Kaja Juvan

Kaja Juvan (born 25 November 2000) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 58 in singles and No. 97 in doubles. Juvan won her maiden WTA Tour doubles title at the 2021 Winners Open in Cluj-Napoca, partnering with Natela Dzalamidze. She is currently the third highest WTA-ranked player from Slovenia.

Kaja Juvan

Juvan at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports)	Slovenia
Born	(2000-11-25) 25 November 2000 (age 24) Ljubljana, Slovenia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2016
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Nik Razboršek
Prize money	US$2,422,001
Singles
Career record	237–122
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 58 (6 June 2022)
Current ranking	No. 207 (14 July 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2021)
French Open	2R (2020, 2022)
Wimbledon	3R (2021, 2022)
US Open	3R (2023)
Doubles
Career record	18–23
Career titles	1 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 97 (18 July 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2022)
French Open	2R (2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2021, 2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	19–10
Medal record Girls' tennis Representing Slovenia Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires Girls' singles Representing a Mixed-NOCs team Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires Girls' doubles
Last updated on: 17 July 2025.

Juniors

On the junior tour, she achieved a career-high combined ranking of 5, in January 2017. She reached the semifinals of both the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and the 2016 US Open girls' doubles events.^{[citation needed]} She was also a winner of the Orange Bowl in 2016.^{[citation needed]}

Juvan and Iga Świątek of Poland won gold in doubles at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.^[1]

Professional

2019–2020: Major debut

Juvan made her Grand Slam tournament debut as a lucky loser at the 2019 French Open where she lost in the first round to Sorana Cîrstea.^[2]

After winning her qualifier bracket, she defeated Kristýna Plíšková^[3] to reach the second round at Wimbledon in July 2019, where she lost in three sets to 11th seed Serena Williams.^[4]

2021: Two major third rounds, first WTA Tour doubles title

2021 Winners Open.

Juvan reached the third round of a Grand Slam championship at the Australian Open as a qualifier for the first time in her career, defeating 13th seed Johanna Konta in the first round by retirement,^[5] and Mayar Sherif in the second round^[6] She lost to 22nd seed Jennifer Brady.^[7] As a result, she entered the top 100 at a career high of world No. 91, on 22 February 2021.^{[citation needed]}

In June, she also reached the third round at Wimbledon where she defeated ninth seed Belinda Bencic^[8] and qualifier Clara Burel,^{[citation needed]} before losing to 20th seed Coco Gauff.^[9]

Partnering Natela Dzalamidze, Juvan won her first WTA Tour doubles title at the Linz Open, defeating Katarzyna Piter and Mayar Sherif in the final.^[10]

2022: Second Wimbledon third round

At Wimbledon, she defeated 23rd seed Beatriz Haddad Maia^[11][12] and Dalma Gálfi^[13] to make it through to the third round, where her run was ended by Heather Watson.^[14]

2023: Break and return to competition

On 5 April 2023, Juvan announced that she was taking a break from her tennis career for personal reasons.^[15] She took two months off the tour following the death of her father Robert due to cancer.^[16]

She qualified for her third consecutive main draw at Wimbledon.^[17] Juvan overcame Margarita Betova^[18] in the first round, before losing to 22nd seed Anastasia Potapova.^[19]

Ranked No. 145, she qualified at the US Open, saving five match points in the last qualifying round, and reached the third round of the main draw, where she lost to longtime friend Iga Świątek.^[20] As a result, she moved close to 40 positions up in the rankings.^[21]

2024–2025: Second hiatus and comeback

Juvan defeated 23rd seed Anastasia Potapova^[22] in the first round of the 2024 Australian Open, before losing her next match to qualifier Anastasia Zakharova.^[23]

Having been out of action for 12 months, Juvan qualified for the 2025 ATX Open, but lost in the first round to Ena Shibahara in three sets.^[24] In May 2025, she was runner-up at the WTA 125 Saint-Malo Open, losing in the final to second seed Naomi Osaka.^[25]

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.^[26]

Singles

Current through the 2025 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q2	1R	3R	1R	2R	2R	A	0 / 5	4–5	44%
French Open	A	A	1R	2R	1R	2R	Q2	A	Q3	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	NH	3R	3R	2R	A	1R	0 / 1	6–5	55%
US Open	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	3R	A		0 / 4	4–4	50%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–3	5–4	3–4	4–3	1–1	0–1	0 / 18	16–18	47%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a]	Z2	Z1	Z1	Z1[b]		PO	SF	A	Z1	0 / 0	19–10	65%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[c]	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	NH	A	2R	Q2	A	Q2	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Miami Open	A	A	A	NH	A	Q1	Q2	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	A	A	NH	Q1	Q2	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Italian Open	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	NH	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Guadalajara Open	NH					A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Wuhan Open	A	A	A	NH				A		0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	A	A	NH			A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Career statistics
	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	0[d]	0[d]	4	7	14	14	8	1	2	Career total: 50
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	Career total: 1
Hard win–loss	0–1	1–1	1–3	4–3	10–9	6–8	4–5	1–1	0–1	0 / 28	27–32	47%
Clay win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–4	1–3	11–3	3–3	0–0	0–0	0 / 14	18–15	55%
Grass win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–2	NH	2–1	2–3	1–1	0–0	0–1	0 / 8	6–8	43%
Overall win–loss	0–1	1–1	3–7	6–7	13–13	19–14	8–9	1–1	0–2	0 / 50	51–55	48%
Win (%)	0%	0%	30%	46%	50%	58%	47%	50%	0%	Career total: 48%
Year-end ranking[e]	555	174	133	104	98	88	104	599		$2,360,701

Doubles

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2022	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	WTA 250	Clay	Angelique Kerber	6–7(5), 7–6(0), 6–7(5)

Doubles: 1 (title)

Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2021	Cluj-Napoca Open, Romania	WTA 250	Clay	Natela Dzalamidze	Katarzyna Piter Mayar Sherif	6–3, 6–4

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2025	Open de Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Naomi Osaka	1–6, 5–7

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend W60/75 tournaments (1–0) $25,000 tournaments (5–3) $10/15,000 tournaments (2–2)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (8–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2016	ITF Velenje, Slovenia	10,000	Clay	Gabriela Pantůčková	6–4, 2–6, 0–6
Win	1–1	Oct 2016	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Tena Lukas	6–3, 6–1
Loss	1–2	Mar 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Camilla Scala	6–2, 5–7, 2–6
Win	2–2	Jun 2017	ITF Maribor, Slovenia	15,000	Clay	Nina Potočnik	6–4, 6–2
Win	3–2	Apr 2018	ITF Balatonboglár, Hungary	25,000	Clay	Raluca Șerban	6–4, 6–1
Loss	3–3	May 2018	ITF Andijan, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Sabina Sharipova	4–6, 2–6
Win	4–3	Jun 2018	ITF Ystad, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Andreea Roșca	2–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss	4–4	Jul 2018	ITF Turin, Italy	25,000	Clay	Andreea Roșca	1–6, 1–6
Win	5–4	Sep 2018	ITF Bagnatica, Italy	25,000	Clay	Jasmine Paolini	6–7(8), 6–1, 7–5
Win	6–4	Oct 2018	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Polina Leykina	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	6–5	Mar 2019	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W25	Clay	Jil Teichmann	6–7(3), 0–6
Win	7–5	Apr 2019	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W25	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	6–1, 3–0 ret.
Win	8–5	May 2025	Internazionali di Brescia, Italy	W75	Clay	Julia Grabher	7–6(1), 7–5

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend $100,000 tournaments (0–1) $10,000 tournaments (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2016	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Lea Bošković	Mariana Dražić Ani Mijačika	4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Loss	1–1	Dec 2020	Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE	100,000	Hard	Aliona Bolsova	Ekaterine Gorgodze Ankita Raina	4–6, 6–3, [6–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' doubles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2017	Wimbledon	Grass	Olga Danilović	Caty McNally Whitney Osuigwe	6–4, 6–3

Billie Jean King Cup participation

Legend
Europe/Africa Group (8–5)
Play-offs (2–0)
World Group Play-off / Finals qualifying round (1–1)
Finals (2–1)

Singles (13–7)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Surface	Against	Opponent	W/L	Score
2017	Z2 R/R	21 Apr 2017	Šiauliai (LIT)	Hard (i)	Norway	Astrid Wanja Brune Olsen	L	4–6, 7–6(5), 3–6
2018	Z1 R/R	7 Feb 2018	Tallinn (EST)	Hard (i)	Croatia	Lea Bošković	L	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
		9 Feb 2018			Sweden	Jacqueline Cabaj Awad	W	6–1, 6–3
2019	Z1 R/R	6 Feb 2019	Bath (GBR)	Hard (i)	Great Britain	Katie Boulter	L	4–6, 2–6
		7 Feb 2019			Hungary	Dalma Gálfi	L	1–6, 4–6
		8 Feb 2019			Greece	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	L	6–7(2), 7–5, 3–6
	Z1 P/O	9 Feb 2019			Georgia	Mariam Bolkvadze	W	6–1, 3–0 ret.
2020–21	Z1 R/R	5 Feb 2020	Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX)	Hard (i)	Turkey	Başak Eraydın	W	6–4, 7–5
	Z1 PO	8 Feb 2020			Serbia	Olga Danilović	W	6–2, 6–2
2022	Z1 R/R	11 Apr 2022	Antalya (TUR)	Clay	Georgia	Zoziya Kardava	W	7–5, 6–1
		12 Apr 2022			Austria	Sinja Kraus	W	6–1, 6–4
		13 Apr 2022			Croatia	Ana Konjuh	W	6–2, 7–5
		14 Apr 2022			Bulgaria	Viktoriya Tomova	W	6–1, 6–2
	PO	11 Nov 2022	Velenje (SLO)	Clay	China	Wang Xinyu	W	6–3, 6–1
		12 Nov 2022				Zheng Qinwen	W	2–6, 7–6(6), 6–3
2023	F QR	14 Apr 2023	Koper (SLO)	Clay	Romania	Ana Bogdan	L	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
		15 Apr 2023				Jaqueline Cristian	W	6–2, 6–4
	F	7 Nov 2023	Seville (ESP)	Hard (i)	Australia	Ajla Tomljanovic	W	6–4, 6–1
		10 Nov 2023			Kazakhstan	Anna Danilina	W	6–1, 6–0
		11 Nov 2023			Italy	Martina Trevisan	L	6–7(6), 3–6

Doubles (5–3)

Legend
Europe/Africa Group (4–3)
World Group Play-off / Finals qualifying round (1–0)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Surface	Partner	Against	Opponents	W/L	Score
2017	Z2 R/R	20 Apr 2017	Šiauliai (LIT)	Hard (i)	Andreja Klepač	Sweden	Jacqueline C. Awad Kajsa R. Persson	W	6–3, 7–5
2018	Z1 R/R	8 Feb 2018	Tallinn (EST)	Hard (i)	Tamara Zidanšek	Hungary	Dalma Gálfi Fanny Stollár	L	4–6, 3–6
		9 Feb 2018			Nika Radišič	Sweden	Mirjam Björklund Jacqueline C. Awad	W	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
2019	Z1 R/R	6 Feb 2019	Bath (GBR)	Hard (i)	Dalila Jakupović	UK	Harriet Dart Katie Swan	L	2–6, 2–6
2020–21	Z1 R/R	6 Feb 2020	Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX)	Hard (i)	Pia Lovrič	Poland	Maja Chwalińska Alicja Rosolska	W	7–5, 6–0
	Z1 P/O	8 Feb 2020			Tamara Zidanšek	Serbia	Aleksandra Krunić Nina Stojanović	L	4–6, 4–6
2022	Z1 R/R	12 Apr 2022	Antalya (TUR)	Clay	Tamara Zidanšek	Austria	Melanie Klaffner Sinja Kraus	W	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
2023	F QR	16 Apr 2023	Koper (SLO)	Clay	Tamara Zidanšek	Romania	Irina Bara Monica Niculescu	W	4–6, 6–2, 6–4

Record against other players

Top 10 wins

Season	2022	Total
Wins	2	2

#	Player	Rank	Tournament	Surface	Rd	Score	KJR
2022
1.	Aryna Sabalenka	No. 2	Adelaide International, Australia	Hard	2R	7–6(8–6), 6–1	No. 100
2.	Karolína Plíšková	No. 8	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	SF	6–2, 7–5	No. 81

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 counted.
5. 2016: WTA ranking–717.