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.[1] 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.[2][3]
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) |
|
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
Grand Slam performance timeline
Singles
References
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