Amelia Rajecki (born 3 June 2002) is a British professional

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player. She previously played US collegiate tennis for

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Early life

Rajecki was raised in

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. She won the British Tour Masters in 2022.

College career

Rajecki began playing for the Wolfpack at

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in 2020–21. In her junior year in 2022–23, she set the program record of singles wins in a season with 40 wins and 11 losses. She contributed to NC State winning their first ACC conference title in 2023, defeating Carson Tanguilig of

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in the final. At the 2023 NCAA Championships, where NC State lost to North Carolina in the team final, Rajecki beat No. 1 seed, Fiona Crawley of North Carolina, in the singles bracket, with her run to the semifinals enough to secure All-American honours for herself. She was ranked No. 2 nationally in singles at the end of her senior year in 2024, being named the ITA National Senior Player of the Year, and again reached the semifinals of the NCAA singles tournament.

Professional career

Ranked No. 884, Rajecki reached her first WTA main draw at the grass-court

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defeating

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and

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in the qualifying rounds. She lost her first round match to former NC State teammate

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. Partnering with

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, Rajecki won the doubles title at the ITF W100 Shrewsbury in October 2024, defeating fellow Britons Hannah Klugman and Ranah Stoiber in the final.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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