Amra Sadiković

Amra Sadiković (Macedonian: Амра Садиковиќ; Bosnian pronunciation: [sadǐːkoʋitɕ]; born 6 May 1989) is a Swiss tennis player. She announced her retirement in May 2014, a few days after her 25th birthday,^[1] only to begin playing 13 months later on the ITF Women's Circuit again.^[2] In April 2019, Sadiković announced her second and permanent retirement from professional tennis. She had another comeback in October 2022 at Sharm El Sheik.

Amra Sadiković

Sadiković at the 2016 Wimbledon qualifying tournament
Country (sports)	Switzerland
Residence	Birr, Switzerland
Born	(1989-05-06) 6 May 1989 (age 33) Prilep, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2009
Retired	April 2019/ active as of 2022
Coach	Jean-Claude Scherrer
Prize money	$302,604
Singles
Career record	316–236 (57.2%)
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 126 (18 July 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2017)
French Open	Q2 (2016)
Wimbledon	1R (2016)
US Open	Q2 (2013)
Doubles
Career record	168–119 (58.5%)
Career titles	15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 135 (10 October 2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	7–6
Last updated on: 29 September 2022.

In her career, Sadiković won eight singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.^[1] On 18 July 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 126. On 10 October 2016, she peaked at No. 135 in the WTA doubles rankings.

In 2016, Sadiković made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at Wimbledon.^[3] She won three rounds of qualifying before facing defending (and eventual) champion Serena Williams in the first round, where she lost in straight sets.^[4]

Sadiković has a win–loss record of 7–6 for Switzerland in Fed Cup competition.

ITF finals

Singles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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Finals by surface Hard (2–2) Clay (3–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (3–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	16 June 2008	ITF Davos, Switzerland	Clay	Michaela Pochabová	7–6^(5), 7–6^(3)
Runner-up	1.	15 June 2009	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Michelle Gerards	2–6, 5–7
Winner	2.	15 March 2010	ITF Wetzikon, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Nina Zander	7–5, 7–5
Winner	3.	16 August 2010	ITF Innsbruck, Austria	Clay	Ellen Barry	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	14 February 2011	ITF Albufeira, Portugal	Hard	Lesley Kerkhove	6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	20 June 2011	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Ani Mijačika	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	4.	31 October 2011	Toronto Challenger, Canada	Hard (i)	Gabriela Dabrowski	6–4, 6–2
Winner	5.	28 November 2011	ITF Vendryně, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Karolína Plíšková	5–7, 6–1, 7–6^(5)
Winner	6.	26 March 2012	ITF Fällanden, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic	6–3, 6–2
Winner	7.	30 April 2012	ITF Chiasso, Switzerland	Clay	Tereza Mrdeža	6–3, 6–3
Winner	8.	12 November 2012	ITF Helsinki, Finland	Carpet (i)	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	4.	19 October 2015	Saguenay Challenger, Canada	Hard (i)	Jovana Jakšić	3–6, 7–6^(5), 1–6
Runner-up	5.	22 February 2016	ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Kristýna Plíšková	6–7^(4), 6–7^(3)

Doubles: 34 (15 titles, 19 runner-ups)

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Finals by surface Hard (3–7) Clay (6–10) Grass (0–0) Carpet (6–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	26 September 2006	ITF Thessaloniki, Greece	Clay	Stefanie Vögele	Nicole Clerico   Alexandra Panova	4–6, 6–7^(8)
Runner-up	2.	11 June 2007	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Paola Sprovieri	Eva-Maria Hoch   Laura Siegemund	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	10 September 2007	ITF Innsbruck, Austria	Clay	Karin Hechenberger	Astrid Besser   Monika Kochanová	5–7, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	1 October 2007	ITF Castel Gandolfo, Italy	Clay	Stefanie Haidner	Stefania Chieppa   Giulia Gatto-Monticone	2–3 ret.
Winner	1.	14 April 2008	ITF Bol, Croatia	Clay	Naomi Broady	Tina Obrez   Anja Prislan	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	14 September 2008	ITF Casale Monferrato, Italy	Clay	Nicole Riner	Catarina Ferreira   Oksana Kalashnikova	5–7, 6–7^(5)
Runner-up	6.	15 June 2009	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Michelle Gerards   Marcella Koek	3–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	22 June 2009	ITF Davos, Switzerland	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Marcella Koek   Lisa Sabino	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	7.	20 July 2009	ITF Horb, Germany	Clay	Anja Prislan	Michelle Gerards   Marcella Koek	6–7^(6), 1–6
Winner	3.	8 March 2010	ITF Buchen, Germany	Carpet (i)	Irina Buryachok	Simona Dobrá   Tereza Hladíková	7–5, 6–3
Winner	4.	15 March 2010	ITF Wetzikon, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Xenia Knoll	Simona Dobrá   Tereza Hladíková	6–4, 7–6^(5)
Runner-up	8.	21 June 2010	ITF Davos, Switzerland	Clay	Sarah Moundir	Amanda Elliott   Emelyn Starr	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	9.	16 August 2010	ITF Innsbruck, Austria	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Victoria Larrière   Elixane Lechemia	w/o
Winner	5.	21 February 2011	ITF Portimão, Portugal	Hard	Ani Mijačika	Ksenia Gospodinova   Dejana Raickovic	6–1, 7–6^(4)
Winner	6.	14 March 2011	ITF Fällanden, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Xenia Knoll	Dalila Jakupović   Anja Prislan	6–3, 6–3
Winner	7.	4 April 2011	ITF Šibenik, Croatia	Clay	Mateja Kraljevic	Simona Dobrá   Tereza Hladíková	7–5, 6–3
Winner	8.	20 June 2011	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Ani Mijačika	Nikola Hofmanova   Romana Tabak	4–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Winner	9.	26 March 2012	ITF Fällanden, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Xenia Knoll	Lara Michel   Emily Webley-Smith	6–7^(3), 6–4, [12–10]
Winner	10.	22 October 2012	Ismaning Open, Germany	Carpet (i)	Romina Oprandi	Jill Craybas   Eva Hrdinová	4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Runner-up	10.	5 November 2012	ITF Équeurdreville, France	Hard (i)	Ana Vrljić	Magda Linette   Katarzyna Piter	4–6, 6–7^(4)
Winner	11.	21 January 2013	Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	Hard (i)	Ana Vrljić	Margarita Gasparyan   Olga Savchuk	5–7, 7–5, [10–4]
Runner-up	11.	4 March 2013	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	Hard	Aleksandra Krunić	Alla Kudryavtseva   Olga Savchuk	6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Runner-up	12.	17 February 2014	ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Aleksandra Krunić	Eva Birnerová   Michaëlla Krajicek	1–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Runner-up	13.	31 March 2014	ITF Edgbaston, England	Hard (i)	Magda Linette	Jocelyn Rae   Anna Smith	6–3, 5–7, [4–10]
Runner-up	14.	24 August 2015	ITF Mamaia, Romania	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Anastasiya Komardina   Sofia Shapatava	3–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Runner-up	15.	1 February 2016	ITF Grenoble, France	Hard (i)	Lidziya Marozava	Manon Arcangioli   Alizé Lim	5–7, 2–6
Winner	12.	22 February 2016	ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Antonia Lottner	Tena Lukas   Bernarda Pera	5–7, 6–2, [10–5]
Winner	13.	24 June 2017	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Nina Stadler	Gabriela Cé   Catalina Pella	2–6, 6–4, [10–1]
Winner	14.	20 August 2017	Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Michaela Hončová   Isabella Shinikova	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	16.	24 September 2017	ITF Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Viktorija Golubic	Conny Perrin   Tara Moore	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	17.	1 October 2017	Templeton Open, United States	Hard	Viktorija Golubic	Kaitlyn Christian   Giuliana Olmos	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	18.	21 October 2017	ITF Florence, United States	Hard	Tara Moore	Maria Sanchez   Taylor Townsend	1–6, 2–6
Winner	15.	9 February 2018	ITF Grenoble, France	Hard (i)	Eva Wacanno	Estelle Cascino   Elixane Lechemia	4–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Runner-up	19.	13 May 2018	Fukuoka International, Japan	Carpet	Tara Moore	Naomi Broady   Asia Muhammad	2–6, 0–6

References

1. "Amra Sadikovic tritt zurück". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 14 May 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
2. Baranzini, Fabio (21 June 2015). "Rücktritt vom Rücktritt nach nur einem Jahr - Amra Sadikovic ist zurück". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 27 August 2015.
3. Rothenburg, Ben (27 June 2016). "Amra Sadikovic Faces Serena Williams at Wimbledon Two Years After She Walked Away". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
4. "Wimbledon 2016: Serena Williams defeats Amra Sadikovic in two sets". BBC Sport. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.

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