Olga Danilović

Olga Danilović (Serbian Cyrillic: Олга Даниловић, pronounced [ôːlɡa danǐːloʋitɕ]; born 23 January 2001) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 31 March 2025, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 35. On 24 April 2023, she peaked at No. 104 in the WTA doubles rankings. Danilović is the current No. 1 Serbian singles player. She has won two singles titles and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour.

On the WTA Challenger Tour, she has won two singles titles and one doubles title. Additionally, she has won seven singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. Playing for Serbia, Danilović holds a win–loss record of 12–8 in Billie Jean King Cup competition, as of March 2025.

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.

Juniors

As a junior, Danilović posted a win–loss record of 97–33 in singles and 72–24 in doubles, and reached a No. 5 in the combined ITF junior world rankings in January 2018.

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

Junior Grand Slam tournament 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)

Professional

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 Tour 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, world 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 debuts

Along with Francesca Jones, Danilović made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the Australian Open. She defeated 16th seed Petra Martić in the first round, before losing her next match to Shelby Rogers.

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.

Danilović qualified for the US Open and defeated Alycia Parks in the first round. She withdrew just before her second round match against defending champion and third seed Naomi Osaka due to medical reasons.

2022: French Open debut

At the French Open, Danilović reached the main draw to make her debut at this major defeating Viktoriya Tomova in the final qualifying round. She defeated Dalma Gálfi in the first round, before losing to 23rd seed Jil Teichmann.

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.

Playing with Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Danilović won the doubles title at the WTA 125 Open delle Puglie in September, defeating Andrea Gámiz and Eva Vedder in the final.

2023: First WTA 125 title, French Open 3rd 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.

At the French Open, as a qualifier, Danilović reached the third round, her best Grand Slam performance up to date, with wins over Jasmine Paolini and Kateryna Baindl. In the third round, she lost in three 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 before Wimbledon.

Ranked No. 94 at the 2023 Swedish Open in Bastad, she defeated top seed Emma Navarro to lift her first WTA 125 title.

2024: French Open 4th round, first hardcourt title

At the 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 Grand Slam 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. Her run was ended by fifth seed Markéta Vondroušová. She returned to the top 110 at world No. 107 on 10 June 2024.

Danilović got into the main draw at Wimbledon as a lucky loser, losing to Anca Todoni in the first round. She reached the semifinals at the Iași Open with wins over fourth seed Anna Blinkova, Anca Todoni, and eighth seed Anna Bondár, before losing to top seed Mirra Andreeva.

In October, she defeated Erika Andreeva, fifth seed Diane Parry qualifier Mananchaya Sawangkaew and top seed Kateřina Siniaková to make her first WTA Tour hardcourt final and third overall at the Guangzhou Open. Danilović won the final against qualifier Caroline Dolehide in straight sets to claim her second career title, six years after winning her first. As a result, she reached the top 55 in the rankings on 28 October 2024.

2025: Australian Open 4th round, top 35

Danilović reached the fourth round at the Australian Open for the first time with straight sets wins over Arantxa Rus, 25th seed Liudmila Samsonova and seventh seed Jessica Pegula. She lost to the 11th seed Paula Badosa.

In March, Danilović won the title at the WTA 125 Antalya Challenger 2, defeating Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva in the final. After this win, she peaked at world No. 35 on 31 March 2025.

Coaches

In 2018, Danilović 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 2024 Wuhan Open.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

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

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner–ups)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

Team competitions

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup

Singles (6–2)

Doubles (2–4)

Wins over top 10 players

Danilović has a 2–3 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Key: (Rk) first use, opponent rank; (Rd) round; (Rk) 2nd use, player rank; (Ref) reference; (F) final; (SF) semifinal; (QF) quarterfinal; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage