Nina Stojanović

Nina Stojanović (, ; born 30 July 1996) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 2 March 2020, Stojanović reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 81. On 17 January 2022, she peaked at No. 37 in the WTA doubles rankings.

She has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one WTA 125 title in singles and one in doubles. As a junior, Stojanović reached three major semifinals in doubles, each on a different surface, the French Open and Wimbledon in 2013, and the Australian Open in 2014. As a professional, she made her debut on the WTA Tour in 2016. In 2019, Stojanović reached her first WTA Tour semifinal in singles at the Jiangxi International and also won her first doubles title at the Baltic Open. That year, she also debuted in the top 100 in singles, while in doubles, she made her top-100 debut in 2017, when she reached three WTA Tour finals. Stojanović finished fourth in the mixed doubles at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Juniors

Stojanovic is a former junior world No. 17 (achieved April 2013), she won three singles and ten doubles junior titles in total. She made her ITF Junior Circuit debut at the Grade-4 Malta U18 ITF Junior Tournament in March 2010 at the age of 13.

2016: WTA Tour debut In May 2016, she reached her first significant final at the $50k Tianjin event but lost to Aryna Sabalenka, in three sets. Nearly after that, she won her first major ITF title at the $50k Liuzhou Cup, defeating Jang Su-jeong in the final. She also had success in doubles when she reached semifinals of the $100k Kunming Open in May, and then won two $100k titles, in Shenzhen and Dubai.

In doubles, she reached the third round of the Australian Open alongside Viktorija Golubic. It was the first time that she reached third round of a major. At the Hungarian Ladies Open in February, she reached semifinals alongside Anastasiya Komardina.

2019: Top 100 in singles, WTA Tour title in doubles After missing the first months of the season due to injury, After failing to qualify for the US Open, she won the $60k Changsha Open, defeating Aleksandrina Naydenova in the final. She continued her good performances, reaching quarterfinals of the Guangzhou Open, winning the $80k Internationaux de Poitiers tournament by defeating Liudmila Samsonova in straight sets and reaching quarterfinals of the $100k Shenzhen Open. In September, she debuted in the top 100 in singles. She then competed at the $60k Andrézieux-Bouthéon Open, where she reached quarterfinals in singles and semifinals in doubles. before losing to Serena Williams in the second round. Despite periodically having problems with injuries, she reached at least the second round in singles on eleven occasions, including third round as a qualifier at WTA 1000 Miami Open, when she had to forfeit the match to Naomi Osaka due to injury. She reached the semifinals at the Nottingham Open, losing to top seed and eventual champion, Johanna Konta, in three sets.

In doubles, Stojanović reached her first major semifinal at the Australian Open. She also partnered with compatriot Aleksandra Krunić to win her second career doubles title at the inaugural Serbia Open, as well as to reach the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. As a result, she reentered the top 50 in doubles. Stojanović finished the year with a career-high top 40 ranking in doubles.

2022–2023: Injuries Four separate injuries restricted Stojanović to playing in just five tournaments in 2022, while she missed the entire 2023 season.

2024: First WTA 125 title Partnering Arantxa Rus, Stojanović was runner-up in the doubles at the Hamburg Open, losing to Anna Bondár and Kimberley Zimmermann in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.

She recorded her first WTA Tour-level singles wins in three and a half years (since Prague in 2021), at the Mérida Open in Mexico, defeating seventh seed Tatjana Maria and Marina Stakusic to reach the quarterfinals where her run was ended by Polina Kudermetova.

In November, Stojanović won her first WTA 125 singles title at the Copa LP Chile, defeating top seed Suzan Lamens, qualifier Oleksandra Oliynykova, sixth seed Darja Semeņistaja and eighth seed Sára Bejlek to reach the final, where she overcame second seed María Lourdes Carlé in three sets. Partnering Mayar Sherif, she also won the doubles title at the same tournament.

In April, the pair were also runners-up at the Open Internacional Femení Solgironès, losing the final to Magali Kempen and Anna Sisková in straight sets.

National representation Playing for the Serbia Fed Cup team, Stojanović has a win–loss record of 10–11. She made her debut in February 2014, partnering with Jovana Jakšić in their World Group II tie against Canada, when they defeated Gabriela Dabrowski and Sharon Fichman, in straight sets.

At the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she paired with world No. 1, Novak Djokovic, in the mixed doubles event, and the team reached the semifinals before losing to Elena Vesnina and Aslan Karatsev. Due to Djokovic's withdrawal from the bronze medal match, they finished the tournament in fourth place.

Personal life Stojanović has an aggressive style of play. The WTA profile says, her favourite surface is hardcourt, and her tennis idol growing up was Maria Sharapova.

Performance timelines

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.

Singles Current through the 2024 Copa LP Chile.

Doubles Current through the 2024 Copa LP Chile.

Mixed doubles

Olympic medal matches Mixed doubles: 1 (4th place)

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendWTA 500WTA 250 (2–4)Finals by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (2–2)Finals by settingOutdoor (2–4)Indoor (0–0)

WTA Challenger finals Singles: 1 (title)

Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 19 (11 titles, 8 runner-ups) Legend$80,000 tournaments (1–0)$50/60,000 tournaments (4–1)$25/35,000 tournaments (4–4)$10,000 tournaments (2–3)Finals by surfaceHard (6–8)Clay (5–0)Grass (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (9–7)Indoor (2–1)

Doubles: 36 (26 titles, 10 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments (3–2)$80,000 tournaments (1–0)$60,000 tournaments (5–2)$25,000 tournaments (8–5)$10/15,000 tournaments (9–1)Finals by surfaceHard (20–3)Clay (6–6)Carpet (0–1)Finals by settingOutdoor (21–9)Indoor (5–1)

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation Current after the 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup. LegendWorld Group / FinalsWorld Group Play-off / Finals Qualif. RoundWG2 Round Robin (1–1)WG2 Play-off / Finals Play-off (1–5)Zone Group (9–6)

Singles (2–8)

Doubles (9–4)