Kaja Juvan

Kaja Juvan
Kaja Juvan 2018 at the Summer Youth Olympic Games
Nation:	Slovenia
Birthday:	November 25, 2000
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 301,435
singles
Career record:	99:28
Career title:	0 WTA , 7 ITF
Highest ranking:	123 (May 6, 2019)
Current placement:	131
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	6: 5
Career title:	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking:	1010 (July 17, 2017)
Last update of the infobox: May 27, 2019
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Kaja Juvan (born November 25, 2000 in Ljubljana ) is a Slovenian tennis player .

Career

Kaja Juvan, who loves to play on clay courts, started playing tennis at the age of five.

In December 2016 she won the Orange Bowl , the most important junior tournament after the four Grand Slams. In 2017 she won the Wimbledon title in doubles alongside Olga Danilović . In the final they defeated Catherine McNally / Whitney Osuigwe 6: 4 and 6: 3.

She played her first professional tournament in 2015 in Velenje . At the moment she mainly plays tournaments on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour , where she has already won seven singles and one double title.

At the Hungarian Ladies Open 2018 she played for the first time on a tournament of the WTA Tour . The organizers gave her a wildcard for qualification . In October she won the gold medal in singles and doubles at the Summer Youth Olympic Games .

As a lucky loser, she was in a main field of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time at the 2019 French Open . She lost her decisive qualification game to reach the main round against Bernarda Pera with 4: 6, 6: 1, and 6: 7 ¹ . She benefited from Petra Kvitová's injury-related cancellation . However, she lost her first round match against Sorana Cîrstea 7: 5, 4: 6 and 5: 7.

In 2017 she had her first appearance with the Slovenian Fed Cup team . She has won four of her eleven appearances to date.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 16, 2016	Bol	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Tena Lukas	6: 3, 6: 1
2.	18th June 2017	Maribor	ITF $ 15,000	sand	Nina Potočnik	6: 4, 6: 2
3.	5th May 2018	Balatonboglár	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Raluca Șerban	6: 4, 6: 1
4th	June 23, 2018	Ystad	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Andreea Roşca	2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 1
5.	2nd September 2018	Bagnatica	ITF $ 25,000 + H	sand	Jasmine Paolini	6: 7 8 , 6: 1, 7: 5
6th	October 28, 2018	Pula	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Polina Leikina	3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2
7th	April 7, 2019	Pula	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Alexandra Cadanțu	6: 1, 3: 0 task

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	October 22, 2016	Bol	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Lea Bošković	Mariana Dražić Ani Mijačika	4: 6, 7: 5, [10: 4]

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	2019	Career
Australian Open	Q2	Q2
French Open	1	1
Wimbledon
US Open

Web links

Commons : Kaja Juvan  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile Kaja Juvan (English)
• ITF profile Kaja Juvan (English)
• ITF junior profile Kaja Juvan (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Kaja Juvan (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kvitova withdraws from 2019 French Open with arm injury. In: wta.com. May 27, 2019, accessed May 27, 2019 .