Sinja Kraus

Sinja Kraus (born 29 April 2002) is an Austrian tennis player.

Sinja Kraus

Kraus at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)	Austria
Born	(2002-04-29) 29 April 2002 (age 21)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$249,383
Singles
Career record	162–116 (58.3%)
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 151 (8 May 2023)
Current ranking	No. 192 (6 November 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2023)
French Open	Q1 (2023)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2023)
US Open	Q2 (2023)
Doubles
Career record	46–52 (46.9%)
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 313 (6 November 2023)
Current ranking	No. 313 (6 November 2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	8–9
Medal record Women's Tennis Representing  Austria European Youth Olympic Festival 2017 Győr Singles
Last updated on: 6 November 2023.

Kraus has career-high WTA rankings of 151 in singles, achieved in May 2023, and world No. 313 in doubles, attained in November 2023. She reached a career-high ITF juniors ranking of No. 87, on 21 January 2019.

Kraus also won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Győr.^[1]

She represents Austria in the Billie Jean King Cup and made her debut in 2020, when she partnered Melanie Klaffner in the (then Fed Cup) tie against Italy, losing to Giulia Gatto-Monticone and Martina Trevisan.^[2][3]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Tournament	2022	2023	W–L
Australian Open	A	Q1	0–0
French Open	A	Q1	0–0
Wimbledon	A	Q3	0–0
US Open	Q1	Q2	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (6 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend $60,000 tournaments $40,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (5–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Hard	Cemre Anıl	3–6, 6–4, 7–6^(6)
Loss	1–1	Aug 2019	ITF Wanfercee-Baulet, Belgium	15,000	Clay	Andreea Mitu	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–1	Jan 2021	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Elina Avanesyan	6–2, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Mar 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Weronika Falkowska	3–6, 6–7^(1)
Loss	2–3	Sep 2021	ITF Vienna, Austria	25,000	Clay	Cristina Dinu	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Jan 2022	ITF Cairo, Egypt	25,000	Clay	Séléna Janicijevic	5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win	3–4	May 2022	ITF Warmbad Villach, Austria	25,000	Clay	Weronika Falkowska	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win	4-4	Jun 2022	ITF Pörtschach, Austria	25,000	Clay	Ivana Jorović	6–1, 1–6, 6–2
Loss	4–5	Jul 2022	ITF Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany	25,000	Clay	Katharina Hobgarski	5–7, 2–6
Loss	4–6	Sep 2022	ITF Collonge-Bellerive, Switzerland	60,000	Clay	Lucrezia Stefanini	2–6, 1–2 ret.
Loss	4–7	Mar 2023	ITF Anapoima, Colombia	40,000	Clay	Arantxa Rus	3–6, 7–6^(3), 2–6
Win	5–7	Mar 2023	ITF Mosquera, Colombia	25,000	Clay	Emiliana Arango	6–7^(4), 7–6^(6), 6–3
Win	6–7	Oct 2023	ITF Heraklion, Greece	40,000	Clay	Diane Parry	6–2, 4–6, 6–4

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

Legend $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Clay (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2022	ITF Cairo, Egypt	25,000	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	Prarthana Thombare   Adrienn Nagy	7–5, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Sep 2023	ITF Vienna, Austria	60,000	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	Irina Bara   Weronika Falkowska	3–6, 6–2, [11–13]
Loss	1–2	Oct 2023	ITF Heraklion, Greece	25,000	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	Ilinca Amariei   Anca Alexia Todoni	0–6, 7–5, [1–10]

Junior career

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles (4–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Grade	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2017	ITF Maaseik, Belgium	G4	Clay	Anne Knüttel	6–2 ret.
Win	2–0	Aug 2017	ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France	G4	Clay	Alice Tubello	6–2, 6–1
Win	3–0	Sep 2017	ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland	G5	Clay	Nastasja Schunk	6–3, 6–1
Loss	3–1	Oct 2017	ITF Almere, Netherlands	G4	Hard	Victoria Kalaitzis	2–6, 4–6
Win	4–1	Jan 2018	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	G2	Clay	Helene Pellicano	6–4, 6–3

Doubles (3–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Grade	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2017	ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France	G4	Clay	Mavie Österreicher	Flavie Brugnone   Anaëlle Leclercq	4–6, 6–7^(3)
Win	1–1	Sep 2017	ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland	G5	Clay	Valentina Ryser	Chiara Girelli   Sofia Rocchetti	3–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Win	2–1	Mar 2018	ITF Benicarló, Spain	G2	Clay	Diane Parry	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro   Nuria Brancaccio	7–6^(2), 5–7, [10–8]
Win	3–1	Jul 2018	ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic	G2	Clay	Loudmilla Bencheikh	Martyna Kubka   Iva Zelić	w/o
Loss	3–2	Jun 2019	ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic	G2	Clay	Mara Guth	Barbora Palicová   Hibah Shaikh	0–6, 2–6

National representation

Kraus was nominated to make her Fed Cup debut for Austria in 2019, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II, the opponent forfeited the match.

Fed Cup

Group membership World Group (0–2) World Group Play-off (3–3) World Group II (0–0) World Group II Play-off (0–0) Europe/Africa Group (6–6)

Matches by surface Hard (2–4) Clay (7–7) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Matches by setting Indoors (5–5) Outdoors (4–6)

Singles (5–6)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2020 Fed Cup	ZG1 Pool B	6 Feb 2020	Tallinn, Estonia	Greece	Hard (i)	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	L	4–6, 4–6
2022 BJK Cup	ZG1 Pool B	11 Apr 2022	Antalya, Turkey	Bulgaria	Clay	Julia Terziyska	W	6–1, 6–4
		12 Apr 2022		Slovenia		Kaja Juvan	L	1–6, 4–6
		13 Apr 2022		Georgia		Nino Natsvlishvili	W	6–4, 6–2
		14 Apr 2022		Sweden		Jacqueline Cabaj Awad	W	6–2, 6–2
		15 Apr 2022		Croatia		Donna Vekić	L	5–7, 3–6
	ZG1 Playoff	11 Nov 2022	Vienna, Austria	Latvia	Clay (i)	Daniela Vismane	W	6–3, 6–1
		12 Nov 2022				Jeļena Ostapenko	L	0–6, 6–3, 1–6
2023 BJK Cup	Qualifying round	14 April 2023	Delray Beach, USA	USA	Hard	Jessica Pegula	L	0–6, 5–7
	ZG1 Playoff	11 Nov 2023	Schwechat, Austria	Mexico	Clay (i)	Giuliana Olmos	W	7–5, 6–2
		12 Nov 2023				Fernanda Contreras	L	6–0, 2–6, 4–6

Doubles (4–5)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2019 Fed Cup	ZG2 Pool A	8 Feb 2019	Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hard (i)	Mira Antonitsch	Anita Husarić Jelena Simić	W	w/o *
2020 Fed Cup	ZG1 Pool B	5 Feb 2020	Tallinn, Estonia	Italy	Hard (i)	Mira Antonitsch	Giulia Gatto-Monticone Martina Trevisan	L	4–6, 4–6
		6 Feb 2020		Greece			Valentini Grammatikopoulou Despina Papamichail	W	7–5, 7–6^(2)
		7 Feb 2020		Estonia			Valeria Gorlats Saara Orav	W	6–2, 4–6, 6–0
2022 BJK Cup	ZG1 Pool B	11 Apr 2022	Antalya, Turkey	Bulgaria	Clay	Barbara Haas	Isabella Shinikova Julia Terziyska	L	7–6^(6), 2–6, 4–6
		12 Apr 2022		Slovenia		Melanie Klaffner	Kaja Juvan Tamara Zidanšek	L	6–2, 4–6, 2–6
		14 Apr 2022		Sweden			Caijsa Hennemann Kajsa Rinaldo Persson	W	4–6, 7–5, 6–0
	ZG1 Playoff	12 Nov 2022	Vienna, Austria	Latvia	Clay (i)		Diāna Marcinkēviča Jeļena Ostapenko	W	7–5, 6–3
2023 BJK Cup	Qualifying round	15 April 2023	Delray Beach, USA	USA	Hard	Melanie Klaffner	Coco Gauff Caty McNally	L	1-6, 4-6
	ZG1 Playoff	12 Nov 2023	Schwechat, Austria	Latvia	Clay (i)		Fernanda Contreras Giuliana Olmos	L	3–6, 6–3, 7–6^(6)

* walkover doesn't count in her overall record.

References

1. "Sinja jubelt über Bronze" (in German). www.olympia.at. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
2. "L'Italia vince anche il doppio con Gatto-Monticone e Trevisan: sonoro 3-0 all'Austria in Fed Cup". it.eurosport.com (in Italian).
3. "ÖTV-Damen verlieren Auftakt". www.laolal.at (in German).

External links

• Sinja Kraus at the Women's Tennis Association  
• Sinja Kraus at the International Tennis Federation  
• Sinja Kraus at the Billie Jean King Cup