Sinja Kraus

Sinja Kraus
Country (sports)	Austria
Born	29 April 2002
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$90,685
Singles
Career record	132–89 (59.7%)
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 193 (9 January 2023)
Current ranking	No. 193 (9 January 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2023)
US Open	Q1 (2022)
Doubles
Career record	32–41 (43.8%)
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 345 (9 January 2023)
Current ranking	No. 345 (9 January 2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	8–7
Medal record
Women's Tennis
Representing Austria
European Youth Olympic Festival
	Last updated on: 12 January 2023.

Sinja Kraus (born 29 April 2002) is an Austrian tennis player.

Kraus has career-high WTA rankings of 193 in singles and world No. 345 in doubles, both achieved on 9 January 2023. She reached a career-high ITF juniors ranking of No. 87, on 21 January 2019.

Kraus also won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Győr.[1]

She represents Austria in the Fed Cup and made her debut in 2020, when she partnered Melanie Klaffner in the tie against Italy, losing to Giulia Gatto-Monticone and Martina Trevisan.[2][3]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

**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.

Tournament	2022	2023	W–L
Australian Open	A	Q1	0–0
French Open	A		0–0
Wimbledon	A		0–0
US Open	Q1		0–0
Win–loss	0–0		0–0

ITF finals

Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (3–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Hard	Cemre Anıl	3–6, 6–4, 7–6⁽⁶⁾
Loss	1–1	Aug 2019	ITF Wanfercee-Baulet, Belgium	15,000	Clay	Andreea Mitu	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–1	Jan 2021	ITF Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Clay	Elina Avanesyan	6–2, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Mar 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Weronika Falkowska	3–6, 6–7⁽¹⁾
Loss	2–3	Sep 2021	ITF Vienna, Austria	25,000	Clay	Cristina Dinu	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Jan 2022	ITF Cairo, Egypt	25,000	Clay	Séléna Janicijevic	5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win	3–4	May 2022	ITF Warmbad Villach, Austria	25,000	Clay	Weronika Falkowska	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win	4–4	Jun 2022	ITF Pörtschach, Austria	25,000	Clay	Ivana Jorović	6–1, 1–6, 6–2
Loss	4–5	Jul 2022	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	25,000	Clay	Katharina Hobgarski	5–7, 2–6
Loss	4–6	Sep 2022	ITF Collonge-Bellerive, Switzerland	60,000	Clay	Lucrezia Stefanini	2–6, 1–2 ret.

Doubles: 1 (title)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2022	ITF Cairo, Egypt	25,000	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	Prarthana Thombare Adrienn Nagy	7–5, 6–3

Junior career

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
Grand Slam
Category GA
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner–up)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Grade	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2017	ITF Maaseik, Belgium	G4	Clay	Anne Knüttel	6–2 ret.
Win	2–0	Aug 2017	ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France	G4	Clay	Alice Tubello	6–2, 6–1
Win	3–0	Sep 2017	ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland	G5	Clay	Nastasja Schunk	6–3, 6–1
Loss	3–1	Oct 2017	ITF Almere, Netherlands	G4	Hard	Victoria Kalaitzis	2–6, 4–6
Win	4–1	Jan 2018	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	G2	Clay	Helene Pellicano	6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Grade	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2017	ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France	G4	Clay	Mavie Österreicher	Flavie Brugnone Anaëlle Leclercq	4–6, 6–7⁽³⁾
Win	1–1	Sep 2017	ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland	G5	Clay	Valentina Ryser	Chiara Girelli Sofia Rocchetti	3–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Win	2–1	Mar 2018	ITF Benicarló, Spain	G2	Clay	Diane Parry	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro Nuria Brancaccio	7–6⁽²⁾, 5–7, [10–8]
Win	3–1	Jul 2018	ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic	G2	Clay	Loudmilla Bencheikh	Martyna Kubka Iva Zelić	w/o
Loss	3–2	Jun 2019	ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic	G2	Clay	Mara Guth	Barbora Palicová Hibah Shaikh	0–6, 2–6

National representation

Kraus was nominated to make her Fed Cup debut for Austria in 2019, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II, the opponent forfeited the match.

Fed Cup

Group membership
World Group (0–0)
World Group Play-off (0–0)
World Group II (0–0)
World Group II Play-off (0–0)
Europe/Africa Group (6–6)

Matches by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (4–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Matches by type
Singles (3–3)
Doubles (3–3)

Matches by setting
Indoors (2–2)
Outdoors (4–4)

Singles (4–4)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2020 Fed Cup	ZG1 Pool B	6 Feb 2020	Tallinn, Estonia	Greece	Hard (i)	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	L	4–6, 4–6
2022 BJK Cup	ZG1 Pool B	11 Apr 2022	Antalya, Turkey	Bulgaria	Clay	Julia Terziyska	W	6–1, 6–4
		12 Apr 2022		Slovenia		Kaja Juvan	L	1–6, 4–6
		13 Apr 2022		Georgia		Nino Natsvlishvili	W	6–4, 6–2
		14 Apr 2022		Sweden		Jacqueline Cabaj Awad	W	6–2, 6–2
		15 Apr 2022		Croatia		Donna Vekić	L	5–7, 3–6

Doubles (4–3)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2019 Fed Cup	ZG2 Pool A	8 Feb 2019	Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hard (i)	Mira Antonitsch	Anita Husarić Jelena Simić	W	w/o *
2020 Fed Cup	ZG1 Pool B	5 Feb 2020	Tallinn, Estonia	Italy	Hard (i)	Mira Antonitsch	Giulia Gatto-Monticone Martina Trevisan	L	4–6, 4–6
		6 Feb 2020		Greece			Valentini Grammatikopoulou Despina Papamichail	W	7–5, 7–6⁽²⁾
		7 Feb 2020		Estonia			Valeria Gorlats Saara Orav	W	6–2, 4–6, 6–0
2022 BJK Cup	ZG1 Pool B	11 Apr 2022	Antalya, Turkey	Bulgaria	Clay	Barbara Haas	Isabella Shinikova Julia Terziyska	L	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 2–6, 4–6
		12 Apr 2022		Slovenia		Melanie Klaffner	Kaja Juvan Tamara Zidanšek	L	6–2, 4–6, 2–6
		14 Apr 2022		Sweden		Melanie Klaffner	Caijsa Hennemann Kajsa Rinaldo Persson	W	4–6, 7–5, 6–0

* walkover doesn't count in her overall record.

References

"Sinja jubelt über Bronze" (in German). www.olympia.at. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
"L'Italia vince anche il doppio con Gatto-Monticone e Trevisan: sonoro 3-0 all'Austria in Fed Cup". it.eurosport.com (in Italian).
"ÖTV-Damen verlieren Auftakt". www.laolal.at (in German).

External links

Sinja Kraus at the Women's Tennis Association
Sinja Kraus at the International Tennis Federation
Sinja Kraus at the Billie Jean King Cup

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[1] "Sinja jubelt über Bronze" (in German). www.olympia.at. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2019.

[2] "L'Italia vince anche il doppio con Gatto-Monticone e Trevisan: sonoro 3-0 all'Austria in Fed Cup". it.eurosport.com (in Italian).

[3] "ÖTV-Damen verlieren Auftakt". www.laolal.at (in German).

Women's Tennis Association: Top Austrian female singles tennis players
as of 31 October 2022
1. Julia Grabher (84 1) 2. Sinja Kraus (201 2) 3. Barbara Haas (399 2) 4. Tamira Paszek (499 1) 5. Melanie Klaffner (647 5)
6. Arabella Koller (1,038 14) 7. Tamara Kostic (1,148 32) 8. Alina Michalitsch (1,218 42) 9. Mavie Österreicher (1,269 41) 10. Elena Karner (1,277 42)