Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Celje, Slovenia |
Born | Celje | 15 July 1994
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $175,837 |
Singles | |
Career record | 352–208 (62.9%) |
Career titles | 10 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 178 (3 November 2014) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | Q1 (2011, 2014) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 138–115 (54.5%) |
Career titles | 16 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 140 (21 September 2015) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 0–7 |
Nastja Kolar (born 15 July 1994) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player. In her junior career, her highest ranking was fourth. Her highest WTA rankings were 178 in singles and 140 in doubles.
In 2023, Kolar was provisionally suspended from tennis competitions by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) on corruption charges, [1] and then later that year she was banned for life from professional tennis and fined $175,000 after the ITIA found her guilty of 25 match fixing offenses. [2]
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In July 2009 Kolar played in her first WTA Tour tournament, the Slovenia Open in Portorož, where she lost to Roberta Vinci in the first round. In 2010, she won a $10k tournament in Croatia, her first title on the ITF Women's Circuit. In May 2011, Kolar won her second title at a $25k event in Maribor, Slovenia. In July, she qualified for the Gastein Ladies where she won her first WTA Tour-level match when she defeated Alla Kudryavtseva in straight sets to advance to the second round. Kolar won her biggest title in 2014, winning the doubles title at the $50k 2014 Ankara Cup with Ekaterine Gorgodze.
Legend |
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$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10/15,000 tournaments |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Aug 2010 | ITF Čakovec, Croatia | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 2–0 | Jun 2011 | Maribor Open, Slovenia | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 2–1 | Aug 2013 | ITF Pörtschach, Austria | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | 2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 2–2 | Sep 2013 | Save Cup Mestre, Italy | 50,000 | Clay | ![]() | 1–6, 6–7 (2) |
Loss | 2–3 | Nov 2013 | Soho Square Tournament, Egypt | 75,000 | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 3–3 | Jan 2014 | ITF Kaarst, Germany | 10,000 | Carpet (i) | ![]() | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 4–3 | Jun 2014 | ITF Ystad, Sweden | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 4–4 | Jun 2015 | ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | 3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 4–5 | Jun 2016 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() | 6–3, 2–6, 0–3 ret. |
Loss | 4–6 | Apr 2017 | ITF Heraklion, Greece | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() | 1–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 4–7 | Sep 2017 | ITF Prague, Czech Republic | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() | 2–6, 7–5, 4–6 |
Loss | 4–8 | Oct 2017 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() | 2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 4–9 | Dec 2017 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() | 4–6, 1–6 |
Win | 5–9 | Feb 2018 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() | 6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 6–9 | Mar 2018 | ITF Manama, Bahrain | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() | 6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 7–9 | Apr 2018 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() | 2–6, 6–4, 6–0 |
Win | 8–9 | Oct 2018 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() | 6–1, 6–1 |
Loss | 8–10 | Apr 2019 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() | 3–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
Loss | 8–11 | Sep 2019 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() | 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 9–11 | Sep 2019 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() | 6–3, 5–7, 7–6(4) |
Loss | 9–12 | Oct 2019 | Lagos Open, Nigeria | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() | 5–7, 6–1, 3–6 |
Loss | 9–13 | Sep 2021 | ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() | 6–4, 6–7(5), 3–6 |
Win | 10–13 | Oct 2021 | ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() | 7–5, 3–6, 6–1 |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Aug 2009 | ITF Velenje, Slovenia | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 2–0 | Aug 2010 | ITF Čakovec, Croatia | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–0, 6–1 |
Loss | 2–1 | Aug 2013 | ITF Innsbruck, Austria | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 3–6, [7–10] |
Win | 3–1 | Aug 2013 | ITF Pörtschach, Austria | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–0, 2–6, [10–4] |
Win | 4–1 | Jan 2014 | ITF Kaarst, Germany | 10,000 | Carpet (i) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 5–1 | Jun 2014 | ITF Ystad, Sweden | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(3), 3–6, [10–6] |
Win | 6–1 | Sept 2014 | ITF Monterrey, Mexico | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 2–6, [10–5] |
Loss | 6–2 | Nov 2014 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 6–3 | Dec 2014 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | w/o |
Win | 7–3 | Dec 2014 | Ankara Cup, Turkey | 50,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 7–6(5) |
Win | 8–3 | Apr 2015 | ITF Santa Margherita die Pula, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 1–6, [10–8] |
Win | 9–3 | May 2015 | ITF Maribor, Slovenia | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–2, 6–4 |
Los | 9–4 | Dec 2015 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 1–6 |
Win | 10–4 | Jan 2016 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(5), 3–6, [10–6] |
Win | 11–4 | Mar 2016 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(0), 7–5 |
Loss | 11–5 | May 2016 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 7–5, [1–10] |
Loss | 11–6 | May 2016 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 11–7 | 11 June 2016 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | w/o |
Win | 12–7 | June 2016 | Maribor Open, Slovenia | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 6–0, [10–3] |
Loss | 12–8 | July 2016 | ITF Bad Waltersdorf, Austria | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 12–9 | Feb 2017 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7(6), 2–6 |
Win | 13–9 | Apr 2017 | ITF Heraklion, Greece | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 6–1 |
Loss | 13–10 | Oct 2017 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 5–7, [8–10] |
Loss | 13–11 | Oct 2017 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 5–7, [7–10] |
Loss | 13–12 | Oct 2017 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 3–6, [3–10] |
Win | 14–12 | Nov 2017 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–2, 4–6, [10–4] |
Win | 15–12 | Dec 2017 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 6–4, [10–2] |
Loss | 15–13 | April 2019 | ITF Óbidos, Portugal | 25,000 | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 6–2, [9–11] |
Loss | 15–14 | Dec 2019 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 0–6, [2–10] |
Loss | 15–15 | Oct 2021 | ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 0–6, 2–6 |
Win | 16–15 | Sep 2022 | ITF Brașov, Romania | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 |
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