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Danka Kovinić
Montenegrin tennis player

Danka Kovinić

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Montenegrin tennis player
Work field
Gender
Female
Place of birth
Cetinje
Age
29 years
Residence
Herceg Novi
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Biography

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 68 on 06 Jun 2016.

2010–2015

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

Her first WTA doubles match was at Bogotá, Colombia in April 2014, and she won her first WTA doubles tournament, with Stephanie Vogt, in July 2015 at Bad Gastein, Austria.

2016

In doubles play she advanced to two finals, with Barbora Strýcová at Auckland in January, and with Xenia Knoll at the İstanbul Cup in April. At the same time, she also reached the singles final in İstanbul. The next month, playing number 10 seed Petra Kvitová 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)
OutcomeNo.DateChampionshipSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore in the final
Runner-up1.October 18, 2015Tianjin Open, Tianjin, ChinaHardPoland Agnieszka Radwańska1–6, 2–6
Runner-up2.April 24, 2016Istanbul Cup, Istanbul, TurkeyClayTurkey Çağla Büyükakçay6–3, 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)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.26 July 2015Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, AustriaClayLiechtenstein Stephanie VogtSpain Lara Arruabarrena
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Runner-up1.9 January 2016ASB Classic, Auckland, New ZealandHardCzech Republic Barbora StrýcováBelgium Elise Mertens
Belgium An-Sophie Mestach
6–2, 3–6, [5–10]
Runner-up2.24 April 2016Istanbul Cup, Istanbul, TurkeyClaySwitzerland Xenia KnollRomania Andreea Mitu
Turkey İpek Soylu
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ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles finals: 12 (9–3)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore in the final
Winner1.10 October 2010Dobrich, BulgariaClayBulgaria Isabella Shinikova6–4, 6–3
Runner-up1.12 June 2011Nyíregyháza, HungaryClayCzech Republic Simona Dobrá4–6, 2–6
Winner2.26 June 2011Balş, RomaniaClayRomania Alice-Andrada Radu6–0, 6–1
Runner-up2.11 September 2011Podgorica, MontenegroClayArgentina Paula Ormaechea1–6, 1–6
Winner3.13 April 2012Tlemcen, AlgeriaClayRussia Alexandra Romanova6–2, 6–2
Winner4.8 July 2012Toruń, PolandClayPoland Paula Kania6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Winner5.22 June 2013Ystad, SwedenClayAustria Melanie Klaffner6–3, 6–3
Winner6.30 June 2013Kristinehamn, SwedenClayBosnia and Herzegovina Jasmina Tinjić6–1, 7–5
Winner7.18 May 2014Saint-Gaudens, FranceClayFrance Pauline Parmentier6–1, 6–2
Runner-up3.8 March 2015Curitiba, BrazilClaySpain Lourdes Domínguez Lino6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Winner8.10 May 2015Trnava, SlovakiaClayRussia Margarita Gasparyan7–5, 6–3
Winner9.5 June 2016Marseille, FranceClayChinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei6–2, 6–3

Doubles finals: 6 (2–4)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents in the finalScore in the final
Runners-up1.11 September 2011Podgorica, MontenegroClayMontenegro Danica KrstajićItaly Corinna Dentoni
Argentina Florencia Molinero
4–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Runners-up2.29 October 2011Lagos, NigeriaCarpet (i)Ukraine Elina SvitolinaAustria Melanie Klaffner
Romania Ágnes Szatmári
0–6, 7–6, [5–10]
Runners-up3.13 April 2013Mamaia, RomaniaClaySlovenia Tadeja MajeričRomania Elena Bogdan
Romania Raluca Olaru
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Runners-up4.1 September 2012La Marsa, TunisiaClayBrazil Laura PigossiHungary Réka-Luca Jani
Russia Eugeniya Pashkova
3–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Winners5.25 May 2012Caserta, ItalyClayCzech Republic Renata VoráčováRomania Elena Bogdan
Romania Cristina Dinu
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Winners6.13 February 2015São Paulo, BrazilClayRomania Andreea MituArgentina Tatiana Búa
Brazil Paula Cristina Gonçalves
6–2, 7–5
Winners7.10? July 2015Contrexéville, FranceClayGeorgia (country) Oksana KalashnikovaFrance Irina Ramialison
France Constance Sibille
2–6, 6–3, [10–6]

Other finals

Singles

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentsScore
Gold2015Games of the Small States of EuropeClayLiechtenstein Kathinka von Deichmann6–0, 6–1

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Tournament2014201520162017SRW–L
Australian OpenQ3Q12R2R0 / 22–2
French Open1R2R1R0 / 31–3
WimbledonQ31R1R0 / 20–2
US OpenQ12R1R0 / 21–2
Total0–12–31–41–10 / 94–9

Doubles

Tournament201520162017SRW–L
Australian OpenA2R2R0 / 22–2
French OpenA1R0 / 10–1
WimbledonA1R0 / 10–1
US Open1R2R0 / 21–2
Total0–12–41–10 / 63–6

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