Petra Marčinko

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Petra Marčinko
Marčinko at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Croatia
Born (2005-12-04) 4 December 2005
Zagreb, Croatia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$925,390
Singles
Career record166–90
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 50 (8 June 2026)
Current rankingNo. 52 (15 June 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2026)
French Open1R (2026)
Wimbledon1R (2026)
US OpenQ2 (2023, 2025)
Doubles
Career record30–18
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 386 (11 August 2025)
Current rankingNo. 402 (15 June 2026)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2026)
Team competitions
Fed Cup16–6
Last updated on: 16 June 2026.
Marčinko at the 2024 Montreux Ladies Open

Petra Marčinko (born 4 December 2005) is a Croatian tennis player.[1] Marčinko has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 50, achieved on 8 June 2026, and a best doubles ranking of No. 386, attained on 11 August 2025. She is the current Croatian No. 2.

She has won one WTA Tour singles title at the 2026 Morocco Open. Marčinko has also won one WTA 125 singles title as well as 11 titles in singles and four in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

She achieved the No. 1 junior ranking on 13 December 2021.[2]

Career overview

2021–2022: Junior No. 1 & professional debut

On the ITF Junior Circuit, Marčinko had won nine singles and seven doubles titles. In December 2021, she completed a remarkable late-season surge as singles and doubles wins at the Orange Bowl championship saw her climb nine places to finish as the year-end junior world No. 1 on 13 December 2021.[3]

At the beginning of 2022, she won her first junior Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, defeating Sofia Costoulas in the final, in straight sets.[4]

As a 16-year-old, Marčinko made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Morocco Open in Rabat as a wildcard player defeating Rebecca Peterson,[5][6] before losing to Astra Sharma in the second round.[7]

2023–2025: First WTA 125 title

She won her sixth consecutive ITF Women's Circuit title at the 2023 Caldas da Rainha Ladies Open, defeating Léolia Jeanjean in the final in straight sets, and set the new Croatian record for the youngest women's player to win six professional singles titles before turning 18.[8]

Having been given a wildcard entry, Marčinko finished runner-up at the 2024 WTA 125 Montreux Ladies Open, losing to seventh seed Irina-Camelia Begu in the final, in three sets.[9]

In July 2025, she won her first WTA 125 title at the ATV Tennis Open in Rome, defeating Oksana Selekhmeteva in the final.[10]

2026: Major & top 50 debuts, WTA Tour title

Marčinko made her major debut at the Australian Open where she directly entered the main-draw[11] and recorded her first win over Tatjana Maria,[12] before losing to Peyton Stearns in the second round.[13]

Seeded sixth, Marčinko won her maiden tour title at the Morocco Open in Rabat, defeating qualifier Vera Zvonareva,[14] wildcard entrant Yelyzaveta Kotliar,[15] second seed Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro[16] and Jil Teichmann en route to the final,[17] which she won when her opponent, Anhelina Kalinina, retired due to injury in the second set.[18][19] As a result of claiming the trophy, Marčinko reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 51 on 25 May 2026[20] and the top 50 on 8 June 2026.[21]

Entering the main-draw as a lucky loser at the Eastbourne Open, she recorded wins over fellow Croatian Antonia Ružić,[22] qualifier Kimberly Birrell[23] and Caty McNally to reach her first WTA grass court semifinal.[24] Marčinko retired due to injury after losing the first set of her last four match against second seed Madison Keys.[25]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RRQ# 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 2023 2024 2025 2026 W–L
Australian Open Q2 Q1 A 2R 1–1
French Open Q2 Q2 Q2 1R 0–1
Wimbledon A Q1 Q1 0–0
US Open Q2 A Q2 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–2

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Legend
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–0)
Finals by surface
Clay (1–0)
Hard (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2026 Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco WTA 250 Clay Ukraine Anhelina Kalinina 6–2, 3–0 ret.

WTA 125 finals

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

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2024 Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland Clay Romania Irina-Camelia Begu 6–1, 3–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2025 ATV Rome Open, Italy Clay Oksana Selekhmeteva 6–3, 4–6, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (11 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
W100 tournaments (3–0)
W80 tournaments (1–0)
W60/75 tournaments (4–1)
W25 tournaments (3–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey W25 Clay France Carole Monnet 6–4, 6–1
Win 2–0 Mar 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey W25 Clay Italy Elisabetta Cocciaretto 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–0 Oct 2022 Internationaux de Poitiers, France W80 Hard (i) Belgium Ysaline Bonaventure 6–3, 7–6(2)
Win 4–0 Jun 2023 Roma Cup, Italy W60 Clay Italy Giorgia Pedone 6–2, 6–2
Win 5–0 Jun 2023 ITF Tarvisio, Italy W25 Clay Poland Katarzyna Kawa 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Win 6–0 Sep 2023 Caldas da Rainha Open, Portugal W60 Hard France Léolia Jeanjean 6–4, 6–1
Win 7–0 Oct 2024 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada W75+H Hard (i) Netherlands Anouk Koevermans 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(3)
Win 8–0 Aug 2025 Landisville Tennis Challenge,
United States		 W100 Hard Indonesia Janice Tjen 7–6(4), 3–6, 6–4
Loss 8–1 Sep 2025 Le Neubourg Open, France W75 Hard Belgium Greet Minnen 2–6, 1–6
Win 9–1 Oct 2025 Tyler Pro Challenge, United States W100 Hard United States Mary Stoiana 6–3, 6–0
Win 10–1 Nov 2025 Fujairah Open, UAE W75 Hard Alevtina Ibragimova 6–4, 6–4
Win 11–1 Dec 2025 Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE W100 Hard Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
W75 tournaments (2–0)
W15 tournaments (2–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2021 ITF Šibenik, Croatia W15 Clay Hungary Natália Szabanin Russia Darya Astakhova
Russia Ekaterina Makarova		 6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 May 2021 ITF Šibenik, Croatia W15 Clay Hungary Natália Szabanin Bosnia and Herzegovina Nefisa Berberović
Italy Nicole Fossa Huergo		 6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Loss 2–1 Oct 2021 ITF Monastir,Tunisia W15 Clay Switzerland Sebastianna Scilipoti China Ma Yexin
China Ni Ma Zhuoma		 6–3, 4–6, [7–10]
Win 3–1 Aug 2024 ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia W75 Clay Serbia Lola Radivojević Slovenia Živa Falkner
Croatia Tara Würth		 7–6(5), 6–4
Win 4–1 Mar 2025 ITF Murska Sobota, Slovenia W75 Hard (i) Croatia Tara Würth Chinese Taipei Cho I-hsuan
Chinese Taipei Cho Yi-tsen		 6–3, 3–6, [10–4]

Junior finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Singles: 1 (title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2022 Australian Open Hard Belgium Sofia Costoulas 7–5, 6–1

Fed Cup participation

Singles (12–3)

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2022 Z1 R/R 11 Apr 2022 Antalya, Turkey Sweden Sweden Clay Jacqueline Cabaj Awad W 6–0, 6–4
12 Apr 2022 Bulgaria Bulgaria Julia Terziyska W 6–4, 6–4
14 Apr 2022 Georgia (country) Georgia Nino Natsvlishvili W 6–2, 6–2
Z1 P/O 16 Apr 2022 Serbia Serbia Lola Radivojević W 6–1, 2–6, 6–0
P/O 11 Nov 2022 Rijeka, Croatia Germany Germany Hard (i) Jule Niemeier W 6–3, 6–2
12 Nov 2022 Anna-Lena Friedsam L 4–6, 1–6
2023 Z1 R/R 10 Apr 2023 Antalya, Turkey Denmark Denmark Clay Johanne Svendsen W 2–6, 7–5, 7–5
11 Apr 2023 Bulgaria Bulgaria Lia Karatancheva L 6–4, 3–6, 3–6
13 Apr 2023 Sweden Sweden Caijsa Hennemann L 4–6, 5–7
2025 Z1 R/R 8 April 2025 Vilnius, Lithuania Austria Austria Hard (i) Tamara Kostic W 6–1, 6–1
9 April 2025 Portugal Portugal Matilde Jorge W 6–1, 3–6, 7–5
10 April 2025 Latvia Latvia Beatrise Zeltiņa W 6–3, 6–1
Z1 P/O 12 April 2025 Serbia Serbia Teodora Kostović W 6–3, 6–3
P/O 15 November 2025 Varaždin, Croatia Colombia Colombia Yuliana Lizarazo W 6–3, 6–0
16 November 2025 Czech Republic Czech Republic Nikola Bartůňková W 6–3, 7–6(6)

Doubles (4–3)

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponent W/L Score
2022 Z1 R/R 15 Apr 2022 Antalya, Turkey Austria Austria Clay Tara Würth Barbara Haas
Melanie Klaffner		 L 7–5, ret.
2023 Z1 R/R 10 Apr 2023 Denmark Denmark Rebecca Mortensen
Johanne Svendsen		 L 3–6, 5–7
14 Apr 2023 Norway Norway Lucija Ćirić Bagarić Emilie Elde
Lilly Elida Håseth		 W 6–2, 6–1
2025 Z1 R/R 8 April 2025 Vilnius, Lithuania Austria Austria Hard (i) Tara Würth Ekaterina Perelygina
Julia Grabher		 W 6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Z1 P/O 12 April 2025 Serbia Serbia Teodora Kostović
Natalija Senić		 W 6–1, 6–2
P/O 15 November 2025 Varaždin, Croatia Colombia Colombia Jana Fett Yuliana Lizarazo
Camila Osorio		 W 6–4, 6–3
16 November 2025 Czech Republic Czech Republic Lucie Havlíčková
Linda Nosková		 L 2–6, 6–3, 3–6

United Cup (0–2)

Group membership
United Cup (0–2)
Matches by surface
Hard (0–2)
Matches by type
Doubles (0–2)
Matches by setting
Outdoors (0–2)
Outcome No. Surface Match type (partner) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
2023
29 December–8 January; RAC Arena, Perth, Australia; Group stage
Loss 1. Hard Mixed doubles (with Matija Pecotić) France France France Jessika Ponchet / France Édouard Roger-Vasselin 4–6, 4–6
2025
27 December–5 January; RAC Arena, Perth, Australia; Group stage
Loss 1. Hard Mixed doubles (with Ivan Dodig) United States United States United States Coco Gauff / United States Taylor Fritz 2–6, 3–6

References

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