Tamara Zidanšek

Tamara Zidanšek (Slovene: [zíːdanˈʃɛːk]; born 26 December 1997) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 22 in singles and No. 47 in doubles. She has won one singles title, as well as four doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three singles titles along with one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. Additionally, she has won 18 titles in singles and six in doubles on the ITF Circuit. She is currently the second highest WTA-ranked player from Slovenia.

Tamara Zidanšek

Zidanšek at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports)	Slovenia
Residence	Dubai, U.A.E.
Born	(1997-12-26) 26 December 1997 (age 27) Postojna, Slovenia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 3,473,036
Singles
Career record	354–200
Career titles	1 WTA, 3 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 22 (28 February 2022)
Current ranking	No. 188 (14 July 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2022)
French Open	SF (2021)
Wimbledon	2R (2019)
US Open	2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	107–73
Career titles	4 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 47 (16 January 2023)
Current ranking	No. 403 (14 July 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2021, 2022)
French Open	2R (2020, 2021, 2022)
Wimbledon	2R (2019, 2021)
US Open	1R (2019, 2021, 2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	12–13
Last updated on: 14 July 2025.

Playing for the Slovenia Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 12–13 (as of July 2025).

Career

Juniors

On the ITF Junior Circuit, she was in the top 20 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 16, achieved in December 2015.^{[citation needed]}

2014: Professional debut

Zidanšek made a perfect professional debut in 2014 at her home in Velenje, passing three qualifying rounds to go in the main draw and claim her first title on the pro-level at the age of 16.^[2]

2021: WTA Tour title, French Open semifinal, top 50

She reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam championship for the first time at the 2021 French Open, defeating Sorana Cîrstea in straight sets^[3] and Paula Badosa in three sets.^[4] These wins made her the first Slovenian female player to accomplish this since the country became independent in 1991. As a result, Zidanšek entered the top 50 for the first time.^{[citation needed]} She also scored her first top-ten win in the first round, against the No. 6 seed, Bianca Andreescu.^[5] In her semifinal match, Zidanšek was defeated by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets.^[6]

At the Ladies Open Lausanne, as the top seed, Zidanšek beat Marina Melnikova, Mandy Minella, Lucia Bronzetti, Maryna Zanevska and Clara Burel to win her first WTA Tour singles title.^[7]

2022: Top 25 debut, two major third rounds

Seeded 29th at the Australian Open, she reached the third round for the first time, but lost to Alizé Cornet.^[8] At the French Open, Zidanšek also reached the third round in which she lost to Jessica Pegula, in straight sets.^[9]

2023-2024: Third WTA 125 title

After saving four championship points and defeating Rebecca Šramková in the final, Zidanšek won the WTA 125 tournament in Bari.^[10] As a result, she moved 30 positions up in the rankings back to the top 100 on 11 September 2023.^[11]

She qualified for the 2024 French Open defeating Hailey Baptiste in the final qualifying round.^[12] In the main draw, she defeated Alison Van Uytvanck,^[13] to set up a match against world No. 3, Coco Gauff, which she lost in straight sets.^[14]

Ranked No. 261 at the Thailand Open, Zidanšek reached her first WTA Tour semifinal since January 2022 coming back from a set down to beat Tatiana Prozorova,^[15] sixth seed Katie Volynets,^[16] and Nadia Podoroska, saving four match points in the quarterfinals.^[17][18][19] She lost in the last four to eventual champion, Rebecca Šramková.^[20]

2025: Australian Open

Zidanšek qualified for the main draw of the Australian Open,^[21] before losing to Anastasia Potapova in the first round.^[22]

Coaches

Zidanšek was coached by Zoran Krajnc until April 2021. In May 2021, her team signed with Pancho Alvariño from Spain. Carl Maes joined the team in December 2021 for a period of one year. After a few coaching trials, she was coached by former Slovenian ATP Tour player Blaž Kavčič until June 2024.

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.^[23]

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	Q1	Q2	2R	2R	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 7	4–7	36%
French Open	Q1	Q2	1R	1R	SF	3R	1R	2R	Q2	0 / 6	7–6	54%
Wimbledon	Q1	Q3	2R	NH	1R	1R	Q2	Q2	Q1	0 / 3	1–3	25%
US Open	A	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	Q3	Q1		0 / 4	1–4	20%
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	2–4	1–2	6–4	3–4	0–2	1–2	0–1	0 / 20	13–20	39%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a]	Z2	Z1	A	Z1[b]		PO	SF	PO		0 / 0	8–6	57%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[c]	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	NH	3R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Miami Open	A	A	1R	NH	Q2	2R	Q2	Q1	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	NH	2R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Italian Open	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	NH	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Guadalajara Open	NH					A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	A	Q2	NH			A	Q1		0 / 0	0–0	–
Wuhan Open	A	A	1R	NH				A		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	2–4	1–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 11	3–11	21%
Career statistics
	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	0[d]	7	18	9	19	19	8	6	1	Career total: 87
Titles	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	Career total: 1
Finals	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	Career total: 3
Hard win–loss	3–0	4–5	4–8	5–9	8–12	8–8	2–5	3–4	0–1	0 / 49	37–52	42%
Clay win–loss	0–0	5–3	9–8	1–3	16–5	4–7	5–4	1–2	0–0	1 / 31	41–32	56%
Grass win–loss	0–0	0–0	2–2	NH	0–1	2–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 7	4–7	36%
Overall win–loss	3–0	9–8	15–18	6–12	24–18	14–19	7–9	4–6	0–1	1 / 87	82–91	47%
Year-end ranking[e]	180	70	64	87	30	87	100	182		$3,448,894

Doubles

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	2R	2R	1R	0 / 4	2–4	33%
French Open	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	0 / 5	3–5	38%
Wimbledon	A	2R	NH	2R	1R	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
US Open	A	1R	A	1R	1R	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Win–loss	0–0	1–3	1–2	3–4	2–4	0–2	0 / 15	7–15	32%
WTA 1000
Miami Open	A	A	NH	1R	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Madrid Open	A	A	NH	A	2R	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Career statistics
Titles	1	0	2	0	1	0	Career total: 4
Finals	1	1	2	0	3	0	Career total: 7

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam (0–0) WTA 1000 (0–0) WTA 500 (0–0) WTA 250 (1–2)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2019	Nuremberg Cup, Germany	International[f]	Clay	Yulia Putintseva	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 2021	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	WTA 250	Clay	Camila Osorio	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Jul 2021	Ladies Open Lausanne, Switzerland	WTA 250	Clay	Clara Burel	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–1

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam (0–0) WTA 1000 (0–0) WTA 500 (0–1) WTA 250 (4–2)

Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (1–2) Grass (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2018	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Olga Danilović	Irina-Camelia Begu Raluca Olaru	7–5, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Sep 2019	Zhengzhou Open, China	Premier[g]	Hard	Yanina Wickmayer	Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke	1–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win	2–1	Aug 2020	Palermo Ladies Open, Italy	International	Clay	Arantxa Rus	Elisabetta Cocciaretto Martina Trevisan	7–5, 7–5
Win	3–1	Nov 2020	Linz Open, Austria	International	Hard (i)	Arantxa Rus	Lucie Hradecká Kateřina Siniaková	6–3, 6–4
Win	4–1	Jun 2022	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	WTA 250	Grass	Ellen Perez	Veronika Kudermetova Elise Mertens	6–3, 5–7, [12–10]
Loss	4–2	Jul 2022	Ladies Open Lausanne, Switzerland	WTA 250	Clay	Ulrikke Eikeri	Olga Danilović Kristina Mladenovic	w/o
Loss	4–3	Oct 2022	Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy	WTA 250	Clay	Arantxa Rus	Anastasia Dețiuc Miriam Kolodziejová	6–1, 3–6, [8–10]

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2018	Bol Ladies Open, Croatia	Clay	Magda Linette	6–1, 6–3
Win	2–0	Jun 2019	Bol Ladies Open, Croatia (2)	Clay	Sara Sorribes Tormo	7–5, 7–5
Win	3–0	Sep 2023	Bari Open, Italy	Clay	Rebecca Šramková	3–6, 7–5, 6–1

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2022	Copa Colina, Chile	Clay	Mayar Sherif	Yana Sizikova Aldila Sutjiadi	1–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win	1–1	Mar 2024	San Luis Open, Mexico	Clay	Anna Bondár	Laura Pigossi Katarzyna Piter	walkover

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 26 (18 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10/15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (3–3) Clay (15–4) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2014	ITF Velenje, Slovenia	10,000	Clay	Barbara Haas	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	1–1	May 2015	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Tena Lukas	2–6, 3–6
Win	2–1	Jun 2015	ITF Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	10,000	Clay	Marina Kachar	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Win	3–1	Jun 2015	Telavi Open, Georgia	10,000	Clay	Sadafmoh Tolibova	6–4, 6–1
Win	4–1	Jun 2015	Telavi Open, Georgia	10,000	Clay	Szabina Szlavikovics	6–3, 6–3
Win	5–1	Aug 2015	ITF Arad, Romania	10,000	Clay	Chantal Škamlová	6–1, 6–3
Loss	5–2	Aug 2015	ITF Bagnatica, Italy	15,000	Clay	Anne Schäfer	6–2, 1–6, 2–6
Win	6–2	Sep 2015	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Polina Leykina	6–3, 6–2
Loss	6–3	Apr 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Irina Bara	3–6, 3–6
Win	7–3	Apr 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Alice Bacquié	6–1, 6–0
Win	8–3	May 2016	ITF Győr, Hungary	25,000	Clay	Ekaterina Alexandrova	6–4, 6–4
Win	9–3	May 2016	Hódmezővásárhely Ladies Open, Hungary	25,000	Clay	Karolína Muchová	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	10–3	Dec 2016	ITF Santiago, Chile	25,000	Clay	Paula Cristina Gonçalves	6–1, 6–4
Win	11–3	Dec 2016	ITF Pune, India	25,000	Hard	Polina Monova	6–4, 6–2
Loss	11–4	Dec 2016	ITF Navi Mumbai, India	25,000	Hard	Lu Jiajing	3–6, 1–6
Loss	11–5	Feb 2017	Launceston International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Jamie Loeb	6–7(4), 3–6
Win	12–5	Sep 2017	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Tereza Mrdeža	7–6(4), 7–5
Win	13–5	Nov 2017	Bendigo International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Olivia Rogowska	5–7, 6–1, 6–0
Loss	13–6	Nov 2017	Toyota World Challenge, Japan	60,000	Carpet (i)	Mihaela Buzărnescu	0–6, 1–6
Win	14–6	Feb 2018	ITF Curitiba, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Fiona Ferro	7–5, 6–4
Loss	14–7	Mar 2018	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Julia Grabher	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	15–7	Apr 2018	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Anastasia Grymalska	6–3, 6–1
Win	16–7	Apr 2018	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Myrtille Georges	6–1, 7–6(4)
Win	17–7	Dec 2018	Pune Open, India	25,000	Hard	Karman Thandi	6–3, 6–4
Loss	17–8	Oct 2022	Open Monastir, Tunisia	W60	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	1–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win	18–8	Jun 2025	ITF Bucharest, Romania	W75	Clay	Nuria Brancaccio	6–1, 7–5

Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend W100 tournaments W60/75 tournaments W25 tournaments W10 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (1–3) Clay (5–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2015	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Pia Čuk	Natalija Šipek Eva Zagorac	6–1, 6–1
Loss	1–1	May 2015	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Pia Čuk	Anastasiya Komardina Zuzana Luknárová	2–6, 6–0, [7–10]
Win	2–1	Aug 2015	ITF Tarvisio, Italy	10,000	Clay	Pia Čuk	Giorgia Marchetti Maria Masini	6–1, 6–4
Win	3–1	Oct 2016	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Jil Teichmann	Claudia Giovine Camilla Rosatello	6–2, 6–4
Win	4–1	Nov 2016	ITF Santiago, Chile	25,000	Clay	Guadalupe Pérez Rojas	Usue Maitane Arconada Georgia Brescia	6–3, 7–6(5)
Loss	4–2	Feb 2017	Launceston International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Georgia Brescia	Monique Adamczak Nicole Melichar	1–6, 2–6
Loss	4–3	Dec 2017	ITF Navi Mumbai, India	25,000	Hard	Pranjala Yadlapalli	Georgina García Pérez Diāna Marcinkēviča	0–6, 1–6
Loss	4–4	Nov 2018	Pune Open, India	25,000	Hard	Aleksandrina Naydenova	Ankita Raina Karman Thandi	2–6, 7–6(5), [9–11]
Win	5–4	May 2024	Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia	W75	Clay	Veronika Erjavec	Dalila Jakupović Sabrina Santamaria	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–4	Aug 2024	Cary Tennis Classic, United States	W100	Hard	Céline Naef	Oksana Kalashnikova Iryna Shymanovich	4–6, 6–3, [11–9]

Team competitions

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup

Singles (9–8)

Legend
Europe/Africa Group (7–5)
World Group Play-off / Finals qualifying round (1–1)
Finals (1–2)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Surface	Against	Opponent	W/L	Score
2017	Z2 R/R	Apr 2017	Šiauliai (LTU)	Hard (i)	Sweden	Johanna Larsson	W	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
					South Africa	Chanel Simmonds	W	6–4, 6–2
	Z2 P/O				Luxembourg	Eléonora Molinaro	W	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
2018	Z1 R/R	Feb 2018	Tallinn (EST)	Hard (i)	Croatia	Tena Lukas	W	6–3, 6–1
					Hungary	Fanny Stollár	L	4–6, 4–6
					Sweden	Rebecca Peterson	W	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
2020–21	Z1 R/R	Feb 2020	Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX)	Hard (i)	Turkey	Pemra Özgen	L	3–6, 7–5, 2–6
					Poland	Magda Linette	L	5–7, 4–6
	Z1 P/O				Serbia	Nina Stojanović	L	4–6, 5–7
2022	Z1 R/R	Apr 2022	Antalya (TUR)	Clay	Georgia	Mariam Bolkvadze	W	6–3, 6–0
					Austria	Julia Grabher	L	3–6, 3–6
					Croatia	Petra Martić	W	6–3, 6–2
2023	F QR	Apr 2023	Koper (SLO)	Clay	Romania	Jaqueline Cristian	L	1–6, 6–4, 3–6
						Ana Bogdan	W	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–5
	F	Nov 2023	Seville (ESP)	Hard (i)	Australia	Daria Saville	W	6–1, 6–4
					Kazakhstan	Yulia Putintseva	L	6–2, 2–6, ret.
					Italy	Jasmine Paolini	L	2–6, 6–4, 3–6

Doubles (3–3)

Legend
Europe/Africa Group (2–3)
World Group Play-off / Finals qualifying round (1–0)

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Surface	Partnering	Against	Opponents	W/L	Result
2018	Z1 R/R	Feb 2018	Tallinn (EST)	Hard (i)	Nina Potočnik	Croatia	Darija Jurak Tena Lukas	L	1–6, 3–6
					Kaja Juvan	Hungary	Dalma Gálfi Fanny Stollár	L	4–6, 3–6
2020–21	Z1 R/R	Feb 2020	Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX)	Hard (i)	Dalila Jakupović	Turkey	Ayla Aksu İpek Öz	W	6–0, 6–4
	Z1 P/O				Kaja Juvan	Serbia	Aleksandra Krunić Nina Stojanović	L	4–6, 4–6
2022	Z1 R/R	Apr 2022	Antalya (TUR)	Clay	Kaja Juvan	Austria	Melanie Klaffner Sinja Kraus	W	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
2023	F QR	Apr 2023	Koper (SLO)	Clay	Kaja Juvan	Romania	Irina Bara Monica Niculescu	W	4–6, 6–2, 6–4

WTA Tour career earnings

Current through the 2022 Australian Open

Year	Grand Slam singles titles	WTA singles titles	Total singles titles	Earnings ($)	Money list rank
2014	0	0	0	2,222	1024
2015	0	0	0	15,545	404
2016	0	0	0	19,076	369
2017	0	0	0	33,251	324
2018	0	0	0	215,778	152
2019	0	0	0	474,370	93
2020	0	0	0	217,297	116
2021	0	1	1	947,471	32
2022	0	0	0	202,053	30
Career	0	1	1	2,163,720	247

Head-to-head record

Record against top 10 players

Zidanšek has a 1–7 (13%) record against players who, at the time the matches were played, were ranked in the top 10.

Season	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	Total
Wins	0	0	1	0	0	1
Losses	2	1	2	1	1	7

Result	W–L	Opponent	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	Rank
2019
Loss	0–1	Naomi Osaka	4	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	2R	2–6, 4–6	78
Loss	0–2	Aryna Sabalenka	10	Eastbourne International, United Kingdom	Grass	2R	2–6, 3–6	59
2020
Loss	0–3	Serena Williams	9	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	2R	2–6, 3–6	70
2021
Loss	0–4	Ashleigh Barty	1	Madrid Open, Spain	Clay	2R	4–6, 6–1, 3–6	80
Win	1–4	Bianca Andreescu	7	French Open, France	Clay	1R	6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–2), 9–7	85
Loss	1–5	Aryna Sabalenka	2	US Open, United States	Hard	2R	3–6, 1–6	40
2022
Loss	1–6	Maria Sakkari	6	Adelaide International 1, Australia	Hard	1R	2–6, 6–0, 4–6	30
2023
Loss	1–7	Ons Jabeur	2	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	1R	6–7(8–10), 6–4, 1–6	98

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 count.
5. 2014: WTA ranking–741, 2015: WTA ranking–309, 2016: WTA ranking–223.
6. The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
7. The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.