Ajla Tomljanović

Ajla Tomljanović

Tomljanović in 2015
Country (sports)	Croatia (until 2014)  Australia (2014—present)
Residence	Brisbane, Australia
Born	(1993-05-07) 7 May 1993 (age 23) Zagreb, Croatia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	December 2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,362,230
Singles
Career record	204-144
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	47 (23 February 2015)
Current ranking	106 (28 March 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2014, 2015)
French Open	4R (2014)
Wimbledon	2R (2015)
US Open	2R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	57-53
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	48 (20 October 2014)
Current ranking	113 (28 March 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2014)
French Open	1R (2014, 2015)
Wimbledon	3R (2015)
US Open	3R (2014)
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Ajla Tomljanović (born 7 May 1993) is a Croatian-Australian professional tennis player.

Tomljanović has won four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 23 Feb 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 47. On 20 October 2014, she peaked at world No. 48 in the doubles rankings.

Tomljanović was an accomplished junior player, having won the 2009 Australian Open Girls' Doubles title with Christina McHale. She would also reach her combined career high junior ranking of world number 4 on 30 March 2009.

In July 2014, it was announced that Tomljanović would take Australian citizenship and begin competing for Australia at the 2014 US Open. She will continue to represent Croatia at all non-Grand Slam events until she receives an Australian passport, which will enable her to represent the country at Grand Slam and non-Grand Slam tournaments alike.

Tomljanović was born on 7 May 1993 to Croatian father Ratko (winner of 1992 and 1993 handball European Cup) and Bosniak mother Emina. She was born and raised in Zagreb. Her elder sister, Hana, played tennis for University of Virginia. Tomljanović is a fan of basketball. She began playing tennis aged six and is coached by Fernando Martínez and Rene Gomez. As of July 2015, Ajla Tomljanovic is in a relationship with fellow Australian Nick Kyrgios. She resides in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Tomljanović played her first professional ITF Circuit event in October 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico, and lost to Estefanía Craciún in the semifinals. She then qualified for another ITF event in Mexico City, but lost to Karolina Kosińska in the second round. In January 2009 Tomljanović qualified for the ITF event in Boca Raton, Florida, where she lost to Heidi El Tabakh in the second round. She was awarded with a wild card for 2009 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, and lost to Angela Haynes. Tomljanović then made a chain of three consecutive losses in the second rounds, in at the ITF tournaments in Redding, California, Osprey, Florida, and Makarska, Croatia, losing to, respectively Rika Fujiwara, Kateřina Kramperová and Ana Savić. At the ITF event in Zagreb, she lost to Tereza Hladíková in the first round. On 10 May 2009 in Zagreb, Tomljanović won her first ITF doubles title, partnering with Croatian fellow Petra Martić. Tomljanović missed most of 2012 due to mononucleosis.