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Ana Konjuh

Konjuh at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)	Croatia
Residence	Dubai, UAE
Born	(1997-12-27) 27 December 1997 (age 26) Dubrovnik, Croatia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2014
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Antonio Veić
Prize money	US$3,001,003
Official website	anakonjuh.net
Singles
Career record	243–168 (59.12%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 20 (31 July 2017)
Current ranking	No. 712 (21 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2016, 2017, 2022)
French Open	2R (2015, 2016, 2017)
Wimbledon	4R (2017)
US Open	QF (2016)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	13–15 (46.43%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 176 (24 July 2017)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2017)
French Open	2R (2016, 2017)
Wimbledon	3R (2017)
US Open	1R (2017)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	3R (2015)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	22–11 (66.67%)

Ana Konjuh (Croatian pronunciation: [âna kôɲuːx, ǎːna-]; born 27 December 1997) is a Croatian tennis player.

A successful junior player, Konjuh won both the singles and doubles junior events at the Australian Open in January 2013 and, as a result, moved up to No. 1 in the ITF Junior world rankings. Later in the year, she also won the girls' singles event at the 2013 US Open. She turned her attention to the main tour in 2014, and made her debut in the top 100 aged 16.

Konjuh won her first singles title on the WTA Tour at the 2015 Nottingham Open, becoming the youngest player to win a main tour event since 2006. She has also won four titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 31 July 2017, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 20.

Tennis career

Junior

Aged 14, Konjuh was the runner-up at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships in girls' doubles. In December 2012, Konjuh won two prestigious junior tennis tournaments, Eddie Herr and the Orange Bowl.

In January 2013, she won the singles and doubles events at the Australian Open, and became the No. 1 junior in the world. She also received a call up to the Croatia Fed Cup team, where she scored the biggest win of her career, defeating Poland's Urszula Radwańska, ranked No. 37 in the world, at the age of 15.

In September 2013, Konjuh won the singles title at the US Open, her second singles junior Grand Slam. Despite being eligible to continue playing junior tournaments for two more years, Konjuh ceased playing junior events at the end of 2013, changing her focus to competing on the main tour in 2014.

Konjuh at the 2013 US Open

2014: First full tour season and top-100 ranking

Konjuh was awarded a main-draw wildcard for the Auckland Open in New Zealand. On her debut at WTA Tour-level, she stunned the top seed and world No. 14 Roberta Vinci, in the first round in three sets. At the Australian Open, she came through qualifying to reach her first Grand Slam main draw, but lost in the first round to the fourth seed and eventual champion, Li Na.

Konjuh underwent elbow surgery on 23 January in Zagreb. Her recovery lasted four months, and she made her return in May by defeating Allie Kiick at the Open Saint-Gaudens. Konjuh made it to the semifinals of the $50k tournament in France, before losing to the eventual champion Danka Kovinić, in straight sets. This run helped her up to a new world ranking high of No. 189 and enabled her to enter the qualifying draw at Roland Garros, but she again suffered defeat to Kovinić in the second round. She was more successful at Wimbledon, qualifying for the main draw with victories over Estrella Cabeza Candela, Laura Siegemund and Stephanie Vogt. She then earned her first career Grand Slam main-draw win by defeating Marina Erakovic in the first round, and followed it up with the bigger win of her career to date, toppling former world No. 12 Yanina Wickmayer in the second round. Konjuh's run came to an end in the following round with a straight-sets loss to the former world No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki.

Konjuh's good form continued at the Istanbul Cup, where she came through qualifying to reach her first main-draw semifinal, defeating top-40 players Magdaléna Rybáriková and Elina Svitolina en route. Her run came to an end with a defeat to Roberta Vinci. Konjuh suffered disappointment at the US Open when she lost to Urszula Radwańska in the first round of qualifying.

In October, she competed at the Japan Women's Open in Osaka and made the quarterfinals before losing to Zarina Diyas. The result saw her ranking climb to within the top 100 for the first time, aged just 16. She completed her year by competing in three tournaments in France, reaching the semifinals of ITF events in Poitiers and Nantes, and the quarterfinals of the WTA 125 Open de Limoges. This saw Konjuh rise to a new career-high ranking of No. 84, and she completed the season ranked 90, and as the youngest player within the top 100.

2015: First WTA Tour title

Konjuh began the year in Auckland, comfortably defeating Mona Barthel before losing to Elena Vesnina in the second round. She lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Magdaléna Rybáriková. After a string of early losses, she qualified for the main draw of the Prague Open in April, where she defeated the seventh seed, world No. 34 Belinda Bencic, in three sets in the first round. Konjuh then lost in the second round to wildcard Klara Koukalová. Konjuh's indifferent form continued through the clay-court season, but she earned her first main-draw win at the French Open by defeating Margarita Gasparyan, before losing to the 30th seed Irina-Camelia Begu in the second round.

In June, Konjuh competed in the main draw at the inaugural Nottingham Open and reached the quarterfinals with victories over Shelby Rogers and Casey Dellacqua. After being delayed for over two days due to poor weather, Konjuh advanced to the semifinals by defeating Sachia Vickery, and later that day reached her first WTA Tour final by beating Alison Riske. Owing to poor weather, the final was held back to Monday. Konjuh dropped the first set to Monica Niculescu, but recovered to earn victory and her first WTA Tour title. At the age of 17, she was the youngest player to win a main-tour title since Tamira Paszek in 2006.

2016: First Grand Slam quarterfinal

Ranked No. 87 in the world, Konjuh began the season at the Australian Open, where she lost in the second round to Daria Kasatkina, after beating Urszula Radwańska. Except for a quarterfinal appearance at the San Antonio Open, she had early exits at most of her tournaments, including Indian Wells, Miami and Madrid Open. At the French Open, Konjuh reached the second round after beating Arina Rodionova in straight sets. She then lost to the No. 22 seed Dominika Cibulková. After a semifinal appearance at the Bol Ladies Open, Konjuh withdrew from the Nottingham Open owing to an injury she sustained at the previous tournament, and fell from the top 100.

After early exits at the Mallorca Open and the Eastbourne International, Konjuh reached the second round of Wimbledon after beating Karin Knapp. She then lost to Agnieszka Radwańska in a three-set thriller in which a late ankle injury halted Konjuh's chances of winning the match. After her campaign, she returned to the top 100. Her next tournament was the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she beat Annika Beck before losing to the world No. 12, Carla Suárez Navarro. Despite losing in the second round of qualifying at the Western & Southern Open, Konjuh qualified for the Connecticut Open where she reached the second round by beating Kayla Day. She then lost to Roberta Vinci in straight sets.

At the US Open, Konjuh upset the 20th seed Kiki Bertens in the first round. She went on to beat Kurumi Nara and Varvara Lepchenko en route to her first major fourth round. She then beat the fourth seed Agnieszka Radwańska in straight sets to become the youngest US Open quarterfinalist in a decade and the first Croatian female quarterfinalist since Karolina Šprem at Wimbledon in 2004. She lost to the tenth seed and eventual finalist Karolína Plíšková in the quarterfinals in straight sets. After the tournament ended, her ranking rose from 92 to 52. After failing in the qualifying round in both the Wuhan Open and the China Open, Konjuh reached semifinals at Guangzhou and quarterfinals at the Kremlin Cup, losing to Jelena Janković and Elina Svitolina, respectively. She ended the year as the world No. 48.

2017: Top 20 debut

Konjuh started the year at the Auckland Open, where she reached her second WTA tournament final, beating Naomi Osaka and Julia Görges en-route. She then lost in straight sets to Lauren Davis. Despite her loss, Konjuh reached a career-high ranking of world No. 36. At the Australian Open, she beat Kristina Mladenovic in straight sets before losing to Daria Gavrilova.

After losing in the round of 16 of the St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy to the top seed Simona Halep, Konjuh played at Dubai, where she defeated Zhang Shuai in the first round. She then had back-to-back upsets over the No. 12 seed Samantha Stosur, and the No. 8 seed Elena Vesnina en route to the quarterfinals where she lost to the top seed, Angelique Kerber.

At Wimbledon, she defeated world No. 9, Dominika Cibulková, but lost to the eventual finalist, Venus Williams, in the fourth round. Following this successful run, she achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 20, on 31 July 2017.

In September 2017, Konjuh underwent surgery on her right elbow.

2021: Back to top 100

In 2021, at the Miami Open, Konjuh got her first main-draw win after three years as a wildcard. Later, she defeated 18th seeded Madison Keys to reach the third round of the tournament. In the next round, Konjuh recorded her upset against 15th seed Iga Świątek, one of the best performances in her career. In the round of 16, she went down 1-6, 5-7 against Anastasija Sevastova.

At the Serbia Open, Konjuh reached the final in more than four years as a qualifier, defeating second seed Yulia Putintseva in the round of 16, fifth seed Nadia Podoroska in the quarterfinal and teenager Camila Osorio in the semifinal. She retired due to a right hip injury in the final with Paula Badosa but thanks to another great run, she returned to the top 150, climbing 44 spots in the rankings to No. 144, her best ranking since 2018.

Performance timelines

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.

Singles

Current through the 2023 French Open qualifying.

Doubles

WTA career finals

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2015	Nottingham Open, United Kingdom	International	Grass	Monica Niculescu	1–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Jan 2017	Auckland Open, New Zealand	International	Hard	Lauren Davis	3–6, 1–6
Loss	1–2	May 2021	Belgrade Open, Serbia	WTA 250	Clay	Paula Badosa	2–6, 0–2 ret.

ITF finals

Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Jovana Jakšić	3–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	May 2013	Maribor Open, Slovenia	25,000	Clay	Polona Hercog	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Jun 2013	Open de Montpellier, France	25,000	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	6–3, 6–1
Win	2–2	Sep 2020	Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia	25,000	Clay	Tereza Mrdeža	6–4, 6–2
Win	3–2	Nov 2022	Slovak Open, Slovakia	60,000	Hard (i)	Nigina Abduraimova	2–6, 6–0, 7–6(7–2)
Win	4–2	Nov 2022	ITF Ortisei, Italy	25,000	Hard (i)	Viktória Kužmová	3–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–2)

Doubles: 1 (runner–up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2013	Contrexéville Open, France	50,000	Clay	Silvia Njirić	Vanesa Furlanetto Amandine Hesse	6–7(3–7), 4–6

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation

Singles (12–6)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2013	Z1 R/R	Feb 2013	Eilat, Israel	Georgia	Hard	Sofia Kvatsabaia	W	6–0, 6–0
				Belarus		Aliaksandra Sasnovich	W	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–2
	Z1 P/O			Poland		Urszula Radwańska	W	2–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
2015	Z1 R/R	Feb 2015	Budapest, Hungary	Israel	Hard (i)	Keren Shlomo	W	6–3, 6–0
				Latvia		Dārta-Elizabete Emuliņa	W	6–1, 6–0
				Belgium		Kirsten Flipkens	W	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
	Z1 P/O			Serbia		Ivana Jorović	L	3–6, 6–2, 5–7
2016	Z1 R/R	Feb 2016	Eilat, Israel	Estonia	Hard	Anett Kontaveit	L	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
				Turkey		Çağla Büyükakçay	L	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
				Israel		Julia Glushko	W	7–6(7–4), 6–1
	Z1 P/O			Portugal		Michelle Larcher de Brito	W	6–2, 6–2
2017	Z1 R/R	Feb 2017	Tallinn, Estonia	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hard (i)	Dea Herdželaš	W	6–0, 6–2
				Hungary		Tímea Babos	L	1–6, 2–6
	Z1 P/O			Great Britain		Johanna Konta	W	6–4, 6–3
2019	Z1 R/R	Feb 2019	Bath, Great Britain	Turkey	Hard (i)	Çağla Büyükakçay	L	5–7, 6–2, 3–6
				Georgia		Mariam Bolkvadze	W	6–4, 6–3
2022	Z1 R/R	Apr 2022	Antalya, Turkey	Sweden	Clay	Caijsa Hennemann	W	6–1, 6–3
				Slovenia		Kaja Juvan	L	2–6, 5–7
	P/O	Nov 2022	Rijeka, Croatia	Germany	Hard (i)	Jule Niemeier	L	2–6, 1–6

Doubles (10–4)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2013	Z1 R/R	Feb 2013	Eilat, Israel	Austria	Hard	Darija Jurak	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Yvonne Meusburger	W	6–4, 6–4
	Z1 P/O			Poland		Darija Jurak	Agnieszka Radwańska Urszula Radwańska	L	2–6, 4–6
2015	Z1 R/R	Feb 2015	Budapest, Hungary	Israel	Hard (i)	Darija Jurak	Alona Pushkarevsky Keren Shlomo	W	6–0, 6–0
				Latvia		Darija Jurak	Jeļena Ostapenko Diāna Marcinkēviča	W	6–4, 6–3
				Belgium		Darija Jurak	Kirsten Flipkens Alison Van Uytvanck	W	6–3, 6–2
2016	Z1 R/R	Feb 2016	Eilat, Israel	Estonia	Hard	Darija Jurak	Valeria Gorlats Anett Kontaveit	W	6–0, 6–1
				Turkey		Darija Jurak	Çağla Büyükakçay Pemra Özgen	W	7–5, 6–3
				Israel		Darija Jurak	Julia Glushko Shahar Pe'er	L	4–6, 6–7(2–7)
2017	Z1 R/R	Feb 2017	Tallinn, Estonia	Hungary	Hard (i)	Darija Jurak	Tímea Babos Dalma Gálfi	W	7–5, 3–6, 6–1
	Z1 P/O			Great Britain		Darija Jurak	Johanna Konta Heather Watson	L	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
2019	Z1 R/R	Feb 2019	Bath, Great Britain	Georgia	Hard (i)	Darija Jurak	Ekaterine Gorgodze Oksana Kalashnikova	W	7–5, 6–1
				Serbia		Darija Jurak	Olga Danilović Aleksandra Krunić	L	6–1, 1–6, 4–6
2022	Z1 R/R	Apr 2022	Antalya, Turkey	Bulgaria	Clay	Donna Vekić	Rositsa Dencheva Yoana Konstantinova	W	6–2, 6–1
				Georgia		Tara Würth	Mariam Bolkvadze Oksana Kalashnikova	W	5–7, 7–6(7–2), retired

Awards

Head-to-head records

Top 10 wins

#	Player	Rank	Tournament	Surface	Rd	Score	AKR
2016
1.	Agnieszka Radwańska	No. 4	US Open	Hard	4R	6–4, 6–4	No. 92
2017
2.	Johanna Konta	No. 10	Fed Cup, Tallinn	Hard (i)	ZG1	6–4, 6–3	No. 37
3.	Dominika Cibulková	No. 9	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	3R	7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–4	No. 29

Double-bagel matches

Result	W–L	Year	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Rank	Rd	AKR
Win	1–0	2013	Fed Cup, Israel	Fed Cup	Hard	Sofia Kvatsabaia	n/a	RR	No. 873
Loss	1–1	2016	Wuhan Open, China	Premier 5	Hard	Grace Min	No. 132	Q1	No. 55
Win	2–1	2021	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	25,000	Clay	Amanda Carreras	No. 352	1R	No. 205
Loss	2–2	2022	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard	Beatriz Haddad Maia	No. 15	1R	No. 117

See also

In Spanish: Ana Konjuh para niños