Réka Luca Jani (born 31 July 1991) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player.
She has won 25 singles titles and 34 doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. As on 19 September 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 104. On 22 August 2016, she peaked at No. 124 in the doubles rankings. Her favorite surface is clay.
Playing for Hungary Billie Jean King Cup team, Jani has a winâÂÂloss record of 30âÂÂ22 (as of July 2024).
Parents are Janos, Szilvia and Zsolt; brothers are Mate and Balint, sister is Petra.
Jani who began playing at age six, reached the first final on the WTA Tour in 2016, at the Brasil Tennis Cup partnering TÃÂmea Babos.
She was awarded a wildcard entry to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, along with TÃÂmea Babos to play in women's doubles.
Jani made her Grand Slam tournament main-draw debut at the 2011 US Open, losing to wildcard Sloane Stephens in the first round.
Jani reached her first-ever WTA Tour quarterfinal at the 2021 Serbia Open defeating Anna Kalinskaya. As a result, she returned to the top 200 in singles.
On 9 May 2022, she reached a new career-high in singles of world No. 129 after reaching the quarterfinals in Chiasso, Switzerland ($60k), the final of the $60k Zagreb (lost to Jule Niemeier), Croatia, and quarterfinals of the $60k Prague tournaments.
After an 11 year gap, Jani made it back into a Grand Slam tournament main draw at the 2022 French Open when she made it through the qualifying rounds as a lucky loser. She lost to 14th seed Belinda Bencic in the first round.
Partnering Panna Udvardy, she was runner-up in the doubles at the WTA 125 2022 IaÃÂi Open, losing to Darya Astakhova and Andreea RoÃÂca in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.
Jani made her first WTA 125 singles final at the 2022 ÃÂiriac Foundation Trophy, defeating Andreea RoÃÂca in the semifinals. She lost the championship match to second seed Irina-Camelia Begu.
In July 2024, Jani announced her retirement from professional tennis.
Current through the 2023 French Open.
Jani made her debut for the Hungary Fed Cup team in 2010, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I, when she was 18 years and 187 days old.