Azra Hadzic (, ; born 26 November 1994) is a retired Australian

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player of Bosnian descent. Hadzic won one singles title on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 1 April 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 301. On 27 January 2014, she peaked at No. 512 in the doubles rankings. Hadzic started playing on the ITF Circuit in 2009 and made her

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debut playing in the qualifying tournament of the 2012 Sydney International. She made her Grand Slam debut in 2013 with a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the Australian Open and later that year won her maiden ITF title in

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. She was awarded a wildcard to the main doubles draw at the

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Career

2009

In 2009, Hadzic made her debut on the

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, playing a handful of events in Bosnia and Australia.

2010

In September 2010, Hadzic had a breakthrough tournament at the $25k event in

. She reached the quarterfinals, after having to qualify and en route defeated the second seed

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, in straight sets. This result gave her a WTA ranking for the first time.

2011

In 2011, Hadzic continued playing ITF events and repeated her quarterfinal finish at the Cairns Tennis International. In December, she reached the semifinals of the Optus Australian 18s Championships, losing to eventual champion

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2012

In January, Hadzic made her WTA debut with a wildcard into qualifying for the

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, losing to

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in straight sets. In February, she had a career-best win, defeating the world's number-one ranked junior

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in qualifying for a $25k tournament in Launceston. Later in the year, she reached the quarterfinals of the $25k events in

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and Esperance, losing on both occasions to

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. In December, she reached the final of the 2012 Optus Australian 18s Championships.

2013

Hadzic again received a wildcard into the qualifying tournament of the

, losing to Coco Vandeweghe in straight sets. She then made her senior Grand Slam debut with a wildcard into Australian Open qualifying, where she lost to

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. In February, she reached her first ITF final in

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, losing to the Russian

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. She made the semifinals of ITF tournaments in

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(twice) and

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before reaching her second career ITF final at the $15k tournament in Cairns where she claimed her maiden senior title, defeating Jessica Moore in three sets.

2014

Hadzic started season with a wildcard for Hobart qualifying but lost to

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. Partnering Jessica Moore, she was awarded a wildcard into the main draw of the

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where they faced the 11th-seeded team of

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and

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, both former Grand Slam champions, losing in straight sets. In February, Hadzic knocked out top seed and world No. 116,

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, in the first round of the

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. Following a second-round win over Priscilla Hon, Hadzic lost in the quarterfinals to

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. Hadzic announced her retirement from tennis in March 2014.

ITF finals

Singles (1–1)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hadzic, Azra 1994 births Living people Sportswomen from Victoria (state) Australian female tennis players Australian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Tennis players from Melbourne Australian people of Bosniak descent People from Box Hill, Victoria