Kaja Juvan
Kaja Juvan is a Slovenian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 58 in singles and No. 97 in doubles. Juvan won her maiden WTA Tour doubles title at the 2021 Winners Open in Cluj-Napoca, partnering with Natela Dzalamidze.
Juniors
On the junior tour, she achieved a career-high combined ranking of 5, in January 2017. She reached the semifinals of both the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and the 2016 US Open girls' doubles events. She was also a winner of the Orange Bowl in 2016.Juvan and Iga Świątek of Poland won gold in doubles at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.
Professional
2019–2020: Major debut
Juvan made her Grand Slam tournament debut as a lucky loser at the 2019 French Open where she lost in the first round to Sorana Cîrstea.After winning her qualifier bracket, she defeated Kristýna Plíšková to reach the second round at Wimbledon in July 2019, where she lost in three sets to 11th seed Serena Williams.
2021: Two major third rounds, first WTA Tour doubles title
Juvan reached the third round of a Grand Slam championship at the Australian Open as a qualifier for the first time in her career, defeating 13th seed Johanna Konta in the first round by retirement, and Mayar Sherif in the second round She lost to 22nd seed Jennifer Brady. As a result, she entered the top 100 at a career high of world No. 91, on 22 February 2021.In June, she also reached the third round at Wimbledon where she defeated ninth seed Belinda Bencic and qualifier Clara Burel, before losing to 20th seed Coco Gauff.
Partnering Natela Dzalamidze, Juvan won her first WTA Tour doubles title at the Linz Open, defeating Katarzyna Piter and Mayar Sherif in the final.
2022: Second Wimbledon third round
At Wimbledon, she defeated 23rd seed Beatriz Haddad Maia and Dalma Gálfi to make it through to the third round, where her run was ended by Heather Watson.2023: Break and return to competition
On 5 April 2023, Juvan announced that she was taking a break from her tennis career for personal reasons. She took two months off the tour following the death of her father Robert due to cancer.She qualified for her third consecutive main draw at Wimbledon. Juvan overcame Margarita Betova in the first round, before losing to 22nd seed Anastasia Potapova.
Ranked No. 145, she qualified at the US Open, saving five match points in the last qualifying round, and reached the third round of the main draw, where she lost to longtime friend Iga Świątek. As a result, she moved close to 40 positions up in the rankings.
2024–2025: Second hiatus and comeback
Juvan defeated 23rd seed Anastasia Potapova in the first round of the 2024 Australian Open, before losing her next match to qualifier Anastasia Zakharova.Having been out of action for 12 months, Juvan qualified for the 2025 ATX Open, but lost in the first round to Ena Shibahara, in three sets. In May 2025, she finished runner-up at the WTA 125 Open de Saint-Malo, losing in the final to second seed Naomi Osaka.
Performance timelines
''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''Singles
''Current through the 2025 Wimbledon Championships.''Doubles
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss | 0–1 | May 2022 | Internationaux de Strasbourg, France | WTA 250 | Clay |  Doubles: 1 (title)
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