Séléna Janicijevic (, born 23 July 2002) is a French tennis player of Serbian origin.
On 16 September 2024, she reached her career-high of world No. 153 in singles. Janicijevic has won eleven singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit.
Career 2019: Major debut Janicijevic made her Grand Slam tournament main-draw debut as a wildcard entrant at the 2019 French Open, losing to Iga Świątek in the first round.
2022: ITF Tour success
Janicijevic started the year in Egypt where she reached two semifinals showing in the first two $15k in Giza and Cairo, stopped only by Sapfo Sakellaridi in both tournaments, and a championship win in the $25k in Cairo. This title was followed by another in February, at 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.
She received a wildcard entry into the Paris WTA 125 event, losing to Magda Linette in the first round in three sets. In June, Janicijevic won a $25k in Périgueux, defeating top seed Katharina Hobgarski in the final.
2023: Australian Open debut and first WTA Tour win Janicijevic made her debut at the Australian Open, where she defeated Jodie Burrage in the final qualifying round, before losing to Kaja Juvan in the main draw 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.
In May, Janicijevic recorded her first career WTA Tour singles main-draw win in Strasbourg by defeating fellow Frenchwoman Océane Dodin in the first round, before losing to sixth seed Varvara Gracheva in the second round.
2024: First WTA Tour quarterfinal, top 160 In July, Janicijevic made it through to the semifinals at the Contrexéville Open, with wins over wildcard entrant Amandine Hesse, seventh seed Suzan Lamens and Dalila Jakupović, before her run was ended by third seed Mayar Sherif. Later that month she reached her first WTA Tour singles quarterfinal at the Iași Open after winning two qualifying matches and defeating fellow qualifier Gergana Topalova and wildcard entrant Miriam Bulgaru in the main draw first and second rounds respectively. Janicijevic lost her quarterfinal match to fellow French Chloé Paquet, in three sets. As a result, she reached the top 160 in the rankings on 29 July.
Partnering Erika Andreeva, Janicijevic reached the doubles final at the WTA 125 Open de Limoges, losing to Elsa Jacquemot and Margaux Rouvroy.
Grand Slam performance
Singles Tournament201920202021202220232024W–L Australian OpenAAAA1RQ10–1 French Open1RQ1Q1Q21RQ10–2 WimbledonA NHAAQ1Q20–0 US OpenAAAQ1AQ20–0Win–loss0–10–00–00–00–20–00–3
WTA 125 finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Open de Limoges, France Hard (i) Erika Andreeva Margaux Rouvroy Elsa Jacquemot 4–6, 3–6
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 17 (11 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournamentsW50 tournamentsW25 tournamentsW15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceClay (11–6) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Aug 2021ITF Knokke, Belgium W15 Clay Lucie Nguyen Tan 6–3, 7–6(0)Win 2–0 Dec 2021ITF Giza, Egypt W15 Clay Sapfo Sakellaridi 6–3, 2–6, 6–2Win 3–0 Jan 2022ITF Cairo, EgyptW25 Clay Sinja Kraus 7–5, 3–6, 6–3Win 4–0 Feb 2022ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Angelica Moratelli 6–3, 6–2Loss 4–1 May 2022ITF Cairo, EgyptW25 Clay Anastasia Zolotareva 6–7(5), 6-7(4)Win 5–1 Jun 2022ITF Périgueux, France W25 Clay Katharina Hobgarski 6–3, 6–2Win 6–1 Jul 2022ITF Getxo, SpainW25 Clay Sapfo Sakellaridi 4–6, 6–4, 7–5Win 7–1 Jul 2022ITF Perugia, ItalyW25 Clay Anna Turati 6–2, 6–2Loss 7–2 Sep 2022ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, FranceW25 Clay Jessika Ponchet 1–6, 4–6Win 8–2 Apr 2023ITF Sopo, ColombiaW25 Clay Suzan Lamens 6–4, 5–7, 6–4Win 9–2 Oct 2023ITF Luján, ArgentinaW25 Clay Julieta Lara Estable 6–4, 7–6(0)Win 10–2 Dec 2023Vacaria Open, BrazilW60 Clay (i) Francisca Jorge 3–6, 6–3, 6–2Loss 10–3 Apr 2024ITF Florianópolis, BrazilW75 Clay Raluca Șerban 5–7, 2–6Loss 10–4 May 2024Open Saint-Gaudens, FranceW75+H Clay Claire Liu 1–6, 7–6(3), 0–6Loss 10–5 Sep 2025Pazardzhik Cup, BulgariaW50+H Clay Elizara Yaneva 7–5, 2–6, 2–6Loss 10–6 Oct 2025ITF Heraklion, GreeceW50 Clay Laura Samson 7–5, 2–6, 1–6Win 11–6 Jun 2026ITF Haskovo, BulgariaW50 Clay Martha Matoula 6–3, 2–6, 6–0
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) LegendW25/35 tournamentsW15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartneringOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Oct 2020ITF Reims, FranceW25 Hard Robin Montgomery Harriet Dart Sarah Beth Grey w/oLoss 1–1 Apr 2026ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW35 Clay Natalija Senić Deborah Chiesa Giorgia Pedone 6–7(8), 3–6
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2019 US Open Hard Aubane Droguet Oksana Selekhmeteva Kamilla Bartone 5–7, 6–7(6–8)
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