She was defeated in the second round by Madison Keys, in three sets. 5, Daniela Hantuchová, in the first round. Tomljanović then played as a wildcard at the Sydney International. She started the year at the Shenzhen Open, where she lost in the first round to eighth seed Annika Beck. 2014: French Open fourth round, top 50 breakthrough Tomljanović at the 2014 Australian Openĭuring the preseason, Tomljanović began working with coach David Taylor, former Australian Fed Cup captain, who had just parted company with Samantha Stosur. Tomljanović missed most of the 2012 season due to mononucleosis. On in Zagreb, she won her first ITF doubles title, partnering with fellow Croatian Petra Martić. At the ITF event in Zagreb, she lost to Tereza Hladíková in the first round. Tomljanović then suffered three consecutive losses in the second rounds of Redding, California, Osprey, Florida, and Makarska, Croatia, losing to Rika Fujiwara, Kateřina Kramperová and Ana Savić, respectively. Tomljanović was awarded a wildcard for Indian Wells Open in, and lost to Angela Haynes. In January 2009, she qualified for the ITF event in Boca Raton, Florida, where she lost to Heidi El Tabakh in the second round. She then qualified for another ITF event in Mexico City, but lost to Karolina Kosińska in the second round. Tomljanović played her first professional ITF Circuit event in October 2008 in Mexico City, and lost to Estefanía Craciún in the semifinals. Tomljanović won the 2009 Australian Open girls' doubles title with Christina McHale, defeating Aleksandra Krunić and Sandra Zaniewska in the final. Junior years Tomljanović at the 2009 Junior US Open Along with tennis, she is also a fan of basketball. Tomljanović is coached by Fernando Martínez and Rene Gomez. In 2018, her application for Australian citizenship was approved which allowed her to begin representing her adopted country at WTA Tour events as well as competing for Australia in the Fed Cup. In the latter stages of 2014, Tomljanović took up permanent residency in Brisbane to be closer to her cousin Isabella Bozicevic's family who were based in the neighbouring Gold Coast as well as begin training at the Queensland Tennis Centre and in doing so switched allegiances to represent Australia in the four Grand Slams. Ajla began playing tennis at the age of six and moved to Florida for higher level training when she was 13. Her older sister Hana played tennis for the University of Virginia. Tomljanović was born in Zagreb to Croatian father Ratko Tomljanović who played handball professionally (winner of the 19 handball European Cup) and Bosniak mother Emina. For the next four years she was required to represent Croatia at all non-Grand Slam events, until she was granted Australian citizenship in January 2018, allowing her to represent the country at all events on the WTA Tour. She began competing for Australia at the 2014 US Open after obtaining permanent residency in Australia. 4, on 30 March 2009.īefore 2014, Tomljanović played for her country of birth, Croatia. She reached a combined career-high junior ranking of world No. Tomljanović was an accomplished junior player, having won the 2009 Australian Open girls' doubles title with Christina McHale. On 3 April 2023, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. She has won four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Ajla Tomljanović ( / ˈ aɪ l ə t ə m ˈ j ɑː n ə v ɪ tʃ/ EYE-lə təm- YAH-nə-vitch Croatian: born ) is an Australian professional tennis player.
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