Veronika Erjavec Explained

Veronika Erjavec
Birth Date:30 December 1999
Birth Place:Slovenia
Plays:Right (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$207,581
Singlestitles:6 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 168 (20 May 2024)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 206 (19 August 2024)
Australianopenresult:Q1 (2024)
Frenchopenresult:Q2 (2024)
Wimbledonresult:Q1 (2024)
Usopenresult:Q2 (2024)
Doublestitles:2 WTA Challengers, 21 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 120 (20 May 2024)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 177 (19 August 2024)
Team:yes
Updated:25 August 2024

Veronika Erjavec (born 30 December 1999) is a Slovenian tennis player.She has career-high WTA rankings of 168 in singles and 120 in doubles, achieved on 20 May 2024.[1]

Erjavec has won two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won 21 doubles titles and six singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Career

2018

She won a bronze medal for Slovenia at the Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain, in June 2018. Erjavec beat Italian Lucia Bronzetti in bronze medal match.[2] In July, she won the doubles tournament in Prokuplje, Serbia, with her Croatian partner Lea Bošković.[3] In September, she played in the doubles final of the Royal Cup in Podgorica, Montenegro.[4] At the end of the year, she played in doubles finals of ITF tournaments in Italy.[5]

2019

Erjavec started season with the tournament held in Tabarka, Tunisia. She became champion in doubles with her Bosnian partner, Nefisa Berberović.[6] In May, Erjavec played her first singles final in Croatia at Tučepi. She lost to Czech Johana Marková in the final, but won her second title of the season with Berberović in the doubles final.[7] In June, she reached the third doubles championship of the season, alongside Berberović in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[8]

2022

In May 2022, she won a tournament in Split, Croatia, with her partner Lea Bošković.[9] The duo also won a $25k tournament in Austria. Erjavec then entered the final of the tournament held in Brașov, Romania in June.[10] She won another championship with her Croatian partner Bošković at Tarviso, Italy in July.[11]

2023

In April 2023, Erjavec won her first singles tournament in Osijek, Croatia. She followed this up with two more wins in the finals of Horb, Germany and Cordenons, Italy, climbing in the ranking into top 200 for the first time. She also won four more doubles titles between March and June.

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Singles

Tournament2024W–L
Australian OpenQ10–0
French OpenQ20–0
WimbledonQ10–0
US Open0–0
Win–loss0–00–0

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0bgcolor=silverIași Open, RomaniaClay Dalila Jakupović Irina Bara
Monica Niculescu
6–4, 6–4
Win2–0bgcolor=silverCanberra International, AustraliaHard Darja Semeņistaja6–2, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1May 2019ITF Tučepi, CroatiaW15Clay Johana Marková4–6, 1–6
Loss0–2Sep 2019ITF Kaposvár, HungaryW25Clay Dejana Radanović2–6, 3–6
Loss0–3Aug 2021Internazionali di Cordenons, ItalyW15Clay Mana Kawamura6–7(5), 5–7
Win1–3Apr 2023ITF Osijek, CroatiaW25Clay Tena Lukas7–5, 6–2
Win2–3Jul 2023ITF Horb, GermanyW25Clay Anna Gabric5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Win3–3Aug 2023Internazionali di Cordenons, ItalyW60Clay Alexandra Cadanțu-Ignatik6–3, 6–4
Win4–3Oct 2023ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW25Clay Leyre Romero Gormaz2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win5–3Apr 2024Koper Open, SloveniaW75Clay Polona Hercog6–4, 6–3
Win6–3Jul 2024ITF Horb am Neckar, GermanyW35Clay Julie Štruplová7–5, 6–0

Doubles: 33 (21 titles, 12 runner–ups)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments (2–5)
W40/50 tournaments (3–0)
W25 tournaments (8–2)
W15 tournaments (8–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (17–9)
Carpet (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
bgcolor=#ffa07a Loss0–1Apr 2018ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Nina Potočnik Ulyana Ayzatulina
Vlada Koval
1–6, 4–6
Win1–1Apr 2018ITF Tučepi, CroatiaW15Clay Nefisa Berberović Tena Lukas
Saara Orav
6–3, 6–3
Win2–1Jul 2018ITF Prokuplje, SerbiaW15Clay Lea Bošković Barbara Bonić
Jelena Stojanovic
6–0, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss2–2Sep 2018Royal Cup, MontenegroW25Clay Nefisa Berberović Miriam Kolodziejová
Nina Potočnik
6–2, 3–6, [0–10]
Loss2–3Dec 2018ITF Solarino, ItalyW15Carpet Kristina Novak Catalina Pella
Miriana Tona
5–7, 3–6
Win3–3Dec 2018ITF Solarino, ItalyW15Carpet Kristina Novak Melissa Morales
Kirsten-Andrea Weedon
6–3, 7–6(4)
Win4–3Dec 2018ITF Ortisei, ItalyW15Hard Kristina Novak Verena Hofer
Simona Waltert
6–4, 7–5
Win5–3Apr 2019ITF Tabarka, TunisiaW15Clay Nefisa Berberović Émeline Dartron
Marie Témin
4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win6–3May 2019ITF Tučepi, CroatiaW15Clay Nefisa Berberović Tamara Malešević
Antonia Ružić
6–2, 6–2
Win7–3Jun 2019ITF Banja Luka, Bosnia and HerzegovinaW15Clay Nefisa Berberović Barbora Miklová
Elena Milovanović
6–1, 6–3
Loss7–4Jul 2019ITF Prokuplje, SerbiaW15Clay Nefisa Berberović İpek Öz
Melis Sezer
5–7, 5–7
Loss7–5Jul 2019ITF Prokuplje, SerbiaW15Clay Nefisa Berberović Darya Astakhova
Laura Svatiková
3–6, 6–0, [6–10]
Win8–5Aug 2019Internazionali di Cordenons, ItalyW25Clay Nika Radišić Martina Caregaro
Lisa Sabino
6–3, 7–5
Loss8–6Aug 2021ITF Cordenons, ItalyW15Clay Nefisa Berberović Martina Colmegna
Amy Zhu
4–6, 3–6
Win9–6March 2022ITF Palmanova, SpainW15Clay Nina Potočnik Angelica Moratelli
Aurora Zantedeschi
7–5, 6–3
Win10–6May 2022ITF Split, CroatiaW25Clay Lea Bošković Mana Kawamura
Funa Kozaki
4–6, 6–1, [10–2]
Win11–6May 2022ITF Warmbad-Villach, AustriaW25Clay Lea Bošković Miharu Imanishi
Kanako Morisaki
3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss11–7Jun 2022Brașov Open, RomaniaW60Clay Weronika Falkowska Jesika Malečková
Isabella Shinikova
6–7(5), 3–6
Win12–7June 2022ITF Tarvisio, ItalyW25Clay Lea Bošković Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie
Oana Georgeta Simion
6–1, 6–7(5), [10–7]
Win13–7July 2022ITF Perugia, ItalyW25Clay Valeriya Strakhova Ángela Fita Boluda
Angelica Moratelli
w/o
Loss13–8Aug 2022ITF Braunschweig, GermanyW25Clay Weronika Falkowska Anna Klasen
Martina Colmegna
3–6, 6–2, [5–10]
Loss13–9Oct 2022Hamburg Ladies & Gents Cup, GermanyW60Hard (i) Malene Helgø Miriam Kolodziejová
Jesika Malečková
4–6, 2–6
Loss13–10Nov 2022Open Nantes Atlantique, FranceW60Hard (i) Emily Webley-Smith Magali Kempen
Wu Fang-hsien
2–6, 4–6
Win14–10Mar 2023Open de Touraine, FranceW25Hard (i) Justina Mikulskytė Chiara Scholl
Anita Wagner
6–4, 6–0
Win15–10Apr 2023ITF Split, CroatiaW40Clay Lina Gjorcheska Nika Radišić
Tara Würth
6–1, 6–4
Win16–10May 2023ITF Otočec, SloveniaW40Clay Dominika Šalková Mariana Dražić
Emily Webley-Smith
7–5, 6–3
Loss16–11Jun 2023ITF Říčany, CzechiaW60Clay Dominika Šalková Karolína Kubáňová
Aneta Kučmová
6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Win17–11Jun 2023ITF Tarvisio, ItalyW25Clay Dominika Šalková Nika Radišić
Anita Wagner
6–2, 7–6(5)
Win18–11Oct 2023ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW25Clay Justina Mikulskytė Nuria Brancaccio
Angelica Moratelli
7–6(6), 6–0
Win19–11Jan 2024Porto Indoor, PortugalW50Hard (i) Dominika Šalková Francisca Jorge
Matilde Jorge
4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss19–12Apr 2024Split Open, CroatiaW75Clay Justina Mikulskytė Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Prarthana Thombare
4–6, 1–6
Win20–12Apr 2024Koper Open, SloveniaW75Clay Dominika Šalková Sapfo Sakellaridi
Aurora Zantedeschi
6–1, 6–3
Win21–12May 2024Empire Slovak Open, SlovakiaW75Clay Tamara Zidanšek Dalila Jakupović
Sabrina Santamaria
6–4, 6–4

National representation

Billie Jean King Cup

Doubles (0–2)

EditionRoundDateLocationSurfacePartneringAgainstOpponentsW/LResult
2023FNov 2023Seville Hard (i)Ela Nala Milić AustraliaKimberly Birrell
Storm Hunter
L5–7, 7–6(2), [5–10]
Ela Nala Milić KazakhstanAnna Danilina
Zhibek Kulambayeva
L6–2, 4–6, [7–10]

Multi-sports event

Erjavec made her debut representing Slovenia in multi-sports event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, she won the women's singles bronze medal.

Singles: 1 (bronze medal)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Veronika Erjavec| Player Stats & More – WTA Official. Women's Tennis Association.
  2. Web site: Veronika Erjavec do brona na sredozemskih igrah!. www.teniskisvet.si. Slovenian.
  3. Web site: ITF: Erjavčeva po naslovu v dvojicah v igri za dvojno krono. www.teniskisvet.si. Slovenian.
  4. Web site: ITF: Potočnikovi slovenski finale v Podgorici. www.teniskisvet.si. Slovenian.
  5. Web site: ITF: Vroči Slovenki osvojili še turnir v Dolomitih!. www.teniskisvet.si. Slovenian.
  6. Web site: ITF: Erjavčeva posegla po naslovu v Tabarki. www.teniskisvet.si. Slovenian.
  7. Web site: Veronika Erjavec klonila v finalu turnirja posameznic ITF v Tučepih, osvojila pa turnir v konkurenci dvojic. www.teniska-zveza.si. 12 May 2019 . Slovenian.
  8. Web site: ITF: Erjavčeva v Banjaluki že do 3. naslova v sezoni!. www.teniska-zveza.si. Slovenian.
  9. Web site: Veronika Erjavec v Splitu z domačinko ugnala vso konkurenco. www.teniska-zveza.si. Slovenian.
  10. Web site: Veronika Erjavec že trikrat zapored zaigrala v finalu ITF turnirja, uspešen teden tudi za Luiso Fusil. www.teniska-zveza.si. Slovenian.
  11. Web site: Veronika Erjavec v Trbižu že do 12. naslova na turnirjih serije WTT. www.teniska-zveza.si. Slovenian.