Sinja Kraus

Sinja Kraus
	Kraus at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)	Austria
Born	29 April 2002 (age 22)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$343,654
Singles
Career record	190–136
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 151 (8 May 2023)
Current ranking	No. 209 (14 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2023, 2024)
French Open	Q2 (2024)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2023)
US Open	Q2 (2023)
Doubles
Career record	49–57
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 303 (4 December 2023)
Current ranking	No. 618 (14 October 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	15–13
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing Austria
European Youth Olympic Festival
	Last updated on: 14 October 2024.

Sinja Kraus (born 29 April 2002) is an Austrian tennis player.

Kraus has career-high WTA rankings of 151 in singles, achieved in May 2023, and 303 in doubles, attained in December 2023. She reached a career-high ITF juniors ranking of world No. 87, on 21 January 2019.

Kraus also won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Győr.^[1]

She 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.^[2]^[3]

As a qualifier, Kraus defeated eighth seed Nadia Podoroska to reach the second round at the WTA 125 2023 Bogota Open,^[4] where she lost to Nuria Brancaccio.^[5]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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	2022	2023	2024	W–L
Australian Open	A	Q1	Q1	0–0
French Open	A	Q1	Q2	0–0
Wimbledon	A	Q3	A	0–0
US Open	Q1	Q2	A	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (9 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments
W40 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W15 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (8–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Hard	Cemre Anıl	3–6, 6–4, 7–6⁽⁶⁾
Loss	1–1	Aug 2019	ITF Wanfercee-Baulet, Belgium	W15	Clay	Andreea Mitu	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–1	Jan 2021	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Elina Avanesyan	6–2, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Mar 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Weronika Falkowska	3–6, 6–7⁽¹⁾
Loss	2–3	Sep 2021	ITF Vienna, Austria	W25	Clay	Cristina Dinu	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Jan 2022	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W25	Clay	Séléna Janicijevic	5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win	3–4	May 2022	ITF Warmbad Villach, Austria	W25	Clay	Weronika Falkowska	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win	4-4	Jun 2022	ITF Pörtschach, Austria	W25	Clay	Ivana Jorović	6–1, 1–6, 6–2
Loss	4–5	Jul 2022	ITF Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany	W25	Clay	Katharina Hobgarski	5–7, 2–6
Loss	4–6	Sep 2022	ITF Collonge-Bellerive, Switzerland	W60	Clay	Lucrezia Stefanini	2–6, 1–2 ret.
Loss	4–7	Mar 2023	ITF Anapoima, Colombia	W40	Clay	Arantxa Rus	3–6, 7–6⁽³⁾, 2–6
Win	5–7	Mar 2023	ITF Mosquera, Colombia	W25	Clay	Emiliana Arango	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–3
Win	6–7	Oct 2023	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W40	Clay	Diane Parry	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Win	7–7	Aug 2024	ITF Braunschweig, Germany	W35	Clay	Marina Melnikova	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win	8–7	Aug 2024	ITF Meerbusch, Germany	W50	Clay	Lola Radivojević	6–4, 6–3
Win	9–7	Oct 2024	ITF Seville, Spain	W35	Clay	Marie Benoît	2–6, 6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments
W25 tournaments

Finals by surface
Clay (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2022	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W25	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	Prarthana Thombare Adrienn Nagy	7–5, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Sep 2023	ITF Vienna, Austria	W60	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	Irina Bara Weronika Falkowska	3–6, 6–2, [11–13]
Loss	1–2	Oct 2023	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W25	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	Ilinca Amariei Anca Todoni	0–6, 7–5, [1–10]

Junior career

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles (4–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Grade	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2017	ITF Maaseik, Belgium	G4	Clay	Anne Knüttel	6–2 ret.
Win	2–0	Aug 2017	ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France	G4	Clay	Alice Tubello	6–2, 6–1
Win	3–0	Sep 2017	ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland	G5	Clay	Nastasja Schunk	6–3, 6–1
Loss	3–1	Oct 2017	ITF Almere, Netherlands	G4	Hard	Victoria Kalaitzis	2–6, 4–6
Win	4–1	Jan 2018	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	G2	Clay	Helene Pellicano	6–4, 6–3

Doubles (3–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Grade	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	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/o
Loss	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

Group membership
World Group (0–2)
World Group Play-off (3–3)
World Group II
World Group II Play-off
Europe/Africa Group (6–6)

Matches by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (7–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Matches by setting
Indoors (5–5)
Outdoors (5–6)

Singles (5–6)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2020 Fed Cup	ZG1 Pool B	6 Feb 2020	Tallinn, Estonia	Greece	Hard (i)	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	L	4–6, 4–6
2022 BJK Cup	ZG1 Pool B	11 Apr 2022	Antalya, Turkey	Bulgaria	Clay	Julia Terziyska	W	6–1, 6–4
		12 Apr 2022		Slovenia		Kaja Juvan	L	1–6, 4–6
		13 Apr 2022		Georgia		Nino Natsvlishvili	W	6–4, 6–2
		14 Apr 2022		Sweden		Jacqueline Cabaj Awad	W	6–2, 6–2
		15 Apr 2022		Croatia		Donna Vekić	L	5–7, 3–6
	ZG1 Playoff	11 Nov 2022	Vienna, Austria	Latvia	Clay (i)	Daniela Vismane	W	6–3, 6–1
	ZG1 Playoff	12 Nov 2022	Vienna, Austria	Latvia	Clay (i)	Jeļena Ostapenko	L	0–6, 6–3, 1–6
2023 BJK Cup	Qualifying round	14 April 2023	Delray Beach, USA	USA	Hard	Jessica Pegula	L	0–6, 5–7
	ZG1 Playoff	11 Nov 2023	Schwechat, Austria	Mexico	Clay (i)	Giuliana Olmos	W	7–5, 6–2
	ZG1 Playoff	12 Nov 2023	Schwechat, Austria	Mexico	Clay (i)	Fernanda Contreras	L	6–0, 2–6, 4–6

Doubles (5–5)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2019 Fed Cup	ZG2 Pool A	8 Feb 2019	Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hard (i)	Mira Antonitsch	Anita Husarić Jelena Simić	W	w/o *
2020 Fed Cup	ZG1 Pool B	5 Feb 2020	Tallinn, Estonia	Italy	Hard (i)	Mira Antonitsch	Giulia Gatto-Monticone Martina Trevisan	L	4–6, 4–6
		6 Feb 2020		Greece			Valentini Grammatikopoulou Despina Papamichail	W	7–5, 7–6⁽²⁾
		7 Feb 2020		Estonia			Valeria Gorlats Saara Orav	W	6–2, 4–6, 6–0
2022 BJK Cup	ZG1 Pool B	11 Apr 2022	Antalya, Turkey	Bulgaria	Clay	Barbara Haas	Isabella Shinikova Julia Terziyska	L	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 2–6, 4–6
		12 Apr 2022		Slovenia		Melanie Klaffner	Kaja Juvan Tamara Zidanšek	L	6–2, 4–6, 2–6
		14 Apr 2022		Sweden			Caijsa Hennemann Kajsa Rinaldo Persson	W	4–6, 7–5, 6–0
	ZG1 Playoff	12 Nov 2022	Vienna, Austria	Latvia	Clay (i)		Diāna Marcinkēviča Jeļena Ostapenko	W	7–5, 6–3
2023 BJK Cup	Qualifying round	15 April 2023	Delray Beach, USA	USA	Hard	Melanie Klaffner	Coco Gauff Caty McNally	L	1-6, 4-6
2023 BJK Cup	ZG1 Playoff	12 Nov 2023	Schwechat, Austria	Latvia	Clay (i)	Melanie Klaffner	Fernanda Contreras Giuliana Olmos	L	3–6, 6–3, 7–6⁽⁶⁾

* walkover doesn't count in her overall record.

References

^ "Sinja jubelt über Bronze" (in German). www.olympia.at. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
^ "L'Italia vince anche il doppio con Gatto-Monticone e Trevisan: sonoro 3-0 all'Austria in Fed Cup". it.eurosport.com (in Italian).
^ "ÖTV-Damen verlieren Auftakt". www.laolal.at (in German).
^ "Bogota Open: Kraus upsets Podoroska to book spot in second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
^ "Bogota Open: Brancaccio into last 8, plays Maria next". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 17 November 2024.

External links

Sinja Kraus at the Women's Tennis Association
Sinja Kraus at the International Tennis Federation
Sinja Kraus at the Billie Jean King Cup

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[1] "Sinja jubelt über Bronze" (in German). www.olympia.at. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2019.

[2] "L'Italia vince anche il doppio con Gatto-Monticone e Trevisan: sonoro 3-0 all'Austria in Fed Cup". it.eurosport.com (in Italian).

[3] "ÖTV-Damen verlieren Auftakt". www.laolal.at (in German).

[4] "Bogota Open: Kraus upsets Podoroska to book spot in second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 17 November 2024.

[5] "Bogota Open: Brancaccio into last 8, plays Maria next". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 17 November 2024.

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