Ajla Tomljanović

Ajla Tomljanović

2009 US Open
Country	Croatia
Residence	Zagreb, Croatia
Born	(1993-05-07) 7 May 1993 Zagreb, Croatia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	67 kg (150 lb; 10.6 st)
Turned pro	December 2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 151,526
Singles
Career record	110-67
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 145 (7 November 2011)
Current ranking	No. 155 (10 June 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	QR2 (2011)
French Open	QR1 (2010, 2011)
Wimbledon	QR3 (2010)
US Open	QR2 (2010)
Doubles
Career record	28-18
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 198 (14 November 2011)
Current ranking	No. 741 (7 January 2013)
Last updated on: 12 January 2013.

Ajla Tomljanović (born 7 May 1993) is a Croatian professional tennis player. She is former junior World No. 4. Partnering with Christina McHale, she won the 2009 Australian Open in Girls' Doubles. Tomljanović won her first ITF singles event in January 2010.

Personal life

Tomljanović was born on 7 May 1993 to Ratko and Emina Tomljanović. She was born and raised in Zagreb, where she remains. Her elder sister Hana Tomljanović plays tennis for University of Virginia. Tomljanović is a fan of basketball. She began playing tennis aged seven and is coached by Fernando Martínez.

Tennis career

Professional career

Tomljanović played her first professional ITF Circuit event in October 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico, and lost 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 to Estefania Craciún in the semifinals. She then qualified for another ITF event in Mexico City, but lost 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 to Karolina Kosińska in the second round. In January 2009 Tomljanović qualified for the ITF event in Boca Raton, Florida, where she lost to Heidi El Tabakh 1–6, 6–4, 6–3 in the second round. She was awarded with a wild card for 2009 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, and lost to Angela Haynes 7–5, 6–2. Tomljanović then made a chain of three consecutive losses in the second rounds, in at the ITF tournaments in Redding, California, Osprey, Florida, and Makarska, Croatia, losing to, respectively Rika Fujiwara, Katerina Kramperová and Ana Savić. At the ITF event in Zagreb, she lost to Tereza Hladiková in the first round 6–2, 4–6, 6–2. On 10 May 2009 in Zagreb, Tomljanović won her first ITF doubles title, partnering with Croatian fellow Petra Martić. Tomljanović missed most of 2012 due to mononucleosis.

Career statistics

ITF Circuit singles finals (3–3)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	1.	November 29, 2009	Puebla, Mexico	Hard	Naomi Broady	6–7(4), 3–6
Winner	2.	January 17, 2010	Plantation, USA	Clay	Johanna Larsson	6–3, 6–3
Runner–up	3.	April 4, 2010	Pelham, USA	Clay	Edina Gallovits	2–6, 0–6
Runner–up	4.	May 16, 2010	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	1–6, 6–7(4)
Winner	5.	March 13, 2011	Clearwater, USA	Hard	Sesil Karatantcheva	7–6(3), 6–3
Runner–up	6.	April 10, 2011	Jackson, USA	Clay	Marina Erakovic	1-6, 2-6
Winner	7.	May 29, 2011	Grado, Italy	Clay	Alexandra Cadanţu	6–2, 6–4
Runner–up	8.	January 13, 2013	Innisbroock, USA	Clay	Tadeja Majeric	2-6, 3-6

ITF Circuit doubles finals (3-1)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	May 10, 2009	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Petra Martić	Ksenia Milevskaya Anastasia Pivovarova	6–3, 6–7(4), 10–5
Runner–up	2.	October 3, 2011	Kansas City, USA	Hard	Jamie Hampton	Maria Abramovic Eva Hrdinova	2-6, 6-2, 6-4
Winner	3.	October 24, 2011	Bayamon, Puerto Rico	Hard	Chanel Simmonds	Victoria Duval Alexandra Kiick	6–3, 6-1
Winner	4.	November 7, 2011	Goldwater Women's Tennis Classic, USA	Hard	Jamie Hampton	Maria Sanchez Yasmin Schnack	3-6, 6-3, 6-3

Grand Slam girls' doubles finals (1-0)

No.	Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2009	Australian Open	Hard	Christina McHale	Aleksandra Krunić Sandra Zaniewska	6–1, 2–6, 10–4

External links

• Ajla Tomljanović at the Women's Tennis Association
• Ajla Tomljanović at the International Tennis Federation
• Ajla Tomljanović at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile