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Natalija Stevanović

Serbian tennis player

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Natalija Stevanović (née Kostić; Serbian Cyrillic: Наталија Стевановић (Костић), born 25 July 1994) is a Serbian inactive tennis player. She reached her best singles ranking of world No. 145 on 17 July 2023. On 6 May 2024, she peaked at No. 152 in the WTA doubles rankings.

She has won 14 singles titles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She was an official member of Serbia Fed Cup team in their World Group quarterfinal tie against Belgium in 2012.

Stevanović is a former junior top-5 player.

Kostić was born in Niš to father Đorđe and mother Sonja. Kostić's father was a tennis player. Both sisters, Emilia and Maria, play tennis. Before her marriage to her coach Nikola Stevanović, she competed as Natalija Kostić.

She missed the whole of 2015 and the first half of 2016 season due to operation of liver cyst.

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in February at the Thailand Open in both singles and doubles, losing in the first round of each.

2023: Wimbledon third round on debut

Ranked No. 225, Stevanović qualified for the main draw at Wimbledon, her first time at a Grand Slam tournament. She defeated former world No. 1, Karolína Plíšková and Tamara Korpatsch, both in straight sets, to reach the third round. However, Stevanović then lost to two times Wimbledon champion, Petra Kvitová.

Grand Slam performance timeline

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Current through the 2023 Rosmalen Open.

Singles: 24 (14 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Doubles: 31 (14 titles, 17 runner-ups)

Natalija Stevanović at the Women's Tennis Association

Natalija Stevanović at World Tennis

Natalija Stevanović at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)

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