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Séléna Janicijevic

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Séléna Janicijevic
Janicijevic at the 2021 Open de Biarritz
Country (sports) France
Born (2002-07-23) 23 July 2002 (age 22)
Nogent-sur-Marne, France
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 532,580
Singles
Career record161–108
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 153 (16 September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 169 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
French Open1R (2019, 2023)
WimbledonQ2 (2024)
US OpenQ2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record13–22
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 525 (1 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 565 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Last updated on: 31 October 2024.

Séléna Janicijevic (Serbian Cyrillic: Селена Јанићијевић, romanized: Selena Janićijević, born 23 July 2002) is a French tennis player of Serbian origin.[1][2] On 16 September 2024, she reached her career-high of world No. 153 in singles. Janicijevic has won ten singles and one doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

She has a career-high combined ranking of No. 18 on the ITF Junior Circuit, achieved on 27 February 2020.[3]

Career

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Early years

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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.[4]

2019: Major debut

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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.[5][6][7]

2022: Finding success in the Mediterranean

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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 and first WTA Tour win

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In 2023, Janicijevic made her debut at the Australian Open, where she defeated Robin Anderson, Elena-Gabriela Ruse and Jodie Burrage in the qualifying rounds, before losing to the Slovenian Kaja Juvan in the main draw 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.

In May 2023, Janicijevic recorded her first career WTA Tour singles main-draw win in Strasbourg by defeating fellow Frenchwoman Océane Dodin in the first round before losing to Varvara Gracheva in the second round.[8]

2024: First WTA Tour quarterfinal, top 160

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In July 2024, Janicijevic reached her first career WTA Tour singles quarterfinal at the Iași Open after winning two qualifying matches and defeating in the main draw first and second rounds fellow qualifier Gergana Topalova and wildcard Miriam Bulgaru respectively. She lost her quarterfinal match to her compatriot Chloé Paquet in three sets. As a result she reached the top 160 in the rankings on 29 July 2024.[9][10]

Grand Slam performance

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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

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Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 W–L
Australian Open A A A A 1R Q1 0–1
French Open 1R Q1 Q1 Q2 1R Q1 0–2
Wimbledon A NH A A Q1 Q2 0–0
US Open A A A Q1 A 0–0
Win–loss 0–1 0-0 0-0 0–0 0–2 0–3

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 14 (10 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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Legend
W60/75 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Clay (10–4)
Hard (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2021 ITF Knokke, Belgium W15 Clay France Lucie Nguyen Tan 6–3, 7–6(0)
Win 2–0 Dec 2021 ITF Giza, Egypt W15 Clay Greece Sapfo Sakellaridi 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Win 3–0 Jan 2022 ITF Cairo, Egypt W25 Clay Austria Sinja Kraus 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Win 4–0 Feb 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Italy Angelica Moratelli 6–3, 6–2
Loss 4–1 May 2022 ITF Cairo, Egypt W25 Clay Anastasia Zolotareva 6–7(5), 6-7(4)
Win 5–1 Jun 2022 ITF Périgueux, France W25 Clay Germany Katharina Hobgarski 6–3, 6–2
Win 6–1 Jul 2022 ITF Getxo, Spain W25 Clay Greece Sapfo Sakellaridi 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win 7–1 Jul 2022 ITF Perugia, Italy W25 Clay Italy Anna Turati 6–2, 6–2
Loss 7–2 Sep 2022 ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France W25 Clay France Jessika Ponchet 1–6, 4–6
Win 8–2 Apr 2023 ITF Sopo, Colombia W25 Clay Netherlands Suzan Lamens 6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Win 9–2 Oct 2023 ITF Luján, Argentina W25 Clay Argentina Julieta Lara Estable 6–4, 7–6(0)
Win 10–2 Dec 2023 Vacaria Open, Brazil W60 Clay (i) Portugal Francisca Jorge 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 10–3 Apr 2024 ITF Florianópolis, Brazil W75 Clay Cyprus Raluca Șerban 5–7, 2–6
Loss 10–4 May 2024 Open Saint-Gaudens, France W75+H Clay United States Claire Liu 1–6, 7–6(3), 0–6

Doubles: 1 (title)

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Legend
W25 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partnering Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2020 ITF Reims, France W25 Hard United States Robin Montgomery United Kingdom Harriet Dart
United Kingdom Sarah Beth Grey 		w/o

References

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  1. ^ "WTA Profile".
  2. ^ "Srpkinja koja igra za Francusku za Nova.rs poslala poruku Đokoviću". 18 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Junior ITF Profile".
  4. ^ "Juniors – Selena Janicijevic a été sacrée à Casablanca !". www.tennisactu.net (in French). Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Roland-Garros – Selena Janicijevic, 16 ans, tient "son rêve"". www.tenisactu.net.
  6. ^ "Selena Janicijevic, une non classée à Roland-Garros". www.lequipe.fr.
  7. ^ "ROLAND-GARROS 2019 - Double Dames" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Strasbourg: Janicijevic defeats Dodin for first WTA main-draw victory".
  9. ^ "Chloé Paquet et Selena Janicijevic vont s'affronter en quarts de finale du WTA 250 d'Iasi". www.lequipe.fr.
  10. ^ "Janicijevic denies home hope Bulgaru in Iasi to make first WTA quarterfinal". WTA website.
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