Danka Kovinić

Danka Kovinić

Country (sports)  Montenegro
Residence Herceg Novi, Montenegro
Born (1994-11-18.) 18 November 1994
Cetinje, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 12 in)
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es) Svetko Bjelotomić
Veljko Radojicić
Prize money USD$ 785,339
Singles
Career record 198–127
Career titles 0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking No. 46 (22 February 2016)
Current ranking No. 54 (06 Jun 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (2016)
French Open 2R (2015)
Wimbledon 1R (2015, 2016)
US Open 2R (2015)
Doubles
Career record 65–56
Career titles 1 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking No. 68 (06 Jun 2016)
Current ranking No. 68 (06 Jun 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2016)
French Open 1R (2016)
US Open 1R (2015)
Last updated on: 23 May 2016.

Danka Kovinić (Serbian: Данка Ковинић; born 18 November 1994) is a professional Montenegrin tennis player and member of the Montenegro Fed Cup team.

On 22 February 2016, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 46, whilst her best doubles ranking was 68 on 06 Jun 2016.

2010–2015

Kovinić started playing professionally in 2010. Her first WTA tournament was the 2013 Budapest Grand Prix. By reaching the quarterfinals, before losing to Chanelle Scheepers, Kovinic became the first ever Montenegrin to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA event.[1] Her first Grand Slam wins were at the 2015 French Open and the 2015 US Open, and she reached her first WTA final at the Tianjin Open in 2015.

2016

She reached her second WTA final in April at the 2016 İstanbul Cup. The next month, playing number 10 seed Petra Kvitová in the first round of the 2016 French Open, she came within two points of winning the match.[2][3]

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. October 18, 2015 Tianjin Open, Tianjin, China Hard Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2. April 24, 2016 Istanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey Clay Turkey Çağla Büyükakçay 6–3, 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 26 July 2015 Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria Clay Liechtenstein Stephanie Vogt Spain Lara Arruabarrena
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Runner-up 1. 9 January 2016 ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand Hard Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová Belgium Elise Mertens
Belgium An-Sophie Mestach
6–2, 3–6, [5–10]
Runner-up 2. 24 April 2016 Istanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey Clay Switzerland Xenia Knoll Romania Andreea Mitu
Turkey İpek Soylu
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ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles finals: 12 (9–3)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 10 October 2010 Dobrich, Bulgaria Clay Bulgaria Isabella Shinikova 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 1. 12 June 2011 Nyíregyháza, Hungary Clay Czech Republic Simona Dobrá 4–6, 2–6
Winner 2. 26 June 2011 Balş, Romania Clay Romania Alice-Andrada Radu 6–0, 6–1
Runner-up 2. 11 September 2011 Podgorica, Montenegro Clay Argentina Paula Ormaechea 1–6, 1–6
Winner 3. 13 April 2012 Tlemcen, Algeria Clay Russia Alexandra Romanova 6–2, 6–2
Winner 4. 8 July 2012 Toruń, Poland Clay Poland Paula Kania 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Winner 5. 22 June 2013 Ystad, Sweden Clay Austria Melanie Klaffner 6–3, 6–3
Winner 6. 30 June 2013 Kristinehamn, Sweden Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Jasmina Tinjić 6–1, 7–5
Winner 7. 18 May 2014 Saint-Gaudens, France Clay France Pauline Parmentier 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 8 March 2015 Curitiba, Brazil Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Winner 8. 10 May 2015 Trnava, Slovakia Clay Russia Margarita Gasparyan 7–5, 6–3
Winner 9. 5 June 2016 Marseille, France Clay Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 6–2, 6–3

Doubles finals: 6 (2–4)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runners-up 1. 11 September 2011 Podgorica, Montenegro Clay Montenegro Danica Krstajić Italy Corinna Dentoni
Argentina Florencia Molinero
4–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Runners-up 2. 29 October 2011 Lagos, Nigeria Carpet (i) Ukraine Elina Svitolina Austria Melanie Klaffner
Romania Ágnes Szatmári
0–6, 7–6, [5–10]
Runners-up 3. 13 April 2013 Mamaia, Romania Clay Slovenia Tadeja Majerič Romania Elena Bogdan
Romania Raluca Olaru
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Runners-up 4. 1 September 2012 La Marsa, Tunisia Clay Brazil Laura Pigossi Hungary Réka-Luca Jani
Russia Eugeniya Pashkova
3–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Winners 5. 25 May 2012 Caserta, Italy Clay Czech Republic Renata Voráčová Romania Elena Bogdan
Romania Cristina Dinu
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Winners 6. 13 February 2015 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Romania Andreea Mitu Argentina Tatiana Búa
Brazil Paula Cristina Gonçalves
6–2, 7–5

Other finals

Singles

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponents Score
Gold 2015 Games of the Small States of Europe Clay Liechtenstein Kathinka von Deichmann 6–0, 6–1

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Tournament201420152016SR W–L
Australian Open Q3 Q1 2R 0 / 1 1–1
French Open 1R 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3
Wimbledon Q3 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2
US Open Q1 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2
Total0–12–31–40 / 83–8

References

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