Živa Falkner (born 7 July 2002) is a Slovenian tennis player.
Falkner has career-high WTA rankings of 397 in singles and 213 in doubles.
Partnering Matilda Mutavdzic, she was runner-up in the girls' doubles at the 2021 Portorož Open, losing to Alex Eala and Priska Madelyn Nugroho in the final.
Falkner made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Slovenia Open, after receiving a wildcard, losing in the first round to Aleksandra Krunić.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendW60 tournamentsW15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (2–5) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Sep 2020ITF Otočec, SloveniaW15 Clay Tina Cvetkovič 6–0, 7–6(6)Loss 1–1 Jul 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie 4–6, 3–6Loss 1–2 Aug 2021ITF Bad Waltersdorf, AustriaW15 Clay Antonia Ružić 2–6, 2–6Loss 1–3 Nov 2021ITF Lousada, PortugalW15 Hard (i) Ku Yeon-woo 0–6, 5–7Loss 1–4 May 2023ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, SerbiaW15 Clay Wang Meiling 2–6, 6–7(6)Loss 1–5 Jul 2023Ladies Open Hechingen, GermanyW60 Clay Brenda Fruhvirtová 3–6, 1–6Win 2–5 Jun 2024ITF Banja Luka, Bosnia and HerzegovinaW15 Clay Luna Vujović 6–4, 6–4Loss 2–6 Jun 2026ITF Osijek, CroatiaW15 Clay Katerina Tsygourova 5–7, 3–6
Doubles: 12 (5 titles, 7 runner-ups) LegendW75 tournamentsW50 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsW15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (4–6)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Sep 2022ITF Vienna, AustriaW25 Clay Amarissa Tóth Lena Papadakis Anna Sisková 6–7(8), 4–6Win 1–1 Sep 2023ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW25 Clay Katharina Hobgarski Yasmine Mansouri Miriana Tona 6–1, 6–2Loss 1–2 Jun 2024ITF Tarvisio, ItalyW35 Clay Miriana Tona Anastasia Sukhotina Anna Zyryanova 6–7(3), 2–6Win 2–2 Jul 2024ITF Torino, ItalyW35 Clay Pia Lovrič Julieta Lara Estable Fernanda Labraña 1–6, 6–2, [12–10]Win 3–2 Aug 2024Zagreb Open, CroatiaW50 Clay Amarissa Tóth Lia Karatancheva Sapfo Sakellaridi 6–4, 6–3Loss 3–3 Aug 2024ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, SerbiaW75 Clay Tara Würth Petra Marčinko Lola Radivojević 6–7(5), 4–6Loss 3–4 Aug 2024ITF Trieste, ItalyW35 Clay Amarissa Tóth Anastasia Abbagnato Anita Wagner 3–6, 6–4, [9–11]Win 4–4 Sep 2024Šibenik Open, CroatiaW75 Clay Amarissa Tóth Raluca Șerban Anca Todoni 2–1 ret.Win 5–4 Jan 2025ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Elena Milovanović Maria Golovina Aruzhan Sagandikova 6–4, 6–4Loss 5–5 Feb 2025ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Yuki Naito Vittoria Paganetti Lisa Pigato 3–6, 4–6Loss 5–6 Mar 2025ITF Sabadell, SpainW35 Clay Pia Lovrič Aliona Bolsova Ylena In-Albon 4–6, 0–6Loss 5–7 Sep 2025ITF San Rafael, United StatesW35 Hard Marie Weckerle Francesca Pace Zuzanna Pawlikowska 6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Junior Grand Slam finals Girls' doubles ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2020 Australian Open Hard Matilda Mutavdzic Alex Eala Priska Madelyn Nugroho 1–6, 2–6
References
External links