French Open Women 05/21 08:00 14 [172] Polona Hercog v Tamara Zidansek [131] 2-6,4-6
ITF W75 Trnava 05/10 09:00 27 [288] Julie Struplova v Tamara Zidansek [134] 6-4,6-7,7-5
ITF W75 Trnava 05/09 08:00 26 [249] Sinja Kraus v Tamara Zidansek [134] 3-6,5-7
ITF W75 Trnava 05/06 12:00 25 [227] Cristina Dinu v Tamara Zidansek [134] 4-6,1-6
ITF W100 Wiesbaden 04/30 12:40 25 [490] Nastasja Schunk v Tamara Zidansek [135] 6-2,4-6,6-3
WTA Bogota 04/02 18:50 25 [127] Tamara Zidansek v Hailey Baptiste [96] 2-6,6-4,3-6
WTA San Luis Potosi 03/28 01:50 26 [118] Tamara Zidansek v ND Ilirija Ljubljana [51] 6-3,2-6,5-7
WTA San Luis Potosi 03/25 21:20 25 [118] Tamara Zidansek v Jule Niemeier [112] 6-4,6-3
WTA Miami 03/17 18:05 14 [117] Tamara Zidansek v Clara Tauson [93] 4-6,3-6
ITF W75 Trnava 03/05 15:15 25 [282] Kristina Mladenovic v Tamara Zidansek [117] 7-6,7-6
ITF W50 Trnava 02/29 09:00 26 [114] Tamara Zidansek v Elena Pridankina [327] 4-6,4-6
ITF W50 Trnava 02/28 12:15 25 [114] Tamara Zidansek v Nefisa Berberovic [362] 1-6,6-3,7-5
WTA Mumbai 02/06 06:45 25 Anastasia Tikhonova v Tamara Zidansek Cancelled
WTA Hua Hin 01/30 07:00 25 [97] Tamara Zidansek v Katie Volynets [125] 2-6,2-6
Australian Open Women 01/15 00:00 23 [65] Nadia Podoroska v Tamara Zidansek [98] 6-1,6-0
WTA Hobart 01/06 04:35 14 [73] Anna Karolina Schmiedlova v Tamara Zidansek [103] 6-1,6-3
Billie Jean King Cup 11/11 11:45 28 [30] Di Nicola/Summaria v Tamara Zidansek [100] 6-2,4-6,6-3
Billie Jean King Cup 11/10 10:20 2 [69] Yulia Putintseva v Tamara Zidansek [100] Retired
Billie Jean King Cup 11/07 10:45 2 [206] Daria Saville v Tamara Zidansek [100] 1-6,4-6
ITF W100 Les Franqueses 10/24 09:25 25 [312] Francesca Curmi v Tamara Zidansek [98] Retired
WTA Monastir 10/16 17:10 25 [96] Tamara Zidansek v Sara Errani [108] 2-6,7-6,3-6
WTA Ljubljana 09/16 11:00 28 [177] Zeynep Sonmez v Tamara Zidansek [87] 6-2,6-3
WTA Ljubljana 09/15 10:00 27 [87] Tamara Zidansek v Erika Andreeva [164] 6-4,5-7,6-2
WTA Ljubljana 09/14 08:30 26 [87] Tamara Zidansek v Pia Lovric [450] 6-0,6-0
WTA Ljubljana 09/12 13:15 25 [87] Tamara Zidansek v Michaela Bayerlova [448] 6-0,6-1
WTA Bari 09/10 16:30 29 [118] Tamara Zidansek v Rebecca Sramkova [153] 3-6,7-5,6-1
WTA Bari 09/09 17:05 28 [79] Alize Cornet v Tamara Zidansek [118] 6-7,4-6
WTA Bari 09/08 10:30 27 [262] Katarzyna Kawa v Tamara Zidansek [118] 2-6,4-6
WTA Bari 09/07 12:35 26 [165] Maria Carle v Tamara Zidansek [118] 6-7,2-6
WTA Bari 09/05 10:00 25 [149] Darja Semenistaja v Tamara Zidansek [118] 1-6,6-2,2-6

Wikipedia - Tamara Zidanšek

Tamara Zidanšek (Slovene: [zíːdanˈʃɛːk]; born 26 December 1997) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 22 in singles and No. 47 in doubles. She has won one singles title, as well as four doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three singles titles along with one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. Additionally, she has won 18 titles in singles and six in doubles on the ITF Circuit. She is currently the second highest WTA-ranked player from Slovenia.

Playing for the Slovenia Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 12–13 (as of July 2025).

History

Juniors

On the ITF Junior Circuit, she was in the top 20 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 16, achieved in December 2015.[]

2014: Professional debut

Zidanšek made a perfect professional debut in 2014 at her home in Velenje, passing three qualifying rounds to go in the main draw and claim her first title on the pro-level at the age of 16.

2021: WTA Tour title, French Open semifinal, top 50

She reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam championship for the first time at the 2021 French Open, defeating Sorana Cîrstea in straight sets and Paula Badosa in three sets. These wins made her the first Slovenian female player to accomplish this since the country became independent in 1991. As a result, Zidanšek entered the top 50 for the first time.[] She also scored her first top-ten win in the first round, against the No. 6 seed, Bianca Andreescu. In her semifinal match, Zidanšek was defeated by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets.

At the Ladies Open Lausanne, as the top seed, Zidanšek beat Marina Melnikova, Mandy Minella, Lucia Bronzetti, Maryna Zanevska and Clara Burel to win her first WTA Tour singles title.

2022: Top 25 debut, two major third rounds

Seeded 29th at the Australian Open, she reached the third round for the first time, but lost to Alizé Cornet. At the French Open, Zidanšek also reached the third round in which she lost to Jessica Pegula, in straight sets.

2023-2024: Third WTA 125 title

After saving four championship points and defeating Rebecca Šramková in the final, Zidanšek won the WTA 125 tournament in Bari. As a result, she moved 30 positions up in the rankings back to the top 100 on 11 September 2023.

She qualified for the 2024 French Open defeating Hailey Baptiste in the final qualifying round. In the main draw, she defeated Alison Van Uytvanck, to set up a match against world No. 3, Coco Gauff, which she lost in straight sets.

Ranked No. 261 at the Thailand Open, Zidanšek reached her first WTA Tour semifinal since January 2022 coming back from a set down to beat Tatiana Prozorova, sixth seed Katie Volynets, and Nadia Podoroska, saving four match points in the quarterfinals. She lost in the last four to eventual champion, Rebecca Šramková.

2025: Australian Open

Zidanšek qualified for the main draw of the Australian Open, before losing to Anastasia Potapova in the first round.