Tamara Zidanšek

Tamara Zidanšek

Zidanšek at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Slovenia
Residence	Dubai, UAE
Born	(1997-12-26) 26 December 1997 Postojna, Slovenia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Alejandro Garcia Cenzano
Prize money	US$ 2,819,079
Singles
Career record	290–150
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 22 (28 February 2022)
Current ranking	No. 110 (22 May 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2022)
French Open	SF (2021)
Wimbledon	2R (2019)
US Open	2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	93–64
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 47 (16 January 2023)
Current ranking	No. 65 (22 May 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2021, 2022)
French Open	2R (2020, 2021, 2022)
Wimbledon	2R (2019, 2021)
US Open	1R (2019, 2021, 2022)
Last updated on: 22 May 2023.

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 as of June 2021 is the current number-one Slovene tennis player in singles. She has won one singles title and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour and two WTA Challenger singles titles, as well as 17 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she was in top 20 and had a career-high ranking of No. 16, achieved in December 2015. Playing for the Slovenia Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 11–9.

Professional career

2014: Professional debut

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.

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

She reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam championship for the first time at the 2021 French Open, defeating Sorana Cîrstea in straight sets and Paula Badosa in three sets. 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. In the semifinal, 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

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 was beaten in the third round by Jessica Pegula, in straight sets.

Coaching

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 and was replaced by Alejandro Garcia Cenzano in January 2023.

Performance timelines

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, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2023 French Open.

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q1	Q2	2R	2R	1R	3R	1R	0 / 5	4–5	44%
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		0 / 4	1–4	20%
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	2–4	1–2	6–4	3–4	0–2	0 / 17	12–17	41%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	NH	3R	2R	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Miami Open	A	A	1R	NH	Q2	2R	Q2	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	NH	2R	2R	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		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wuhan Open	A	A	1R	NH				0 / 1	0–1	0%
China Open	A	A	A	NH				0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	7	18	9	19	19	5	Career total: 77
Titles	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	Career total: 1
Finals	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	Career total: 3
Overall win–loss	0–0	7–7	15–18	6–10	24–18	12–18	4–5	1 / 77	68–76	47%
Year-end ranking	180	70	64	87	30	87		$2,819,079

Doubles

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		0 / 4	3–4	43%
Wimbledon	A	2R	NH	2R	1R		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	0–1	0 / 14	7–14	33%
WTA 1000
Miami Open	A	A	NH	1R	1R		0 / 2	0–2	0%
Madrid Open	A	A	NH	A	2R		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 career finals

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

Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (1–2)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (1–2) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2019	Nuremberg Cup, Germany	International	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	Lausanne Open, Switzerland	WTA 250	Clay	Clara Burel	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–1

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

Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 WTA 500 (0–1) WTA 250 (4–2)

Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Grass (1–0) Clay (1–2) 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	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	Lausanne Open, 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

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

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

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 25 (17 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Legend $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (3–3) Clay (14–4) Grass (0–0) 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 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(4–7), 3–6
Win	12–5	Sep 2017	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Tereza Mrdeža	7–6(7–4), 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(7–4)
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)

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(7–5)
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(7–5), [9–11]

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation

Singles: 14 (8–6)

Legend
Europe/Africa Group (7–5)
World Group Play-off / Finals qualifying round (1–1)

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

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

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

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

Record against top 10 players

Zidanšek's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.

Player	Record	W%	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last match
Number 1 ranked players
Victoria Azarenka	1–1	50%	1–0	0–1	–	Lost (6–3, 1–6, 3–6) at 2022 Madrid
Ashleigh Barty	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (4–6, 6–1, 3–6) at 2021 Madrid
Simona Halep	0–1	0%	–	–	0–1	Lost (0–6, 3–6) at 2022 Bad Homburg
Garbiñe Muguruza	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (5–7, 6–4, 6–8) at 2020 French Open
Naomi Osaka	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (2–6, 4–6) at 2019 Australian Open
Karolína Plíšková	0–1	0%	–	–	0–1	Lost (5–7, 4–6) at 2021 Wimbledon
Serena Williams	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2020 Australian Open
Number 2 ranked players
Paula Badosa	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (7–5, 4–6, 8–6) at 2021 French Open
Barbora Krejčíková	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–2, 3–6, 6–4) at 2017 Launceston
Ons Jabeur	1–2	33%	0–1	1–1	–	Lost (6–7(8–10), 6–4, 1–6) at 2023 Australian Open
Aryna Sabalenka	1–2	33%	0–1	1–0	0–1	Lost (3–6, 1–6) at 2021 US Open
Vera Zvonareva	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2022 Miami
Number 3 ranked players
Sloane Stephens	2–0	100%	1–0	1–0	–	Won (6–2, 6–1) at 2021 Chicago
Maria Sakkari	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (2–6, 6–0, 4–6) at 2022 Adelaide 1
Jessica Pegula	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	–	Lost (1–6, 6–7(2–7)) at 2022 French Open
Number 4 ranked players
Bianca Andreescu	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–2), 9–7) at 2021 French Open
Number 5 ranked players
Sara Errani	2–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (2–6, 7–5, 6–4) at 2022 Monastir
Eugenie Bouchard	1–1	50%	–	0–1	1–0	Lost (6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–2), 2–6) at 2020 Prague
Jeļena Ostapenko	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (5–7, 1–6) at 2021 Cincinnati
Number 6 ranked players
Carla Suárez Navarro	1–0	100%	–	–	1–0	Won (4–6, 7–5, 7–5) at 2019 Eastbourne
Number 8 ranked players
Daria Kasatkina	1–1	50%	–	1–1	–	Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2022 Rome
Number 9 ranked players
Veronika Kudermetova	2–0	100%	–	2–0	–	Won (6–4, 2–6, 6–3) at 2019 Nuremberg
Number 10 ranked players
Elena Rybakina	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (1–6, 4–6) at 2020 Hobart
Kristina Mladenovic	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Lost (1–6, 6–3, 5–7) at 2022 Monastir
Total	15–22	41%	4–12 (25%)	9–7 (56%)	2–3 (40%)	current after the 2023 Australian Open

Top-10 wins

Season	2021	Total
Wins	1	1

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	TZR
2021
1.	Bianca Andreescu	No. 7	French Open	Clay	1R	6–7(1), 7–6(2), 9–7	No. 85

External links

• Tamara Zidanšek at the Women's Tennis Association
• Tamara Zidanšek at the International Tennis Federation
• Tamara Zidanšek at the Billie Jean King Cup