Petra Marčinko (born 4 December 2005) is a Croatian tennis player.[1]

Petra Marčinko
Marčinko at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Croatia
Born (2005-12-04) 4 December 2005 (age 19)
Zagreb, Croatia
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CoachGoran Prpić
Prize money$270,366
Singles
Career record96–51
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 132 (23 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 260 (16 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2023)
French OpenQ2 (2023, 2024)
WimbledonQ1 (2024)
US OpenQ2 (2023)
Doubles
Career record21–10
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 611 (2 December 2024)
Current rankingNo. 618 (16 December 2024)
Fed Cup7–5
Last updated on: 16 December 2024.

Marčinko has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 132, achieved on 23 October 2023. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of 611, achieved on 2 December 2024. She has won seven titles in singles and three in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Career

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Juniors

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On the ITF Junior Circuit, Marčinko had won nine singles and seven doubles titles. She achieved the number-one junior ranking on 13 December 2021.[2]

In December 2021, she completed a remarkable late-season surge as singles and doubles victories at the prestigious Orange Bowl championships saw her climb nine places to finish as the year-end junior world No. 1.[3] At the beginning of 2022, she won her first junior Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, defeating Sofia Costoulas in the final, in straight sets.[4]

Professional

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Marčinko made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Morocco Open in Rabat extending her season win-loss record to 20-4, after receiving a wildcard and recording an upset over Rebecca Peterson for her first top 100 win.[5]

She won her sixth consecutive ITF Women's Circuit title at the 2023 Caldas da Rainha Ladies Open, defeating Léolia Jeanjean in the final in straight sets, and set the new Croatian record for the youngest women's player to win six professional singles titles before turning 18.[6]

Having been given a wildcard entry, Marčinko was runner-up at the WTA 125 2024 Montreux Nestlé Open, losing to seventh seed Irina-Camelia Begu in the final in three sets.[7]

Grand Slam performance timelines

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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.

Singles

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Tournament 2023 2024 W–L
Australian Open Q2 Q1 0–0
French Open Q2 Q2 0–0
Wimbledon A Q1 0–0
US Open Q2 A 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0
 
Marčinko at the 2024 Montreux Nestlé Open.

WTA Challenger finals

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Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2024 Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland Clay   Irina-Camelia Begu 6–1, 3–6, 0–6

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 7 (7 titles)

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Legend
W80 tournaments (1–0)
W60/75 tournaments (3–0)
W25/35 tournaments (3–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey W25 Clay   Carole Monnet 6–4, 6–1
Win 2–0 Mar 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey W25 Clay   Elisabetta Cocciaretto 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–0 Oct 2022 Internationaux de Poitiers, France W80 Hard (i)   Ysaline Bonaventure 6–3, 7–6(2)
Win 4–0 Jun 2023 Roma Cup, Italy W60 Clay   Georgia Pedone 6–2, 6–2
Win 5–0 Jun 2023 ITF Tarvisio, Italy W25 Clay   Katarzyna Kawa 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Win 6–0 Sep 2023 Caldas da Rainha Open, Portugal W60 Hard   Léolia Jeanjean 6–4, 6–1
Win 7–0 Oct 2024 Saguenay Challenger, Canada W75 H Hard (i)   Anouk Koevermans 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(3)

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
W75 tournaments (1–0)
W15 tournaments (2–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2021 ITF Šibenik, Croatia W15 Clay   Natália Szabanin   Darya Astakhova
  Ekaterina Makarova
6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 May 2021 ITF Šibenik, Croatia W15 Clay   Natália Szabanin   Nefisa Berberović
  Nicole Fossa Huergo
6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Loss 2–1 Oct 2021 ITF Monastir,Tunisia W15 Clay   Sebastianna Scilipoti   Ma Yexin
  Ni Ma Zhuoma
6–3, 4–6, [7–10]
Win 3–1 Aug 2024 ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia W75 Clay   Lola Radivojević   Živa Falkner
  Tara Würth
7–6(5), 6–4

Junior finals

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Grand Slam tournaments

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Girls' singles: 1 (title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2022 Australian Open Hard   Sofia Costoulas 7–5, 6–1

Fed Cup participation

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Singles (6–3)

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Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2022 Z1 R/R 11 Apr 2022 Antalya, Turkey   Sweden Clay Jacqueline Cabaj Awad W 6–0, 6–4
12 Apr 2022   Bulgaria Julia Terziyska W 6–4, 6–4
14 Apr 2022   Georgia Nino Natsvlishvili W 6–2, 6–2
Z1 P/O 16 Apr 2022   Serbia Lola Radivojević W 6–1, 2–6, 6–0
P/O 11 Nov 2022 Rijeka, Croatia   Germany Hard (i) Jule Niemeier W 6–3, 6–2
12 Nov 2022 Anna-Lena Friedsam L 4–6, 1–6
2023 Z1 R/R 10 Apr 2023 Antalya, Turkey   Denmark Clay Johanne Svendsen W 2–6, 7–5, 7–5
11 Apr 2023   Bulgaria Lia Karatancheva L 6–4, 3–6, 3–6
13 Apr 2023   Sweden Caijsa Hennemann L 4–6, 5–7

Doubles (1–2)

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Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponent W/L Score
2022 Z1 R/R 15 Apr 2022 Antalya, Turkey   Austria Clay Tara Würth Barbara Haas
Melanie Klaffner
L 7–5, ret.
2023 Z1 R/R 10 Apr 2023   Denmark Rebecca Mortensen
Johanne Svendsen
L 3–6, 5–7
14 Apr 2023   Norway Lucija Ćirić Bagarić Emilie Elde
Lilly Elida Håseth
W 6–2, 6–1

United Cup participation

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Doubles (0–1)

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Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponent W/L Score
2023 Group stage 3 Jan 2023 Perth (AUS)   France Hard Matija Pecotić Jessika Ponchet
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
L 4–6, 4–6

References

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  1. ^ "Petra Marčinko". www.tennisabstract.com.
  2. ^ "Croatia's Petra Marčinko new world No.1 junior tennis player". www.croatiaweek.com.
  3. ^ "MARCINKO SOARS TO NO. 1 WITH SINGLES AND DOUBLES WINS AT ORANGE BOWL". www.itftennis.com.
  4. ^ "'A memory that'll last forever': Marcinko wins Aus Open girls' title". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Petra Marčinko pobjednica ITF turnira u Portugalu, osvojila 6. profesionalni naslov u singlu!". hts.hr.
  7. ^ "Begu takes traditional lake plunge after winning Montreux WTA 125". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Orange Bowl Girls' Singles Champion
Category: 18 and under

2021
Succeeded by
Preceded by Orange Bowl Girls' Doubles Champion
2021
With:   Diana Shnaider
Succeeded by