Olga Danilović Explained

Olga Danilović
Native Name:Олга Даниловић
Birth Date:23 January 2001
Birth Place:Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Residence:Belgrade, Serbia
Height:1.82 m
Plays:Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach:Roberto Ortega
Careerprizemoney:US$ 1,636,270
Singlestitles:1
Highestsinglesranking:No. 93 (26 June 2023)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 121 (5 August 2024)
Australianopenresult:2R (2021)
Frenchopenresult:4R (2024)
Wimbledonresult:1R (2024)
Usopenresult:2R (2021)
Doublestitles:2
Highestdoublesranking:No. 104 (24 April 2023)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 788 (5 August 2024)
Team:yes
Updated:7 August 2024

Olga Danilović (Serbian: Олга Даниловић, pronounced as /ôːlɡa danǐːloʋitɕ/; born 23 January 2001) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 26 June 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 93. On 24 April 2023, she peaked at No. 104 in the WTA doubles rankings.In July 2018, Danilović won her first WTA Tour singles title in Moscow, beating Anastasia Potapova in the final. She also won two WTA doubles titles, first in Tashkent and the second one in Lausanne. On the WTA Challenger Tour, she has won one doubles title. She has also won six singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit. Playing for Serbia, Danilović has a win–loss record of 12–8 in Billie Jean King Cup competition (as of June 2024).

Early life and background

Danilović's father is Serbian former basketball player Predrag Danilović, while her mother, Svetlana (née Radošević), is a sports reporter for Radio Television of Serbia.[1] Her parents met at a basketball game in their teens.[2] She has a younger sister, Sonja, and a younger brother, Vuk.[3]

Junior career

As a junior, Danilović posted a win–loss record of 93–33 in singles and 72–24 in doubles, and reached No. 5 in the combined junior world rankings in January 2018.

She won three Junior Grand Slam doubles titles (each on a different surface) with three different partners – 2016 French Open with Paula Arias Manjón, 2017 Wimbledon with Kaja Juvan and 2017 US Open with Marta Kostyuk.

Grand Slam performance

- Singles:

- Doubles:

Professional career

2018: Top 100, first WTA Tour titles; Fed Cup Heart Award

Danilović made her Fed Cup debut in February 2018 in Group I of Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone, winning all three singles matches, including a 6–2, 6–4 win over world No. 15, Anastasija Sevastova, in the promotional play-offs. The courageous performances for the national team earned Danilović a Fed Cup Heart Award and a cheque of $1,000 to be donated to a charity,[4] which she chose to donate to University Children's Hospital in Belgrade.[5]

In March, she won her first $25k title in Santa Margherita di Pula. In May, she was given a wildcard for the qualifying into the Premier Mandatory tournament in Madrid, where she beat former top-30 player Kateryna Bondarenko but lost to Aryna Sabalenka in the final round of qualifying. In mid-July, Danilović won the first $60k title in her career when she came back from one set down to beat another former top 30 player, Laura Siegemund, 5–7, 6–1, 6–3, in the final of Versmold. She also reached the final in doubles of the same tournament with compatriot Nina Stojanović.

In late July, she won her first career WTA Tour singles title in Moscow, defeating Anastasia Potapova in the final, in three sets. Danilović became the first player born in the third millennium (after 2000) to win a WTA tournament singles title. She also became the second lucky loser in the history of the WTA Tour to win the title.[6] This was the first WTA tournament final between two players under 18 since Tatiana Golovin and Nicole Vaidišová played in the final of the 2005 Japan Open.

She participated in the US Open qualifying, where she beat Bianca Andreescu, before losing to Jaimee Fourlis. She then entered the Tashkent Open, where she beat Anna Kalinskaya in the first round, before losing to Anastasia Potapova in a Moscow re-match. In the same tournament, she won the doubles title partnering Tamara Zidanšek.

On 1 October 2018, Danilović entered the top 100 for the first time when she reached a singles ranking of 97. The following week, she reached her highest ranking of the season, No. 96.

In mid-October, she lost in the first round of qualifying in Linz and Luxembourg. She next participated in the WTA 125 Mumbai Open, where she was seeded fourth and lost to Danka Kovinić in the first round, whom she also partnered with to reach the semifinals in doubles. This proved to be her last tournament of the year as she withdrew from the following week's WTA 125 Open de Limoges.

2021: Australian Open and US Open debuts

Along with Francesca Jones, Danilović made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the Australian Open.[7] She won in the first round of the tournament where she faced Petra Martić. She was defeated in the second round by Shelby Rogers, in straight sets. In July, she made two back-to-back quarterfinals. First, at the Budapest Grand Prix, she won first two rounds before losing to Dalma Gálfi in the quarterfinal.[8] The following week, at the Palermo Ladies Open, she lost to Zhang Shuai in the same round.[9]

2022: French Open debut

At the French Open, she qualified for the main draw to make her debut at this major defeating Viktoriya Tomova.[10]

Ranked No. 124 as a qualifier at the Ladies Open Lausanne, she reached her second career final by beating Misaki Doi in the first round, Anna Kalinskaya in the second, home favorite Simona Waltert in the quarterfinals, and Anastasia Potapova in the semifinals. In the final, she was beaten by Petra Martić.[11] At the same tournament, she won the doubles event, partnering with Kristina Mladenovic.

2023: Biggest ITF title, major third round, back to top 100

In May, Danilović won her first $100k title at the Open Villa de Madrid, beating Sara Sorribes Tormo in the final. During the tournament, she did not drop a single set against any players. Triumphing here, she secured her spot in Wimbledon Championships main-draw for the first time.[12] However, she should lose there her first-round match in a close two-setter to Slovak player Jana Čepelová.

At the French Open, as a qualifier, Danilović reached the third round, her best Grand Slam performance up to date. In the third round, she lost in three tough sets against No. 7 seed, Ons Jabeur.[13] With this result, after five years, she returned to the top 100 on 12 June 2023, and reached a new career-high ranking of No. 93, on 26 June 2023.

2024: French Open fourth round

At the 2024 French Open, Danilović qualified for the main draw and defeated Martina Trevisan, 11th seed Danielle Collins,[14] [15] and Donna Vekić to reach the fourth round at a major for the first time.[16] She became the first Serbian woman to reach the second week since Jelena Janković at Wimbledon 2015, and the first at Roland Garros since Ana Ivanovic in the same year.[17]

Danilović got into the main draw of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships as a lucky loser, but lost to Anca Todoni in the first round.

Coaches

In 2018, Danilovic hired former world No. 2, Àlex Corretja, as her coach,[18] having been her mentor since 2016.[19] During her title tour in Moscow, former Serbian Fed Cup captain, Dejan Vraneš, traveled with Danilović and coached her although he is not her official coach.[18] In 2018–2019, she was briefly coached by Petar Popović.[20] In 2017–18, her coach was Juan Lizariturry.[21] Danilović was coached in the past by Denis Bejtulahi (in 2017)[22] and Tatjana Ječmenica (in two stints – before late 2015[23] and in 2016).[24]

Performance timelines

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.[25]

Singles

Current through the 2024 French Open.

Tournament2018201920202021202220232024Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAQ1Q22RAQ3Q20 / 11–1
French OpenAQ2Q1Q12R3R4R0 / 36–3
WimbledonAQ3style=color:#767676NHQ1AQ11R0 / 10–1
US OpenQ2AA2RQ1Q1Q10 / 11–0
Win–loss0–00–00–02–11–12–13–20 / 68–5
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar OpenAAAAAQ10 / 00–0
Indian Wells OpenAQ1NHAA1R0 / 10–1
Miami OpenA1RNH1RAQ10 / 20–2
Madrid OpenQ2Q1NHAAQ10 / 00–0
Italian OpenAAAAAQ10 / 00–0
Canadian OpenAAstyle=color:#767676NHAAA0 / 00–0
Cincinnati OpenAAAAAA0 / 00–0
Wuhan OpenAANot Held0 / 00–0
China OpenAANot HeldA0 / 00–0
Guadalajara OpenNHAA0 / 00–0
Career statistics
Tournaments251732Career total: 20
Titles100000Career total: 1
Finals100010Career total: 2
Hard win–loss1–10–40–12–40–10–20 / 123–13
Clay win–loss5–00–10–14–35–22–31 / 816–10
Grass win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
Overall win–loss6–10–50–26–75–32–51 / 2019–23
Win (%)Career total:
Year-end ranking103187183131150116$1,180,836

WTA Tour finals

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

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Moscow River Cup, RussiaInternationalClay Anastasia Potapova7–5, 6–7(1–7), 6–4
Loss1–1Swiss Open, SwitzerlandWTA 250Clay Petra Martić4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Tashkent Open, UzbekistanInternationalHard Tamara Zidanšek Irina-Camelia Begu
Raluca Olaru
7–5, 6–3
Loss1–1Lyon Open, FranceWTA 250Hard (i) Eugenie Bouchard Viktória Kužmová
Arantxa Rus
6–3, 5–7, [7–10]
Win2–1Ladies Open Lausanne, SwitzerlandWTA 250Clay Kristina Mladenovic Ulrikke Eikeri
Tamara Zidanšek
w/o
Loss2–2Lyon Open, FranceWTA 250Hard (i) Alexandra Panova Cristina Bucșa
Bibiane Schoofs
6–7(5–7), 3–6

WTA Challenger finals

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

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1bgcolor=silverMakarska International,
Croatia
Clay Aleksandra Krunić Dalila Jakupović
Tena Lukas
7–5, 2–6, [5–10]
Win1–1bgcolor=silverBari Open, ItalyClay Elisabetta Cocciaretto Andrea Gámiz
Eva Vedder
6–2, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (2–1)
$25,000 tournaments (1–2)
$10/15,000 tournaments (2–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000Clay Vivien Juhászová6–2, 6–3
Win2–0ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Clay Julia Grabher6–3, 6–2
Loss2–1ITF Sant Cugat, Spain25,000Clay Marta Paigina6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Loss2–2Open de Valencia, Spain25,000+HClay Irina Bara7–5, 4–6, 0–6
Win3–2ITF Pula, Italy25,000Clay Federica di Sarra6–4, 6–3
Win4–2Reinert Open Versmold, Germany60,000Clay Laura Siegemund5–7, 6–1, 6–3
Loss4–3Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany60,000Clay Barbara Haas2–6, 1–6
Win5–3Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland60,000Clay Julia Grabher6–2, 6–3
Win6–3May 2023Open Villa de Madrid, Spain100,000Clay Sara Sorribes Tormo6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (0–2)
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10,000 tournaments (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000Clay Berfu Cengiz Tayisiya Morderger
Yana Morderger
6–4, 6–4
Loss1–1ITF Sant Cugat, Spain25,000Clay Guiomar Maristany Luisa Stefani
Renata Zarazúa
1–6, 4–6
Loss1–2Reinert Open Versmold, Germany60,000Clay Nina Stojanović Pemra Özgen
Despina Papamichail
6–1, 2–6, [4–10]
Loss1–3Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany60,000Clay Georgina García Pérez Cristina Dinu
Lina Gjorcheska
6–4, 5–7, [7–10]

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Girls' doubles: 3 (3 titles)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win2016French OpenClay Paula Arias Manjón Olesya Pervushina
Anastasia Potapova
3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win2017WimbledonGrass Kaja Juvan Caty McNally
Whitney Osuigwe
6–4, 6–3
Win2017US OpenHard Marta Kostyuk Lea Bošković
Wang Xiyu
6–1, 7–5

Team competitions

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup

Legend
Finals
Finals qualifying round
Finals play-offs (0–1)
Zone Group (8–5)

Singles (6–2)

EditionRoundDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LScore
2018Z1 RRFeb 2018Tallinn (EST) BulgariaHard (i)Isabella Shinikovaalign=center bgcolor=98FB98W6–3, 6–7, 7–6
GeorgiaSofia Shapatavaalign=center bgcolor=98FB98W6–3, 6–0
bgcolor=#ccfZ1 PO LatviaAnastasija Sevastovaalign=center bgcolor=98FB98W6–2, 6–4
2019Z1 RRFeb 2019Bath (GBR) GeorgiaHard (i)Ekaterine Gorgodzealign=center bgcolor=98FB98W7–5, 6–3
CroatiaJana Fettalign=center bgcolor=98FB98W2–6, 6–2, 7–6
2020–21bgcolor=#ccfZ1 RRFeb 2020Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX) LuxembourgHard (i)Laura Correiaalign=center bgcolor=98FB98W6–1, 6–2
bgcolor=#ccfZ1 PO SloveniaKaja Juvanalign=center bgcolor=ffa07aL2–6, 2–6
F POApr 2021Kraljevo (SRB) CanadaLeylah Fernandezalign=center bgcolor=ffa07aL5–7, 6–4, 4–6

Doubles (2–4)

EditionRoundDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore
2018Z1 RRFeb 2018Tallinn (EST) BulgariaHard (i)Dejana RadanovićPetia Arshinkova
Julia Terziyska
align=center bgcolor=ffa07aL3–6, 6–7
GeorgiaBojana MarinkovićMariam Bolkvadze
Sofia Shapatava
align=center bgcolor=ffa07aL7–6, 6–7, 3–6
bgcolor=#ccfZ1 PO LatviaBojana MarinkovićJeļena Ostapenko
Anastasija Sevastova
align=center bgcolor=ffa07aL1–6, 2–6
2019Z1 RRFeb 2019Bath (GBR) GeorgiaHard (i)Ivana JorovićMariam Bolkvadze
Oksana Kalashnikova
align=center bgcolor=ffa07aL3–6, 5–7
TurkeyAleksandra KrunićBerfu Cengiz
İpek Soylu
align=center bgcolor=98FB98W6–2, 6–3
CroatiaAleksandra KrunićDarija Jurak
Ana Konjuh
align=center bgcolor=98FB98W1–6, 6–1, 6–4

Wins over top 10 players

PlayerEventSurfaceScore
2018
1. Julia Görges10Moscow River Cup, RussiaClayQF6–3, 6–3187[26]
2024
2. Danielle Collins10French Open, FranceClay2R6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–4125

Award

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prasad Dhar . Deba . Only 17, fast-emerging Olga Danilovic ready for the leap . Mumbai Mirror . 31 May 2024 . 3 November 2018.
  2. Web site: Новинарка је заволела нашег ПРОСЛАВЉЕНОГ КОШАРКАША још у СРЕДЊОЈ ШКОЛИ, али њихова ћерка руског имена је та о којој се у Србији прича (ФОТО) . Србија данас . 31 May 2024 . sr . 9 December 2018.
  3. Web site: Стојановић . Александар . Олга је темпераментна на тату, али јој је узор ипак неко други . РТС . 31 May 2024 . sr . 7 April 2020.
  4. Web site: Mladenovic, Danilovic, Gonzalez and Putintseva win Heart Awards. Fed Cup. 29 March 2018. 31 March 2018.
  5. Web site: Olga Danilović novac od nagrade ITF-a donira bolnici u Tiršovoj. Tanjug. RTS. sr. 30 March 2018. 31 March 2018.
  6. Web site: David Kane . 'I was given this chance, I had to take it' - Danilovic goes from lucky loser to champion in Moscow . WTA Tour . 29 July 2018 . 1 August 2018.
  7. Web site: Introducing Australian Open 2021 debutantes Jones, Danilovic. 13 August 2021. Women's Tennis Association. en.
  8. Web site: David Kane. July 16, 2021. Dalma Galfi thrills Hungarian fans with Budapest breakthrough. 21 December 2021. tennis.com.
  9. Web site: Abbey Johnson. July 24, 2021. Palermo Open: Danielle Collins, Shuai Zhang and Oceane Dodin last seeds left. 21 December 2021. tennis world.
  10. Web site: Vekic makes main draw as French Open qualifying wraps up .
  11. Web site: Danilovic, Martic make long-awaited returns to final in Lausanne .
  12. Web site: Jamie Renton . 22 May 2023 . Danilovic earns Wimbledon main draw spot after W100 Madrid triumph . 26 May 2023 . ITF.
  13. Web site: Jabeur tested by Danilovic, reaches last 16 . 3 June 2023 .
  14. Web site: Kane . David . At final Roland Garros, Danielle Collins suffers shock exit to Olga Danilovic . Tennis.com . 31 May 2024 . 30 May 2024.
  15. Web site: Чворовић . Горан . ЛИЦЕ У РУКАМА, РАДОСТ ДО НЕБА: Како је Олга Даниловић прославила велику победу на Ролан Гаросу . Večernje novosti . 31 May 2024 . sr . 30 May 2024.
  16. Web site: Милошевић . Филип . БРАВО ОЛГА! Даниловићева након преокрета победила Хрватицу и пласирала се у осмину финала Ролан Гароса . Večernje novosti . 31 May 2024 . sr . 31 May 2024.
  17. Web site: Danilovic, Cocciaretto make Slam second-week debuts at Roland Garros. 31 May 2024.
  18. News: NAŠA ŠAMPIONKA DOČEKANA U BEOGRADU Olga Danilović: Još nisam svesna kakav sam uspeh napravila . 16 September 2018 . Blic . Jelena . Medić . 30 July 2018 . sr.
  19. News: Koreča o Olgi: Nasledila je nešto posebno . 31 March 2018 . Sport Klub SR . 26 November 2017 . sr.
  20. News: Olga ima novog trenera: Ona je dijamantski talenat . 30 November 2018 . Sport Klub SR . Saša . Ozmo . 29 November 2018 . sr.
  21. News: Olga za SK – novi trener, tatini saveti, sazrevanje... . 22 March 2018 . Sport Klub SR . Saša . Ozmo . 26 December 2017 . sr.
  22. Web site: Олга Даниловић: Следи ново освајање Европе!. Спортски журнал. sr. 18 July 2017. 22 March 2018.
  23. News: Olga Danilović (14) razbija na Oranž Boulu starije devojčice . 31 March 2018 . Blic . Jelena . Medić . 11 December 2015 . sr.
  24. News: Olga Danilović za "Blic": Kralj Nole mi je poželeo sreću, upijam njegove savete . 31 March 2018 . Blic . Bojan . Vlajić . 4 June 2016 . sr.
  25. Web site: Olga Danilović [SRB] | Australian Open]. ausopen.com.
  26. Web site: Danilovic dispatches Goerges in Moscow quarterfinal stunner . WTA News . en.