Réka Luca Jani (born 31 July 1991) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player.

She has won 25 singles titles and 34 doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. On 19 September 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 104. On 22 August 2016, she peaked at No. 124 in the doubles rankings. Her favorite surface is clay.

Playing for Hungary Billie Jean King Cup team, Jani has a win–loss record of 30–22.

Early life Parents are Janos, Szilvia and Zsolt; brothers are Mate and Balint, sister is Petra.

Career Jani who began playing at age six, reached the first final on the WTA Tour in 2016, at the Brasil Tennis Cup partnering Tímea Babos.

She was awarded a wildcard entry to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, along with Tímea Babos to play in women's doubles.

Jani made her Grand Slam tournament main-draw debut at the 2011 US Open, losing to wildcard Sloane Stephens in the first round.

Jani reached her first-ever WTA Tour quarterfinal at the 2021 Serbia Open defeating Anna Kalinskaya. As a result, she returned to the top 200 in singles.

On 9 May 2022, she reached a new career-high in singles of world No. 129, after reaching the quarterfinals in Chiasso, Switzerland ($60k), the final of the $60k Zagreb (lost to Jule Niemeier), Croatia, and quarterfinals of the $60k Prague tournaments.

After an 11 year gap, Jani made it back into a Grand Slam tournament main draw at the 2022 French Open when she made it through the qualifying rounds as a lucky loser. She lost to 14th seed Belinda Bencic in the first round.

Partnering Panna Udvardy, she was runner-up in the doubles at the WTA 125 2022 Iași Open, losing to Darya Astakhova and Andreea Roșca in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.

Jani made her first WTA 125 singles final at the 2022 Țiriac Foundation Trophy, defeating Andreea Roșca in the semifinals. She lost the championship match to second seed Irina-Camelia Begu.

In July 2024, Jani announced her retirement from professional tennis.

Performance timelines

Singles Current through the 2023 French Open. Tournament2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQ2AAAAAAAQ1Q1Q1Q10 / 00–0French OpenAQ1AAAAAAAQ1Q11RQ20 / 10–1WimbledonAQ1AAAAAAANH Q1Q2Q20 / 00–0US Open1RQ1AAQ1AAAAAQ3Q2Q10 / 10–1Win–loss0–10–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–00 / 20–2WTA 1000Dubai / Qatar OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAQ10 / 00–0Indian Wells OpenAAAAAAAAANHAQ1Q10 / 00–0Miami OpenAAAAAAAAANHAAQ10 / 00–0Madrid OpenAAAAAAAAANHAAQ10 / 00–0Career statisticsTournaments2010120110351Career total: 17Overall win-loss0–20–00–10–00–11–20–01–11–10–03–31–50–10 / 177–17Year-end ranking162329247315212229811311189207168111319$764,226

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) LegendWTA 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1) ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss Aug 2016 Brasil Tennis Cup, Brazil International Hard Tímea Babos Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok 3–6, 1–6

WTA 125 finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLossOpen Romania LadiesClay Irina-Camelia Begu 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Korea Open, South Korea Hard (i) Valentini Grammatikopoulou Choi Ji-hee Han Na-lae 4–6, 4–6Loss 0–2 Iași Open, Romania Clay Panna Udvardy Darya Astakhova Andreea Roșca 5–7, 7–5, [7–10]Loss 0–3 Open Romania Ladies Clay Panna Udvardy Aliona Bolsova Andrea Gámiz 5–7, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 42 (25 titles, 17 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments$60,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10/15,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (23–15)Carpet (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Sep 2008ITF Sofia, Bulgaria10,000 Clay Alyona Sotnikova 2–6, 6–4, 3–6Loss 0–2 Jun 2009ITF Kristinehamn, Sweden25,000 Clay Anna Tatishvili 1–6, 5–7Win 1–2 Sep 2009ITF Budapest, Hungary10,000 Clay Lucie Kriegsmannová 7–6(3), 6–2Win 2–2 Sep 2009Telavi Open, Georgia25,000 Clay Melanie Klaffner 6–2, 6–4Loss 2–3 Oct 2009ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia10,000 Clay Matea Mezak 6–0, 5–7, 6–7(4)Win 3–3 Aug 2010ITF Vinkovci, Croatia10,000 Clay Zuzana Linhová 6–2, 6–4Loss 3–4 Aug 2010ITF Osijek, Croatia10,000 Clay Conny Perrin 6–7(10), 6–4, 1–6Loss 3–5 Mar 2011ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Clay Cristina Dinu 3–6, 4–6Win 4–5 Mar 2011ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Clay Garbiñe Muguruza 6–2, 6–1Win 5–5 May 2011Zubr Cup, Czech Republic25,000 Clay Karolína Plíšková 6–0, 6–3Win 6–5 Aug 2011ITF Istanbul, Turkey10,000 Hard Christina Shakovets 6–4, 6–1Loss 6–6 Sep 2011ITF Tbilisi, Georgia25,000 Clay Lesia Tsurenko 6–7(3), 3–6Win 7–6 Oct 2011ITF Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain25,000 Clay Margalita Chakhnashvili 6–4, 6–2Win 8–6 Oct 2011ITF Seville, Spain25,000 Clay Estrella Cabeza Candela 2–6, 6–3, 6–3Win 9–6 Jan 2013ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Clay Marrit Boonstra 6–1, 1–6, 7–6(4)Win 10–6 Jan 2013ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Clay Sofia Kvatsabaia 6–0, 6–1Loss 10–7 Jan 2013ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Clay Alexandra Dulgheru 2–6, 2–6Win 11–7 Mar 2013ITF Madrid, Spain10,000 Clay Sofiya Kovalets 6–1, 6–0Win 12–7 Mar 2013ITF Madrid, Spain10,000 Clay Bernarda Pera 2–6, 6–4, 6–4Win 13–7 Jul 2013Zubr Cup, Czech Republic15,000 Clay Ekaterina Alexandrova 6–2, 7–6(4)Win 14–7 Jul 2013Palić Open, Serbia10,000 Clay Milana Špremo 6–0, 6–3Win 15–7 Jul 2013ITF Bad Saulgau, Germany25,000 Clay Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 7–6(4), 6–3Win 16–7 Aug 2013ITF Prague, Czech Republic10,000 Clay Zuzana Zálabská 7–5, 6–1Loss 16–8 Feb 2014AK Ladies Open, Germany15,000 Carpet (i) Iryna Shymanovich 1–6, 6–7(3)Win 17–8 Oct 2014ITF Heraklion, Greece10,000 Hard Barbara Haas 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(6)Win 18–8 Nov 2014ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Clay Ekaterine Gorgodze 6–4, 6–0Loss 18–9 Feb 2015ITF Trnava, Slovakia10,000 Hard (i) Anastasija Sevastova 1–6, 6–7(3–7)Loss 18–10 Mar 2015ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Clay Cristina Dinu 6–2, 4–6, 2–6Win 19–10 Apr 2015Chiasso Open, Switzerland25,000 Clay Alexandra Cadanțu 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(6)Loss 19–11 Jun 2015ITF Padova, Italy25,000 Clay Paula Ormaechea 3–6, 4–6Loss 19–12 Jun 2016ITF Rome, Italy25,000 Clay Rebecca Šramková 1–6, 1–6Loss 19–13 Sep 2017ITF Székesfehérvár, Hungary15,000 Clay Panna Udvardy 5–7, 3–6Loss 19–14 Oct 2017ITF Heraklion, Greece15,000 Clay Anna Bondár 2–6, 3–6Win 20–14 Nov 2017ITF Heraklion, Greece15,000 Clay Anna Bondár 6–0, 6–3Win 21–14 Mar 2018ITF Heraklion, Greece15,000 Clay Rosa Vicens Mas 6–4, 7–5Win 22–14 Jul 2019ITF Baja, HungaryW25 Clay Mayar Sherif 6–3, 2–6, 6–2Loss 22–15 Sep 2019Zagreb Ladies Open, CroatiaW60+H Clay Maryna Chernyshova 1–6, 4–6Loss 22–16 Sep 2019ITF Sankt Pölten, AustriaW25 Clay Paula Ormaechea 6–2, 3–6, 3–6Win 23–16 Oct 2021ITF Budapest, Hungary W25 Clay Giulia Gatto-Monticone 6–1, 6–4Win 24–16 Feb 2022ITF Antalya, TurkeyW25 Clay Wang Yafan 6–4, 6–3Loss 24–17 Apr 2022Zagreb Ladies Open, CroatiaW60 Clay Jule Niemeier 2–6, 2–6Win 25–17 Sep 2022Prague Open, Czech RepublicW60 Clay Noma Noha Akugue 6–3, 7–6

Doubles: 67 (34 titles, 33 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments$50/60,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10/15,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (4–2)Clay (30–30)Grass (0–1)