Veronika Erjavec

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Veronika Erjavec
Country (sports)Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Born (1999-12-30) 30 December 1999 (age 24)
Slovenia
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$146,368
Singles
Career record209–120 (63.5%)
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 169 (22 April 2024)
Current rankingNo. 169 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q1 (2024)
Doubles
Career record131–59 (68.9%)
Career titles20 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 125 (5 February 2024)
Current rankingNo. 125 (22 April 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 0–4 (0%)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Women's tennis
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Tarragona Singles
Last updated on: 22 April 2024.

Veronika Erjavec (born 30 December 1999) is a Slovenian tennis player.

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She has career-high WTA rankings of 169 in singles, attained on 22 April 2024, and world No. 125 in doubles, achieved on 5 February 2024. [1] To date, Erjavec has won two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won 20 doubles titles and five singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Career

2018

She won a bronze medal for Slovenia at the Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain, in June 2018. Erjavec beat Italian Lucia Bronzetti in bronze medal match. [2] In July, she won the doubles tournament in Prokuplje, Serbia, with her Croatian partner Lea Bošković. [3] In September, she played in the doubles final of the Royal Cup in Podgorica, Montenegro. [4] At the end of the year, she played in doubles finals of ITF tournaments in Italy. [5]

2019

Erjavec started season with the tournament held in Tabarka, Tunisia. She became champion in doubles with her Bosnian partner, Nefisa Berberović. [6] In May, Erjavec played her first singles final in Croatia at Tučepi. She lost to Czech Johana Marková in the final, but won her second title of the season with Berberović in the doubles final. [7] In June, she reached the third doubles championship of the season, alongside Berberović in Bosnia and Herzegovina. [8]

2022

In May 2022, she won a tournament in Split, Croatia, with her partner Lea Bošković. [9] The duo also won a $25k tournament in Austria. Erjavec then entered the final of the tournament held in Brasov, Romania in June. [10] She won another championship with her Croatian partner Bošković at Tarviso, Italy in July. [11]

2023

In April 2023, Erjavec won her first singles ITF tournament in Osijek, Croatia. She followed up with two more wins in the final of ITF Horb, Germany and ITF Cordenons, Italy, climbing in the ranking into top 200 for the first time. She also won four more doubles titles between March and June.

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Jul 2023 WTA 125 Iași, RomaniaClay Flag of Slovenia.svg Dalila Jakupović Flag of Romania.svg Irina Bara
Flag of Romania.svg Monica Niculescu 		6–4, 6–4
Win2–0 Jan 2024 WTA 125 Canberra, AustraliaHard Flag of Latvia.svg Darja Semeņistaja Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kaylah McPhee
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Astra Sharma 		6–2, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments (2–0)
W25 tournaments (3–1)
W15 tournaments (0–2)
Finals by surface
Clay (5–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1May 2019ITF Tučepi, CroatiaW15Clay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Johana Marková4–6, 1–6
Loss0–2Sep 2019ITF Kaposvár, HungaryW25Clay Flag of Serbia.svg Dejana Radanović 2–6, 3–6
Loss0–3Aug 2021 ITF Cordenons, ItalyW15Clay Flag of Japan.svg Mana Kawamura6–7(5), 5–7
Win1–3Apr 2023ITF Osijek, CroatiaW25Clay Flag of Croatia.svg Tena Lukas 7–5, 6–2
Win2–3Jul 2023ITF Horb am Neckar, GermanyW25Clay Flag of Germany.svg Anna Gabric 5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Win3–3Aug 2023ITF Cordenons, ItalyW60Clay Flag of Romania.svg Alexandra Ignatik 6–3, 6–4
Win4–3Oct 2023ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW25Clay Flag of Spain.svg Leyre Romero Gormaz 2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win5–3 Apr 2024 Koper Open, SloveniaW75Clay Flag of Slovenia.svg Polona Hercog 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 32 (20 titles, 12 runner–ups)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments (1–5)
W40/50 tournaments (3–0)
W25 tournaments (8–2)
W15 tournaments (8–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (16–9)
Carpet (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Apr 2018ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Flag of Slovenia.svg Nina Potočnik Flag of Russia.svg Ulyana Ayzatulina
Flag of Russia.svg Vlada Koval 		1–6, 4–6
Win1–1Apr 2018ITF Tučepi, CroatiaW15Clay Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Nefisa Berberović Flag of Croatia.svg Tena Lukas
Flag of Estonia.svg Saara Orav 		6–3, 6–3
Win2–1 Jul 2018 ITF Prokuplje, SerbiaW15Clay Flag of Croatia.svg Lea Bošković Flag of Serbia.svg Barbara Bonić
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jelena Stojanovic		6–0, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss2–2Sep 2018 ITF Podgorica, MontenegroW25Clay Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Nefisa Berberović Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Miriam Kolodziejová
Flag of Slovenia.svg Nina Potočnik 		6–2, 3–6, [0–10]
Loss2–3 Dec 2018 ITF Solarino, ItalyW15Carpet Flag of Slovenia.svg Kristina Novak Flag of Argentina.svg Catalina Pella
Flag of Italy.svg Miriana Tona		5–7, 3–6
Win3–3 Dec 2018 ITF Solarino, ItalyW15Carpet Flag of Slovenia.svg Kristina Novak Flag of Guatemala.svg Melissa Morales
Flag of Guatemala.svg Kirsten-Andrea Weedon 		6–3, 7–6(4)
Win4–3 Dec 2018 ITF Ortisei, ItalyW15Hard Flag of Slovenia.svg Kristina Novak Flag of Guatemala.svg Verena Hofer
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simona Waltert 		6–4, 7–5
Win5–3Apr 2019ITF Tabarka, TunisiaW15Clay Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Nefisa Berberović Flag of France.svg Émeline Dartron
Flag of France.svg Marie Témin		4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win6–3May 2019ITF Tučepi, CroatiaW15Clay Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Nefisa Berberović Flag of Serbia.svg Tamara Malešević
Flag of Croatia.svg Antonia Ružić 		6–2, 6–2
Win7–3Jun 2019ITF Banja Luka, Bosnia and HerzegovinaW15Clay Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Nefisa Berberović Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Miklová
Flag of Serbia.svg Elena Milovanović 		6–1, 6–3
Loss7–4Jul 2019ITF Prokuplje, SerbiaW15Clay Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Nefisa Berberović Flag of Turkey.svg İpek Öz
Flag of Turkey.svg Melis Sezer 		5–7, 5–7
Loss7–5Jul 2019ITF Prokuplje, SerbiaW15Clay Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Nefisa Berberović Flag of Russia.svg Darya Astakhova
Flag of Slovakia.svg Laura Svatiková		3–6, 6–0, [6–10]
Win8–5Aug 2019 ITF Cordenons, ItalyW25Clay Flag of Slovenia.svg Nika Radišić Flag of Italy.svg Martina Caregaro
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lisa Sabino 		6–3, 7–5
Loss8–6Aug 2021ITF Cordenons, ItalyW15Clay Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Nefisa Berberović Flag of Italy.svg Martina Colmegna
Flag of the United States.svg Amy Zhu		4–6, 3–6
Win9–6 March 2022 ITF Palmanova, SpainW15Clay Flag of Slovenia.svg Nina Potočnik Flag of Italy.svg Angelica Moratelli
Flag of Italy.svg Aurora Zantedeschi		7–5, 6–3
Win10–6 May 2022 ITF Split, CroatiaW25Clay Flag of Croatia.svg Lea Bošković Flag of Japan.svg Mana Kawamura
Flag of Japan.svg Funa Kozaki		4–6, 6–1, [10–2]
Win11–6 May 2022 ITF Warmbad-Villach, AustriaW25Clay Flag of Croatia.svg Lea Bošković Flag of Japan.svg Miharu Imanishi
Flag of Japan.svg Kanako Morisaki		3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss11–7 Jun 2022 ITF Brașov, RomaniaW60Clay Flag of Poland.svg Weronika Falkowska Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jesika Malečková
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Isabella Shinikova 		6–7(5), 3–6
Win12–7 June 2022 ITF Tarvisio, ItalyW25Clay Flag of Croatia.svg Lea Bošković Flag of Romania.svg Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie
Flag of Romania.svg Oana Georgeta Simion 		6–1, 6–7(5), [10–7]
Win13–7 July 2022 ITF Perugia, ItalyW25Clay Flag of Ukraine.svg Valeriya Strakhova Flag of Spain.svg Ángela Fita Boluda
Flag of Italy.svg Angelica Moratelli		w/o
Loss13–8Aug 2022ITF Braunschweig, GermanyW25Clay Flag of Poland.svg Weronika Falkowska Flag of Germany.svg Anna Klasen
Flag of Italy.svg Martina Colmegna		3–6, 6–2, [5–10]
Loss13–9 Oct 2022 ITF Hamburg, GermanyW60Hard (i) Flag of Norway.svg Malene Helgø Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Miriam Kolodziejová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jesika Malečková		4–6, 2–6
Loss13–10 Nov 2022 ITF Nantes, FranceW60Hard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emily Webley-Smith Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Magali Kempen
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wu Fang-hsien 		2–6, 4–6
Win14–10Mar 2023 ITF Joué-lès-Tours, FranceW25Hard (i) Flag of Lithuania.svg Justina Mikulskytė Flag of the United States.svg Chiara Scholl
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Anita Wagner 		6–4, 6–0
Win15–10Apr 2023ITF Split, CroatiaW40Clay Flag of North Macedonia.svg Lina Gjorcheska Flag of Slovenia.svg Nika Radišić
Flag of Croatia.svg Tara Würth 		6–1, 6–4
Win16–10May 2023ITF Otočec, SloveniaW40Clay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dominika Šalková Flag of Croatia.svg Mariana Dražić
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emily Webley-Smith		7–5, 6–3
Loss16–11Jun 2023ITF Říčany, CzechiaW60Clay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dominika Šalková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Kubáňová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Aneta Kučmová 		6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Win17–11Jun 2023ITF Tarvisio, ItalyW25Clay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dominika Šalková Flag of Slovenia.svg Nika Radišić
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Anita Wagner		6–2, 7–6(5)
Win18–11Oct 2023ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW25Clay Flag of Lithuania.svg Justina Mikulskytė Flag of Italy.svg Nuria Brancaccio
Flag of Italy.svg Angelica Moratelli 		7–6(6), 6–0
Win19–11Jan 2024ITF Porto,, PortugalW50Hard (i) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dominika Šalková Flag of Portugal.svg Francisca Jorge
Flag of Portugal.svg Matilde Jorge 		4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss19–12 Apr 2024 Split Open, CroatiaW75Clay Flag of Lithuania.svg Justina Mikulskytė Flag of Greece.svg Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Flag of India.svg Prarthana Thombare 		4–6, 1–6
Win20–12 Apr 2024 Koper Open, SloveniaW75Clay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dominika Šalková Flag of Greece.svg Sapfo Sakellaridi
Flag of Italy.svg Aurora Zantedeschi 		6–1, 6–3

National representation

Billie Jean King Cup

Doubles (0–2)

Legend
Finals (0–2)
EditionRoundDateLocationSurfacePartneringAgainstOpponentsW/LResult
2023 F Nov 2023 Seville (ESP)Hard (i) Ela Nala Milić Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Kimberly Birrell
Storm Hunter 		L5–7, 7–6(2), [5–10]
Ela Nala Milić Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Anna Danilina
Zhibek Kulambayeva 		L6–2, 4–6, [7–10]

Multi-sports event

Erjavec made her debut representing Slovenia in multi-sports event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, she won the women's singles bronze medal.

Singles: 1 (bronze medal)

Result   Date   TournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Bronze medal.svg BronzeJune 2018 Mediterranean Games, Tarragona, SpainClay Flag of Italy.svg Lucia Bronzetti 2–6, 6–4, 6–3

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