{"id":113223,"date":"2025-08-27T07:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/113223\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T07:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:29:09","slug":"ajla-tomljanovic-5-key-facts-on-aussie-who-almost-beat-coco-gauff-at-us-open-tennis-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/113223\/","title":{"rendered":"Ajla Tomljanovic: 5 key facts on Aussie who almost beat Coco Gauff at US Open | Tennis News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Australia&#8217;s Ajla Tomljanovic pushed world No 3 Coco Gauff to the brink in their first-round US Open match on Tuesday. Gauff held on for a 6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-5 victory to reach the second round at Flushing Meadows. She double-faulted in the very first game \u2014 and a total of 10 times. She got broken in that game, too \u2014 and a total of six times.<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ajla_Tomljanovic__1756261786750_1756261787094.jpg\" alt=\"Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic celebrates during her women's singles first round tennis match against USA's Coco Gauff (AFP)\" title=\"Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic celebrates during her women's singles first round tennis match against USA's Coco Gauff (AFP)\"\/>   Australia&#8217;s Ajla Tomljanovic celebrates during her women&#8217;s singles first round tennis match against USA&#8217;s Coco Gauff (AFP)    <\/p>\n<p>As tennis fans praised the 32-year-old Tomljanovic&#8217;s fighting spirit, we gathered five key points you would like to know about her. <\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/sports\/tennis\/coolest-ever-naomi-osakas-floral-red-outfit-at-us-open-leaves-fans-stunned-101756252856300.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"&#039;Coolest ever&#039;: Naomi Osaka&#039;s floral red outfit at US Open leaves fans stunned\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Coolest ever&#8217;: Naomi Osaka&#8217;s floral red outfit at US Open leaves fans stunned<\/a><\/p>\n<p> 5 key facts about Ajla TomljanovicBoyfriends and Love Life<\/p>\n<p>She dated Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios from 2015 to 2017, and later Italian star Matteo Berrettini from 2019 until their 2022 split. She is currently single. <\/p>\n<p> Career-High Ranking<\/p>\n<p>At her peak, Tomljanovic reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32 on April 3, 2023. As of August 2025, she sits at No. 123. <\/p>\n<p> Husband Status<\/p>\n<p>Tomljanovic is not married and has no husband. <\/p>\n<p> Net Worth and Prize Money<\/p>\n<p>While her net worth is not published on public domains, WTA notes that she has won over $500,000 in her career. <\/p>\n<p> Notable Achievements and More<\/p>\n<p>Tomljanovic\u2019s resume includes four ITF singles titles, three ITF doubles titles, and a 2009 Australian Open girls\u2019 doubles win with Christina McHale. <\/p>\n<p>She is currently working with Alessandro Bega. Her family includes father Ratko, mother Emina, and sister Hana, who sparked his tennis journey at age 7. <\/p>\n<p>Tomljanovic\u2019s go-to shot is the backhand, and she thrives on hard courts, fluently speaking Croatian, English, and German. <\/p>\n<p>She enjoys The Hangover with Brad Pitt, loves hip hop (especially Rihanna), and cherishes visiting Charlotte, North Carolina, for family ties. <\/p>\n<p>A basketball fan, she\u2019s irked by loud chewing, with his top tennis moment being his first court time with Chris Evert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia&#8217;s Ajla Tomljanovic pushed world No 3 Coco Gauff to the brink in their first-round US Open match&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[66315,73830,5113,99,428,73831,11883],"class_list":{"0":"post-113223","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ajla-tomljanovic","9":"tag-career-high-ranking","10":"tag-coco-gauff","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-tennis-achievements","14":"tag-us-open"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}