Sinja Kraus

Sinja Kraus (born 29 April 2002) is an Austrian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 80 in singles, achieved on 20 July 2026, and No. 207 in doubles, achieved in April 2026. Kraus has won two WTA 125 singles titles as well as 13 singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Career 2017–2019: Juniors Kraus also won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Győr.

She had reached a career-high ITF juniors ranking of world No. 87, on 21 January 2019.

2021–2025: WTA Tour debut, first WTA 125 title Kraus made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard entrant at the 2021 Upper Austria Ladies Linz, losing to Alison Van Uytvanck in the first round.

As a qualifier, she defeated eighth seed Nadia Podoroska to reach the second round at the WTA 125 2023 Bogota Open, where she lost to Nuria Brancaccio.

Kraus qualified for the main-draw at her home tournament, the WTA 500 2025 Linz Open. She lost in the first round to Anna Blinkova.

Kraus won her first WTA 125 title at the 2025 Cali Open, defeating Panna Udvardy in the final. She won her second WTA 125 title at the 2026 Generali Open Ladies Kitzbühel against fellow Austrian Tennis Player Julia Grabher.

2026: Top 80, WTA 1000 and major debuts Kraus defeated compatriot Julia Grabher in the first all-Austrian WTA Tour match since 2014, at the Auckland Open. She lost in the second round to Francesca Jones, in three sets. Kraus reached the top 100 in the WTA singles rankings on 23 February 2026 at world No. 99.

She qualified to make her WTA 1000 main draw at the Miami Open, but lost to Alycia Parks in straight sets.

Kraus qualified for her first major main draw at the French Open. She lost to 11th seed Belinda Bencic in the first round.

In July, Kraus won her second WTA 125 singles title at the Kitzbühel Ladies Open, defeating fellow Austrian player Julia Grabher in the final. As a result, she moved into the world's top 80, on 20 July 2026.

National representation Kraus represents Austria in the Billie Jean King Cup and made her debut in 2020, when she partnered Melanie Klaffner in the (then Fed Cup) tie against Italy, losing to Giulia Gatto-Monticone and Martina Trevisan.

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

WTA 125 finals Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 21 (13 titles, 8 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournamentsW40/50 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsW15 (15K) tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (11–6)

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsFinals by surfaceClay (2–2)Carpet (0–1)

Junior finals ITF Junior Circuit LegendCategory G1 Category G2 Category G3Category G4 Category G5

Singles (4–1)

Doubles (3–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentGradeSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Aug 2017 ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France G4 Clay Mavie Österreicher Flavie Brugnone Anaëlle Leclercq 4–6, 6–7(3)Win 1–1 Sep 2017 ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland G5 Clay Valentina Ryser Chiara Girelli Sofia Rocchetti 3–6, 6–2, [10–4]Win 2–1 Mar 2018 ITF Benicarló, Spain G2 Clay Diane Parry Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro Nuria Brancaccio 7–6(2), 5–7, [10–8]Win 3–1 Jul 2018 ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic G2 Clay Loudmilla Bencheikh Martyna Kubka Iva Zelić w/oLoss 3–2 Jun 2019 ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic G2 Clay Mara Guth Barbora Palicová Hibah Shaikh 0–6, 2–6

National representation Kraus was nominated to make her Fed Cup debut for Austria in 2019, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II, the opponent forfeited the match.

Fed Cup / BJK Cup Group membershipWorld Group (0–2)World Group Play-off (3–3)World Group IIWorld Group II Play-offEurope/Africa Group (6–6)

Matches by surfaceHard (3–4)Clay (7–7)

Matches by settingIndoors (5–5)Outdoors (5–6)

Singles (5–6)

Doubles (5–5) walkover doesn't count in her overall record.