29-year-old Ajla Tomljanović was born on 7 May 1993, she is a Croatian-Australian professional tennis player. She has won four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 21 February 2022, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 38.
On 5 January 2015, she peaked at No. 47 in the doubles rankings. Tomljanović was an accomplished junior player, having won the 2009 Australian Open girls’ doubles title with Christina McHale. She reached a combined career-high junior ranking of world No. 4, on 30 March 2009.
Before 2014, Tomljanović played for her country of birth, Croatia. She began competing for Australia at the 2014 US Open after obtaining permanent residency in Australia. 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.
Tomljanović started her 2022 season at the Adelaide International 1. She lost to the sixth seed, Sofia Kenin, in her second-round match. She led 6-3, 5-3, and had three match points, but Kenin came back and won the match in three sets.
In Sydney, she was defeated in the second round by fifth seed and eventual champion, Paula Badosa. Ranked 43 at the Australian Open, she fell in the first round to World No. 6 and eighth seed, Badosa. She reached back-to-back quarterfinals at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships defeating Alize Cornet.
