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 | ||||||||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Australian Open | Q2 | Q2 |
French Open | 1 | 1 |
Wimbledon | ||
US Open |
Web links
- 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
- ↑ Kvitova withdraws from 2019 French Open with arm injury. In: wta.com. May 27, 2019, accessed May 27, 2019 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Juvan, Kaja |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovenian tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 2000 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ljubljana , Slovenia |