Darija Jurak Schreiber Explained

Darija Jurak
Residence:	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Birth Date:	1984 4, df=yes
Birth Place:	Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height:	1.80 m
Turnedpro:	2001
Retired:	2022 (last match played)
Plays:	Right (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$1,658,678
Singlestitles:	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 188 (5 April 2004)
Doublestitles:	9 WTA, 39 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 9 (15 November 2021)
Australianopendoublesresult:	SF (2021)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	QF (2021)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	3R (2013)
Usopendoublesresult:	3R (2021)
Othertournamentsdoubles:	yes
Wtachampionshipsdoublesresult:	RR (2021)
Australianopenmixedresult:	2R (2017)
Frenchopenmixedresult:	QF (2021)
Wimbledonmixedresult:	3R (2021)
Usopenmixedresult:	1R (2016, 2021)
Othertournamentsmixeddoubles:	yes
Olympicmixeddoublesresult:	1R (2021)

Darija Jurak Schreiber (née Jurak; pronounced as /hr/;^[1] ^[2] born 5 April 1984) is a Croatian former tennis player. Her career-high doubles ranking is world No. 9, achieved on 15 November 2021. Her best WTA ranking in singles is 188 which she reached in April 2004. She qualified with Andreja Klepač for the 2021 WTA Finals after 20 years on the professional tour.^[3]

World TeamTennis

Jurak has played six seasons with World TeamTennis and was part of the 2016 San Diego Aviators team which hoisted the King Cup after winning the WTT Championships. She debuted in 2013 with the Texas Wild returning in 2014. She played her next three seasons with the Aviators from 2015 to 2017. In 2019, Jurak joined the expansion Orlando Storm for their inaugural season.^[4]

It was announced that she will rejoining the Storm during the 2020 season set to begin 12 July.^[5] Jurak paired with Jessica Pegula throughout the season in women's doubles, helping the Storm earn a No. 3 seed in the WTT Playoffs. The Storm ultimately fell to the Chicago Smash, in the semifinals.

Competing with the Croatia Fed Cup team, she has accumulated a win-loss record of 19–8 (as of March 2024).

WTA doubles

Partnering with Alexa Guarachi, Jurak won the doubles title at the 2021 Dubai Tennis Championships, defeating Xu Yifan and Yang Zhaoxuan in the final in straight sets.^[6] Alongside Andreja Klepač, she won the 2021 Silicon Valley Classic, with a win over Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani in the finsl.^[7] The following week the pair reached the final at the 2021 Canadian Open but saw the roles reversed as they lost to Dabrowski and Stefani.^[8]

Significant finals

WTA 1000 tournaments

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

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	class=unsortable	Score
Win	2021	Dubai Championships	Hard	Alexa Guarachi	Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan	6–0, 6–3
Loss	2021	Canadian Open, Montreal	Hard	Andreja Klepač		3–6, 4–6

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 22 (9 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5 / WTA 1000 (1–1)
Premier / WTA 500 (3–7)
International / WTA 250 (5–5)

Finals by surface
Hard (7–8)
Grass (2–0)
Clay (0–4)
Carpet (0–1)

Results	W–L	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Palermo Ladies Open, Italy	International	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Renata Voráčová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–7^(5–7), 4–6
Loss	0–2	Estoril Open, Portugal	International	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Chan Hao-ching Kristina Mladenovic	6–7^(3–7), 2–6
Loss	0–3	Silicon Valley Classic, United States	Premier	Hard	Julia Görges	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	2–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	1–3	Monterrey Open, Mexico	International	Hard	Megan Moulton-Levy		7–6^(7–5), 3–6, [11–9]
Loss	1–4	Charleston Open, United States	Premier	Clay	Casey Dellacqua	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	0–6, 4–6
Loss	1–5	Tianjin Open, China	International	Hard	Nicole Melichar		2–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Win	2–5	Dubai Championships, UAE	Premier	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–5	Eastbourne International, UK	Premier	Grass	Anastasia Rodionova	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	5–7, 7–6^(7–4), [10–6]
Loss	3–6	Silicon Valley Classic, United States	Premier	Hard	Anastasia Rodionova	Raquel Atawo Abigail Spears	3–6, 4–6
Loss	3–7	St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia	Premier	Hard (i)	Xenia Knoll	Jeļena Ostapenko Alicja Rosolska	6–3, 2–6, [5–10]
Win	4–7	Mexican Open, Mexico	International	Hard	Anastasia Rodionova	Verónica Cepede Royg Mariana Duque	6–3, 6–2
Win	5–7	Washington Open, United States	International	Hard	Han Xinyun	Alexa Guarachi Erin Routliffe	6–3, 6–2
Loss	5–8	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	International	Carpet (i)	Xenia Knoll	Asia Muhammad Maria Sanchez	4–6, 3–6
Loss	5–9	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Premier	Hard (i)	Raluca Olaru	Alexandra Panova Laura Siegemund	2–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Win	6–9	Bronx Open, United States	International	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Margarita Gasparyan Monica Niculescu	7–5, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss	6–10	Adelaide International, Australia	Premier	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Nicole Melichar Xu Yifan	6–2, 5–7, [5–10]
Win	7–10	Dubai Championships, UAE (2)	WTA 1000	Hard	Alexa Guarachi	Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan	6–0, 6–3
Loss	7–11	Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy	WTA 250	Clay	Andreja Klepač	Coco Gauff Caty McNally	3–6, 2–6
Win	8–11	Bad Homburg Open, Germany	WTA 250	Grass	Andreja Klepač	Nadiia Kichenok Raluca Olaru	6–3, 6–1
Win	9–11	Silicon Valley Classic, United States	WTA 500	Hard	Andreja Klepač	Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani	6–1, 7–5
Loss	9–12	Canadian Open, Canada	WTA 1000	Hard	Andreja Klepač	Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani	3–6, 4–6
Loss	9–13	Adelaide International, Australia	WTA 500	Hard	Andreja Klepač	Ashleigh Barty Storm Sanders	1–6, 4–6

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2004	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Australian Open	1R	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	1R	8–12
French Open	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	A	QF		8–12
Wimbledon	1R	Q1	Q1	2R	3R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	style=color:#767676	NH	style=background:#afeeee	1R		5–10
US Open	A	1R	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R		5–11
Win–loss	0–3	1–2	0–1	2–4	4–4	1–4	1–4	3–4	1–4	1–4	1–4	2–2	9–4	0–1	26–45

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 15 (8–7)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	22 April 2002	ITF Cavtat, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Linda Smolenaková	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 3–6
Loss	2.	9 April 2003	ITF Cavtat, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Monica Niculescu	4–6, 1–6
Win	1.	14 April 2003	ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Lucija Krzelj	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	3.	19 May 2003	ITF Biograd, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Lucija Krzelj	4–6, 4–6
Win	2.	26 May 2003	ITF Zadar, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Paulina Slitrová	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	3.	23 June 2003	ITF Fontanafredda, Italy	25,000	Clay	Anna Foldenyi	7–6⁽²⁾, 6–4
Loss	4.	17 August 2003	ITF Martina Franca, Italy	25,000	Clay	Lina Stančiūtė	3–6, 1–6
Win	4.	24 April 2005	ITF Bari, Italy	25,000	Clay	Olga Vymetálková	6–3, 6–2
Win	5.	7 August 2005	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	10,000	Clay	Vanja Ćorović	6–1, 6–0
Loss	5.	11 February 2006	ITF Capriolo, Italy	25,000	Carpet (i)	Lucie Hradecká	1–6, 4–6
Win	6.	18 March 2006	ITF Rome, Italy	10,000	Clay	Stefania Chieppa	3–6, 6–1, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Win	7.	26 March 2006	ITF Rome, Italy (2)	10,000	Clay	Belen Corbalan	7–5, 6–1
Win	8.	21 May 2007	ITF Vienna, Austria	10,000	Clay	Teliana Pereira	6–1, 1–6, 6–2
Loss	6.	4 May 2009	Wiesbaden Open, Germany	10,000	Clay	Julia Babilon	1–6, 2–6
Loss	7.	10 August 2009	Reinert Open Versmold, Germany	10,000	Clay	Sarah Gronert	3–6, 6–3, 6–7⁽⁵⁾

Doubles: 64 (39–25)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	9 February 2003	ITF Bergamo, Italy	10,000	Hard (i)	Ana Vrljić	Stefanie Haidner Bianca Kamper	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1.	31 March 2003	ITF Makarska, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Maria Kunová	Gabriela Niculescu Monica Niculescu	2–6, 2–6
Win	2.	9 April 2003	ITF Cavtat, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Raissa Gourevitch Nina Bratchikova	6–4, 6–4
Win	3.	14 April 2003	ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Gabriela Niculescu Monica Niculescu	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Win	4.	19 May 2003	ITF Biograd, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Petra Cetkovská Pavlina Slitrová	6–4, 6–4
Win	5.	26 May 2003	ITF Zadar, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	6–3, 6–1
Win	6.	9 June 2003	Grado Tennis Cup, Italy	25,000	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Laura Dell'Angelo Giorgia Mortello	2–6, 6–3, 6–0
Win	7.	3 August 2003	ITF Cuneo, Italy	50,000	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Lubomira Bacheva Stefanie Haidner	6–1, 6–2
Win	8.	16 August 2003	ITF Martina Franca, Italy	25,000	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Paula García María José Martínez Sánchez	2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win	9.	25 August 2003	ITF Rimini, Italy	25,000	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Alice Canepa Emily Stellato	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–7⁽⁷⁾, 7–5
Win	10.	7 September 2003	ITF Torino, Italy	25,000	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Yuliana Fedak Olga Lazarchuk	6–4, 6–2
Win	11.	19 October 2003	ITF Saint-Raphaël, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Maret Ani Camille Pin	6–2, 6–1
Win	12.	25 November 2003	ITF Průhonice, Czech Republic	25,000	Carpet (i)	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Olga Vymetálková Gabriela Navrátilová	7–5, 6–7⁽⁸⁾, 6–3
Win	13.	6 April 2004	Open de Saint-Malo, France	50,000	Clay (i)	Galina Voskoboeva	Goulnara Fattakhetdinova Anastasia Rodionova	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2.	28 June 2004	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	25,000	Clay	Mariya Koryttseva	Vanessa Henke Anousjka van Exel	4–6, 5–7
Loss	3.	7 September 2004	ITF Fano, Italy	50,000	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Delia Sescioreanu Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	5–7, 6–1, 2–6
Loss	4.	20 September 2004	ITF Biella, Italy	50,000	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Erica Krauth Martina Müller	2–6, 3–6
Win	14.	28 September 2004	ITF Belgrade, Serbia	25,000	Clay	Giulia Casoni	Ekaterina Bychkova Nadejda Ostrovskaya	6–0, 6–2
Win	15.	4 October 2004	ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia (2)	10,000	Clay	Lucija Krzelj	Olga Brózda Sylwia Niedbalo	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	16.	11 October 2004	ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia (3)	10,000	Clay	Lucija Krzelj	Klara Jagosova Barbara Pócza	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win	17.	11 January 2005	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	10,000	Hard (i)	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Danielle Harmsen Eva Pera	6–3, 7–5
Win	18.	16 January 2005	ITF Grenoble, France	10,000	Hard (i)	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Émilie Bacquet Anaïs Laurendon	6–2, 6–2
Loss	5.	1 February 2005	ITF Ortisei, Italy	75,000	Carpet (i)	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Tina Pisnik Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	2–6, 6–3, 6–7⁽¹⁾
Win	19.	1 March 2005	ITF Buchen, Germany	10,000	Hard (i)	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Korina Perkovic Andrea Petkovic	6–2, 6–2
Win	20.	26 April 2005	ITF Taranto, Italy	25,000	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Nadejda Ostrovskaya Tatiana Poutchek	6–3, 6–7⁽⁷⁾, 6–3
Win	21.	21 June 2005	ITF Fontanafredda, Italy	25,000	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Eva Fislová Stanislava Hrozenská	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	6.	2 August 2005	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	10,000	Clay	Sandra Martinović	Ivanna Israilova Elena Chalova	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	22.	12 December 2005	ITF Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic	25,000	Hard (i)	Renata Voráčová	Lucie Hradecká Sandra Záhlavová	6–3, 6–3
Win	23.	11 January 2006	ITF Stuttgart, Germany (2)	10,000	Hard (i)	Renata Voráčová	Kildine Chevalier Julie Coin	6–2, 6–1
Loss	7.	22 February 2006	Biberach Open, Germany	25,000	Hard (i)	Renata Voráčová	Lucie Hradecká Olga Vymetálková	6–2, 4–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Win	24.	14 March 2006	ITF Rome, Italy	10,000	Clay	Carmen Klaschka	Gianna Doz Stefanie Haidner	6–2, 6–2
Loss	8.	18 April 2006	ITF Bari, Italy	25,000	Clay	Stefanie Haidner	Romina Oprandi Caroline Schneider	5–7, 2–6
Win	25.	26 June 2006	ITF Padova, Italy	25,000	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Larissa Carvalho Andreja Klepač	6–4, 6–3
Loss	9.	6 July 2006	ITF Rome, Italy	25,000	Clay	Kira Nagy	Matea Mezak Nika Ožegović	2–6, 3–6
Loss	10.	14 February 2007	Biberach Open, Germany	25,000	Hard (i)	Sandra Martinović	Nina Bratchikova Urszula Radwańska	2–6, 0–6
Loss	11.	3 July 2007	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	25,000	Clay	Carmen Klaschka	Ekaterina Dzehalevich Yanina Wickmayer	3–6, 2–6
Loss	12.	6 August 2007	Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany	25,000	Clay	Sandra Martinović	Michaela Paštiková Kathrin Wörle	4–6, 4–6
Win	26.	21 August 2007	Maribor Open, Slovenia	25,000	Clay	Michaela Paštiková	Ana Jovanović Laura Siegemund	1–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss	13.	10 December 2007	ITF Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic	25,000	Hard (i)	Ivana Lisjak	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	2–6, 1–6
Loss	14.	18 February 2008	ITF Capriolo, Italy	25,000	Carpet (i)	Ivana Lisjak	Kelly Anderson Sarah Borwell	6–7⁽⁷⁾, 4–6
Win	27.	19 May 2008	ITF Gorizia, Italy	10,000	Clay	Lisa Sabino	Maja Kambič Anja Prislan	6–0, 6–1
Loss	15.	4 August 2008	Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany	25,000	Clay	Carmen Klaschka	Yayuk Basuki Romana Tedjakusuma	6–2, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss	16.	1 September 2008	ITF Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands	25,000	Clay	Vojislava Lukić	Florencia Molinero Lesia Tsurenko	6–4, 5–7, [7–10]
Loss	17.	27 October 2008	Open Nantes, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Maša Zec Peškirič	Ekaterina Dzehalevich Yuliana Fedak	3–6, 4–6
Win	28.	26 January 2009	ITF Laguna Niguel, U.S.	25,000	Hard	Vanessa Henke	Megan Moulton-Levy Laura Siegemund	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	18.	13 April 2009	ITF Tessenderlo, Belgium	25,000	Clay (i)	Stefania Boffa	Yulia Fedossova Virginie Pichet	5–7, 3–6
Win	29.	6 July 2009	Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia	75,000	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Elena Chalova Anastasia Poltoratskaya	6–2, 7–5
Win	30.	13 July 2009	ITF Zwevegem, Belgium	25,000	Clay	Elena Chalova	Yurika Sema Aurélie Védy	6–1, 6–4
Loss	19.	20 July 2009	ITF Pétange, Luxembourg	75,000	Clay	Kathrin Wörle	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Selima Sfar	2–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	20.	27 July 2009	ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany	25,000	Clay	Yurika Sema	Hanne Skak Jensen Johanna Larsson	2–6, 3–6
Win	31.	17 August 2009	ITF Wahlstedt, Germany	10,000	Clay	Neda Kozić	Lisa Sabino Vivienne Vierin	6–2, 6–4
Loss	21.	30 November 2009	Zubr Cup Přerov, Czech Republic	25,000	Hard (i)	Katalin Marosi	Sandra Klemenschits Andreja Klepač	6–7⁽³⁾, 6–3, [7–10]
Win	32.	26 April 2010	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	100,000	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Kristina Mladenovic	0–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Loss	22.	1 November 2010	Open Nantes, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Anne Keothavong Anna Smith	7–5, 1–6, [6–10]
Win	33.	17 January 2011	Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	25,000	Hard	Valeria Savinykh	Kiki Bertens Richèl Hogenkamp	6–3, 7–6⁽⁰⁾
Loss	23.	31 January 2011	ITF Surrey, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Marta Domachowska	Emma Laine Melanie South	3–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	24.	28 February 2011	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Katarzyna Kawa	Liang Chen Tian Ran	6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss	25.	2 May 2011	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	100,000	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Petra Martić	6–1, 2–6, [9–11]
Win	34.	29 June 2011	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	25,000	Clay	Anaïs Laurendon	Hana Birnerová Stephanie Vogt	4–6, 6–1, [10–0]
Win	35.	12 September 2011	Sofia Cup, Bulgaria	100,000	Clay	Nina Bratchikova	Alexandra Cadanțu Raluca Olaru	6–4, 7–5
Win	36.	19 September 2011	Open de Saint-Malo, France (2)	100,000	Clay	Nina Bratchikova	Johanna Larsson Jasmin Wöhr	6–4, 6–2
Win	37.	28 November 2011	Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE	75,000	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Akgul Amanmuradova Alexandra Dulgheru	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	38.	19 December 2011	Ankara Cup, Turkey	50,000	Hard (i)	Nina Bratchikova	Janette Husárová Katalin Marosi	6–4, 6–2
Win	39.	21 April 2018	Chiasso Open, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Jessica Moore	Cindy Burger Rosalie van der Hoek	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 4–6, [10–8]

Notes and References

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Web site: Collins overcomes Kasatkina in San Jose to win second straight title. Women's Tennis Association. 22 November 2024.
Web site: Giorgi captures Montreal title with win over Pliskova; Dabrowski/Stefani break through in doubles. Women's Tennis Association. 22 November 2024.