Sinja Kraus

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Sinja Kraus
Kraus RGQ23.jpg
Kraus at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Born (2002-04-29) 29 April 2002 (age 22)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$408,681
Singles
Career record212–148
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 151 (8 May 2023)
Current rankingNo. 191 (3 March 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q2 (2025)
French Open Q2 (2024)
Wimbledon Q3 (2023)
US Open Q2 (2023)
Doubles
Career record53–61
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 303 (4 December 2023)
Current rankingNo. 708 (3 March 2025)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 15–13
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
European Youth Olympic Festival
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Győr Singles
Last updated on: 3 March 2025.

Sinja Kraus (born 29 April 2002) is an Austrian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 151 in singles, achieved in May 2023, and No. 303 in doubles, attained in December 2023.

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Juniors

She reached a career-high ITF juniors ranking of world No. 87, on 21 January 2019.

Kraus also won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Győr. [1]

National representation

She represents Austria in the Billie Jean King Cup and made her debut in 2020, when she partnered Melanie Klaffner in the (then Fed Cup) tie against Italy, losing to Giulia Gatto-Monticone and Martina Trevisan. [2] [3]

Career

Kraus made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard entrant at the 2021 Linz Open, losing to Alison Van Uytvanck in the first round. [4]

As a qualifier, she defeated eighth seed Nadia Podoroska to reach the second round at the WTA 125 2023 Bogota Open, [5] where she lost to Nuria Brancaccio. [6]

Grand Slam performance timeline

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.
Tournament 2022 2023 2024 2025 W–L
Australian Open A Q1 Q1 Q2 0–0
French Open A Q1 Q2 0–0
Wimbledon A Q3 A0–0
US Open Q1 Q2 A0–0
Win–loss0–00–00–00–0

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments
W40/50 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (8–6)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Sep 2018 ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Hard Flag of Turkey.svg Cemre Anıl3–6, 6–4, 7–6(6)
Loss1–1 Aug 2019 ITF Wanfercee-Baulet, BelgiumW15Clay Flag of Romania.svg Andreea Mitu 4–6, 3–6
Win2–1 Jan 2021 ITF Cairo, EgyptW15Clay Flag of Russia.svg Elina Avanesyan 6–2, 6–3
Loss2–2 Mar 2021 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of Poland.svg Weronika Falkowska 3–6, 6–7(1)
Loss2–3 Sep 2021 ITF Vienna, AustriaW25Clay Flag of Romania.svg Cristina Dinu 3–6, 4–6
Loss2–4 Jan 2022 ITF Cairo, EgyptW25Clay Flag of France.svg Séléna Janicijevic 5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win3–4 May 2022 ITF Warmbad Villach, AustriaW25Clay Flag of Poland.svg Weronika Falkowska7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win4-4 Jun 2022 ITF Pörtschach, AustriaW25Clay Flag of Serbia.svg Ivana Jorović 6–1, 1–6, 6–2
Loss4–5 Jul 2022 ITF Stuttgart-Vaihingen, GermanyW25Clay Flag of Germany.svg Katharina Hobgarski 5–7, 2–6
Loss4–6 Sep 2022 ITF Collonge-Bellerive, SwitzerlandW60Clay Flag of Italy.svg Lucrezia Stefanini 2–6, 1–2 ret.
Loss4–7 Mar 2023 ITF Anapoima, ColombiaW40Clay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arantxa Rus 3–6, 7–6(3), 2–6
Win5–7 Mar 2023 ITF Mosquera, ColombiaW25Clay Flag of Colombia.svg Emiliana Arango 6–7(4), 7–6(6), 6–3
Win6–7 Oct 2023 ITF Heraklion, GreeceW40Clay Flag of France.svg Diane Parry 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Win7–7 Aug 2024 ITF Braunschweig, GermanyW35ClayFlag placeholder.svg Marina Melnikova 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win8–7 Aug 2024 ITF Meerbusch, GermanyW50Clay Flag of Serbia.svg Lola Radivojević 6–4, 6–3
Win9–7 Oct 2024 ITF Seville, SpainW35Clay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marie Benoît 2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win10–7 Feb 2025 ITF Mâcon, FranceW50Hard (i) Flag of France.svg Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah 6–0, 7–5

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments
W25 tournaments
Finals by surface
Clay (1–2)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Jan 2022 ITF Cairo, EgyptW25Clay Flag of Austria.svg Melanie Klaffner Flag of India.svg Prarthana Thombare
Flag of Hungary.svg Adrienn Nagy
7–5, 6–3
Loss1–1 Sep 2023 ITF Vienna, AustriaW60Clay Flag of Austria.svg Melanie Klaffner Flag of Romania.svg Irina Bara
Flag of Poland.svg Weronika Falkowska
3–6, 6–2, [11–13]
Loss1–2 Oct 2023 ITF Heraklion, GreeceW25Clay Flag of Austria.svg Melanie Klaffner Flag of Romania.svg Ilinca Amariei
Flag of Romania.svg Anca Todoni
0–6, 7–5, [1–10]
Loss1–3 Feb 2025 ITF Herrenschwanden, SwitzerlandW35Carpet (i) Flag of Georgia.svg Mariam Bolkvadze Flag placeholder.svg Ekaterina Ovcharenko
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emily Webley-Smith
6–7(1), 6–2, [9–11]

Junior career

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles (4–1)

ResultNo.DateTournamentGradeSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Aug 2017ITF Maaseik, BelgiumG4Clay Flag of Germany.svg Anne Knüttel6–2 ret.
Win2–0Aug 2017ITF Clermont-Ferrand, FranceG4Clay Flag of France.svg Alice Tubello 6–2, 6–1
Win3–0Sep 2017ITF Kreuzlingen, SwitzerlandG5Clay Flag of Germany.svg Nastasja Schunk 6–3, 6–1
Loss3–1Oct 2017ITF Almere, NetherlandsG4Hard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Victoria Kalaitzis2–6, 4–6
Win4–1Jan 2018ITF Hammamet, TunisiaG2Clay Flag of Malta.svg Helene Pellicano 6–4, 6–3

Doubles (3–2)

ResultNo.DateTournamentGradeSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Aug 2017ITF Clermont-Ferrand, FranceG4Clay Flag of Austria.svg Mavie Österreicher Flag of France.svg Flavie Brugnone
Flag of France.svg Anaëlle Leclercq
4–6, 6–7(3)
Win1–1Sep 2017ITF Kreuzlingen, SwitzerlandG5Clay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Valentina Ryser Flag of Italy.svg Chiara Girelli
Flag of Italy.svg Sofia Rocchetti
3–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Win2–1Mar 2018ITF Benicarló, SpainG2Clay Flag of France.svg Diane Parry Flag of Spain.svg Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro
Flag of Italy.svg Nuria Brancaccio
7–6(2), 5–7, [10–8]
Win3–1Jul 2018ITF Plzeň, Czech RepublicG2Clay Flag of France.svg Loudmilla Bencheikh Flag of Poland.svg Martyna Kubka
Flag of Croatia.svg Iva Zelić
w/o
Loss3–2Jun 2019ITF Plzeň, Czech RepublicG2Clay Flag of Germany.svg Mara Guth Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Palicová
Flag of the United States.svg Hibah Shaikh
0–6, 2–6

National representation

Kraus was nominated to make her Fed Cup debut for Austria in 2019, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II, the opponent forfeited the match.

Fed Cup

Group membership
World Group (0–2)
World Group Play-off (3–3)
World Group II
World Group II Play-off
Europe/Africa Group (6–6)
Matches by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (7–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by setting
Indoors (5–5)
Outdoors (5–6)

Singles (5–6)

EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LScore
2020 Fed Cup ZG1 Pool B 6 Feb 2020 Tallinn, Estonia Flag of Greece.svg Greece Hard (i) Valentini Grammatikopoulou L4–6, 4–6
2022 BJK Cup ZG1 Pool B 11 Apr 2022 Antalya, Turkey Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Clay Julia Terziyska W6–1, 6–4
12 Apr 2022 Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Kaja Juvan L1–6, 4–6
13 Apr 2022 Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia Nino Natsvlishvili W6–4, 6–2
14 Apr 2022 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Jacqueline Cabaj Awad W6–2, 6–2
15 Apr 2022 Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Donna Vekić L5–7, 3–6
ZG1 Playoff 11 Nov 2022 Vienna, Austria Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Clay (i) Daniela Vismane W6–3, 6–1
12 Nov 2022 Jeļena Ostapenko L0–6, 6–3, 1–6
2023 BJK Cup Qualifying round 14 April 2023 Delray Beach, USA Flag of the United States.svg USA Hard Jessica Pegula L0–6, 5–7
ZG1 Playoff 11 Nov 2023 Schwechat, Austria Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Clay (i) Giuliana Olmos W7–5, 6–2
12 Nov 2023 Fernanda Contreras L6–0, 2–6, 4–6

Doubles (5–5)

EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore
2019 Fed Cup ZG2 Pool A 8 Feb 2019 Esch-sur-Alzette,
Luxembourg
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Hard (i) Mira Antonitsch Anita Husarić
Jelena Simić
Ww/o *
2020 Fed Cup ZG1 Pool B 5 Feb 2020 Tallinn, Estonia Flag of Italy.svg Italy Hard (i)Mira Antonitsch Giulia Gatto-Monticone
Martina Trevisan
L4–6, 4–6
6 Feb 2020 Flag of Greece.svg Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Despina Papamichail
W7–5, 7–6(2)
7 Feb 2020 Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Valeria Gorlats
Saara Orav
W6–2, 4–6, 6–0
2022 BJK Cup ZG1 Pool B 11 Apr 2022 Antalya, Turkey Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Clay Barbara Haas Isabella Shinikova
Julia Terziyska
L7–6(6), 2–6, 4–6
12 Apr 2022 Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Melanie Klaffner Kaja Juvan
Tamara Zidanšek
L6–2, 4–6, 2–6
14 Apr 2022 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Caijsa Hennemann
Kajsa Rinaldo Persson
W4–6, 7–5, 6–0
ZG1 Playoff 12 Nov 2022 Vienna, Austria Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Clay (i) Diāna Marcinkēviča
Jeļena Ostapenko
W7–5, 6–3
2023 BJK Cup Qualifying round 15 April 2023 Delray Beach, USA Flag of the United States.svg USA Hard Melanie Klaffner Coco Gauff
Caty McNally
L1-6, 4-6
ZG1 Playoff 12 Nov 2023 Schwechat, Austria Flag of Mexico.svg Latvia Clay (i) Fernanda Contreras
Giuliana Olmos
L3–6, 6–3, 7–6(6)

* walkover doesn't count in her overall record.

References

  1. "Sinja jubelt über Bronze" (in German). www.olympia.at. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  2. "L'Italia vince anche il doppio con Gatto-Monticone e Trevisan: sonoro 3-0 all'Austria in Fed Cup". it.eurosport.com (in Italian).
  3. "ÖTV-Damen verlieren Auftakt". www.laolal.at (in German).
  4. "Welcome to the Tour: All of 2021's WTA debutantes". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  5. "Bogota Open: Kraus upsets Podoroska to book spot in second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  6. "Bogota Open: Brancaccio into last 8, plays Maria next". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 17 November 2024.