Sinja Kraus

Sinja Kraus

Kraus at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)	Austria
Born	(2002-04-29) 29 April 2002 (age 24) Vienna
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2018
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$1,165,669
Singles
Career record	292–194
Career titles	2 WTA 125
Highest ranking	No. 75 (12 October 2026)
Current ranking	No. 75 (12 October 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2025)
French Open	1R (2026)
Wimbledon	1R (2026)
US Open	1R (2026)
Doubles
Career record	68–73
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 207 (13 April 2026)
Current ranking	No. 255 (21 September 2026)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	15–13
Medal record Women's tennis Representing   Austria European Youth Olympic Festival 2017 Győr Singles
Last updated on: 26 September 2026.

Sinja Kraus (born 29 April 2002) is an Austrian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 75 in singles, achieved on:12 October 2026, and No. 207 in doubles, achieved in April 2026. Kraus has won two WTA 125 singles titles.

Career

2017–2019: Juniors

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

She had reached a career-high ITF juniors ranking of world No. 87, on 21 January 2019. ^[2]

2021–2025: WTA Tour debut, first WTA 125 title

Kraus made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard entrant at the 2021 Upper Austria Ladies Linz, losing to Alison Van Uytvanck in the first round. ^[3]

As a qualifier, she defeated eighth seed Nadia Podoroska to reach the second round at the WTA 125 2023 Bogota Open, ^[4] where she lost to Nuria Brancaccio. ^[5]

Kraus qualified for the main-draw at her home tournament, the WTA 500 2025 Linz Open. ^[6] She lost in the first round to Anna Blinkova. ^[7]

Kraus won her first WTA 125 title at the 2025 Cali Open, defeating Panna Udvardy in the final. ^[8] She won her second WTA 125 title at the 2026 Generali Open Ladies Kitzbühel against fellow Austrian Tennis Player Julia Grabher. ^[9]

2026: Top 80, WTA 1000 and major debuts

Kraus defeated compatriot Julia Grabher in the first all-Austrian WTA Tour match since 2014, at the Auckland Open. ^[10] She lost in the second round to Francesca Jones, in three sets. ^[11] Kraus reached the top 100 in the WTA singles rankings on 23 February 2026 at world No. 99. ^[12]

She qualified to make her WTA 1000 main draw at the Miami Open, ^[13] but lost to Alycia Parks in straight sets. ^{[14] [15]}

Kraus qualified for her first major main draw at the French Open. ^{[16] [17]} She lost to 11th seed Belinda Bencic in the first round. ^[18]

In July, Kraus won her second WTA 125 singles title at the Kitzbühel Ladies Open, defeating fellow Austrian player Julia Grabher in the final. ^[19] As a result, she moved into the world's top 80, on 20 July 2026. ^[20]

National representation

Kraus 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. ^{[21] [22]}

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(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	2026	W–L
Australian Open	A	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q1	0–0
French Open	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	1R	0–1
Wimbledon	A	Q3	A	Q1	1R	0–1
US Open	Q1	Q2	A	Q1	1R	0–1
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–3

WTA 125 finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2025	Cali Open, Colombia	Clay	Panna Udvardy	6–2, 6–0
Loss	1–1	Apr 2026	Oeiras Ladies Open, Portugal	Clay	Maja Chwalińska	1–6, 3–6
Win	2–1	Jul 2026	Open Ladies Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Julia Grabher	6–3, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 21 (13 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend W60/75 tournaments W40/50 tournaments W25/35 tournaments W15 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (2–2) Clay (11–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Hard	Cemre Anıl	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(6)
Loss	1–1	Aug 2019	ITF Wanfercee-Baulet, Belgium	W15	Clay	Andreea Mitu	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–1	Jan 2021	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Elina Avanesyan	6–2, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Mar 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Weronika Falkowska	3–6, 6–7(1)
Loss	2–3	Sep 2021	ITF Vienna, Austria	W25	Clay	Cristina Dinu	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Jan 2022	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W25	Clay	Séléna Janicijevic	5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win	3–4	May 2022	ITF Warmbad Villach, Austria	W25	Clay	Weronika Falkowska	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win	4-4	Jun 2022	ITF Pörtschach, Austria	W25	Clay	Ivana Jorović	6–1, 1–6, 6–2
Loss	4–5	Jul 2022	ITF Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany	W25	Clay	Katharina Hobgarski	5–7, 2–6
Loss	4–6	Sep 2022	Collonge-Bellerive Open, Switzerland	W60	Clay	Lucrezia Stefanini	2–6, 1–2 ret.
Loss	4–7	Mar 2023	ITF Anapoima, Colombia	W40	Clay	Arantxa Rus	3–6, 7–6(3), 2–6
Win	5–7	Mar 2023	ITF Mosquera, Colombia	W25	Clay	Emiliana Arango	6–7(4), 7–6(6), 6–3
Win	6–7	Oct 2023	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W40	Clay	Diane Parry	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Win	7–7	Aug 2024	ITF Braunschweig, Germany	W35	Clay	Marina Melnikova	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win	8–7	Aug 2024	ITF Meerbusch, Germany	W50	Clay	Lola Radivojević	6–4, 6–3
Win	9–7	Oct 2024	ITF Seville, Spain	W35	Clay	Marie Benoît	2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	10–7	Feb 2025	ITF Mâcon, France	W50	Hard (i)	Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah	6–0, 7–5
Win	11–7	Mar 2025	Kiskút Open, Hungary	W75	Clay (i)	Amarissa Tóth	2–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win	12–7	Aug 2025	Ladies Open Amstetten, Austria	W75	Clay	Lilli Tagger	6–2, 6–4
Win	13–7	Sep 2025	Ladies Open Vienna, Austria	W75	Clay	Miriam Bulgaru	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	13–8	Feb 2026	Prague Open, Czech Republic	W75	Hard (i)	Tereza Martincová	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend W60/75 tournaments W25/35 tournaments

Finals by surface Clay (2–2) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2022	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W25	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	Prarthana Thombare Adrienn Nagy	7–5, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Sep 2023	ITF Vienna, Austria	W60	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	Irina Bara Weronika Falkowska	3–6, 6–2, [11–13]
Loss	1–2	Oct 2023	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W25	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	Ilinca Amariei Anca Todoni	0–6, 7–5, [1–10]
Loss	1–3	Feb 2025	ITF Herrenschwanden, Switzerland	W35	Carpet (i)	Mariam Bolkvadze	Ekaterina Ovcharenko Emily Webley-Smith	6–7(1), 6–2, [9–11]
Win	2–3	May 2025	Internazionali di Brescia, Italy	W75	Clay	Maja Chwalińska	Gabriela Knutson Darja Semeņistaja	6–0, 6–3

Junior finals

ITF Junior Circuit

Legend
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles (4–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Grade	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2017	ITF Maaseik, Belgium	G4	Clay	Anne Knüttel	6–2 ret.
Win	2–0	Aug 2017	ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France	G4	Clay	Alice Tubello	6–2, 6–1
Win	3–0	Sep 2017	ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland	G5	Clay	Nastasja Schunk	6–3, 6–1
Loss	3–1	Oct 2017	ITF Almere, Netherlands	G4	Hard	Victoria Kalaitzis	2–6, 4–6
Win	4–1	Jan 2018	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	G2	Clay	Helene Pellicano	6–4, 6–3

Doubles (3–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Grade	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2017	ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France	G4	Clay	Mavie Österreicher	Flavie Brugnone Anaëlle Leclercq	4–6, 6–7(3)
Win	1–1	Sep 2017	ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland	G5	Clay	Valentina Ryser	Chiara Girelli Sofia Rocchetti	3–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Win	2–1	Mar 2018	ITF Benicarló, Spain	G2	Clay	Diane Parry	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro Nuria Brancaccio	7–6(2), 5–7, [10–8]
Win	3–1	Jul 2018	ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic	G2	Clay	Loudmilla Bencheikh	Martyna Kubka Iva Zelić	w/o
Loss	3–2	Jun 2019	ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic	G2	Clay	Mara Guth	Barbora Palicová 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 / BJK 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)

Matches by setting Indoors (5–5) Outdoors (5–6)

Singles (5–6)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2020 Fed Cup	ZG1 Pool B	6 Feb 2020	Tallinn, Estonia	Greece	Hard (i)	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	L	4–6, 4–6
2022 BJK Cup	ZG1 Pool B	11 Apr 2022	Antalya, Turkey	Bulgaria	Clay	Julia Terziyska	W	6–1, 6–4
		12 Apr 2022		Slovenia		Kaja Juvan	L	1–6, 4–6
		13 Apr 2022		Georgia		Nino Natsvlishvili	W	6–4, 6–2
		14 Apr 2022		Sweden		Jacqueline Cabaj Awad	W	6–2, 6–2
		15 Apr 2022		Croatia		Donna Vekić	L	5–7, 3–6
	ZG1 Playoff	11 Nov 2022	Vienna, Austria	Latvia	Clay (i)	Daniela Vismane	W	6–3, 6–1
		12 Nov 2022				Jeļena Ostapenko	L	0–6, 6–3, 1–6
2023 BJK Cup	Qualifying round	14 April 2023	Delray Beach, USA	USA	Hard	Jessica Pegula	L	0–6, 5–7
	ZG1 Playoff	11 Nov 2023	Schwechat, Austria	Mexico	Clay (i)	Giuliana Olmos	W	7–5, 6–2
		12 Nov 2023				Fernanda Contreras	L	6–0, 2–6, 4–6

Doubles (5–5)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2019 Fed Cup	ZG2 Pool A	8 Feb 2019	Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hard (i)	Mira Antonitsch	Anita Husarić Jelena Simić	W	w/o *
2020 Fed Cup	ZG1 Pool B	5 Feb 2020	Tallinn, Estonia	Italy	Hard (i)	Mira Antonitsch	Giulia Gatto-Monticone Martina Trevisan	L	4–6, 4–6
		6 Feb 2020		Greece			Valentini Grammatikopoulou Despina Papamichail	W	7–5, 7–6(2)
		7 Feb 2020		Estonia			Valeria Gorlats Saara Orav	W	6–2, 4–6, 6–0
2022 BJK Cup	ZG1 Pool B	11 Apr 2022	Antalya, Turkey	Bulgaria	Clay	Barbara Haas	Isabella Shinikova Julia Terziyska	L	7–6(6), 2–6, 4–6
		12 Apr 2022		Slovenia		Melanie Klaffner	Kaja Juvan Tamara Zidanšek	L	6–2, 4–6, 2–6
		14 Apr 2022		Sweden			Caijsa Hennemann Kajsa Rinaldo Persson	W	4–6, 7–5, 6–0
	ZG1 Playoff	12 Nov 2022	Vienna, Austria	Latvia	Clay (i)		Diāna Marcinkēviča Jeļena Ostapenko	W	7–5, 6–3
2023 BJK Cup	Qualifying round	15 April 2023	Delray Beach, USA	USA	Hard	Melanie Klaffner	Coco Gauff Caty McNally	L	1-6, 4–6
	ZG1 Playoff	12 Nov 2023	Schwechat, Austria	Latvia	Clay (i)		Fernanda Contreras Giuliana Olmos	L	3–6, 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. "Sinja Kraus ITF". 15 March 2026.
3. "Welcome to the Tour: All of 2021's WTA debutantes". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
4. "Bogota Open: Kraus upsets Podoroska to book spot in second round". Tennis Majors. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
5. "Bogota Open: Brancaccio into last 8, plays Maria next". Tennis Majors. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
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7. "Upper Austria Ladies: Blinkova beats qualifier Kraus, with Svitolina awaiting". Tennis Majors. 29 January 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
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14. "Parks overturns 4-0 second-set deficit to defeat Kraus in Miami opener". WTATennis. 19 March 2026.
15. "Tagger kämpft sich in zweite Miami-Runde, Kraus verlor" (in German). Noen. 19 March 2026.
16. "Kraus stürmt erstmals in Major-Hauptbewerb" (in German). ORF Sport. 21 May 2026.
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21. "L'Italia vince anche il doppio con Gatto-Monticone e Trevisan: sonoro 3-0 all'Austria in Fed Cup". it.eurosport.com (in Italian).
22. "ÖTV-Damen verlieren Auftakt gegen Italien". sport.orf.at (in German). 5 February 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2026.

External links

• Sinja Kraus at the Women's Tennis Association
• Sinja Kraus at World Tennis
• Sinja Kraus at the Billie Jean King Cup ( archived former page )