Réka Luca Jani

Réka Luca Jani (born 31 July 1991) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player.

She has won 25 singles titles and 34 doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. On 19 September 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 104. On 22 August 2016, she peaked at No. 124 in the doubles rankings. Her favorite surface is clay.

Playing for Hungary Billie Jean King Cup team, Jani has a win–loss record of 30–22.

Early life Parents are Janos, Szilvia and Zsolt; brothers are Mate and Balint, sister is Petra.

Career Jani who began playing at age six, reached the first final on the WTA Tour in 2016, at the Brasil Tennis Cup partnering Tímea Babos.

She was awarded a wildcard entry to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, along with Tímea Babos to play in women's doubles.

Jani made her Grand Slam tournament main-draw debut at the 2011 US Open, losing to wildcard Sloane Stephens in the first round.

Jani reached her first-ever WTA Tour quarterfinal at the 2021 Serbia Open defeating Anna Kalinskaya. As a result, she returned to the top 200 in singles.

On 9 May 2022, she reached a new career-high in singles of world No. 129, after reaching the quarterfinals in Chiasso, Switzerland ($60k), the final of the $60k Zagreb (lost to Jule Niemeier), Croatia, and quarterfinals of the $60k Prague tournaments.

After an 11 year gap, Jani made it back into a Grand Slam tournament main draw at the 2022 French Open when she made it through the qualifying rounds as a lucky loser. She lost to 14th seed Belinda Bencic in the first round.

Partnering Panna Udvardy, she was runner-up in the doubles at the WTA 125 2022 Iași Open, losing to Darya Astakhova and Andreea Roșca in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.

Jani made her first WTA 125 singles final at the 2022 Țiriac Foundation Trophy, defeating Andreea Roșca in the semifinals. She lost the championship match to second seed Irina-Camelia Begu.

In July 2024, Jani announced her retirement from professional tennis.

Performance timelines

Singles Current through the 2023 French Open.

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) LegendWTA 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1) ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss Aug 2016 Brasil Tennis Cup, Brazil International Hard Tímea Babos Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok 3–6, 1–6

WTA 125 finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLossOpen Romania LadiesClay Irina-Camelia Begu 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Korea Open, South Korea Hard (i) Valentini Grammatikopoulou Choi Ji-hee Han Na-lae 4–6, 4–6Loss 0–2 Iași Open, Romania Clay Panna Udvardy Darya Astakhova Andreea Roșca 5–7, 7–5, [7–10]Loss 0–3 Open Romania Ladies Clay Panna Udvardy Aliona Bolsova Andrea Gámiz 5–7, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 42 (25 titles, 17 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments$60,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10/15,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (23–15)Carpet (0–1)

Doubles: 67 (34 titles, 33 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments$50/60,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10/15,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (4–2)Clay (30–30)Grass (0–1)

National representation Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup Jani made her debut for the Hungary Fed Cup team in 2010, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I, when she was 18 years and 187 days old. Group membershipWorld GroupWorld Group Play-offWorld Group IIWorld Group II Play-offEurope/Africa Group (23–17)

Matches by surfaceHard (23–17)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

Matches by typeSingles (11–10)Doubles (12–7)

Matches by settingIndoors (15–8)Outdoors (8–9)

Singles: 21 (11–10)

Doubles: 19 (12–7)