Darija Jurak ;; born 5 April 1984) is a Croatian former tennis player. Her career-high doubles ranking is world No. 9, achieved on 15 November 2021. Her best WTA ranking in singles is 188 which she reached in April 2004. She qualified with Andreja Klepač for the 2021 WTA Finals, after 20 years on the professional tour.
World TeamTennis Jurak has played six seasons with World TeamTennis and was part of the 2016 San Diego Aviators team which hoisted the King Cup after winning the WTT Championships. She debuted in 2013 with the Texas Wild returning in 2014. She played her next three seasons with the Aviators from 2015 to 2017. In 2019, Jurak joined the expansion Orlando Storm for their inaugural season.
It was announced that she will rejoining the Storm during the 2020 season set to begin 12 July. Jurak paired with Jessica Pegula throughout the season in women's doubles, helping the Storm earn a No. 3 seed in the WTT Playoffs. The Storm ultimately fell to the Chicago Smash, in the semifinals.
Competing with the Croatia Fed Cup team, she has a win-loss record of 19–8 (as of March 2024).
WTA Tour doubles title Partnering with Alexa Guarachi, Jurak won the doubles title at the 2021 Dubai Championships, defeating Xu Yifan and Yang Zhaoxuan in the final in straight sets. Alongside Andreja Klepač, she won the 2021 Silicon Valley Classic, with a win over Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani in the final. The following week the pair reached the final at the 2021 Canadian Open but saw the roles reversed as they lost to Dabrowski and Stefani.
Jurak came back after four years hiatus in 2026, partnering Katarzyna Piter at the 2026 Abu Dhabi Open.
Significant finals WTA 1000 tournaments Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 2021Dubai Championships Hard Alexa Guarachi Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan 6–0, 6–3Loss 2021Canadian Open, Montreal Hard Andreja Klepač Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani 3–6, 4–6
WTA Tour finals Doubles: 22 (9 titles, 13 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments Premier M & Premier 5 / WTA 1000 (1–1)Premier / WTA 500 (3–7)International / WTA 250 (5–5)Finals by surfaceHard (7–8)Grass (2–0)Clay (0–4)Carpet (0–1) ResultsW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy International Clay Katalin Marosi Renata Voráčová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–7(5–7), 4–6Loss 0–2 Estoril Open, Portugal International Clay Katalin Marosi Chan Hao-ching Kristina Mladenovic 6–7(3–7), 2–6Loss 0–3 Silicon Valley Classic, United StatesPremier Hard Julia Görges Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 2–6, 6–7(4–7)Win 1–3 Monterrey Open, Mexico International Hard Megan Moulton-Levy Tímea Babos Olga Govortsova 7–6(7–5), 3–6, [11–9]Loss 1–4 Charleston Open, United StatesPremier Clay Casey Dellacqua Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 0–6, 4–6Loss 1–5 Tianjin Open, China International Hard Nicole Melichar Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai 2–6, 6–3, [8–10]Win 2–5 Dubai Championships, UAEPremier Hard Chuang Chia-jung Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 6–4, 6–4Win 3–5 Eastbourne International, UKPremier Grass Anastasia Rodionova Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 5–7, 7–6(7–4), [10–6]Loss 3–6 Silicon Valley Classic, United StatesPremier Hard Anastasia Rodionova Raquel Atawo Abigail Spears 3–6, 4–6Loss 3–7 St. Petersburg Trophy, RussiaPremier Hard (i) Xenia Knoll Jeļena Ostapenko Alicja Rosolska 6–3, 2–6, [5–10]Win 4–7 Mexican Open, Mexico International Hard Anastasia Rodionova Verónica Cepede Royg Mariana Duque 6–3, 6–2Win 5–7 Washington Open, United States International Hard Han Xinyun Alexa Guarachi Erin Routliffe 6–3, 6–2Loss 5–8 Tournoi de Québec, Canada International Carpet (i) Xenia Knoll Asia Muhammad Maria Sanchez 4–6, 3–6Loss 5–9 Kremlin Cup, RussiaPremier Hard (i) Raluca Olaru Alexandra Panova Laura Siegemund 2–6, 6–7(2–7)Win 6–9 Bronx Open, United States International Hard María José Martínez Sánchez Margarita Gasparyan Monica Niculescu 7–5, 2–6, [10–7]Loss 6–10 Adelaide International, AustraliaPremier Hard Gabriela Dabrowski Nicole Melichar Xu Yifan 6–2, 5–7, [5–10]Win 7–10 Dubai Championships, UAE (2)WTA 1000 Hard Alexa Guarachi Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan 6–0, 6–3Loss 7–11 Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy WTA 250 Clay Andreja Klepač Coco Gauff Caty McNally 3–6, 2–6Win 8–11 Bad Homburg Open, Germany WTA 250 Grass Andreja Klepač Nadiia Kichenok Raluca Olaru 6–3, 6–1Win 9–11 Silicon Valley Classic, United States WTA 500 Hard Andreja Klepač Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani 6–1, 7–5Loss 9–12 Canadian Open, CanadaWTA 1000 Hard Andreja Klepač Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani 3–6, 4–6Loss 9–13 Adelaide International, AustraliaWTA 500 Hard Andreja Klepač Ashleigh Barty Storm Sanders 1–6, 4–6
Grand Slam doubles performance timeline
Tournament2004...2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022 Australian Open1RAA1R2R1R1R1R1R1R2R3RSF1R8–12 French Open1R2R1R1R2R1R1R2R2R2R1RAQFA8–12 Wimbledon1RQ1Q12R3R1R2R2R1R1R1RNH1RA5–10 US OpenA1RA2R1R2R1R2R1R1R1R1R3RA5–11Win–loss0–31–20–12–44–41–41–43–41–41–41–42–29–40–126–45
WTA 125 finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss Sep 2015Dalian Open, China Hard Chan Chin-wei Zhang Kailin Zheng Saisai 3–6, 4–6
ITF Circuit finals Legend$100,000 tournaments$75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments
Singles: 15 (8–7) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 22 April 2002 ITF Cavtat, Croatia 10,000 Clay Linda Smolenaková 6–7(6), 3–6Loss 2. 9 April 2003 ITF Cavtat, Croatia 10,000 Clay Monica Niculescu 4–6, 1–6Win 1. 14 April 2003 ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia 10,000 Clay Lucija Krzelj 6–4, 5–7, 6–3Loss 3. 19 May 2003 ITF Biograd, Croatia 10,000 Clay Lucija Krzelj 4–6, 4–6Win 2. 26 May 2003 ITF Zadar, Croatia 10,000 Clay Paulina Slitrová 2–6, 6–4, 6–4Win 3. 23 June 2003 ITF Fontanafredda, Italy 25,000 Clay Anna Foldenyi 7–6(2), 6–4Loss 4. 17 August 2003 ITF Martina Franca, Italy 25,000 Clay Lina Stančiūtė 3–6, 1–6Win 4. 24 April 2005 ITF Bari, Italy 25,000 Clay Olga Vymetálková 6–3, 6–2Win 5. 7 August 2005 ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany 10,000 Clay Vanja Ćorović 6–1, 6–0Loss 5. 11 February 2006 ITF Capriolo, Italy 25,000 Carpet (i) Lucie Hradecká 1–6, 4–6Win 6. 18 March 2006 ITF Rome, Italy 10,000 Clay Stefania Chieppa 3–6, 6–1, 7–6(5)Win 7. 26 March 2006 ITF Rome, Italy (2) 10,000 Clay Belen Corbalan 7–5, 6–1Win 8. 21 May 2007 ITF Vienna, Austria 10,000 Clay Teliana Pereira 6–1, 1–6, 6–2Loss 6. 4 May 2009 Wiesbaden Open, Germany 10,000 Clay Julia Babilon 1–6, 2–6Loss 7. 10 August 2009 Reinert Open Versmold, Germany 10,000 Clay Sarah Gronert 3–6, 6–3, 6–7(5)
Doubles: 64 (39–25)