Stories
Biography
- Coached by Robi Cokan
- Parents are Bratislav and Ivana (both work for an electrical appliances company); younger sister is Anastasia
- Still considers Moscow her hometown but lives with her grandparents in Serbia
- Started playing at age 3; favorite shot is drop shot; favorite surface is clay
- Tennis idols growing up were Kim Clijsters and Mary Pierce
- Other interests include psychology and criminology; other hobbies include bowling, shopping and driving her car
- Favorite tournament is Baku; favorite Grand Slam is Australian Open
Plays
Right-HandedCareer High
39Height
5' 4" (1.63 m)Birthday
Mar 15, 1993 March 15, 1993Birthplace
Moscow, RussiaCareer Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (1): 2018 - 's-Hertogenbosch; 2017 - 125/Bol.
Finalist (2): 2022 - Budapest; 2017 - Guangzhou.
DOUBLES
Winner (7): 2025 - Rouen (w/Santamaria); 2022 - Eastbourne (w/Linette); 2021 - Belgrade (w/Stojanovic); 2019 - Sydney (w/Siniakova), 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Aoyama); 2016 - Rabat (w/Knoll); 2014 - Tashkent (w/Siniakova).
Finalist (6): 2025 - Auckland (w/Santamaria); 2022 - Cleveland (w/Danilina); 2021 - Portoroz, Cluj-Napoca [Transylvania Open] (both w/Pattinama Kerkhove); 2016 - 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Knoll); 2013 - Baku (w/Daniilidou).
ADDITIONAL
Serbian Fed Cup Team, 2011-13, 2015-16.
Career in Review
Recovering from injury, played the ITF circuit in 2023.
Retiring from her qualifying match against Eva Lys in Tallinn in September 2022 with ACL injury, Krunic did not play again until Wimbledon 2023.
In 2022 achieved R-Up at Budapest (l. Pera) and 3r at US Open taking ranking back into Top 100 for first time since 2019.
Singles highlights of 2021 were SF at Cluj-Napoca (Winners Open) (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Petkovic) and QF at Nur-Sultan (as qualifier, l. Cristian)
Enjoyed impressive doubles campaign in 2021, lifting fifth WTA doubles title of her career at 2021 Belgrade (w/Stojanovic) and finishing R-Up at Portoroz and Cluj-Napoca (both w/Pattinama Kerkhove); also advanced to QF at Australian Open (w/Trevisan) and Wimbledon (w/Stojanovic)
Only played four events in 2020, slipping out of Top 200 for first time since July 2012
Reached 2r five times - but never further - in 2019 (including at Australian Open and Roland Garros). Also won two doubles titles in 2019, at Sydney (w/Siniakova) and 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Aoyama)
Captured first career WTA singles title at 2018 's-Hertogenbosch (d. Flipkens in F) to become first Serbian to win a WTA singles title since Jankovic in 2015
Reached career-high ranking of No.39 after 's-Hertogenbosch run (June 18, 2018)
Defeated Roberta Vinci in 1r at Rome in what was the Italian's last professional match of her career
In 2017, finished as Serbia's No.1 at No.55. Made one of the biggest rankings jumps on tour from the end of 2016, moving up 91 spots from No.146
Reached first tour-level final at 2017 Guangzhou (l. Zhang) and advanced to two quarterfinals during the season, at Tokyo [Japan Open] and Tashkent
Also added a title at WTA 125K Series event at Bol, Croatia (d. Cadantu in F) and was a finalist at $100k ITF/Manchester-GBR
Passed $1 million career prize money milestone in 2016, playing a mix of WTA and ITF Circuit events - best result was a quarterfinal appearance at Rabat
Made first career Top 100 finish in 2015 at No.96
Owns two WTA doubles titles - 2014 Tashkent (w/Siniakova) and 2016 Rabat (w/Knoll)
Made WTA debut at 2011 Budapest and turned pro in 2009
On ITF Circuit, winner of nine singles titles and seven doubles titles
ITF debut came at $10k ITF/Prokuplje-SRB in 2008 (won tournament)
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