Personal

Coached by Michael Digby. Formerly worked with 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 Tennis; 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

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner (1): 2021 - Lausanne.
Finalist (2): 2021 - Bogotá; 2019 - Nürnberg.

DOUBLES
Winner (4): 2022 - 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Perez); 2020 - Palermo, Linz (both w/Rus); 2018 - Tashkent (w/Danilovic).
Finalist (2): 2022 - Lausanne (w/Eikeri); 2019 - Zhengzhou (w/Wickmayer).

WTA 125 Titles - Singles (3): 2023 - Bari; 2019 - Bol; 2018 - Bol.
WTA 125 Titles - Doubles (1): 2024 - San Luis Potosi (w/Bondar).

ADDITIONAL
Slovene Fed Cup Team, 2017-18, 2020.

Career in Review

In 2023 reached QF three times at Hua Hin (l. eventual champion Zhu), Bogota (l. Stearns) and Lausanne (l. Bondar). In WTA 125 series, she won the Bari title defeating No.1 seed Cornet (d. Sramkova in F) and reached SF at Iasi and Ljubljana, all on clay.

Started the 2022 season strongly further improving the ranking from No.30 to No.22 with SF at Adelaide 2 (l. Riske Amritraj) and 3r run at Australian Open (l. Cornet)

Fell short on clay in 2022, with 1r exit at Stuttgart (l. Siegemund) and Rome (l. Kasatkina) and unable to repeat last year's performance at Roland Garros, only making 3r (l. Pegula)

After 1r exits at Wimbledon and US Open, salvaged the season with QF at Monastir (l. Cornet) and R-Up run at ITF W60 Monastir (l. Mladenovic)

Dropped out of Top 100 at the end of 2022 for first time since 2018.
Ended 2021 campaign inside the Top 50 for the first time after compiling a career-best 24 main-draw match victories

In 2021, lifted maiden title at Lausanne (d. Burel in F), finished R-Up at Bogotá (l. Osorio) and enjoyed her Grand Slam breakthrough at Roland-Garros, where she advanced to SF (l. Pavlyuchenkova)

Broke into Top 50 following Roland Garros run, rising from No.85 to No.47 (June 14, 2021)

Best singles result in 2020 was reaching QF at Acapulco (l. Zarazua)

Earned a career high doubles ranking of No.57 on November 16, 2020 after winning third career Tour-level doubles title at Ostrava (w/Rus). Also lifted the doubles title at Palermo (w/Rus)

Highlights of 2019 were reaching first WTA singles final, at Nurnberg (l. Putintseva in F), as well as defending WTA 125 Series title at Bol (d. Sorribes Tormo in F) and reaching SF at Hua Hin (l. Tomljanovic)

Contested all the Slam main draws in 2019 for the first time - reached 2r twice, at 2019 Australian Open (l. Osaka) and 2019 Wimbledon (l. Wang Qiang)

Highlights in 2018 included SF run at Moscow [River Cup] and title run at Bol WTA 125K Series event

Broke into Top 100 (at No.95) following Bol title on June 11, 2018 - became the ninth Slovenian player in history to crack the Top 100

In 2018, posted seven tour-level main draw wins and 40 on ITF Circuit; reached SF in just third WTA main draw, at Moscow [River Cup] (d. No.13 Kasatkina in 2r, l. Potapova)

Made 2r on WTA main draw debut at Rabat in 2018 (as qualifier, d. Linette, l. Hsieh)

WTA qualifying debut came at 2018 Brisbane

Spent three months off tour with left knee injury in 2018

Slovene Fed Cup Team, 2017-18, 2020

Won first ITF Circuit title of career aged 16 at $10k Velenje in 2014 - has won 16 more singles titles at this level