Lucija Ćirić Bagarić

Lucija Ćirić Bagarić (born 9 January 2004) is a Croatian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 157, achieved on 5 August 2024, and a doubles ranking of No. 426, achieved on 31 July 2023. She has won eight singles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Lucija Ćirić Bagarić
Country (sports) Croatia
Born (2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 (age 20)
Dubrovnik, Croatia
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$210,171
Singles
Career record121–69
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 157 (5 August 2024)
Current rankingNo. 216 (16 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open1R (2024)
WimbledonQ1 (2024)
US OpenQ2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record28–21
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 426 (31 July 2023)
Current rankingNo. 1309 (16 December 2024)
Team competitions
BJK Cup1–3
Last updated on: 16 December 2024.

Early life

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Ćirić Bagarić was born in Dubrovnik and grew up in Lapad. Her father was a footballer.[1][2]

She began playing tennis at the age of six,[1] and, at the age of 13, she moved to Zagreb for better training opportunities.[3] After her junior career, she was extended offers to play tennis at Harvard University and Princeton University, but chose to pursue professional tennis instead.[1]

Career

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Ćirić Bagarić made her debut for Croatia in the Billie Jean King Cup in April 2023 playing doubles in the Europe/Africa Zone.[4] In September 2023, she made her WTA 125 debut at the Zavarovalnica Sava Ljubljana,[5] where she reached the quarterfinals.[6]

She was named ITF World Tennis Tour Player of the Month in February 2024.[7]

Ranked No. 185, she qualified for her first Grand Slam at the 2024 French Open after defeating Arina Rodionova, Rebecca Marino, and Sara Saito in the qualifying competition without dropping a set.[8][9] She lost to Peyton Stearns in the first round in three sets.[10][11]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Tournament 2024 SR W–L
Australian Open A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon Q1 0 / 0 0–0
US Open Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–1 0 / 1 0–1

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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Legend
W75 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (5–5)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2022 ITF Varna, Bulgaria W15 Clay   Patricia Maria Țig 1–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 Nov 2022 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay   Michaela Laki 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win 2–1 Nov 2022 ITF Oberpullendorf, Austria W15 Hard (i)   Denisa Hindová 6–4, 6–2
Win 3–1 Dec 2022 ITF Oberpullendorf, Austria W15 Hard (i)   Victoria Kan 6–3, 6–0
Loss 3–2 Jul 2023 ITF Parnu, Estonia W25 Clay   Sára Bejlek 5–7, 4–6
Win 4–2 Jul 2023 ITF Koge, Denmark W25 Clay   Hanne Vandewinkel 6–3, 7–5
Loss 4–3 Aug 2023 ITF Bistrita, Romania W25 Clay   Anca Todoni 5–7, 6–1, 2–6
Loss 4–4 Sep 2023 ITF Slobozia, Romania W25 Clay   Ekaterina Makarova 7–5, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 4–5 Nov 2023 ITF Lousada, Portugal W25 Hard (i)   Margaux Rouvroy 2–6, 3–6
Win 5–5 Jan 2024 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W35 Hard   Polina Iatcenko 7–5, 6–2
Win 6–5 Feb 2024 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia W35 Clay   Marie Benoît 6–2, 7–5
Win 7–5 Feb 2024 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia W35 Clay   Francesca Jones 2–1 ret.
Win 8–5 Mar 2024 ITF Alaminos, Cyprus W35 Clay   Lina Gjorcheska 6–2, 6–3
Loss 8–6 Jul 2024 Internazionali di Cordenons, Italy W75 Clay   Anouk Koevermans 6–7(4), 2–6

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

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Legend
W25/W35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Clay (0–3)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2022 ITF Marrakech, Morocco W15 Clay   Clervie Ngounoue   Naïma Karamoko
  Inês Murta
2–6, 7–6(2), [5–10]
Loss 0–2 Aug 2022 ITF Trieste, Italy W25 Clay   Diāna Marcinkēviča   Lu Jiajing
  Nika Radišić
5–7, 6–3, [13–15]
Loss 0–3 Jul 2023 ITF Parnu, Estonia W25 Clay   Jenny Dürst   Nicole Fossa Huergo
  Luisa Meyer auf der Heide
5–7, 5–7

Billie Jean King Cup participation

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Doubles (1–3)

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Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponent W/L Score
2023 Z1 R/R 11 Apr 2023 Antalya, Turkey   Bulgaria Clay Antonia Ružić Isabella Shinikova
Julia Terziyska
L 6–7(4), 6–4, 3–6
12 Apr 2023   Serbia Tara Würth Olga Danilović
Katarina Kozarov
L 4–6, 1–6
13 Apr 2023   Sweden Antonia Ružić Jacqueline Cabaj Awad
Kajsa Rinaldo Persson
L 5–7, 5–7
14 Apr 2023   Norway Petra Marčinko Emilie Elde
Lilly Elida Håseth
W 6–2, 6–1

References

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  1. ^ a b c Babić, Vedran (15 April 2024). "Nova hrvatska senzacija za SK: 'Odbila sam Harvard, želim biti broj 1, a Đoković me iznenadio'". Sportklub (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  2. ^ Petković, Luka (13 October 2023). "Ponajveća nada hrvatskog tenisa za hrsport.hr: 'Cilj mi je biti prva tenisačica svijeta!'". Hrsport.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  3. ^ Prkut, Maria (22 August 2022). "LUCIJA ĆIRIĆ BAGARIĆ Tenis mi je sve u životu, a roditelji najveća potpora". DuList (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  4. ^ Vlašić, Tonči (14 April 2023). "Prva pobjeda Lucije Ćirić Bagarić za seniorsku reprezentaciju Hrvatske!". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  5. ^ Jenjić, Petar (7 September 2023). "Lucija Ćirić Bagarić u kvalifikacijama za WTA turnir: 'Vjerujem da ću ga uvijek pamtiti'". Sportnet (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  6. ^ Jenjić, Petar (13 September 2023). "Preokret Ćirić Bagarić protiv druge nositeljice za četvrtfinale Ljubljane!". Sportnet (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  7. ^ Renton, Jamie (6 March 2024). "ITF World Tennis Tour Player of the Month: Lucija Ciric Bagaric". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  8. ^ Vlašić, Tonči (23 May 2024). "Lucija Ćirić Bagarić dobila bez izgubljenog seta i finale kvalifikacija. Igrat će u glavnom turniru Roland Garrosa!". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  9. ^ Garber, Greg (25 May 2024). "Qualifying at Roland Garros: The grueling journey that can change careers". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  10. ^ McGrogan, Ed (28 May 2024). "Peyton Stearns shakes off 5 second-set match-point misses, defeats Lucija Ciric Bagaric in wild decider". Tennis.com. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Photos: Laura Samson and all of 2024's WTA main-draw debuts". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
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