Tadeja Majerič

Tadeja Majerič (born 31 August 1990, in Maribor^[1]) is a former tennis player from Slovenia.

Tadeja Majerič

Majerič at the 2014 Wimbledon qualifying tournament
Country (sports)	Slovenia
Born	(1990-08-31) 31 August 1990 (age 33) Maribor, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2005
Plays	Right (two–handed backhand)
Prize money	$284,908
Singles
Career record	298–227 (56.8%)
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 111 (25 November 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2014)
French Open	Q2 (2013)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2013)
US Open	Q1 (2013, 2014)
Doubles
Career record	123–126 (49.4%)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 227 (28 January 2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	6–2

Majerič has won nine singles and six doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 25 November 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 111. On 28 January 2013, she peaked at No. 227 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Career

2005–2012

Majerič made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit in April 2005 as a qualifier at a $10k event in Makarska, Croatia. She reached her first professional final in Zadar the following year, losing in straight sets to Ani Mijačika. 2006 also saw her qualify for the main draw at the Tier IV Slovenia Open in Portorož, defeating Margit Rüütel, Dominika Cibulková and Lucie Hradecká in the qualifying tournament,^[2] only to lose to fellow Slovenian Andreja Klepač in round one on her WTA Tour main-draw debut.^[3]

In 2007, Majerič played her first matches in national colours for the Slovenia Fed Cup team.^[4] In August 2007, she won her first ITF singles tournament in Palić, Serbia. Her second ITF singles tournament win came two years later in Tanjung Selor, Indonesia. After this, she was given a wildcard for the Slovenia Open, losing to world No. 1 Dinara Safina in the first round.^[5]

Majerič made her third appearance for Slovenia, in doubles, at the 2010 Fed Cup. Alongside Maša Zec Peškirič in her home town of Maribor, they defeated the Japanese team in their World Group II playoff rubber. Majerič's first ITF tournament doubles success came in 2010 at her home tournament, the Infond Open. Partnering with Andreja Klepač, they defeated the Russian pair Alexandra Panova and Ksenia Pervak in straight sets.^[6] Her third singles tournament win in January 2011 came on the Indian grass courts of Muzaffarnagar. She won her second doubles tournament in Samsun, Turkey, in the summer of 2012, but it wasn't until the end of 2012 that she was successful again, winning both singles and doubles draws in Pune.^[7]

2013

The new season turned out to be Majerič's breakthrough year. In January, a good run in the United States saw her reach two finals in successive weeks, winning the first, but losing the second, both $25k clay-court events.

In February, she qualified for the main draw of the Qatar Open, but lost, again in the first round, to Hsieh Su-wei.^[8] After qualifying failures in Katowice and Marrakesh, she travelled to South America, winning a $25k singles event in Caracas, gaining enough important world ranking points to earn her a spot in qualifying for the French Open. After beating María Irigoyen,^[9] she faced Argentinian opposition again, this time in the form of fifth seed Paula Ormaechea. Majerič lost in straight sets.^[10] In the run-up to Wimbledon, she reached the final of the Nottingham Challenge, a $75k tournament on grass, where she lost to Elena Baltacha in straight sets. Despite being seeded 23rd at Wimbledon qualifying, she could only reach the second round again, losing to Grace Min.^[11]

Further first-round main-draw exits followed at the WTA tournaments in Budapest^[12] and Bad Gastein,^[13] but, at the Baku Cup, Majerič reached the quarterfinals,^[14] winning her first career WTA Tour main-draw matches.^[15] As a result, she posted a career-best ranking of world No. 115.^[16]

Majerič was seeded 16th in US Open qualifying in August, but lost in three sets to Julia Cohen.^[17] Back on the ITF Circuit in September, she made the second round of the Trabzon Cup, but lost in qualifying for Guangzhou and Tokyo^[18] on the WTA Tour. Her next event followed at the Governor's Cup in Lagos, the first of two $25k tournaments in the Nigerian metropolis. Here in Africa, Majerič won her third title of the year, defeating fellow Slovenian Dalila Jakupović, in straight sets in the final.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 21 (9–12)

Legend $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (5–8) Clay (3–3) Grass (1–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tier	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	15 May 2006	10,000	ITF Zadar, Croatia	Clay	Ani Mijačika	1–6, 5–7
Win	1.	28 August 2007	10,000	ITF Palić, Serbia	Clay	Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova	6–2, 6–2
Win	2.	11 May 2009	25,000	ITF Tanjung Selor, Indonesia	Hard (i)	Nudnida Luangnam	6–3, 7–5
Loss	2.	1 February 2010	25,000	ITF Rancho Mirage, United States	Hard	Olivia Sanchez	5–7, 0–6
Win	3.	17 January 2011	25,000	ITF Muzaffarnagar, India	Grass	Zheng Saisai	6–2, 5–7, 6–2
Loss	3.	13 June 2011	25,000	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Tímea Babos	0–6, 2–6
Loss	4.	4 June 2012	25,000	ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Nadiya Kichenok	3–6, 6–7^(3)
Win	4.	24 December 2012	25,000	ITF Pune, India	Hard	Başak Eraydın	6–2, 6–4
Win	5.	7 January 2013	25,000	ITF Palm Harbor, United States	Clay	Ajla Tomljanović	6–2, 6–3
Loss	5.	14 January 2013	25,000	ITF Port St. Lucie, United States	Clay	Sharon Fichman	3–6, 2–6
Win	6.	29 April 2013	25,000	ITF Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Adriana Pérez	1–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss	6.	10 June 2013	50,000	Nottingham Open, UK	Grass	Elena Baltacha	5–7, 6–7^(7)
Win	7.	14 October 2013	25,000	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Dalila Jakupović	7–5, 7–5
Loss	7.	10 November 2014	25,000	ITF Mumbai, India	Hard	Marina Melnikova	2–6, 6–7^(4)
Loss	8.	16 February 2015	25,000	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Magda Linette	1–6, 1–6
Loss	9.	7 December 2015	25,000	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Tessah Andrianjafitrimo	3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	10.	14 December 2015	25,000	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Conny Perrin	6–3, 4–6, 6–7^(6)
Win	8.	11 January 2016	25,000	ITF Aurangabad, India	Clay	Valeriya Strakhova	6–4, 6–3
Loss	11.	27 June 2016	25,000+H	Bella Cup, Poland	Clay	Isabella Shinikova	5–7, 6–4, 2–6
Win	9.	10 October 2016	25,000	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Conny Perrin	3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Loss	12.	17 October 2016	25,000	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Conny Perrin	3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 16 (6–10)

Legend $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (4–5) Clay (2–4) Carpet (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tier	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	28 April 2008	50,000	Makarska Ladies Open, Croatia	Clay	Maša Zec Peškirič	Polona Hercog   Stephanie Vogt	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	14 July 2008	25,000	ITF Zwevegem, Belgium	Clay	Iveta Gerlová	Daniëlle Harmsen   Kim Kilsdonk	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	18 August 2008	25,000	ITF Moscow, Russia	Clay	Natalia Ryzhonkova	Vitalia Diatchenko   Eugeniya Pashkova	0–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	31 May 2010	50,000	Maribor Open, Slovenia	Clay	Andreja Klepač	Alexandra Panova   Ksenia Pervak	6–3, 7–6^(6)
Winner	2.	18 July 2011	25,000	ITF Samsun, Turkey	Hard	Mihaela Buzărnescu	Çağla Büyükakçay   Pemra Özgen	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	17 October 2011	25,000	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Aleksandrina Naydenova	Nina Bratchikova   Melanie Klaffner	5–7, 7–5, [6–10]
Runner-up	5.	19 March 2012	25,000	ITF Bangalore, India	Hard	Anja Prislan	Tamaryn Hendler   Melanie Klaffner	2–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Runner-up	6.	16 July 2012	25,000	ITF Imola, Italy	Carpet	Marina Melnikova	Alice Balducci   Federica di Sarra	w/o
Runner-up	7.	27 August 2012	25,000	ITF Mamaia, Romania	Clay	Danka Kovinić	Elena Bogdan   Raluca Olaru	6–7^(4), 3–6
Winner	3.	24 December 2012	25,000	ITF Pune, India	Hard	Conny Perrin	Lu Jiajing   Lu Jiaxiang	3–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Runner-up	8.	4 November 2013	50,000	Kemer Cup Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Andreea Mitu	Nigina Abduraimova   Maria Elena Camerin	3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Winner	4.	15 June 2015	25,000	Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan	Hard	Sharmada Balu	Vlada Ekshibarova   Natasha Palha	7–5, 6–3
Winner	5.	14 September 2015	25,000	ITF Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Conny Perrin	Alexa Guarachi   Hsu Chieh-yu	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	14 December 2015	25,000	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Conny Perrin	Julia Terziyska   Prarthana Thombare	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Winner	6.	20 June 2016	25,000	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Aleksandrina Naydenova	Irina Bara   Elyne Boeykens	7–5, 1–6, [10–8]
Runner-up	10.	21 October 2017	25,000	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Tiffany William	Conny Perrin   Valeriya Strakhova	1–6, 2–6

References

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8. "Tretji dvoboj in prvi poraz Kavčiča proti nekdanjemu prvemu igralcu sveta". RTV (in Slovenian). 12 February 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
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14. "Shahar Peer advances to semifinals at Baku Cup with straight-set win over Tadeja Majeric". The Washington Post. 26 July 2013. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
15. "Pe'er stops Scheepers to make Baku QFs". WTA. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
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