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Olga Danilović

Danilović at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Native name	Олга Даниловић
Country (sports)	Serbia
Residence	Belgrade, Serbia
Born	(2001-01-23) 23 January 2001 (age 23) Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Roberto Ortega
Prize money	US$ 1,717,179
Singles
Career record	198–117 (62.86%)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 52 (28 October 2024)
Current ranking	No. 53 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2021)
French Open	4R (2024)
Wimbledon	1R (2024)
US Open	2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	47–26 (64.38%)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 104 (28 October 2024)
Current ranking	No. 828 (4 November 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	12–8 (60%) (Sin. 7–3, Dbs. 5–5)

Olga Danilović (Serbian Cyrillic: Олга Даниловић, pronounced [ôːlɡa danǐːloʋitɕ]; born 23 January 2001) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 28 October 2024, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 52. On 24 April 2023, she peaked at No. 104 in the WTA doubles rankings. In July 2018, Danilović won her first WTA Tour singles title in Moscow, beating Anastasia Potapova in the final. She also won two WTA doubles titles, first in Tashkent and the second one in Lausanne. On the WTA Challenger Tour, she has won one doubles title. She has also won seven singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit. Playing for Serbia, Danilović has a win–loss record of 12–8 in Billie Jean King Cup competition (as of June 2024).

Early life and background

Danilović's father is Serbian former basketball player Predrag Danilović, while her mother, Svetlana (née Radošević), is a sports reporter for Radio Television of Serbia. Her parents met at a basketball game in their teens. She has a younger sister, Sonja, and a younger brother, Vuk.

Junior career

As a junior, Danilović posted a win–loss record of 93–33 in singles and 72–24 in doubles, and reached an ITF No. 5 in the combined junior world rankings in January 2018.

She won three Junior Grand Slam doubles titles (each on a different surface) with three different partners – 2016 French Open with Paula Arias Manjón, 2017 Wimbledon with Kaja Juvan and 2017 US Open with Marta Kostyuk.

Grand Slam performance

- Singles:

• Australian Open: 3R (2017)
• French Open: 2R (2016)
• Wimbledon: 3R (2016)
• US Open: QF (2017)

- Doubles:

• Australian Open: 2R (2017)
• French Open: W (2016)
• Wimbledon: W (2017)
• US Open: W (2017)

Professional career

2018: Top 100, first WTA Tour titles; Fed Cup Heart Award

Danilović representing Serbia at the 2019 Fed Cup

Danilović made her Fed Cup debut in February 2018 in Group I of Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone, winning all three singles matches, including a 6–2, 6–4 win over world No. 15, Anastasija Sevastova, in the promotional play-offs. The courageous performances for the national team earned Danilović a Fed Cup Heart Award and a cheque of $1,000 to be donated to a charity, which she chose to donate to University Children's Hospital in Belgrade.

In March, she won her first $25k title in Santa Margherita di Pula. In May, she was given a wildcard for the qualifying into the Premier Mandatory tournament in Madrid, where she beat former top-30 player Kateryna Bondarenko but lost to Aryna Sabalenka in the final round of qualifying. In mid-July, Danilović won the first $60k title in her career when she came back from one set down to beat another former top 30 player, Laura Siegemund, 5–7, 6–1, 6–3, in the final of Versmold. She also reached the final in doubles of the same tournament with compatriot Nina Stojanović.

In late July, she won her first career WTA Tour singles title in Moscow, defeating Anastasia Potapova in the final, in three sets. Danilović became the first player born in the third millennium (after 2000) to win a WTA tournament singles title. She also became the second lucky loser in the history of the WTA Tour to win the title. This was the first WTA tournament final between two players under 18 since Tatiana Golovin and Nicole Vaidišová played in the final of the 2005 Japan Open.

She participated in the US Open qualifying, where she beat Bianca Andreescu, before losing to Jaimee Fourlis. She then entered the Tashkent Open, where she beat Anna Kalinskaya in the first round, before losing to Anastasia Potapova in a Moscow re-match. In the same tournament, she won the doubles title partnering Tamara Zidanšek.

On 1 October 2018, Danilović entered the top 100 for the first time when she reached a singles ranking of 97. The following week, she reached her highest ranking of the season, No. 96.

In mid-October, she lost in the first round of qualifying in Linz and Luxembourg. She next participated in the WTA 125 Mumbai Open, where she was seeded fourth and lost to Danka Kovinić in the first round, whom she also partnered with to reach the semifinals in doubles. This proved to be her last tournament of the year as she withdrew from the following week's WTA 125 Open de Limoges.

2021: Australian Open and US Open debuts

Along with Francesca Jones, Danilović made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the Australian Open. She defeated 16th seed Petra Martić in the first round, before losing her next match to Shelby Rogers.

In July, she made two back-to-back quarterfinals. First, at the Budapest Grand Prix, she won first two rounds before losing to Dalma Gálfi in the quarterfinal. The following week, at the Palermo Ladies Open, she lost to Zhang Shuai in the same round.

Danilović qualified for the US Open and defeated Alycia Parks in the first round. She withdrew just before her second round match against defending champion and third seed Naomi Osaka due to medical reasons.

2022: French Open debut

Danilović at the 2022 French Open

At the French Open, Danilović reached the main draw to make her debut at this major defeating Viktoriya Tomova in the final qualifying round. She defeated Dalma Gálfi in the first round, before losing to 23rd seed Jil Teichmann.

Ranked No. 124 as a qualifier at the Ladies Open Lausanne, she reached her second career final by beating Misaki Doi in the first round, Anna Kalinskaya in the second, home favorite Simona Waltert in the quarterfinals, and Anastasia Potapova in the semifinals. In the final, she was beaten by Petra Martić. At the same tournament, she won the doubles event, partnering with Kristina Mladenovic.

2023: First WTA 125 title, French Open third round, back to top 100

In May, Danilović won her first $100k title at the Open Villa de Madrid, beating Sara Sorribes Tormo in the final.

At the French Open, as a qualifier, Danilović reached the third round, her best Grand Slam performance up to date, with wins over Jasmine Paolini and Kateryna Baindl. In the third round, she lost in three sets against No. 7 seed Ons Jabeur. With this result, after five years, she returned to the top 100 on 12 June 2023, and reached a new career-high ranking of No. 93, on 26 June 2023 before Wimbledon.

Ranked No. 94 at the 2023 Swedish Open in Bastad, she defeated top seed Emma Navarro to lift her first WTA 125 title.

2024: French Open fourth round, first hardcourt title in Guangzhou

At the French Open, Danilović qualified for the main draw and defeated Martina Trevisan, 11th seed Danielle Collins, and Donna Vekić to reach the fourth round at a Grand Slam for the first time. She became the first Serbian woman to reach the second week since Jelena Janković at Wimbledon 2015, and the first at Roland Garros since Ana Ivanovic in the same year. Her run was ended by fifth seed Markéta Vondroušová. She returned to the top 110 at world No. 107 on 10 June 2024.

Danilović got into the main draw at Wimbledon as a lucky loser, losing to Anca Todoni in the first round. She reached the semifinals at the Iași Open with wins over fourth seed Anna Blinkova, Anca Todoniand eighth seed Anna Bondar, before losing to top seed Mirra Andreeva.

In October, she defeated Erika Andreeva, fifth seed Diane Parry qualifier Mananchaya Sawangkaew and top seed Kateřina Siniaková to make her first WTA Tour hardcourt final and third overall at the Guangzhou Open. Danilovic won the final against qualifier Caroline Dolehide in straight sets to claim her second WTA Tour title, six years after winning her first. As a result she reached the top 55 in the rankings on 28 October 2024.

Coaches

In 2018, Danilovic hired former world No. 2, Àlex Corretja, as her coach, having been her mentor since 2016. During her title tour in Moscow, former Serbian Fed Cup captain, Dejan Vraneš, traveled with Danilović and coached her although he is not her official coach. In 2018–2019, she was briefly coached by Petar Popović. In 2017–18, her coach was Juan Lizariturry. Danilović was coached in the past by Denis Bejtulahi (in 2017) and Tatjana Ječmenica (in two stints – before late 2015 and in 2016).

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 2024 Wuhan Open.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2018	Moscow River Cup, Russia	International	Clay	Anastasia Potapova	7–5, 6–7(1–7), 6–4
Loss	1–1	Jul 2022	Swiss Open, Switzerland	WTA 250	Clay	Petra Martić	4–6, 2–6
Win	2–1	Oct 2024	Guangzhou Open, China	WTA 250	Hard	Caroline Dolehide	6–3, 6–1

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2018	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Tamara Zidanšek	Irina-Camelia Begu Raluca Olaru	7–5, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Mar 2021	Lyon Open, France	WTA 250	Hard (i)	Eugenie Bouchard	Viktória Kužmová Arantxa Rus	6–3, 5–7, [7–10]
Win	2–1	Jul 2022	Ladies Open Lausanne, Switzerland	WTA 250	Clay	Kristina Mladenovic	Ulrikke Eikeri Tamara Zidanšek	walkover
Loss	2–2	Feb 2023	Lyon Open, France	WTA 250	Hard (i)	Alexandra Panova	Cristina Bucșa Bibiane Schoofs	6–7(5–7), 3–6

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2023	Båstad Open, Sweden	Clay	Emma Navarro	7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–3

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2022	Makarska International, Croatia	Clay	Aleksandra Krunić	Dalila Jakupović Tena Lukas	7–5, 2–6, [5–10]
Win	1–1	Sep 2022	Bari Open, Italy	Clay	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	Andrea Gámiz Eva Vedder	6–2, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Vivien Juhászová	6–2, 6–3
Win	2–0	Mar 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Julia Grabher	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2–1	Nov 2017	ITF Sant Cugat, Spain	25,000	Clay	Marta Paigina	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	2–2	Nov 2017	Open de Valencia, Spain	25,000+H	Clay	Irina Bara	7–5, 4–6, 0–6
Win	3–2	Mar 2018	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Federica di Sarra	6–4, 6–3
Win	4–2	Jul 2018	Reinert Open Versmold, Germany	60,000	Clay	Laura Siegemund	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
Loss	4–3	Aug 2019	Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany	60,000	Clay	Barbara Haas	2–6, 1–6
Win	5–3	Sep 2019	Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland	60,000	Clay	Julia Grabher	6–2, 6–3
Win	6–3	May 2023	Open Villa de Madrid, Spain	100,000	Clay	Sara Sorribes Tormo	6–2, 6–3
Win	7–3	Oct 2024	Women's TEC Cup, Spain	100,000	Hard	Arantxa Rus	6–2, 6–0

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Berfu Cengiz	Tayisiya Morderger Yana Morderger	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Nov 2017	ITF Sant Cugat, Spain	25,000	Clay	Guiomar Maristany	Luisa Stefani Renata Zarazúa	1–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Jul 2018	Reinert Open Versmold, Germany	60,000	Clay	Nina Stojanović	Pemra Özgen Despina Papamichail	6–1, 2–6, [4–10]
Loss	1–3	Aug 2019	Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany	60,000	Clay	Georgina García Pérez	Cristina Dinu Lina Gjorcheska	6–4, 5–7, [7–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2016	French Open	Clay	Paula Arias Manjón	Olesya Pervushina Anastasia Potapova	3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	2017	Wimbledon	Grass	Kaja Juvan	Caty McNally Whitney Osuigwe	6–4, 6–3
Win	2017	US Open	Hard	Marta Kostyuk	Lea Bošković Wang Xiyu	6–1, 7–5

Team competitions

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup

Singles (6–2)

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2018	Z1 RR	Feb 2018	Tallinn (EST)	Bulgaria	Hard (i)	Isabella Shinikova	W	6–3, 6–7, 7–6
				Georgia		Sofia Shapatava	W	6–3, 6–0
	Z1 PO			Latvia		Anastasija Sevastova	W	6–2, 6–4
2019	Z1 RR	Feb 2019	Bath (GBR)	Georgia	Hard (i)	Ekaterine Gorgodze	W	7–5, 6–3
				Croatia		Jana Fett	W	2–6, 6–2, 7–6
2020–21	Z1 RR	Feb 2020	Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX)	Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Laura Correia	W	6–1, 6–2
	Z1 PO			Slovenia		Kaja Juvan	L	2–6, 2–6
	F PO	Apr 2021	Kraljevo (SRB)	Canada		Leylah Fernandez	L	5–7, 6–4, 4–6

Doubles (2–4)

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2018	Z1 RR	Feb 2018	Tallinn (EST)	Bulgaria	Hard (i)	Dejana Radanović	Petia Arshinkova Julia Terziyska	L	3–6, 6–7
				Georgia		Bojana Marinković	Mariam Bolkvadze Sofia Shapatava	L	7–6, 6–7, 3–6
	Z1 PO			Latvia		Bojana Marinković	Jeļena Ostapenko Anastasija Sevastova	L	1–6, 2–6
2019	Z1 RR	Feb 2019	Bath (GBR)	Georgia	Hard (i)	Ivana Jorović	Mariam Bolkvadze Oksana Kalashnikova	L	3–6, 5–7
				Turkey		Aleksandra Krunić	Berfu Cengiz İpek Soylu	W	6–2, 6–3
				Croatia		Aleksandra Krunić	Darija Jurak Ana Konjuh	W	1–6, 6–1, 6–4

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rk	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	Rk	Ref
2018
1.	Julia Görges	10	Moscow River Cup, Russia	Clay	QF	6–3, 6–3	187
2024
2.	Danielle Collins	10	French Open, France	Clay	2R	6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–4	125

Award

• 2018 – Fed Cup Heart Award (Europe/Africa Zone Group I)

See also

In Spanish: Olga Danilović para niños