Marina Stakusic

Marina Stakusic
Country (sports)	Canada
Residence	Mississauga, Ontario
Born	27 November 2004 (age 19); Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2022
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$131,714
Singles
Career record	67–42 (61.5%)
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 164 (24 June 2024)
Current ranking	No. 164 (24 June 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	Q3 (2024)
Wimbledon	1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	14–11 (56.0%)
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 448 (14 August 2023)
Current ranking	No. 573 (24 June 2024)
Team competitions
BJK Cup	W (2023), record 3–1
	Last updated on: 24 June 2024.

Marina Stakusic (Serbian Cyrillic: Марина Стакушић, romanized: Marina Stakušić; born 27 November 2004) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has a career high WTA singles ranking of world No. 164, achieved on 24 June 2024, and a doubles ranking of No. 448, achieved on 14 August 2023. She achieved a career high combined junior ranking of No. 31.

Early life[edit]

Stakusic is from Mississauga.^[1]^[2] Her father is a Montenegrin who emigrated to Canada at the age of 25, while her mother was born in Canada to parents who emigrated from Serbia.^[3] Her brother, Marko Stakusic, is also a professional tennis player. She began playing tennis at the age of five.^[3]

Career[edit]

2022: WTA debut[edit]

She made her WTA Tour main draw debut at the 2022 Championnats de Granby^[4] where she recorded her first WTA level main draw win, over Jaimee Fourlis.

2023: First BJK wins and trophy winner[edit]

Although Stakusic did not play any main draw matches on the tour in 2023,^[5] she was named to the Canada Billie Jean King Cup team during the BJK Cup Finals in November 2023. She won three of her four singles matches, all top 60 opponents, and won a deciding match against Martina Trevisan in the final versus Italy, contributing to Canada's first victory in this competition.^[3]^[6]

2024: Top 200 and Grand Slam debuts[edit]

She qualified for her first WTA 500 tournament at the 2024 San Diego Open and defeated fellow qualifier Marina Melnikova, her second win in only her second main draw at a WTA event.^[7] As a result, she reached a new career high singles ranking of No. 221, on 4 March 2024.

Ranked No. 164, she qualified for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships making her Grand Slam debut.

Singles performance timeline[edit]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only WTA Tour and Grand Slam tournaments main draw and Billie Jean King Cup results are considered in the career statistics.

Current through the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup finals.

Tournament	2022	2023	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup	A	W	1 / 1	3–1
WTA 1000 tournaments
Canadian Open	Q2	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	0	1
Overall win–loss	1–1	3–1	4–2
Year-end ranking	382	258

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

Singles: 3 (3 titles)[edit]

Legend
W60 tournaments (2–0)
W25 tournaments (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2023	ITF Valladolid, Spain	W25	Hard	Anna Kubareva	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win	2–0	Sep 2023	Berkeley Challenge, United States	W60	Hard	Allie Kiick	6–3, 6–4
Win	3-0	Oct 2023	Toronto Challenger, Canada	W60	Hard	Jana Fett	3–6, 7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[edit]

Legend
W60 tournaments (0–1)
W25 tournaments (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2022	ITF Saskatoon, Canada	W25	Hard	Kayla Cross	Kendra Bunch Katarina Kozarov	6–3, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Loss	1–1	Nov 2022	Calgary Challenger, Canada	W60	Hard (i)	Kayla Cross	Catherine Harrison Sabrina Santamaria	6–7⁽²⁾, 4–6

Team competition[edit]

Billie Jean King Cup final[edit]

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Team	Partners	Opponent team	Opponent players	Score
Win	Nov 2023	Billie Jean King Cup	Hard (i)	Canada	Leylah Fernandez Rebecca Marino Eugenie Bouchard Gabriela Dabrowski	Italy	Jasmine Paolini Martina Trevisan Elisabetta Cocciaretto Lucia Bronzetti Lucrezia Stefanini	2–0

Head-to-head record[edit]

Record against top 10 players[edit]

Stakusic's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface.^[8]

Player	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last match
No. 2 ranked players
Barbora Krejčíková	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (2–6, 1–6) at 2023 BJK Cup
Total	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	Statistics correct as of 11 November 2023^[update].

References[edit]

^ Chidley-Hill, John (7 August 2022). "Canada's Marina Stakusic on to next round of qualifying at National Bank Open". St. Albert Gazette. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ Strong, Gregory (10 November 2023). "Canadian teen Marina Stakusic breaks out on big stage at Billie Jean King Cup Finals". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Nguyen, Courtney. "Scouting Report: Inspired by Djokovic, Stakusic ready to make her mark". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ "Les Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby 2022: Marina Stakusic sees off Fourlis". Tennis Majors. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ "Stakusic Marina - profile". Tennis Explorer. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ "Fernandez clinches match as Canada tops Italy to win 1st Billie Jean King Cup". CTV News. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ "Canadian teen Stakusic outlasts fellow qualifier Melnikova in San Diego". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ "Head to Head". WTA Tennis.

External links[edit]

Marina Stakusic at the Women's Tennis Association
Marina Stakusic at the International Tennis Federation
Marina Stakusic at the Billie Jean King Cup

[1] Chidley-Hill, John (7 August 2022). "Canada's Marina Stakusic on to next round of qualifying at National Bank Open". St. Albert Gazette. Retrieved 28 June 2024.

[2] Strong, Gregory (10 November 2023). "Canadian teen Marina Stakusic breaks out on big stage at Billie Jean King Cup Finals". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 28 June 2024.

[WTA2023-3] Nguyen, Courtney. "Scouting Report: Inspired by Djokovic, Stakusic ready to make her mark". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 June 2024.

[4] "Les Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby 2022: Marina Stakusic sees off Fourlis". Tennis Majors. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2024.

[5] "Stakusic Marina - profile". Tennis Explorer. Retrieved 14 November 2023.

[6] "Fernandez clinches match as Canada tops Italy to win 1st Billie Jean King Cup". CTV News. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2024.

[7] "Canadian teen Stakusic outlasts fellow qualifier Melnikova in San Diego". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 June 2024.

[8] "Head to Head". WTA Tennis.

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v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top Canadian female singles tennis players
as of 20 May 2024
1. Leylah Fernandez (33 1) 2. Rebecca Marino (164 ) 3. Marina Stakusic (184 17) 4. Carol Zhao (228 5) 5. Bianca Andreescu (234 9)
6. Katherine Sebov (254 13) 7. Stacey Fung (311 ) 8. Victoria Mboko (324 20) 9. Carson Branstine (495 4) 10. Cadence Brace (496 1)

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top Canadian female doubles tennis players
as of 20 March 2023
1. Gabriela Dabrowski (6 ) 2. Leylah Fernandez (83 22) 3. Bianca Andreescu (370 13) 4. Kayla Cross (385 3) 5. Rebecca Marino (422 26)
6. Bianca Fernandez (429 6) 7. Ariana Arseneault (440 9) 8. Eugenie Bouchard (455 5) 9. Marina Stakusic (516 1) 10. Stacey Fung (647 2) 11. Katherine Sebov (700 2)