Tamara Zidansek

Tamara Zidansek is a professional tennis player from Slovenia. She has a career-high WTA World Ranking of No.22 which she achieved in February 2022. As of May 2023, she slipped outside the top 100. In 2021, she reached the semifinals of the French Open. In addition to that, she has appeared in the main draws of all the Grand Slam singles and doubles events.

Player Profile

Tamara Zidanšek was born on December 26, 1997, in Postojna, Slovenia. She currently resides in Doha, Qatar. Coached by Marjan Čuk, she has earned US$2,819,079 in prize money since she turned pro. She stands 168 cm tall and she is right-handed with a two-handed backhand.

Career

In 2014, Zidansek won the first tournament in her professional career at the ITF event in Slovenia. She won five ITF singles titles and two ITF doubles titles in the following year. Zidansek replicated her 2015 tournament achievements again in the 2016 season.

She achieved two singles titles in ITF events in 2017. Zidansek marked her breakthrough year in 2018 when she won one WTA 125K series singles title, one WTA doubles title, and four ITF singles titles. She was also ranked world number 70 at the end of the season.

Since turning pro, Zidansek has a career record of 290 victories and 150 losses. She also won 2 WTA 125K and 17 ITF career titles in singles. In doubles, she has a career record of 93 victories and 64 losses. The highest rank she achieved was No. 47, which she attained in January 2023. Zidansek still has to win a Grand Slam tournament but has already made appearances at the four Grand Slam events.

In 2019, she made it to the second round of Wimbledon for both the singles and doubles events. The following year, she made it to the 2nd round of the French Open doubles.

In 2021 she made it to the semifinals of the French Open. She also made it to the second round of the US Open. In 2022, she made it to the third round of the singles competition of the Australian Open and the second round of the doubles competition. She lost in the third round at the 2022 French Open too, going down to Jessica Pegula.

Career Record

Singles

• Highest Ranking: No.22 (February 28,

2022)

• Current Ranking: No.110 (May 22, 2023)

Best Grand Slam Singles Performances

• Australian Open - 3R (2022)
• French Open - 3R (2022)
• Wimbledon - 2R (2019)
• US Open - 2R (2021)

Doubles

• Highest ranking No. 47 (16 January

2023)

Best Grand Slam Doubles Performances

• Australian Open - 2R (2021, 2022)
• French Open - 2R (2020, 2021)
• Wimbledon - 2R (2019, 2021)
• US Open - 1R (2019, 2021)