Olga Danilović

Olga Danilović (Serbian Cyrillic: Олга Даниловић, pronounced [ôːlga danǐːloʋitɕ]; born 23 January 2001) is a Serbian tennis player.

Olga Danilović

Danilović at the 2019 Wimbledon Qualifying
Native name	Олга Даниловић Olga Danilović
Country (sports)	Serbia
Residence	Belgrade, Serbia
Born	23 January 2001 Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)[1]
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 426,620
Singles
Career record	97–55 (63.8%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 96 (8 October 2018)
Current ranking	No. 183 (9 November 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2021)
French Open	Q2 (2019)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2019)
US Open	Q2 (2018)
Doubles
Career record	29–17 (63.0%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 117 (24 June 2019)
Current ranking	No. 440 (8 February 2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	8–5
Last updated on: 9 February 2021.

In July 2018, Danilović won her first career WTA singles title in Moscow by beating Anastasia Potapova in the final. In September 2018, she also won her first WTA doubles title, in Tashkent. She has won five singles and one doubles title on the ITF circuit in her career. On 8 October 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 96. On 24 June 2019, she peaked at No. 117 in the doubles rankings.

In 2018, Danilović's coach became former world No. 2, Àlex Corretja,[2] having been her mentor since 2016.[3] During her title in Moscow, former Serbian Fed Cup captain, Dejan Vraneš, traveled with Danilović and coached her although he is not her official coach.[2] In 2018-19, she was briefly coached by Petar Popović.[4] In 2017–18, her coach was Juan Lizariturry.[1] Danilović was coached in the past by Denis Bejtulahi (in 2017)[5] and Tatjana Ječmenica (in two stints – before late 2015[6] and in 2016).[7]

Playing for Serbia in the Fed Cup, Danilović has a win–loss record of 8–5.

Personal life

Olga's father is Serbian former basketball player Predrag Danilović, while her mother, Svetlana (née Radošević), is a sports reporter for Radio Television of Serbia.[8]

Tennis career

Juniors

As a junior, Danilović posted a 93–33 win/loss record in singles and 72–24 in doubles, and reached as high as 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.

Junior Grand Slam results - Singles:

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

Junior Grand Slam results - Doubles:

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

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

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.[9] 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,[10] which she chose to donate to University Children's Hospital in Belgrade.[11]

In March, she won her first 25K title in Santa Margherita di Pula. In May, she was given a qualifying wildcard for WTA Premier Mandatory tournament in Madrid, where she beat a former top 30 player, Kateryna Bondarenko, in the first round, 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 singles title in Moscow, defeating Anastasia Potapova in the final, 7–5, 6–7^(1–7), 6–4. Danilović became the first player born in the third millennium (after 2000) to win a WTA Tour singles title. She also became the second lucky loser in the history of the WTA Tour to win the title.[12] This was the first WTA Tour final between two players under 18 since Tatiana Golovin and Nicole Vaidišová played in the final of the 2005 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships.

She then participated in the 2018 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 rematch. 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 world No. 97. The following week, she reached her highest ranking of the season of world No. 96.

In mid-October, she lost in the first round of qualifying in Linz and Luxembourg. She next participated in WTA 125K series Mumbai Open, where she was seeded 4th and lost to Danka Kovinić in the first round, whom she also partnered with to reach the semis of the doubles. This proved to be her last tournament of the year as she withdraw from the following week's WTA 125K Open de Limoges.

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, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[13]

Singles

Current after the 2021 Yarra Valley Classic.

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	Q2		0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	Q2	Q1		0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	Q3	NH		0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	Q2	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–
WTA 1000
Indian Wells Open	A	Q1	NH		0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Open	A	1R	NH		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Madrid Open	Q2	Q1	NH		0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
Tournaments	2	5	1	1	Career total: 9
Titles	1	0	0	0	Career total: 1
Finals	1	0	0	0	Career total: 1
Hard Win–Loss	4–1	2–4	0–1	0–1	0 / 6	6–7	46%
Clay Win–Loss	5–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1 / 3	5–2	71%
Grass Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–
Overall Win–Loss	9–1	2–7	0–2	0–1	1 / 9	6–9	40%
Win (%)	90%	22%	0%	0%	Career total: 40%
Year-end ranking^[2]	103	187			$426,620

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. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.
• ² 2017: WTA Ranking–465.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

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

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

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

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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

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

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

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (5–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

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	BBVA Open 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, Germany	60,000	Clay	Laura Siegemund	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
Loss	4–3	Aug 2019	Hechingen Open, Germany	60,000	Clay	Barbara Haas	2–6, 1–6
Win	5–3	Sep 2019	Montreux Open, Switzerland	60,000	Clay	Julia Grabher	6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 4 (1 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

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

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, Germany	60,000	Clay	Nina Stojanović	Pemra Özgen Despina Papamichail	6–1, 2–6, [4–10]
Loss	1–3	Aug 2019	Hechingen Open, Germany	60,000	Clay	Georgina García Pérez	Cristina Dinu Lina Gjorcheska	6–4, 5–7, [7–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' 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

Record against other players

Record against top-10 players

Danilović's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10 (as of 27 August 2019):

Player	Record	Win%	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last Match
Number 4 ranked players
Bianca Andreescu	1–0	100%	1–0	0–0	0–0	Won (6–3, 7–5) at 2018 US Open
Number 5 ranked players
Sara Errani	0–1	0%	0–0	0–1	0–0	Lost (6–3, 2–6, 2–6) at 2019 ITF Rome
Number 7 ranked players
Patty Schnyder	1–0	100%	0–0	1–0	0–0	Won (6–3, 3–6, 6–3) at 2018 Pula
Number 9 ranked players
Julia Görges	1–0	100%	0–0	1–0	0–0	Won (6–3, 6–3) at 2018 Moscow
Andrea Petkovic	0–1	0%	0–0	0–1	0–0	Lost (5–7, 7–5, 2–6) at 2019 Madrid
Aryna Sabalenka	0–1	0%	0–0	0–1	0–0	Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2018 Madrid
Total	3–3	50%	1–0 (100%)	2–3 (40%)	0–0 ( – )

Wins over top 10 players

Season	2018	Total
Wins	1	1

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	ODR
2018
1.	Julia Görges	No. 10	Moscow River Cup, Russia	Clay	QF	6–3, 6–3	No. 187

Award

• 2018 – Fed Cup Heart Award (Europe/Africa Zone Group I)[10]

References

1. Ozmo, Saša (26 December 2017). "Olga za SK – novi trener, tatini saveti, sazrevanje..." (in Serbian). Sport Klub SR. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
2. Medić, Jelena (30 July 2018). "NAŠA ŠAMPIONKA DOČEKANA U BEOGRADU Olga Danilović: Još nisam svesna kakav sam uspeh napravila" (in Serbian). Blic. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
3. "Koreča o Olgi: Nasledila je nešto posebno" (in Serbian). Sport Klub SR. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
4. Ozmo, Saša (29 November 2018). "Olga ima novog trenera: Ona je dijamantski talenat" (in Serbian). Sport Klub SR. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
5. "Олга Даниловић: Следи ново освајање Европе!" (in Serbian). Спортски журнал. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
6. Medić, Jelena (11 December 2015). "Olga Danilović (14) razbija na Oranž Boulu starije devojčice" (in Serbian). Blic. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
7. Vlajić, Bojan (4 June 2016). "Olga Danilović za "Blic": Kralj Nole mi je poželeo sreću, upijam njegove savete" (in Serbian). Blic. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
8. "Only 17, fast-emerging Olga Danilovic ready for the leap".
9. Olga Danilović at the Billie Jean King Cup
10. "Mladenovic, Danilovic, Gonzalez and Putintseva win Heart Awards". Fed Cup. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
11. "Olga Danilović novac od nagrade ITF-a donira bolnici u Tiršovoj" (in Serbian). RTS. Tanjug. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
12. David Kane (29 July 2018). "'I was given this chance, I had to take it' - Danilovic goes from lucky loser to champion in Moscow". WTA Tour. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
13. "Player & Career overview".

External links

• Olga Danilović at the Women's Tennis Association
• Olga Danilović at the International Tennis Federation
• Olga Danilović at the Billie Jean King Cup