Sara Tomic (; , ; born 5 February 1998) is an Australian former

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player. She is the younger sister of tennis player

Bernard Tomic Bernard Tomic (; , ; born 21 October 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 17 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Tomic has won four singles titles on the ATP To ...

. In June 2015, she won her first professional-level title in

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, Egypt. Tomic was born in

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, and made her senior Grand Slam debut at the

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, in the doubles event partnering Naiktha Bains.

Career

2014

Tomic mainly played on the ITF Junior Circuit. She was given wildcards into the

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and

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where she lost in first rounds. In the junior events, she won a Grade-4 event in Kawana and a Grade-B2 event in

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, Fiji. She was also runner-up in a Grade 3 in Beijing and a Grade 4 in Burleigh Waters. She won two doubles titles partnering Xu Shilin including the Grade-A Osaka Mayor's Cup and a Grade B1 in

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2015

Tomic had received wildcards into the

losing to

Alexandra Dulgheru Alexandra Dulgheru (; born 30 May 1989) is a former professional tennis player from Romania. On 11 April 2011, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 26. Her best ranking in doubles is No. 41, which she reached on 4 July 2011. ...

in the first round. She was then awarded another qualifying and doubles wildcard into the

where she lost to Ekaterina Bychkova, in three sets in the first round. In the doubles event, she partnered Naiktha Bains; they lost to

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and

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in the first round. At the junior Australian Open, Tomic reached the third round before she lost to the eventual champion

Tereza Mihalíková Tereza Mihalíková (; born 2 June 1998) is a Slovak tennis player. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 33 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, reached on 17 March 2025. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and three ...

, and she also reached the semifinals of the doubles event, partnering Xu Shilin. Tomic then decided to focus on the pro circuit instead, winning her first title at Sharm El Sheikh in July, and boosting her ranking into the top 500.

Personal life

Her parents, Bosnian Croat father (from

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), John (Ivica) and Bosnian mother, Adisa (from

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), left Socialist Yugoslavia in 1992.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (3–3)

Doubles (2–1)

References

External links

* * * 1998 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis players from the Gold Coast, Queensland Australian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Australian people of Croatian descent Australian Roman Catholics Sportswomen from Queensland {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub