Ajla Tomljanovi is a professional tennis player. In October 2008, she took part in her first ITF Circuit tournament in Mexico City.
On February 21, 2022, the athlete’s singles ranking was the world’s No. 38, which was the best it had ever been.
She was a good junior player who won the girls’ doubles title at the 2009 Australian Open with Christina McHale. On March 30, 2009, Tomljanovi was ranked No. 4 in the world as a junior player, which was his career high.
During the 2020 World TeamTennis season, she played with the Vegas Rollers at The Greenbrier. This was her first World TeamTennis match.
Meet Ratko and Emina Tomljanovic, Ajla Tomljanovic’s father and mother
Ajla was born in Zagreb, Croatia, on May 7, 1993. Her parents are Croatian father, Ratko Tomljanović, and Bosnian mother, Emina Tomljanović.
Ratko played handball professionally and won the European Cup in 1992 and 1993 with RK Zagreb.
On the other hand, she became interested in tennis because of her mother, Emina. Reuters says that her mother gets so stressed out about her daughter’s tennis matches that she often goes for long walks with the family dog to calm down.
Her parents have always supported her dreams of becoming a tennis player, which is why she is famous in this sport.
The tennis player thinks it’s great that she has parents who have always been there for her and love her so much. Ratko and Emina have also come to the stadium to cheer on their daughter and encourage her during her tennis matches.
What Is Ajla Tomljanović’s Ethnicity? Details about her family
Ajla Tomljanovi is of mixed race because her father is Croatian and her mother is Bosnian.
She is a Croatian citizen because she was born in Zagreb, which is in Croatia. Her home country, Croatia, was where she competed until 2014.
After becoming a permanent resident of Australia, Tomljanovi played his first match for Australia at the US Open in 2014.
The player had to play for Croatia at all non-Grand Slam events for the next four years, until she got Australian citizenship in January 2018. After that, she could play for Australia at all WTA Tour events.
Tomljanovi began playing tennis when she was six years old. When she was thirteen, she moved to Florida to train. She also likes basketball. In 2009, Ajla and Christina McHale won the girls’ doubles title at the Australian Open. In the final, they beat Sandra Zaniewska and Aleksandra Kruni.
Who Is Ajla Tomljanović’s Sister Hana?
Hana Tomljanović is Ratko Tomljanovi’s and Emina Tomljanovi’s daughter.
She is best known as the sister of the Australian pro tennis player Ajla Tomljanovi.
Hana was on the tennis team at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. The University of Virginia is a public research university. Even though she had a lot of potential, Ajla’s older sister never became a great tennis player.
We don’t know much about Hana yet, but her two sisters seem to get along well and like spending time together.
Who Is Ajla Tomljanović’s Boyfriend Matteo Berrettini? Her Dating Life
Ajla Tomljanovi just broke up with fellow tennis player Matteo Berrettini. They were together from 2019 to 2022.
In 2019, Ajla and Berrettini went public with their relationship. In March 2022, rumors started to spread on the internet that they had broken up, and in June 2022, Berrettini confirmed that it was true.
During a press conference after reaching the semi-finals of the Queen’s Club Championships, he said, “Yes, I’m single, but it’s not like I’m looking for love. I don’t wake up and feel like I have to find love.”
People often saw them cheering for each other at tennis matches and going to events, like the 2021 Met Gala, together.
After breaking up with Matteo in September 2022, the tennis player is now single and focusing on her tennis career.
It’s working, because on Friday at the US Open, Tomljanovi beat Serena Williams, who is arguably the best tennis player of all time.
Early years
Tomljanovi was born in Zagreb to a Croatian father, Ratko Tomljanovi, who was a professional handball player and won the European Cup in 1992 and 1993, and a Bosniak mother, Emina. Hana, who was a year older than she was, played tennis for the University of Virginia.
She started playing tennis when she was six, and when she was 13, she moved to Florida to train.
Fernando Martnez and Rene Gomez are her coaches. She likes basketball, too.
Tomljanovi and Christina McHale won the girls’ doubles title at the 2009 Australian Open. In the final, they beat Aleksandra Kruni and Sandra Zaniewska.
Work as a professional
Tomljanovi played in her first professional ITF Circuit event in Mexico City in October 2008, but she lost in the semifinals to Estefana Cracin. She then got into another ITF tournament in Mexico City, but in the second round, she lost to Karolina Kosiska. In January 2009, she qualified for an ITF tournament in Boca Raton, Florida, but lost in the second round to Heidi El Tabakh. Tomljanovi got a wild card into the Indian Wells Open, but Angela Haynes beat her. Then, Tomljanovi lost in the second round of three ITF tournaments in a row, in Redding, California, Osprey, Florida, and Makarska, Croatia, to Rika Fujiwara, Kateina Kramperová, and Ana Savi, in that order. She lost to Tereza Hladková in the first round of the ITF tournament in Zagreb. She won her first ITF doubles title with fellow Croat Petra Marti on May 10, 2009, in Zagreb.
Because of mononucleosis, Tomljanovi missed most of the 2012 season.
2014: Top 50 break through in the fourth round of the French Open
During the offseason, Tomljanovi started working with coach David Taylor, who was the former Australian Fed Cup captain and had just left Samantha Stosur.
She began the year by playing in the Shenzhen Open. In the first round, she lost to eighth-seeded Annika Beck. Tomljanovi then took part in the Sydney International as a “wild card.” In the first round, she beat Daniela Hantuchová, who used to be No. 5 in the world. She lost to Madison Keys in three sets in the second round. At the Australian Open, Tomljanovi beat Tadeja Majeri, who was ranked 67th, in the first round. In the second round, she lost in three sets to the 13th seed, Sloane Stephens.
She lost in the first round of the Pattaya Open in straight sets to a qualifier, Alla Kudryavtseva.
At the Mexican Open, she got to the quarterfinals by beating the fourth seed Magdaléna Rybáriková and a player who didn’t make it into the draw. But in the quarterfinals, she lost to Zhang Shuai, who was the eighth seed. At the Indian Wells Open, the 17th seed Sloane Stephens beat her in the second round. Tomljanovic beat Kristina Mladenovic and Garbie Muguruza, who was the 30th seed, to get to the third round of the Miami Open. In the end, she lost in three sets to the American Varvara Lepchenko.
At the Charleston Open, Tomljanovi began the clay-court season. In the first round, she beat Stefanie Vogele, who was in the semis last year. In the second round, she beat Zhang Shuai, who was the 16th seed. In the third round, she lost to Jelena Jankovi, who was the second seed. Tomljanovi got into the main draw of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix by beating Carina Witthoft, Sachia Vickery, and fifth seed Mona Barthel. Alisa Kleybanova was able to beat Tomljanovi in the first round. She was the 13th seed, but Katarzyna Piter beat her in the first round of qualifying for the Madrid Open. Chanelle Scheepers beat her 6–2, 6–0 in the second round of qualifying for the Internazionali d’Italia. She was ranked 15th. At the Internationaux de Strasbourg, Tomljanovi’s last tournament before the French Open, Zarina Diyas beat her in the second round.
She was ranked No. 72 at the French Open, and she got off to a great start by beating Francesca Schiavone, who won the French Open in 2010, in the first round. In the second, she beat Elena Vesnina, who was the 32nd seed, in two sets. Then, she beat third-seeded Agnieszka Radwaska to make it to the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career. However, she lost to 14th-seeded Carla Suárez Navarro, which ended her run. Her best performance at the French Open moved her from 72nd place to 51st.
Tomljanovi’s first grass court match was at the Birmingham Classic, where she lost to Mona Barthel in the first round. She was the third seed for qualifying at the Eastbourne International, but she lost to Francesca Schiavone, the seventh seed, in the last round of qualifying, 7–6, 0–6, 6–7. Heather Watson beat Tomljanovi, who was ranked 53 at Wimbledon, in the first round.
In the first round of the Gastein Ladies, she lost to qualifier Ana Bogdan 6–3, 3–0 and then quit the match.
Andrea Petkovic, the eighth seed, beat Tomljanovi in the first round of the Stanford Classic, which was the first US Open event she played in.
She got a wild card to play in the main draw of the Rogers Cup, but Shelby Rogers beat her in the first round. Tomljanovi was the 11th seed for qualifying at the Western & Southern Open. She lost to Julia Gorges in the first round of qualifying. Carla Suárez Navarro, the 15th seed, beat her in the first round of the US Open. She was ranked number 55.
At the Coupe Banque Nationale, Tomljanovi was the second seed. However, Andrea Hlaváková beat him in three sets in the second round.
She was the 15th seed in qualifying for the first Wuhan Open. In the first round, she lost to Donna Veki 7–6, 2–6, 4–6. She was the ninth seed in qualifying for the China Open, but she lost to the fourth seed, Tsvetana Pironkova, in the last round. At the first Tianjin Open, Tomljanovi was the eighth seed and made it to the quarterfinals by beating qualifier Nadiia Kichenok and Duan Yingying. She lost to the second seed, Peng Shuai, in the quarterfinals. At the Kremlin Cup, Tomljanovi played her last match of the year. In the first round, she won against Alexandra Panova. [40] In the second, she lost to Lucie afáová, who was the fourth seed.
