Séléna Janicijevic

Séléna Janicijevic (Serbian Cyrillic: Селена Јанићијевић, romanized: Selena Janićijević, born 23 July 2002) is a French tennis player.[1] On 30 January 2023, she reached a new career-high of world No. 171 in singles. Janicijevic has won eight singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit.

Séléna Janicijevic
Janicijevic at the 2021 Open de Biarritz
Country (sports) France
Born (2002-07-23) 23 July 2002
Nogent-sur-Marne, France
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 374,956
Singles
Career record115–77 (59.9%)
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 171 (30 January 2023)
Current rankingNo. 285 (11 September 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
French Open1R (2019, 2023)
WimbledonQ1 (2023)
US OpenQ1 (2022)
Doubles
Career record7–13 (35.0%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 525 (1 August 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2020, 2021, 2022)
Last updated on: 17 September 2023.

She has a career-high combined ranking of No. 18 on the ITF Junior Circuit, achieved on 27 February 2020.[2]

Career

Early years

Janicijevic started playing tennis at the age of six and prefers clay courts. She played primarily in tournaments on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour and the ITF Junior Circuit.[3]

2019: Grand Slam debut

Janicijevic made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2019 French Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw and also for the doubles main draw, partnering Aubane Droguet.[4][5][6]

2022: Finding success in the Mediterranean

Following the sweet high of the previous year, Janicijevic started her year in the courts of Egypt which brought her the $15k title in Giza in the last week of 2021. In the span of three weeks, she would score two semifinals showing in the first two $15k in Giza and Cairo, stopped only by Sapfo Sakellaridi in both tournaments, and a surprise championship win in the $25k in Cairo which included a win over former doubles world No. 1, Tímea Babos. This title was followed by another in February, this time a $15k in Antalya over Angelica Moratelli. However, she would lose the two consequent tournaments on the Turkish clay, one ending in retirement. She did not play for a few weeks after this before returning to the European ITFs where she found minimum success. Upon her return to Egypt, she found herself in a much better position, immediately going to the final of a $25k, losing to Anastasia Zolotareva.

Back in continental Europe, she would participate in several tournaments with the highlights being a Q2 showing at the French Open, losing a tight match to Irina Bara, and narrowly losing to Magda Linette in the Parisian WTA 125. In the back end of June, Janicijevic managed to clinch a $25k in Périgueux ousting top seed Katharina Hobgarski in the final.

2023: Australian Open debut, first WTA Tour win

She qualified for the 2023 Australian Open to make her debut at this major beating Robin Anderson, Elena Gabriela Ruse and Jodie Burrage, before succumbing to Slovenian Kaja Juvan in the first round. However, she entered a period of drought following that feat as she went on a five-match losing streak, before winning a $25k title in Colombia, her first of the year.

She recorded her first WTA Tour main-draw win at Strasbourg defeating Océane Dodin.[7]

Grand Slam performance
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles
Tournament 2019 ... 2022 2023 W–L
Australian Open A A 1R 0–1
French Open 1R Q2 1R 0–2
Wimbledon A A Q1 0–0
US Open A Q1 0–0
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–3

Doubles

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (8 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (8–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2021 ITF Knokke, Belgium 15,000 Clay France Lucie Nguyen Tan 6–3, 7–6(0)
Win 2–0 Dec 2021 ITF Giza, Egypt 15,000 Clay Greece Sapfo Sakellaridi 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Win 3–0 Jan 2022 ITF Cairo, Egypt 25,000 Clay Austria Sinja Kraus 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Win 4–0 Feb 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Italy Angelica Moratelli 6–3, 6–2
Loss 4–1 May 2022 ITF Cairo, Egypt 25,000 Clay Anastasia Zolotareva 6–7(5), 6-7(4)
Win 5–1 Jun 2022 ITF Périgueux, France 25,000 Clay Germany Katharina Hobgarski 6–3, 6–2
Win 6–1 Jul 2022 ITF Getxo, Spain 25,000 Clay Greece Sapfo Sakellaridi 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win 7–1 Jul 2022 ITF Perugia, Italy 25,000 Clay Italy Anna Turati 6–2, 6–2
Loss 7–2 Sep 2022 ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France 25,000 Clay France Jessika Ponchet 1–6, 4–6
Win 8–2 Apr 2023 ITF Sopo, Colombia 25,000 Clay Netherlands Suzan Lamens 6–4, 5–7, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (title)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partnering Opponents Score
Win Oct 2020 ITF Reims, France 25,000 Hard United States Robin Montgomery United Kingdom Harriet Dart
United Kingdom Sarah Beth Grey		 w/o

References
  1. "WTA Profile".
  2. "Junior ITF Profile".
  3. "Juniors – Selena Janicijevic a été sacrée à Casablanca !". www.tennisactu.net (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  4. "Roland-Garros – Selena Janicijevic, 16 ans, tient "son rêve"". www.tenisactu.net.
  5. "Selena Janicijevic, une non classée à Roland-Garros". www.lequipe.fr.
  6. "ROLAND-GARROS 2019 - Double Dames" (PDF).
  7. https://www.wtatennis.com/videos/3447888/strasbourg-janicijevic-defeats-dodin-for-first-wta-main-draw-victory
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