Olga Danilović

Olga Danilović (Олга Даниловић, ; born 23 January 2001) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 26 June 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 93. On 24 April 2023, she peaked at No. 104 in the WTA doubles rankings. In July 2018, Danilović won her first WTA Tour singles title in Moscow, beating Anastasia Potapova in the final. She also won two WTA doubles titles, first in Tashkent and the second one in Lausanne. On the WTA Challenger Tour, she has won one doubles title. She has also won six singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit. Playing for Serbia, Danilović has a win–loss record of 12–8 in Billie Jean King Cup competition (as of June 2024).

Early life and background
Danilović's father is Serbian former basketball player Predrag Danilović, while her mother, Svetlana (née Radošević), is a sports reporter for Radio Television of Serbia. Her parents met at a basketball game in their teens. She has a younger sister, Sonja, and a younger brother, Vuk.

Junior career
As a junior, Danilović posted a win–loss record of 93–33 in singles and 72–24 in doubles, and reached No. 5 in the combined junior world rankings in January 2018.

She won three Junior Grand Slam doubles titles (each on a different surface) with three different partners – 2016 French Open with Paula Arias Manjón, 2017 Wimbledon with Kaja Juvan and 2017 US Open with Marta Kostyuk.

Grand Slam performance
- Singles:
 * Australian Open: 3R (2017)
 * French Open: 2R (2016)
 * Wimbledon: 3R (2016)
 * US Open: QF (2017)

- Doubles:
 * Australian Open: 2R (2017)
 * French Open: W (2016)
 * Wimbledon: W (2017)
 * US Open: W (2017)

2018: Top 100, first WTA Tour titles; Fed Cup Heart Award
Danilović made her Fed Cup debut in February 2018 in Group I of Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone, winning all three singles matches, including a 6–2, 6–4 win over world No. 15, Anastasija Sevastova, in the promotional play-offs. The courageous performances for the national team earned Danilović a Fed Cup Heart Award and a cheque of $1,000 to be donated to a charity, which she chose to donate to University Children's Hospital in Belgrade.

In March, she won her first $25k title in Santa Margherita di Pula. In May, she was given a wildcard for the qualifying into the Premier Mandatory tournament in Madrid, where she beat former top-30 player Kateryna Bondarenko but lost to Aryna Sabalenka in the final round of qualifying. In mid-July, Danilović won the first $60k title in her career when she came back from one set down to beat another former top 30 player, Laura Siegemund, 5–7, 6–1, 6–3, in the final of Versmold. She also reached the final in doubles of the same tournament with compatriot Nina Stojanović.

In late July, she won her first career WTA Tour singles title in Moscow, defeating Anastasia Potapova in the final, in three sets. Danilović became the first player born in the third millennium (after 2000) to win a WTA tournament singles title. She also became the second lucky loser in the history of the WTA Tour to win the title. This was the first WTA tournament final between two players under 18 since Tatiana Golovin and Nicole Vaidišová played in the final of the 2005 Japan Open.

She participated in the US Open qualifying, where she beat Bianca Andreescu, before losing to Jaimee Fourlis. She then entered the Tashkent Open, where she beat Anna Kalinskaya in the first round, before losing to Anastasia Potapova in a Moscow re-match. In the same tournament, she won the doubles title partnering Tamara Zidanšek.

On 1 October 2018, Danilović entered the top 100 for the first time when she reached a singles ranking of 97. The following week, she reached her highest ranking of the season, No. 96.

In mid-October, she lost in the first round of qualifying in Linz and Luxembourg. She next participated in the WTA 125 Mumbai Open, where she was seeded fourth and lost to Danka Kovinić in the first round, whom she also partnered with to reach the semifinals in doubles. This proved to be her last tournament of the year as she withdrew from the following week's WTA 125 Open de Limoges.

2021: Australian Open and US Open debut
Along with Francesca Jones, Danilović made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the Australian Open. She won in the first round of the tournament where she faced Petra Martic. She was defeated in the second round by Shelby Rogers, in straight sets. In July, she made two back-to-back quarterfinals. First, at the Budapest Grand Prix, she won first two rounds before losing to Dalma Gálfi in the quarterfinal. The following week, at the Palermo Ladies Open, she lost to Zhang Shuai in the same round.

2022: French Open debut
At the French Open, she qualified for the main draw to make her debut at this major defeating Viktoriya Tomova.

Ranked No. 124 as a qualifier at the Ladies Open Lausanne, she reached her second career final by beating Misaki Doi in the first round, Anna Kalinskaya in the second, home favorite Simona Waltert in the quarterfinals, and Anastasia Potapova in the semifinals. In the final, she was beaten by Petra Martić. At the same tournament, she won the doubles event, partnering with Kristina Mladenovic.

2023: Biggest ITF title, Major third round, back to top 100
In May, Danilović won her first $100k title at the Open Villa de Madrid, beating Sara Sorribes Tormo in the final. During the tournament, she did not drop a single set against any players. Triumphing here, she secured her spot in Wimbledon Championships main-draw for the first time. However, she should lose there her first-round match in a close two-setter to Slovak player Jana Čepelová.

At the French Open, as a qualifier, Danilović reached the third round, her best Grand Slam performance up to date. In the third round, she lost in three tough sets against No. 7 seed, Ons Jabeur. With this result, after five years, she returned to the top 100 on 12 June 2023, and reached a new career-high ranking of No. 93, on 26 June 2023.

2024: French Open fourth round
At the 2024 French Open, Danilović qualified for the main draw and defeated Martina Trevisan, 11th seed Danielle Collins, and Donna Vekić to reach the fourth round at a Major for the first time. She became the first Serbian woman to reach the second week since Jelena Janković at Wimbledon 2015, and the first at Roland Garros since Ana Ivanovic in the same year.

Danilović got into the main draw of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships as a lucky loser, but lost to Anca Todoni in the first round.

Coaches
In 2018, Danilovic hired former world No. 2, Àlex Corretja, as her coach, having been her mentor since 2016. During her title tour in Moscow, former Serbian Fed Cup captain, Dejan Vraneš, traveled with Danilović and coached her although he is not her official coach. In 2018–2019, she was briefly coached by Petar Popović. In 2017–18, her coach was Juan Lizariturry. Danilović was coached in the past by Denis Bejtulahi (in 2017) and Tatjana Ječmenica (in two stints – before late 2015 and in 2016).

Performance timelines
''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records. ''

Singles
Current through the 2023 US Open.

Doubles
Current through the 2023 WTA Lyon Open.

Award

 * 2018 – Fed Cup Heart Award (Europe/Africa Zone Group I)