Tadeja Majerič

Tadeja Majerič

Majerič at the 2014 Wimbledon qualifying tournament
Country (sports)	Slovenia
Born	31 August 1990 Maribor, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2005
Plays	Right-handed (two–handed backhand)
Prize money	$256,918
Singles
Career record	262–204
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	111 (25 November 2013)
Current ranking	268 (18 January 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2014)
French Open	Q2 (2013)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2013)
US Open	Q1 (2013, 2014)
Doubles
Career record	110–109
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	227 (28 January 2013)
Current ranking	241 (18 January 2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	6–2
Last updated on: 18 January 2016.

Tadeja Majerič (born 31 August 1990^[1]) is a Slovenian tennis player.

Majerič has won eight singles and five doubles title on the ITF tour in her career. On 25 November 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 111. On 28 January 2013, she peaked at world number 227 in the doubles rankings.

Career

2005–2012

Majerič made her ITF Women's Circuit debut in April 2005 as a qualifier at a $10,000 event in Makarska, Croatia. The following year, she reached her first professional final in Zadar, losing in straight sets to Ani Mijačika. 2006 also saw her qualify for the main draw at the WTA Tier IV Banka Koper Slovenia Open in Portorož, defeating Margit Rüütel, Dominika Cibulková and Lucie Hradecká in the qualifying tournament,^[2] only to lose to fellow Slovenian Andreja Klepač in round one on her WTA tour main draw debut.^[3]

In 2007, Majerič played her first matches in national colours for the Slovenia Fed Cup team.^[4] In August 2007, she won her first ITF singles tournament in Palić, Serbia. Her second ITF singles tournament win came two years later in Tanjung Selor, Indonesia. After this, she was given a wildcard for the 2009 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, losing to world number 1 Dinara Safina in the first round.^[5]

Majerič made her third appearance for Slovenia, in doubles, at the 2010 Fed Cup. Alongside Maša Zec Peškirič in her home town of Maribor, they defeated Japan in their World Group II playoff rubber. Majerič's first ITF tournament doubles success came in 2010 at her home tournament, the Infond Open. Partnering Andreja Klepač, they defeated the Russian pair Alexandra Panova and Ksenia Pervak in straight sets.^[6] Her third singles tournament win in January 2011 came on the Indian grass courts of Muzaffarnagar. She won her second doubles tournament in Samsun, Turkey, in the summer of 2012, but it wasn't until the end of 2012 that she was successful again, winning both singles and doubles tournaments in Pune.^[7]

2013

2013 turned out to be Majerič's breakthrough year. A good run in the United States in January saw her reach two finals in successive weeks, winning the first, but losing the second, both $25,000 clay court events.

In February, Majerič qualified for the main draw of the 2013 Qatar Total Open, but lost, again in the first round, to Hsieh Su-wei.^[8] After qualifying failures in Katowice and Marrakesh, she travelled to South America, winning a $25,000 ITF singles event in Caracas, gaining enough important world ranking points to earn her a spot in qualifying for the 2013 French Open. After beating María Irigoyen,^[9] she faced Argentinian opposition again, this time in the form of fifth seed Paula Ormaechea. Majerič lost in straight sets.^[10] In the run-up to Wimbledon, she reached the final of the 2013 Aegon Nottingham Challenge, a $75,000 ITF tournament on grass, where she lost to Elena Baltacha in straight sets. Despite being seeded 23rd at Wimbledon qualifying, she could only reach the second round again, losing to Grace Min.^[11]

Further first round main draw exits followed at the WTA International tournaments in Budapest^[12] and Bad Gastein,^[13] but, at the 2013 Baku Cup, Majerič reached the quarterfinals,^[14] winning her first career WTA tour main draw matches.^[15] As a result, she posted a career-best ranking of world number 115.^[16]

Majerič was seeded 16th in qualifying for the US Open in August, but lost in three sets to Julia Cohen.^[17] Back on the ITF circuit in September she made the second round of the Trabzon Cup, but lost in qualifying for Guangzhou and Tokyo^[18] on the WTA tour. Her next event followed at the Governor's Cup in Lagos, the first of two $25,000 ITF tournaments in the Nigerian metropolis. Here in Africa Majerič won her third title of the year, defeating fellow Slovenian Dalila Jakupović in straight sets in the final.

ITF finals (13–19)

Singles (8–10)

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Finals by surface Hard (4–7) Clay (3–2) Grass (1–1) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	15 May 2006	Zadar, Croatia	Clay	Ani Mijačika	1–6, 5–7
Winner	1.	28 August 2007	Palić, Serbia	Clay	Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova	6–2, 6–2
Winner	2.	11 May 2009	Tanjung Selor, Indonesia	Hard (i)	Nudnida Luangnam	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	1 February 2010	Rancho Mirage, United States	Hard	Olivia Sanchez	5–7, 0–6
Winner	3.	17 January 2011	Muzaffarnagar, India	Grass	Zheng Saisai	6–2, 5–7, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	13 June 2011	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Tímea Babos	0–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	4 June 2012	Qarshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	3–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Winner	4.	24 December 2012	Pune, India	Hard	Başak Eraydın	6–2, 6–4
Winner	5.	7 January 2013	Innisbrook, United States	Clay	Ajla Tomljanović	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	14 January 2013	Port St. Lucie, United States	Clay	Sharon Fichman	3–6, 2–6
Winner	6.	29 April 2013	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Adriana Pérez	1–6, 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	6.	10 June 2013	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Elena Baltacha	5–7, 6–7^(7–9)
Winner	7.	14 October 2013	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Dalila Jakupović	7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	7.	10 November 2014	Mumbai, India	Hard	Marina Melnikova	2–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Runner-up	8.	16 February 2015	New Delhi, India	Hard	Magda Linette	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	9.	7 December 2015	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Tessah Andrianjafitrimo	3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up	10.	14 December 2015	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Conny Perrin	6–3, 4–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Winner	8.	11 January 2016	Aurangabad, India	Clay	Valeriya Strakhova	6–4, 6–3

Doubles (5–9)

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Finals by surface Hard (4–4) Clay (1–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	28 April 2008	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Maša Zec Peškirič	Polona Hercog Stephanie Vogt	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	14 July 2008	Zwevegem, Belgium	Clay	Iveta Gerlová	Daniëlle Harmsen Kim Kilsdonk	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	18 August 2008	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Natalia Ryzhonkova	Vitalia Diatchenko Eugeniya Pashkova	0–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	31 May 2010	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Andreja Klepač	Alexandra Panova Ksenia Pervak	6–3, 7–6^(8–6)
Winner	2.	18 July 2011	Samsun, Turkey	Hard	Mihaela Buzărnescu	Çağla Büyükakçay Pemra Özgen	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	17 October 2011	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Aleksandrina Naydenova	Nina Bratchikova Melanie Klaffner	5–7, 7–5, [6–10]
Runner-up	5.	19 March 2012	Bangalore, India	Hard	Anja Prislan	Tamaryn Hendler Melanie Klaffner	2–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Runner-up	6.	16 July 2012	Imola, Italy	Carpet	Marina Melnikova	Alice Balducci Federica di Sarra	w/o
Runner-up	7.	27 August 2012	Mamaia, Romania	Clay	Danka Kovinić	Elena Bogdan Raluca Olaru	6–7^(4–7), 3–6
Winner	3.	24 December 2012	Pune, India	Hard	Conny Perrin	Lu Jiajing Lu Jiaxiang	3–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Runner-up	8.	4 November 2013	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Andreea Mitu	Nigina Abduraimova Maria Elena Camerin	3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Winner	4.	15 June 2015	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Hard	Sharrmadaa Baluu	Vlada Ekshibarova Natasha Palha	7–5, 6–3
Winner	5.	14 September 2015	Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Conny Perrin	Alexa Guarachi Hsu Chieh-yu	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	14 December 2015	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Conny Perrin	Julia Terziyska Prarthana Thombare	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]

References

1. Fishpool, Nick (8 January 2013). "ITF Pro Circuit meets... Tadeja Majerič". ITF. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
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7. Fishpool, Nick (4 January 2013). "Spotlight – Tadeja Majerič – December 2012". ITF. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
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10. "Hercogova in Majeričeva ostali brez Roland Garrosa". RTV (in Slovenian). 23 May 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
11. "Niso posegli po pravilu: Nadal v Wimbledonu peti nosilec". RTV (in Slovenian). 19 June 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
12. "Beck gewinnt Auftaktmatch in Budapest". Focus (in German). 8 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
13. "Klepačeva napredovala, stop za Majeričevo". SiOL.net (in Slovenian). 16 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
14. "Shahar Peer advances to semifinals at Baku Cup with straight-set win over Tadeja Majeric". The Washington Post. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
15. "Pe'er stops Scheepers to make Baku QFs". WTA. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
16. Rola, Blaž (29 July 2013). "Tadeja Majerič se približuje elitni stoterici". RTV (in Slovenian). Retrieved 31 July 2013.
17. "Hitro slovo Majeričeve od New Yorka". RTV (in Slovenian). 21 August 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
18. "Polona preskočila prvo japonsko oviro, znani finalistki v Guangzhouju". SiOL.net (in Slovenian). 20 September 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.

External links

• Tadeja Majerič at the Women's Tennis Association
• Tadeja Majerič at the International Tennis Federation
• Tadeja Majerič at the Fed Cup