Australian Open Women | 01/12 03:00 | 23 | Tamara Zidansek vs Anastasia Potapova | View |
Australian Open Women | 01/09 00:00 | 19 | [220] Carole Monnet v Tamara Zidansek [180] | 3-6,7-5,3-6 | |
Australian Open Women | 01/08 00:30 | 15 | [180] Tamara Zidansek v Raluka Serban [201] | 6-2,6-2 | |
Australian Open Women | 01/06 08:35 | 14 | [178] Lanlana Tararudee v Tamara Zidansek [180] | 0-6,6-4,4-6 | |
WTA Canberra | 12/29 04:25 | 14 | [210] Lea Boskovic v Tamara Zidansek [181] | 3-6,7-5,6-2 | |
Billie Jean King Cup | 11/16 12:30 | 64 | [182] Tamara Zidansek v Suzan Lamens [87] | 6-4,3-6,2-6 | |
Billie Jean King Cup | 11/15 14:25 | 64 | [182] Tamara Zidansek v Arantxa Rus [81] | 7-6,5-7,2-6 | |
WTA Midland | 11/04 20:45 | 25 | Tamara Zidansek v Lesia Tsurenko | 2-6,2-6 | |
WTA Merida | 10/29 19:00 | 25 | [192] Tamara Zidansek v Varvara Lepchenko [144] | 2-6,2-6 | |
WTA Merida | 10/27 17:00 | 19 | [183] Miriam Bulgaru v Tamara Zidansek [195] | 1-6,1-6 | |
WTA Merida | 10/26 19:40 | 14 | [274] Victoria Hu v Tamara Zidansek [195] | 3-6,1-6 | |
WTA Tampico | 10/24 02:25 | 26 | [95] Tatjana Maria v Tamara Zidansek [195] | 7-5,6-2 | |
WTA Tampico | 10/22 01:00 | 25 | [224] Emiliana Arango v Tamara Zidansek [195] | 1-6,5-7 |
Tamara Zidanšek (Slovene: [zíːdanˈʃɛːk]; born 26 December 1997) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of No. 22 in singles and No. 47 in doubles by the WTA, and has won one singles title and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three singles titles along with one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won 17 titles in singles and six in doubles on the ITF Circuit.
Playing for the Slovenia Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 12–11.
On the ITF Junior Circuit, she was in the top 20 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 16, achieved in December 2015.[]
Zidanšek made a perfect professional debut in 2014 at her home in Velenje, passing three qualifying rounds to go in the main draw and claim her first title on the pro-level at the age of 16.
She reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam championship for the first time at the 2021 French Open, defeating Sorana Cîrstea in straight sets and Paula Badosa in three sets. These wins made her the first Slovenian female player to accomplish this since the country became independent in 1991. As a result, Zidanšek entered the top 50 for the first time.[] She also scored her first top-ten win in the first round, against the No. 6 seed, Bianca Andreescu. In her semifinal match, Zidanšek was defeated by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets.
At the Ladies Open Lausanne, as the top seed, Zidanšek beat Marina Melnikova, Mandy Minella, Lucia Bronzetti, Maryna Zanevska and Clara Burel to win her first WTA Tour singles title.
Seeded 29th at the Australian Open, she reached the third round for the first time, but lost to Alizé Cornet. At the French Open, Zidanšek also reached the third round in which she lost to Jessica Pegula, in straight sets.
After saving four championship points and defeating Rebecca Šramková in the final, Zidanšek won the WTA 125 tournament in Bari. As a result, she moved 30 positions up in the rankings back to the top 100 on 11 September 2023.
She qualified for the 2024 French Open defeating Hailey Baptiste in the final qualifying round. In the main draw, she defeated Alison Van Uytvanck, to set up a match against world No. 3, Coco Gauff, which she lost in straight sets.
Ranked No. 261 at the Thailand Open, Zidanšek reached her first WTA Tour semifinal since January 2022 coming back from a set down to beat Tatiana Prozorova, sixth seed Katie Volynets, and Nadia Podoroska, saving four match points in the quarterfinals. She lost in the last four to eventual champion, Rebecca Šramková.