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Marina Stakusic

Marina Stakusic (Serbian Cyrillic: Марина Стакушић, romanized: Marina Stakušić; born 27 November 2004) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 116, achieved on 28 October 2024, and a best doubles ranking of No. 448, reached on 14 August 2023. She achieved a career-high combined junior ranking of No. 31.

Marina Stakusic
Stakusic at the 2024 Washington Open
Country (sports) Canada
ResidenceMississauga, Ontario
Born (2004-11-27) 27 November 2004 (age 19)
Mississauga, Ontario
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2022
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$311,588
Singles
Career record87–58
Career titles1 WTA 125 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 116 (October 28, 2024)
Current rankingNo. 128 (November 4, 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ3 (2024)
Wimbledon1R (2024)
US OpenQ1 (2024)
Doubles
Career record15–12
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 448 (August 14, 2023)
Current rankingNo. 556 (November 4, 2024)
Team competitions
BJK CupW (2023), record 3–1
Last updated on: 4 November 2024.

Early life

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Stakusic is from Mississauga.[1][2] Her father is a Montenegrin who emigrated to Canada at the age of 25, while her mother was born in Canada to parents who emigrated from Serbia.[3] Her brother, Marko Stakusic, is also a professional tennis player. She began playing tennis at the age of five.[3]

Career

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2022: WTA Tour debut

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She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Championnats de Granby where she defeated Jaimee Fourlis in the first round,[4] before losing to 10th seed Marta Kostyuk.[5]

2023: First BJK wins and trophy winner

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Although Stakusic did not play any main draw matches on the tour in 2023,[6] she was named to the Canada Billie Jean King Cup team during the BJK Cup Finals in November 2023. She won three of her four singles matches, all top 60 opponents, and won a deciding match against Martina Trevisan in the final versus Italy, contributing to Canada's first victory in this competition.[3][7]

2024: Major, WTA 1000 debuts and first WTA 125 title

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Stakusic qualified for her first WTA 500 tournament at the San Diego Open and defeated fellow qualifier Marina Melnikova, her second win in only her second main draw at a WTA Tour event.[8][9] She lost her next match to seventh seed Donna Vekić in three sets.[10]

Ranked No. 164, she qualified for Wimbledon making her Grand Slam tournament debut,[11][12] but lost in the first round to 27th seed Katerina Siniaková[13]

Stakusic received a wildcard for her home tournament, the WTA 1000 Canadian Open, and recorded her first win at this level defeating qualifier Erika Andreeva in three sets.[14][15] Stakusic lost in the second round to lucky loser Taylor Townsend.[16] As a result, she made it into the top 150, at world No. 143, on 12 August 2024.[17]

Having received a wildcard for the main draw at the Guadalajara Open, Stakusic defeated Anna Karolína Schmiedlová in the opening round[18] and then upset top seed and world No. 12, Jelena Ostapenko, in three sets to record the first top 20 win of her career and reach her maiden WTA Tour quarterfinal.[19][20] She lost in the last eight to fifth seed Magdalena Fręch.[21]

As a qualifier, Stakusic won the WTA 125 Abierto Tampico in Mexico to claim the biggest title of her career to date, defeating Anastasiia Sobolieva,[22] seventh seed Robin Montgomery[23] Lucrezia Stefanini[24] and sixth seed Sara Sorribes Tormo,[25] before overcoming fifth seed Anna Blinkova in a three-set final lasting two hours and 43 minutes.[26][27][28] The following week she defeated Maya Joint in the first round at the WTA 250 Mérida Open,[29] before losing her next match to Nina Stojanović.[30]

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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.

Only WTA Tour and Grand Slam tournaments main draw and Billie Jean King Cup results are considered in the career statistics.

Current through the 2024 US Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A Q3 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
US Open A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup A W 1 / 1 3–1
WTA 1000 tournaments
Canadian Open Q2 Q1 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 0 2 3
Overall win–loss 1–1 3–1 1–2 5–4
Year-end ranking 382 258

WTA Challenger finals

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Singles: 1 (title)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2024 Abierto Tampico, Mexico Hard   Anna Blinkova 6–4, 2–6, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 3 (3 titles)

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Legend
W60 tournaments (2–0)
W25 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2023 ITF Valladolid, Spain W25 Hard   Anna Kubareva 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win 2–0 Sep 2023 Berkeley Challenge, United States W60 Hard   Allie Kiick 6–3, 6–4
Win 3-0 Oct 2023 Toronto Challenger, Canada W60 Hard   Jana Fett 3–6, 7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
W60 tournaments (0–1)
W25 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2022 ITF Saskatoon, Canada W25 Hard   Kayla Cross   Kendra Bunch
  Katarina Kozarov 		6–3, 7–6(4)
Loss 1–1 Nov 2022 Calgary Challenger, Canada W60 Hard (i)   Kayla Cross   Catherine Harrison
  Sabrina Santamaria 		6–7(2), 4–6

Team competition

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Billie Jean King Cup final

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Result    Date    Tournament Surface Team Partners Opponent team Opponent players Score
Win Nov 2023 Billie Jean King Cup Hard (i)   Canada Leylah Fernandez
Rebecca Marino
Eugenie Bouchard
Gabriela Dabrowski 		  Italy Jasmine Paolini
Martina Trevisan
Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Lucia Bronzetti
Lucrezia Stefanini 		2–0

Head-to-head record

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Wins against top 10 players

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# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score ASR
2024
1.   Jeļena Ostapenko No. 10 Guadalajara Open Hard 2R 6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–0) No. 155

References

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  1. ^ Chidley-Hill, John (7 August 2022). "Canada's Marina Stakusic on to next round of qualifying at National Bank Open". St. Albert Gazette. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  2. ^ Strong, Gregory (10 November 2023). "Canadian teen Marina Stakusic breaks out on big stage at Billie Jean King Cup Finals". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Nguyen, Courtney. "Scouting Report: Inspired by Djokovic, Stakusic ready to make her mark". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Les Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby 2022: Marina Stakusic sees off Fourlis". Tennis Majors. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Les Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby: Kostyuk into quarter-finals". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Stakusic Marina - profile". Tennis Explorer. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Fernandez clinches match as Canada tops Italy to win 1st Billie Jean King Cup". CTV News. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Canadian teen Stakusic outlasts fellow qualifier Melnikova in San Diego". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  9. ^ "San Diego Open: 19-year-old qualifier Stakusic scores first WTA main draw win". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  10. ^ "San Diego Open: Vekic outlasts Stakusic to make quarter-finals". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  11. ^ "STAKUSIC MAKING MAJOR DEBUT; SIX CANADIANS AT WIMBLEDON". Tennis Canada. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Canadian teenager Marina Stakusic qualifies for Wimbledon". Coast Reporter. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Fernandez ousts Bronzetti to reach second round of Wimbledon". Tennis Canada. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  14. ^ "Canada's Stakusic wins National Bank Open debut; Marino eliminated". TSN. 7 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Canadian wild card Stakusic edges Erika Andreeva in three sets in Toronto". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  16. ^ "WTA Toronto: Townsend dominates Stakusic, into the last 16". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  17. ^ "Rankings Watch: Anisimova back inside Top 50, Shnaider cracks Top 20". 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  18. ^ "Guadalajara Open: Stakusic through to second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  19. ^ "Stakusic saves four match points, ousts top seed Ostapenko in Guadalajara". 12 September 2024.
  20. ^ "Marina Stakusic erases four match points to topple Jelena Ostapenko in Guadalajara". 13 September 2024.
  21. ^ "Frech ousts teenage wild card Stakusic in Guadalajara quarterfinals". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  22. ^ "Abierto Tampico: Stakusic wins all-qualifier battle over Sobolieva". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  23. ^ "Abierto Tampico: Stakusic upsets seventh seed Montgomery in second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  24. ^ "Abierto Tampico: Stakusic through to semi-finals". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  25. ^ "Abierto Tampico: Stakusic makes final". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  26. ^ "Canadian teen Stakusic wins first career WTA 125 title in Tampico". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  27. ^ "Monday Digest: Stakusic Wins Biggest Career Title Yet in Mexico". Tennis Canada. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  28. ^ "Abierto Tampico: Stakusic stuns Blinkova to win the trophy". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  29. ^ "Stakusic fends off Joint comeback in teen clash; wins eighth straight match". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  30. ^ "Mérida Open: Nina Stojanovic books spot in quarter-finals". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
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