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Clara Tauson

Tauson at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Denmark
Residence	Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Born	(2002-12-21) 21 December 2002 (age 22) Copenhagen, Denmark
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2019
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Kasper Elsvad
Prize money	US$ $ 4,082,302
Singles
Career record	257–120 (68.17%)
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 14 (25 August 2025)
Current ranking	No. 14 (25 August 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2022, 2025)
French Open	4R (2024)
Wimbledon	4R (2025)
US Open	2R (2021, 2023, 2024)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	16–28 (36.36%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 83 (18 August 2025)
Current ranking	No. 83 (18 August 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2022, 2025)
French Open	1R (2025)
Wimbledon	4R(2025)
US Open	1R (2022, 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	16–5 (76.19%)

Clara Tauson is a talented tennis player from Denmark, born on December 21, 2002. She has achieved a high ranking of world No. 14 in singles and No. 83 in doubles. Clara has won three big tennis tournaments called WTA Tour titles, all played on hard courts.

When she was just 13, Clara became the youngest person to win the Danish tennis championship. She even beat the record set by famous player Caroline Wozniacki! She won the Australian Open for junior girls in 2019. This made her the first Danish girl to be ranked number one in the world for junior players. On the professional tour, she has won eleven titles, starting when she was only 14.

Clara first played in a WTA Tour tournament in April 2019. Her first big Grand Slam tournament was the 2020 French Open in 2020. In 2021, her first year playing as an adult, Clara won two WTA Tour singles titles. These wins helped her reach the top 50 players in the world! She faced some injuries in 2022 and 2023. But since 2024, she has been climbing back up the rankings. Clara has also proudly represented Denmark in the Billie Jean King Cup. She has a great record of 16 wins and 6 losses in this team competition.

Clara's Life Outside the Court

From 2019 to 2022, Clara trained at a special tennis academy in Belgium. It was run by famous tennis player Justine Henin. Did you know her uncle, Michael Tauson, was also a tennis player? Since 2025, her coach has been Kasper Elsvad.

Clara's Tennis Journey

Clara's amazing tennis talent was noticed when she was only six years old. By age ten, she switched to a school that let her focus more on tennis. Early in her career, people often compared her to Caroline Wozniacki. Caroline was Denmark's top player then. But Clara felt her playing style was different.

Clara Tauson started playing junior tournaments when she was 10 in 2013. Her family supported her until 2017. That's when she began playing in professional tournaments. In 2019, she became a full-time professional tennis player. She mainly plays singles, but also enjoys doubles and team competitions like the Fed Cup.

Clara's Early Tennis Journey (2011–2016)

In 2011, Clara Tauson won the U9 tournament at the Zealand championships. She also won the club championship for the U10 age group. In 2014, she became a triple Danish U12 champion. She won girls' singles, girls' doubles, and mixed doubles with Holger Rune. She started playing on the Tennis Europe junior tour in August 2013. Her first tournament victory came in 2015.

In February 2016, Tauson started playing on the ITF Junior Circuit. This is the top level for tennis players under 18 worldwide. That year, she reached five finals in singles, winning one. In girls' doubles, she reached four finals, also winning one. In August 2016, at just 13 years old, she won the Danish Tennis Championship. She beat Hannah Viller Møller in the final. This broke the record of Caroline Wozniacki, who won it at age 14. Clara was named Danish Junior Tennis Player of the Year for 2016.

Becoming a Junior Champion (2017–2020)

In 2017, Clara Tauson played for the Denmark Fed Cup team for the first time. She played a doubles match, and even though she lost, Denmark won the overall team match. At the European Youth Olympic Festival in July, she won the tennis tournament as the top-ranked player. In September, she first played in a junior Grand Slam event at the US Open. She didn't reach the main part of the tournament that time.

That same month, she started playing on the professional ITF Women's Circuit. In October, she earned her first WTA world ranking points by reaching an ITF final. The very next month, she won her first ITF title! Her biggest victories in 2018 were the European Junior Championship in girls' singles and the Osaka Mayor's Cup. This was her first 'Grade-A' junior win. She even got a sponsorship deal with Yonex, a sports equipment company. At the end of the year, she won a bronze medal at the ITF Junior Masters.

In 2019, she played in the main draw of the 2019 Australian Open for juniors. She was the top player and won the title! She was the first Danish girl ever to do this. The next week, she also became the first Danish girl to be ranked number one in the world for junior singles. A Danish boy, Kristian Pless, had done this before in 1999. In April 2019, she played in her first WTA Tour tournament. She got a special entry as a qualifier. She made it into the main part of the tournament but lost her first match. In May, she played her last amateur tournament. After that, she became a full-time professional player.

In February 2020, Clara helped Denmark's team move up in the Fed Cup competition. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, her tennis career paused until August. In September, she entered the WTA top 200 players for the first time. This meant she could try to qualify for the 2020 French Open. The French Open was delayed that year. It became her first time playing in a major Grand Slam tournament as an adult. After winning her qualifying matches, Clara beat Jennifer Brady, a top player from the United States. This was in her first main-draw match! She then lost in the second round to another American player, Danielle Collins.

Winning Big: First WTA Titles (2021)

After winning two ITF tournaments, Clara entered the Lyon Open as a qualifier in February 2021. She won her first WTA Tour title there! She beat the top-ranked player, Ekaterina Alexandrova, and then Viktorija Golubic in the final match. This win helped Clara enter the top 100 players in the world. She was the second youngest player in the top 100, just after Coco Gauff. The next week, she qualified for her first WTA 500 tournament in St. Petersburg. She lost in the first round to Daria Kasatkina, who went on to win the tournament.

In April, at the start of the clay-court season, Clara was a seeded player for the first time at the Copa Colsanitas. But she lost in the first round to Daniela Seguel. Her next tournament was the WTA Charleston 2. She reached the quarterfinals but had to stop playing due to a knee injury. This injury meant she couldn't play in the big Madrid Open tournament. Instead, she played in the Open de Saint-Malo in both singles and doubles. She didn't go far in singles. But she reached the semifinals in doubles with her partner, Aliaksandra Sasnovich. In May, she played in the main draw of the French Open. She lost in the second round to Viktoria Azarenka.

In July, Clara played in her first Wimbledon Championships, competing in both singles and doubles. Later that month, she was offered a spot in the Tokyo Olympic tournament. But she had to decline because of another injury. Before the US Open, Clara won the Chicago Challenger tournament. She beat Emma Raducanu in the final match. At the US Open, she won her first match against Clara Burel. Then she lost her second match to the world's number one player, Ashleigh Barty. Two weeks later, she won her second WTA title at the Luxembourg Open. She beat the previous champion, Jeļena Ostapenko, in the final. Even with an injury keeping her out for two weeks, her wins helped her reach the top 50 players. She finished the season as a runner-up in the Courmayeur Open.

Facing Challenges: Injuries and Comebacks (2022–2023)

Clara made her first main-draw appearance at the Australian Open as an adult in 2022. She beat Astra Sharma in the first round. Then she surprised everyone by beating the sixth-seeded player, Anett Kontaveit. This was her first win against a top-ten player! She lost in the next round to Danielle Collins, who ended up being the runner-up. This was still her best Grand Slam tournament so far.

From February to March, Clara played in three WTA 1000 tournaments. These were in Qatar, Indian Wells, and Miami. In Qatar, she made her WTA 1000 main-draw debut. She beat Olympic champion Belinda Bencic in the first round. Then she lost to the third-seeded player, Paula Badosa. In Indian Wells, she was a seeded player and reached the third round. There, she lost to Iga Świątek, who later won the tournament. In Miami, she had to stop playing in her first-round match due to injury.

In Madrid, she lost in the first round. Later, she had to pull out of the Italian Open because of a back injury. This also kept her out of the French Open. At Wimbledon, her next tournament, she had to withdraw in the first round.

At the Washington Open, she played her first full match since Wimbledon, but lost. Her first win since March came at the Thoreau Tennis Open against Katie Boulter. In the US Open, she lost in the first round to Garbiñe Muguruza. In August, she also played three doubles matches, but lost them all. That same month, she earned over a million dollars in prize money!

After her ranking dropped to 140 in October, she returned to tournaments. She got back into the top 100 in December when she reached the final in Limoges. But she got a new injury, this time in her foot. This kept her out of the 2023 Australian Open. She also had to stop working with her coach due to money issues.

In 2023, Clara returned to tournaments in January at the Lyon Open. But she didn't make it through the qualifying rounds. Her first main-draw win came in February in Linz. She won as a "lucky loser" against Irina-Camelia Begu. In February and March, she went back to playing ITF tournaments. In April, she played in the Billie Jean King Cup. During this time, her ranking slipped out of the top 100.

At the 2023 French Open, Clara entered as a qualifier. She reached the third round of a major tournament again! She beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Leylah Fernandez. Because of these wins, she moved up 40 spots in the rankings and returned to the top 100.

In the Wimbledon qualifying rounds, she got her first win on grass courts against Emina Bektas. She didn't qualify for singles and pulled out of doubles. Later in July, she played in the 2023 Hopman Cup with her junior mixed-doubles partner, Holger Rune. She won her matches, but they were eliminated after the first round.

The 2023 US Open was special for Denmark. It was the first time since 2002 that three Danish singles players competed: Holger Rune, Clara Tauson, and Caroline Wozniacki. Rune lost in the first round, Clara in the second. Wozniacki, who had a special entry, reached the fourth round. After having to withdraw from the Guangzhou Open due to heat, Clara came back at the Ningbo Open. There, she beat Elina Avanesyan, who had defeated her at the French Open.

Rising Up: Top 50 and Big Wins (2024–2025)

In April 2024, Clara Tauson and Caroline Wozniacki both played for Denmark in the Billie Jean King Cup. Denmark was hoping for an easy promotion. Wozniacki got sick and had to stop playing after one set against Austria. But Clara Tauson and the rest of the Danish team still managed to win and get promoted! Clara won all her matches, including a big win against Maria Sakkari, her second top-ten victory. In November, Denmark won their play-off match against Mexico. This promoted them to the finals qualifiers, making them one of the top 20 nations in the world. This was Denmark's best result in the Billie Jean King Cup since it started in 1995.

In January 2024, Clara reached the second round of the Australian Open. She then played in two WTA 1000 tournaments, her first since 2022. She reached the second round in both. In June, she reached the fourth round at the French Open, her best major performance! This also meant she qualified for the Olympic Games.

At the US Open in August and September, Clara won her first-round match against Anna Karolína Schmiedlová. But she lost in the second round to Diana Shnaider. Later in September, she started the "Asian swing" of tournaments with the Thailand Open. She lost that match to American Katie Volynets. In the WTA 1000 China Open, Clara got a good win against Harriet Dart. But in the second round, she lost a very close three-set match to Jasmine Paolini. Clara then played the WTA 125 Hong Kong Open. She beat Martina Trevisan and Varvara Gracheva but lost the final to Australian Ajla Tomljanović. In October, Clara returned to Osaka, where she had won a junior tournament in 2018. This time, she played a WTA 250 tournament. Clara reached the quarterfinals but lost to French player Diane Parry.

In January 2025, Clara started the season at the WTA 250 Auckland Classic. This was a warm-up for the Australian Open. She played in both singles and doubles with Sloane Stephens. Due to rain, she had to play a quarterfinal and two semifinals all on the same day! She reached the final in singles and the semifinals in doubles. In the singles final, she met former world No. 1 and four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka for the first time. Osaka won the first set but then had to stop playing due to an injury. Clara then claimed her third WTA Tour singles title. It was her first title in over three years, and her first outdoor title.

In February, she had to withdraw from the Qatar Ladies Open due to illness. On her debut at the Dubai Championships, Clara reached the quarterfinal. She upset Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets, getting her first win against a world No. 1 player! Clara then defeated Linda Nosková and then Karolína Muchová to reach the final. Clara lost to Mirra Andreeva in the final. This was the first time she made it past the third round in a WTA 1000 tournament. As a result, she reached her best singles ranking at world No. 23.

At the third WTA 1000 tournament of the year, the Indian Wells Open, Clara got a bye in the first round because of her new ranking. She defeated Camila Osorio in the second round. This was her 16th WTA win for 2025, the most of any player that season! In the third round, she lost to Mirra Andreeva, who went on to win the tournament again. Clara also played doubles, this time with Yulia Putintseva. She improved her doubles ranking as a result.

At Wimbledon, where she was seeded 23rd, Clara recorded her first main-draw singles win against British player Heather Watson. She beat Anna Kalinskaya in the second round, and former winner Elena Rybakina in the third. She then lost in the fourth round to Iga Świątek, who eventually won the tournament. She also won her first Wimbledon doubles match with McCartney Kessler. They beat British pair Harriet Dart and Maia Lumsden. But they lost in the second round to the top-seeded team of Kateřina Siniaková and Taylor Townsend. At the US Open, she was defeated in the first round by Alexandra Eala from the Philippines.

Clara's Playing Style

Clara Tauson is known as a "power baseliner." This means she hits the ball very hard from the back of the court. She can hit many winning shots with both her forehand and backhand. She often overpowers her opponents with her strong shots. She also has a very good serve. Her main area for improvement on the court is her movement.

Career Statistics

Grand Slam Tournament Results

WTA 1000 Finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2025	Dubai Tennis Championships	Hard	Mirra Andreeva	6–7(1–7), 1–6

Images for kids

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  Clara Tauson winning her first ITF title in Stockholm, 2017

See also

In Spanish: Clara Tauson para niños