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The career-high rankings thread

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#1 · (Edited)
I've created this thread to track and celebrate the career-high (CH) WTA singles rankings of Croatian players.

Below are all the Croatian players who currently have a top-1000 WTA singles ranking, along with their CH ranking (in parentheses is the year when they first reached that ranking). Players who reached their CH ranking in 2019-2021 are shown in blue.

Let me know if you spot any mistakes.

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Boskovic, Lea: 292 (2019)
Drazic, Mariana: 692 (2016)
Fett, Jana: 97 (2017)
Konjuh, Ana: 20 (2017)
Lukas, Tena: 243 (2018)
Martic, Petra: 15 (2019)
Mrdeza, Tereza: 150 (2015)
Njiric, Silvia: 290 (2012)
Oliynykova, Oleksandra: 637 (2019)
Primorac, Iva: 529 (2019)
Vekic, Donna: 20 (2019)

Wurth, Tara: 915 (2021)
 
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#2 · (Edited)
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...and for a trip down memory lane, below are all the players who have reached a top-200 career-high WTA singles ranking while representing Croatia :cheer:

So far, there are 22 of them. In parentheses is the year when they reached their CH ranking while representing Croatia. Players who currently have a WTA singles ranking and are still representing Croatia are shown in blue.

Let me know if you spot any mistakes.

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01 ... 4. Iva Majoli (1996)
02 ... 14. Petra Martic (2020)
03 ... 17. Karolina Sprem (2004)
04 ... 18. Silvija Talaja (2000)
05 ... 19. Donna Vekic (2019)
06 ... 20. Ana Konjuh (2017)
06 ... 20. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (2017)
08 ... 32. Jelena Kostanic Tosic (2004)
09 ... 47. Ajla Tomljanovic (2015)
10 ... 61. Nadin Ercegovic (1993)
11 ... 83. Sanda Mamic (2005)
12 ... 95. Ivana Lisjak (2006)
13 ... 97. Jana Fett (2017)
14 ... 117. Maja Palaversic-Coopersmith (2001)
15 ... 131. Nika Ozegovic (2007)
16 ... 136. Jelena Pandzic (2008)
17 ... 150. Tereza Mrdeza (2015)
18 ... 159. Sanja Ancic (2006)
19 ... 180. Ana Vrljic (2013)
20 ... 182. Lana Popadic (2004)
21 ... 188. Darija Jurak (2004)
22 ... 193. Ani Mijacika (2011)
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This week, Mrdeza joined the list of Croatia women with a CH ranking in the top 200 :aparty:
She's #18 on the list.

And for a trip down memory lane, here are all the players representing Croatia who have a career-high ranking in the top 200. Players in bold currently have a WTA ranking. Again, let me know if you spot any mistakes.

01 ... 4. Iva Majoli
02 ... 17. Karolina Sprem
03 ... 18. Silvija Talaja
04 ... 32. Jelena Kostanic Tosic
04 ... 32. Mirjana Lucic
06 ... 42. Petra Martic
07 ... 83. Sanda Mamic
08 ... 95. Ivana Lisjak
09 ... 117. Maja Palaversic
10 ... 131. Nika Ozegovic
11 ... 136. Jelena Pandzic
12 ... 145. Ajla Tomljanovic
13 ... 159. Sanja Ancic
14 ... 182. Lana Popadic
15 ... 188. Darija Jurak
16 ... 191. Ana Vrljic
17 ... 193. Ani Mijacika
18 ... 194. Tereza Mrdeza
 
#14 ·
An embarrassment of riches, as they say, this week. CH singles rankings for:

Martic, Petra: 42
Mrdeza, Tereza: 203
Vekic, Donna: 234
Abramovic, Maria: 266
Popovic, Karla: 650
Mikulcic, Ema: 687
Mekovec, Iva: 722
Lukas, Tena: 723
Klepic, Ivana: 763
Koprcina, Neda: 1002

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#22 ·
With her jump in the rankings this week to 121, Donna now has the 10th best singles CH ranking among Croatian women of all time:

01 ... 4. Iva Majoli
02 ... 17. Karolina Sprem
03 ... 18. Silvija Talaja
04 ... 32. Jelena Kostanic Tosic
04 ... 32. Mirjana Lucic
06 ... 42. Petra Martic
07 ... 83. Sanda Mamic
08 ... 95. Ivana Lisjak
09 ... 117. Maja Palaversic
10 ... 121. Donna Vekic

She overtook Popadic (CH ranking: 182), Mrdeza (181), Ancic (159), Tomljanovic (145), Pandzic (136) and Ozegovic (131).
 
#23 · (Edited)
I've updated the list of players representing Croatia who have a career-high ranking in the top 200. Players in bold currently have a WTA ranking. Let me know if you spot any mistakes.

01 ... 4. Iva Majoli
02 ... 17. Karolina Sprem
03 ... 18. Silvija Talaja
04 ... 32. Jelena Kostanic Tosic
04 ... 32. Mirjana Lucic
06 ... 42. Petra Martic
07 ... 83. Sanda Mamic
08 ... 88. Donna Vekic
09 ... 95. Ivana Lisjak
10 ... 117. Maja Palaversic
11 ... 131. Nika Ozegovic
12 ... 136. Jelena Pandzic
13 ... 145. Ajla Tomljanovic
14 ... 157. Tereza Mrdeza
15 ... 159. Sanja Ancic
16 ... 182. Lana Popadic
17 ... 188. Darija Jurak
18 ... 191. Ana Vrljic
19 ... 193. Ani Mijacika

Donna has moved up to #8. I imagine she'll overtake #7 Mamic soon.

Tereza has moved up to #14. She might go up to #13 but I'm not confident she can go any higher :scared:
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#24 ·
In terms of career-high singles rankings, Donna is already the seventh most successful Croatian player ever:

01 ... 4. Iva Majoli (1996)
02 ... 17. Karolina Sprem (2004)
03 ... 18. Silvija Talaja (2000)
04 ... 32. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (1998)
04 ... 32. Jelena Kostanic Tosic (2004)
06 ... 42. Petra Martic (2012)
07 ... 62. Donna Vekic (2013)
08 ... 83. Sanda Mamic (2005)
09 ... 95. Ivana Lisjak (2006)
10 ... 117. Maja Palaversic-Cooper-Smith (2001)
 
#26 · (Edited)
Goles and Sasak stopped competing in 1990 and 1987 respectively, so technically never played for CRO (they played for YUG instead).

Muric never reached top 200 in singles; her highest ranking was 204.

I've added Nadin Ercegovic to my list; it looks like she reached a singles CH ranking of 61 while playing for CRO.
 
#27 ·
i guess i am in tennis much longer so i remember these players and i was surprised they were not on your list:) - maja muric was 204 - so she is out of the listhttp://imgsrv2.tennisuniverse.com/wtaworld/ubb/smile.gif

http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/2705/title/sabrina-goles
http://origin-www.wtatennis.com/page/Player/Stats/0,,12781~2207,00.html
http://origin-www.wtatennis.com/page/Player/Stats/0,,12781~5244,00.html

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