Nastja Kolar

Nastja Kolar
Country (sports)	Slovenia
Residence	Celje, Slovenia
Born	15 July 1994 (age 29); Celje
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

Last updated May 21, 2024

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]

Tennis career

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.

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments

Singles: 23 (10 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2010	ITF Čakovec, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Paola Cigui	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–0	Jun 2011	Maribor Open, Slovenia	25,000	Clay	Maša Zec Peškirič	7–5, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Aug 2013	ITF Pörtschach, Austria	10,000	Clay	Gioia Barbieri	2–6, 3–6
Loss	2–2	Sep 2013	Save Cup Mestre, Italy	50,000	Clay	Claire Feuerstein	1–6, 6–7 ⁽²⁾
Loss	2–3	Nov 2013	Soho Square Tournament, Egypt	75,000	Clay	Victoria Kan	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–3	Jan 2014	ITF Kaarst, Germany	10,000	Carpet (i)	Natela Dzalamidze	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	4–3	Jun 2014	ITF Ystad, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Sandra Zaniewska	6–4, 6–4
Loss	4–4	Jun 2015	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Tereza Martincová	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4–5	Jun 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Zuzana Zlochová	6–3, 2–6, 0–3 ret.
Loss	4–6	Apr 2017	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Nina Alibalić	1–6, 3–6
Loss	4–7	Sep 2017	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	15,000	Clay	Miriam Kolodziejová	2–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	4–8	Oct 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Tereza Mihalíková	2–6, 4–6
Loss	4–9	Dec 2017	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Sandra Samir	4–6, 1–6
Win	5–9	Feb 2018	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Bunyawi Thamchaiwat	6–2, 6–4
Win	6–9	Mar 2018	ITF Manama, Bahrain	15,000	Hard	Tereza Mihalíková	6–4, 6–2
Win	7–9	Apr 2018	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Angelina Gabueva	2–6, 6–4, 6–0
Win	8–9	Oct 2018	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Anastasia Sukhotina	6–1, 6–1
Loss	8–10	Apr 2019	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Despina Papamichail	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	8–11	Sep 2019	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Sandra Samir	3–6, 4–6
Win	9–11	Sep 2019	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Sandra Samir	6–3, 5–7, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Loss	9–12	Oct 2019	Lagos Open, Nigeria	25,000	Hard	Riya Bhatia	5–7, 6–1, 3–6
Loss	9–13	Sep 2021	ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria	15,000	Hard	Chiara Catini	6–4, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 3–6
Win	10–13	Oct 2021	ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria	15,000	Hard	Martha Matoula	7–5, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles: 31 (16 titles, 15 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2009	ITF Velenje, Slovenia	10,000	Clay	Polona Rebersak	Camelia Hristea Diana Marcu	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–0	Aug 2010	ITF Čakovec, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Polona Rebersak	Katarína Baranová Simonka Parajová	6–0, 6–1
Loss	2–1	Aug 2013	ITF Innsbruck, Austria	10,000	Clay	Polona Rebersak	Lucy Brown Hilda Melander	6–3, 3–6, [7–10]
Win	3–1	Aug 2013	ITF Pörtschach, Austria	10,000	Clay	Polona Rebersak	Gioia Barbieri Giulia Sussarello	6–0, 2–6, [10–4]
Win	4–1	Jan 2014	ITF Kaarst, Germany	10,000	Carpet (i)	Olga Ianchuk	Vivian Heisen Linda Prenkovic	7–5, 6–3
Win	5–1	Jun 2014	ITF Ystad, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Yvonne Neuwirth	Anna Danilina Xenia Knoll	7–6⁽³⁾, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	6–1	Sept 2014	ITF Monterrey, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Chantal Škamlová	Florencia Molinero Sofia Shapatava	6–3, 2–6, [10–5]
Loss	6–2	Nov 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	25,000	Hard	Olga Ianchuk	Antonia Lottner Laura Siegemund	1–6, 1–6
Loss	6–3	Dec 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Ekaterine Gorgodze	Sofia Kvatsabaia Chantal Škamlová	w/o
Win	7–3	Dec 2014	Ankara Cup, Turkey	50,000	Hard	Ekaterine Gorgodze	Oleksandra Korashvili Elitsa Kostova	6–4, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Win	8–3	Apr 2015	ITF Santa Margherita die Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Despina Papamichail	Diana Buzean Alice Matteucci	6–1, 1–6, [10–8]
Win	9–3	May 2015	ITF Maribor, Slovenia	25,000	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	Petra Krejsová Kateřina Vaňková	6–2, 6–4
Los	9–4	Dec 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Karin Kennel	Aminat Kushkhova Julia Stamatova	5–7, 1–6
Win	10–4	Jan 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	Julia Grabher Anna Slováková	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	11–4	Mar 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Mariam Bolkvadze	Oleksandra Korashvili Margarita Lazareva	7–6⁽⁰⁾, 7–5
Loss	11–5	May 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Francesca Stephenson	Kyra Shroff Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal	3–6, 7–5, [1–10]
Loss	11–6	May 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Francesca Stephenson	Lou Brouleau Emma Lene	5–7, 3–6
Loss	11–7	11 June 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Francesca Stephenson	Masa Jovanovic Phillis Vanenburg	w/o
Win	12–7	June 2016	Maribor Open, Slovenia	10,000	Clay	Francesca Stephenson	Polona Reberšak Gabriela Talabă	5–7, 6–0, [10–3]
Loss	12–8	July 2016	ITF Bad Waltersdorf, Austria	10,000	Clay	Francesca Stephenson	Nina Potočnik Polona Reberšak	3–6, 4–6
Loss	12–9	Feb 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Karin Kennel	Başak Eraydın Valentyna Ivakhnenko	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 2–6
Win	13–9	Apr 2017	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	Tamara Čurović Camila Giangreco Campiz	6–1, 6–1
Loss	13–10	Oct 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Barbara Bonić	Nina Kruijer Suzan Lamens	6–3, 5–7, [8–10]
Loss	13–11	Oct 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Caroline Ilowska	Emilie Francati Kanika Vaidya	6–3, 5–7, [7–10]
Loss	13–12	Oct 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Elena-Teodora Cadar	Ola Abou Zekry Linnéa Malmqvist	7–5, 3–6, [3–10]
Win	14–12	Nov 2017	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Rio Kitagawa	Annick Melgers Arina Vasilescu	6–2, 4–6, [10–4]
Win	15–12	Dec 2017	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Rio Kitagawa	Melanie Klaffner Jelena Stojanovic	1–6, 6–4, [10–2]
Loss	15–13	April 2019	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Mariam Bolkvadze	Sofia Shapatava Emily Webley-Smith	1–6, 6–2, [9–11]
Loss	15–14	Dec 2019	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Anna Makhorkina	Maria Marfutina Oana Georgeta Simion	6–3, 0–6, [2–10]
Loss	15–15	Oct 2021	ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria	15,000	Hard	Ani Vangelova	Oana Gavrilă Emily Seibold	0–6, 2–6
Win	16–15	Sep 2022	ITF Brașov, Romania	15,000	Clay	Bojana Marinković	Ilinca Amariei Ioana Gașpar	6–4, 6–4

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References

↑ "ITIA - Kolar and Riley provisionally suspended". ITIA.
↑ "ITIA - Kolar and Riley banned from tennis". ITIA.

External links

Nastja Kolar at the Women's Tennis Association
Nastja Kolar at the International Tennis Federation
Nastja Kolar at the Billie Jean King Cup
Nastja Kolar at ESPN.com

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[1] "ITIA - Kolar and Riley provisionally suspended". ITIA.

[2] "ITIA - Kolar and Riley banned from tennis". ITIA.

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