Aleksandra Krunić

Aleksandra Krunić (; born 15 March 1993) is a Serbian professional tennis player. She was a doubles finalist at the 2025 and 2026 French Open and at the 2026 Australian Open, partnering Anna Danilina. She has a career-high doubles rankings of world No. 4, achieved in May 2026. Her best singles ranking is No. 39, reached in June 2018. Krunić has won ten WTA Tour titles combined, one in singles and nine in doubles, along with one WTA 125 singles title.

Personal life Krunić was born to Bratislav and Ivana Krunić in Moscow and has a sister named Anastasia. In 2006, Krunić reached the semifinals of junior Kremlin Cup, losing to Dalia Zafirova. The following year, she won junior events in Podgorica, Livorno and Maia.

In 2009, she played the second round of Australian Open in girls' singles and the final of girls' doubles event, partnering with Sandra Zaniewska. The two lost to Christina McHale and Ajla Tomljanović in the super-tiebreaker. She reached the second round of both girls' singles and doubles at the French Open, and lost in the first round of girls' singles at Wimbledon. Krunić also partnered with Tamara Čurović at the girls' doubles, however, they lost in the first round to Tímea Babos and Ajla Tomljanović. In April 2009, she reached her highest junior ranking when she was ranked world No. 17.

Although she had decided not to play juniors anymore, Krunić took part in the European Championships organized by both ITF and Tennis Europe, along with Bojana Jovanovski and Doroteja Erić in the team of Serbia. In October 2008, she played two ITF events in Dubrovnik losing both times in the first round.

Krunić was invited by Serbia Fed Cup team coach Dejan Vraneš to join the team for the 2009 Fed Cup World Group play-offs versus Spain. Jelena Janković and Ana Ivanović secured Serbia's 4–0 win. Krunić debuted in a doubles match played on 25 April 2009, along with Ana Jovanović, and they were down 6–2, 1–0 against Llagostera Vives and Domínguez Lino, when the match was cancelled due to rain. In 2009, Krunić won a total of three ITF titles, including first in doubles. On 14 September 2009, she was ranked No. 795.

In January 2010, Krunić won her fourth ITF tournament in Quanzhou, China defeating domestic player Zhou Yimiao in the final, beating top seed and compatriot Bojana Jovanovski in semifinal. In May, she won ITF singles title in Moscow and was the doubles runner-up. Krunić made her WTA Tour debut at the Slovenia Open, playing doubles with world No. 2 and compatriot Janković. She lost her debut singles match against world No. 84, Rebecca Marino, in three sets. Krunić played the final doubles match with Bojana Jovanovski, beating Fichman and Pelletier to guarantee Serbia the spot in the World Group Play Offs. Serbia won that tie 3–2 against Slovakia, after Krunić and Janković having beaten Hantuchová and Rybáriková in three sets, rallying from 2–6, 1–5. With this win, Serbia qualified for the World Group.

In May 2011, Krunić qualified for the 100k Sparta Prague Open and reached the semifinals, before losing to world No. 10, Petra Kvitová, in straight sets. At Wimbledon and the US Open, she lost in qualifying. Krunić qualified for her first WTA Tour singles event in Budapest. She was leading against Nina Bratchikova 7–5, 1–0, when Bratchikova retired. Krunić lost her following match to third seed Klára Zakopalová. She played in Tashkent, and after qualification, Krunić won her second tour match, losing just one game to Kamila Farhad, before losing to Sorana Cîrstea, in two tight sets.

At the 2012 Australian Open, Krunić failed to qualify in the final round against Lesia Tsurenko. In February, she was again a part of the Fed Cup team; she lost to Yanina Wickmayer but won in doubles with Bojana Jovanovski to claim a historic victory for Serbia. In 2012, Krunić won one ITF title and lost one final in both singles and doubles. At the next Grand Slam tournaments, she failed to qualify. In Baku, Krunić reached her first tour main draw of the season and finished as a quarterfinalist for the first time. She beat fourth seed Andrea Hlaváčková, and in the second round Laura Pous Tió, but lost in three sets to eventual champion Bojana Jovanovski.

2013: Major debut Krunić started season playing at the Australian Open qualifying, losing to Maria Elena Camerin in the third set. At WTA Tour events in Bogotá and Acapulco, Krunić did not qualify. In Irapuato, Mexico, she beat Olga Savchuk for her first ITF title of the year and seventh overall, dropping not a single set in the entire tournament. She played four clay-court tournaments and the best result was in Trnava, Slovakia when she reached semifinals beating top 100 player and top seed Jana Čepelová in the first round, but Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová was better in two sets in the semifinal. At the French Open, she lost in three sets to Mariana Duque Marino in the second qualifying round.

After missing Wimbledon, Krunić played in WTA Tour events in Budapest and Baku without qualifying. In Baku, she was the only player who won a set against eventual champion Elina Svitolina. In doubles, Krunić played alongside Eleni Daniilidou and reached her first tour doubles final but they lost in three sets. US Open was the first major where she qualified for the main draw – she beat Carina Witthöft, Daria Gavrilova and Louisa Chirico, all in two sets. But in the first round, CoCo Vandeweghe was better in two sets. Week after US Open, she played an event in Trabzon, Turkey and won her last ITF title of the season, beating Stéphanie Foretz Gacon in the final. At the WTA events in Linz and Luxembourg, she had to qualify. In Linz, she did it but lost to lucky loser Maryna Zanevska, in three sets. In doubles, Krunić won three ITF titles during the season and lost in two finals.

2014: Top 100, WTA Tour doubles title In first round of qualifying at the Australian Open, Krunić lost to Zarina Diyas in three sets. In January, she qualified for the Pattaya Open, but then lost to Nicha Lertpitaksinchai. Next she played three ITF events and best result was quarterfinal where she lost to Timea Bacsinszky. In the WTA Tour event in Katowice, Krunić didn't qualify for the main draw, but she beat former top-30 player Tamira Paszek. In Kuala Lumpur, she lost in the first round to Karolína Plíšková in two sets. On clay, she made it to the semifinals at two ITF tournaments. At French Open and Wimbledon, she failed to qualify. At the WTA Tour event in Bucharest, she beat Alexandra Panova in the first round, but lost in the second to world No. 3, Simona Halep, in a match full of breaks. Last prepare for US Open was at an ITF event in Poland where she lost in early round of singles, but won doubles title alongside Barbora Krejčíková.

At the US Open, Krunić again qualified for her second main-draw appearance. In the first round, she played against good friend Katarzyna Piter and won her first ever main-draw match at a major tournament. In the second round, 27th seed Madison Keys awaited. Although they finished the match with the same number of points, Krunić won in three sets and subsequently defeated third seed and reigning Wimbledon champion, Petra Kvitová in the third round in straight sets. With that win, she was guaranteed a world ranking in the top 100 for the first time. In the round of 16, Krunić lost to 16th seed and two time US Open finalist, Victoria Azarenka, in three sets. 18-time major champion Martina Navratilova said of Krunić during the match "what a find she is, what an athlete". During the tournament, Krunić's compatriots Janković, Ivanović and Jovanovski gave her advice and support. She was nominated a "Rising star of the month", but Belinda Bencic had more votes by 5%. Also, the match against Azarenka was one of ten matches nominated for Grand Slam match of the year award.

The Asian Swing started for Krunić in Tashkent. Despite losing to Lesia Tsurenko in the first round of singles, she managed to capture her first career title playing doubles alongside Siniaková. They beat all opponents in three sets en route to the final, where they beat Margarita Gasparyan and Alexandra Panova, in straight sets. In her hometown Moscow, she beat Caroline Garcia but lost to Tsvetana Pironkova in the second round. In doubles, Krunić and Siniaková beat top-seeded top-10 players Makarova and Vesnina in the first round.

2015–2018: Wimbledon & two US Open third rounds, top 50

Before the 2015 season, Krunić won an ITF title in Ankara in late December as the top seed, saving a few match points en route. In Shenzhen, she qualified and then in the second round won against Anna Schmiedlová, rallying from 3–6, 2–5 and saving match points. In the quarterfinal, eventual champion Simona Halep was better in straight sets. At the Australian Open, Krunić played her first major event without qualifying, and was beaten in first round by Lauren Davis. She beat Schmiedlová in Acapulco again, but lost her next four matches on hardcourt. In Prague on clay, she upset Mirjana Lučić-Baroni, but lost narrowly to Yanina Wickmayer. At the French Open, she lost to Yulia Putintseva.

Krunić started grass-court season playing in Birmingham, where she qualified and beat Heather Watson in the first round, but lost next to Svetlana Kuznetsova. She then had her best result of the year in terms of importance, as she reached the third round of Wimbledon with wins over 19th seed Sara Errani and former world No. 11, Roberta Vinci. She lost to Venus Williams in straight sets.

Krunić returned to clay playing at the Bucharest Open where she reached the quarterfinals. She beat Elizaveta Kulichkova and Roberta Vinci again, losing just two games, but lost to Polona Hercog. However, she didn't win a match at her next six tournaments, including US Open loss to Danka Kovinić. She also played doubles alongside Janković and they reached third round but lost match for quarterfinal against fourth seeds Dellacqua and Shvedova, as they led 6–2, 4–2 and also 4–2 in third set.

She won her first match since six-match losing streak in Tashkent Open, beating Anett Kontaveit but lost to Jovanovski. At the next tournament in Linz, she won five matches to reach her third quarterfinal of the year. She won three qualifying rounds, including wins over Anastasija Sevastova and Kaia Kanepi, to reach the main draw. There she defeated previous month's US Open finalist, Roberta Vinci (for the third time in only five months) and Mona Barthel, before losing to eventual champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. She played at next event in Moscow but lost to Lesia Tsurenko.

Krunić reached a new career-high ranking of No. 62 in July, but finished the year at No. 96.

2022–2023: Serbian No. 1, injury, hiatus Coming back from wrist injury, Krunić qualified for the main draw at Roland Garros. She beat Kamilla Rakhimova in straight sets in the first round, before losing in the second to 29th seed Veronika Kudermetova.

In June, as a lucky loser she entered the main draw of Birmingham Classic, where she managed to beat Petra Martić in straight sets, in the first round, before losing to sixth seed Sorana Cîrstea. The following week, Krunić qualified for the main draw at the Eastbourne International where she lost in the first round, in three tight sets, to Australian Ajla Tomljanović. At Wimbledon, she met again 26th seed Sorana Cîrstea in the first round and lost in two tiebreak sets.

In July, Krunić beat Laura Siegemund in straight sets in the first round of the Budapest Grand Prix. In the second, she beat sixth seed Zhang Shuai, while in the quarterfinals she defeated Wang Xiyu. Next, she reached her third career singles final defeating third seed and defending champion Yulia Putintseva. She lost the final to Bernarda Pera. As a result, she returned to the top 100 becoming the Serbian female player No. 1. Her next tournament was the Hamburg European Open where she beat Sabine Lisicki, in straight sets, before losing to the fourth seed Aliaksandra Sasnovich.

At the US Open, she defeated Elina Avanesyan in straight sets in the first round. In the second, she managed to beat 23rd seed and Roland Garros 2021 champion Barbora Krejčíková to reach the third round for a fourth time at this major, before losing to Ludmilla Samsonova. As a result, she moved back into the top 75 after several years of absence. In September, Krunić was the top seed in qualifying for the Tallinn Open. In her first match, she was 6–4, 5–4 up against Eva Lys and serving for the match, when she tore her knee which resulted in total ACL rupture.

2024: Comeback, WTA Tour singles quarterfinal Ranked No. 400 and also using protected ranking at the Rosmalen Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, she recorded her first win after her comeback to the tour over Jessika Ponchet. Next, she reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal since 2022 and first on grass in six years, since she won the tournament, defeating top seed Jessica Pegula in three tight sets.

2025: Doubles: Major final and career titles Partnering Sabrina Santamaria, Krunić was runner-up in the doubles at the Auckland Open, losing to Jiang Xinyu and Wu Fang-hsien in the final.

In April, she won her seventh doubles title at Open de Rouen, again partnering Santamaria. In the final, they defeated top-seeded Irina Khromacheva and Linda Nosková in straight sets. In June, she reached the doubles final at the French Open with Anna Danilina. They lost in three sets to second seeds Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini.

In August, she paired up with Danilina again and won WTA 250 Tennis in the Land tournament, beating second seeds Chan Hao-ching and Jiang Xinyu in straight sets. At the 2025 US Open, she and Danilina lost in third round to Asia Muhammad and Demi Schuurs. With Danilina, Krunić reached the quarterfinals at the China Open where they lost to Priscilla Hon and Karolína Muchová in straight sets and were finalists at the Wuhan Open where they were defeated by Storm Hunter and Kateřina Siniaková.

In October, Krunić and Danilina reached the quarterfinals again at the Ningbo Open but lost to Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Liudmila Samsonova. They were also runners-up at the Pan Pacific Open. Krunić reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 17, on 27 October 2025. They defeated the fifth seeded pair of Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani to reach the final. As a result, Krunić reached the top 15 in the WTA doubles rankings on 2 February 2026. In singles, Krunić played qualifiers in both Adelaide and Doha but lost in the first round.

Following another semifinal showing with Danilina at the next Middle East tournament, the Dubai Championships, Krunić reached the top 10 at world No. 8, on 23 February 2026.

Seeded fifth with Danilina, she lost in the first round of the 2026 Miami Open to Jiang Xinyu and Xu Yifan. At the 2026 Charleston Open, Krunić paired up with Zhang Shuai in doubles and reached the quarterfinals, where they lost to the eventual champions, Desirae Krawczyk and Caty McNally. At the Madrid Open, she and Kristina Mladenovic reached the semifinals, before losing to eventual champions Siniaková and Townsend. She reached world No. 4 in doubles on 18 May 2026,

Singles Current through the 2026 Qatar Open.

Doubles Current through 2026 Wimbledon Championships.

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Other significant finals

WTA 1000

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 21 (9 titles, 12 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam (0–3)WTA 1000 (1–2)WTA 500 (2–1)WTA 250 (6–6)Finals by surfaceHard (4–9)Clay (3–2)Grass (2–1)Finals by settingOutdoors (8–11)Indoors (1–1)

WTA 125 finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments (0–1)$50/60,000 tournaments (3–1)$25,000 tournaments (3–1)$10,000 tournaments (3–1)Finals by surfaceHard (3–0)Clay (6–3)Grass (0–1)

Doubles: 20 (8 titles, 12 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments (2–5)$50,000 tournaments (2–3)$25,000 tournaments (3–4)$10,000 tournaments (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (3–3)Clay (4–8)Grass (1–0)Carpet (0–1)

National representation

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup ResultDateTeam competitionSurfacePartner/TeamOpponentsScoreLoss Fed Cup, Czech Republic Hard (i) Ana Ivanović Jelena Janković Bojana Jovanovski Petra Kvitová Lucie Šafářová Lucie Hradecká Andrea Hlaváčková 1–3

Singles: 19 (12–7)

Doubles: 17 (12–5)

Head-to-head records

Record against top 10 players Against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.

Wins over top-10 players Krunić's match record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up) Result YearTournament SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2009Australian Open Hard Sandra Zaniewska Christina McHale Ajla Tomljanović 1–6, 6–2, [4–10]

Awards 2007 – Tennis Europe Silver Medal for Player of the Year U–14 2012 – Serbian Women's Team of The Year (as part of Serbia Fed Cup team)