österreicher 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Winner 3. 1 July 2018 Preveza, Greece G4 Hard   Chiara Girelli 6–3, 6–2
Winner 4. 8 July 2018 Corfu, Greece G4 Carpet   Doroteja Joksović 6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Runner-up 2. 8 September 2018 Limassol, Cyprus G4 Hard   Ekaterina Nikiforova 3–6, 4–6

Doubles (7–5) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Grade Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 15 April 2017 Bat Yam, Israel G4 Hard   Themis Haliou   Darya Schwartzman
  Kristin Younes
3–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Runner-up 2. 9 July 2017 Corfu, Greece G4 Carpet   Gabriella Charalampidi   Pia Lovrič
  Betina Tokaç
2–6, 5–7
Winner 1. 15 July 2017 Ioannina, Greece G5 Clay   Lynda Benkaddour   Elena Trencheva
  Doğan Türkmen
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 26 August 2017 Limassol, Cypus G5 Clay   Gabriella Charalampidi   Themis Haliou
  Luisa Meyer auf der Heide
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 11 November 2017 Paralimni, Cypus G5 Carpet   Themis Haliou   Matilde Mariani
  Matilde Paoletti
1–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 3 February 2018 Cairo, Egypt G5 Clay   Eleni Makride   Dalia Ahmed
  Amira Badawi
3–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Winner 3. 2 June 2018 Limassol, Cyprus G5 Clay   Zdena Šafářová   Luca Jánosi
  Elena Karner
6–4, 1–6, [10–7]
Winner 4. 9 June 2018 Larnaca, Cyprus G4 Clay   Maria Bondarenko   Zdena Šafářová
  Natália Szabanin
6–1, 6–1
Winner 5. 1 July 2018 Preveza, Greece G4 Hard   Gabriella Charalampidi   Eleni Fasoula
  Christina Ntanou
6–0, 6–2
Winner 6. 8 July 2018 Corfu, Greece G4 Carpet   Maria Kallistrou   Doroteja Joksović
  Polina Shitikova
4–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Winner 7. 8 September 2018 Limassol, Cyprus G4 Hard   Gabriella Charalampidi   Ekaterina Nikiforova
  Evgeniya Safronova
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 8 June 2019 Larnaca, Cyprus G4 Clay   Mavie Österreicher   Esther Adeshina
  Charlotte Russell
7–5, 5–7, [9–11]

National representation edit

Fed Cup edit

Louka made her Fed Cup debut for Cyprus in 2017, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group III, when she was 15 years and 234 days old.[4]

Fed Cup (12–10) edit

Group membership
World Group (0–0)
World Group Play-off (0–0)
World Group II (0–0)
World Group II Play-off (0–0)
Europe/Africa Group (12–10)
Matches by surface
Hard (11–9)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (6–7)
Doubles (6–3)
Matches by setting
Indoors (7–4)
Outdoors (5–6)
Singles (6–7) edit
Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2017 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group III
Promotional Play-off 17 June 2017 Chisinau, Moldova   Moldova Clay Alexandra Perper L 0–6, 2–6
2018 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group III
Pool B 16 April 2018 Tunis, Tunisia   Algeria Hard Amira Benaïssa W 7–6(7–5), 6–2
17 April 2018   Madagascar Iariniaina Tsantaniony W 6–3, 6–3
18 April 2018   Kosovo Arlinda Rushiti L 6–4, 2–6, 2–6
20 April 2018   Tunisia Ons Jabeur L 2–6, 0–6
3rd-4th place Play-off 21 April 2018   Armenia Ani Amiraghyan L 3–6, 4–6
2019 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group III
Pool B 15 April 2019 Helsinki, Finland   Kosovo Hard (i) Donika Bashota L 0–6, 3–6
16 April 2019   Algeria Inès Bekrar W 6–3, 6–3
17 April 2019   Congo Anabel Ossombi W 6–0, 6–0
19 April 2019   North Macedonia Magdalena Stoilkovska W 6–2, 6–0
Promotional Play-off 20 April 2019   Finland Mia Eklund L 1–6, 6–4, 3–6
2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group III
Pool B 15 June 2021 Vilnius, Lithuania   Rwanda Hard (i) Megane Ingabire W 6–0, 6–0
17 June 2021   Bosnia and Herzegovina Nefisa Berberović L 6–7(1–7), 0–6
Doubles (6–3) edit
Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
2017 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group III
Pool B 16 June 2017 Chisinau, Moldova   Ireland Clay Anna Savchenko Ruth Copas
Sophia Derivan
W 6–0, 7–6(7–4)
2018 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group III
Pool B 16 April 2018 Tunis, Tunisia   Algeria Hard Eleni Makride Amira Benaïssa
Yassamine Boudjadi
W 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
18 April 2018   Kosovo Liridona Murati
Arlinda Rushiti
W 6–2, 3–6, 6–1
20 April 2018   Tunisia Ferdaous Bahri
Mouna Bouzgarrou
L 6–4, 2–6, 3–6
3rd-4th place Play-off 21 April 2018   Armenia Ani Amiraghyan
Marina Davtyan
L 1–6, 4–6
2019 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group III
Pool B 15 April 2019 Helsinki, Finland   Kosovo Hard (i) Raluca Șerban Donika Bashota
Arlinda Rushiti
W 6–2, 6–2
16 April 2019   Algeria Inès Bekrar
Yassamine Boudjadi
W 6–0, 6–2
17 April 2019   Congo Gloire Mfoumouangana
Victoire Mfoumouangana
W 6–1, 6–3
2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group III
Pool B 17 June 2021 Vilnius, Lithuania   Bosnia and Herzegovina Hard (i) Raluca Șerban Nefisa Berberović
Dea Herdželaš
L 3–6, 2–6

References edit

  1. ^ Eleni Louka at the Billie Jean King Cup
  2. ^ "Eleni Louka junior profile at the ITF". ITF. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Eleni Louka Bio – Clemson University Official Athletic Site". clemsontigers.com. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Greece and Moldova celebrate promotion". Fed Cup. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

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