Natalija Stevanović

Natalija Stevanović (née Kostić; Serbian Cyrillic: Наталија Стевановић (Костић), born 25 July 1994) is a Serbian tennis player. On 17 July 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 145. On 6 May 2024, she peaked at No. 152 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Natalija Stevanović
Наталија Стевановић

Stevanović at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Serbia
Residence	Niš, Serbia
Born	(1994-07-25) 25 July 1994 (age 31) Niš, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Nikola Stevanović (2016–)
Prize money	US$ 784,713
Singles
Career record	419–301
Career titles	14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 145 (17 July 2023)
Current ranking	No. 468 (12 May 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2020, 2021, 2023, 2024)
French Open	Q3 (2020)
Wimbledon	3R (2023)
US Open	Q1 (2019, 2021, 2023)
Doubles
Career record	191–150
Career titles	14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 152 (6 May 2024)
Current ranking	No. 816 (12 May 2025)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	0–1
Last updated on: 17 February 2025.

She has won 14 singles titles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She was an official member of Serbia Fed Cup team in their World Group quarterfinal tie against Belgium in 2012.^[1]

Stevanović is a former junior top-5 player.^[2]

Before her marriage, she competed as Natalija Kostić.

Career

2015–2016

She missed the whole of 2015 and the first half of 2016 season due to operation of liver cyst.^[3][4]

2020: WTA Tour debut

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in February at the Thailand Open in both singles and doubles, losing in the first round of each.

2023: Wimbledon third round on debut

Ranked No. 225, Stevanović qualified for the main draw at Wimbledon, her first time at a Grand Slam tournament.^[5] She defeated former world No. 1 Karolína Plíšková^[6] and Tamara Korpatsch, both in straight sets, to reach the third round.^[7] However, Stevanović then lost to two times Wimbledon champion, Petra Kvitová.^[8]

Grand Slam performance timeline

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 and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2023 Rosmalen Open.

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	Q1	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	Q3	Q1	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	NH	Q1	Q3	3R	0 / 1	2–1
US Open	Q1	A	Q1	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0 / 1	2–1
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	1	0	0[a]	2	Career total: 3
Overall win-loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	0 / 3	1–4

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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

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

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Oct 2023	Jasmin Open, Tunisia	WTA 250	Hard	Mai Hontama	Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini	6–2, 6–7(4–7), [6–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 24 (14 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Legend W80 tournaments (0–1) W60 tournaments (0–2) W25/35 tournaments (3–1) W10/15 tournaments (11–6)

Finals by surface Hard (3–4) Clay (10–5) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2011	ITF Prokuplje, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Nikola Vajdová	6–2, 6–3
Win	2–0	Oct 2011	ITF Pirot, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Jovana Jakšić	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–0	Oct 2011	ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Estelle Guisard	7–6(7–2), ret.
Win	4–0	Nov 2011	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Laura Ioana Paar	6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Win	5–0	Jun 2012	ITF Niš, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Indire Akiki	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	6–0	Sep 2012	ITF Belgrade, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Dalia Zafirova	6–4, 6–3
Loss	6–1	Dec 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Denisa Allertová	7–5, 5–7, 1–6
Loss	6–2	Jun 2013	ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands	10,000	Clay	Bernarda Pera	1–6, 2–6
Loss	6–3	Sep 2013	ITF Belgrade, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Xenia Knoll	3–6, 3–6
Win	7–3	Aug 2014	ITF Zaječar, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Elizaveta Ianchuk	6–2, 6–1
Win	8–3	Nov 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Tena Lukas	6–0, 6–3
Win	9–3	May 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Jade Suvrijn	6–2, 4–6, 7–5
Win	10–3	Jun 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Jade Suvrijn	6–1, 6–0
Loss	10–4	Oct 2016	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	10,000	Hard	Bunyawi Thamchaiwat	1–6, 3–6
Win	11–4	May 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Nika Kukharchuk	6–2, 6–1
Loss	11–5	May 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Naiktha Bains	4–6, 2–6
Loss	11–6	Feb 2018	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Andreea Roșca	2–6, 4–6
Win	12–6	Nov 2018	ITF Muzaffarnagar, India	25,000	Grass	Tereza Mihalíková	6–2, 3–1 ret.
Win	13–6	May 2019	ITF Goyang, South Korea	W25	Hard	Maia Lumsden	6–3, 6–2
Loss	13–7	Jul 2019	President's Cup, Kazakhstan	W80	Hard	Marie Bouzková	3–6, 3–6
Loss	13–8	Sep 2019	Caldas da Rainha Open, Portugal	W60	Hard	Isabella Shinikova	3–6, 0–2 ret.
Loss	13–9	Jul 2022	President's Cup, Kazakhstan	W60	Hard	Moyuka Uchijima	3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win	14–9	Sep 2022	ITF Leiria, Portugal	W25	Hard	Kateryna Volodko	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	14–10	Jul 2024	ITF Don Benito, Spain	W35	Carpet	Viktória Hrunčáková	2–6, 6–3, 4–6

Doubles: 31 (14 titles, 17 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments (1–0) $80,000 tournaments (0–1) $60,000 tournaments (0–1) $25,000 tournaments (4–3) $10/15,000 tournaments (9–12)

Finals by surface Hard (2–5) Clay (10–12) Grass (1–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2011	ITF Niš, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Ivana Klepić	Martina Borecká Vivien Juhászová	6–7(7), 3–6
Win	1–1	Oct 2011	ITF Umag, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Lucia Butkovská	Petra Krejsová Martina Borecká	7–5, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	2–1	Sep 2012	ITF Belgrade, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Lucia Butkovská	Karin Morgošová Michaela Pochabová	6–0, 6–3
Win	3–1	Nov 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Elena-Teodora Cadar	Georgia Brescia Theresa Kleinsteuber	6–2, 6–4
Loss	3–2	Jan 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Gaia Sanesi	Lee Jin-a Yoo Mi	3–6, 1–6
Win	4–2	Nov 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Karin Morgošová	Anita Husarić Kimberley Zimmermann	7–6(2), 6–4
Loss	4–3	Feb 2014	ITF Palmanova, Spain	10,000	Clay	Anna Alzate Esmurzaeva	Yuliana Lizarazo Alexandra Nancarrow	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4–4	Mar 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Chantal Škamlová	Ekaterine Gorgodze Sofia Kvatsabaia	6–4, 1–6, [8–10]
Win	5–4	Aug 2014	ITF Zaječar, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Elizaveta Ianchuk	Alexandra Nancarrow Barbora Štefková	6–3, 7–5
Win	6–4	Sep 2014	ITF Belgrade, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Isabella Shinikova	Nina Alibalić Nina Stojanović	6–1, 6–2
Loss	6–5	Sep 2014	ITF Algiers, Algeria	10,000	Clay	Margarita Lazareva	Pia König Conny Perrin	3–6, 1–6
Loss	6–6	Nov 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Nevena Selaković	Oana Georgeta Simion Raluca Șerban	4–6, 2–6
Loss	6–7	Nov 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Chantal Škamlová	Alena Fomina Ekaterine Gorgodze	w/o
Win	7–7	May 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Ganna Poznikhirenko	Emmanuelle Girard Francesca Jones	6–4, 6–4
Loss	7–8	Jul 2016	ITF Niš, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Tamara Čurović	Amina Anshba Angelina Gabueva	5–7, 5–7
Loss	7–9	May 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Jelena Simić	Naiktha Bains Chiara Grimm	6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Win	8–9	May 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Jelena Simić	Lisa Ponomar Dalila Spiteri	6–4, 6–4
Loss	8–10	Sep 2017	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	15,000	Hard	Wang Xiyu	Ni Ma Zhuoma You Mi Zhuoma	4–6, 3–6
Loss	8–11	Sep 2017	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Michika Ozeki	Kim Na-ri Anastasia Pivovarova	4–6, 2–6
Loss	8–12	Jan 2018	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Jelena Simić	Karin Kennel Maria Marfutina	4–6, 3–6
Win	9–12	Feb 2018	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Jelena Simić	Andrea Gámiz Guadalupe Pérez Rojas	w/o
Loss	9–13	Feb 2018	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Jelena Simić	Nora Niedmers Natalia Siedliska	6–7(7), 6–0, [6–10]
Loss	9–14	May 2018	ITF Baotou, China	60,000	Clay (i)	Nika Kukharchuk	Alison Bai Aleksandrina Naydenova	4–6, 6–0, [6–10]
Win	10–14	Jul 2018	ITF Baja, Hungary	25,000	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	Nicoleta Dascălu Isabella Shinikova	w/o
Win	11–14	Oct 2018	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Akiko Omae	Diāna Marcinkeviča Panna Udvardy	6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss	11–15	Oct 2021	ITF Lisbon, Portugal	W25	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Ángela Fita Boluda	6–3, 3–6, [4–10]
Win	12–15	Oct 2021	ITF Loulé, Portugal	W25	Hard	Despina Papamichail	Francisca Jorge Matilde Jorge	6–2, 7–5
Win	13–15	Mar 2022	ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	W25	Hard	Irina Khromacheva	Anastasia Tikhonova Darja Semenistaja	6–1, 7–6(5)
Loss	13–16	Apr 2022	Oeiras Ladies Open, Portugal	W80	Clay	Katharina Gerlach	Katarzyna Piter Kimberley Zimmermann	1–6, 1–6
Loss	13–17	Sep 2022	ITF Leiria, Portugal	W25	Hard	Choi Ji-hee	Francisca Jorge Matilde Jorge	4–6, 0–6
Win	14–17	Jun 2023	Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom	W100	Grass	Nao Hibino	Maja Chwalińska Jesika Malečková	7–6(10), 7–6(5)

Notes

1. During the season, she did not play in the main draw of any WTA Tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but matches count.