Sinja Kraus

Sinja Kraus (born 29 April 2002) is an Austrian tennis player.

Sinja Kraus
Kraus at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Austria
Born (2002-04-29) 29 April 2002
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$240,911
Singles
Career record156–112 (58.2%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 151 (8 May 2023)
Current rankingNo. 224 (11 September 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2023)
French OpenQ1 (2023)
WimbledonQ3 (2023)
US OpenQ2 (2023)
Doubles
Career record40–49 (44.9%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 345 (9 January 2023)
Current rankingNo. 353 (11 September 2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup8–9
Medal record
Women's Tennis
Representing  Austria
European Youth Olympic Festival
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Győr Singles
Last updated on: 11 September 2023.

Kraus has career-high WTA rankings of 151 in singles, achieved in May 2023, and world No. 345 in doubles, attained in January 2023. She reached a career-high ITF juniors ranking of No. 87, on 21 January 2019.

Kraus also won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Győr.[1]

She represents Austria in the Billie Jean King Cup and made her debut in 2020, when she partnered Melanie Klaffner in the (then Fed Cup) tie against Italy, losing to Giulia Gatto-Monticone and Martina Trevisan.[2][3]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline
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.
Tournament 2022 2023 W–L
Australian Open A Q1 0–0
French Open A Q1 0–0
Wimbledon A Q3 0–0
US Open Q1 Q2 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0

ITF finals

Singles: 12 (5 titles, 7 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 (1–1)
Clay (4–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard Turkey Cemre Anıl 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(6)
Loss 1–1 Aug 2019 ITF Wanfercee-Baulet, Belgium 15,000 Clay Romania Andreea Mitu 4–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 Jan 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Russia Elina Avanesyan 6–2, 6–3
Loss 2–2 Mar 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Poland Weronika Falkowska 3–6, 6–7(1)
Loss 2–3 Sep 2021 ITF Vienna, Austria 25,000 Clay Romania Cristina Dinu 3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–4 Jan 2022 ITF Cairo, Egypt 25,000 Clay France Séléna Janicijevic 5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win 3–4 May 2022 ITF Warmbad Villach, Austria 25,000 Clay Poland Weronika Falkowska 7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win 4–4 Jun 2022 ITF Pörtschach, Austria 25,000 Clay Serbia Ivana Jorović 6–1, 1–6, 6–2
Loss 4–5 Jul 2022 ITF Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany 25,000 Clay Germany Katharina Hobgarski 5–7, 2–6
Loss 4–6 Sep 2022 ITF Collonge-Bellerive, Switzerland 60,000 Clay Italy Lucrezia Stefanini 2–6, 1–2 ret.
Loss 4–7 Mar 2023 ITF Anapoima, Colombia 40,000 Clay Netherlands Arantxa Rus 3–6, 7–6(3), 2–6
Win 5–7 Mar 2023 ITF Mosquera, Colombia 25,000 Clay Colombia Emiliana Arango 6–7(4), 7–6(6), 6–3

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2022 ITF Cairo, Egypt 25,000 Clay Austria Melanie Klaffner India Prarthana Thombare
Hungary Adrienn Nagy		 7–5, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Sep 2023 ITF Vienna, Austria 60,000 Clay Austria Melanie Klaffner Romania Irina Bara
Poland Weronika Falkowska		 3–6, 6–2, [11–13]

Junior career

ITF Circuit finals
Legend
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles (4–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Grade Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2017 ITF Maaseik, Belgium G4 Clay Germany Anne Knüttel 6–2 ret.
Win 2–0 Aug 2017 ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France G4 Clay France Alice Tubello 6–2, 6–1
Win 3–0 Sep 2017 ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland G5 Clay Germany Nastasja Schunk 6–3, 6–1
Loss 3–1 Oct 2017 ITF Almere, Netherlands G4 Hard Belgium Victoria Kalaitzis 2–6, 4–6
Win 4–1 Jan 2018 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia G2 Clay Malta Helene Pellicano 6–4, 6–3

Doubles (3–2)
Result No. Date Tournament Grade Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2017 ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France G4 Clay Austria Mavie Österreicher France Flavie Brugnone
France Anaëlle Leclercq		 4–6, 6–7(3)
Win 1–1 Sep 2017 ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland G5 Clay Switzerland Valentina Ryser Italy Chiara Girelli
Italy Sofia Rocchetti		 3–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Win 2–1 Mar 2018 ITF Benicarló, Spain G2 Clay France Diane Parry Spain Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro
Italy Nuria Brancaccio		 7–6(2), 5–7, [10–8]
Win 3–1 Jul 2018 ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic G2 Clay France Loudmilla Bencheikh Poland Martyna Kubka
Croatia Iva Zelić		 w/o
Loss 3–2 Jun 2019 ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic G2 Clay Germany Mara Guth Czech Republic Barbora Palicová
United States Hibah Shaikh		 0–6, 2–6

National representation

Kraus was nominated to make her Fed Cup debut for Austria in 2019, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II, the opponent forfeited the match.

Fed Cup
Group membership
World Group (0–2)
World Group Play-off (2–1)
World Group II (0–0)
World Group II Play-off (0–0)
Europe/Africa Group (6–6)
Matches by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (6–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by setting
Indoors (4–3)
Outdoors (4–6)

Singles (4–5)
Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2020 Fed Cup ZG1 Pool B 6 Feb 2020 Tallinn, Estonia Greece Greece Hard (i) Valentini Grammatikopoulou L 4–6, 4–6
2022 BJK Cup ZG1 Pool B 11 Apr 2022 Antalya, Turkey Bulgaria Bulgaria Clay Julia Terziyska W 6–1, 6–4
12 Apr 2022 Slovenia Slovenia Kaja Juvan L 1–6, 4–6
13 Apr 2022 Georgia (country) Georgia Nino Natsvlishvili W 6–4, 6–2
14 Apr 2022 Sweden Sweden Jacqueline Cabaj Awad W 6–2, 6–2
15 Apr 2022 Croatia Croatia Donna Vekić L 5–7, 3–6
ZG1 Playoff 11 Nov 2022 Vienna, Austria Latvia Latvia Clay (i) Daniela Vismane W 6–3, 6–1
12 Nov 2022 Jeļena Ostapenko L 0–6, 6–3, 1–6
2023 BJK Cup Qualifying round 14 April 2023 Delray Beach, USA United States USA Hard Jessica Pegula L 0–6, 5–7

Doubles (4–4)
Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
2019 Fed Cup ZG2 Pool A 8 Feb 2019 Esch-sur-Alzette,
Luxembourg		 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Hard (i) Mira Antonitsch Anita Husarić
Jelena Simić		 W w/o *
2020 Fed Cup ZG1 Pool B 5 Feb 2020 Tallinn, Estonia Italy Italy Hard (i) Mira Antonitsch Giulia Gatto-Monticone
Martina Trevisan		 L 4–6, 4–6
6 Feb 2020 Greece Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Despina Papamichail		 W 7–5, 7–6(2)
7 Feb 2020 Estonia Estonia Valeria Gorlats
Saara Orav		 W 6–2, 4–6, 6–0
2022 BJK Cup ZG1 Pool B 11 Apr 2022 Antalya, Turkey Bulgaria Bulgaria Clay Barbara Haas Isabella Shinikova
Julia Terziyska		 L 7–6(6), 2–6, 4–6
12 Apr 2022 Slovenia Slovenia Melanie Klaffner Kaja Juvan
Tamara Zidanšek		 L 6–2, 4–6, 2–6
14 Apr 2022 Sweden Sweden Caijsa Hennemann
Kajsa Rinaldo Persson		 W 4–6, 7–5, 6–0
ZG1 Playoff 12 Nov 2022 Vienna, Austria Latvia Latvia Clay (i) Diāna Marcinkēviča
Jeļena Ostapenko		 W 7–5, 6–3
2023 BJK Cup Qualifying round 15 April 2023 Delray Beach, USA United States USA Hard Melanie Klaffner Coco Gauff
Caty McNally		 L 1-6, 4-6

* walkover doesn't count in her overall record.

References
  1. "Sinja jubelt über Bronze" (in German). www.olympia.at. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  2. "L'Italia vince anche il doppio con Gatto-Monticone e Trevisan: sonoro 3-0 all'Austria in Fed Cup". it.eurosport.com (in Italian).
  3. "ÖTV-Damen verlieren Auftakt". www.laolal.at (in German).


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