Aleksandra Krunić
Aleksandra Krunić at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
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| Country (sports) |
 Serbia
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| Residence | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Born |
15 March 1993 Moscow, Russia |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) |
| Turned pro | 2008 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach(es) | Biljana Veselinovic, Branislav Jevremovic |
| Prize money | US$964,813 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 214-148 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 9 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 62 (20 July 2015) |
| Current ranking | No. 157 (18 July 2016) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2015, 2016) |
| French Open | 1R (2015) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2015) |
| US Open | 4R (2014) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 112–77 |
| Career titles | 2 WTA, 6 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 46 (3 Oct 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 46 (3 Oct 2016) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2017) |
| French Open | 3R (2016) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2016) |
| US Open | 3R (2015) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 11–6 |
| Last updated on: 21 July 2016. | |
Aleksandra Krunić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александра Крунић; born 15 March 1993) is a Russian-born Serbian professional tennis player. Krunić has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour in her career. On 27 July 2015 Krunić reached her best singles rankings of world number 62. On 18 July 2016, she peaked at world number 50 in the doubles rankings.
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. She made her WTA singles debut at the Poli-Farbe Budapest Grand Prix. In 2014 US Open, in her second main draw appearance at Grand Slam, Krunić won her first main draw match and then reached the fourth round, beating third seed Petra Kvitová in the process.
Krunić was born to Bratislav and Ivana Krunić, Serbian immigrants to Russia, and has a sister named Anastasia. She was born on 15 March 1993 in Moscow, Russia, she currently resides after Moscow and Bratislava in Belgrade. Krunić speaks Serbian, Slovak, Russian and English fluently.
Krunić picked up a tennis racquet aged seven. She began training tennis at the Spartak Moscow club, which spawned numerous tennis stars such as Anna Kournikova, Anastasia Myskina, Marat Safin, Igor Andreev and others. Since then Krunić has been coached by Edouard Safonov. In 2006 Krunić reached the semifinals of Junior Kremlin Cup, losing to Bulgarian Dalia Zafirova 6–7(10) 6–3 6–1, who eventually fell to Ksenia Kirillova in the final. The following year she won three junior events, in Podgorica, Livorno and Maia. 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.
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