Tina Vukasovič
Country (sports) Yugoslavia
 Slovenia
Born (1975-06-09) 9 June 1975
Ptuj, Slovenia
Prize money$12,834
Singles
Career record49–51
Highest rankingNo. 478 (8 Mar 1993)
Doubles
Career record31–30
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 277 (23 Aug 1993)

Tina Vukasovič (born 9 June 1975) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player.[1] Since retiring she has worked in academia as a specialist in the field of marketing and holds a PhD from the University of Primorska.[2]

Born in Ptuj, Vukasovič was a Slovenian national singles champion. She played Federation Cup tennis in 1992 and 1993, which were Slovenia's first two seasons in the competition, winning all three singles rubbers and two of her three doubles rubbers. While competing on the professional tour in the 1990s she reached a career high singles ranking of 478 in the world. She won three doubles titles on the ITF circuit and had a best doubles ranking of 277.

Vukasovič's younger sister Nena was also a professional tennis player.[3]

ITF finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Mar 1992 ITF Santander, Spain Clay Spain Eva Jiménez 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 5 (3–2)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. Aug 1992 ITF La Spezia, Italy Clay Czechoslovakia Květa Peschke Italy Marzia Grossi
Italy Laura Lapi
7–5, 2–6, 6–2
Win 2. Jun 1993 ITF Murska Sobota, Slovenia Clay Croatia Ivona Horvat Australia Tonia Bayley
Germany Maja Wittke
6–2, 6–3
Win 3. Jun 1993 ITF Zagreb, Croatia Clay Croatia Ivona Horvat Bulgaria Svetlana Krivencheva
Belgium Vanessa Matthys
7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 1. Jul 1993 ITF Supetar, Croatia Clay Croatia Ivona Horvat Poland Katarzyna Malec
Poland Aleksandra Olsza
5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 2. Oct 1993 ITF Makarska, Croatia Clay Croatia Ivona Horvat Czech Republic Helena Vildová
Poland Aleksandra Olsza
6–0, 6–7(5–7), 3–6

See also

References

  1. "STA: Tina Vukasovič prvakinja" (in Slovenian). Slovenian Press Agency. 21 March 1994.
  2. "DOBA Fakulteta: Učitelji magistrskih programov". www.fakulteta.doba.si (in Slovenian).
  3. "Marko je izgubil en niz". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). 3 October 2001.
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