Jana Fett

{{Short description|Croatian tennis player (born 1996)}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Jana Fett

| fullname =

| image = Fett RGQ22 (34) (52130109285).jpg

| caption = Fett at the 2022 French Open

| country = {{CRO}}

| residence = Zagreb, Croatia

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|11|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Zagreb

| plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

| coach = Ana Vrljić

| turnedpro =

| height = 1.68 m

| careerprizemoney = $1,119,880

| singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=349|lost=248}}

| singlestitles = 9 ITF

| highestsinglesranking = No. 97 (30 October 2017)

| currentsinglesranking = No. 134 (17 March 2025)

| AustralianOpenresult = 2R (2018)

| FrenchOpenresult = 2R (2024)

| Wimbledonresult = 1R (2018, 2022)

| USOpenresult = Q3 (2017, 2018)

| doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=59|lost=50}}

| doublestitles = 5 ITF

| highestdoublesranking = No. 348 (21 May 2018)

| currentdoublesranking = No. 536 (17 March 2025)

| Team = yes

| FedCupresult = 2–6

| updated = 17 March 2025

}}

Jana Fett ({{IPA|hr|jâna fêt, jǎː-}};{{cite web|url=http://hjp.znanje.hr/index.php?show=search_by_id&id=fFhiWg%3D%3D|title=Ȁna|quote=Jána (Jȁna)|website=Hrvatski jezični portal|access-date=2018-03-18|language=sh}}{{cite web|url=http://hjp.znanje.hr/index.php?show=search_by_id&id=fVduUBY%3D|title=Jȁna|quote=Jȁna (Jána)|website=Hrvatski jezični portal|access-date=2018-03-18|language=sh}}{{cite web|url=http://hjp.znanje.hr/index.php?show=search_by_id&id=fFpjWRk%3D&keyword=fet+%28I%29|title=fȅt (I)|quote=Fȅtt|website=Hrvatski jezični portal|access-date=2018-03-18|language=sh}} born 2 November 1996) is a Croatian tennis player. On 30 October 2017, Fett reached her best singles ranking of world No. 97, and on 21 May 2018, she reached her best doubles ranking of No. 348. Fett has won nine singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Career

=2014–2015=

On the ITF Junior Circuit, Fett had a career-high ranking of No. 12, which she achieved on 24 February 2014. She was the runner-up at the 2014 Australian Open girls' singles event, wherein she fell to Elizaveta Kulichkova in the final.

Fett's biggest title to date was at the 2015 Dunlop World Challenge, where she won the singles title, defeating Luksika Kumkhum in the final.

=2017: WTA Tour debut, two semifinals, and top 100=

At the 2017 Hobart International, she qualified for her first main draw of a WTA tournament.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} She reached her first WTA Tour semifinal but lost to eventual champion and fellow qualifier, Elise Mertens.

Later in the year, she reached her second semifinal at the Japan Women's Open, again coming through qualifying, while also scoring her first victory over a top-20 player, the top seed Kristina Mladenovic. She lost to fellow qualifier Miyu Kato, after failing to convert a match point.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} As a result, she made her top 100 debut on 18 September 2017.

=2018: Grand Slam debut and first win=

At the 2018 Australian Open, she appeared in the Grand Slam main draw for the first time as a direct entry{{cite web | url=https://www.wtatennis.com/news/1444935/getting-to-know-you-introducing-melbourne-s-grand-slam-debutantes | title=Getting to know you: Introducing Melbourne's Grand Slam debutantes | date=5 January 2018 }} and recorded her first major win over Misa Eguchi. In the second round, she played against second seed Caroline Wozniacki and had two match points, leading 40/15 at 5–1 in the third set. However, she lost that game and the successive five games to yield the match.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

=2022-2024: WTA 125 final, Roland Garros and China WTA 1000 debuts=

She qualified for the main draw of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships after three years of absence at the All England Club where she lost to world No. 1, Iga Świątek.{{cite web | url=https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2658426/swiatek-claims-36th-straight-win-gauff-outlasts-ruse-at-wimbledon | title=Swiatek claims 36th straight win; Gauff outlasts Ruse at Wimbledon }}

She reached the final at the WTA 125 2023 Midland Tennis Classic but lost to first-time WTA Challenger titlist Anna Kalinskaya.{{cite news|url=https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/anna-kalinskaya-beats-jana-fett-win-dow-tennis-18470746.php|title = Kalinskaya wins 35th annual Dow Tennis Classic |newspaper = Midland Daily News |date=6 November 2023|accessdate=27 May 2024 |last1 = Seavey |first1 = Andrew }}

In April 2024, Fett won the biggest title in her career at the W100 Oeiras Open.{{cite web|url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/janas-feat-of-clay-fett-wins-april-clay-double-and-biggest-title-yet-at-w100-oeiras/|title= Jana's feat of clay: Fett wins April clay double - ITF|date=29 April 2024}}

On her debut at the French Open, she entered the main draw as a lucky loser and recorded a first round win over Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro,{{cite web|url=https://www.tennismajors.com/roland-garros-news/roland-garros-fett-books-spot-in-second-round-763331.html|title=Roland-Garros: Fett beats Maneiro to book spot in second round|publisher=Tennis Majors|accessdate=27 September 2024}} then losing her next match to Marie Bouzková.{{cite web|url=https://www.tennismajors.com/roland-garros-news/roland-garros-bouzkova-reaches-third-round-764741.html|title=Roland-Garros: Bouzkova reaches third round|publisher=Tennis Majors|accessdate=27 September 2024}}

At the Jasmin Open, Fett reached the second round defeating Mayar Sherif{{cite web|url=https://www.tennismajors.com/wta-tour-news/jasmin-open-fett-advances-to-second-round-784925.html|title=Jasmin Open: Fett advances to second round|publisher=Tennis Majors|accessdate=27 September 2024}} before losing to Sara Sorribes Tormo in three sets.{{cite web|url=https://www.tennismajors.com/wta-tour-news/jasmin-open-sorribes-tormo-makes-quarter-finals-785051.html|title=Jasmin Open: Sorribes Tormo comes from behind to make quarter-finals|publisher=Tennis Majors|accessdate=27 September 2024}} The following week at the 2024 Thailand Open 2, she reached the quarterfinals after defeating Zheng Saisai{{cite web|url=https://www.tennismajors.com/wta-tour-news/thailand-open-2-fett-advances-to-last-16-785713.html|title=Thailand Open: Fett advances to last 16|publisher=Tennis Majors|accessdate=27 September 2024}} and eighth seed Varvara Gracheva by retirement,{{cite web|url=https://www.tennismajors.com/wta-tour-news/thailand-open-2-fett-advances-to-quarter-finals-785933.html|title=Thailand Open 2: Fett reaches quarter-finals as Gracheva withdraws|publisher=Tennis Majors|accessdate=27 September 2024}} before going out to eventual champion Rebecca Šramková.{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/videos/4123249/sramkova-bests-fett-in-hua-hin-makes-back-to-back-wta-semifinals|title=Sramkova bests Fett in Hua Hin, makes back-to-back WTA semifinals|publisher=Women's Tennis Association|accessdate=27 September 2024}}

She entered the main draw of the WTA 1000 China Open as a lucky loser making her debut at this level and recorded her first WTA 1000 win over wildcard Wang Meiling.{{cite web|url=https://www.tennismajors.com/wta-tour-news/china-open-fett-moves-into-second-round-787112.html|title=China Open: Fett moves into second round, faces Kasatkina next|publisher=Tennis Majors|accessdate=27 September 2024}} Fett lost in the second round to ninth seed Daria Kasatkina.{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/videos/4132017/kasatkina-storms-past-lucky-loser-fett-into-beijing-third-round|title=Kasatkina storms past lucky loser Fett into Beijing third round|publisher=Women's Tennis Association|accessdate=28 September 2024}}

Grand Slam performance timeline

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!2022

202320242025{{Tooltip| W–L | Win–loss}}
align=left| Australian Open

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q2

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q1

|A

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q2

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q2

|A

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|1–2

align=left| French Open

|A

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q2

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q1

|A

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q1

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q2

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q1

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|

|1–1

align=left| Wimbledon

|A

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q3

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|style="color:#767676;"|NH

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q2

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=#f0f8ff|Q1

|

|0–2

align=left| US Open

|A

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q3

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q3

|A

|A

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q1

|A

|A

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q1

|

|0–0

style=background:#efefef;font-weight:bold

|align=left|Win–loss

0–00–01–20–00–00–00–10–01–10–12–5

WTA Challenger finals

=Singles: 1 (runner-up)=

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!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 0–1

| 2023 Dow Tennis Classic – Singles

| style="background:silver;"|Midland Tennis Classic,
United States

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon

} Anna Kalinskaya

| 5–7, 4–6

|}

ITF Circuit finals

=Singles: 14 (9 titles, 5 runner–ups)=

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!Legend

style="background:#f88379;"

|W100 tournaments (1–0)

style="background:#f7e98e;"

|$75,000 tournaments (1–0)

style="background:#addfad;"

|W60/75 tournaments (1–1)

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|W25 tournaments (2–3)

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|W10/15 tournaments (4–0)

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Clay (3–1)
Carpet (1–1)

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!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1–0

| Aug 2014

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Ostrava, Czech Republic

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000

| Clay

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Lenka Kunčíková

| 6–4, 6–3

bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss

| 1–1

| Sep 2014

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Bol, Croatia

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000

| Clay

| {{flagicon|CRO}} Iva Mekovec

| 4–6, 1–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 2–1

| Dec 2014

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF İstanbul, Turkey

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Olga Ianchuk

| 6–2, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 3–1

| Apr 2015

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Dijon, France

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|15,000

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Marianna Zakarlyuk

| 6–3, 6–4

bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss

| 3–2

| Oct 2015

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Istanbul, Turkey

| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|SRB}} Ivana Jorović

| 3–6, 5–7

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 4–2

| Nov 2015

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|15,000

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Cristiana Ferrando

| 6–2, 6–1

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 5–2

| Nov 2015

| style="background:#f7e98e;"|Toyota World Challenge, Japan

| style="background:#f7e98e;"|75,000

| Carpet (i)

| {{flagicon|THA}} Luksika Kumkhum

| 6–4, 4–6, 6–4

bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss

| 5–3

| Nov 2019

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Solarino, Italy

| style="background:lightblue;"|W25

| Carpet

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Giulia Gatto-Monticone

| 6–2, 3–6, 5–7

bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss

| 5–4

| Apr 2022

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Nottingham, UK

| style="background:lightblue;"|W25

| Hard

| {{flagicon|HKG}} Eudice Chong

| 2–6, 0–0 ret.

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 6–4

| Oct 2022

| style="background:lightblue;"|Trnava Indoor, Slovakia

| style="background:lightblue;"|W25

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Natália Szabanin

| 6–3, 6–2

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 7–4

| Aug 2023

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Vigo, Spain

| style="background:lightblue;"|W25

| Hard

| {{flagicon|NED}} Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove

| 6–7(5), 6–3, 6–1

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 7–5

| Oct 2023

| style="background:#addfad;"|Toronto Challenger, Canada

| style="background:#addfad;"|W60

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Marina Stakusic

| 6–3, 5–7, 3–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 8–5

| Apr 2024

| style="background:#addfad;"|Split Open, Croatia

| style="background:#addfad;"|W75

| Clay

| {{flagicon|TUR}} İpek Öz

| 6–0, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 9–5

| Apr 2024

| style="background:#f88379;"|Oerias Open, Portugal

| style="background:#f88379;"|W100

| Clay

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Panna Udvardy

| 6–0, 6–2

=Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner–ups)=

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|W25 tournaments (2–3)

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|W10 tournaments (3–2)

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Clay (1–1)
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!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

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!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 0–1

| Apr 2013

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Bol, Croatia

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000

| Clay

| {{flagicon|USA}} Bernarda Pera

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Krejčíková
{{flagicon|RUS}} Polina Leykina

| 3–6, 3–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1–1

| Mar 2014

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandra Korashvili

| {{flagicon|EGY}} Ola Abou Zekry
{{flagicon|EGY}} Mayar Sherif

| 6–4, 7–5

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 2–1

| Aug 2014

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Vinkovci, Croatia

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000

| Clay

| {{flagicon|CRO}} Adrijana Lekaj

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Lilla Barzó
{{flagicon|HUN}} Ágnes Bukta

| 6–3, 7–5

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 3–1

| Dec 2014

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF İstanbul, Turkey

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|CRO}} Adrijana Lekaj

| {{flagicon|TUR}} Ayla Aksu
{{flagicon|TUR}} İpek Soylu

| 6–3, 6–4

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 3–2

| Mar 2015

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Oslo, Norway

| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|10,000

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|CRO}} Adrijana Lekaj

| {{flagicon|POL}} Justyna Jegiołka
{{flagicon|NED}} Eva Wacanno

| 1–6, 1–6

bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss

| 3–3

| Oct 2015

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Istanbul, Turkey

| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|ROU}} Cristina Dinu

| {{flagicon|TUR}} Başak Eraydın
{{flagicon|RUS}} Polina Leykina

| 5–7, 7–6(2), [5–10]

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 4–3

| Oct 2016

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Hamamatsu, Japan

| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000

| Carpet

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Ayaka Okuno

| {{flagicon|TPE}} Hsu Chieh-yu
{{flagicon|POL}} Justyna Jegiołka

| 4–6, 7–6(5), [12–10]

bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss

| 4–4

| Feb 2019

| style="background:lightblue;"|GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK

| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Freya Christie

| {{flagicon|NED}} Lesley Kerkhove
{{flagicon|GER}} Anna Zaja

| 4–6, 6–3, [3–10]

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 5–4

| May 2019

| style="background:lightblue;"|Torneo Conchita Martínez, Spain

| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Dalma Gálfi

| {{flagicon|GRE}} Despina Papamichail
{{flagicon|SRB}} Nina Stojanović

| 7–6(2), 6–2

bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss

| 5–5

| Oct 2020

| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Porto, Portugal

| style="background:lightblue;"|25,000

| Hard

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Erin Routliffe

| {{flagicon|USA}} Jamie Loeb
{{flagicon|MEX}} Ana Sofía Sánchez

| 6–2, 3–6, [8–10]

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation

=Singles (0–6)=

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!Edition

!Stage

!Date

!Location

!Against

!Surface

!Opponent

!W/L

!Score

style="background:#ccf;"

| rowspan="3" | 2019

| rowspan="2" | Z1 R/R

| rowspan="3" | Feb 2019

| rowspan="3" | Bath (GBR)

| {{flagicon|GEO}} Georgia

| rowspan="3" | Hard (i)

| Ekaterine Gorgodze

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a;"|L

| 6–4, 3–6, 5–7

style="background:#ccf;"

| {{flagicon|SRB}} Serbia

| Olga Danilović

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a;"|L

| 6–2, 2–6, 6–7(7–9)

style="background:#ccf;"

| Z1 P/O

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary

| Réka Luca Jani

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a;"|L

| 6–3, 2–5 ret.

style="background:#ccf;"

| rowspan="3" | 2020

| rowspan="2" | Z1 R/R

| rowspan="3" | Feb 2020

| rowspan="3" | Tallinn (EST)

| {{flagicon|BUL}} Bulgaria

| rowspan="3" | Hard (i)

| Viktoriya Tomova

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a;"|L

| 2–6, 4–6

style="background:#ccf;"

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Ukraine

| Elina Svitolina

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a;"|L

| 3–6, 6–3, 1–6

style="background:#ccf;"

| Z1 P/O

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

| Camila Giorgi

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a;"|L

| 6–7(4–7), 4–6

=Doubles (2–0)=

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!Edition

!Stage

!Date

!Location

!Against

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!W/L

!Score

style="background:#ccf;"

| rowspan="1" | 2019

| rowspan="1" | Z1 R/R

| 6 February 2019

| rowspan="1" | Bath (GBR)

| {{flagicon|TUR}} Turkey

| rowspan="1" | Hard (i)

| Darija Jurak

| Çağla Büyükakçay
Pemra Özgen

| style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98;"|W

| 6–4, 6–4

style="background:#ccf;"

| rowspan="1" | 2020

| rowspan="1" | Z1 R/R

| 5 February 2020

| rowspan="1" | Tallinn (EST)

| {{flagicon|BUL}} Bulgaria

| rowspan="1" | Hard (i)

| Darija Jurak

| Isabella Shinikova
Viktoriya Tomova

| style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98;"|W

| 6–2, 3–6, 6–1

Head-to-head records

=Double bagel matches (6–0, 6–0)=

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Result

!W–L

!Year

!width=240|Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!width=200|Opponent

!width=50|Rank

!{{Tooltip|Rd|Round}}

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–1

|2023

|Hong Kong Open

|WTA 250

|Hard

|{{flagicon

} Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

|No. 61

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|}

Junior career

=Grand Slam finals=

==Girls' singles: 1 (runner–up)==

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!Result

!Year

!Tournament

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffc;"

| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss

| 2014

| Australian Open

| Hard

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Elizaveta Kulichkova

| 2–6, 1–6

Notes

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References

{{reflist}}