Konjuh at the 2016 US Open
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Country (sports) | Croatia |
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Residence | Dubai, UAE |
Born |
Dubrovnik, Croatia |
27 December 1997
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | 2014 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,363, 446 |
Singles | |
Career record | 122–73 (62.56%) |
Career titles | 1 WTA, 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 31 (20 March 2017) |
Current ranking | No. 31 (20 March 2017) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2016, 2017) |
French Open | 2R (2015, 2016) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2014) |
US Open | QF (2016) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 2R (2016) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 9–9 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 226 (6 June 2016) |
Current ranking | No. 376 (12 September 2016) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2017) |
French Open | 2R (2016) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2015) |
US Open | 1R (2016) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 3R (2015) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 10–2 |
Last updated on: 12 September 2016. |
Ana Konjuh (born 27 December 1997) is a Croatian professional tennis player.
A successful junior player, Konjuh won both the singles and doubles junior events at the Australian Open in January 2013 and, as a result, moved up to number 1 in the ITF junior world rankings. Later in the year, she also won the girls' singles event at the 2013 US Open. She turned her attention to the main tour in 2014, and in October of that year made her debut in the top 100, aged 16.
Konjuh won her first singles title on the WTA Tour at the 2015 Nottingham Open, becoming the youngest player to win a main tour event since 2006. She has also won one title on the ITF Tour.
Aged 14, Konjuh was the runner-up at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships in girls' doubles. In December 2012, Konjuh won two prestigious junior tennis tournaments, Eddie Herr and the Orange Bowl.
In January 2013, she won the singles and doubles events at the 2013 Australian Open, and became the number 1 junior in the world. She also received a call up to the Croatia Fed Cup team, where she scored the biggest win of her career, defeating Urszula Radwańska, ranked number 37 in the world, in Croatia's Fed Cup tie against Poland, at the age of 15.