Coached by Matija Strasner. Formerly worked with Michael Digby, Blaz Kavcic, Carl Maes, and Zoran Krajnc
First started playing tennis with her dad; also began playing as part of a skiing program, which offered tennis lessons during the summer
A creative player who enjoys mixing in volleys and slice; favorite surface is clay, but is beginning to enjoy playing on hard courts more often; favorite tournament is the Australian Open; favorite memories are playing in big stadiums
Speaks Slovenian, Croatian/Serbian, English, and some German
Off the court, likes to explore and learn about topics she finds interesting, enjoys watching TV series, her favorite is Friends, while favorite movie is Back to the Future
Nickname is Tami
Does not have any pets but would like to own a dog
Would be impossible to describe herself in just one word but would call herself ambitious
WTA 125 TITLES AND FINALS
SINGLES
Winner (3): 2023 - Bari
2019 - Bol
2018 - Bol
DOUBLES
Winner (1): 2024 - San Luis Potosi (w/Bondar)
Finalist (1): 2022 - Colina (w/Sherif)
Career in Review
Top 2025 finishes came on clay, winning ITF/W75 title at Bucharest and reaching WTA 125 semifinals at Cosenza and Rome; best Grand Slam result was qualifying for Australian Open (l. Potapova in 1r)
Achieved strongest result of 2024 at Hua Hin 2 with semifinal (l. eventual champion Sramkova); also claimed WTA 125 doubles title at San Luis Potosi (w/Bondar)
In 2023, reached Tour-level QF three times at Hua Hin (l. eventual champion Zhu), Bogota (l. Stearns) and Lausanne (l. Bondar). At WTA 125 events, won Bari title (d. No.1 seed Cornet in SF and Sramkova in F) and reached SF at Iasi and Ljubljana, all on clay
Started 2022 strongly with SF at Adelaide #2 (l. Riske-Amritraj) and Australian Open 3r (l. Cornet); reached career-high ranking of No.22 on February 28, 2022
In breakthrough 2021, won first WTA Tour singles title at Lausanne (d. Burel in F), finished R-Up at Bogota (l. Osorio) and achieved first Grand Slam semifinal at Roland Garros (l. Pavlyuchenkova); made Top 50 debut after Roland Garros and posted career-best year-end ranking of No.30
In 2020, best singles result was reaching Acapulco QF (l. Zarazua); achieved doubles successes by winning WTA Tour titles at Palermo and Linz (both w/Rus)
Highlights of 2019 were reaching first WTA Tour singles final at Nurnberg (l. Putintseva in F), as well as defending WTA 125 title at Bol (d. Sorribes Tormo in F) and reaching SF at Hua Hin (l. Tomljanovic)
2018 highlights included SF finish at Moscow River Cup (just her 3rd career WTA Tour main draw appearance) and title run at WTA 125 Bol. Broke into Top 100 (at No.95) following Bol title on June 11, becoming the ninth Slovenian player in history to crack the Top 100
Made 2r in Tour-level debut at 2018 Rabat (as qualifier, d. Linette, l. Hsieh). WTA qualifying debut came earlier that year at Brisbane
Won first ITF Circuit title of career aged 16 at $10K Velenje in 2014
