Antonia Ružić (born 20 January 2003) is a Croatian tennis player. Ružić has a career-high singles ranking of No. 50 by the WTA, achieved on 13 July 2026. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 544, reached on 27 January 2025. Ružić has won 12 singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Ružić is a member of the Croatia BJK Cup team, having made her Fed Cup debut in 2020.

Career

2024: WTA Tour debut and first quarterfinal On her WTA Tour debut as a qualifier at the 2024 Jasmin Open in Monastir, Tunisia, Ružić reached the quarterfinals with wins over fourth seed Nadia Podoroska and Lily Miyazaki, before losing to seventh seed Lucia Bronzetti.

2025: Major, top 100 and WTA 1000 debuts Following the 2025 French Open, Ružić made her top 100 debut on 9 June 2025, at world No. 98.

Ružić reached her second WTA Tour quarterfinal at the WTA 500 2025 Monterrey Open, as a qualifier, with wins over eighth seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Elisabetta Cocciaretto before falling to Marie Bouzková.

Ružić made her major debut at the 2025 US Open, losing to Taylor Townsend in the first round. Ružić entered the main draw of the WTA 500 2025 Ningbo Open as a lucky loser but lost to Veronika Kudermetova.

2026: WTA 1000 quarterfinal & top 10 win, top 60 At the 2026 Dubai Tennis Championships, Ružić reached her first WTA 1000 quarterfinal, after entering the main draw as a lucky loser, and defeating Emma Raducanu, fellow lucky loser Anastasia Zakharova and reigning Australian Open champion and world No. 3, Elena Rybakina, her first top-10 win. She lost in the last eight to seventh seed Elina Svitolina in three sets. Despite the loss Ruzic reached a new career-high singles ranking of world No. 51 on 23 February 2026.

Performance timeline

Singles Tournament2023202420252026W–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAQ11R0–1French OpenQ1Q2Q22R1–1WimbledonAQ2Q12R1–1US OpenAQ11R0–1Win–loss0–00–00–12–32–4

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 15 (12 titles, 3 runner-ups) Legend W60/75 tournaments (2–0) W40/50 tournaments (4–2) W25/35 tournaments (5–1) W15 tournaments (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (10–1)Clay (2–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Aug 2021ITF Bad Waltersdorf, AustriaW15 Clay Živa Falkner 6–2, 6–2Win 2–0 Oct 2021ITF Lagos, PortugalW25 Hard Isabella Shinikova 6–1, 6–4Win 3–0 Oct 2021ITF Hamburg, GermanyW25 Hard (i) Tímea Babos 6–2, 4–1 ret.Loss 3–1 May 2022ITF Osijek, CroatiaW25 Clay Dominika Šalková 1–6, 2–6Win 4–1 Jul 2022ITF Darmstadt, Germany W25 Clay Irina Khromacheva 6–3, 6–2Win 5–1 Aug 2022ITF Vigo, SpainW25 Hard Anna Brogan 6–1, 6–1Win 6–1 Mar 2023ITF Říčany, Czech RepublicW40 Hard (i) Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove 6–4, 6–1Loss 6–2 Sep 2023ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia W40 Clay Lina Gjorcheska 3–6, 3–6Win 7–2 Dec 2023ITF Monastir, TunisiaW25 Hard Ayla Aksu 3–6, 6–4, 7–5Win 8–2 Jan 2024ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand W50 Hard Sara Saito 6–1, 6–3Loss 8–3 Jan 2024ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand W50 Hard Mananchaya Sawangkaew 1–6, 6–2, 2–6Win 9–3 Nov 2024ITF Veracruz, Mexico W50 Hard Mariia Tkacheva 6–4, 7–6(3)Win 10–3 Nov 2024Trnava Indoor, SlovakiaW50 Hard (i) Tereza Valentová 6–3, 6–2Win 11–3 Feb 2025 Trnava Indoor, Slovakia W75 Hard (i) Elena Pridankina 6–2, 4–6, 6–3Win 12–3 Mar 2025 Branik Maribor Open, Slovenia W75 Hard (i) Linda Klimovičová 6–1, 4–6, 6–3

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) Legend W60 tournaments (0–1)} W15 tournaments (0–2)Finals by surfaceClay (0–3)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 May 2019ITF Tučepi, CroatiaW15 Clay Tamara Malešević Nefisa Berberović Veronika Erjavec 2–6, 2–6Loss 0–2 May 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Matilda Mutavdzic Federica Bilardo Kristina Dmitruk 3–6, 6–0, [7–10]Loss 0–3 May 2023Zagreb Ladies Open, CroatiaW60 Clay Carole Monnet Valentini Grammatikopoulou Dalila Jakupović 2–6, 5–7

Fed Cup participation Singles (5–7) EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LScore2023Z1 R/R 10 Apr 2023Antalya, Turkey DenmarkClay Clara TausonL 6–7(6), 1–6 12 Apr 2023 Serbia Mia RistićL 4–6, 3–6 14 Apr 2023 Norway Ulrikke EikeriW 6–2, 6–42024Z2 R/R 9 Apr 2024Vilnius, Lithuania Estonia Hard (i) Kaia KanepiW 6–4, 7–6(2) 10 Apr 2024 North Macedonia Lina GjorcheskaW 5–7, 6–2, 6–2Z2 P/O 12 April 2024 Egypt Mayar SherifW 6–1, 6–12025Z1 R/R 8 April 2025Vilnius, Lithuania Austria Julia GrabherL 4–6, 0–6 9 April 2025 Portugal Francisca JorgeW 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 10 April 2025 Latvia Darja SemeņistajaL 3–6, 0–6Z1 P/O 12 April 2025 Serbia Mia RistićL 2–6, 6–4, 3–6P/O 15 November 2025Varaždin, Croatia Colombia Camila OsorioL 1–6, 3–6 16 November 2025 Czech Republic Linda NoskováL 5–7, 4–6

Doubles (2–3) EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore 2020 Z1 R/R 7 Feb 2020 Tallinn, Estonia Ukraine Hard (i) Tara Würth Marta KostyukKatarina ZavatskaL 4–6, 3–62023Z1 R/R 11 Apr 2023Antalya, Turkey Bulgaria ClayLucija Ćirić Bagarić Isabella ShinikovaJulia TerziyskaL 6–7(4), 6–4, 3–6 13 Apr 2023 Sweden Jacqueline Cabaj AwadKajsa Rinaldo PerssonL 5–7, 5–72024Z2 R/R 9 Apr 2024Vilnius, Lithuania EstoniaHard (i)Iva Primorac Maileen NuudiLaura RahnelW 6–3, 4–6, [10–4]Z2 P/O 12 Apr 2024 Egypt Yassmin EzatMerna RefaatW 6–1, 6–2

Wins against top-10 players Ružić has a 1–1 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

No.Player EventSurfaceScoreYear13Dubai Championships, UAEHard3R5–7, 6–4, 1–0 ret.672026

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