Veronika Erjavec

Veronika Erjavec (born 30 December 1999) is a Slovenian tennis player.

Veronika Erjavec

Country (sports)	Slovenia
Born	(1999-12-30) 30 December 1999 (age 24) Slovenia
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$149,195
Singles
Career record	213–121 (63.8%)
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 169 (22 April 2024)
Current ranking	No. 176 (6 May 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2024)
French Open	Q2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record	131–60 (68.6%)
Career titles	21 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 125 (5 February 2024)
Current ranking	No. 128 (6 May 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	0–4 (0%)
Medal record Representing  Slovenia Women's tennis Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona Singles
Last updated on: 6 May 2024.

She has career-high WTA rankings of 169 in singles, attained on 22 April 2024, and world No. 125 in doubles, achieved on 5 February 2024.^[1] To date, Erjavec has won two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won 21 doubles titles and five singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Career

2018

She won a bronze medal for Slovenia at the Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain, in June 2018. Erjavec beat Italian Lucia Bronzetti in bronze medal match.^[2] In July, she won the doubles tournament in Prokuplje, Serbia, with her Croatian partner Lea Bošković.^[3] In September, she played in the doubles final of the Royal Cup in Podgorica, Montenegro.^[4] At the end of the year, she played in doubles finals of ITF tournaments in Italy.^[5]

2019

Erjavec started season with the tournament held in Tabarka, Tunisia. She became champion in doubles with her Bosnian partner, Nefisa Berberović.^[6] In May, Erjavec played her first singles final in Croatia at Tučepi. She lost to Czech Johana Marková in the final, but won her second title of the season with Berberović in the doubles final.^[7] In June, she reached the third doubles championship of the season, alongside Berberović in Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[8]

2022

In May 2022, she won a tournament in Split, Croatia, with her partner Lea Bošković.^[9] The duo also won a $25k tournament in Austria. Erjavec then entered the final of the tournament held in Brasov, Romania in June.^[10] She won another championship with her Croatian partner Bošković at Tarviso, Italy in July.^[11]

2023

In April 2023, Erjavec won her first singles ITF tournament in Osijek, Croatia. She followed up with two more wins in the final of ITF Horb, Germany and ITF Cordenons, Italy, climbing in the ranking into top 200 for the first time. She also won four more doubles titles between March and June.

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2023	WTA 125 Iași, Romania	Clay	Dalila Jakupović	Irina Bara   Monica Niculescu	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–0	Jan 2024	WTA 125 Canberra, Australia	Hard	Darja Semeņistaja	Kaylah McPhee   Astra Sharma	6–2, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend W60/75 tournaments (2–0) W25 tournaments (3–1) W15 tournaments (0–2)

Finals by surface Clay (5–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2019	ITF Tučepi, Croatia	W15	Clay	Johana Marková	4–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2019	ITF Kaposvár, Hungary	W25	Clay	Dejana Radanović	2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Aug 2021	ITF Cordenons, Italy	W15	Clay	Mana Kawamura	6–7^(5), 5–7
Win	1–3	Apr 2023	ITF Osijek, Croatia	W25	Clay	Tena Lukas	7–5, 6–2
Win	2–3	Jul 2023	ITF Horb am Neckar, Germany	W25	Clay	Anna Gabric	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Win	3–3	Aug 2023	ITF Cordenons, Italy	W60	Clay	Alexandra Ignatik	6–3, 6–4
Win	4–3	Oct 2023	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W25	Clay	Leyre Romero Gormaz	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win	5–3	Apr 2024	Koper Open, Slovenia	W75	Clay	Polona Hercog	6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 33 (21 titles, 12 runner–ups)

Legend W60/75 tournaments (2–5) W40/50 tournaments (3–0) W25 tournaments (8–2) W15 tournaments (8–5)

Finals by surface Hard (3–2) Clay (17–9) Carpet (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Nina Potočnik	Ulyana Ayzatulina   Vlada Koval	1–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2018	ITF Tučepi, Croatia	W15	Clay	Nefisa Berberović	Tena Lukas   Saara Orav	6–3, 6–3
Win	2–1	Jul 2018	ITF Prokuplje, Serbia	W15	Clay	Lea Bošković	Barbara Bonić   Jelena Stojanovic	6–0, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	2–2	Sep 2018	ITF Podgorica, Montenegro	W25	Clay	Nefisa Berberović	Miriam Kolodziejová   Nina Potočnik	6–2, 3–6, [0–10]
Loss	2–3	Dec 2018	ITF Solarino, Italy	W15	Carpet	Kristina Novak	Catalina Pella   Miriana Tona	5–7, 3–6
Win	3–3	Dec 2018	ITF Solarino, Italy	W15	Carpet	Kristina Novak	Melissa Morales   Kirsten-Andrea Weedon	6–3, 7–6^(4)
Win	4–3	Dec 2018	ITF Ortisei, Italy	W15	Hard	Kristina Novak	Verena Hofer   Simona Waltert	6–4, 7–5
Win	5–3	Apr 2019	ITF Tabarka, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Nefisa Berberović	Émeline Dartron   Marie Témin	4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win	6–3	May 2019	ITF Tučepi, Croatia	W15	Clay	Nefisa Berberović	Tamara Malešević   Antonia Ružić	6–2, 6–2
Win	7–3	Jun 2019	ITF Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	W15	Clay	Nefisa Berberović	Barbora Miklová   Elena Milovanović	6–1, 6–3
Loss	7–4	Jul 2019	ITF Prokuplje, Serbia	W15	Clay	Nefisa Berberović	İpek Öz   Melis Sezer	5–7, 5–7
Loss	7–5	Jul 2019	ITF Prokuplje, Serbia	W15	Clay	Nefisa Berberović	Darya Astakhova   Laura Svatiková	3–6, 6–0, [6–10]
Win	8–5	Aug 2019	ITF Cordenons, Italy	W25	Clay	Nika Radišić	Martina Caregaro   Lisa Sabino	6–3, 7–5
Loss	8–6	Aug 2021	ITF Cordenons, Italy	W15	Clay	Nefisa Berberović	Martina Colmegna   Amy Zhu	4–6, 3–6
Win	9–6	March 2022	ITF Palmanova, Spain	W15	Clay	Nina Potočnik	Angelica Moratelli   Aurora Zantedeschi	7–5, 6–3
Win	10–6	May 2022	ITF Split, Croatia	W25	Clay	Lea Bošković	Mana Kawamura   Funa Kozaki	4–6, 6–1, [10–2]
Win	11–6	May 2022	ITF Warmbad-Villach, Austria	W25	Clay	Lea Bošković	Miharu Imanishi   Kanako Morisaki	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss	11–7	Jun 2022	ITF Brașov, Romania	W60	Clay	Weronika Falkowska	Jesika Malečková   Isabella Shinikova	6–7^(5), 3–6
Win	12–7	June 2022	ITF Tarvisio, Italy	W25	Clay	Lea Bošković	Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie   Oana Georgeta Simion	6–1, 6–7^(5), [10–7]
Win	13–7	July 2022	ITF Perugia, Italy	W25	Clay	Valeriya Strakhova	Ángela Fita Boluda   Angelica Moratelli	w/o
Loss	13–8	Aug 2022	ITF Braunschweig, Germany	W25	Clay	Weronika Falkowska	Anna Klasen   Martina Colmegna	3–6, 6–2, [5–10]
Loss	13–9	Oct 2022	ITF Hamburg, Germany	W60	Hard (i)	Malene Helgø	Miriam Kolodziejová   Jesika Malečková	4–6, 2–6
Loss	13–10	Nov 2022	ITF Nantes, France	W60	Hard (i)	Emily Webley-Smith	Magali Kempen   Wu Fang-hsien	2–6, 4–6
Win	14–10	Mar 2023	ITF Joué-lès-Tours, France	W25	Hard (i)	Justina Mikulskytė	Chiara Scholl   Anita Wagner	6–4, 6–0
Win	15–10	Apr 2023	ITF Split, Croatia	W40	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	Nika Radišić   Tara Würth	6–1, 6–4
Win	16–10	May 2023	ITF Otočec, Slovenia	W40	Clay	Dominika Šalková	Mariana Dražić   Emily Webley-Smith	7–5, 6–3
Loss	16–11	Jun 2023	ITF Říčany, Czechia	W60	Clay	Dominika Šalková	Karolína Kubáňová   Aneta Kučmová	6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Win	17–11	Jun 2023	ITF Tarvisio, Italy	W25	Clay	Dominika Šalková	Nika Radišić   Anita Wagner	6–2, 7–6^(5)
Win	18–11	Oct 2023	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W25	Clay	Justina Mikulskytė	Nuria Brancaccio   Angelica Moratelli	7–6^(6), 6–0
Win	19–11	Jan 2024	ITF Porto,, Portugal	W50	Hard (i)	Dominika Šalková	Francisca Jorge   Matilde Jorge	4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss	19–12	Apr 2024	Split Open, Croatia	W75	Clay	Justina Mikulskytė	Valentini Grammatikopoulou   Prarthana Thombare	4–6, 1–6
Win	20–12	Apr 2024	Koper Open, Slovenia	W75	Clay	Dominika Šalková	Sapfo Sakellaridi   Aurora Zantedeschi	6–1, 6–3
Win	21–12	May 2024	Slovak Open, Slovakia	W75	Clay	Tamara Zidanšek	Dalila Jakupović   Sabrina Santamaria	6–4, 6–4

National representation

Billie Jean King Cup

Doubles (0–2)

Legend
Finals (0–2)

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Surface	Partnering	Against	Opponents	W/L	Result
2023	F	Nov 2023	Seville (ESP)	Hard (i)	Ela Nala Milić	Australia	Kimberly Birrell Storm Hunter	L	5–7, 7–6^(2), [5–10]
					Ela Nala Milić	Kazakhstan	Anna Danilina Zhibek Kulambayeva	L	6–2, 4–6, [7–10]

Multi-sports event

Erjavec made her debut representing Slovenia in multi-sports event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, she won the women's singles bronze medal.

Singles: 1 (bronze medal)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Bronze	June 2018	Mediterranean Games, Tarragona, Spain	Clay	Lucia Bronzetti	2–6, 6–4, 6–3

References

1. "Veronika Erjavec| Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
2. "Veronika Erjavec do brona na sredozemskih igrah!". www.teniskisvet.si (in Slovenian).
3. "ITF: Erjavčeva po naslovu v dvojicah v igri za dvojno krono". www.teniskisvet.si (in Slovenian).
4. "ITF: Potočnikovi slovenski finale v Podgorici". www.teniskisvet.si (in Slovenian).
5. "ITF: Vroči Slovenki osvojili še turnir v Dolomitih!". www.teniskisvet.si (in Slovenian).
6. "ITF: Erjavčeva posegla po naslovu v Tabarki". www.teniskisvet.si (in Slovenian).
7. "Veronika Erjavec klonila v finalu turnirja posameznic ITF v Tučepih, osvojila pa turnir v konkurenci dvojic". www.teniska-zveza.si (in Slovenian). 12 May 2019.
8. "ITF: Erjavčeva v Banjaluki že do 3. naslova v sezoni!". www.teniska-zveza.si (in Slovenian).
9. "Veronika Erjavec v Splitu z domačinko ugnala vso konkurenco". www.teniska-zveza.si (in Slovenian).
10. "Veronika Erjavec že trikrat zapored zaigrala v finalu ITF turnirja, uspešen teden tudi za Luiso Fusil". www.teniska-zveza.si (in Slovenian).
11. "Veronika Erjavec v Trbižu že do 12. naslova na turnirjih serije WTT". www.teniska-zveza.si (in Slovenian).

External links

• Veronika Erjavec at the Women's Tennis Association  
• Veronika Erjavec at the International Tennis Federation  
• Veronika Erjavec at the Billie Jean King Cup