Nina Stojanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Нина Стојановић, pronounced[stojǎːnoʋitɕ]; born 30 July 1996) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 2 March 2020, Stojanović reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 81. On 17 January 2022, she peaked at No. 37 in the WTA doubles rankings.
She has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour along with one WTA 125 singles title. As a junior, Stojanović reached three major semifinals in doubles, each on a different surface, the French Open and Wimbledon in 2013, and the Australian Open in 2014. As a professional, she made her debut on the WTA Tour in 2016. In 2019, Stojanović reached her first WTA Tour semifinal in singles at the Jiangxi International and also won her first doubles title at the Baltic Open. That year, she also debuted in the top 100 in singles, while in doubles, she made her top-100 debut in 2017, when she reached three WTA Tour finals. Stojanović finished fourth in the mixed doubles at the delayed 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Stojanovic is a former junior world No. 17 (achieved April 2013),[2] she won three singles and ten doubles junior titles in total.[3][4] She made her ITF Junior Circuit debut at the Grade-4 Malta U18 ITF Junior Tournament in March 2010 at the age of 13.[3] In August 2010, she made her doubles debut at the Slovenian Junior Open.[4] She played her last junior tournament at the European Summer Cups (girls) in August 2014.[3][4]
In June 2011, she won her first ITF title at the Grade-5 Podgorica Open in singles, while in doubles she reached the final.[3][4] After that, she won her first doubles title at the Grade-4 Carthago Cup.[4] The following year she reached the final of the Grade-3 Ozerov Cup in Moscow, and won the title in doubles.[3][4] In July 2012, she won Grade 1 Mediterranee Avenir in Casablanca in doubles.[4] In November 2012, she reached quarterfinals of the Grade-1 Yucatan Cup, where she lost to Marcela Zacarías.[3] In December 2012, she made her debut at the Orange Bowl, but lost in the first round in singles, and in the second round in doubles.[3][4]
In January 2013, she won Grade-2 Slovak Junior Open, defeating Maria Marfutina in the final.[3] There she also won the title in doubles.[4] She followed this with the quarterfinal of the Grade-1 Czech International Junior Indoor Championships and the semifinal of the Grade-2 ITF Junior Circuit tournament in Monastir, Tunisia.[3] She continued to progress, reaching the singles semifinals and winning the doubles title at the Grade-1 International Junior Championships, singles and doubles titles at the Grade-2 Open Ouest Provence in Istres and the singles final and doubles title at the Grade-1 Open International Junior de Beaulieu-sur-Mer.[3][4] She then took part at the Trofeo Bonfiglio, where she reached the second round in singles and the first round in doubles.[3][4] At the 2013 French Open, she made her Grand Slam debut, but lost in the first round to Jamie Loeb.[3] However, in doubles, she reached semifinals alongside Alice Matteucci.[4] Same results in both singles and doubles, she made at the 2013 Wimbledon.[3][4] In August, she reached the final of the Grade-1 Canadian Open Junior Championships in doubles. At the 2013 US Open, she reached quarterfinals in doubles. In 2014, she won the Grade-1 AGL Loy Yang Traralgon Junior International and then entered the semifinals of the Australian Open, both in doubles.[4]
Professional career
2011–15: First steps
Stojanović made her ITF Women's Circuit debut at the $10k event in Pirot in October 2011. There, as a wildcard player, she lost to Lina Gjorcheska in the first round of the main draw. During the season of 2012, she take part of the two $10k events in Serbia, Palić and Pirot, but failed in the first rounds of both competitions. In September 2013, she won her first match at in Vrnjačka Banja and later reached quarterfinal. In December 2013, she made her ITF doubles debut at Sharm El Sheikh, and then in March 2014, she won her first ITF doubles in the same city. In May 2014, she won title in her first ITF singles final, defeating Katie Boulter in the final of Sharm El Sheikh. In December 2014, she won her first $25k-level title at the Navi Mumbai in both singles and doubles. During the season of 2015, she did not produce any significant results in singles, but reached two $50k semifinal in doubles, Wuhan and Xuzhou.[5]
2016: WTA Tour debut
In May 2016, she reached her first significant final at the $50k Tianjin event but lost to Aryna Sabalenka, in three sets.[5] At the 2016 US Open, she had her first attempt to play in a major main draw, but lost in qualifying. In October 2016, she made her WTA Tour debut at the Tianjin Open but lost, after qualifying, in the first round to Magda Linette; so she did there in doubles.[6] Nearly after that, she won her first major ITF title at the $50k Liuzhou Cup, defeating Jang Su-jeong in the final. She also had success in doubles when she reached semifinals of the $100k Kunming Open in May, and then won two $100k titles, in Shenzhen and Dubai.[5]
2017: Three career doubles finals, major and top 100 debuts
In January, Stojanović recorded her first WTA Tour main-draw wins as a qualifier at the Shenzhen Open, defeating fifth seed and world No. 28 Tímea Babos in the first round and Ons Jabeur in the second round, before losing to world No. 52 and eventual champion, Kateřina Siniaková, in the quarterfinals.[6] Later, she reached the quarterfinal of the $60k Kültürpark Cup and semifinal of the $60k Suzhou Ladies Open.[5] She failed to reach main-draw at the all four majors, losing in qualifyings.[6]
Stojanović performed better on the ITF Women's Circuit than on WTA Tour. In May, she reached quarterfinals of the $100k Khimki event, losing there to Vitalia Diatchenko. Soon after that, she won the $60k Baotou tournament, defeating Xu Shilin in the final. She did not drop a single set during the tournament. She followed this with the quarterfinal of the $60k Hódmezővásárhely Ladies Open, where she lost to Irina Khromacheva. In September, she reached another ITF quarterfinal, at the $60k Open de Valencia, where she lost to Paula Badosa. By the end of the year, she finished runner-up at two $25k events.[5] In the late season, she got injured and was out of the tennis for some time.[7]
Stojanović won her first main-draw match in singles at a major when she defeated Irina-Camelia Begu in straight sets at the Australian Open,[15] before losing to Serena Williams in the second round.[16] Despite periodically having problems with injuries, she reached at least the second round in singles on eleven occasions, including third round as a qualifier at WTA 1000 Miami Open,[17] when she had to forfeit the match to Naomi Osaka due to injury.[18] She reached the semifinals at the Nottingham Open, losing to top seed and eventual champion, Johanna Konta, in three sets.[19]
In doubles, Stojanović reached her first major semifinal at the Australian Open. She also partnered with compatriot Aleksandra Krunić to win her second career doubles title at the inaugural Serbia Open,[20] as well as to reach the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. As a result, she reentered the top 50 in doubles.
Stojanović finished the year with a career-high top 40 ranking in doubles.[21]
2022–2023: Injuries
Four separate injuries restricted Stojanović to playing in just five tournaments in 2022, while she missed the entire 2023 season.[22]
Stojanović has an aggressive style of play. The WTA profile says, her favourite surface is hardcourt, and her tennis idol growing up was Maria Sharapova.[38]
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, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[39]
^ abThe first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. The Dubai Championships were classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by the Qatar Open for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, the Dubai Championships regained its Premier 5 status while the Qatar Open was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.
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