Aleksandra Krunić
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Aleksandra Krunić is a Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

n professional tennis player, who is, as of October 03 2011, ranked No. 213. Krunić has won six ITF events — five in singles and one in doubles.

On 25 April 2009 Krunić debuted for Serbia Fed Cup team
Serbia Fed Cup team
The Serbian Fed Cup team represents Serbia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Serbia Tennis Federation. They currently compete in the World Group.-Current team:-Before 1992:...

 in a doubles match versus Spain
Spain Fed Cup team
The Spain Fed Cup team represents Spain in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Real Federación Española de Tenis. They currently compete in the World Group.-Current team:* María José Martínez Sánchez...

. She partnered with Ana Jovanović
Ana Jovanovic
Ana Jovanović is a Serbian professional tennis player. She is coached by Nikola Pilić.- Tennis career :...

 against Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Lourdes Dominguez Lino
Lourdes Domínguez Lino is a Spanish professional female tennis player. On 11 September 2006 Domínguez Lino reached her career-high singles ranking: World No...

 and Nuria Llagostera Vives
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Nuria Llagostera Vives is a Spanish female tennis player. On June 6, 2005, Llagostera Vives reached her career-high singles ranking, World No. 35.During her career she has won 2 singles titles and 11 in doubles...

, but the match was cancelled. Krunić was the runner–up of 2009 Australian Open
2009 Australian Open
The 2009 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 97th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 19 January through 1 February 2009. The 2009 men's...

 in Girls' Doubles
2009 Australian Open - Girls' Doubles
Ksenia Lykina and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova were the defending champions, but choose not to participate that year.Christina McHale and Ajla Tomljanovic won in the final 6–1, 2–6, 10–4, against Aleksandra Krunic and Sandra Zaniewska.-Seeds:...

, along with Sandra Zaniewska
Sandra Zaniewska
Sandra Zaniewska is a Polish professional tennis player, who is, as of November 14, 2011, ranked No. 295. She has won two ITF tournaments and was the runner–up of the 2009 Australian Open in Girls' Doubles.- Personal life :...

. She made her WTA Tour debut at 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open
2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open
The 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the Banka Koper Slovenia Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour...

, playing doubles with World No. 2 Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no...

. Krunić made her WTA singles debut at the Poli-Farbe Budapest Grand Prix.

Personal life

Aleksandra Krunić was born to Bratislav and Ivana Krunić, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

n immigrants to Russia
Russia
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, and has a sister named Anastasia. She was born on 15 March 1993 in Moscow, Russia, where she currently resides. Krunić speaks Serbian
Serbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....

, Russian
Russian language
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 and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 fluently.

Junior career

Krunić picked up a tennis racquet aged seven. She began training tennis at the Spartak Moscow
Spartak (sports society)
Spartak is the International Fitness and Sports Society of Nikolai Starostin.-Overview:Spartak was the first and the largest All-Union Voluntary Sports Society of workers of state trade, producers' cooperation, light industry, civil aviation, education, culture, health service etc...

 club, which spanned numerous tennis stars such as Anna Kournikova
Anna Kournikova
Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova is a Russian retired professional tennis player. Her beauty and celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis stars worldwide, despite the fact that she never won a WTA singles title. At the peak of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name...

, Anastasia Myskina
Anastasia Myskina
Anastasiya Andreyevna Myskina is a professional tennis player from Russia. She won the 2004 French Open singles title, becoming the first Russian female tennis player to win a Grand Slam main draw singles title. Subsequent to this victory she rose to number 3 on the WTA ranking, becoming the first...

, Marat Safin
Marat Safin
Marat Mikhailovich Safin is a retired Russian tennis player of Tatar descent. Safin won two grand slams and reached the world number 1 ranking during his career. He was also famous for his emotional outbursts and sometimes fiery temper on court. Safin also holds the record for most broken...

, Igor Andreev
Igor Andreev
Igor Valerievich Andreev is a Russian professional tennis player, born in Moscow.-2003:Andreev made his ATP debut in September 2003 at Bucharest, Romania as a qualifier and defeated top seed Nikolay Davydenko 7–5, 6–7, 6–0 in the first round, before losing in the next round to José Acasuso.At the...

 and others. Since then Krunić has been coached by Edouard Safonov. In 2006 Krunić reached the semifinals of Junior Kremlin Cup
Kremlin Cup
The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour...

, losing to Bulgaria
Bulgaria
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n Dalia Zafirova
Dalia Zafirova
Dalia Kirilova Zafirova is a professional Bulgarian tennis player and member of the Bulgaria Fed Cup team...

 6–7(10) 6–3 6–1, who eventually fell to Ksenia Kirillova in the final. The following year she won three junior events, in Podgorica
Podgorica
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, Livorno
Livorno
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 and Maia
Maia
Maia is a female given name of Greek origin. Together with other similar words, it may refer to:- Mythology :* Maia , the eldest of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, also identified with an Ancient Italic goddess of spring and the most beautiful....

. In 2008 Krunić reached the quarterfinals of European Junior Championships
Tennis Europe
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 in Moscow and won the junior event in Budapest
Budapest
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. She also played at the junior event in Kramfors
Kramfors
Kramfors is a locality and the seat of Kramfors Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 6,235 inhabitants in 2005.Geographically the town is situated on the western shore of the Ångerman River. This river was the reason that Kramfors was founded, because in the 19th century it was a...

, however withdrew from the final match against Croatia
Croatia
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n Silvia Njirić
Silvia Njirić
Silvia Njirić is a junior Croatian tennis player. Having already played Fed Cup for Croatia, Njirić made semi-finals at the 2010 junior French Open, losing to Elina Svitolina of Ukraine.-ITF Circuit singles finals :...

 due to injury by a score of 6–3, 6–1 for Njirić.

In 2009 she played the second round of 2009 Australian Open in Girls' Singles
2009 Australian Open - Girls' Singles
Arantxa Rus was the defending champion, but she did not participate that year.Ksenia Pervak won in the final 6–3, 6–1, against Laura Robson.-Seeds:# Noppawan Lertcheewakarn # Ana Bogdan # Ksenia Pervak...

, and the final of Girls' Doubles event
2009 Australian Open - Girls' Doubles
Ksenia Lykina and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova were the defending champions, but choose not to participate that year.Christina McHale and Ajla Tomljanovic won in the final 6–1, 2–6, 10–4, against Aleksandra Krunic and Sandra Zaniewska.-Seeds:...

, partnering with Sandra Zaniewska
Sandra Zaniewska
Sandra Zaniewska is a Polish professional tennis player, who is, as of November 14, 2011, ranked No. 295. She has won two ITF tournaments and was the runner–up of the 2009 Australian Open in Girls' Doubles.- Personal life :...

. The two lost to Christina McHale
Christina McHale
Christina McHale is a professional American tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 45, and in doubles it is No. 171. McHale has beaten numerous top WTA tour players, including current world no...

 and Ajla Tomljanović
Ajla Tomljanović
Ajla Tomljanović is a Croatian professional tennis player. She is former junior World No. 4. Partnering with Christina McHale, she won the 2009 Australian Open in Girls' Doubles. Tomljanović won her first ITF singles event in January 2010....

 6–1, 2–6, 10–4. She reached the second round of both Girls' Singles and Doubles at the 2009 French Open
2009 French Open
The 2009 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 108th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...

, and lost in the first round of Girls' Singles
2009 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Singles
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn won in the final 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 against Kristina Mladenovic.Laura Robson was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Quirine Lemoine.-Seeds:# Kristina Mladenovic # Laura Robson ...

 at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships
2009 Wimbledon Championships
The 2009 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, from Monday 22 June through to Sunday 5 July 2009...

. Krunić also partnered with Tamara Čurović
Tamara Čurović
Tamara Čurović is a Serbian tennis player. Although she plays junior mostly, she also competes at professional tournaments. In 2009, Čurović reached her first ITF final, in Doboj. As of 7 March 2011, Čurović is ranked World No. 686...

 at the Girls' Doubles event
2009 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Doubles
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn and Sally Peers won in the final 6-1, 6-1 against Kristina Mladenovic and Silvia Njirić.Polona Hercog and Jessica Moore were the defending champions, but did not compete in the juniors this year.-Seeds:...

, however they lost in the first round to Tímea Babos
Tímea Babos
Tímea Babos is a professional Hungarian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 176, which she reached on 11 July 2011. Her career high in doubles is 175, which she achieved on 18 July 2011. To date, Babos has won nine singles and nine doubles professional tennis titles.Babos is a member...

 and Ajla Tomljanović. In April 2009 she reached her highest junior ranking when she was ranked World No. 17.

Although she had decided not to play juniors anymore, Krunić took part in the European Championships
Tennis Europe
Tennis Europe was formed in 1976 by a group of 17 European national tennis federations as a regional governing body for the sport of tennis and under the auspices of the International Tennis Federation...

 organized by both ITF and Tennis Europe
Tennis Europe
Tennis Europe was formed in 1976 by a group of 17 European national tennis federations as a regional governing body for the sport of tennis and under the auspices of the International Tennis Federation...

, along with Bojana Jovanovski
Bojana Jovanovski
Bojana Jovanovski is a Serbian tennis player. As of 24 October 2011, Jovanovski is ranked World No. 56 and is the third highest ranked Serbian player, after World No. 14 Jelena Janković and No. 26 Ana Ivanović...

 and Doroteja Erić in the team of Serbia.

Professional career

As a member of TK Red Star
Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...

, Krunić won the national club championships in 2008. She was awarded with a wild card
Wild card (sports)
The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...

 for tennis event in Prokuplje
Prokuplje
Prokuplje is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 43.24° North, 21.59° East. According to 2011 census, the town has a total population of 27,163 inhabitants, while population of municipality is 43,631. It is the administrative center of the Toplica District of Serbia. It is one of the...

, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

, organized by the International Tennis Federation
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...

. On 6 July 2008 Krunić won the tournament and became the youngest ITF title winner in 2008 by winning the Prokuplje
Prokuplje
Prokuplje is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 43.24° North, 21.59° East. According to 2011 census, the town has a total population of 27,163 inhabitants, while population of municipality is 43,631. It is the administrative center of the Toplica District of Serbia. It is one of the...

 event. In October 2008 she also played two ITF events in Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...

.

Krunić was invited by Serbia Fed Cup team
Serbia Fed Cup team
The Serbian Fed Cup team represents Serbia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Serbia Tennis Federation. They currently compete in the World Group.-Current team:-Before 1992:...

 coach Dejan Vraneš to join the team for the 2009 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs
2009 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs
The World Group Play-offs are the main play-offs of 2009 Fed Cup. Winners will advance to the World Group, and loser will play in the World Group II.-Spain vs. Serbia:-France vs. Slovakia:-Germany vs. China:-Argentina vs. Ukraine:...

 versus Spain
Spain Fed Cup team
The Spain Fed Cup team represents Spain in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Real Federación Española de Tenis. They currently compete in the World Group.-Current team:* María José Martínez Sánchez...

. Serbia won 4–0, with two singles victories of Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no...

 and Ana Ivanović
Ana Ivanovic
Ana Ivanović is a former world no. 1 Serbian tennis player. As of November 7, 2011, she is ranked 22th on the WTA rankings. She beat Dinara Safina to win the 2008 French Open and was the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open...

 against Anabel Medina Garrigues
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues , better known as Anabel Medina, is a Spanish female tennis player. She reached a career high WTA Tour ranking of No. 16 on 4 May 2009, and has won 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles, including the 2008 French Open and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual...

 and María José Martínez Sánchez
María José Martínez Sánchez
María José Martínez Sánchez is a Spanish professional tennis player. In singles, she has won five WTA singles titles, the 2009 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, the 2009 Swedish Open, the Premier 5 event, 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, the 2011 Gastein Ladies and the 2011 Hansol Korea Open. She...

. Krunić debuted in a doubles match played on 25 April 2009, along with Ana Jovanović
Ana Jovanovic
Ana Jovanović is a Serbian professional tennis player. She is coached by Nikola Pilić.- Tennis career :...

 against Nuria Llagostera Vives
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Nuria Llagostera Vives is a Spanish female tennis player. On June 6, 2005, Llagostera Vives reached her career-high singles ranking, World No. 35.During her career she has won 2 singles titles and 11 in doubles...

 and Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Lourdes Dominguez Lino
Lourdes Domínguez Lino is a Spanish professional female tennis player. On 11 September 2006 Domínguez Lino reached her career-high singles ranking: World No...

. Llagostera Vives and Domínguez Lino were leading 6–2, 1–0 when the match was canceled due to rain. In July, Krunić was awarded with a wild card for the Prokuplje ITF event and failed in defending her title from 2008. She was defeated by Dalia Zafirova
Dalia Zafirova
Dalia Kirilova Zafirova is a professional Bulgarian tennis player and member of the Bulgaria Fed Cup team...

 6–3, 7–6(3) in the final. However, partnering with Ema Polić in doubles, Krunić won her first ITF doubles title. They defeated Aleksandra Josifoska and Cristina Tancu in the final with 6–2, 7–6(3). In August 2009 Krunić qualified the ITF event in La Marsa
La Marsa
La Marsa is a coastal town in far north eastern Tunisia near the capital Tunis. It is located at around . The population is estimated as 65,742, as of 2006. The old summer capital of pre-colonial Tunisia, it is today a popular vacation spot for many middle class Tunisians.It is connected to Tunis...

, and lost in the second round to Italian Francesca Mazzali 6–3, 6–2. She then played in Velenje
Velenje
Velenje is a town and municipality in northern Slovenia. The municipality has 33.331 inhabitants. Staro Velenje is first mentioned in written doucments dating to 1264 and 1374 as small market town and was a center of handicraft and trade...

, Slovenia
Slovenia
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, and won her second ITF singles title, defeating Nika Ožegović
Nika Ožegovic
Nika Ožegović is a professional tennis player from Croatia. In her career she won eight ITF tournaments, five in singles and three in doubles. Her career high on WTA rankings is No. 131, on July 9, 2007 in singles; and No. 193, on October 9, 2006 in doubles.-Singles finals 11 :-Doubles finals 4...

 6–3, 6–1 in the final. On 14 September 2009 Krunić broke into the WTA Singles Ranking List, when she was ranked number 795, and on 18 October Krunić won her third ITF title in Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...

, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

.

In January 2010, Krunić won her fourth ITF tournament in Quanzhou
Quanzhou
Quanzhou is a prefecture-level city in Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It borders all other prefecture-level cities in Fujian but two and faces the Taiwan Strait...

, China
China
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, defeating domestic player Zhou Yi-Miao
Zhou Yi-Miao
Zhou Yimiao is a professional Chinese tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 200, which she reached on February 15, 2010. Her career high in doubles is 248, which she reached on February 15, 2010.-External links:...

 6–3, 7–5 in the final. In May, she won a singles title in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

 and was the doubles runner–up. Krunić made her WTA Tour debut at 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open
2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open
The 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the Banka Koper Slovenia Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour...

, playing doubles with World No. 2 Jelena Janković. The two defeated Sesil Karatantcheva
Sesil Karatantcheva
Sesil Karatantcheva is a Bulgarian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. Karatantcheva played for Bulgaria until February 2, 2009, when she changed nationality. She will play for Kazakhstan until at least 2012....

 and Anna Tatishvili
Anna Tatishvili
Anna Tatishvili is a professional Georgian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 84, which she reached on 4 July, 2011. Her career high in doubles is 107, which she reached on April 12, 2010...

 6–3, 4–6, [10–8], and the fourth seeds Eleni Daniilidou
Eleni Daniilidou
Eleni Daniilidou is a Greek tennis player born in Chania, on the island of Crete.As of 2011, she has won five WTA singles titles and three doubles titles. In 2003, she reached the Australian Open mixed doubles final. Her highest singles ranking has been 14th...

 and Jasmin Wöhr
Jasmin Wöhr
Jasmin Wöhr is a German professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999.Wöhr was part of the Germany Fed Cup team in 2006. In the same year, she played solely in doubles competition, but has since returned to singles as well...

 4–6, 6–4, [10–6], but then had to withdraw from their semifinals match against Maria Kondratieva
Maria Kondratieva
Maria Kondratieva is a Russian professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA doubles ranking is 48, set on 18 October 2010. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 210, which she reached on 23 June 2008.-Doubles: 4 :-External links:...

 and Vladimíra Uhlířová
Vladimíra Uhlírová
Vladimíra Uhlířová is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Uhlířová reached her highest doubles ranking of World number 18 on October 1, 2007. Uhlířová has won 17 ITF doubles titles and 5 WTA doubles titles, but no singles titles of either type.-Doubles: 17 :-External links:...

 due to an injury of Janković.

In February 2011, Krunić was once again invited for the Serbia Fed Cup team in the World Group II
2011 Fed Cup World Group II
The World Group II is the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2011. 4 of the winners will advanced to the World Group I Play-offs, and the losing nations advancing to the World Group II Play-offs.-Estonian team:...

 rubber against Canada
Canada Fed Cup team
The Canada Fed Cup Team represents Canada in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by Tennis Canada.-History:Canada has reached the quarterfinals on four occasions - in 1964, 1967, 1987 and 1988. It has also only missed one Fed Cup since the inaugural competition in 1963.-Last tie:Canada lost...

. She played along with Bojana Jovanovski
Bojana Jovanovski
Bojana Jovanovski is a Serbian tennis player. As of 24 October 2011, Jovanovski is ranked World No. 56 and is the third highest ranked Serbian player, after World No. 14 Jelena Janković and No. 26 Ana Ivanović...

, Ana Jovanović and Tamara Čurović
Tamara Čurović
Tamara Čurović is a Serbian tennis player. Although she plays junior mostly, she also competes at professional tournaments. In 2009, Čurović reached her first ITF final, in Doboj. As of 7 March 2011, Čurović is ranked World No. 686...

 against Rebecca Marino
Rebecca Marino
Rebecca Marino is a Canadian professional tennis player. On July 11, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 38...

, Aleksandra Wozniak
Aleksandra Wozniak
Aleksandra Wozniak is a Canadian professional tennis player. She turned professional in November 2005. Wozniak achieved a career-best ranking of no. 21 on June 22, 2009, making her the fourth-highest ranked Canadian singles player of all time. She has won one WTA and eight ITF tournaments...

, Marie-Ève Pelletier
Marie-Ève Pelletier
Marie-Ève Pelletier is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached a career high ranking of 106 in singles on June 20, 2005 and a career high of 54 in doubles on April 12, 2010 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.-1998–present:...

 and Sharon Fichman
Sharon Fichman
Sharon Fichman is a Canadian professional tennis player. Fichman was ranked No. 5 on the junior circuit in December 2006. Since turning pro, so far her career highs are No. 114 in singles and No. 83 in doubles. Fichman is currently Canada's highest-ranked women's doubles player.-Early life:Fichman...

 in Novi Sad
Novi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....

, Serbia. She lost her debut singles match against World No. 84 Marino with 6–3, 3–6, 7–5. Krunić played the final doubles match with Bojana Jovanovski
Bojana Jovanovski
Bojana Jovanovski is a Serbian tennis player. As of 24 October 2011, Jovanovski is ranked World No. 56 and is the third highest ranked Serbian player, after World No. 14 Jelena Janković and No. 26 Ana Ivanović...

, beating Fichman and Pelletier 7–6(5), 6–4 to guarantee Serbia the spot in the World Group Play Offs
2011 Fed Cup World Group
The World Group is the highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2011. Italy was the defending champion, but lost to Russia in the semifinals. won the Fed Cup for the sixth time beating in Moscow 3–2.-Participating Teams:-Draw:-Australia vs. Italy:...

. She will join Jelena Janković, Ana Ivanović and Bojana Jovanovski in the World Group Play Offs match against Slovakia Fed Cup team
Slovakia Fed Cup team
The Slovakia Fed Cup team represents Slovakia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Slovak Tennis Association. They currently compete in the World Group II.-History:Slovakia competed in its first Fed Cup in 1994...

 of Dominika Cibulková
Dominika Cibulková
Dominika Cibulková is a Slovak professional tennis player. She is also a former World Junior No. 3, achieving that ranking in May 2005. Her career-high ranking of World No. 12 was achieved on 6 July 2009...

, Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...

, Magdaléna Rybáriková
Magdaléna Rybáriková
Magdaléna Rybáriková is a Slovak professional tennis player. On June 22, 2009, she achieved her career-high WTA singles ranking of 40th.-Biography:...

 and Jana Čepelová
Jana Čepelová
Jana Čepelová is a professional Slovak tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is World No. 277, which she reached on 22 August 2011. Čepelová's best tennis achievement to date is by winning the girls doubles event at the 2010 Australian Open partnering Chantal Škamlová...

 in Bratislava
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...

, Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

. Serbia won with 3–2, after Krunić and Janković won a dramatic doubles match against Hantuchová and Rybáriková with 2–6, 7–5, 9–7. After this win, Serbia qualified for the 2012 Fed Cup World Group.

In May 2011, Krunić qualified for the ITF tournament Sparta Prague Open
2011 Sparta Prague Open
The 2011 Sparta Prague Open is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is part of the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place at Tennis Club Sparta Prague in Prague, Czech Republic between 9 and 15 May 2011.-Seeds:...

, but lost to World No. 19 Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová is a Czech professional tennis player. She has won seven WTA singles titles. As of 31 October 2011, she is ranked World No. 2. Kvitová won the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and the 2011 WTA Tour Championships singles titles...

 6–4, 6–2 in the semifinals. On 16 May, she reached her career-high ranking of World No. 208. She then played qualifications for the 2011 Wimbledon Championships
2011 Wimbledon Championships
The 2011 Wimbledon Championships took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England, from 20 June to 3 July 2011. It was the 125th edition of the championships, and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. It was played on grass courts and was part of the...

, but was defeated by Maria Elena Camerin
Maria Elena Camerin
Maria Elena Camerin is a professional female tennis player from Italy.On 11 October 2004, Camerin reached her career-high singles ranking: World No...

 6–2, 6–1 in the first round. Krunić then went on to defeat Natalie Grandin
Natalie Grandin
Natalie Grandin is a professional tennis player from South Africa. Grandin has yet to compete outside of the qualifying rounds of a Grand Slam singles event. She is known for her variety of play, and volleying ability....

, Teodora Mirčić
Teodora Mircic
Teodora Mirčić is a Serbian professional tennis player. Ranked No. 316 as of 11 July 2011, she won one ITF Circuit title in single and 22 titles in doubles, partnering mostly with Mervana Jugić-Salkić, and also played for Serbia Fed Cup team.- Personal life :Teodora Mirčić was born to Miomir and...

 and Olga Puchkova to qualify for her first WTA singles event, 2011 Poli-Farbe Budapest Grand Prix
2011 Poli-Farbe Budapest Grand Prix
The 2011 Poli-Farbe Budapest Grand Prix was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 17th edition of the Budapest Grand Prix, an International-level tournament on the 2011 WTA Tour...

. She was leading in the first round match against Nina Bratchikova
Nina Bratchikova
Nina Bratchikova |Zhukovskiy]], Russia) is a professional Russian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 May 2010, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 133. Her current singles ranking is 147 as of 13 November 2010...

 7–5, 1–0, in the first round, when Bratchikova retired. Krunić lost her following match to the third seed Klára Zakopalová 7–5, 7–5.

ITF singles finals (5–1)

$100,000 tournaments (0/0)
$75,000 tournaments (0/0)
$50,000 tournaments (1/0)
$25,000 tournaments (1/0)
$10,000 tournaments (3/1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 6 July 2008   Prokuplje
Prokuplje
Prokuplje is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 43.24° North, 21.59° East. According to 2011 census, the town has a total population of 27,163 inhabitants, while population of municipality is 43,631. It is the administrative center of the Toplica District of Serbia. It is one of the...

Clay   Tanya Germanlieva 6–4, 6–1
Runner–up 1. 12 July 2009   Prokuplje Clay   Dalia Zafirova
Dalia Zafirova
Dalia Kirilova Zafirova is a professional Bulgarian tennis player and member of the Bulgaria Fed Cup team...

6–3, 7–6(3)
Winner 2. 29 August 2009   Velenje
Velenje
Velenje is a town and municipality in northern Slovenia. The municipality has 33.331 inhabitants. Staro Velenje is first mentioned in written doucments dating to 1264 and 1374 as small market town and was a center of handicraft and trade...

Clay   Nika Ožegović
Nika Ožegovic
Nika Ožegović is a professional tennis player from Croatia. In her career she won eight ITF tournaments, five in singles and three in doubles. Her career high on WTA rankings is No. 131, on July 9, 2007 in singles; and No. 193, on October 9, 2006 in doubles.-Singles finals 11 :-Doubles finals 4...

6–3, 6–1
Winner 3. 18 October 2009   Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...

Clay   Karin Morgošová 6–0, 6–3
Winner 4. 10 January 2010   Quanzhou
Quanzhou
Quanzhou is a prefecture-level city in Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It borders all other prefecture-level cities in Fujian but two and faces the Taiwan Strait...

Hard   Zhou Yi-Miao
Zhou Yi-Miao
Zhou Yimiao is a professional Chinese tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 200, which she reached on February 15, 2010. Her career high in doubles is 248, which she reached on February 15, 2010.-External links:...

6–3, 7–5
Winner 5. 22 May 2010   Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

Clay   Natalia Ryzhonkova 6–4, 4–6, 6–2

ITF doubles finals (1–1)

$100,000 tournaments (0/0)
$75,000 tournaments (0/0)
$50,000 tournaments (0/0)
$25,000 tournaments (0/1)
$10,000 tournaments (1/0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winners 1. 11 July 2009   Prokuplje
Prokuplje
Prokuplje is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 43.24° North, 21.59° East. According to 2011 census, the town has a total population of 27,163 inhabitants, while population of municipality is 43,631. It is the administrative center of the Toplica District of Serbia. It is one of the...

Clay   Ema Polić   Aleksandra Josifoska
  Cristina Stancu
Cristina Stancu
Cristina-Mădălina Stancu is a professional Romanian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On November 2. 2009, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 470. Her current singles ranking is 491 and her doubles ranking 575 as of 19 April 2010. She started tennis at the age of 8 and...

6–2, 7–6(3)
Runner–up 2. 21 May 2010   Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

Clay   Marina Shamayko
Marina Shamayko
Marina Shamayko is a professional Russian tennis player. On October 30, 2006, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 352 whilst her best doubles ranking was 197 on July 14, 2008.-External links:...

  Anna Arina Marenko
Anna Arina Marenko
Anna Arina Marenko is a junior Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 462, which she reached on February 21, 2011.- ITF doubles wins :* 2010 – $25k Moscow, Russia...


  Ekaterina Yakovleva
6–2, 6–2

Grand Slam girls' doubles finals (0–1)

Outcome Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner–up 2009
2009 Australian Open - Girls' Doubles
Ksenia Lykina and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova were the defending champions, but choose not to participate that year.Christina McHale and Ajla Tomljanovic won in the final 6–1, 2–6, 10–4, against Aleksandra Krunic and Sandra Zaniewska.-Seeds:...

Australian Open
Australian Open
The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...

Hard   Sandra Zaniewska
Sandra Zaniewska
Sandra Zaniewska is a Polish professional tennis player, who is, as of November 14, 2011, ranked No. 295. She has won two ITF tournaments and was the runner–up of the 2009 Australian Open in Girls' Doubles.- Personal life :...

  Christina McHale
Christina McHale
Christina McHale is a professional American tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 45, and in doubles it is No. 171. McHale has beaten numerous top WTA tour players, including current world no...


  Ajla Tomljanović
Ajla Tomljanović
Ajla Tomljanović is a Croatian professional tennis player. She is former junior World No. 4. Partnering with Christina McHale, she won the 2009 Australian Open in Girls' Doubles. Tomljanović won her first ITF singles event in January 2010....

6–1, 2–6, 10–4

Fed Cup singles performances (0–1)

Outcome Edition Against Surface Opponent Result
Loss 2011 World Group II
2011 Fed Cup World Group II
The World Group II is the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2011. 4 of the winners will advanced to the World Group I Play-offs, and the losing nations advancing to the World Group II Play-offs.-Estonian team:...

  Canada
Canada Fed Cup team
The Canada Fed Cup Team represents Canada in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by Tennis Canada.-History:Canada has reached the quarterfinals on four occasions - in 1964, 1967, 1987 and 1988. It has also only missed one Fed Cup since the inaugural competition in 1963.-Last tie:Canada lost...

Hard (i)   Rebecca Marino
Rebecca Marino
Rebecca Marino is a Canadian professional tennis player. On July 11, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 38...

3–6, 6–3, 5–7

Fed Cup doubles performances (2–1)

Outcome Edition Against Surface Partner Opponents Result
Cancelled 2009 World Group Playoff
2009 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs
The World Group Play-offs are the main play-offs of 2009 Fed Cup. Winners will advance to the World Group, and loser will play in the World Group II.-Spain vs. Serbia:-France vs. Slovakia:-Germany vs. China:-Argentina vs. Ukraine:...

  Spain
Spain Fed Cup team
The Spain Fed Cup team represents Spain in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Real Federación Española de Tenis. They currently compete in the World Group.-Current team:* María José Martínez Sánchez...

Clay   Ana Jovanović
Ana Jovanovic
Ana Jovanović is a Serbian professional tennis player. She is coached by Nikola Pilić.- Tennis career :...

  Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Lourdes Dominguez Lino
Lourdes Domínguez Lino is a Spanish professional female tennis player. On 11 September 2006 Domínguez Lino reached her career-high singles ranking: World No...

 
  Nuria Llagostera Vives
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Nuria Llagostera Vives is a Spanish female tennis player. On June 6, 2005, Llagostera Vives reached her career-high singles ranking, World No. 35.During her career she has won 2 singles titles and 11 in doubles...

2–6, 0–1
Winners 2011 World Group II
2011 Fed Cup World Group II
The World Group II is the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2011. 4 of the winners will advanced to the World Group I Play-offs, and the losing nations advancing to the World Group II Play-offs.-Estonian team:...

  Canada
Canada Fed Cup team
The Canada Fed Cup Team represents Canada in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by Tennis Canada.-History:Canada has reached the quarterfinals on four occasions - in 1964, 1967, 1987 and 1988. It has also only missed one Fed Cup since the inaugural competition in 1963.-Last tie:Canada lost...

Hard (i)   Bojana Jovanovski
Bojana Jovanovski
Bojana Jovanovski is a Serbian tennis player. As of 24 October 2011, Jovanovski is ranked World No. 56 and is the third highest ranked Serbian player, after World No. 14 Jelena Janković and No. 26 Ana Ivanović...

  Sharon Fichman
Sharon Fichman
Sharon Fichman is a Canadian professional tennis player. Fichman was ranked No. 5 on the junior circuit in December 2006. Since turning pro, so far her career highs are No. 114 in singles and No. 83 in doubles. Fichman is currently Canada's highest-ranked women's doubles player.-Early life:Fichman...

 
  Marie-Ève Pelletier
Marie-Ève Pelletier
Marie-Ève Pelletier is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached a career high ranking of 106 in singles on June 20, 2005 and a career high of 54 in doubles on April 12, 2010 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.-1998–present:...

7–6(5), 6–4
Winners 2011 World Group Playoff
2011 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs
-Germany vs. United States:-Spain vs. France:-Slovakia vs. Serbia:-Australia vs. Ukraine:...

  Slovakia
Slovakia Fed Cup team
The Slovakia Fed Cup team represents Slovakia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Slovak Tennis Association. They currently compete in the World Group II.-History:Slovakia competed in its first Fed Cup in 1994...

Clay (i)   Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no...

  Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...

 
  Magdaléna Rybáriková
Magdaléna Rybáriková
Magdaléna Rybáriková is a Slovak professional tennis player. On June 22, 2009, she achieved her career-high WTA singles ranking of 40th.-Biography:...

2–6, 7–5, 9–7

External links

  • Aleksandra Krunić at the WTA Tour's official website
  • Profiles for Aleksandra Krunić at ITF's
    International Tennis Federation
    The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...

     home page:
  • Aleksandra Krunić at the Fed Cup
    Fed Cup
    Fed Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation...

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