Wikipedia - Séléna Janicijevic
Séléna Janicijevic (Serbian Cyrillic: Селена Јанићијевић, romanized: Selena Janićijević, born 23 July 2002) is a French tennis player. On 30 January 2023, she reached a new career-high of world No. 171 in singles.
Janicijevic has won ten singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit.
She has a career-high combined ranking of No. 18 on the ITF Junior Circuit, achieved on 27 February 2020.
History
Early years
Janicijevic started playing tennis at the age of six and prefers clay courts. She played primarily in tournaments on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour and the ITF Junior Circuit.
2019: Grand Slam debut
Janicijevic made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2019 French Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw and also for the doubles main draw, partnering Aubane Droguet.
2022: Finding success in the Mediterranean
Following the sweet high of the previous year, Janicijevic started her year in the courts of Egypt which brought her the $15k title in Giza in the last week of 2021. In the span of three weeks, she would score two semifinals showing in the first two $15k in Giza and Cairo, stopped only by Sapfo Sakellaridi in both tournaments, and a surprise championship win in the $25k in Cairo which included a win over former doubles world No. 1, Tímea Babos. This title was followed by another in February, this time a $15k in Antalya over Angelica Moratelli. However, she would lose the two consequent tournaments on the Turkish clay, one ending in retirement. She did not play for a few weeks after this before returning to the European ITFs where she found minimum success. Upon her return to Egypt, she found herself in a much better position, immediately going to the final of a $25k, losing to Anastasia Zolotareva.
Back in continental Europe, she would participate in several tournaments with the highlights being a Q2 showing at the French Open, losing a tight match to Irina Bara, and narrowly losing to Magda Linette in the Parisian WTA 125. In the back end of June, Janicijevic managed to clinch a $25k in Périgueux ousting top seed Katharina Hobgarski in the final.
2023: Australian Open debut, first WTA Tour win
She qualified for the 2023 Australian Open to make her debut at this major beating Robin Anderson, Elena Gabriela Ruse and Jodie Burrage, before succumbing to Slovenian Kaja Juvan in the first round. However, she entered a period of drought following that feat as she went on a five-match losing streak, before winning a $25k title in Colombia, her first of the year.
She recorded her first WTA Tour main-draw win at Strasbourg defeating Océane Dodin.