Danka Kovinić (Montenegrin: Данка Ковинић; born 18 November 1994) is a Montenegrin professional tennis player.
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Residence | Herceg Novi, Montenegro | ||||||||||
Born | (1994-11-18) 18 November 1994 (age 27)[1] Cetinje, Republic of Montenegro, FR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||
Turned pro | 2010 | ||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||
Coach | Nemanja Plavšić | ||||||||||
Prize money | US$ 2,621,250 | ||||||||||
Singles | |||||||||||
Career record | 344–270 (56.0%) | ||||||||||
Career titles | 0 WTA, 13 ITF | ||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 46 (22 February 2016) | ||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 83 (18 July 2022) | ||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||
Australian Open | 3R (2022) | ||||||||||
French Open | 3R (2022) | ||||||||||
Wimbledon | 1R (2015, 2016, 2017) | ||||||||||
US Open | 2R (2015, 2020) | ||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||
Career record | 131–123 (51.6%) | ||||||||||
Career titles | 1 WTA, 4 ITF | ||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 67 (20 June 2016) | ||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 198 (18 July 2022) | ||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||
Australian Open | 2R (2016, 2017, 2021) | ||||||||||
French Open | 1R (2016, 2020, 2021) | ||||||||||
Wimbledon | 1R (2016) | ||||||||||
US Open | 2R (2016, 2021) | ||||||||||
Team competitions | |||||||||||
Fed Cup | 21–7 (75.0%) | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 21 July 2022. |
On 22 February 2016, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 46, and on 20 June 2016, she peaked at No. 67 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Kovinić started playing as a professional in 2010. Her first WTA Tour tournament in singles was the 2013 Budapest Grand Prix, where she became the first Montenegrin to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA event.[2]
Her first Grand Slam match wins in singles came at the 2015 French Open and the 2015 US Open, and she reached her first WTA Tour singles final at the Tianjin Open, in October 2015.
Her first match in doubles on the WTA Tour was at Bogotá, in April 2014. She won her first WTA Tour doubles title with Stephanie Vogt, in July 2015 at Bad Gastein.
Kovinić started the season at the Auckland Open. She lost in the first round to third seed Caroline Wozniacki.[3] In doubles, she and Barbora Strýcová reached the final in which they lost to Elise Mertens and An-Sophie Mestach.[4] At the Hobart International, Kovinić was defeated in the first round by Australian wildcard Kimberly Birrell.[5] At the Australian Open, Kovinić made it to the second round and lost to 14th seed and two-time champion, Victoria Azarenka.[6]
Seeded third at the Rio Open, Kovinić advanced to the quarterfinals where she was defeated by wildcard Sorana Cîrstea.[7] Seeded seventh at the Abierto Mexicano, she lost in the second round to Christina McHale.[8] Seeded seventh at the Monterrey Open, she was defeated in the first round by qualifier Nicole Gibbs.[9] At the Indian Wells Open, Kovinić faced eighth seed Petra Kvitová in the second round. She pushed Kvitová to three sets but ended up losing the match.[10] At the Miami Open, Kovinić was defeated in the second round by 24th seed Johanna Konta.[11]
At the Australian Open, Kovinić lost in the first round to 16th seed Elise Mertens.[12]
At the Mexican Open, she was defeated in the first round by Kateryna Bondarenko.[13] At the Monterrey Open, she lost in the first round to top seed and eventual champion Elina Svitolina.[14]
In August, Kovinić played at the Cincinnati Open where she was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Vera Zvonareva. At the US Open, she made it to the second round and lost to 24th seed Magda Linette.[15]
In January, she started her Australian tour at the Gippsland Trophy with a win against Tamara Zidanšek, before losing to Jeļena Ostapenko in the next round. After that, she played at the Australian Open where she lost in the first round against top seed and world No. 1, Ashleigh Barty. Her next tournament was the Phillip Island Trophy where she played against 13th seed Marie Bouzková and retired during the second set after winning the first.
In March, Danka made the round of 16 at the Abierto Zapopan in Guadalajara, Mexico where she was defeated in straight sets by Lauren Davis. During the tournament, she suffered a back injury and had to pull out of Monterrey Open and Miami Open.
In April, Kovinic made it into the quarterfinals of the Charleston Open by beating third seeded Petra Kvitová in straight sets in the round of 16. It was her third victory over a player who was ranked inside top 10. In the next round, she defeated 11th seed Yulia Putintseva to reach her first WTA 500 semifinal. After that, she beat 12th seeded Ons Jabeur in straight sets, to book a place in her third career final which she lost to Veronika Kudermetova.
After that, she entered the MUSC Health Open in Charleston where she reached her second consecutive WTA semifinal by beating Viktoriya Tomova in straight sets, seventh seeded Lauren Davis in the round of 16, and Shelby Rogers in the quarterfinals. She then lost to the top seed Ons Jabeur.
In January, she started her Australian tour at the Melbourne Summer Set with a straight-sets win in qualifying against Alexandra Osborne, before withdrawing due to injury in the next round. At Adelaide, she lost in the first round to Maddison Inglis, in three sets.
At the Australian Open, she won in the first round against Jang Su-jeong, before she defeated reigning US Open champion Emma Raducanu in three sets to reach the third round, her best result at a Grand Slam.[16] In the next round, she was defeated by the former world No. 1, Simona Halep. With this result, she became the first player from Montenegro to reach the third round of a Grand Slam championship.[17]
In Indian Wells, Danka beat Jil Teichmann in the first round, while in the second round she had a surprising top-10 win over seventh seed Karolína Plíšková, before losing to Ludmilla Samsonova in the third round.
At Roland Garros, she avenged her loss in Indian Wells and beat 25th seed Ludmilla Samsonova in the first round. She managed to beat Anna Karolína Schmiedlová in straight sets, before losing to top seed and world No. 1, Iga Swiatek, in the third round.
Danka was supposed to play at Wimbledon against Sonay Kartal in the first round, but was forced to withdraw at the very last moment, due to low back problems.[18]
At US Open 2022, Danka lost in the first round to Serena Williams, which was the last professional tournament of Serena's career.
In October, Danka reached the semifinals of Emilia-Romagna Open by beating Océane Dodin, Jasmine Paolini and Sloane Stephens. In the semifinals she lost to number 1 seed Maria Sakkari.
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[19]
Current through the 2022 Emilia-Romagna Open.
Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | Q3 | Q1 | 2R | 2R | Q2 | Q3 | 1R | 1R | 3R | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | 44% |
French Open | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 3R | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | 36% |
Wimbledon | A | Q3 | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q3 | Q2 | NH | A | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
US Open | Q2 | Q1 | 2R | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0 / 20 | 10–20 | 33% |
WTA 1000 | |||||||||||||
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] | A | Q2 | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | NH | 1R | 3R | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% |
Miami Open | A | A | Q2 | 2R | 1R | A | A | NH | A | 1R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | NH | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
Italian Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[lower-alpha 2] | A | A | 1R | 1R | Q1 | A | A | NH | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | ||
China Open | A | A | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | A | A | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||
Tournaments | 2 | 12 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 11 | Career total: 108 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Career total: 3 | ||
Overall win–loss | 2–2 | 6–12 | 15–13 | 18–23 | 3–16 | 3–5 | 2–3 | 5–7 | 12–16 | 9–11 | 0 / 108 | 75–108 | 41% |
Year-end ranking | 170 | 109 | 58 | 74 | 118 | 182 | 88 | 77 | 95 | $2,433,880 |
Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | ... | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L |
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Australian Open | A | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | |
French Open | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | |
Wimbledon | A | 1R | A | NH | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
US Open | 1R | 2R | A | A | 2R | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | |
Win–loss | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0 / 11 | 5–11 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2015 | Tianjin Open, China | International[lower-alpha 3] | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2016 | İstanbul Cup, Turkey | International | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Apr 2021 | Charleston Open, United States | WTA 500 | Clay (green) | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 2015 | Gastein Ladies, Austria | International | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, [10–3] |
Loss | 1–1 | Jan 2016 | Auckland Open, New Zealand | International | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 3–6, [5–10] |
Loss | 1–2 | Apr 2016 | İstanbul Cup, Turkey | International | Clay | ![]() |
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w/o |
Loss | 1–3 | Jul 2018 | Bucharest Open, Romania | International | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 1–4 | Sep 2018 | Guangzhou Open, China | International | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, [4–10] |
Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | Jul 2019 | Bastad Open, Sweden | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2019 | Bastad Open, Sweden | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 7–6(7–4), [7–10] |
Loss | 0–2 | Nov 2019 | Taipei Open, Taiwan | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, [7–10] |
Legend |
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$100,000 tournaments (4–2) |
$80,000 tournaments (0–1) |
$60,000 tournaments (1–1) |
$25,000 tournaments (5–3) |
$10,000 tournaments (3–1) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2010 | ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 1–1 | Jun 2011 | ITF Nyíregyháza, Hungary | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 2–1 | Jun 2011 | ITF Balş, Romania | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–0, 6–1 |
Loss | 2–2 | Sep 2011 | ITF Podgorica, Montenegro | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 1–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Apr 2012 | ITF Tlemcen, Algeria | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 4–2 | Jul 2012 | Bella Cup Toruń, Poland | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 4–6, 6–3 |
Win | 5–2 | Jun 2013 | ITF Ystad, Sweden | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 6–2 | Jun 2013 | ITF Kristinehamn, Sweden | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 7–5 |
Win | 7–2 | May 2014 | Open Saint-Gaudens, France | 50,000[lower-alpha 4] | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 7–3 | Mar 2015 | ITF Curitiba, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 8–3 | May 2015 | Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia | 100,000 | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 9–3 | Jun 2016 | Open de Marseille, France | 100,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 9–4 | Jun 2017 | Hódmezövásárhely Open, Hungary | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 9–5 | Jul 2017 | Budapest Ladies Open, Hungary | 100,000 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 9–6 | Aug 2017 | Vancouver Open, Canada | 100,000 | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 1–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 9–7 | Mar 2019 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
0–6, 2–6 |
Win | 10–7 | Mar 2019 | ITF Campinas, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
Win | 11–7 | Jun 2019 | ITF Ystad, Sweden | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 11–8 | Jul 2019 | Open de Biarritz, France | 80,000 | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 7–5, 5–7 |
Win | 12–8 | Oct 2019 | Székesfehérvár Open, Hungary | 100,000 | Clay (i) | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
Win | 13–8 | May 2022 | Wiesbaden Open, Germany | 100,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 7–6(7–0) |
Legend |
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$100,000 tournaments (1–0) |
$60,000 tournaments (0–3) |
$25,000 tournaments (3–4) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2011 | Royal Cup Podgorica, Montenegro | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–5, [5–10] |
Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2011 | ITF Lagos, Nigeria | 25,000 | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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0–6, 7–6, [5–10] |
Loss | 0–3 | Apr 2013 | ITF Mamaia, Romania | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(4–7), 3–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | Sep 2012 | ITF La Marsa, Tunisia | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–4, [5–10] |
Win | 1–4 | May 2012 | ITF Caserta, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–6(7–3) |
Win | 2–4 | Feb 2015 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–5 |
Win | 3–4 | Jul 2015 | ITF Contrexéville, France | 100,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
Loss | 3–5 | Mar 2018 | Zhuhai Open, China | 60,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 3–6 | Mar 2018 | Pingshan Open, China | 60,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–1, [7–10] |
Loss | 3–7 | Jun 2018 | Hódmezövásárhely Open, Hungary | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 4–7 | Mar 2019 | ITF Campinas, Brazil | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Gold | 2015 | Games of the Small States of Europe | Clay | ![]() |
6–0, 6–1 |
Season | 2016 | ... | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Total |
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Wins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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No. 8 | Madrid Open, Spain | Clay | 1R | 6–4, 6–2 |
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No. 10 | Italian Open | Clay | 2R | 6–3, 6–1 |
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No. 8 | Indian Wells Open, United States | Hard | 2R | 2–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
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Sportsperson of The Year |
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Young Male Athlete of The Year |
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Young Female Athlete of The Year |
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Men's Team of The Year |
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Women's Team of The Year |
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