Tamara Zidanšek

Tamara Zidanšek (Slovene: [zíːdanˈʃɛːk]; born 26 December 1997) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 22 in singles and No. 47 in doubles, and has won one singles title and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three WTA Challenger singles titles, along with 17 singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she was in the top 20 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 16, achieved in December 2015. Playing for the Slovenia Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 11–9 (as of September 2023).

Tamara Zidanšek
Zidanšek at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports) Slovenia
ResidenceDubai, U.A.E.
Born (1997-12-26) 26 December 1997
Postojna, Slovenia
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachBlaž Kavčič
Prize moneyUS$ 3,012,174
Singles
Career record315–162 (66.0%)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 22 (28 February 2022)
Current rankingNo. 98 (23 October 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2022)
French OpenSF (2021)
Wimbledon2R (2019)
US Open2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record94–65 (59.1%)
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 47 (16 January 2023)
Current rankingNo. 343 (23 October 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2021, 2022)
French Open2R (2020, 2021, 2022)
Wimbledon2R (2019, 2021)
US Open1R (2019, 2021, 2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup11–9 (55.0%)
Last updated on: 23 October 2023.

Professional career

2014: Professional debut

Zidanšek made a perfect professional debut in 2014 at her home in Velenje, passing three qualifying rounds to go in the main draw and claim her first title on the pro-level at the age of 16.[2]

2021: First major semifinal, top-50 debut, first top-10 win & WTA singles title

She reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam championship for the first time at the 2021 French Open, defeating Sorana Cîrstea in straight sets[3] and Paula Badosa in three sets.[4] These wins made her the first Slovenian female player to accomplish this since the country became independent in 1991. As a result, Zidanšek entered the top 50 for the first time. She also scored her first top-ten win in the first round, against the No. 6 seed, Bianca Andreescu.[5] In her semifinal match, Zidanšek was defeated by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets.

At the Ladies Open Lausanne, as the top seed, Zidanšek beat Marina Melnikova, Mandy Minella, Lucia Bronzetti, Maryna Zanevska and Clara Burel to win her first WTA Tour title.

2022: Top 25 debut, two major third rounds

Seeded 29th at the Australian Open, she reached the third round for the first time, but lost to Alizé Cornet. At the French Open, Zidanšek also reached the third round in which she lost to Jessica Pegula, in straight sets.

2023: WTA 125 title

After saving four championship points and defeating Rebecca Šramková in the final, Zidanšek won WTA 125 tournament in Bari.[6]

Coaching

Zidanšek was coached by Zoran Krajnc until April 2021. In May 2021, her team signed with Pancho Alvariño from Spain. Carl Maes joined the team in December 2021 for a period of one year. After a few coaching trials, she is now coached by former Slovenian ATP player Blaž Kavčič.

Performance timelines
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.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[7]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Jasmin Open.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q2 2R 2R 1R 3R 1R 0 / 5 4–5 44%
French Open Q1 Q2 1R 1R SF 3R 1R 0 / 5 6–5 55%
Wimbledon Q1 Q3 2R NH 1R 1R Q2 0 / 3 1–3 25%
US Open A 1R 1R A 2R 1R Q3 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 2–4 1–2 6–4 3–4 0–2 0 / 17 12–17 41%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[lower-alpha 1] Z2 Z1 A Z1[lower-alpha 2] PO RR 0 / 0 8–6 57%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 3] A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A A NH 3R 2R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Miami Open A A 1R NH Q2 2R Q2 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Madrid Open A A A NH 2R 2R A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Italian Open A A 1R A 1R 1R A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Canadian Open A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wuhan Open A A 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
China Open A A Q2 NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 2–4 1–4 0–0 0 / 11 3–11 21%
Career statistics
Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 0[lower-alpha 4] 7 18 9 19 19 8 Career total: 80
Titles 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 Career total: 3
Hard win–loss 3–0 4–5 4–8 5–9 8–12 8–8 2–5 0 / 44 34–47 42%
Clay win–loss 0–0 5–3 9–8 1–3 16–5 4–7 5–4 1 / 29 40–30 57%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 2–2 NH 0–1 2–4 0–0 0 / 7 4–7 36%
Overall win–loss 3–0 9–8 15–18 6–12 24–18 14–19 7–9 1 / 80 78–84 48%
Year-end ranking[lower-alpha 5] 180 70 64 87 30 87 $3,012,174

Doubles
Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 2R 2R 1R 0 / 4 2–4 33%
French Open A 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Wimbledon A 2R NH 2R 1R A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
US Open A 1R A 1R 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Win–loss 0–0 1–3 1–2 3–4 2–4 0–2 0 / 15 7–15 32%
WTA 1000
Miami Open A A NH 1R 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Madrid Open A A NH A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Career statistics
Titles 1 0 2 0 1 0 Career total: 4
Finals 1 1 2 0 3 0 Career total: 7

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2019 Nuremberg Cup, Germany International[lower-alpha 6] Clay Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 2021 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia WTA 250 Clay Colombia Camila Osorio 7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Jul 2021 Swiss Open, Switzerland WTA 250 Clay France Clara Burel 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–1

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500 (0–1)
WTA 250 (4–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2018 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Serbia Olga Danilović Romania Irina-Camelia Begu
Romania Raluca Olaru		 7–5, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Sep 2019 Zhengzhou Open, China Premier[lower-alpha 7] Hard Belgium Yanina Wickmayer United States Nicole Melichar
Czech Republic Květa Peschke		 1–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 2–1 Aug 2020 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy International Clay Netherlands Arantxa Rus Italy Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Italy Martina Trevisan		 7–5, 7–5
Win 3–1 Nov 2020 Linz Open, Austria International Hard (i) Netherlands Arantxa Rus Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková		 6–3, 6–4
Win 4–1 Jun 2022 Rosmalen Open, Netherlands WTA 250 Grass Australia Ellen Perez Veronika Kudermetova
Belgium Elise Mertens		 6–3, 5–7, [12–10]
Loss 4–2 Jul 2022 Swiss Open, Switzerland WTA 250 Clay Norway Ulrikke Eikeri Serbia Olga Danilović
France Kristina Mladenovic		 w/o
Loss 4–3 Oct 2022 Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy WTA 250 Clay Netherlands Arantxa Rus Czech Republic Anastasia Dețiuc
Czech Republic Miriam Kolodziejová		 6–1, 3–6, [8–10]

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2018 WTA 125 Bol, Croatia Clay Poland Magda Linette 6–1, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jun 2019 WTA 125 Bol, Croatia (2) Clay Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo 7–5, 7–5
Win 3–0 Sep 2023 WTA 125 Bari, Italy Clay Slovakia Rebecca Šramková 3–6, 7–5, 6–1

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2022 WTA 125 Santiago, Chile Clay Egypt Mayar Sherif Yana Sizikova
Indonesia Aldila Sutjiadi		 1–6, 6–3, [7–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 25 (17 titles, 8 runner–ups)
Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (14–4)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2014 ITF Velenje, Slovenia 10,000 Clay Austria Barbara Haas 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss 1–1 May 2015 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay Croatia Tena Lukas 2–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 Jun 2015 ITF Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina 10,000 Clay Serbia Marina Kachar 6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Win 3–1 Jun 2015 Telavi Open, Georgia 10,000 Clay Belarus Sadafmoh Tolibova 6–4, 6–1
Win 4–1 Jun 2015 Telavi Open, Georgia 10,000 Clay Hungary Szabina Szlavikovics 6–3, 6–3
Win 5–1 Aug 2015 ITF Arad, Romania 10,000 Clay Slovakia Chantal Škamlová 6–1, 6–3
Loss 5–2 Aug 2015 ITF Bagnatica, Italy 15,000 Clay Germany Anne Schäfer 6–2, 1–6, 2–6
Win 6–2 Sep 2015 ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay Russia Polina Leykina 6–3, 6–2
Loss 6–3 Apr 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay Romania Irina Bara 3–6, 3–6
Win 7–3 Apr 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay France Alice Bacquié 6–1, 6–0
Win 8–3 May 2016 ITF Győr, Hungary 25,000 Clay Russia Ekaterina Alexandrova 6–4, 6–4
Win 9–3 May 2016 Hódmezővásárhely Ladies Open, Hungary 25,000 Clay Czech Republic Karolína Muchová 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 10–3 Dec 2016 ITF Santiago, Chile 25,000 Clay Brazil Paula Cristina Gonçalves 6–1, 6–4
Win 11–3 Dec 2016 ITF Pune, India 25,000 Hard Russia Polina Monova 6–4, 6–2
Loss 11–4 Dec 2016 ITF Navi Mumbai, India 25,000 Hard China Lu Jiajing 3–6, 1–6
Loss 11–5 Feb 2017 Launceston International, Australia 60,000 Hard United States Jamie Loeb 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 12–5 Sep 2017 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Croatia Tereza Mrdeža 7–6(7–4), 7–5
Win 13–5 Nov 2017 Bendigo International, Australia 60,000 Hard Australia Olivia Rogowska 5–7, 6–1, 6–0
Loss 13–6 Nov 2017 Toyota World Challenge, Japan 60,000 Carpet (i) Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu 0–6, 1–6
Win 14–6 Feb 2018 ITF Curitiba, Brazil 25,000 Clay France Fiona Ferro 7–5, 6–4
Loss 14–7 Mar 2018 ITF São Paulo, Brazil 25,000 Clay Austria Julia Grabher 4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 15–7 Apr 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Italy Anastasia Grymalska 6–3, 6–1
Win 16–7 Apr 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay France Myrtille Georges 6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Win 17–7 Dec 2018 Pune Open, India 25,000 Hard India Karman Thandi 6–3, 6–4
Loss 17–8 Oct 2022 Open Monastir, Tunisia 60,000 Hard France Kristina Mladenovic 1–6, 6–3, 5–7

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (4–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2015 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay Slovenia Pia Čuk Slovenia Natalija Šipek
Slovenia Eva Zagorac		 6–1, 6–1
Loss 1–1 May 2015 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay Slovenia Pia Čuk Russia Anastasiya Komardina
Slovakia Zuzana Luknárová		 2–6, 6–0, [7–10]
Win 2–1 Aug 2015 ITF Tarvisio, Italy 10,000 Clay Slovenia Pia Čuk Italy Giorgia Marchetti
Italy Maria Masini		 6–1, 6–4
Win 3–1 Oct 2016 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Switzerland Jil Teichmann Italy Claudia Giovine
Italy Camilla Rosatello		 6–2, 6–4
Win 4–1 Nov 2016 ITF Santiago, Chile 25,000 Clay Argentina Guadalupe Pérez Rojas United States Usue Maitane Arconada
Italy Georgia Brescia		 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 4–2 Feb 2017 Launceston International, Australia 60,000 Hard Italy Georgia Brescia Australia Monique Adamczak
United States Nicole Melichar		 1–6, 2–6
Loss 4–3 Dec 2017 ITF Navi Mumbai, India 25,000 Hard India Pranjala Yadlapalli Spain Georgina García Pérez
Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča		 0–6, 1–6
Loss 4–4 Nov 2018 Pune Open, India 25,000 Hard Bulgaria Aleksandrina Naydenova India Ankita Raina
India Karman Thandi		 2–6, 7–6(7–5), [9–11]

Team competitions

Singles (8–6)
Legend
Europe/Africa Group (7–5)
World Group Play-off / Finals qualifying round (1–1)
Edition Stage Date Location Surface Against Opponent W/L Score
2017 Z2 R/R Apr 2017 Šiauliai (LTU) Hard (i) Sweden Sweden Johanna Larsson W 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
South Africa South Africa Chanel Simmonds W 6–4, 6–2
Z2 P/O Luxembourg Luxembourg Eléonora Molinaro W 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
2018 Z1 R/R Feb 2018 Tallinn (EST) Hard (i) Croatia Croatia Tena Lukas W 6–3, 6–1
Hungary Hungary Fanny Stollár L 4–6, 4–6
Sweden Sweden Rebecca Peterson W 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
2020–21 Z1 R/R Feb 2020 Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX) Hard (i) Turkey Turkey Pemra Özgen L 3–6, 7–5, 2–6
Poland Poland Magda Linette L 5–7, 4–6
Z1 P/O Serbia Serbia Nina Stojanović L 4–6, 5–7
2022 Z1 R/R Apr 2022 Antalya (TUR) Clay Georgia (country) Georgia Mariam Bolkvadze W 6–3, 6–0
Austria Austria Julia Grabher L 3–6, 3–6
Croatia Croatia Petra Martić W 6–3, 6–2
2023 F QR Apr 2023 Koper (SLO) Clay Romania Romania Jaqueline Cristian L 1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Ana Bogdan W 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–5

Doubles (3–3)
Legend
Europe/Africa Group (2–3)
World Group Play-off / Finals qualifying round (1–0)
Edition Round Date Location Surface Partnering Against Opponents W/L Result
2018 Z1 R/R Feb 2018 Tallinn (EST) Hard (i) Nina Potočnik Croatia Croatia Darija Jurak
Tena Lukas		 L 1–6, 3–6
Kaja Juvan Hungary Hungary Dalma Gálfi
Fanny Stollár		 L 4–6, 3–6
2020–21 Z1 R/R Feb 2020 Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX) Hard (i) Dalila Jakupović Turkey Turkey Ayla Aksu
İpek Öz		 W 6–0, 6–4
Z1 P/O Kaja Juvan Serbia Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
Nina Stojanović		 L 4–6, 4–6
2022 Z1 R/R Apr 2022 Antalya (TUR) Clay Kaja Juvan Austria Austria Melanie Klaffner
Sinja Kraus		 W 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
2023 F QR Apr 2023 Koper (SLO) Clay Kaja Juvan Romania Romania Irina Bara
Monica Niculescu		 W 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

WTA Tour career earnings

Current through the 2022 Australian Open

YearGrand Slam
singles titles		WTA
singles titles		Total
singles titles		Earnings ($)Money list rank
2014 0 0 0 2,222 1024
2015 0 0 0 15,545 404
2016 0 0 0 19,076 369
2017 0 0 0 33,251 324
2018 0 0 0 215,778 152
2019 0 0 0 474,370 93
2020 0 0 0 217,297 116
2021 0 1 1 947,471 32
2022 0 0 0 202,053 30
Career 0 1 1 2,163,720 247

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players
  • She has a 1–7 (13%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Result W–L Opponent Rank Event Surface Round Score Rank H2H
2019
Loss 0–1 Japan Naomi Osaka No. 4 Australian Open, Australia Hard 2R No. 78
Loss 0–2 Belarus Aryna Sabalenka No. 10 Eastbourne International Grass R No. 59
2020
Loss 0–3 United States Serena Williams No. 9 Australian Open Hard 2R No. 70
2021
Loss 0–4 Australia Ashleigh Barty No. 1 Madrid Open, Spain Clay R No. 80
Win 1–4 Canada Bianca Andreescu No. 7 French Open Clay 1R 6–7(1), 7–6(2), 9–7 No. 85
Loss 1–5 Belarus Aryna Sabalenka No. 2 US Open Hard 2R No. 40
2022
Loss 1–6 Greece Maria Sakkari No. 6 Adelaide International 1 Hard R No. 30
2023
Loss 1–7 Tunisia Ons Jabeur No. 2 Australian Open Hard 1R No. 98

Notes
  1. Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
  3. The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  4. During the season, she did not play in the main draw of any tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but matches count.
  5. 2014: WTA ranking–741,
    2015: WTA ranking–309,
    2016: WTA ranking–223.
  6. The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
  7. The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.

References
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  2. "WTA Bol: Tamara Zidansek claims her biggest title on the paradise island". Tennis World. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  3. "Zidansek scores Slovenian milestone, sets first-time QFist clash with Badosa in Paris". wtatennis.com. 6 June 2021.
  4. "Zidansek bests Badosa in overtime to reach French Open semifinal". wtatennis.com. 8 June 2021.
  5. "From junior champion snowboarder to upsetting Andreescu, meet Zidansek".
  6. "Zidansek takes Bari 125 title with comeback win". WTA Tennis. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
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