Petra Pajalič Explained

Petra Pajalič
Birth Date:1 June 1988
Birth Place:Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Retired:2010
Careerprizemoney:$14,526
Singlesrecord:27–63
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 532 (8 September 2008)
Doublesrecord:33–46
Doublestitles:1 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 393 (21 April 2008)

Petra Pajalič (born 1 June 1988[1]) is a retired Slovenian tennis player, who specialised in doubles.

Pajalič has career-high WTA rankings of 532 in singles, achieved on 8 September 2008, and 393 in doubles, set on 21 April 2008. She won one doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Pajalič made her main-draw debut on the WTA Tour in doubles competition at the 2007 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, partnering Taja Mohorčič[2] The pair lost their first round match against Sybille Bammer and Polona Hercog.[3]

Personal life

She speaks English and Slovenian. She received a law degree from Bežigrad Grammar School. Pajalič retired from professional in 2010. Petra Pajalič Studio Moderna, an e-commerce and direct-to-consumer advertising company operating mainly in Central and Eastern Europe, works in the field of marketing.[4]

ITF finals

Doubles (1 titles, 4 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartneringOpponentsScore
Win1–0July 2007ITF Gausdal, Norway10,000Hard Maja Kambič Tetyana Arefyeva
Elena Jirnova
7–6(3), 5–7, 6–3
Loss1–1Apr 2008ITF Telde, Spain10,000Clay Anne-Valerie Evain Chayenne Ewijk
Dominice Ripoll
2–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss1–2Oct 2008ITF Valencia, Venezuela10,000Hard Katie Ruckert Ana Clara Duarte
Carla Tiene
2–6, 6–7(6)
Loss1–3Nov 2008ITF Valencia, Venezuela10,000Hard Katie Ruckert Ana Clara Duarte
Carla Tiene
7–5, 6–7(1) [4–10]
Loss1–4Sep 2009ITF Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina10,000Clay Patricia Chirea Karolina Jovanović
Teodora Mirčić
4–6, 1–6

ITF Junior Circuit finals

Category G4
Category G5

Doubles (1–2)

ResultW–LDateLocationGradeSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1March 2004Oran, AlgeriaG5Clay Maja Kambič Rebekka Seipel
Justine Sutherland
2–6, 6–7
Loss0–2March 2004Sidi Fredj, AlgeriaG4Clay Maja Kambič Claudia Sanua
Justine Sutherland
5–7, 5–7
Win1–2October 2004Mali Lošinj, CroatiaG4Clay Taja Mohorčič Tadeja Majerič
Petra Martić
4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Notes and References

  1. https://www.tennisexplorer.com/player/pajalic/ Tennis explorer
  2. News: 2007 Banka Koper Slovenia Open Draw. https://web.archive.org/web/20131021161922/http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/Draws/2007/1028.pdf. 2013-10-21.
  3. News: 2007 Banka Koper Slovenia Open Draw. www.itftennis.com.
  4. News: Petra Pajalič. www.linkedin.com.