Aleksandra KruniÃÂ (; born 15 March 1993) is a Serbian professional tennis player. She is a doubles finalist at the 2025 French Open and at the 2026 Australian Open, partnering Anna Danilina. She has a career-high doubles rankings of world No. 8, achieved in February 2026. Her best singles ranking is No. 39, reached in June 2018. KruniÃÂ has won ten WTA Tour titles combined, one in singles and nine in doubles, along with one WTA 125 singles title.
Kruniàwas a runnerâÂÂup in the girls' doubles category at the 2009 Australian Open, with Sandra Zaniewska. She made her WTA Tour debut at 2010 Slovenia Open, playing doubles with world No. 2, Jelena JankoviÃÂ, and made her WTA singles debut at the 2011 Budapest Grand Prix. In 2014 US Open, in her second main-draw appearance at a Grand Slam tournament, Kruniàwon her first main-draw match and then reached the fourth round, beating 27th seed Madison Keys and third seed Petra Kvitová in the process.
Kruniàhas wins over Garbiñe Muguruza, Petra Kvitová, Jeüena Ostapenko, Elina Svitolina, Johanna Konta, CoCo Vandeweghe, Sara Errani, Roberta Vinci, Madison Keys, Ekaterina Makarova and Caroline Garcia.
She has wins over former top-10 players, Timea Bacsinszky, while she was coming back from injury, as well as over Kimiko Date and Roberta Vinci in their last career matches, which were played in front of their home crowds in Tokyo and Rome, respectively. She also has wins in the qualifying rounds over former top-5 players Francesca Schiavone and Daniela Hantuchová.
Kruniàwas born to Bratislav and Ivana Kruniàin Moscow and has a sister named Anastasia. She resides in Moscow, Bratislava and Belgrade, and speaks â beside Serbian â Slovak, Russian and English fluently.
Kruniàpicked up a tennis racquet aged seven. She began training tennis at the Spartak Moscow club, which spawned numerous tennis stars such as Anna Kournikova, Elena Dementieva, Marat Safin, Anastasia Myskina, Igor Andreev and others. Since then Kruniàhas been coached by Edouard Safonov. In 2006, Kruniàreached the semifinals of junior Kremlin Cup, losing to Dalia Zafirova. The following year, she won junior events in Podgorica, Livorno and Maia. In 2008, Kruniàreached the quarterfinals of European Junior Championships in Moscow and won the junior event in Budapest. She also played at the junior event in Kramfors, however, withdrew from the final match against Croatian Silvia Njiriàdue to injury by a score of 6âÂÂ3, 3âÂÂ1 for NjiriÃÂ.
In 2009, she played the second round of Australian Open in girls' singles and the final of girls' doubles event, partnering with Sandra Zaniewska. The two lost to Christina McHale and Ajla TomljanoviÃÂ in the super-tiebreaker. She reached the second round of both girls' singles and doubles at the French Open, and lost in the first round of girls' singles at Wimbledon. KruniÃÂ also partnered with Tamara ÃÂuroviÃÂ at the girls' doubles, however they lost in the first round to TÃÂmea Babos and Ajla TomljanoviÃÂ. 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, KruniÃÂ took part in the European Championships organized by both ITF and Tennis Europe, along with Bojana Jovanovski and Doroteja EriÃÂ in the team of Serbia.
As a member of TK Red Star, KruniÃÂ won the national club championships in 2008. She was awarded with a wildcard for tennis event in Prokuplje, Serbia organized by the ITF. On 6 July 2008, KruniÃÂ won the tournament and became the youngest title winner in 2008 by winning this event. She beat one wildcard, third seed, and next three players were qualifiers. In October 2008, she also played two ITF events in Dubrovnik, but lost both times in first round.
Kruniàwas invited by Serbia Fed Cup team coach Dejan Vraneà ¡ to join the team for the 2009 Fed Cup World Group play-offs versus Spain. Jelena Jankoviàand Ana Ivanovic secured Serbia 4âÂÂ0 win. Kruniàdebuted in a doubles match played on 25 April 2009, along with Ana JovanoviÃÂ, and they were down 6âÂÂ2, 1âÂÂ0 against Llagostera Vives and DomÃÂnguez Lino, when the match was cancelled due to rain. In 2009, Kruniàwon a total of three ITF titles, including first in doubles. On 14 September 2009, she was ranked No. 795.
In January 2010, Kruniàwon her fourth ITF tournament in Quanzhou, China defeating domestic player Zhou Yimiao in the final, after beating top seed and compatriot Bojana Jovanovski in semifinal. In May, she won ITF singles title in Moscow and was the doubles runnerâÂÂup. Kruniàmade her WTA Tour debut at the Slovenia Open, playing doubles with world No. 2 and compatriot JankoviÃÂ. The two reached semifinals beating the fourth seeds Eleni Daniilidou and Jasmin Wöhr in process, but then had to withdraw from their semifinal match due to an injury of JankoviÃÂ.
In February 2011, Kruniàagain was invited to play for the Serbia Fed Cup team in the World Group II rubber against Canada. She lost her debut singles match against world No. 84, Rebecca Marino, in three sets. Kruniàplayed the final doubles match with Bojana Jovanovski, beating Fichman and Pelletier to guarantee Serbia the spot in the World Group Play Offs. Serbia won that tie 3âÂÂ2 against Slovakia, after Kruniàand Jankoviàhaving beaten Hantuchová and Rybáriková in three sets, rallying from 2âÂÂ6, 1âÂÂ5. With this win, Serbia qualified for the 2012 Fed Cup World Group.
In May 2011, Kruniàqualified for the 100k Sparta Prague Open and reached the semifinals, before losing to world No. 10, Petra Kvitová, in straight sets. At Wimbledon and the US Open, she lost in qualifying. Kruniàqualified for her first WTA singles event in Budapest. She was leading in her first-round match against Nina Bratchikova 7âÂÂ5, 1âÂÂ0, when Bratchikova retired. Kruniàlost her following match to third seed Klára Zakopalová. She played in Tashkent, and after qualifications, Kruniàwon her second WTA professional match, losing just one game to Kamila Farhad. In the second round, she lost to Sorana Cîrstea, in two tight sets.
At the Australian Open, Kruniàfailed to qualify losing to Lesia Tsurenko in the final round. In February 2012, she was a part of Serbian Fed Cup team; she lost to Yanina Wickmayer but won in doubles with Bojana Jovanovski to claim a historic victory for Serbia. In 2012, Kruniàwon one ITF title and lost one final in both singles and doubles. At the next Grand Slam tournaments, she failed to qualify. In Baku, Kruniàreached her first WTA Tour main draw of the season and finished as a quarterfinalist for the first time. She beat fourth seed Andrea HlaváÃÂková, and in the second round Laura Pous Tió, but lost in three sets to eventual champion Bojana Jovanovski.
Kruniàstarted season playing at the Australian Open qualifying, losing to Maria Elena Camerin in the third set. At WTA Tour events in Bogotá and Acapulco, Kruniàdid not qualify. In Irapuato, Mexico, she beat Olga Savchuk for her first ITF title of the year and seventh overall, dropping not a single set in the entire tournament. She played four ITF clay-court tournaments and the best result was in Trnava, Slovakia when she reached semifinals beating top 100 player and top seed Jana ÃÂepelová in the first round, but Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová was better in two sets in the semifinal. At the French Open, she lost in three sets to Mariana Duque Marino in the second qualifying round.
After missing Wimbledon, Kruniàplayed in Tour events in Budapest and Baku without qualifying. In Baku, she was the only player who won a set against eventual champion Elina Svitolina. In doubles, Kruniàplayed alongside Eleni Daniilidou and reached her first WTA Tour doubles final but they lost in three sets. US Open was the first major where she qualified for the main draw â she beat Carina Witthöft, Daria Gavrilova and Louisa Chirico, all in two sets. But in the first round, CoCo Vandeweghe was better in two sets. Week after US Open, she played an event in Trabzon, Turkey and won her last ITF title of the season, beating Stéphanie Foretz Gacon in the final. At the WTA Tour events in Linz and Luxembourg, she had to qualify. In Linz, she did it but lost to lucky loser Maryna Zanevska, in three sets. In doubles, Kruniàwon three ITF titles during the season and lost in two finals.
In first round of qualifications at the Australian Open, Kruniàlost to Zarina Diyas in three sets. In January, she qualified for the Pattaya Open, but lost to Nicha Lertpitaksinchai in the first round. Next she played three ITF events and best result was quarterfinal where she lost to Timea Bacsinszky. In the WTA event in Katowice, Kruniàdidn't qualify for main draw, but she beat former top-30 player Tamira Paszek. In Kuala Lumpur, she did not need to go through the qualifications, but in the first round, she lost to KarolÃÂna PlÃÂà ¡ková in two sets. On clay, she made it to the semifinal at two ITF tournaments. At French Open and Wimbledon, she failed to qualify. At the WTA Tour event in Bucharest, she beat Alexandra Panova in the first round, but lost in the second to world No. 3 and domestic player, Simona Halep, in a match full of breaks. Last prepare for US Open was at an ITF event in Poland where she lost in early round of singles, but won doubles title alongside Barbora KrejÃÂÃÂková.
At the US Open, Kruniàagain qualified for her second main draw appearance. In the first round, she played against good friend Katarzyna Piter and won her first ever main-draw match at a Grand Slam tournament. In the second round, 27th seed Madison Keys awaited. Although they finished the match with the same number of points, Kruniàwon in three sets and subsequently defeated third seed and reigning Wimbledon champion, Petra Kvitová in the third round in straight sets. With that win, she was guaranteed a world ranking in the top 100 for the first time. In the round of 16, Kruniàlost to 16th seed and two time US Open finalist, Victoria Azarenka, in three sets. 18-time Grand Slam champion Martina Navratilova said of Kruniàduring the match "what a find she is, what an athlete". During the tournament, KruniÃÂ's compatriots JankoviÃÂ, Ivanovic and Jovanovski gave her advice and support. She was nominated a "Rising star of the month", but Belinda Bencic had more votes by 5%. Also, the match against Azarenka was one of ten matches nominated for Grand Slam match of the year award.
The Asian swing started for Kruniàin Tashkent. Despite losing to Lesia Tsurenko in the first round of singles, she managed to capture her first career title playing doubles alongside Kateà Âina Siniaková. They beat all opponents in three sets en route to the final, where they beat Margarita Gasparyan and Alexandra Panova, in straight sets. In her hometown Moscow, she beat Caroline Garcia but lost to Tsvetana Pironkova in second round. In doubles, Kruniàand Siniakova beat top-seeded top-10 players Makarova and Vesnina in the first round.
Before the 2015 season, Kruniàwon an ITF title in Ankara in late December as a top seed, saving a few match points en route. In Shenzhen, she qualified and then in second round won against Anna Schmiedlová, rallying from 3âÂÂ6, 2âÂÂ5 and saving match points. In the quarterfinal, eventual champion Simona Halep was better in straight sets. At the Australian Open, Kruniàplayed her first major event without qualifying, and was beaten in first round by Lauren Davis. She beat Schmiedlová in Acapulco again, but lost her next four matches on hardcourt. In Prague on clay, she upset Mirjana LuÃÂiÃÂ-Baroni, but lost narrowly to Yanina Wickmayer. At the French Open, she lost to Yulia Putintseva.
KruniÃÂ started grass-court season playing in Birmingham, where she qualified for main draw and beat Heather Watson in first round, but lost next to Svetlana Kuznetsova. She then had her best result of the year in terms of importance, as she reached the third round of Wimbledon with wins over 19th seed Sara Errani and former world No. 11, Roberta Vinci. She lost to Venus Williams in straight sets.
Kruniàreturned to clay playing at the Bucharest Open where she reached the quarterfinals. She beat Elizaveta Kulichkova and Roberta Vinci again, losing just two games, but lost to Polona Hercog. However, she didn't win a match at her next six tournaments, including US Open loss to Danka KoviniÃÂ. She also played doubles alongside Jankoviàand they reached third round but lost match for quarterfinal against fourth seeds Dellacqua and Shvedova, as they led 6âÂÂ2, 4âÂÂ2 and also 4âÂÂ2 in third set.
She won her first match since six-match losing streak in Tashkent Open, beating Anett Kontaveit but lost to Jovanovski. At the next tournament in Linz, she won five matches to reach her third quarterfinal of the year. She won three qualifying rounds, including wins over Anastasija Sevastova and Kaia Kanepi, to reach the main draw. There she defeated previous month's US Open finalist, Roberta Vinci (for the third time in only five months) and Mona Barthel, before losing to eventual champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. She played at next event in Moscow but lost to Lesia Tsurenko.
KruniÃÂ reached a new career-high ranking of No. 62 in July, but finished the year at No. 96.
Coming back from wrist injury, KruniÃÂ qualified for the main draw at Roland Garros. She beat Kamilla Rakhimova in the first round in straight sets, before losing in the second round to 29th seed Veronika Kudermetova.
In June, as a lucky loser she entered the main draw of Birmingham Classic, where she managed to beat Petra Martiàin straight sets, in the first round, before losing to sixth seed Sorana Cîrstea. The following week, Kruniàqualified for the main draw at the Eastbourne International where she lost in the first round, in three tight sets, to Australian Ajla TomljanoviÃÂ. At Wimbledon, she met again 26th seed Sorana Cîrstea in the first round and lost in two tiebreak sets.
In July, KruniÃÂ beat Laura Siegemund in straight sets in the first round of the Budapest Grand Prix. In the second round, she beat sixth seed Zhang Shuai, while in the quarterfinals she defeated Wang Xiyu to reach the semifinals. Next she reached her third WTA singles final defeating third seed and defending champion Yulia Putintseva. She lost the final to Bernarda Pera. As a result, she returned to the top 100 becoming the Serbian female player No. 1. Her next tournament was the Hamburg European Open where she beat Sabine Lisicki, in straight sets, before losing to the fourth seed Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the second round.
At the US Open, she defeated Elina Avanesyan in straight sets in the first round. In the second, she managed to beat 23rd seed and Roland Garros 2021 champion Barbora KrejÃÂÃÂková to reach the third round for a fourth time at this major, before losing to Ludmilla Samsonova. As a result, she moved back into the top 75 after several years of absence. In September, Kruniàwas the top seed in qualifying for the Tallinn Open. In her first match, she was 6âÂÂ4, 5âÂÂ4 up against Eva Lys and serving for the match, when she tore her knee which resulted in total ACL rupture.
Ranked No. 400 and also using protected ranking at the Rosmalen Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, she recorded her first win after her comeback to the tour over Jessika Ponchet. Next, she reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal since 2022 and first on grass in six years, since she won the tournament, defeating top seed Jessica Pegula in three tight sets.
Partnering Sabrina Santamaria, KruniÃÂ was runner-up in the doubles at the Auckland Open, losing to Jiang Xinyu and Wu Fang-hsien in the final.
In April, she won her seventh doubles title at Open de Rouen, again partnering Santamaria. In the final, they defeated top-seeded Irina Khromacheva and Linda Nosková in straight sets. In June, she reached the doubles final at the French Open with Anna Danilina. They lost in three sets to second seeds Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini.
In August, she paired up with Danilina again and won WTA 250 Tennis in the Land tournament, beating second seeds Chan Hao-ching and Jiang Xinyu in straight sets. At the 2025 US Open, she and Danilina lost in third round to Asia Muhammad and Demi Schuurs.
With Danilina Kruniàreached the quarterfinals at the China Open where they lost to Priscilla Hon and KarolÃÂna Muchová in straight sets and were runner-ups at Wuhan Open against Storm Hunter and Kateà Âina Siniaková. In October they reached the quarterfinals again at Ningbo Open and lost to Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Liudmila Samsonova. They were also the runners-up at the Pan Pacific Open. Kruniàreached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 17, on 27 October 2025.
In her last doubles tournament of the year KruniÃÂ paired up with Alena Fomina-Klotz and participated in Fujairah Championships reaching only the quarterfinals. In singles of that same tournament she lost to Daria Zelinskaya in the first qualifying round.
Together with Danilina again, they reached the semifinals in Brisbane International and lost to Cristina BucÃÂa and Ellen Perez. In Adelaide International they reached the semifinals again losing in three sets to Kateà Âina Siniaková and Zhang Shuai who later won the tournament. At the Australian Open, Kruniàand Danilina again upset top seeds Siniaková and Taylor Townsend in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinal stage at this major. They defeated the fifth seeded pair of Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani to reach the final. As a result, Kruniàreached the top 15 in the WTA doubles rankings on 2 February 2026. They lost to Elise Mertens and Zhang Shuai in the final. Kruniàalso participated in mixed doubles, where she paired up with Mate Paviàwith whom she managed to reach the quarterfinals.
In Doha, Kruniàand Danilina saved a championship point against Hsieh Su-wei and Jeüena Ostapenko at 6âÂÂ0, 5âÂÂ3 down, winning their first WTA 1000 doubles title as a team. It was KruniÃÂ's first WTA 1000 doubles title, and Danilina's second. Following another semifinal showing with Danilina at the next Middle East tournament, the Dubai Championships, Kruniàreached the top 10 at world No. 8 on 23 February 2026. They lost to Dabrowski and Stefani this time, having defeated them twice before in Australia and in Doha.
KruniÃÂ played single qualifiers in both Adelaide International and Qatar TotalEnergies Open but did not move past first round.
With Danilina she was beaten in first round of Miami open as fifth seeded losing to Jiang Xinyu and Xu Yifan.
Against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.