Danka Kovinić

Danka Kovinić

File:Danka Kovinić 4, 2015 Wimbledon Championships - Diliff.jpg Kovinić at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Montenegro
Residence	Herceg Novi, Montenegro
Born	(1994-11-18.) 18 November 1994 Cetinje, FR Yugoslavia
Height
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es)	Svetko Bjelotomić Veljko Radojicić
Prize money	USD$ 732,709
Singles
Career record	193–126
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 46 (22 February 2016)
Current ranking	No. 59 (23 May 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2016)
French Open	2R (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2015)
US Open	2R (2015)
Doubles
Career record	65–55
Career titles	1 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 69 (23 May 2016)
Current ranking	No. 69 (23 May 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2016)
French Open	1R (2016)
US Open	1R (2015)
Medal record Games of the Small States of Europe 2015 Reykjavík Singles 2015 Reykjavík Mixed Doubles
Last updated on: 23 May 2016.

Danka Kovinić (Serbian: Данка Ковинић; born 18 November 1994) is a professional Montenegrin tennis player and member of the Montenegro Fed Cup team.

On 22 February 2016, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 46, whilst her best doubles ranking was 69 on 23 May 2016.

2010–2015

Kovinić started playing professionally in 2010. Her first WTA tournament was the 2013 Budapest Grand Prix. By reaching the quarterfinals, before losing to Chanelle Scheepers, Kovinic became the first ever Montenegrin to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA event. Her first Grand Slam wins were at the 2015 French Open and the 2015 US Open, and she reached her first WTA final at the Tianjin Open in 2015.

2016

She reached her second WTA final in April at the 2016 İstanbul Cup. The next month, playing number 10 seed Petra Kvitova in the first round of the 2016 French Open, she came within two points of winning the match.

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (0–2)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	October 18, 2015	Tianjin Open, Tianjin, China	Hard	Agnieszka Radwańska	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	April 24, 2016	Istanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey	Clay	Çağla Büyükakçay	6–3, 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (1–2)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	26 July 2015	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Stephanie Vogt	Lara Arruabarrena Lucie Hradecká	4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Runner-up	1.	9 January 2016	ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Barbora Strýcová	Elise Mertens An-Sophie Mestach	6–2, 3–6, [5–10]
Runner-up	2.	24 April 2016	Istanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Andreea Mitu İpek Soylu	walkover

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles finals: 11 (8–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	10 October 2010	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Isabella Shinikova	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	12 June 2011	Nyíregyháza, Hungary	Clay	Simona Dobrá	4–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	26 June 2011	Balş, Romania	Clay	Alice-Andrada Radu	6–0, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	11 September 2011	Podgorica, Montenegro	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	1–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	13 April 2012	Tlemcen, Algeria	Clay	Alexandra Romanova	6–2, 6–2
Winner	4.	8 July 2012	Toruń, Poland	Clay	Paula Kania	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	5.	22 June 2013	Ystad, Sweden	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	6–3, 6–3
Winner	6.	30 June 2013	Kristinehamn, Sweden	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	6–1, 7–5
Winner	7.	18 May 2014	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Pauline Parmentier	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	8 March 2015	Curitiba, Brazil	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Winner	8.	10 May 2015	Trnava, Slovakia	Clay	Margarita Gasparyan	7–5, 6–3

Doubles finals: 6 (2–4)

$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 in the final
Runners-up	1.	11 September 2011	Podgorica, Montenegro	Clay	Danica Krstajić	Corinna Dentoni Florencia Molinero	4–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Runners-up	2.	29 October 2011	Lagos, Nigeria	Carpet (i)	Elina Svitolina	Melanie Klaffner Ágnes Szatmári	0–6, 7–6, [5–10]
Runners-up	3.	13 April 2013	Mamaia, Romania	Clay	Tadeja Majerič	Elena Bogdan Raluca Olaru	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Runners-up	4.	1 September 2012	La Marsa, Tunisia	Clay	Laura Pigossi	Réka-Luca Jani Eugeniya Pashkova	3–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Winners	5.	25 May 2012	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Elena Bogdan Cristina Dinu	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Winners	6.	13 February 2015	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Andreea Mitu	Tatiana Búa Paula Cristina Gonçalves	6–2, 7–5

Other finals

Singles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponents	Score
Gold	2015	Games of the Small States of Europe	Clay	Kathinka von Deichmann	6–0, 6–1

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L
Australian Open	Q3	Q1	2R	0 / 1	1–1
French Open	1R	2R	1R	0 / 3	1–3
Wimbledon	Q3	1R		0 / 1	0–1
US Open	Q1	2R		0 / 1	1–1
Total	0–1	2–3	1–2	0 / 6	3–6

External links

• Danka Kovinić at the Women's Tennis Association
• Danka Kovinić at the Fed Cup