Lucija Ćirić Bagarić Explained

Lucija Ćirić Bagarić (born 9 January 2004) is a Croatian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 157, achieved on 5 August 2024, and a doubles ranking of No. 426, achieved on 31 July 2023. She has won eight singles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Early life

Ćirić Bagarić was born in Dubrovnik and grew up in Lapad. Her father was a footballer.^{[1] [2]}

She began playing tennis at the age of six, and, at the age of 13, she moved to Zagreb for better training opportunities.^[3] After her junior career, she was extended offers to play tennis at Harvard University and Princeton University, but chose to pursue professional tennis instead.

Career

Ćirić Bagarić made her debut for Croatia in the Billie Jean King Cup in April 2023 playing doubles in the Europe/Africa Zone.^[4] In September 2023, she made her WTA 125 debut at the Zavarovalnica Sava Ljubljana,^[5] where she reached the quarterfinals.^[6]

She was named ITF World Tennis Tour Player of the Month in February 2024.^[7]

Ranked No. 185, she qualified for her first Grand Slam at the 2024 French Open after defeating Arina Rodionova, Rebecca Marino, and Sara Saito in the qualifying competition without dropping a set.^{[8] [9]} She lost to Peyton Stearns in the first round in three sets.^[10]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	2024	SR	W–L
style=text-align:left	Australian Open	A	0 / 0	0–0
style=text-align:left	French Open	1R	0 / 1	0–1
style=text-align:left	Wimbledon	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
style=text-align:left	US Open		0 / 0	0–0
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–1	0 / 1	0–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend W60/75 tournaments W25/35 tournaments W15 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (3–1) Clay (5–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2022	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	W15	Clay	Patricia Maria Țig	1–6, 0–6
Win	1–1	Nov 2022	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W15	Clay	Michaela Laki	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win	2–1	Nov 2022	ITF Oberpullendorf, Austria	W15	Hard (i)	Denisa Hindová	6–4, 6–2
Win	3–1	Dec 2022	ITF Oberpullendorf, Austria	W15	Hard (i)	Victoria Kan	6–3, 6–0
Loss	3–2	Jul 2023	ITF Parnu, Estonia	W25	Clay	Sára Bejlek	5–7, 4–6
Win	4–2	Jul 2023	ITF Koge, Denmark	W25	Clay	Hanne Vandewinkel	6–3, 7–5
Loss	4–3	Aug 2023	ITF Bistrita, Romania	W25	Clay	Anca Todoni	5–7, 6–1, 2–6
Loss	4–4	Sep 2023	ITF Slobozia, Romania	W25	Clay	Ekaterina Makarova	7–5, 4–6, 5–7
Loss	4–5	Nov 2023	ITF Lousada, Portugal	W25	Hard (i)	Margaux Rouvroy	2–6, 3–6
Win	5–5	Jan 2024	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W35	Hard	Polina Iatcenko	7–5, 6–2
Win	6–5	Feb 2024	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W35	Clay	Marie Benoît	6–2, 7–5
Win	7–5	Feb 2024	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W35	Clay	Francesca Jones	2–1 ret.
Win	8–5	Mar 2024	ITF Alaminos, Cyprus	W35	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	6–2, 6–3
Loss	8–6	Jul 2024	ITF Cordenons, Italy	W75	Clay	Anouk Koevermans	6–7(4), 2–6

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Legend W25/W35 tournaments W15 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2022	ITF Marrakech, Morocco	W15	Clay	Clervie Ngounoue	Naïma Karamoko Inês Murta	2–6, 7–6(2), [5–10]
Loss	0–2	Aug 2022	ITF Trieste, Italy	W25	Clay	Diāna Marcinkēviča	Lu Jiajing Nika Radišić	5–7, 6–3, [13–15]
Loss	0–3	Jul 2023	ITF Parnu, Estonia	W25	Clay	Jenny Dürst	Nicole Fossa Huergo Luisa Meyer auf der Heide	5–7, 5–7

Billie Jean King Cup participation

Doubles (1–3)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponent	W/L	Score
2023	Z1 R/R	11 Apr 2023	Antalya, Turkey	Bulgaria	Clay	Antonia Ružić	Isabella Shinikova Julia Terziyska	L	6–7(4), 6–4, 3–6
		12 Apr 2023		Serbia		Tara Würth	Olga Danilović Katarina Kozarov	L	4–6, 1–6
		13 Apr 2023		Sweden		Antonia Ružić	Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Kajsa Rinaldo Persson	L	5–7, 5–7
		14 Apr 2023		Norway		Petra Marčinko	Emilie Elde Lilly Elida Håseth	W	6–2, 6–1

Notes and References

1. Web site: Babić . Vedran . Nova hrvatska senzacija za SK: 'Odbila sam Harvard, želim biti broj 1, a Đoković me iznenadio' . Sportklub . 23 May 2024 . hr . 15 April 2024.
2. Web site: Petković . Luka . Ponajveća nada hrvatskog tenisa za hrsport.hr: 'Cilj mi je biti prva tenisačica svijeta!' . Hrsport.hr . 23 May 2024 . hr . 13 October 2023.
3. Web site: Prkut . Maria . LUCIJA ĆIRIĆ BAGARIĆ Tenis mi je sve u životu, a roditelji najveća potpora . DuList . 23 May 2024 . hr . 22 August 2022.
4. Web site: Vlašić . Tonči . Prva pobjeda Lucije Ćirić Bagarić za seniorsku reprezentaciju Hrvatske! . Slobodna Dalmacija . 23 May 2024 . hr . 14 April 2023.
5. Web site: Jenjić . Petar . Lucija Ćirić Bagarić u kvalifikacijama za WTA turnir: 'Vjerujem da ću ga uvijek pamtiti' . Sportnet . 23 May 2024 . hr . 7 September 2023.
6. Web site: Jenjić . Petar . Preokret Ćirić Bagarić protiv druge nositeljice za četvrtfinale Ljubljane! . Sportnet . 23 May 2024 . hr . 13 September 2023.
7. Web site: Renton . Jamie . ITF World Tennis Tour Player of the Month: Lucija Ciric Bagaric . International Tennis Federation . 23 May 2024 . 6 March 2024.
8. Web site: Vlašić . Tonči . Lucija Ćirić Bagarić dobila bez izgubljenog seta i finale kvalifikacija. Igrat će u glavnom turniru Roland Garrosa! . Slobodna Dalmacija . 23 May 2024 . hr . 23 May 2024.
9. Web site: Garber . Greg . Qualifying at Roland Garros: The grueling journey that can change careers . Women's Tennis Association . 28 May 2024 . 25 May 2024.
10. Web site: McGrogan . Ed . Peyton Stearns shakes off 5 second-set match-point misses, defeats Lucija Ciric Bagaric in wild decider . Tennis.com . 28 May 2024 . 28 May 2024.