Lucija Ćirić Bagarić (born 9 January 2004) is a Croatian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 157, achieved on 5 August 2024, and a highest doubles ranking of 118, achieved on 3 August 2026. She has won two WTA 125 doubles titles, with nine singles and four doubles titles on the ITF World Tour.

Early life Ćirić Bagarić was born in Dubrovnik and grew up in Lapad. Her father was a footballer.

She began playing tennis at the age of six, and, at the age of 13, she moved to Zagreb for better training opportunities. After her junior career, she was extended offers to play tennis at Harvard University and Princeton University, but chose to pursue professional tennis instead.

Career Ćirić Bagarić made her debut for Croatia in the Billie Jean King Cup in April 2023 playing doubles in the Europe/Africa Zone. In September 2023, she made her WTA 125 debut at the Ljubljana Open, where she reached the quarterfinals.

She was named ITF World Tennis Tour Player of the Month in February 2024.

Ranked No. 185, she qualified for her first Grand Slam tournament at the 2024 French Open, after defeating Arina Rodionova, Rebecca Marino, and Sara Saito in the qualifying competition without dropping a set. She lost to Peyton Stearns in the first round, in three sets.

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament20242025SRW–L Australian OpenAQ30 / 00–0 French Open1RA0 / 10–1 WimbledonQ1A0 / 00–0 US OpenQ2A0 / 00–0Win–loss0–10–00 / 10–1

WTA 125 finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Jul 2026ATV Rome Open, Italy Clay Nika Radišić Estelle Cascino Feng Shuo 4–6, 4–6Win 1–1 Jul 2026Târgu Mureș Open, Romania Clay Angelica Moratelli Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Lara Salden 6–3, 1–6, [11–9]Win 2–1 Sep 2026Ljubljana Open, Slovenia Clay Angelica Moratelli Estelle Cascino Feng Shuo 6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–5]

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendW75 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsW15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (6–5) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Sep 2022ITF Varna, BulgariaW15 Clay Patricia Maria Țig 1–6, 0–6Win 1–1 Nov 2022ITF Heraklion, GreeceW15 Clay Michaela Laki 6–3, 4–6, 6–4Win 2–1 Nov 2022ITF Oberpullendorf, AustriaW15 Hard (i) Denisa Hindová 6–4, 6–2Win 3–1 Dec 2022ITF Oberpullendorf, AustriaW15 Hard (i) Victoria Kan 6–3, 6–0Loss 3–2 Jul 2023ITF Parnu, EstoniaW25 Clay Sára Bejlek 5–7, 4–6Win 4–2 Jul 2023ITF Koge, DenmarkW25 Clay Hanne Vandewinkel 6–3, 7–5Loss 4–3 Aug 2023ITF Bistrita, RomaniaW25 Clay Anca Todoni 5–7, 6–1, 2–6Loss 4–4 Sep 2023ITF Slobozia, RomaniaW25 Clay Ekaterina Makarova 7–5, 4–6, 5–7Loss 4–5 Nov 2023ITF Lousada, PortugalW25 Hard (i) Margaux Rouvroy 2–6, 3–6Win 5–5 Jan 2024ITF Monastir, TunisiaW35 Hard Polina Iatcenko 7–5, 6–2Win 6–5 Feb 2024ITF Hammamet, TunisiaW35 Clay Marie Benoît 6–2, 7–5Win 7–5 Feb 2024ITF Hammamet, TunisiaW35 Clay Francesca Jones 2–1 ret.Win 8–5 Mar 2024ITF Alaminos, CyprusW35 Clay Lina Gjorcheska 6–2, 6–3Loss 8–6 Jul 2024Internazionali di Cordenons, ItalyW75 Clay Anouk Koevermans 6–7(4), 2–6Win 9–6 Sep 2025ITF Reus, SpainW35 Clay Aliona Bolsova 6–1, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles: 13 (4 titles, 9 runner-ups) Legend W100 tournaments W75 tournaments W50 tournaments W25/35 tournaments W15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (3–8) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Mar 2022ITF Marrakech, MoroccoW15 Clay Clervie Ngounoue Naïma Karamoko Inês Murta 2–6, 7–6(2), [5–10]Loss 0–2 Aug 2022ITF Trieste, ItalyW25 Clay Diāna Marcinkēviča Lu Jiajing Nika Radišić 5–7, 6–3, [13–15]Loss 0–3 Jul 2023ITF Parnu, EstoniaW25 Clay Jenny Dürst Nicole Fossa Huergo Luisa Meyer auf der Heide 5–7, 5–7Loss 0–4 Jan 2025Porto Indoor, PortugalW50+H Hard (i) Kristina Novak Francisca Jorge Matilde Jorge 3–6, 2–6Loss 0–5 May 2025Zagreb Open, CroatiaW75 Clay Vitalia Diatchenko Francisca Jorge Matilde Jorge 2–6, 0–6Loss 0–6 Sep 2025ITF Reus, SpainW35 Clay Tiphanie Lemaître Adrienn Nagy Joëlle Steur 1–6, 6–3, [9–11]Win 1–6 Nov 2025ITF Liberec, Czech RepublicW35 Hard (i) Lucie Havlíčková Denisa Hindová Alena Kovačková 6–1, 6–1Loss 1–7 Nov 2025ITF Antalya, TurkeyW35 Clay Ilinca Amariei Amina Anshba Amarissa Tóth 5–7, 5–7Win 2–7 Jan 2026ITF Antalya, TurkeyW35 Clay Francesca Pace Daria Lodikova Alexandra Shubladze 4–6, 6–3, [12–10]Loss 2–8 Jan 2026ITF Antalya, TurkeyW35 Clay Amarissa Tóth Darya Astakhova Andreea Prisăcariu 2–6, 6–3, [8–10]Win 3–8 Apr 2026Wiesbaden Open, GermanyW100 Clay Nika Radišić Lucie Havlíčková Anna Sisková 5–7, 7–6(3), [10–5]Win 4–8 Jun 2026Zagreb Ladies Open, CroatiaW100 Clay Angelica Moratelli Rositsa Dencheva Ekaterina Kazionova 7–5, 6–3Loss 4–9 Aug 2026Serbian Tennis Tour 2, SerbiaW75 Clay Weronika Falkowska Varvara Panshina Rada Zolotareva 5–7, 4–6

Team competitions Billie Jean King Cup (1–3) EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentW/LScore2023Z1 R/R 11 Apr 2023Antalya, Turkey Bulgaria Clay Antonia Ružić Isabella ShinikovaJulia TerziyskaL 6–7(4), 6–4, 3–6 12 Apr 2023 Serbia Tara Würth Olga DanilovićKatarina KozarovL 4–6, 1–6 13 Apr 2023 Sweden Antonia Ružić Jacqueline Cabaj AwadKajsa Rinaldo PerssonL 5–7, 5–7 14 Apr 2023 Norway Petra Marčinko Emilie EldeLilly Elida HåsethW 6–2, 6–1

United Cup (0–1) Group membershipUnited Cup (0–1)Matches by surfaceHard (0–1)Matches by typeDoubles (0–1)Matches by settingOutdoors (0–1) OutcomeNo.SurfaceMatch type (partner)Opponent nationOpponent player(s)Score202527 December–5 January; RAC Arena, Perth, Australia; Group stageLoss1.HardMixed doubles (with Ivan Dodig) Canada Leylah Fernandez / Félix Auger-Aliassime3–6, 4–6

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