Séléna Janicijevic

Séléna Janicijevic

Janicijevic at the 2021 Open de Biarritz
Country (sports)	France
Born	(2002-07-23) 23 July 2002 Nogent-sur-Marne, France
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 414,124
Singles
Career record	132–84 (61.1%)
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 171 (30 January 2023)
Current ranking	No. 254 (5 February 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2023)
French Open	1R (2019, 2023)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2023)
US Open	Q1 (2022)
Doubles
Career record	11–18 (37.9%)
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 525 (1 August 2022)
Current ranking	No. 652 (5 February 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (2020, 2021, 2022)
Last updated on: 7 February 2024.

Séléna Janicijevic (Serbian Cyrillic: Селена Јанићијевић, romanized: Selena Janićijević, born 23 July 2002) is a French tennis player. On 30 January 2023, she reached a new career-high of world No. 171 in singles.

Janicijevic has won ten singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit.

She has a career-high combined ranking of No. 18 on the ITF Junior Circuit, achieved on 27 February 2020.

Career

Early years

Janicijevic started playing tennis at the age of six and prefers clay courts. She played primarily in tournaments on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour and the ITF Junior Circuit.

2019: Grand Slam debut

Janicijevic made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2019 French Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw and also for the doubles main draw, partnering Aubane Droguet.

2022: Finding success in the Mediterranean

Following the sweet high of the previous year, Janicijevic started her year in the courts of Egypt which brought her the $15k title in Giza in the last week of 2021. In the span of three weeks, she would score two semifinals showing in the first two $15k in Giza and Cairo, stopped only by Sapfo Sakellaridi in both tournaments, and a surprise championship win in the $25k in Cairo which included a win over former doubles world No. 1, Tímea Babos. This title was followed by another in February, this time a $15k in Antalya over Angelica Moratelli. However, she would lose the two consequent tournaments on the Turkish clay, one ending in retirement. She did not play for a few weeks after this before returning to the European ITFs where she found minimum success. Upon her return to Egypt, she found herself in a much better position, immediately going to the final of a $25k, losing to Anastasia Zolotareva.

Back in continental Europe, she would participate in several tournaments with the highlights being a Q2 showing at the French Open, losing a tight match to Irina Bara, and narrowly losing to Magda Linette in the Parisian WTA 125. In the back end of June, Janicijevic managed to clinch a $25k in Périgueux ousting top seed Katharina Hobgarski in the final.

2023: Australian Open debut, first WTA Tour win

She qualified for the 2023 Australian Open to make her debut at this major beating Robin Anderson, Elena Gabriela Ruse and Jodie Burrage, before succumbing to Slovenian Kaja Juvan in the first round. However, she entered a period of drought following that feat as she went on a five-match losing streak, before winning a $25k title in Colombia, her first of the year.

She recorded her first WTA Tour main-draw win at Strasbourg defeating Océane Dodin.

Grand Slam performance

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

Tournament	2019	...	2022	2023	W–L
Australian Open	A		A	1R	0–1
French Open	1R		Q2	1R	0–2
Wimbledon	A		A	Q1	0–0
US Open	A		Q1	A	0–0
Win–loss	0–1		0–0	0–2	0–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (10 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend W25 tournaments W15 tournaments

Finals by surface Clay (10–3) Hard (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2021	ITF Knokke, Belgium	W15	Clay	Lucie Nguyen Tan	6–3, 7–6(0)
Win	2–0	Dec 2021	ITF Giza, Egypt	W15	Clay	Sapfo Sakellaridi	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Win	3–0	Jan 2022	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W25	Clay	Sinja Kraus	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Win	4–0	Feb 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Angelica Moratelli	6–3, 6–2
Loss	4–1	May 2022	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W25	Clay	Anastasia Zolotareva	6–7(5), 6-7(4)
Win	5–1	Jun 2022	ITF Périgueux, France	W25	Clay	Katharina Hobgarski	6–3, 6–2
Win	6–1	Jul 2022	ITF Getxo, Spain	W25	Clay	Sapfo Sakellaridi	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win	7–1	Jul 2022	ITF Perugia, Italy	W25	Clay	Anna Turati	6–2, 6–2
Loss	7–2	Sep 2022	ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France	W25	Clay	Jessika Ponchet	1–6, 4–6
Win	8–2	Apr 2023	ITF Sopo, Colombia	W25	Clay	Suzan Lamens	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Win	9–2	Oct 2023	ITF Luján, Argentina	W25	Clay	Julieta Lara Estable	6–4, 7–6(0)
Win	10–2	Dec 2023	Vacaria Open, Brazil	W60	Clay (i)	Francisca Jorge	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	10–3	Apr 2024	ITF Florianópolis, Brazil	W75	Clay	Raluca Șerban	5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (title)

Legend W25 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2020	ITF Reims, France	W25	Hard	Robin Montgomery	Harriet Dart Sarah Beth Grey	w/o

External links

• Séléna Janicijevic at the Women's Tennis Association
• Séléna Janicijevic at the International Tennis Federation