Pia Lovrič (born 23 April 2002) is a Slovenian tennis player.

Pia Lovrič
Country (sports) Slovenia
Born (2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 (age 22)
Ljubljana, Slovenia
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$68,401
Singles
Career record143–104
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 454 (19 August 2024)
Current rankingNo. 465 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior2R (2020)
French Open Junior1R (2019, 2020)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2019)
Doubles
Career record74–54
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 401 (5 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 544 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior2R (2020)
French Open Junior1R (2019, 2020)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2019)
Team competitions
Fed Cup2–4
Last updated on: 4 November 2024.

Lovrič has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 454, reached on 19 August 2024. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 401, achieved on 5 August 2024.

Lovrič represents Slovenia in the Fed Cup.[1][2]

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard entrant at the 2021 Portorož Open, losing to Alison Riske in the first round.[3]

Given a wildcard entry into the WTA 125 2023 Zavarovalnica Sava Ljubljana, Lovrič defeated Natália Szabanin[4] to reach the second round where she was double bageled by fourth seed Tamara Zidanšek.[5] Again entering as a wildcard for the 2024 edition of the same tournament, she lost in the first round to fifth seed Ella Seidel.[6]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner–ups)

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Legend
W25/35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (2–8)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2019 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia W15 Clay   Julia Stamatova 4–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Mar 2021 ITF New Delhi, India W15 Hard   Irina Khromacheva 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Aug 2021 ITF Bratislava, Slovakia W15 Clay   Darja Semeņistaja 4–6, 3–6
Loss 1–3 Aug 2021 ITF Warmbad-Villach, Austria W15 Clay   Anna Turati 3–6, 2–6
Loss 1–4 Nov 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay   Diana Shnaider 3–6, 2–6
Loss 1–5 Jan 2022 ITF Blumenau-Gaspar, Brazil W25 Clay   Lena Papadakis 1–6, 6–7(6)
Loss 1–6 Aug 2022 ITF Bad Waltersdorf, Austria W15 Clay   Polina Leykina 2–6, 3–6
Loss 1–7 Aug 2022 ITF Bad Waltersdorf, Austria W15 Clay   Tiphanie Lemaître 6–7(2), 3–6
Loss 1–8 Jul 2024 ITF Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia W15 Clay   Stéphanie Visscher 2–6, 5–7
Win 2–8 Aug 2024 ITF Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia W15 Clay   Salma Drugdová 6–0, 6–4
Win 3–8 Oct 2024 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay   Denislava Glushkova 6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)

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Legend
W25/35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (5–5)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2019 ITF Olomouc, Czech Republic W15 Clay   Himari Sato   Klára Hájková
  Aneta Laboutková
4–6, 6–2, [4–10]
Loss 0–2 Oct 2019 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia W15 Clay   Sara Ziodato   Martina Colmegna
  Aurora Zantedeschi
6–2, 2–6, [9–11]
Win 1–2 Sep 2020 ITF Otočec, Slovenia W15 Clay   Tina Cvetkovič   Dorka Drahota-Szabó
  Adrienn Nagy
6–3, 6–1
Win 2–2 Jan 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay   Adrienn Nagy   Ayla Aksu
  Ani Vangelova
6–4, 7–5
Win 3–2 Mar 2021 ITF New Delhi, India W15 Hard   Adrienn Nagy   Sowjanya Bavisetti
  Prarthana Thombare
6–2, 6–3
Loss 3–3 Jun 2021 ITF Otočec, Slovenia W25 Clay   Sada Nahimana   Ulrikke Eikeri
  Réka Luca Jani
7–5, 4–6, [5–10]
Loss 3–4 Aug 2021 ITF Bratislava, Slovakia W15 Clay   Adrienn Nagy   Chantal Škamlová
  Radka Zelníčková
3–6, 6–7(5)
Win 4–4 Aug 2021 ITF Warmbad-Villach, Austria W15 Clay   Melania Delai   Anita Husarić
  Aleksandra Pospelova
0–6, 6–2, [10–3]
Loss 4–5 Mar 2022 ITF Marrakech, Morocco W15 Clay   Melania Delai   Naïma Karamoko
  Inês Murta
2–6, 4–6
Win 5–5 Jul 2023 ITF Koge, Denmark W25 Clay   Adrienn Nagy   Tiphanie Lemaître
  Anna Zyryanova
6-4, 6–0
Win 6–5 Jul 2024 ITF Torino, Italy W35 Clay   Živa Falkner   Julieta Lara Estable
  Fernanda Labraña
1–6, 6–2, [12–10]

ITF Junior Circuit results

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

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Legend (W–L)
Category G2 (1–1)
Category G4 (0–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2017 ITF Maribor, Slovenia G4 Carpet (i)   Kristýna Lavičková 1–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2018 ITF Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina G4 Clay   Viktoriya Petrenko 3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Dec 2018 ITF Maribor, Slovenia G4 Carpet (i)   Julie Belgraver 4–6, 3–6
Win 1–3 Apr 2019 ITF Florence, Italy G2 Clay   Sara Ziodato 6–1, 6–2
Loss 1–4 Sep 2019 ITF Novi Sad, Serbia G2 Clay   Maria Bondarenko 3–6, 1–6

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

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Legend (W–L)
Category G2 (1–3)
Category G4 (4–4)
Category G5 (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2017 ITF Ramat Gan, Israel G5 Hard   Živa Falkner   Darja Semenistaja
  Marija Semenistaja
4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss 1–1 Apr 2017 ITF Doha, Qatar G4 Hard   Živa Falkner   Olga Helmi
  Estella Jäger
3–6, 3–6
Loss 1–2 May 2017 ITF Ulcinj, Montenegro G4 Clay   Živa Falkner   Laura López Giese
  Galateia Mesochoritou
4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 2–2 Jul 2017 ITF Corfu, Greece G4 Carpet   Betina Tokaç   Gabriella Charalampidi
  Eleni Louka
6–2, 7–5
Loss 2–3 Sep 2017 ITF Mostar, BiH G4 Clay   Živa Falkner   Victoria Mikhaylova
  Andreea Velcea
7–6(7–4), 2–6, [7–10]
Win 3–3 Jan 2018 ITF Oberpullendorf, Austria G4 Carpet (i)   Tina Cvetkovič   Irina Dshandshgava
  Elisabeth Kölbl
6–1, 6–2
Loss 3–4 May 2018 ITF Skopje, North Macedonia G5 Clay   Laura Mašić   Saara Orav
  Julie Sappl
w/o
Win 4–4 Jul 2018 ITF Wels, Austria G4 Clay   Maja Makorič   Anna Gross
  Emily Meyer
6–0, 6–2
Win 5–4 Sep 2018 ITF Mostar, BiH G4 Clay   Maja Makorič   Lucija Ćirić Bagarić
  Tara Würth
6–4, 6–0
Loss 5–5 Dec 2018 ITF Maribor, Slovenia G4 Carpet (i)   Maja Makorič   Sheila Glavaš
  Amarissa Kiara Tóth
4–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Win 6–5 Jan 2019 ITF Bratislava, Slovakia G2 Hard (i)   Živa Falkner   Aleksandra Julia Jeleń
  Markéta Panáčková
6–1, 6–3
Loss 6–6 Aug 2019 ITF Székesfehérvár, Hungary G2 Clay   Živa Falkner   Evialina Laskevich
  Linda Nosková
1–6, 1–6
Loss 6–7 Sep 2019 ITF Győr, Hungary G2 Clay   Živa Falkner   Mara Guth
  Julia Middendorf
3–6, 2–6
Loss 6–8 Sep 2019 ITF Novi Sad, Serbia G2 Clay   Tara Würth   Maria Bondarenko
  Jana Kolodynska
3–6, 2–6

National representation

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Billie Jean King Cup

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Lovrič made her Billie Jean King Cup debut for Slovenia in 2020, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I, when she was 17 years and 289 days old.

BJK Cup participation

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Group membership
World Group
World Group Play-off
World Group II
World Group II Play-off
Europe/Africa Group (2–3)
Matches by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–3)
Matches by type
Singles (1–1)
Doubles (1–2)
Matches by setting
Indoors (0–0)
Outdoors (2–3)
Doubles (1–2)
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Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
2021 Billie Jean King Cup ZG1 Pool B 6 Feb 2020 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg   Poland Hard (i) Kaja Juvan Maja Chwalińska
Alicja Rosolska
W 7–5, 6–0
2022 Billie Jean King Cup ZG1 Pool B 11 Apr 2022 Antalya, Turkey   Georgia Clay Živa Falkner Mariam Bolkvadze
Oksana Kalashnikova
L 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 4–6
13 Apr 2022   Croatia Lara Smejkal Petra Martić
Donna Vekić
L 4–6, 4–6

References

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  1. ^ "Fed Cup: Polska - Słowenia. Iga Świątek i Magda Linette dały zwycięstwo!". sport.se.pl (in Polish).
  2. ^ "Favorizirane Poljakinje premočne za slovenske tenisačice". rtvslo.si.
  3. ^ "Welcome to the Tour: All of 2021's WTA debutantes". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Zavarovalnica Sava Ljubljana: Pia Lovric makes last 16". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Zavarovalnica Sava Ljubljana: Zidansek books spot in last 8". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Zavarovalnica Sava Ljubljana: Seidel books spot in last 16". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
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