Clara Tauson

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Clara Tauson
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Tauson at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Residence Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Born (2002-12-21) 21 December 2002 (age 22)
Copenhagen
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2019
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 2,334,249
Singles
Career record224–103
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 33 (7 February 2022)
Current rankingNo. 39 (27 January 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (2022, 2025)
French Open 4R (2024)
Wimbledon 1R (2021, 2022, 2024)
US Open 2R (2021, 2023, 2024)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record7–14
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 432 (21 February 2022)
Current rankingNo. 488 (6 January 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2022, 2025)
Wimbledon 1R (2021, 2024)
US Open 1R (2022, 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 16–5
Last updated on: 6 January 2025.

Clara Tauson (born 21 December 2002) is a Danish professional tennis player. In 2016, at age 13, she became the youngest winner of the Danish tennis championship in history (Caroline Wozniacki held the previous record when she won at age 14). [1] Her career-high rankings are world No. 33 in singles and No. 432 in doubles, reached in February 2022. She has won three career titles all on hardcourt.

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As a junior, she played amateur tournaments from 2013 till 2019 and started mixing this with prize money tournaments in 2017. Her best amateur result was girls' 2019 Australian Open winner. The same year, she became the first Danish girl to top the junior world ranking. [2] On the professional ITF Circuit, she has won eleven titles, the first at age 14. Her WTA Tour debut came in April 2019 and her debut in a senior level major came at the 2020 French Open. She ended her junior years in top 200 in the WTA rankings.

In 2021, her first year as a senior, she won her two first WTA Tour singles titles at the Lyon Open and at Luxembourg Open on top of one Challenger and two ITF tournament wins. At the same time she broke into top 50 on the WTA rankings. Her 2022 season was marred by injuries, however, she managed to pass her first million US$ in prize money. She has also represented Denmark in Fed/BJK Cup with a win–loss record of 16–6 (as of January 2025).

Personal life

From 2019 till 2022, she attended Justine Henin's tennis academy in Belgium. [3] [4] Former tennis player Michael Tauson is her uncle. [5]

Career

Clara's talent for tennis was discovered when she was six years old. At ten, she left her local school to attend one that would allow her to focus on tennis. In the beginning, she was often compared to Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark's best player at the time. She did not find herself to be the same kind of player as Wozniacki, whom she saw as more of a baseline player. [6] Clara Tauson started playing junior tournaments in 2013 age 10. Her family financed her until 2017 when she started playing professional tournaments. [6] In 2019, she became a full-time professional. She focuses on singles but has also played doubles tournaments and Fed Cup.

2009–2016: Early career and Danish champion

Tauson started playing tennis at age six. [7] In 2011, she won the U9 tournament at the Zealand championships and the club championship for the U10. [8] In 2014, she became triple Danish U12 champion, winning girls' singles, girls' doubles and mixed doubles with Holger Rune. [9] She debuted on the Tennis Europe junior tour on 26 August 2013. [10] Her first tournament victory came in 2015. [11] In February 2016, Tauson debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit, the premier level for worldwide competition among U18 tennis players. [12] During the year she reached five finals, winning one. [13] In girls' doubles she reached four finals, winning one. [14] In August 2016, aged 13, she won the Danish Tennis Championship, beating Hannah Viller Møller in the final, and breaking the record of Caroline Wozniacki, who won it aged 14. [15] She was awarded Danish Junior Tennis Player of the Year for 2016 for her overall performance. [16]

2017–2020: Major junior champion and No. 1, top 200

Tauson wins her first ITF title in Stockholm, 2017 Clara Tauson - Stockholm Ladies (2017-11-05).jpeg
Tauson wins her first ITF title in Stockholm, 2017

In 2017, Tauson made her debut for the Denmark Fed Cup team. She lost her doubles but Denmark won the match. [17] At the European Youth Olympic Festival in July, she won the tennis tournament as the top seed. [18] [19] In September she made her Grand Slam debut at the junior competition of US Open but did not make it to the main draw. [20] The same month, she debuted on the professional ITF Women's Circuit. [21] In October, she entered the WTA world-rankings when she reached her first ITF final. [22] The following month, she took her first ITF title. [23] Her biggest victories in 2018 were the European Junior Championship in girls' singles and Osaka Mayor's Cup, her first Grade-A junior tournament win. [24] [25] She got a sponsor contract with Japanese sports equipment producer Yonex. [26] At the end of the year, she won bronze at the ITF Junior Masters. [27]

She played her first Junior Grand Slam main draw at the 2019 Australian Open where she was top-seeded in girls' singles, and won the title—the first Danish girl to do so. [28] [29] [30] The following week, she also became the first Dane to top the girls' singles world ranking. [31] Both had been done before by Kristian Pless in 1999 for a Danish boy. In April 2019, she entered her first WTA Tour tournament on a qualifier's wildcard. [32] She made it to the main draw and lost her first-round match. [33] In May, she played her last amateur tournament becoming a full time professional. [34] In February 2020, she helped bringing Denmark back to Europe/Africa Group I in Fed Cup. [35] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, her career was put on a hold until August. In September, she broke into the WTA top 200 for the first time in her career. This allowed her to enter the French Open qualifying. The French Open, which was postponed due to the pandemic, was her first senior level Grand Slam appearance. After winning her qualification matches, Tauson beat world No. 25, Jennifer Brady from the United States, in her first main-draw match before losing in the second round to Danielle Collins, another American. [36] [37]

2021: First WTA Tour titles, top 50

Following wins at two ITF tournaments, Tauson entered the Lyon Open as a qualifier at the end of February. There, she won her first WTA Tour title, beating the top seed Ekaterina Alexandrova en route, [38] and fellow qualifier Viktorija Golubic in the final. [39] With the win, Tauson entered the top 100 for the first time, becoming the second youngest player in the top 100 behind Coco Gauff. The next week, she qualified for her first WTA 500 tournament in St. Petersburg Throphy, before losing to eventual winner Daria Kasatkina in the first round. [40]

At the opening of the clay-court season in April, she was seeded for the first time on the WTA Tour at the Copa Colsanitas. [41] However, she lost to qualifier Daniela Seguel, in the first round. [42] Her next competition was the WTA Charleston 2 event. She reached the quarterfinals but had to retire against Camila Osorio, because of a knee injury. [43] [44] The injury prevented her from participating in the WTA 1000 Madrid Open. Instead, she participated in the Open de Saint-Malo in both singles and double. While she was eliminated early on in the singles, she managed to reach the semifinals in doubles with her partner Aliaksandra Sasnovich from Belarus. [45] [46] In May, she entered the main draw of the French Open, losing to Viktoria Azarenka in the second round.

In July, she entered her first Wimbledon Championships in both singles and doubles. [47] Later that month, she was, due to cancellations, offered a ticket to the Olympic tournament in Tokyo but declined because of an injury. [48] In the run-up to the US Open, Tauson won the Chicago Challenger, defeating Emma Raducanu in the final. [49] At the US Open, she entered the main draw and won her first-round match against Clara Burel from France while losing her second to world No. 1, Ashleigh Barty. [50] Two weeks later, she won her second WTA title at the Luxembourg Open, beating the defending champion Jeļena Ostapenko in the final. [51] Even though an injury kept her out of tournaments for the next two weeks, the points earned helped her to climb into the top 50. She ended the season as runner-up in the Courmayeur Open. [52]

2022: Australian Open third round, injuries

Tauson made her Australian Open main-draw debut as a senior defeating Astra Sharma in the first round. She then upset sixth seed Anett Kontaveit in straight sets marking her first top-ten win. She lost the following round to eventual runner-up Danielle Collins in three close sets thereby ending her so far best Grand Slam tournament. From February till March, Tauson played three WTA 1000 tournaments in a row: Qatar, Indian Wells and Miami Open. Qatar marked her WTA 1000 main-draw debut when she defeated Olympic champion Belinda Bencic in the first, round before losing to third seed Paula Badosa, in straight sets. In Indian Wells, she entered the second round as a seeded player and made it to the third round where she lost to eventual champion Iga Świątek, in three sets. In Miami, she retired in the first round against Zhang Shuai.

In Madrid, she lost in the first round. Later she withdrew from what could have been her fifth WTA 1000 event, the Italian Open, because of a back injury. [53] This also kept her out of the French Open. [54] Likewise in Wimbledon, her next tournament, she had to withdraw in the first round. [55]

At the Washington Open, she played and lost her first complete match since Wimbledon. [56] Her first win since March came at the Thoreau Tennis Open against Katie Boulter. [57] In US Open she lost in the first round against ninth seed Garbiñe Muguruza. [58] In August, she played and lost three doubles matches: In Washington with Emma Raducanu, in Cleveland with Camila Osorio, and in Flushing Meadows with Ann Li as her partner. [59] [60] [58] The same month she also passed her first million in prize money.

After being as low as 140 in the rankings in October, she returned to tournaments and top 100 in December when she reached the final in Limoges only to get a new injury, this time in the foot, which kept her out of the 2023 Australian Open. [61] At the same time, she had to stop the co-operation with her coach since 2019 due to a lack of finances. [4]

2023: In and out of top 100, French Open third round

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Tauson at the 2023 French Open

She returned to tournaments at the end of January at the Lyon Open but failed in qualifying. Her first main-draw win came on 8 February as a lucky loser in Linz against third seed Irina-Camelia Begu. [62] February and March she went back to playing ITF tournaments and in April she played Billie Jean King Cup (a prerequisite for participating in the Olympic Games). During this period she slipped out of top 100.

At the French Open, as a qualifier, Tauson reached again the third round of a major defeating Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Leylah Fernandez. [63] As a result, she moved 40 positions up in the rankings and returned to the top 100.

In the Wimbledon qualifying, she took her first victory on grass defeating Emina Bektas. [64] She did not qualify in singles and withdrew from doubles. Later in July, she participated in Hopman Cup with her junior mixed-doubles partner Holger Rune. She won her matches but the two were eliminated after the preliminary round.

The 2023 US Open was the first since 2002 in which Denmark had three singles players: Holger Rune, Clara Tauson and Caroline Wozniacki (in order of ranking). Rune lost in first round, Tauson in the second whereas Wozniacki, who was on a wildcard, reached the fourth round. [65]

After having to withdraw from Guangzhou Open due to a heat collapse, Tauson came back at the Ningbo Open where she defeated Elina Avanesyan whom she lost to during the French Open. [66]

2024: Back in top 50, French Open fourth round

Billie Jean King Cup. In April Tauson and Caroline Wozniacki both played for Denmark. This looked like an easy promotion for Denmark to the World Group II Play-offs, but Wozniacki got sick and withdrew after just one set against Austria. Nevertheless, Clara Tauson and the rest of the Danish team managed to secure the promotion. Notably, Tauson won all her matches and beat Maria Sakkari, her second top-ten win. [67] In November Denmark won the play-off against Mexico home and was promoted to the finals qualifiers among the 20 best nations in the world, Denmarks best result in Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup since its introduction in 1995. [68]

Tournaments. In January, Tauson reached the second round of the Australian Open. She then participated in two WTA 1000 tournaments, her first since 2022, and reached second round in both. In June, she reached fourth round at the French Open, her best major performance, and at the same time she qualified for the Olympic Games. [69] At the US Open from August till September, Tauson won the first round against Anna Karolína Schmiedlová but lost the second to Diana Shnaider, in straight sets. Later in September, she started the "Asian swing" with the Thailand Open, but it was a defeat to American Katie Volynets. [70] In the WTA 1000 China Open, Tauson got a redeeming victory over Harriet Dart, but in the second round, she lost in a close three-set match to Jasmine Paolini. [71] Tauson played the WTA 125 in Hong Kong, where she beat Martina Trevisan and Varvara Gracheva but lost the final to Australian Ajla Tomljanović, in three sets. [72] In October, Tauson came back to Osaka where in 2018 she won the juniors tournament, this time to play a WTA 250 tournament. Tauson reached the quarterfinals but lost to French player Diane Parry, in three sets. [73]

2025: Third title, back to top 40

Tauson debuted in the WTA 250 Auckland Classic in the run-up to Australian Open. She participated in both singles and doubles with Sloane Stephens as her partner. Due to rain, she had to play a quarter-final and two semi-finals within the same day. [74] She reached the final in singles and the semi-finals in doubles. In the singles final, she met former world No. 1 and four-time Grand Slam singles champion Naomi Osaka for the first time. Osaka won the first set 6-4 before retiring due to injury. [75] Tauson subsequently claimed her third WTA Tour singles title. [76] It was her first title in more than three years, and it was her first outdoor title. At the Australian Open she lost third round to later runner-up and two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka. Afterwards she advanced to 39 on the WTA ranking.

Playing style

Tauson is a power baseliner. She is able to produce a high number of winners from her forehand and backhand side as well as overpower her opponents. She possesses a reliable serve and good movement on the court as well.

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup (Fed Cup), United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2025 ASB Classic.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAA Q1 3R A 2R 3R 0 / 35–363%
French Open AAA 2R 2R A 3R 4R 0 / 47–464%
Wimbledon AAANH 1R 1R Q3 1R 0 / 30–30%
US Open AAAA 2R 1R 2R 2R 0 / 43–443%
Win–loss0–00–00–01–12–32–33–25–42–10 / 1415–1452%
National representation
Summer Olympics NHANH 1R 0 / 10–10%
Billie Jean King Cup [a] POZ2 POZ2 Z1 POZ2 [b] A Z1 PO 0 / 015–575%
WTA 1000 tournaments
Qatar Open NMSANMSANMS 2R NMSA0 / 11–150%
Dubai Championships ANMSANMSANMSAA0 / 00–0 – 
Indian Wells Open AAANHA 3R A 2R 0 / 11–150%
Miami Open AAANHA 1R A 2R 0 / 21–233%
Madrid Open AAANHA 1R AA0 / 10–10%
Italian Open AAAAAAA 2R 0 / 11–150%
Canadian Open AAANHAAA 1R 0 / 10–10%
Cincinnati Open AAAAA Q1 A Q1 0 / 00–0 – 
Guadalajara Open NHAANMS0 / 00–0 – 
China Open AAANHA 2R 0 / 11–150%
Wuhan Open AA Q1 NHA0 / 00–0 – 
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–02–40–03–40 / 85–838%
Career statistics
201720182019202020212022202320242025SRW–LWin%
Tournaments00 [c] 1112118171Career total: 51
Titles000020001Career total: 3
Finals000030001Career total: 4
Hard win–loss0–00–00–23–116–47–97–711–135–03 / 3549–3658%
Clay win–loss0–02–10–11–13–40–18–19–30 / 1123–1266%
Grass win–loss0–00–00–00–00–20–10–00–20 / 50–50%
Overall win–loss0–02–10–34–219–107–1115–820–185–03 / 5172–5358%
Win % – 67%0%67%66%39%65%53%100%Career total: 58%
Year–end ranking9388632671524412885$1,476,775

Doubles

Current through the 2023 French Open.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAA 1R A0 / 10–1
French Open AAAAA0 / 00–0
Wimbledon ANH 1R AA0 / 10–1
US Open AAA 1R A0 / 10–1
Win–loss0–00–00–10–20–00 / 30–3
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open [d] AAA 1R A0 / 10–1
Indian Wells Open AAA 1R A0 / 10–1
Miami Open AAA 1R A0 / 10–1
Madrid Open AAAAA0 / 00–0
Italian Open AAAAA0 / 00–0
Canadian Open AAAA0 / 00–0
Cincinnati Open AAAA0 / 00–0
Wuhan Open ANH0 / 00–0
China Open ANH0 / 00–0
Guadalajara Open NMS/NHA0 / 00–0
Career statistics
Tournaments10270Career total: 10
Overall win–loss0–10–00–20–70–00 / 100–10
Year-end rankingn/a630450846

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Mar 2021 Lyon Open, FranceWTA 250Hard (i) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Viktorija Golubic 6–4, 6–1
Win2–0 Sep 2021 Luxembourg Open, LuxembourgWTA 250Hard (i) Flag of Latvia.svg Jeļena Ostapenko 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss2–1 Oct 2021 Courmayeur Open, ItalyWTA 250Hard (i) Flag of Croatia.svg Donna Vekić 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Win3–1 Jan 2025 Auckland Open, New ZealandWTA 250Hard Flag of Japan.svg Naomi Osaka 4–6, 0–0ret

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Aug 2021 Chicago Challenger, United StatesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emma Raducanu 6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Loss1–1 Dec 2022 Open de Limoges, FranceHard (i) Flag of Ukraine.svg Anhelina Kalinina 3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss1–2 Apr 2024 Oeiras Ladies Open, PortugalClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Suzan Lamens 4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss1–3 Oct 2024 Hong Kong 125 Open, Hong KongHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ajla Tomljanović 6–4, 4–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (11 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (3–0)
$40,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (4–1)
$15,000 tournaments (4–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–2)
Clay (1–2)
Carpet (2–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Oct 2017ITF Stockholm, Sweden15,000Hard (i) Flag of Sweden.svg Jacqueline Awad 4–6, 0–6
Win1–1Nov 2017ITF Stockholm, Sweden15,000Hard (i) Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Yashina6–3, 6–2
Win2–1Mar 2019ITF Monastir, Tunisia15,000Hard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arianne Hartono 6–2, 6–1
Win3–1 Mar 2019 Pingshan Open, China60,000Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fangzhou Liu 6–4, 6–3
Win4–1Mar 2019ITF Xiamen, China15,000Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Meiqi 2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss4–2Jun 2019ITF Kaltenkirchen, Germany15,000Clay Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Naito 6–4, 4–6, 0–6
Loss4–3Jun 2019ITF Darmstadt, Germany25,000Clay Flag of Belarus.svg Olga Govortsova 1–6, 6–7(3)
Win5–3 Sep 2019 Meitar Open, Israel60,000Hard Flag of Germany.svg Katharina Hobgarski 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win6–3Feb 2020 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK25,000Hard (i) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Viktoriya Tomova 6–4, 6–0
Win7–3Aug 2020ITF Oeiras, Portugal15,000Clay Flag of Spain.svg María Gutiérrez Carrasco6–3, 6–2
Win8–3Jan 2021ITF Fujairah, UAE25,000Hard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Viktorija Golubic 6–0, 4–6, 6–3
Win9–3Feb 2021 AK Ladies Open, Germany25,000Carpet (i) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simona Waltert 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win10–3Dec 2022ITF Sëlva, Italy25,000Hard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Emina Bektas 6–3, 7–5
Win11–3Feb 2023AK Ladies Open, Germany60,000Carpet (i) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Greet Minnen 7–6(5), 4–6, 6–2
Loss11–4Mar 2023 Branik Maribor Open, Slovenia40,000Hard (i) Flag of Japan.svg Mai Hontama 4–6, 6–3, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (runner–up)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Result   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
LossFeb 2020 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK25,000Hard (i) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lara Salden Flag of France.svg Myrtille Georges
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kimberley Zimmermann 		6–7(2), 6–7(5)

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Girls' singles: 1 (title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win 2019 Australian Open Hard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Leylah Fernandez 6–4, 6–3

Top 10 wins

Season 2022 2024 Total
Wins112
#OpponentOpp. rankEventSurfaceRndScoreOwn rank
2022
1. Flag of Estonia.svg Anett Kontaveit No. 7 Australian Open Hard2R6–2, 6–4No. 39
2024
2. Flag of Greece.svg Maria Sakkari No. 6 Billie Jean King Cup ClayPromotional6–4, 6–4No. 87

Billie Jean King Cup / Fed Cup and Hopman Cup

Results for Tauson representing Denmark in Fed/BJK Cup. [77] [35]
ResultDate and placeRoundSurfacePartnerAgainstOpponentScore
Loss2017, 20 April, Šiauliai, Lithuania Europe/Africa Group II Hard (i) Mai Grage Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Ola Zekry, Rana Ahmed 6–7(5), 4–6
Win2018, 18–21 April, Athens, Greece Europe/Africa Group II Clay(Singles) Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Lamis Aziz 6–4, 6–2
Loss Flag of Greece.svg Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou 7–6(3), 6–7(4), 0–6
Win Promotional Play-off Flag of Israel.svg Israel Vlada Ekshibarova 6–2, 6–1
Loss2019, 6–9 February, Zielona Gora, Poland Europe/Africa Group I Hard (i)(Singles) Flag of Russia.svg Russia Natalia Vikhlyantseva 6–7(3), 1–6
Loss Flag of Poland.svg Poland Iga Świątek 3–6, 6–7(7)
Win2020, 4–7 February, Helsinki, Finland Europe/Africa Group II Hard (i)(Singles) Flag of Finland.svg Finland Oona Orpana 6–4, 6–2
Win Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Francisca Jorge 6–1, 6–1
Win Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Mayar Sherif 6–1, 6–1
Loss Promotional Play-off Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Ons Jabeur 4–6, 4–6
Win2023, 10–15 April, Gainbridge, United Kingdom Europe/Africa Group B Hard (i)(Singles) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Gergana Topalova 6–3, 6–1
Win Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Rebecca Peterson 2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Antonia Ruzic 7–6(6), 6–1
Win Relegation Play-off Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Sandra Samir 6–3, 6–3
Win2024, 8–13 April, Oeiras, Portugal Europe/Africa Group I Clay(Singles) Flag of Austria.svg Austria Julia Grabher 6–2, 6–3
Win Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Viktoriya Tomova 6–4, 6–2
Win Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Natalia Szabanin 6–0, 6–0
Win Promotional Play-off Flag of Greece.svg Greece Maria Sakkari 6–4, 6–4
Win Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Darja Semenistaja 6–1ret.
Win2024, 15-16 November, Farum, Denmark Play-off for 2025 qualifying roundHard (i) Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Giuliana Olmos 6-4, 6-2
Loss Renata Zarazua 6-7, 6-3, 5-7
Win Emilie Francati Giuliana Olmos/ Renata Zarazua2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Results for Tauson representing Denmark in Hopman Cup
ResultDate and placeRoundSurfacePartnerAgainstOpponentScore
Win2023, 19–20 July, Nice, FrancePreliminaryClay(Singles) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland Céline Naef 6–2, 6–3
Loss Holger Rune Céline Naef / Leandro Riedi 3–6, 5–7
Win(Singles) Flag of France.svg France Alizé Cornet 7–6(2), 6–4
LossHolger RuneAlizé Cornet / Richard Gasquet 4–6, 4–6

Notes

  1. ↑ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. ↑ Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
  3. ↑ During the season, she did not play in the main draw of any tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but matches counted.
  4. ↑ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

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