Tadeja Majerič (born 31 August 1990, in Maribor[1]) is a former tennis player from Slovenia.

Tadeja Majerič
Country (sports) Slovenia
Born (1990-08-31) 31 August 1990 (age 34)
Maribor, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2005
PlaysRight (two–handed backhand)
Prize money$284,908
Singles
Career record298–227
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 111 (25 November 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2014)
French OpenQ2 (2013)
WimbledonQ2 (2013)
US OpenQ1 (2013, 2014)
Doubles
Career record123–126
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 227 (28 January 2013)
Team competitions
Fed Cup6–2

Over her career, Majerič won nine singles and six doubles title on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. On 25 November 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 111. On 28 January 2013, she peaked at No. 227 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Career

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2005–2012

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Majerič made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit in April 2005 as a qualifier at a $10k event in Makarska, Croatia. She reached her first professional final in Zadar the following year, losing in straight sets to Ani Mijačika. 2006 also saw her qualify for the main draw at the Tier IV Slovenia Open in Portorož, defeating Margit Rüütel, Dominika Cibulková and Lucie Hradecká in the qualifying tournament,[2] only to lose to fellow Slovenian Andreja Klepač in round one on her WTA Tour main-draw debut.[3]

In 2007, Majerič played her first matches in national colours for the Slovenia Fed Cup team.[4] In August 2007, she won her first ITF singles tournament in Palić, Serbia. Her second ITF singles tournament win came two years later in Tanjung Selor, Indonesia. After this, she was given a wildcard for the Slovenia Open, losing to world No. 1 Dinara Safina in the first round.[5]

Majerič made her third appearance for Slovenia, in doubles, at the 2010 Fed Cup. Alongside Maša Zec Peškirič in her home town of Maribor, they defeated the Japanese team in their World Group II playoff rubber. Majerič's first ITF tournament doubles success came in 2010 at her home tournament, the Infond Open. Partnering with Andreja Klepač, they defeated the Russian pair Alexandra Panova and Ksenia Pervak in straight sets.[6] Her third singles tournament win in January 2011 came on the Indian grass courts of Muzaffarnagar. She won her second doubles tournament in Samsun, Turkey, in the summer of 2012, but it wasn't until the end of 2012 that she was successful again, winning both singles and doubles draws in Pune.[7]

2013

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The new season turned out to be Majerič's breakthrough year. In January, a good run in the United States saw her reach two finals in successive weeks, winning the first, but losing the second, both $25k clay-court events.

In February, she qualified for the main draw of the Qatar Open, but lost, again in the first round, to Hsieh Su-wei.[8] After qualifying failures in Katowice and Marrakesh, she travelled to South America, winning a $25k singles event in Caracas, gaining enough important world ranking points to earn her a spot in qualifying for the French Open. After beating María Irigoyen,[9] she faced Argentinian opposition again, this time in the form of fifth seed Paula Ormaechea. Majerič lost in straight sets.[10] In the run-up to Wimbledon, she reached the final of the Nottingham Challenge, a $75k tournament on grass, where she lost to Elena Baltacha in straight sets. Despite being seeded 23rd at Wimbledon qualifying, she could only reach the second round again, losing to Grace Min.[11]

Further first-round main-draw exits followed at the WTA tournaments in Budapest[12] and Bad Gastein,[13] but, at the Baku Cup, Majerič reached the quarterfinals,[14] winning her first career WTA Tour main-draw matches.[15] As a result, she posted a career-best ranking of world No. 115.[16]

Majerič was seeded 16th in US Open qualifying in August, but lost in three sets to Julia Cohen.[17] Back on the ITF Circuit in September, she made the second round of the Trabzon Cup, but lost in qualifying for Guangzhou and Tokyo[18] on the WTA Tour. Her next event followed at the Governor's Cup in Lagos, the first of two $25k tournaments in the Nigerian metropolis. Here in Africa, Majerič won her third title of the year, defeating fellow Slovenian Dalila Jakupović, in straight sets in the final.

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 21 (9–12)

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Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (5–8)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (1–1)
Result No. Date Tier Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 15 May 2006 10,000 ITF Zadar, Croatia Clay   Ani Mijačika 1–6, 5–7
Win 1. 28 August 2007 10,000 ITF Palić, Serbia Clay   Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova 6–2, 6–2
Win 2. 11 May 2009 25,000 ITF Tanjung Selor, Indonesia Hard (i)   Nudnida Luangnam 6–3, 7–5
Loss 2. 1 February 2010 25,000 ITF Rancho Mirage,
United States
Hard   Olivia Sanchez 5–7, 0–6
Win 3. 17 January 2011 25,000 ITF Muzaffarnagar, India Grass   Zheng Saisai 6–2, 5–7, 6–2
Loss 3. 13 June 2011 25,000 ITF Astana, Kazakhstan Hard   Tímea Babos 0–6, 2–6
Loss 4. 4 June 2012 25,000 ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan Hard   Nadiya Kichenok 3–6, 6–7(3)
Win 4. 24 December 2012 25,000 ITF Pune, India Hard   Başak Eraydın 6–2, 6–4
Win 5. 7 January 2013 25,000 ITF Palm Harbor, US Clay   Ajla Tomljanović 6–2, 6–3
Loss 5. 14 January 2013 25,000 ITF Port St. Lucie, US Clay   Sharon Fichman 3–6, 2–6
Win 6. 29 April 2013 25,000 ITF Caracas, Venezuela Hard   Adriana Pérez 1–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss 6. 10 June 2013 50,000 Nottingham Open, UK Grass   Elena Baltacha 5–7, 6–7(7)
Win 7. 14 October 2013 25,000 Lagos Open, Nigeria Hard   Dalila Jakupović 7–5, 7–5
Loss 7. 10 November 2014 25,000 ITF Mumbai, India Hard   Marina Melnikova 2–6, 6–7(4)
Loss 8. 16 February 2015 25,000 ITF New Delhi, India Hard   Magda Linette 1–6, 1–6
Loss 9. 7 December 2015 25,000 Lagos Open, Nigeria Hard   Tessah Andrianjafitrimo 3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss 10. 14 December 2015 25,000 Lagos Open, Nigeria Hard   Conny Perrin 6–3, 4–6, 6–7(6)
Win 8. 11 January 2016 25,000 ITF Aurangabad, India Clay   Valeriya Strakhova 6–4, 6–3
Loss 11. 27 June 2016 25,000+H Bella Cup, Poland Clay   Isabella Shinikova 5–7, 6–4, 2–6
Win 9. 10 October 2016 25,000 Lagos Open, Nigeria Hard   Conny Perrin 3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Loss 12. 17 October 2016 25,000 Lagos Open, Nigeria Hard   Conny Perrin 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 16 (6–10)

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Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (4–5)
Clay (2–4)
Carpet (0–1)
Result No. Date Tier Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 28 April 2008 50,000 Makarska Ladies Open, Croatia Clay   Maša Zec Peškirič   Polona Hercog
  Stephanie Vogt
5–7, 2–6
Loss 2. 14 July 2008 25,000 ITF Zwevegem, Belgium Clay   Iveta Gerlová   Daniëlle Harmsen
  Kim Kilsdonk
4–6, 2–6
Loss 3. 18 August 2008 25,000 ITF Moscow, Russia Clay   Natalia Ryzhonkova   Vitalia Diatchenko
  Eugeniya Pashkova
0–6, 1–6
Win 1. 31 May 2010 50,000 Maribor Open, Slovenia Clay   Andreja Klepač   Alexandra Panova
  Ksenia Pervak
6–3, 7–6(6)
Win 2. 18 July 2011 25,000 ITF Samsun, Turkey Hard   Mihaela Buzărnescu   Çağla Büyükakçay
  Pemra Özgen
6–1, 6–4
Loss 4. 17 October 2011 25,000 Lagos Open, Nigeria Hard   Aleksandrina Naydenova   Nina Bratchikova
  Melanie Klaffner
5–7, 7–5, [6–10]
Loss 5. 19 March 2012 25,000 ITF Bangalore, India Hard   Anja Prislan   Tamaryn Hendler
  Melanie Klaffner
2–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss 6. 16 July 2012 25,000 ITF Imola, Italy Carpet   Marina Melnikova   Alice Balducci
  Federica di Sarra
w/o
Loss 7. 27 August 2012 25,000 ITF Mamaia, Romania Clay   Danka Kovinić   Elena Bogdan
  Raluca Olaru
6–7(4), 3–6
Win 3. 24 December 2012 25,000 Pune Open, India Hard   Conny Perrin   Lu Jiajing
  Lu Jiaxiang
3–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss 8. 4 November 2013 50,000 Kemer Cup Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i)   Andreea Mitu   Nigina Abduraimova
  Maria Elena Camerin
3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win 4. 15 June 2015 25,000 Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan Hard   Sharmada Balu   Vlada Ekshibarova
  Natasha Palha
7–5, 6–3
Win 5. 14 September 2015 25,000 ITF Monterrey, Mexico Hard   Conny Perrin   Alexa Guarachi
  Hsu Chieh-yu
7–5, 6–3
Loss 9. 14 December 2015 25,000 Lagos Open, Nigeria Hard   Conny Perrin   Julia Terziyska
  Prarthana Thombare
6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Win 6. 20 June 2016 25,000 ITF Lenzerheide,
Switzerland
Clay   Aleksandrina Naydenova   Irina Bara
  Elyne Boeykens
7–5, 1–6, [10–8]
Loss 10. 21 October 2017 25,000 Lagos Open, Nigeria Hard   Tiffany William   Conny Perrin
  Valeriya Strakhova
1–6, 2–6

References

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  2. ^ "Majeričeva bo izzvala Klepačevo". RTV (in Slovenian). 18 September 2006. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
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  14. ^ "Shahar Peer advances to semifinals at Baku Cup with straight-set win over Tadeja Majeric". The Washington Post. 26 July 2013. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
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  18. ^ "Polona preskočila prvo japonsko oviro, znani finalistki v Guangzhouju". SiOL.net (in Slovenian). 20 September 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
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