Along with tennis, she is also a fan of basketball. Tomljanović is coached by Fernando Martínez and Rene Gomez. In 2018, her application for Australian citizenship was approved which allowed her to begin representing her adopted country at WTA Tour events as well as competing for Australia in the Fed Cup. In the latter stages of 2014, Tomljanović took up permanent residency in Brisbane to be closer to her cousin Isabella Bozicevic's family who were based in the neighbouring Gold Coast as well as begin training at the Queensland Tennis Centre and in doing so switched allegiances to represent Australia in the four Grand Slams. ![]() ![]() Ajla began playing tennis at the age of six and moved to Florida for higher level training when she was 13. Her older sister Hana played tennis for the University of Virginia. Tomljanović was born in Zagreb to Croatian father Ratko Tomljanović who played handball professionally (winner of the 19 handball European Cup) and Bosniak mother Emina. For the next four years she was required to represent Croatia at all non-Grand Slam events, until she was granted Australian citizenship in January 2018, allowing her to represent the country at all events on the WTA Tour. She began competing for Australia at the 2014 US Open after obtaining permanent residency in Australia. 4, on 30 March 2009.īefore 2014, Tomljanović played for her country of birth, Croatia. ![]() She reached a combined career-high junior ranking of world No. Tomljanović was an accomplished junior player, having won the 2009 Australian Open girls' doubles title with Christina McHale. On 3 April 2023, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. She has won four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Ajla Tomljanović ( / ˈ aɪ l ə t ə m ˈ j ɑː n ə v ɪ tʃ/ EYE-lə təm- YAH-nə-vitch Croatian: born ) is an Australian professional tennis player.
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