Nastja Kolar (born 15 July 1994) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player. In her junior career, her highest ranking was fourth. Her highest WTA rankings were 178 in singles and 140 in doubles.
Country (sports) | |
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Residence | Celje, Slovenia |
Born | Celje | 15 July 1994
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $175,837 |
Singles | |
Career record | 352–208 |
Career titles | 10 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 178 (3 November 2014) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | Q1 (2011, 2014) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 138–115 |
Career titles | 16 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 140 (21 September 2015) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 0–7 |
In 2023, Kolar was provisionally suspended from tennis competitions by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) on corruption charges,[1] and then later that year she was banned for life from professional tennis and fined $175,000 after the ITIA found her guilty of 25 match fixing offenses.[2]
Tennis career
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In July 2009 Kolar played in her first WTA Tour tournament, the Slovenia Open in Portorož, where she lost to Roberta Vinci in the first round. In 2010, she won a $10k tournament in Croatia, her first title on the ITF Women's Circuit. In May 2011, Kolar won her second title at a $25k event in Maribor, Slovenia. In July, she qualified for the Gastein Ladies where she won her first WTA Tour-level match when she defeated Alla Kudryavtseva in straight sets to advance to the second round. Kolar won her biggest title in 2014, winning the doubles title at the $50k 2014 Ankara Cup with Ekaterine Gorgodze.
ITF Circuit finals
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$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10/15,000 tournaments |
Singles: 23 (10 titles, 13 runner-ups)
editResult | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Aug 2010 | ITF Čakovec, Croatia | 10,000 | Clay | 7–5, 6–4 | |
Win | 2–0 | Jun 2011 | Maribor Open, Slovenia | 25,000 | Clay | 7–5, 6–4 | |
Loss | 2–1 | Aug 2013 | ITF Pörtschach, Austria | 10,000 | Clay | 2–6, 3–6 | |
Loss | 2–2 | Sep 2013 | Save Cup Mestre, Italy | 50,000 | Clay | 1–6, 6–7 (2) | |
Loss | 2–3 | Nov 2013 | Soho Square Tournament, Egypt | 75,000 | Clay | 4–6, 4–6 | |
Win | 3–3 | Jan 2014 | ITF Kaarst, Germany | 10,000 | Carpet (i) | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 | |
Win | 4–3 | Jun 2014 | ITF Ystad, Sweden | 25,000 | Clay | 6–4, 6–4 | |
Loss | 4–4 | Jun 2015 | ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland | 25,000 | Clay | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | 4–5 | Jun 2016 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | 6–3, 2–6, 0–3 ret. | |
Loss | 4–6 | Apr 2017 | ITF Heraklion, Greece | 15,000 | Clay | 1–6, 3–6 | |
Loss | 4–7 | Sep 2017 | ITF Prague, Czech Republic | 15,000 | Clay | 2–6, 7–5, 4–6 | |
Loss | 4–8 | Oct 2017 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | 2–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | 4–9 | Dec 2017 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | 4–6, 1–6 | |
Win | 5–9 | Feb 2018 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | 6–2, 6–4 | |
Win | 6–9 | Mar 2018 | ITF Manama, Bahrain | 15,000 | Hard | 6–4, 6–2 | |
Win | 7–9 | Apr 2018 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | 2–6, 6–4, 6–0 | |
Win | 8–9 | Oct 2018 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | 6–1, 6–1 | |
Loss | 8–10 | Apr 2019 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | 3–6, 6–4, 4–6 | |
Loss | 8–11 | Sep 2019 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Win | 9–11 | Sep 2019 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | 6–3, 5–7, 7–6(4) | |
Loss | 9–12 | Oct 2019 | Lagos Open, Nigeria | 25,000 | Hard | 5–7, 6–1, 3–6 | |
Loss | 9–13 | Sep 2021 | ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria | 15,000 | Hard | 6–4, 6–7(5), 3–6 | |
Win | 10–13 | Oct 2021 | ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria | 15,000 | Hard | 7–5, 3–6, 6–1 |
Doubles: 31 (16 titles, 15 runner-ups)
editResult | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Aug 2009 | ITF Velenje, Slovenia | 10,000 | Clay | 6–3, 6–2 | ||
Win | 2–0 | Aug 2010 | ITF Čakovec, Croatia | 10,000 | Clay | 6–0, 6–1 | ||
Loss | 2–1 | Aug 2013 | ITF Innsbruck, Austria | 10,000 | Clay | 6–3, 3–6, [7–10] | ||
Win | 3–1 | Aug 2013 | ITF Pörtschach, Austria | 10,000 | Clay | 6–0, 2–6, [10–4] | ||
Win | 4–1 | Jan 2014 | ITF Kaarst, Germany | 10,000 | Carpet (i) | 7–5, 6–3 | ||
Win | 5–1 | Jun 2014 | ITF Ystad, Sweden | 25,000 | Clay | 7–6(3), 3–6, [10–6] | ||
Win | 6–1 | Sept 2014 | ITF Monterrey, Mexico | 25,000 | Hard | 6–3, 2–6, [10–5] | ||
Loss | 6–2 | Nov 2014 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 25,000 | Hard | 1–6, 1–6 | ||
Loss | 6–3 | Dec 2014 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | w/o | ||
Win | 7–3 | Dec 2014 | Ankara Cup, Turkey | 50,000 | Hard | 6–4, 7–6(5) | ||
Win | 8–3 | Apr 2015 | ITF Santa Margherita die Pula, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | 6–1, 1–6, [10–8] | ||
Win | 9–3 | May 2015 | ITF Maribor, Slovenia | 25,000 | Clay | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
Los | 9–4 | Dec 2015 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | 5–7, 1–6 | ||
Win | 10–4 | Jan 2016 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | 7–6(5), 3–6, [10–6] | ||
Win | 11–4 | Mar 2016 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | 7–6(0), 7–5 | ||
Loss | 11–5 | May 2016 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | 3–6, 7–5, [1–10] | ||
Loss | 11–6 | May 2016 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | 5–7, 3–6 | ||
Loss | 11–7 | 11 June 2016 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | w/o | ||
Win | 12–7 | June 2016 | Maribor Open, Slovenia | 10,000 | Clay | 5–7, 6–0, [10–3] | ||
Loss | 12–8 | July 2016 | ITF Bad Waltersdorf, Austria | 10,000 | Clay | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 12–9 | Feb 2017 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 15,000 | Clay | 6–7(6), 2–6 | ||
Win | 13–9 | Apr 2017 | ITF Heraklion, Greece | 15,000 | Clay | 6–1, 6–1 | ||
Loss | 13–10 | Oct 2017 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | 6–3, 5–7, [8–10] | ||
Loss | 13–11 | Oct 2017 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | 6–3, 5–7, [7–10] | ||
Loss | 13–12 | Oct 2017 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | 7–5, 3–6, [3–10] | ||
Win | 14–12 | Nov 2017 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | 6–2, 4–6, [10–4] | ||
Win | 15–12 | Dec 2017 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | 1–6, 6–4, [10–2] | ||
Loss | 15–13 | April 2019 | ITF Óbidos, Portugal | 25,000 | Carpet | 1–6, 6–2, [9–11] | ||
Loss | 15–14 | Dec 2019 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | 15,000 | Clay | 6–3, 0–6, [2–10] | ||
Loss | 15–15 | Oct 2021 | ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria | 15,000 | Hard | 0–6, 2–6 | ||
Win | 16–15 | Sep 2022 | ITF Brașov, Romania | 15,000 | Clay | 6–4, 6–4 |