Dalila Jakupović Explained

Dalila Jakupović
Birth Date:	24 March 1991
Birth Place:	Jesenice, SFR Yugoslavia
Height:	1.70 m
Careerprizemoney:	US$ 1,260,643
Coach:	Senad Jakupović
Singlestitles:	8 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 69 (5 November 2018)
Currentsinglesranking:	No. 218 (12 August 2024)
Australianopenresult:	1R (2019)
Frenchopenresult:	1R (2018, 2019)
Wimbledonresult:	1R (2019)
Usopenresult:	1R (2018)
Doublestitles:	2 WTA, 5 WTA Challengers
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 38 (10 September 2018)
Currentdoublesranking:	No. 101 (12 August 2024)
Australianopendoublesresult:	2R (2018)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	3R (2018)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	1R (2018)
Usopendoublesresult:	QF (2018)
Team:	yes
Updated:	13 August 2024

Dalila Jakupović (born 24 March 1991) is a Slovenian tennis player of Bosnian descent.

Jakupović to date has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour along with five WTA Challenger doubles titles. She also has won eight singles and sixteen doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In November 2018, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 69. On 10 September 2018, she peaked at No. 38 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Slovenia, Jakupović has a win–loss record of 8–9 in Billie Jean King Cup competition (as of May 2024).

In January 2020, Jakupović collapsed during the Australian Open as a result of the pollution following the bushfires in the country.^[1]

Performance timeline

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.

Singles

Current through the 2022 WTA Tour.

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	1R	Q1	Q1	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
French Open	A	A	A				Q1	A	A	Q1	0 / 2	0–2
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	1R	NH	A	A	Q1	0 / 1	0–1
US Open	A	A	Q1	Q1	1R	Q2	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 1	0–1
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0-0	0 / 5	0–5
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	NH	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	NH	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	NH	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	0	1	2	13	17	0	0	1		Career total: 35
Overall win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	12–13	4–17	0–0	0–0	1–1		0 / 35	19–35
Win %											Career total:
Year-end ranking	425	243	157	239	69	210	243	307	255		$1,048,246

Doubles

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (2–3)

Result	W–L	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Monterrey Open, Mexico	International	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	Nao Hibino Alicja Rosolska	2–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	1–1	İstanbul Cup, Turkey	International	Clay	Nadiia Kichenok	Nicole Melichar Elise Mertens	7–6^(8–6), 6–2
Loss	1–2	Tianjin Open, China	International	Hard	Nina Stojanović	Irina-Camelia Begu Sara Errani	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–2	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	Mariana Duque Mariño Nadia Podoroska	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–3	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	International	Hard	Sabrina Santamaria	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		bgcolor=silver	Hua Hin Challenger, Thailand	Hard	Irina Khromacheva	Duan Yingying Wang Yafan	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2		bgcolor=silver	Mumbai Open, India	Hard	Irina Khromacheva	Victoria Rodriguez Bibiane Schoofs	5–7, 6–3, [7–10]
Win	1–2		bgcolor=silver	Kunming Open, China	Hard	Irina Khromacheva	Guo Hanyu Sun Xuliu	6–1, 6–1
Loss	1–3		bgcolor=silver	Taipei Challenger, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Danka Kovinić	Lee Ya-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien	6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss	1–4		bgcolor=silver	Columbus Challenger, United States	Hard (i)	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	Wang Xinyu Zheng Saisai	1–6, 1–6
Win	2–4		bgcolor=silver	Makarska Championships, Croatia	Clay	Tena Lukas	Olga Danilović Aleksandra Krunić	5–7, 6–2, [10–5]
Win	3–4		bgcolor=silver	Iași Open, Romania	Clay	Veronika Erjavec	Irina Bara Monica Niculescu	6–4, 6–4
Win	4–4	Parma Ladies Open 2023		bgcolor=silver	Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	Anna Bondar Kimberley Zimmermann	6–2, 6–3
Win	5–4		bgcolor=silver	Mumbai Open, India	Hard	Sabrina Santamaria	Arianne Hartono Prarthana Thombare	6–4, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 21 (8 titles, 13 runner–ups)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments (1–0)
W40/50 tournaments (0–1)
W25/35 tournaments (6–9)
W10 tournaments (1–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–5)
Clay (7–8)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2009	ITF Bangalore, India	W10	Hard	Poojashree Venkatesha	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jan 2011	ITF Kolkata, India	W10	Clay	Mari Tanaka	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Mar 2012	ITF Aurangabad, India	W10	Clay	Peangtarn Plipuech	6–4, 7–5
Loss	1–3	Apr 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Hard	Elizaveta Kulichkova	5–7, 2–6
Loss	1–4	Jul 2013	ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany	W25	Clay	Maša Zec Peškirič	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–5	Oct 2013	Lagos Open, Nigeria	W25	Hard	Tadeja Majerič	5–7, 5–7
Win	2–5	Feb 2015	ITF Aurangabad, India	W25	Clay	Han Xinyun	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	2–6	Jul 2015	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	W25	Clay	Ysaline Bonaventure	3–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Loss	2–7	May 2016	ITF Caserta, Italy	W25	Clay	Isabella Shinikova	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	2–8	Jun 2016	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	W25	Clay	Tamara Korpatsch	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	2–9	Jun 2016	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	W25	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	3–9	Jul 2016	ITF Turin, Italy	W25	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	7–5, 6–4
Loss	3–10	Jul 2016	ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany	W25	Clay	Anna Kalinskaya	3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win	4–10	Aug 2016	Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany	W25	Clay	Cindy Burger	6–3, 4–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Win	5–10	Mar 2018	Clay Court International, Australia	W60	Clay	Destanee Aiava	6–4, 6–4
Loss	5–11	May 2021	ITF Otočec, Slovenia	W25	Clay	Miriam Kolodziejová	0–6, 2–6
Loss	5–12	Oct 2021	ITF Redding, United States	W25	Hard	Catherine Harrison	1–6, 1–6
Win	6–12	Aug 2023	ITF Bydgoszcz, Poland	W25	Clay	Nika Radišić	6–2, 6–1
Loss	6–13	Jan 2024	ITF Indore, India	W50	Hard	Polina Kudermetova	6–3, 2–6, 0–6
Win	7–13	Mar 2024	ITF Nagpur, India	W35	Clay	Ku Yeon-woo	6–1, 6–2
Win	8–13	Mar 2024	ITF Indore, India	W35	Hard	Shrivalli Bhamidipaty	6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 34 (16 titles, 18 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (0–1)
W60/75 tournaments (5–3)
W40 tournaments (2–0)
W25/35 tournaments (6–6)
W10 tournaments (3–8)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–6)
Clay (13–10)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2008	ITF Pörtschach, Austria	10,000	Clay	Sofiya Kovalets	Barbara Hellwig Sandra Klemenschits	6–2, 2–6, [7–10]
Win	1–1	Jun 2009	ITF Melilla, Spain	10,000	Hard	Zuzana Zlochová	Lucia Kovarčíková Davinia Lobbinger	6–2, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Jul 2009	ITF Felixstowe, United Kingdom	10,000	Grass	Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic	Jocelyn Rae Jade Windley	1–6, 0–6
Loss	1–3	Aug 2009	ITF New Delhi, India	10,000	Hard	Ashmitha Easwaramurthi	Alexandra Kolesnichenko Emily Webley-Smith	2–6, 4–6
Loss	1–4	Aug 2010	ITF Pörtschach, Austria	10,000	Clay	Vivienne Vierin	Evelyn Mayr Julia Mayr	4–6, 1–6
Loss	1–5	Oct 2010	ITF Ain Sukhna, Egypt	10,000	Clay	Valentine Confalonieri	Iveta Gerlová Lucie Kriegsmannová	1–6, 4–6
Win	2–5	Jan 2011	ITF Kolkata, India	10,000	Clay	Nicole Clerico	Ankita Raina Poojashree Venkatesha	6–3, 6–1
Loss	2–6	Mar 2011	ITF Fällanden, Switzerland	10,000	Carpet (i)	Anja Prislan	Xenia Knoll Amra Sadiković	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2–7	Nov 2011	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic	Diana Enache Daniëlle Harmsen	1–6, 3–6
Win	3–7	Mar 2012	ITF Aurangabad, India	10,000	Clay	Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic	Peangtarn Plipuech Varunya Wongteanchai	6–1, 6–3
Loss	3–8	Jun 2013	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Kyra Shroff	Sowjanya Bavisetti Anna Morgina	1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss	3–9	Sep 2013	Trabzon Cup, Turkey	50,000	Hard	Ani Amiraghyan	Oksana Kalashnikova Aleksandra Krunić	2–6, 1–6
Loss	3–10	Jun 2014	ITF Budapest, Hungary	25,000	Clay	Kateřina Kramperová	Réka Luca Jani Irina Khromacheva	5–7, 4–6
Win	4–10	Nov 2015	ITF Bratislava, Slovakia	25,000	Hard (i)	Anne Schäfer	Michaela Hončová Chantal Škamlová	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–2, [10–8]
Win	5–10	Dec 2015	ITF Cairo, Egypt	25,000	Clay	Valentyna Ivakhnenko	Martina Caregaro Réka Luca Jani	w/o
Win	6–10	Jul 2016	ITF Turin, Italy	25,000	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	Alice Matteucci Sofia Shapatava	6–3, 6–3
Loss	6–11	Jul 2016	ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany	25,000	Clay	Lu Jiajing	Nicola Geuer Anna Zaja	4–6, 4–6
Loss	6–12	Jul 2016	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	25,000	Clay	Anita Husarić	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Anna Kalinskaya	4–6, 1–6
Loss	6–13	Jun 2017	Open de Marseille, France	100,000	Clay	Dalma Gálfi	Natela Dzalamidze Veronika Kudermetova	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 4–6
Win	7–13	Jan 2018	Playford International, Australia	25,000	Hard	Irina Khromacheva	Junri Namigata Erika Sema	2–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Win	8–13	Mar 2018	Clay Court International, Australia	60,000	Clay		Makoto Ninomiya Miyu Kato	6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss	8–14	Oct 2021	ITF Redding, United States	W25	Hard	Lu Jiajing	Mirjam Björklund Katie Swan	3–6, 6–1, [3–10]
Win	9–14	May 2022	Grado Tennis Cup, Italy	W60	Clay	Alena Fomina-Klotz	Eudice Chong Liang En-shuo	6–1, 6–4
Win	10–14	Jul 2022	Liepāja Open, Latvia	W60	Clay	Ivana Jorović	Emily Appleton Prarthana Thombare	6–4, 6–3
Loss	10–15	Nov 2022	ITF Haabneeme, Estonia	W25	Hard	Arantxa Rus	Malene Helgø Suzan Lamens	2–6, 1–6
Loss	10–16	Mar 2023	Clay Court International, Australia	W60	Hard	Priscilla Hon	Elysia Bolton Alexandra Bozovic	6–4, 5–7, [11–13]
Win	11–16	Apr 2023	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W60	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	Valeriya Strakhova Priscilla Hon	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–4
Win	12–16	May 2023	Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia	W60	Clay	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Carole Monnet Antonia Ružić	6–2, 7–5
Win	13–16	Aug 2023	ITF Wroclaw, Poland	W40	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	Weronika Ewald Daria Kuczer	6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	14–16	Aug 2023	ITF Bydgoszcz, Poland	W25	Clay	Nika Radišić	Zuzanna Pawlikowska Malwina Rowińska	6–4, 6–2
Loss	14–17	Oct 2023	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W25	Hard (i)	Anita Wagner	Ekaterina Yashina Anastasia Zakharova	3–6, 4–6
Win	15–17	Oct 2023	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W40	Clay	Irina Bara	Oana Gavrilă Sapfo Sakellaridi	3–6, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, [10–8]
Win	16–17	Mar 2024	ITF Nagpur, India	W35	Clay	Irina Bara	Ku Yeon-woo Justina Mikulskytė	6–7⁽⁸⁾, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, [10–7]
Loss	16–18	May 2024	Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia	W75	Clay	Sabrina Santamaria	Veronika Erjavec Tamara Zidanšek	4–6, 4–6

Team competition

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation

Singles (6–5)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2014	Z1 R/R	Feb 2014	Budapest (HUN)	Ukraine	Hard (i)	Lyudmyla Kichenok	L	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
	Z1 R/R			Israel		Julia Glushko	W	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
	Z1 P/O			Latvia		Jeļena Ostapenko	L	3–6, 6–7^(9–11)
2017	Z2 R/R	Apr 2017	Šiauliai (LTU)	Sweden	Hard (i)	Cornelia Lister	W	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
				South Africa		Ilze Hattingh	W	6–1, 6–3
				Norway		Ulrikke Eikeri	W	6–1, 6–2
	Z2 P/O			Luxembourg		Claudine Schaul	W	6–1, 7–6^(7–5)

Doubles (2–4)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2014	Z1 R/R	Feb 2014	Budapest (HUN)	Ukraine	Hard (i)	Andreja Klepač	Lyudmyla Kichenok Olga Savchuk	L	2–6, 3–6
2014	Z1 R/R	Feb 2014	Budapest (HUN)	Israel	Hard (i)	Andreja Klepač	Julia Glushko Shahar Pe'er	L	4–6, 5–7
2017	Z2 R/R	Apr 2017	Šiauliai (LTU)	South Africa	Hard (i)	Andreja Klepač	Ilze Hattingh Madrie Le Roux	W	6–2, 4–6, 6–0
2017	Z2 R/R	Apr 2017	Šiauliai (LTU)	Norway	Hard (i)	Andreja Klepač	Malene Helgø Caroline Rohde-Moe	L	0–1 ret.

Notes and References

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