Veronika Erjavec
Country (sports) Slovenia
Born (1999-12-30) 30 December 1999
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$98,980
Singles
Career record193–108 (64.1%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 179 (7 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 185 (13 November 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2024)
Doubles
Career record115–53 (68.5%)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 127 (24 July 2023)
Current rankingNo. 154 (13 November 2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup0–2 (0%)
Medal record
Representing  Slovenia
Women's tennis
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 Tarragona Singles
Last updated on: 13 November 2023.

Veronika Erjavec (born 30 December 1999) is a Slovenian tennis player.

She has career-high WTA rankings of 179 in singles, attained on 7 August 2023, and world No. 127 in doubles, achieved on 24 July 2023.[1] To date, Erjavec has won two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won 18 doubles titles and four 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 Brasov, 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 ITF tournament in Osijek, Croatia. She followed up with two more wins in the final of ITF Horb, Germany and ITF 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

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2023 WTA 125 Iași, Romania Clay Slovenia Dalila Jakupović Romania Irina Bara
Romania Monica Niculescu		 6–4, 6–4
Win 2–0 Jan 2024 WTA 125 Canberra, Australia Hard Latvia Darja Semeņistaja Australia Kaylah McPhee
Australia Astra Sharma		 6–2, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (3–1)
$15,000 tournaments (0–2)
Finals by surface
Clay (4–3)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2019 ITF Tučepi, Croatia 15,000 Clay Czech Republic Johana Marková 4–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2019 ITF Kaposvár, Hungary 25,000 Clay Serbia Dejana Radanović 2–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Aug 2021 ITF Cordenons, Italy 15,000 Clay Japan Mana Kawamura 6–7(5), 5–7
Win 1–3 Apr 2023 ITF Osijek, Croatia 25,000 Clay Croatia Tena Lukas 7–5, 6–2
Win 2–3 Jul 2023 ITF Horb am Neckar, Germany 25,000 Clay Germany Anna Gabric 5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Win 3–3 Aug 2023 ITF Cordenons, Italy 60,000 Clay Romania Alexandra Ignatik 6–3, 6–4
Win 4–3 Oct 2023 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Spain Leyre Romero Gormaz 2–6, 6–4, 7–5

Doubles: 29 (18 titles, 11 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (0–4)
$40,000 tournaments (2–0)
$25,000 tournaments (8–2)
$15,000 tournaments (8–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (15–8)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Slovenia Nina Potočnik Russia Ulyana Ayzatulina
Russia Vlada Koval		 1–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Apr 2018 ITF Tučepi, Croatia 15,000 Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Nefisa Berberović Croatia Tena Lukas
Estonia Saara Orav		 6–3, 6–3
Win 2–1 Jul 2018 ITF Prokuplje, Serbia 15,000 Clay Croatia Lea Bošković Serbia Barbara Bonić
Australia Jelena Stojanovic		 6–0, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss 2–2 Sep 2018 ITF Podgorica, Montenegro 25,000 Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Nefisa Berberović Czech Republic Miriam Kolodziejová
Slovenia Nina Potočnik		 6–2, 3–6, [0–10]
Loss 2–3 Dec 2018 ITF Solarino, Italy 15,000 Carpet Slovenia Kristina Novak Argentina Catalina Pella
Italy Miriana Tona		 5–7, 3–6
Win 3–3 Dec 2018 ITF Solarino, Italy 15,000 Carpet Slovenia Kristina Novak Guatemala Melissa Morales
Guatemala Kirsten-Andrea Weedon		 6–3, 7–6(4)
Win 4–3 Dec 2018 ITF Ortisei, Italy 15,000 Hard Slovenia Kristina Novak Guatemala Verena Hofer
Switzerland Simona Waltert		 6–4, 7–5
Win 5–3 Apr 2019 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Nefisa Berberović France Émeline Dartron
France Marie Témin		 4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win 6–3 May 2019 ITF Tučepi, Croatia 15,000 Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Nefisa Berberović Serbia Tamara Malešević
Croatia Antonia Ružić		 6–2, 6–2
Win 7–3 Jun 2019 ITF Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina 15,000 Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Nefisa Berberović Czech Republic Barbora Miklová
Serbia Elena Milovanović		 6–1, 6–3
Loss 7–4 Jul 2019 ITF Prokuplje, Serbia 15,000 Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Nefisa Berberović Turkey İpek Öz
Turkey Melis Sezer		 5–7, 5–7
Loss 7–5 Jul 2019 ITF Prokuplje, Serbia 15,000 Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Nefisa Berberović Russia Darya Astakhova
Slovakia Laura Svatiková		 3–6, 6–0, [6–10]
Win 8–5 Aug 2019 ITF Cordenons, Italy 25,000 Clay Slovenia Nika Radišić Italy Martina Caregaro
Switzerland Lisa Sabino		 6–3, 7–5
Loss 8–6 Aug 2021 ITF Cordenons, Italy 15,000 Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Nefisa Berberović Italy Martina Colmegna
United States Amy Zhu		 4–6, 3–6
Win 9–6 March 2022 ITF Palmanova, Spain 15,000 Clay Slovenia Nina Potočnik Italy Angelica Moratelli
Italy Aurora Zantedeschi		 7–5, 6–3
Win 10–6 May 2022 ITF Split, Croatia 25,000 Clay Croatia Lea Bošković Japan Mana Kawamura
Japan Funa Kozaki		 4–6, 6–1, [10–2]
Win 11–6 May 2022 ITF Warmbad-Villach, Austria 25,000 Clay Croatia Lea Bošković Japan Miharu Imanishi
Japan Kanako Morisaki		 3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss 11–7 Jun 2022 ITF Brașov, Romania 60,000 Clay Poland Weronika Falkowska Czech Republic Jesika Malečková
Bulgaria Isabella Shinikova		 6–7(5), 3–6
Win 12–7 June 2022 ITF Tarvisio, Italy 25,000 Clay Croatia Lea Bošković Romania Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie
Romania Oana Georgeta Simion		 6–1, 6–7(5), [10–7]
Win 13–7 July 2022 ITF Perugia, Italy 25,000 Clay Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova Spain Ángela Fita Boluda
Italy Angelica Moratelli		 w/o
Loss 13–8 Aug 2022 ITF Braunschweig, Germany 25,000 Clay Poland Weronika Falkowska Germany Anna Klasen
Italy Martina Colmegna		 3–6, 6–2, [5–10]
Loss 13–9 Oct 2022 ITF Hamburg, Germany 60,000 Hard (i) Norway Malene Helgø Czech Republic Miriam Kolodziejová
Czech Republic Jesika Malečková		 4–6, 2–6
Loss 13–10 Nov 2022 ITF Nantes, France 60,000 Hard (i) United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith Belgium Magali Kempen
Chinese Taipei Wu Fang-hsien		 2–6, 4–6
Win 14–10 Mar 2023 ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France 25,000 Hard (i) Lithuania Justina Mikulskytė United States Chiara Scholl
Bosnia and Herzegovina Anita Wagner		 6–4, 6–0
Win 15–10 Apr 2023 ITF Split, Croatia 40,000 Clay North Macedonia Lina Gjorcheska Slovenia Nika Radišić
Croatia Tara Würth		 6–1, 6–4
Win 16–10 May 2023 ITF Otočec, Slovenia 40,000 Clay Czech Republic Dominika Šalková Croatia Mariana Dražić
United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith		 7–5, 6–3
Loss 16–11 Jun 2023 ITF Říčany, Czechia 60,000 Clay Czech Republic Dominika Šalková Czech Republic Karolína Kubánová
Czech Republic Aneta Kučmová		 6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Win 17–11 Jun 2023 ITF Tarvisio, Italy 25,000 Clay Czech Republic Dominika Šalková Slovenia Nika Radišić
Bosnia and Herzegovina Anita Wagner		 6–2, 7–6(5)
Win 18–11 Oct 2023 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula,, Italy 25,000 Clay Lithuania Justina Mikulskytė Italy Nuria Brancaccio
Italy Angelica Moratelli		 7–6(6), 6–0

National representation

Billie Jean King Cup

Doubles (0–2)

Legend
Finals (0–2)
Edition Round Date Location Surface Partnering Against Opponents W/L Result
2023 F Nov 2023 Seville (ESP) Hard (i) Ela Nala Milić Australia Australia Kimberly Birrell
Storm Hunter		 L 5–7, 7–6(2), [5–10]
Ela Nala Milić Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Anna Danilina
Zhibek Kulambayeva		 L 6–2, 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)

Result    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Bronze June 2018 Mediterranean Games, Tarragona, Spain Clay Italy Lucia Bronzetti 2–6, 6–4, 6–3

References

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