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Kaja Juvan (born 25 November 2000) is a Slovenian
Juvan reached the third round of a Grand Slam championship at the 2021 Australian Open as a qualifier for the first time in her career, defeating 13th seed
tennis
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player who turned professional on 17 October 2016. Juvan has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 58, achieved on 6 June 2022, and peaked at No. 99 in the doubles rankings on 11 July 2022.
She won her maiden WTA Tour
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doubles title at the 2021 Winners Open
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in Cluj-Napoca, partnering Natela Dzalamidze.
Junior career
On the junior tour, she achieved a career-high combined ranking of 5, in January 2017. She reached the semifinals of both the2016 Wimbledon Championships
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2016 ...
and the 2016 US Open girls' doubles events. She was also winner of the Orange Bowl
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in 2016.
Professional career
2019: Breakthrough, Grand Slam debut
She made her Grand Slam debut as a lucky loser at theFrench Open
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where she lost in the first round.
After winning her qualifier bracket, she reached the second round of the Wimbledon Championships
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where she lost a three-set match to Serena Williams
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.
2021: Australian Open and Wimbledon third rounds, top 60 debut
Juvan reached the third round of a Grand Slam championship at the 2021 Australian Open as a qualifier for the first time in her career, defeating 13th seed Johanna Konta
Johanna Konta (born 17 May 1991) is a British former professional tennis player, having represented Australia until 2012. She won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 11 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. The ...
in the first round, her first top-15 win, and Mayar Sherif in the second round. She lost to eventual Australian Open runner-up and 22nd seed, Jennifer Brady. As a result, she entered the top 100 at a career high of world No. 91, on 22 February 2021.
In June, she also reached the third round at Wimbledon where she defeated ninth seed Belinda Bencic
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in the first round, her second top-15 win for 2021, and French qualifier Clara Burel in the second round.
2022
At theWimbledon Championships
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, she upset 23rd seed Beatriz Haddad Maia
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, the winner of two back-to-back grass-court titles and one of the most-in-form players.
Fed Cup
Juvan has representedSlovenia
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in Billie Jean King Cup
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competitions, where she has a win–loss record of 14–8.
Performance timelines
''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''Singles
''Current through the2022 Zavarovalnica Sava Portorož
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Doubles
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
Doubles: 1 (title)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner–ups)
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Junior Grand Slam finals
Girls' doubles: 1 (title)
Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation
Singles: 15 (10–5)
Doubles: 7 (4–3)
Record against other players
Top 10 wins
Notes
References
External links
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Juvan, Kaja 2000 births Living people Slovenian female tennis players Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles Tennis players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Sportspeople from Ljubljana Youth Olympic gold medalists for Slovenia