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Ana Konjuh

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Born 27.12.1997
Ok guys I followed this girls developement for quite a few months now.
Last month she won the European Junior Championships, Pilzen for girls under 14.

Other success she had this year:
Winner of G16 Junior Croatia Open, Cakovec
Winner of G14 Mladost Grill Open, Zagreb
Winner of G16 Kvarner Open, Rijeka
Also reaching a G16 final in AvignonFR and a couple of SFs.

This year she has a win-loss record of 48-7 currently. With those 4 titles.
She seems to be highly talented, there´s a lot of potential, hope she´s not going to fade away and go her way.

http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/113738/ana-konjuh-vodeca-u-europi
http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/113113/ana-konjuh-europska-prvakinja

People might say it´s too early for a thread but after twinning the European Championchips I though she would deserve a own thread.
 
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#727 ·
I said few year ago: we are blassed we have Borna, Donna and this girl. But there is no any reason to comparer them. It's obvious Donna has the best chance to make biggiest career because she is in Academy full-time. I just hope lacknees of money will not have part in their's career. I know Borna's father is laywer and they have money, as I know Borna is in some Academy in London (maybe same like Donna is) from this summer. Half time he is there, half time at home (where he has Ivanisevic on regular basis). I don't know what is with Ana (but seems good so far).
Interesting thing is I play tennis at Smrikva ball, 2nd best tennis tourney for U10 or U12 in the World (in Stinjan, near Pula), and I am good with owner so I know such a things.
 
#732 ·
Since it's safe to assume she'll be playing a mix of junior and pro events next year, it'll be crucial for her to be exposed to as much variety on the tennis courts as possible, in order to perpare her for the WTA tour. That means all surfaces, weather conditions and opponent types. I especially would like to see her play on clay as much as possible, where there's the greatest chance to face those pesky moonballers, which are a nemesis of every agressive (attacking) player.

In terms of ranking, that'll be of lesser importance in 2013 IMO, and if she could cut it in half by year's end, that would be nice. If she could advance some 100 spots further than that and maybe sneak into AO QD in 2014, that would be spectacular.

All in all, if she can stay healthy we'll have an interesting year ahead.


P. S. I tried to find out more about JE but couldn't find anything we don't already know.
 
#742 ·
Eddie Herr MD is out and, as expected, Ana is the #7 seed. Here's her quarter of the draw. She has an easy path to R3. It gets hairy after that.

(7)Ana Konjuh (CRO) vs. (WC)Jessica Ho (USA)
Qualifier vs. Qualifier
Jazzi Plews (GBR) vs. Chiara Grimm (SUI)
(9)Christina Makarova (USA) vs. Aldila Sutjiadi (INA)

(15)Domenica Gonzalez (ECU) vs. Stephanie Mariel Petit (ARG)
Jamie Loeb (USA) vs. Qualifier
Maria Marfutina (RUS) vs. Rebecca Peterson (SWE)
(4)Francoise Abanda (CAN) vs. Katrine Isabel Steffensen (USA)
 
#743 ·
Ana entered the WTA rankings this week for the first time :cheer:

She's at #869 :yeah:

That makes her the second-youngest player in the rankings, behind Black, who's at 905.

Also, she's the eighth-highest-ranked player born after 1996. She's behind Abanda, Bencic, Podoroska, Kudermetova, Ostapenko, Jorovic and Cabrera--but Ana's ranking comes from only 3 tournaments, compared to 4-8 for the others (except for Kudermetova, who's also at 3).
 
#750 ·
Apart from the obviously awkward first set of singles, everything seems to be going according to plan. She needs QF of singles or SF of doubles to make a new result that would count towards her ranking, which won't be easy. She could really use a good run in juniors now, to finish the year in top 10 - she is already very close to that in terms of points, but of course it all depends on other players just as much.

Good luck Ana!
 
#754 ·
Fridman is tough, definitely one of the best 3 of her '98 generation now. So nothing to worrt about losing a set to her.
Good news is that Abanda lost :bounce:
So the path to the semis looks much easier now. Sutjiadi is next and Loeb or Peterson next.
I hope Ana can make it to the semi, at least. It'd be great :)
 
#755 ·
Sutjiadi has had two very good singles wins this week, against Makarova (#9 seed) and Plews. Still, it's much better for Ana than having to play Makarova.

Ana has a very decent path to the SF. If she makes it, and if she has a good doubles result, she'll be very close to entering the top 10 for the first time.
 
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