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Tamara Zidanšek

Tamara Zidanšek (Slovene: [zíːdanˈʃɛːk]; born 26 December 1997) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 22 in singles and No. 47 in doubles, and has won one singles title and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three singles titles as well as one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won 17 titles in singles and four in doubles on the ITF Circuit.

Tamara Zidanšek
Zidanšek at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports) Slovenia
ResidenceDubai, U.A.E.
Born (1997-12-26) 26 December 1997 (age 26)
Postojna, Slovenia
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachBlaž Kavčič
Prize moneyUS$ 3,106,863
Singles
Career record317–172 (64.8%)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 22 (28 February 2022)
Current rankingNo. 135 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2022)
French OpenSF (2021)
Wimbledon2R (2019)
US Open2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record99–68 (59.3%)
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 47 (16 January 2023)
Current rankingNo. 393 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2021, 2022)
French Open2R (2020, 2021, 2022)
Wimbledon2R (2019, 2021)
US Open1R (2019, 2021, 2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup12–11 (52.2%)
Last updated on: 22 April 2024.

Playing for the Slovenia Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 12–11.

Juniors edit

On the ITF Junior Circuit, she was in the top 20 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 16, achieved in December 2015.

Professional career edit

2014: Professional debut edit

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 her first title on the pro-level at the age of 16.[2]

2021: First major semifinal, top-50 debut, first top-10 win & WTA Tour singles title edit

She reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam championship for the first time at the 2021 French Open, defeating Sorana Cîrstea in straight sets[3] and Paula Badosa in three sets.[4] These wins made her the first Slovenian female player to accomplish this since the country became independent in 1991. As a result, Zidanšek entered the top 50 for the first time. She also scored her first top-ten win in the first round, against the No. 6 seed, Bianca Andreescu.[5] In her semifinal match, Zidanšek was defeated by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets.

At the Ladies Open Lausanne, as the top seed, Zidanšek beat Marina Melnikova, Mandy Minella, Lucia Bronzetti, Maryna Zanevska and Clara Burel to win her first WTA Tour title.

2022: Top 25 debut, two major third rounds edit

Seeded 29th at the Australian Open, she reached the third round for the first time, but lost to Alizé Cornet. At the French Open, Zidanšek also reached the third round in which she lost to Jessica Pegula, in straight sets.

2023: Third WTA 125 title edit

After saving four championship points and defeating Rebecca Šramková in the final, Zidanšek won the WTA 125 tournament in Bari.[6] As a result, she moved 30 positions up in the rankings back to the top 100.[7]

Coaching edit

Zidanšek was coached by Zoran Krajnc until April 2021. In May 2021, her team signed with Pancho Alvariño from Spain. Carl Maes joined the team in December 2021 for a period of one year. After a few coaching trials, she is now coached by former Slovenian ATP Tour player Blaž Kavčič.

Performance timelines edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (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, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[8]

Singles edit

Current through the 2024 Copa Colsanitas.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q2 2R 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R 0 / 6 4–6 40%
French Open Q1 Q2 1R 1R SF 3R 1R 0 / 5 6–5 55%
Wimbledon Q1 Q3 2R NH 1R 1R Q2 0 / 3 1–3 25%
US Open A 1R 1R A 2R 1R Q3 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 2–4 1–2 6–4 3–4 0–2 0–1 0 / 18 12–18 40%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a] Z2 Z1 A Z1[b] PO RR 0 / 0 8–6 57%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[c] A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A A NH 3R 2R A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Miami Open A A 1R NH Q2 2R Q2 Q1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Madrid Open A A A NH 2R 2R A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Italian Open A A 1R A 1R 1R A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Canadian Open A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Guadalajara Open NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A A 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
China Open A A Q2 NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 2–4 1–4 0–0 0 / 11 3–11 21%
Career statistics
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 0[d] 7 18 9 19 19 8 3 Career total: 83
Titles 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 Career total: 3
Hard win–loss 3–0 4–5 4–8 5–9 8–12 8–8 2–5 0–2 0 / 46 34–49 41%
Clay win–loss 0–0 5–3 9–8 1–3 16–5 4–7 5–4 0–1 1 / 30 40–31 56%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 2–2 NH 0–1 2–4 0–0 0–0 0 / 7 4–7 36%
Overall win–loss 3–0 9–8 15–18 6–12 24–18 14–19 7–9 0–3 1 / 83 78–87 47%
Year-end ranking[e] 180 70 64 87 30 87 100 $3,106,863

Doubles edit

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 2R 2R 1R 0 / 4 2–4 33%
French Open A 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Wimbledon A 2R NH 2R 1R A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
US Open A 1R A 1R 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Win–loss 0–0 1–3 1–2 3–4 2–4 0–2 0 / 15 7–15 32%
WTA 1000
Miami Open A A NH 1R 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Madrid Open A A NH A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Career statistics
Titles 1 0 2 0 1 0 Career total: 4
Finals 1 1 2 0 3 0 Career total: 7

WTA Tour finals edit

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

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

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups) edit

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500 (0–1)
WTA 250 (4–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (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   Olga Danilović   Irina-Camelia Begu
  Raluca Olaru 		7–5, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Sep 2019 Zhengzhou Open, China Premier[g] Hard   Yanina Wickmayer   Nicole Melichar
  Květa Peschke 		1–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 2–1 Aug 2020 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy International Clay   Arantxa Rus   Elisabetta Cocciaretto
  Martina Trevisan 		7–5, 7–5
Win 3–1 Nov 2020 Linz Open, Austria International Hard (i)   Arantxa Rus   Lucie Hradecká
  Kateřina Siniaková 		6–3, 6–4
Win 4–1 Jun 2022 Rosmalen Open, Netherlands WTA 250 Grass   Ellen Perez   Veronika Kudermetova
  Elise Mertens 		6–3, 5–7, [12–10]
Loss 4–2 Jul 2022 Ladies Open Lausanne, Switzerland WTA 250 Clay   Ulrikke Eikeri   Olga Danilović
  Kristina Mladenovic 		w/o
Loss 4–3 Oct 2022 Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy WTA 250 Clay   Arantxa Rus   Anastasia Dețiuc
  Miriam Kolodziejová 		6–1, 3–6, [8–10]

WTA Challenger finals edit

Singles: 3 (3 titles) edit

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2018 Bol Ladies Open, Croatia Clay   Magda Linette 6–1, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jun 2019 Bol Ladies Open, Croatia (2) Clay   Sara Sorribes Tormo 7–5, 7–5
Win 3–0 Sep 2023 Bari Open, Italy Clay   Rebecca Šramková 3–6, 7–5, 6–1

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) edit

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2022 Copa Colina, Chile Clay   Mayar Sherif   Yana Sizikova
  Aldila Sutjiadi 		1–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win 1–1 Mar 2024 San Luis Potosí Open, Mexico Clay   Anna Bondár   Laura Pigossi
  Katarzyna Piter 		walkover

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 25 (17 titles, 8 runner–ups) edit

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (14–4)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2014 ITF Velenje, Slovenia 10,000 Clay   Barbara Haas 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss 1–1 May 2015 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay   Tena Lukas 2–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 Jun 2015 ITF Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina 10,000 Clay   Marina Kachar 6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Win 3–1 Jun 2015 Telavi Open, Georgia 10,000 Clay   Sadafmoh Tolibova 6–4, 6–1
Win 4–1 Jun 2015 Telavi Open, Georgia 10,000 Clay   Szabina Szlavikovics 6–3, 6–3
Win 5–1 Aug 2015 ITF Arad, Romania 10,000 Clay   Chantal Škamlová 6–1, 6–3
Loss 5–2 Aug 2015 ITF Bagnatica, Italy 15,000 Clay   Anne Schäfer 6–2, 1–6, 2–6
Win 6–2 Sep 2015 ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay   Polina Leykina 6–3, 6–2
Loss 6–3 Apr 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay   Irina Bara 3–6, 3–6
Win 7–3 Apr 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay   Alice Bacquié 6–1, 6–0
Win 8–3 May 2016 ITF Győr, Hungary 25,000 Clay   Ekaterina Alexandrova 6–4, 6–4
Win 9–3 May 2016 Hódmezővásárhely Ladies Open, Hungary 25,000 Clay   Karolína Muchová 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 10–3 Dec 2016 ITF Santiago, Chile 25,000 Clay   Paula Cristina Gonçalves 6–1, 6–4
Win 11–3 Dec 2016 ITF Pune, India 25,000 Hard   Polina Monova 6–4, 6–2
Loss 11–4 Dec 2016 ITF Navi Mumbai, India 25,000 Hard   Lu Jiajing 3–6, 1–6
Loss 11–5 Feb 2017 Launceston International, Australia 60,000 Hard   Jamie Loeb 6–7(4), 3–6
Win 12–5 Sep 2017 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay   Tereza Mrdeža 7–6(4), 7–5
Win 13–5 Nov 2017 Bendigo International, Australia 60,000 Hard   Olivia Rogowska 5–7, 6–1, 6–0
Loss 13–6 Nov 2017 Toyota World Challenge, Japan 60,000 Carpet (i)   Mihaela Buzărnescu 0–6, 1–6
Win 14–6 Feb 2018 ITF Curitiba, Brazil 25,000 Clay   Fiona Ferro 7–5, 6–4
Loss 14–7 Mar 2018 ITF São Paulo, Brazil 25,000 Clay   Julia Grabher 4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 15–7 Apr 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay   Anastasia Grymalska 6–3, 6–1
Win 16–7 Apr 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay   Myrtille Georges 6–1, 7–6(4)
Win 17–7 Dec 2018 Pune Open, India 25,000 Hard   Karman Thandi 6–3, 6–4
Loss 17–8 Oct 2022 Open Monastir, Tunisia 60,000 Hard   Kristina Mladenovic 1–6, 6–3, 5–7

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups) edit

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   Pia Čuk   Natalija Šipek
  Eva Zagorac 		6–1, 6–1
Loss 1–1 May 2015 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay   Pia Čuk   Anastasiya Komardina
  Zuzana Luknárová 		2–6, 6–0, [7–10]
Win 2–1 Aug 2015 ITF Tarvisio, Italy 10,000 Clay   Pia Čuk   Giorgia Marchetti
  Maria Masini 		6–1, 6–4
Win 3–1 Oct 2016 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay   Jil Teichmann   Claudia Giovine
  Camilla Rosatello 		6–2, 6–4
Win 4–1 Nov 2016 ITF Santiago, Chile 25,000 Clay   Guadalupe Pérez Rojas   Usue Maitane Arconada
  Georgia Brescia 		6–3, 7–6(5)
Loss 4–2 Feb 2017 Launceston International, Australia 60,000 Hard   Georgia Brescia   Monique Adamczak
  Nicole Melichar 		1–6, 2–6
Loss 4–3 Dec 2017 ITF Navi Mumbai, India 25,000 Hard   Pranjala Yadlapalli   Georgina García Pérez
  Diāna Marcinkēviča 		0–6, 1–6
Loss 4–4 Nov 2018 Pune Open, India 25,000 Hard   Aleksandrina Naydenova   Ankita Raina
  Karman Thandi 		2–6, 7–6(5), [9–11]

Team competitions edit

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup edit

Singles (9–8) edit

Legend
Europe/Africa Group (7–5)
World Group Play-off /
Finals qualifying round (1–1)
Finals (1–2)
Edition Stage Date Location Surface Against Opponent W/L Score
2017 Z2 R/R Apr 2017 Šiauliai (LTU) Hard (i)   Sweden Johanna Larsson W 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
  South Africa Chanel Simmonds W 6–4, 6–2
Z2 P/O   Luxembourg Eléonora Molinaro W 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
2018 Z1 R/R Feb 2018 Tallinn (EST) Hard (i)   Croatia Tena Lukas W 6–3, 6–1
  Hungary Fanny Stollár L 4–6, 4–6
  Sweden Rebecca Peterson W 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
2020–21 Z1 R/R Feb 2020 Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX) Hard (i)   Turkey Pemra Özgen L 3–6, 7–5, 2–6
  Poland Magda Linette L 5–7, 4–6
Z1 P/O   Serbia Nina Stojanović L 4–6, 5–7
2022 Z1 R/R Apr 2022 Antalya (TUR) Clay   Georgia Mariam Bolkvadze W 6–3, 6–0
  Austria Julia Grabher L 3–6, 3–6
  Croatia Petra Martić W 6–3, 6–2
2023 F QR Apr 2023 Koper (SLO) Clay   Romania Jaqueline Cristian L 1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Ana Bogdan W 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–5
F Nov 2023 Seville (ESP) Hard (i)   Australia Daria Saville W 6–1, 6–4
  Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva L 6–2, 2–6 (ret.)
  Italy Jasmine Paolini L 2–6, 6–4, 3–6

Doubles (3–3) edit

Legend
Europe/Africa Group (2–3)
World Group Play-off / Finals qualifying round (1–0)
Edition Round Date Location Surface Partnering Against Opponents W/L Result
2018 Z1 R/R Feb 2018 Tallinn (EST) Hard (i) Nina Potočnik   Croatia Darija Jurak
Tena Lukas 		L 1–6, 3–6
Kaja Juvan   Hungary Dalma Gálfi
Fanny Stollár 		L 4–6, 3–6
2020–21 Z1 R/R Feb 2020 Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX) Hard (i) Dalila Jakupović   Turkey Ayla Aksu
İpek Öz 		W 6–0, 6–4
Z1 P/O Kaja Juvan   Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
Nina Stojanović 		L 4–6, 4–6
2022 Z1 R/R Apr 2022 Antalya (TUR) Clay Kaja Juvan   Austria Melanie Klaffner
Sinja Kraus 		W 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
2023 F QR Apr 2023 Koper (SLO) Clay Kaja Juvan   Romania Irina Bara
Monica Niculescu 		W 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

WTA Tour career earnings edit

Current through the 2022 Australian Open

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 1 1 947,471 32
2022 0 0 0 202,053 30
Career 0 1 1 2,163,720 247

Head-to-head record edit

Record against top 10 players edit

  • She has a 1–7 (13%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Result W–L Opponent Rank Event Surface Round Score Rank H2H
2019
Loss 0–1   Naomi Osaka No. 4 Australian Open Hard 2R No. 78
Loss 0–2   Aryna Sabalenka No. 10 Eastbourne International Grass R No. 59
2020
Loss 0–3   Serena Williams No. 9 Australian Open Hard 2R No. 70
2021
Loss 0–4   Ashleigh Barty No. 1 Madrid Open, Spain Clay R No. 80
Win 1–4   Bianca Andreescu No. 7 French Open Clay 1R 6–7(1), 7–6(2), 9–7 No. 85
Loss 1–5   Aryna Sabalenka No. 2 US Open Hard 2R No. 40
2022
Loss 1–6   Maria Sakkari No. 6 Adelaide International 1 Hard R No. 30
2023
Loss 1–7   Ons Jabeur No. 2 Australian Open Hard 1R No. 98

Notes edit

  1. ^ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. ^ Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
  3. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  4. ^ During the season, she did not play in the main draw of any tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but matches count.
  5. ^ 2014: WTA ranking–741,
    2015: WTA ranking–309,
    2016: WTA ranking–223.
  6. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
  7. ^ The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.

References edit

  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. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Zidansek scores Slovenian milestone, sets first-time QFist clash with Badosa in Paris". wtatennis.com. 6 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Zidansek bests Badosa in overtime to reach French Open semifinal". wtatennis.com. 8 June 2021.
  5. ^ "From junior champion snowboarder to upsetting Andreescu, meet Zidansek".
  6. ^ "Zidansek takes Bari 125 title with comeback win". WTA Tennis. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Rankings Watch: Sabalenka, Gauff-Pegula duo headline historic shakeup".
  8. ^ "Tamara Zidanšek [SLO] | Australian Open". ausopen.com.

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