Nastja Kolar (born 15 July 1994) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player. In her junior career, her highest ranking was fourth. Her highest WTA rankings were 178 in singles and 140 in doubles.
In 2023, Kolar was provisionally suspended from tennis competitions by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) on corruption charges, and then later that year she was banned for life from professional tennis and fined $175,000 after the ITIA found her guilty of 25 match fixing offenses.
Tennis career
In July 2009 Kolar played in her first WTA Tour tournament, the Slovenia Open in Portorož, where she lost to Roberta Vinci in the first round. In 2010, she won a $10k tournament in Croatia, her first title on the ITF Women's Circuit. In May 2011, Kolar won her second title at a $25k event in Maribor, Slovenia. In July, she qualified for the Gastein Ladies where she won her first WTA Tour-level match when she defeated Alla Kudryavtseva in straight sets to advance to the second round. Kolar won her biggest title in 2014, winning the doubles title at the $50k 2014 Ankara Cup with Ekaterine Gorgodze.
ITF Circuit finals Legend$75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10/15,000 tournaments Singles: 23 (10 titles, 13 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Aug 2010ITF Čakovec, Croatia10,000 Clay Paola Cigui 7–5, 6–4Win 2–0 Jun 2011Maribor Open, Slovenia25,000 Clay Maša Zec Peškirič 7–5, 6–4Loss 2–1 Aug 2013ITF Pörtschach, Austria10,000 Clay Gioia Barbieri 2–6, 3–6Loss 2–2 Sep 2013Save Cup Mestre, Italy50,000 Clay Claire Feuerstein 1–6, 6–7 (2)Loss 2–3 Nov 2013Soho Square Tournament, Egypt75,000 Clay Victoria Kan 4–6, 4–6Win 3–3 Jan 2014ITF Kaarst, Germany10,000 Carpet (i) Natela Dzalamidze 4–6, 6–1, 6–4Win 4–3 Jun 2014ITF Ystad, Sweden25,000 Clay Sandra Zaniewska 6–4, 6–4Loss 4–4 Jun 2015ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland25,000 Clay Tereza Martincová 3–6, 4–6Loss 4–5 Jun 2016ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Hard Zuzana Zlochová 6–3, 2–6, 0–3 ret.Loss 4–6 Apr 2017ITF Heraklion, Greece15,000 Clay Nina Alibalić 1–6, 3–6Loss 4–7 Sep 2017ITF Prague, Czech Republic15,000 Clay Miriam Kolodziejová 2–6, 7–5, 4–6Loss 4–8 Oct 2017ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000 Hard Tereza Mihalíková 2–6, 4–6Loss 4–9 Dec 2017ITF Cairo, Egypt15,000 Clay Sandra Samir 4–6, 1–6Win 5–9 Feb 2018ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000 Hard Bunyawi Thamchaiwat 6–2, 6–4Win 6–9 Mar 2018ITF Manama, Bahrain15,000 Hard Tereza Mihalíková 6–4, 6–2Win 7–9 Apr 2018ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000 Hard Angelina Gabueva 2–6, 6–4, 6–0Win 8–9 Oct 2018ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000 Hard Anastasia Sukhotina 6–1, 6–1Loss 8–10 Apr 2019ITF Cairo, Egypt15,000 Clay Despina Papamichail 3–6, 6–4, 4–6Loss 8–11 Sep 2019ITF Cairo, Egypt15,000 Clay Sandra Samir 3–6, 4–6Win 9–11 Sep 2019ITF Cairo, Egypt15,000 Clay Sandra Samir 6–3, 5–7, 7–6(4)Loss 9–12 Oct 2019Lagos Open, Nigeria25,000 Hard Riya Bhatia 5–7, 6–1, 3–6Loss 9–13 Sep 2021ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria15,000 Hard Chiara Catini 6–4, 6–7(5), 3–6Win 10–13 Oct 2021ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria15,000 Hard Martha Matoula 7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Doubles: 31 (16 titles, 15 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Aug 2009ITF Velenje, Slovenia10,000 Clay Polona Rebersak Camelia Hristea Diana Marcu 6–3, 6–2Win 2–0 Aug 2010ITF Čakovec, Croatia10,000 Clay Polona Rebersak Katarína Baranová Simonka Parajová 6–0, 6–1Loss 2–1 Aug 2013ITF Innsbruck, Austria10,000 Clay Polona Rebersak Lucy Brown Hilda Melander 6–3, 3–6, [7–10]Win 3–1 Aug 2013ITF Pörtschach, Austria10,000 Clay Polona Rebersak Gioia Barbieri Giulia Sussarello 6–0, 2–6, [10–4]Win 4–1 Jan 2014ITF Kaarst, Germany10,000 Carpet (i) Olga Ianchuk Vivian Heisen Linda Prenkovic 7–5, 6–3Win 5–1 Jun 2014ITF Ystad, Sweden25,000 Clay Yvonne Neuwirth Anna Danilina Xenia Knoll 7–6(3), 3–6, [10–6]Win 6–1 Sept 2014ITF Monterrey, Mexico25,000 Hard Chantal Škamlová Florencia Molinero Sofia Shapatava 6–3, 2–6, [10–5]Loss 6–2 Nov 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt25,000 Hard Olga Ianchuk Antonia Lottner Laura Siegemund 1–6, 1–6Loss 6–3 Dec 2014ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Hard Ekaterine Gorgodze Sofia Kvatsabaia Chantal Škamlová w/oWin 7–3 Dec 2014Ankara Cup, Turkey50,000 Hard Ekaterine Gorgodze Oleksandra Korashvili Elitsa Kostova 6–4, 7–6(5)Win 8–3 Apr 2015ITF Santa Margherita die Pula, Italy25,000 Clay Despina Papamichail Diana Buzean Alice Matteucci 6–1, 1–6, [10–8]Win 9–3 May 2015ITF Maribor, Slovenia25,000 Clay Ekaterine Gorgodze Petra Krejsová Kateřina Vaňková 6–2, 6–4Los 9–4 Dec 2015ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Hard Karin Kennel Aminat Kushkhova Julia Stamatova 5–7, 1–6Win 10–4 Jan 2016ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Clay Jasmina Tinjić Julia Grabher Anna Slováková 7–6(5), 3–6, [10–6]Win 11–4 Mar 2016ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000 Hard Mariam Bolkvadze Oleksandra Korashvili Margarita Lazareva 7–6(0), 7–5Loss 11–5 May 2016ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Hard Francesca Stephenson Kyra Shroff Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal 3–6, 7–5, [1–10]Loss 11–6 May 2016ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Hard Francesca Stephenson Lou Brouleau Emma Léné 5–7, 3–6Loss 11–7 11 June 2016ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Hard Francesca Stephenson Masa Jovanovic Phillis Vanenburg w/oWin 12–7 June 2016Maribor Open, Slovenia10,000 Clay Francesca Stephenson Polona Reberšak Gabriela Talabă 5–7, 6–0, [10–3]Loss 12–8 July 2016ITF Bad Waltersdorf, Austria10,000 Clay Francesca Stephenson Nina Potočnik Polona Reberšak 3–6, 4–6Loss 12–9 Feb 2017ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000 Clay Karin Kennel Başak Eraydın Valentyna Ivakhnenko 6–7(6), 2–6Win 13–9 Apr 2017ITF Heraklion, Greece15,000 Clay Jasmina Tinjić Tamara Čurović Camila Giangreco Campiz 6–1, 6–1Loss 13–10 Oct 2017ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000 Hard Barbara Bonić Nina Kruijer Suzan Lamens 6–3, 5–7, [8–10]Loss 13–11 Oct 2017ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000 Hard Caroline Ilowska Emilie Francati Kanika Vaidya 6–3, 5–7, [7–10]Loss 13–12 Oct 2017ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000 Hard Elena-Teodora Cadar Ola Abou Zekry Linnéa Malmqvist 7–5, 3–6, [3–10]Win 14–12 Nov 2017ITF Cairo, Egypt15,000 Clay Rio Kitagawa Annick Melgers Arina Vasilescu 6–2, 4–6, [10–4]Win 15–12 Dec 2017ITF Cairo, Egypt15,000 Clay Rio Kitagawa Melanie Klaffner Jelena Stojanovic 1–6, 6–4, [10–2]Loss 15–13 April 2019ITF Óbidos, Portugal25,000 Carpet Mariam Bolkvadze Sofia Shapatava Emily Webley-Smith 1–6, 6–2, [9–11]Loss 15–14 Dec 2019ITF Cairo, Egypt15,000 Clay Anna Makhorkina Maria Marfutina Oana Georgeta Simion 6–3, 0–6, [2–10]Loss 15–15 Oct 2021ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria15,000 Hard Ani Vangelova Oana Gavrilă Emily Seibold 0–6, 2–6Win 16–15 Sep 2022ITF Brașov, Romania15,000 Clay Bojana Marinković Ilinca Amariei Ioana Gașpar 6–4, 6–4
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