Andreja Klepač

Andreja Klepač
Country (sports)	Slovenia
Residence	Koper, Slovenia
Born	13 March 1986; Koper, Slovenia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$2,003,161
Singles
Career record	217–231
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 99 (14 July 2008)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2007)
French Open	Q2 (2007)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2007)
US Open	1R (2007, 2008)
Doubles
Career record	356–314
Career titles	8 WTA, 13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 12 (16 July 2018)
Current ranking	No. 30 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2015, 2019)
French Open	QF (2018)
Wimbledon	3R (2017)
US Open	QF (2015, 2016, 2017)
Other doubles tournaments
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2016)
French Open	QF (2017)
Wimbledon	QF (2016)
US Open	1R (2015)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	12–23
	Last updated on: 31 March 2020.

Andreja Klepač (born 13 March 1986) is a professional Slovenian tennis player. On 14 July 2008, Klepač reached her best singles rankings of world number 99. On 16 July 2018, she peaked at world number 12 in the doubles rankings.

Career

She has made one WTA Tour singles final in Budapest in 2008 and won five WTA Tour doubles titles and appeared in six other finals.[1] [2] [3] [4]

In July 2013, she won her first WTA doubles title in Bad Gastein with Sandra Klemenschits.[5]

In 2015, she reached the quarterfinals at Australian Open with Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and US Open[6][7] with Lara Arruabarrena.[8]

In 2018 she has been playing together with María José Martínez Sánchez. They reached three finals, defeating in the way to them top pairs like Latisha Chan/Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková (Brisbane) and Timea Babos/Kristina Mladenovic (Doha). They lost tie-breakers in the semi-final of Madrid Masters against Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina.

Significant finals

Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 Finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	2018	Doha	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko	3–6, 3–6
Winner	2019	Cincinnati	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs	6–4, 6–1

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (0–1)

Titles by Surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	13 July 2008	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Alizé Cornet	6–7^(5–7), 3–6

Doubles: 17 (8 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
WTA Elite Trophy (1–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (1–1)
Tier II / Premier (2–2)
Tier III, IV & V / International (4–6)

Titles by Surface
Hard (5–6)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	23 September 2007	Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož, Slovenia	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová	7–5, 4–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	2.	19 April 2009	Barcelona Ladies Open, Spain	Clay	Sorana Cîrstea	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	6–3, 2–6, [8–10]
Winner	1.	21 July 2013	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Kristina Barrois Eleni Daniilidou	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	13 July 2014	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	María Teresa Torró Flor	Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková	6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Winner	2.	20 July 2014	Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden	Clay	María Teresa Torró Flor	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	6–1, 6–1
Winner	3.	23 August 2014	Connecticut Open, New Haven, United States	Hard	Sílvia Soler Espinosa	Marina Erakovic Arantxa Parra Santonja	7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	4.	12 October 2014	Tianjin Open, China	Hard	Sorana Cîrstea	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova	7–6^(8–6), 2–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	5.	8 August 2015	Citi Open, Washington, United States	Hard	Lara Arruabarrena	Belinda Bencic Kristina Mladenovic	5–7, 6–7^(7–9)
Winner	4.	27 September 2015	Kia Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Lara Arruabarrena	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Runner-up	6.	18 October 2015	Hong Kong Open, Hong Kong	Hard	Lara Arruabarrena	Alizé Cornet Yaroslava Shvedova	5–7, 4–6
Winner	5.	23 September 2017	Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Daria Gavrilova Daria Kasatkina	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	6 January 2018	Brisbane International, Australia	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Kiki Bertens Demi Schuurs	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	18 February 2018	Qatar Ladies Open, Doha, Qatar	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	8 April 2018	Charleston Open, United States	Clay (green)	María José Martínez Sánchez	Alla Kudryavtseva Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 3–6
Winner	6.	24 June 2018	Mallorca Open, Spain	Grass	María José Martínez Sánchez	Lucie Šafářová Barbora Štefková	6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
Winner	7.	17 August 2019	Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs	6–4, 6–1
Winner	8.	27 October 2019	WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai, China	Hard (i)	Lyudmyla Kichenok	Duan Yingying Yang Zhaoxuan	6–3, 6–3

ITF Career Finals

Singles: 7 (3–4)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	23 August 2004	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Maša Zec Peškirič	6–2, 7–5
Winner	1.	25 April 2005	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Dominika Cibulková	6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	27 March 2006	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Katerina Avdiyenko	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	11 July 2006	Torun, Poland	Clay	Joanna Sakowicz	6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	18 July 2006	Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine	Clay	Kristina Antoniychuk	6–3, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–4
Winner	3.	22 August 2006	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Dia Evtimova	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	8 March 2011	Irapuato, Mexico	Hard	Marina Erakovic	7–5, 6–4

Doubles 21 (13–8)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	25 April 2005	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Anett Kaasik	Meryem El Haddad Habiba Ifrakh	6–0, 6–2
Winner	2.	6 September 2005	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Nika Ožegović	Kelly Liggan Seda Noorlander	6–3, 6–3
Winner	3.	27 March 2006	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Petra Cetkovská	Katerina Avdiyenko Kristina Grigorian	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	28 June 2006	Padova, Italy	Clay	Larissa Carvalho	Darija Jurak Renata Voráčová	6–4, 6–3
Winner	4.	11 July 2006	Torun, Poland	Clay	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	Edina Gallovits-Hall Lenka Tvarošková	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–4
Winner	5.	29 August 2006	Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands	Clay	Danica Krstajić	Leslie Butkiewicz Caroline Maes	6–2, 7–6⁽¹⁾
Winner	6.	2 April 2007	Putignano, Italy	Hard	Monica Niculescu	Jessica Kirkland Carmen Klaschka	6–2, 7–5
Winner	7.	30 July 2007	Rimini, Italy	Clay	Maret Ani	Karolina Jovanović Mervana Jugić-Salkić	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	2.	22 September 2009	Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Aurélie Védy	Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin	6–3 ret.
Winner	8.	2 December 2009	Přerov, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Sandra Klemenschits	Darija Jurak Katalin Marosi	7–6⁽³⁾, 3–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	3.	3 May 2010	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán	Bianca Botto Amanda Carreras	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Winner	9.	1 June 2010	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Tadeja Majerič	Alexandra Panova Ksenia Pervak	6–3, 7–6⁽⁶⁾
Winner	10.	14 June 2010	Padova, Italy	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Claudia Giovine Valentina Sulpizio	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Winner	11.	21 June 2010	Getxo, Spain	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Lu Jingjing Laura Siegemund	6–0, 6–0
Runner-up	4.	29 June 2010	Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Sorana Cîrstea	Eva Birnerová Lucie Hradecká	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Runner-up	5.	7 September 2010	Biella, Italy	Clay	Aurélie Védy	Mariya Koryttseva Raluca Olaru	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	14 September 2010	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Eva Birnerová	Claudia Giovine Karin Knapp	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 7–5, [13–11]
Runner-up	7.	4 October 2010	Jounieh, Lebanon	Clay	Eva Birnerová	Petra Cetkovská Renata Voráčová	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	28 June 2011	Torun, Poland	Clay	Edina Gallovits-Hall	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon Tatjana Malek	6–2, 7–5
Winner	12.	8 August 2011	Kazan, Russia	Hard	Ekaterina Lopes	Vitalia Diatchenko Alexandra Panova	walkover
Winner	13.	4 June 2013	Marseille, France	Clay	Sandra Klemenschits	Asia Muhammad Allie Will	1–6, 6–4, [10–5]

Women's doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	3R	1R	1R	QF	1R	3R	1R	QF	1R	10–9
French Open	2R	A	A	1R	A	2R	1R	3R	3R	QF	3R		11–8
Wimbledon	Q1	A	1R	2R	A	1R	1R	1R	3R	3R	1R		5–8
US Open	A	A	3R	1R	2R	1R	QF	QF	QF	1R	1R		12–9

World TeamTennis

Klepac has played four seasons with World TeamTennis starting in 2016 when she debuted in the league with the Washington Kastles. In 2017, she played her first season for the Orange County Breakers and was named the Female MVP of the 2017 World TeamTennis Finals after leading the Breakers to the title. She played for Breakers for the 2018 and 2019 seasons as well. It was announced that she will be joining the Orange County Breakers during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12.[9]

References

admin (27 September 2015). "Irina-Camelia Begu Conquers Seoul". WTA Tennis.
admin (9 October 2014). "Zheng Saisai's Big Breakthrough". WTA Tennis.
admin (23 August 2014). "Kvitova Storms To New Haven Title". WTA Tennis.
admin (20 July 2014). "Barthel Brings It Home In Bastad". WTA Tennis.
admin (21 July 2013). "Speechless Meusburger Wins Bad Gastein". WTA Tennis.
"US Open, Errani-Pennetta in semifinale di doppio". sport.leggo.it.
"US Open Doubles Preview: Mirza-Hingis, Murray-Peers on court tonight". 8 September 2015.
admin (23 January 2015). "Hingis & Pennetta Dodge Upset Bug". WTA Tennis.
"World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. 16 June 2020.

External links

Andreja Klepač at the Women's Tennis Association
Andreja Klepač at the International Tennis Federation
Andreja Klepač at the Fed Cup

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[1] (27 September 2015). "Irina-Camelia Begu Conquers Seoul". WTA Tennis.

[2] (9 October 2014). "Zheng Saisai's Big Breakthrough". WTA Tennis.

[3] (23 August 2014). "Kvitova Storms To New Haven Title". WTA Tennis.

[4] (20 July 2014). "Barthel Brings It Home In Bastad". WTA Tennis.

[5] (21 July 2013). "Speechless Meusburger Wins Bad Gastein". WTA Tennis.

[6] "US Open, Errani-Pennetta in semifinale di doppio". sport.leggo.it.

[7] "US Open Doubles Preview: Mirza-Hingis, Murray-Peers on court tonight". 8 September 2015.

[8] (23 January 2015). "Hingis & Pennetta Dodge Upset Bug". WTA Tennis.

[9] "World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. 16 June 2020.