Aleksandra Krunić

Aleksandra Krunić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александра Крунић; born 15 March 1993) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On the WTA Tour, she has won one singles title and four doubles titles. In June 2018, she reached her best singles rankings of world No. 39. On 30 September 2019, she peaked at No. 35 in the doubles rankings.

Aleksandra Krunić

Krunić at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports)	Serbia
Residence	Belgrade, Serbia
Born	15 March 1993 Moscow, Russia
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2008[1]
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Elise Tamaëla (2016–18)[2] Sarah Stone (2018)
Prize money	US$2,617,379
Singles
Career record	305–228 (57.2%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 39 (18 June 2018)
Current ranking	No. 218 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2019)
French Open	2R (2019)
Wimbledon	3R (2015)
US Open	4R (2014)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	175–141 (55.4%)
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 35 (30 September 2019)
Current ranking	No. 57 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2018, 2021)
French Open	3R (2016)
Wimbledon	3R (2016)
US Open	3R (2015)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	F (2012), record 18–9 (66.7%)
Last updated on: 11 August 2020.

Krunić was the runner–up of 2009 Australian Open in girls' doubles, along with Sandra Zaniewska. She made her WTA Tour debut at 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, playing doubles with world No. 2 Jelena Janković,[3] and made her WTA singles debut at the 2011 Poli-Farbe Budapest Grand Prix. In 2014 US Open, in her second main-draw appearance at a Grand Slam tournament, Krunić won her first main-draw match and then reached the fourth round, beating third seed Petra Kvitová in the process.

Krunić has wins over prime or close to their prime Garbiñe Muguruza, Petra Kvitová, Jeļena Ostapenko, Elina Svitolina, Johanna Konta, CoCo Vandeweghe, Sara Errani, Roberta Vinci, Madison Keys, Ekaterina Makarova and Caroline Garcia. She has wins over former top-10 players, Timea Bacsinszky, while she was coming back from injury, as well as over Kimiko Date and Roberta Vinci in their last career matches, which were played in front of their home crowds in Tokyo and Rome, respectively. She also has wins in the qualifying rounds over former top-5 players Francesca Schiavone and Daniela Hantuchová.

Personal life

Krunić was born to Bratislav and Ivana Krunić and has a sister named Anastasia.[4] She was born on 15 March 1993 in Moscow, Russia. She currently resides in Moscow and Bratislava in Belgrade,[5] and speaks Serbian, Slovak, Russian and English fluently.

Tennis career

Junior events

Krunić picked up a tennis racquet aged seven.[4] She began training tennis at the Spartak Moscow club,[6] which spawned numerous tennis stars such as Anna Kournikova, Elena Dementieva, Marat Safin, Anastasia Myskina, Igor Andreev and others. Since then Krunić has been coached by Edouard Safonov.[4][6][7] In 2006 Krunić reached the semifinals of junior Kremlin Cup, losing to Dalia Zafirova.[8] The following year, she won junior events in Podgorica, Livorno and Maia.[8] In 2008, Krunić reached the quarterfinals of European Junior Championships in Moscow and won the junior event in Budapest. She also played at the junior event in Kramfors, however, withdrew from the final match against Croatian Silvia Njirić due to injury by a score of 6–3, 6–1 for Njirić.[9]

In 2009, she played the second round of Australian Open in girls' singles and the final of girls' doubles event, partnering with Sandra Zaniewska. The two lost to Christina McHale and Ajla Tomljanović in the super-tiebreaker. She reached the second round of both girls' singles and doubles at the French Open, and lost in the first round of girls' singles at Wimbledon. Krunić also partnered with Tamara Čurović at the girls' doubles, however they lost in the first round to Tímea Babos and Ajla Tomljanović. In April 2009, she reached her highest junior ranking when she was ranked world No. 17.[10]

Although she had decided not to play juniors anymore, Krunić took part in the European Championships organized by both ITF and Tennis Europe, along with Bojana Jovanovski and Doroteja Erić in the team of Serbia.[1]

2008–2010: Beginning, dominance on ITF Circuit

As a member of TK Red Star, Krunić won the national club championships in 2008.[1] She was awarded with a wildcard for tennis event in Prokuplje, Serbia organized by the ITF. On 6 July 2008, Krunić won the tournament and became the youngest title winner in 2008 by winning this event. She beat one wildcard, third seed, and next three players were qualifiers.[6][8][11] In October 2008, she also played two ITF events in Dubrovnik, but lost both times in first round.[12]

Krunić was invited by Serbia Fed Cup team coach Dejan Vraneš to join the team for the 2009 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs versus Spain. Jelena Janković and Ana Ivanovic secured Serbia 4–0 win.[13] Krunić debuted in a doubles match played on 25 April 2009, along with Ana Jovanović, and they were down 6–2, 1–0 against Llagostera Vives and Domínguez Lino, when the match was cancelled due to rain.[14] In 2009, Krunić won a total of three ITF titles, including first in doubles.[12][15] On 14 September 2009, she was ranked No. 795.

In January 2010, Krunić won her fourth ITF tournament in Quanzhou, China defeating domestic player Zhou Yimiao in the final, after beating top seed and compatriot Bojana Jovanovski in semifinal.[16] In May, she won ITF singles title in Moscow and was the doubles runner–up. Krunić made her WTA Tour debut at Banka Koper Slovenia Open, playing doubles with world No. 2 and compatriot Janković.[3] The two reached semifinals beating the fourth seeds Eleni Daniilidou and Jasmin Wöhr in process, but then had to withdraw from their semifinal match due to an injury of Janković.

Krunić in Prague, 2011

2011–2012: WTA Tour singles debut

In February 2011, Krunić again was invited to play for the Serbia Fed Cup team in the World Group II rubber against Canada.[17] She lost her debut singles match against world No. 84 Rebecca Marino in three sets. Krunić played the final doubles match with Bojana Jovanovski, beating Fichman and Pelletier to guarantee Serbia the spot in the World Group Play Offs.[18] Serbia won that tie 3–2 against Slovakia, after Krunić and Janković having beaten Hantuchová and Rybáriková in three sets, rallying from 2–6, 1–5.[19] With this win, Serbia qualified for the 2012 Fed Cup World Group.

In May 2011, Krunić qualified for the $100k Sparta Prague Open. She reached the semifinals where she lost to world No. 10, Petra Kvitová, in straight sets.[20] At Wimbledon and the US Open, she lost in qualifying. Krunić qualified for her first WTA singles event in Budapest.[21] She was leading in the first-round match against Nina Bratchikova 7–5, 1–0, when Bratchikova retired. Krunić lost her following match to the third seed Klára Zakopalová.[22] She played in Tashkent, and after qualifications, Krunić won her second WTA professional match, losing just one game to Kamila Farhad. In the second round, she lost to Sorana Cîrstea, in two tight sets.

At the Australian Open, Krunić fell to qualify losing to Lesia Tsurenko in final round. In February 2012, she was a part of Serbian Fed Cup team. She lost in singles to Yanina Wickmayer, but won in doubles with Bojana Jovanovski to claim a historic victory for Serbia.[23] In 2012 on ITF Circuit, Krunić won one title and lost one final in both singles and doubles. At next Grand Slam tournaments, she failed to qualify. In Baku, Krunić reached first WTA main draw of season and finished as a quarterfinalist for the first time. She beat fourth seed Andrea Hlaváčková and in second round Laura Pous Tió, but lost in three sets to eventual champion Bojana Jovanovski.

2013: First Grand Slam appearance

Krunić started the season playing at the Australian Open qualifying, losing to Maria Elena Camerin with 7–9 in third set. At WTA events in Bogotá and Acapulco, Krunić tried to qualify but didn't manage. In Irapuato, Mexico, Krunić beat Olga Savchuk for first ITF title of the year and seventh overall, dropping no set the entire tournament. In clay-court season, she played four ITF tournaments and best result was in Trnava, Slovakia when she went to semifinal. There she beat top 100 player and top seed Jana Čepelová in first round, but Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová was better in two sets in semifinal. At French Open she lost to Mariana Duque Marino in second qualifying round, although she won second set 6–1.

After missing Wimbledon, Krunić played in WTA events in Budapest and Baku without qualifications. In Baku, she was the only player who won a set against eventual champion Elina Svitolina. In doubles, Krunić played alongside Eleni Daniilidou and went to first WTA doubles final where they lost in three sets. US Open was the first Grand Slam tournament where she qualified for the main draw – she beat Carina Witthöft, Daria Gavrilova and Louisa Chirico to do it, all in two sets. But in first round, CoCo Vandeweghe was better in two sets. Week after US Open, she played an ITF in Trabzon, Turkey and won her last ITF title of the season, beating Stéphanie Foretz Gacon in the final. At the WTA events in Linz and Luxembourg City, she played qualifications. In Linz, she qualified but lost to lucky loser Maryna Zanevska, in three sets. In doubles, Krunić won three ITF titles and lost in two finals during the season.

2014: Breakthrough – top 100, US Open fourth round and first WTA doubles title

In first round of qualifications at the Australian Open, Krunić lost to Zarina Diyas in three sets. In January, she qualified for the Pattaya Open, but lost to Nicha Lertpitaksinchai in the first round. Next she played three ITF events and best result was quarterfinal where she lost to Timea Bacsinszky. In the WTA event in Katowice, Krunić didn't qualify for main draw, but she beat former top-30 player Tamira Paszek. In Kuala Lumpur, she didn't need qualifications, but in first round, she lost to Karolína Plíšková in two sets. On clay, she made it to the semifinal at two ITF tournaments. At French Open and Wimbledon, she failed to qualify. At the WTA event in Bucharest, she beat Alexandra Panova in the first round, but lost in the second to world No. 3 and domestic player, Simona Halep, in a match full of breaks. Last prepare for US Open was at an ITF event in Poland where she lost in early round of singles, but won doubles title alongside Barbora Krejčíková.

At the US Open, Krunić again qualified for her second main-draw appearance. In the first round, she played against good friend Katarzyna Piter and won her first ever main-draw match at a Grand Slam tournament. In the second round, 27th seed Madison Keys awaited. Although they finished the match with the same number of points, Krunić won in three sets. Next she faced third seed and reigning Wimbledon champion, Petra Kvitová. And Krunić's run continued in the third round – she won 6–4, 6–4.[24] With that win, she was guaranteed a world ranking in the top 100 for the first time. In the round of 16, Krunić lost to 16th seed and two time US Open finalist, Victoria Azarenka, in three sets.[25] 18-time Grand Slam champion Martina Navratilova said of Krunić during the match "what a find she is, what an athlete".[26] During the tournament, Krunić's compatriots Janković, Ivanovic and Jovanovski gave her advice and support. She was nominated a "Rising star of the month", but Belinda Bencic had more votes by 5%. Also, the match against Azarenka was one of ten matches nominated for Grand Slam match of the year award.

The Asian swing started for Krunić in Tashkent. Despite losing to Lesia Tsurenko in the first round of singles, she managed to capture her first WTA title playing doubles alongside Kateřina Siniaková. They beat all opponents in three sets en route to the final, where they declassed Margarita Gasparyan and Alexandra Panova, 6–2, 6–1. In her hometown Moscow, she beat Caroline Garcia but lost to Tsvetana Pironkova in second round. In doubles, Krunić and Siniakova beat top-seeded top-10 players Makarova and Vesnina in the first round.

2015

Krunić in her first-round match at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships

Before the 2015 season, Krunić won an ITF title in Ankara in late December as a top seed, saving a few match points en route. In Shenzhen, she qualified and then in second round won against Anna Schmiedlová, rallying from 3–6, 2–5 and saving match points. In the quarterfinal, eventual champion Simona Halep was better in straight sets. At the Australian Open, Krunić played her first Grand Slam event without qualifying, and was beaten in first round by Lauren Davis. She beat Schmiedlová in Acapulco again, but lost her next four matches on hard court. In Prague on clay, she upset Mirjana Lučić-Baroni, but lost narrowly to Yanina Wickmayer. At the French Open, she lost to Yulia Putintseva.

Krunić started grass-court season playing in Birmingham, where she qualified for main draw and beat Heather Watson in first round, but lost next to Svetlana Kuznetsova. She then had her best result of the year in terms of importance, as she reached the third round of Wimbledon with wins over 19th seed Sara Errani and former world No. 11, Roberta Vinci. She lost to Venus Williams in straight sets.

Krunić returned to clay playing in Bucharest where she reached quarterfinals. She beat Elizaveta Kulichkova and Vinci again, losing just two games, but lost to Polona Hercog. However, she didn't win a match at her next six tournaments, including US Open loss to Danka Kovinic. She also played doubles alongside Janković and they reached third round but lost match for quarterfinal against fourth seeds Dellacqua and Shvedova, as they led 6–2, 4–2 and also 4–2 in third set.

She won her first match since six-match losing streak in Tashkent, beating Anett Kontaveit but lost to Jovanovski. At the next tournament in Linz, she won five matches to reach her third quarterfinal of the year. She won three qualifying rounds, including wins over Anastasija Sevastova and Kaia Kanepi, to reach the main draw. There she defeated previous month's US Open finalist, Roberta Vinci (for the third time in only five months) and Mona Barthel, before losing to eventual champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. She played at next event in Moscow but lost to Lesia Tsurenko.

Krunić set a new career-high ranking at No. 62 in July, but finished the year at No. 96.

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

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 and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

This table is current through the 2021 Australian Open.

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q3	Q1	Q1	1R	1R	Q2	1R	2R	Q1	Q3	0 / 4	1–4	20%
French Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	Q2	1R	Q1	Q3	1R	2R	A		0 / 3	1–3	25%
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	A	A	Q1	3R	1R	Q3	1R	1R	NH		0 / 4	2–4	33%
US Open	A	A	Q2	Q2	1R	4R	1R	1R	3R	3R	1R	A		0 / 7	7–7	50%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–4	0–3	2–1	2–4	2–4	0–0	0–0	0 / 18	11–18	38%
National representation
Summer Olympics[27]	Not Held			A	Not Held			1R	Not Held					0 / 1	0–1	0%
Fed Cup	PO	PO	PO	F	QF	WG2	PO	PO	PO	A	PO			0 / 10	7–6	54%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open^[1]	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	1R	NH		0 / 3	0–3	0%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	Q2	Q1	1R	1R	NH		0 / 3	0–3	0%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	Q1	NH		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	Q1	A		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	1R	A	NH		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	2R	1R	A	A		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open^[2]	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	2R	A	NH		0 / 1	1–1	50%
China Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	2R	A	NH		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Career statistics
Tournaments^[3]	0	0	2	1	4	6	19	12	13	21	14	0	0	Career total: 92
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	Career total: 1
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	Career total: 2
Hard Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	0–3	4–5	6–12	1–5	11–8	8–12	3–9	0–0	0–0	0 / 55	36–58	38%
Clay Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–5	2–5	4–5	6–6	2–4	0–0	0–0	0 / 28	19–28	40%
Grass Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	0–0	6–2	0–2	0–0	0–0	1 / 9	10–8	56%
Overall Win–Loss^[4]	0–0	0–0	2–3	2–2	0–4	5–6	12–19	4–12	15–13	20–20	5–15	0–0	0–0	1 / 92	65–94	41%
Win %	–	–	40%	50%	0%	45%	39%	25%	54%	50%	25%	–		Career total: 41%
Year-end ranking	632	224	226	168	145	101	96	147	55	57	165			$2,616,229

Notes

• ¹ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. The Dubai Championships were classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by the Qatar Open for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, the Dubai Championships regained its Premier 5 status while the Qatar Open was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.
• ² In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open.
• ³ Tournament appearances include Grand Slam, WTA Tour main draw tournaments and the Summer Olympics. They do not include Fed Cup matches.
• ⁴ Overall W–L include Grand Slam, WTA Tour main draw, Summer Olympics and Fed Cup matches. They do not include qualifying matches.

Doubles

This table is current through the 2020 Qatar Open.

	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R		0 / 4	1–4	20%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	2R	2R	1R	A		0 / 5	4–5	44%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	2R	1R	2R	NH		0 / 5	4–5	43%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	1R	1R	2R	A		0 / 5	3–5	38%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	4–3	2–4	2–4	2–4	0–1		0 / 19	12–19	39%
National representation
Summer Olympics	Not Held			A	Not Held			1R	Not Held					0 / 1	0–1	0%
Fed Cup	PO	PO	PO	F	QF	WG2	PO	PO	PO	A	PO			0 / 10	7–3	70%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A		0 / 1	2–1	67%
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	NH		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	NH		0 / 3	2–3	40%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	NH		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A		0 / 1	2–1	67%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	1R	A	NH		0 / 2	2–2	50%
China Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	1R	NH		0 / 3	2–3	40%
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	1	0	1	5	6	13	13	17	15	11	1		Career total: 83
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0		Career total: 4
Finals	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0		Career total: 6
Hard Win–Loss	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	4–3	6–4	7–9	7–7	4–10	8–10	8–3	1–1		2 / 50	49–49	50%
Clay Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	4–3	1–1	2–4	6–2	6–6	4–2	2–4	0–0		1 / 23	26–22	54%
Grass Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	5–3	1–1	0–2	7–2	0–0		0 / 10	13–9	59%
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	8–6	7–5	9–14	18–12	11–17	12–14	17–9	1–1		4 / 83	88–80	52%
Win %	–	100%	100%	33%	57%	58%	39%	60%	39%	46%	65%	50%		Career total: 52%
Year-end ranking	752	363	613	345	97	91	94	47	76	66	38

WTA career finals

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

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (1–1)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2017	Guangzhou Open, China	International	Hard	Zhang Shuai	2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	1–1	Jun 2018	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	International	Grass	Kirsten Flipkens	6–7^(0–7), 7–5, 6–1

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (1–0) International (3–2)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2013	Baku Cup, Azerbaijan	International	Hard	Eleni Daniilidou	Irina Buryachok Oksana Kalashnikova	6–4, 6–7^(3–7), [4–10]
Win	1–1	Sep 2014	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Kateřina Siniaková	Margarita Gasparyan Alexandra Panova	6–2, 6–1
Win	2–1	Apr 2016	Morocco Open, Morocco	International	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Tatjana Maria Raluca Olaru	6–3, 6–0
Loss	2–2	Jun 2016	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	International	Grass	Xenia Knoll	Oksana Kalashnikova Yaroslava Shvedova	1–6, 1–6
Win	3–2	Jan 2019	Sydney International, Australia	Premier	Hard	Kateřina Siniaková	Eri Hozumi Alicja Rosolska	6–1, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	4–2	Jun 2019	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	International	Grass	Shuko Aoyama	Lesley Kerkhove Bibiane Schoofs	7–5, 6–3

Team competition: 1 (runner–up)

Result	Date	Team competition	Surface	Partner/Team	Opponents	Score
Loss	Nov 2012	Fed Cup, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Ana Ivanovic Jelena Janković Bojana Jovanovski	Petra Kvitová Lucie Šafářová Lucie Hradecká Andrea Hlaváčková	1–3

WTA 125K series finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2017	Bol Open, Croatia	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	6–3, 3–0 ret.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (9 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments (0–1) $75,000 tournaments (0–0) $50,000 tournaments (3–0) $25,000 tournaments (3–1) $10,000 tournaments (3–1)

Finals by surface Hard (3–0) Clay (6–2) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2008	ITF Prokuplje, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Tanya Germanlieva	6–4, 6–1
Loss	1–1	Jul 2009	ITF Prokuplje, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Dalia Zafirova	3–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Win	2–1	Aug 2009	ITF Velenje, Slovenia	10,000	Clay	Nika Ožegović	6–3, 6–1
Win	3–1	Oct 2009	ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Karin Morgošová	6–0, 6–3
Win	4–1	Jan 2010	Industrial Bank Cup, China	50,000	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	6–3, 7–5
Win	5–1	May 2010	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Clay	Natalia Ryzhonkova	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	5–2	May 2012	ITF Caserta, Italy	25,000	Clay	Bianca Botto	1–6, 0–6
Win	6–2	Jun 2012	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Chiara Scholl	6–3, 6–3
Win	7–2	Mar 2013	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	25,000	Clay	Olga Savchuk	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
Win	8–2	Sep 2013	Trabzon Cup, Turkey	50,000	Hard	Stéphanie Foretz	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	9–2	Dec 2014	Ankara Cup, Turkey	50,000	Hard	Akgul Amanmuradova	3–6, 6–2, 7–6^(8–6)
Loss	9–3	Jun 2017	Manchester Trophy Challenger, UK	100,000	Grass	Zarina Diyas	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 17 (7 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments (1–3) $75,000 tournaments (0–0) $50,000 tournaments (2–3) $25,000 tournaments (3–4) $10,000 tournaments (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (3–2) Clay (4–7) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2009	ITF Prokuplje, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Ema Polić	Aleksandra Josifoska Cristina Stancu	6–2, 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	1–1	May 2010	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Clay	Marina Shamayko	Anna Arina Marenko Ekaterina Yakovleva	2–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	May 2012	ITF Caserta, Italy	25,000	Clay	Viktorija Golubic	Katarzyna Piter Romana Tabak	2–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Jun 2012	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Ana Vrljić	Ksenia Lykina Isabella Shinikova	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–3	Mar 2013	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	25,000	Clay	Amra Sadiković	Alla Kudryavtseva Olga Savchuk	2–6, 4–6
Win	3–3	Apr 2013	ITF Tunis, Tunisia	25,000	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Réka Luca Jani Eugeniya Pashkova	6–2, 3–6, [10–8]
Win	4–3	Aug 2013	ITF Izmir, Turkey	25,000	Hard	Katarzyna Piter	Kristi Boxx Abigail Guthrie	6–2, 6–2
Win	5–3	Sep 2013	Trabzon Cup, Turkey	50,000	Hard	Oksana Kalashnikova	Ani Amiraghyan Dalila Jakupović	6–2, 6–1
Loss	5–4	Dec 2013	Ankara Cup, Turkey	50,000	Hard	Eleni Daniilidou	Yuliya Beygelzimer Çağla Büyükakçay	3–6, 3–6
Loss	5–5	Feb 2014	ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland	25,000	Carpet (i)	Amra Sadiković	Eva Birnerová Michaëlla Krajicek	1–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss	5–6	Apr 2014	Lale Cup, Turkey	50,000	Hard	Michaëlla Krajicek	Petra Krejsová Tereza Smitková	6–1, 6–7^(2–7), [9–11]
Loss	5–7	Jul 2014	ITS Cup, Czech Republic	50,000	Clay	Barbora Krejčíková	Petra Cetkovská Renata Voráčová	2–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Win	6–7	Jul 2014	Powiat Poznański Open, Poland	50,000	Clay	Barbora Krejčíková	Anastasiya Vasylyeva Maryna Zanevska	3–6, 6–0, [10–6]
Loss	6–8	May 2015	Trnava Open, Slovakia	100,000	Clay	Petra Martić	Yuliya Beygelzimer Margarita Gasparyan	3–6, 2–6
Loss	6–9	May 2016	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	100,000	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Andreea Mitu Demi Schuurs	4–6, 5–7
Loss	6–10	Jul 2017	Pro Circuit Open, Hungary	100,000	Clay	Nina Stojanović	Mariana Duque Mariño María Irigoyen	6–7^(3–6), 5–7
Win	7–10	Feb 2020	Zed Open, Egypt	100,000	Hard	Katarzyna Piter	Arantxa Rus Mayar Sherif	6–4, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2009	Australian Open	Hard	Sandra Zaniewska	Christina McHale Ajla Tomljanović	1–6, 6–2, [4–10]

Wins over top 10 players

Season	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Total
Wins	1	0	0	1	2	4

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score
2014
1.	Petra Kvitová	No. 4	US Open, United States	Hard	3rd Round	6–4, 6–4
2017
2.	Johanna Konta	No. 7	US Open, United States	Hard	1st Round	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2018
3.	Garbiñe Muguruza	No. 2	Brisbane International, Australia	Hard	2nd Round	5–7, 7–6^(7–3), 1–2 ret.
4.	Elina Svitolina	No. 5	China Open, China	Hard	1st Round	0–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)

Fed Cup performances

Singles: 10 (6–4)

Edition	Round	Date	Venue	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result	Team result
2011 Fed Cup	World Group II	5 February 2011	Novi Sad	Canada	Hard (i)	Rebecca Marino	Lose	3–6, 6–3, 5–7	Win (3–2)
2012 Fed Cup	World Group QF	5 February 2012	Charleroi	Belgium	Hard (i)	Yanina Wickmayer	Lose	1–6, 0–6	Win (3–2)
2015 Fed Cup	Europe/Africa Zone Group I Round Robin	4 February 2015	Budapest	Austria	Hard (i)	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	Win	6–2, 6–2	Win (3–0)
		5 February 2015		Hungary		Tímea Babos	Win	7–6^(8–6), 0–6, 7–6^(7–5)	Win (2–1)
	Europe/Africa Zone Group I Play-offs	7 February 2015		Croatia		Donna Vekić	Win	6–1, 6–1	Win (2–0)
	World Group II Play-offs	18 April 2015	Novi Sad	Paraguay	Hard (i)	Verónica Cepede Royg	Win	6–1, 6–3	Win (4–1)
		19 April 2015				Montserrat Gonzalez	Win	6–0, 6–2
2016 Fed Cup	World Group II Play-offs	16 April 2016	Belgrade	Belgium	Clay (i)	Kirsten Flipkens	Win	6–4, 7–6^(10–8)	Loss (2–3)
		17 April 2016				Yanina Wickmayer	Lose	6–1, 5–7, 6–8
2017 Fed Cup	World Group II Play-offs	22 April 2017	Zrenjanin	Australia	Hard (i)	Ashleigh Barty	Lose	4–6, 3–6	Loss (0–4)

Doubles: 8 (5–3)

Edition	Round	Date	Venue	Partnering	Against	Surface	Opponents	W/L	Result	Team result
2009 Fed Cup	World Group Play-offs	26 April 2009	Lleida	Ana Jovanović	Spain	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Nuria Llagostera Vives	Cancelled	2–6, 0–1	Win (4–0)
2011 Fed Cup	World Group II	6 February 2011	Novi Sad	Bojana Jovanovski	Canada	Hard (i)	Sharon Fichman Marie-Ève Pelletier	Win	7–6^(7–5), 6–4	Win (3–2)
	World Group Play-offs	17 April 2011	Bratislava	Jelena Janković	Slovakia	Clay (i)	Daniela Hantuchová Magdaléna Rybáriková	Win	2–6, 7–5, 9–7	Win (3–2)
2012 Fed Cup	World Group QF	5 February 2012	Charleroi	Bojana Jovanovski	Belgium	Hard (i)	Alison van Uytvanck Yanina Wickmayer	Win	7–6^(7–2), 4–6, 6–1	Win (3–2)
	World Group Semifinals	22 April 2012	Moscow	Bojana Jovanovski	Russia	Hard (i)	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Elena Vesnina	Lose	4–6, 0–6	Win (3–2)
2013 Fed Cup	World Group QF	10 February 2013	Niš	Vesna Dolonc	Slovakia	Hard (i)	Jana Čepelová Magdaléna Rybáriková	Win	walkover	Lose (2–3)
	World Group Play-offs	21 April 2013	Stuttgart	Vesna Dolonc	Germany	Clay (i)	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Sabine Lisicki	Lose	2–6, 4–6	Lose (2–3)
2015 Fed Cup	Europe/Africa Zone Group I Round Robin	4 February 2015	Budapest	Ivana Jorović	Austria	Hard (i)	Julia Grabher Sandra Klemenschits	Win	6–1, 6–3	Win (3–0)
		5 February 2015			Hungary		Tímea Babos Réka Luca Jani	Lose	6–4, 6–7^(2–7), 2–6	Win (2–1)
	World Group II Play-offs	19 April 2015	Novi Sad	Ivana Jorović	Paraguay	Hard (i)	Verónica Cepede Royg Montserrat Gonzalez	Win	6–1, 6–4	Win (4–1)

Awards

• 2007 — Tennis Europe Silver Medal for Player of the Year U–14[28][29]
• 2012 — Serbian Women's Team of The Year (as part of Serbia Fed Cup team)

See also

• Serbia Fed Cup team

References

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External links

• Aleksandra Krunić at the Women's Tennis Association
• Aleksandra Krunić at the International Tennis Federation
• Aleksandra Krunić at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Aleksandra Krunic at the International Olympic Committee
• Aleksandra Krunic at the Olympic Channel
• Aleksandra Krunić at Olympedia
• Aleksandra Krunić at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (in Serbian)
• Unofficial blog