Réka Luca Jani

Réka Luca Jani

Jani at the 2011 Budapest Grand Prix
Country (sports)	Hungary
Residence	Sopron, Hungary
Born	(1991-07-31) 31 July 1991 Siófok, Hungary
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$220,387
Singles
Career record	325 - 168
Career titles	19 ITF
Highest ranking	147 (7 May 2012)
Current ranking	228 (24 October 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2012)
French Open	Q1 (2012)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2012)
US Open	1R (2011)
Doubles
Career record	226 - 127
Career titles	22 ITF
Highest ranking	124 (22 August 2016)
Current ranking	129 (24 October 2016)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	19–16
Last updated on: 24 October 2016.

Réka Luca Jani (born 31 July 1991 in Siófok) is a Hungarian female tennis player.

Jani has won 19 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 7 May 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 147. On 22 August 2016, she peaked at world number 124 in the doubles rankings.^[1]

Playing for Hungary at the Fed Cup, Jani has a win–loss record of 19–16.^[2]

Personal

Parents are Janos, Szilvia and Zsolt; brothers are Mate and Balint, sister is Petra. Began playing at age 6. Favorite surface is clay. Speaks Hungarian and English.

Tennis career

2016

Jani played the first WTA final with Brasil Tennis Cup, partner Tímea Babos.

Jani was awarded a wildcard entry to 2016 Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro along with Tímea Babos to play in Women's Doubles.

WTA finals

Doubles (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	1 August 2016	International	Brasil Tennis Cup, Florianópolis, Brazil	Hard	Tímea Babos	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	3–6, 1–6

ITF finals (41–35)

Singles (19–12)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	22 September 2008	$10,000	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Alyona Sotnikova	2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	22 June 2009	$25,000	Kristinehamn, Sweden	Clay	Anna Tatishvili	1–6, 5–7
Winner	1.	7 September 2009	$10,000	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Lucie Kriegsmannová	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Winner	2.	21 September 2009	$25,000	Telavi, Georgia	Clay	Melanie Klaffner	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	19 October 2009	$10,000	Dubrovnik, Croatia	Clay	Matea Mezak	6–0, 5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Winner	3.	23 August 2010	$10,000	Vinkovci, Croatia	Clay	Zuzana Linhová	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	30 August 2010	$10,000	Osijek, Croatia	Clay	Conny Perrin	6–7(10–12), 6–4, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	14 March 2011	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Cristina Dinu	3–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	21 March 2011	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Garbiñe Muguruza	6–2, 6–1
Winner	5.	30 May 2011	$25,000	Přerov, Czech Republic	Clay	Karolína Plíšková	6–0, 6–3
Winner	6.	8 August 2011	$10,000	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Christina Shakovets	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	19 September 2011	$25,000	Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Lesia Tsurenko	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Winner	7.	10 October 2011	$25,000	Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain	Clay	Margalita Chakhnashvili	6–4, 6–2
Winner	8.	17 October 2011	$25,000	Seville, Spain	Clay	Estrella Cabeza Candela	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	9.	7 January 2013	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Marrit Boonstra	6–1, 1–6, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	10.	14 January 2013	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Sofia Kvatsabaia	6–0, 6–1
Runner-up	7.	21 January 2013	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Alexandra Dulgheru	2–6, 2–6
Winner	11.	11 March 2013	$10,000	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Sofiya Kovalets	6–1, 6–0
Winner	12.	18 March 2013	$10,000	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Bernarda Pera	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	13.	1 July 2013	$15,000	Přerov, Czech Republic	Clay	Ekaterina Alexandrova	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	14.	22 July 2013	$10,000	Palić, Serbia	Clay	Milana Špremo	6–0, 6–3
Winner	15.	29 July 2013	$25,000	Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Winner	16.	19 August 2013	$10,000	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Zuzana Zálabská	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	17 February 2014	$15,000	Altenkirchen, Germany	Carpet (i)	Iryna Shymanovich	1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	17.	20 October 2014	$10,000	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Barbara Haas	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Winner	18.	24 November 2014	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	9.	9 February 2015	$10,000	Trnava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Anastasija Sevastova	1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up	10.	2 March 2015	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Cristina Dinu	6–2, 4–6, 2–6
Winner	19.	6 April 2015	$25,000	Chiasso, Switzerland	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Runner-up	11.	8 June 2015	$25,000	Padua, Italy	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	12.	20 June 2016	$25,000	Rome, Italy	Clay	Rebecca Šramková	1–6, 1–6

Doubles (22–23)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	20 October 2008	$10,000	Dubrovnik, Croatia	Clay	Aleksandra Filipovski	Lucie Kriegsmannová Darina Šeděnková	2–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	13 April 2009	$10,000	Hvar, Croatia	Clay	Martina Kubičíková	Elena Bogdan Martina Borecká	6–4, 0–6, [10–6]
Winner	2.	7 September 2009	$10,000	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Virág Németh	Jana Jandová Lucie Kriegsmannová	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Winner	3.	28 September 2009	$25,000	Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Veronika Kapshay	Tatia Mikadze Manana Shapakidze	7–5, 0–6, [10–8]
Winner	4.	19 October 2009	$10,000	Dubrovnik, Croatia	Clay	Conny Perrin	Matea Čutura Dorotea Kraljević	6–2, 6–3
Winner	5.	23 August 2010	$10,000	Vinkovci, Croatia	Clay	Raluca Elena Platon	Indire Akiki Zuzana Linhová	6–3, 6–0
Winner	6.	30 August 2010	$10,000	Osijek, Croatia	Clay	Martina Kubičíková	Petra Šunić Nataša Zorić	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	18 October 2010	$10,000	Ain Sukhna, Egypt	Clay	Martina Kubičíková	Lucie Kriegsmannová Iveta Gerlová	3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Winner	7.	25 October 2010	$25,000	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Martina Kubičíková	Stephanie Vogt Maša Zec Peškirič	6–7(4–7), 6–1, [11–9]
Runner-up	3.	7 February 2011	$10,000	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Conny Perrin	Daniëlle Harmsen Scarlett Werner	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	14 March 2011	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Martina Kubičíková	Pemra Özgen Sandra Zaniewska	6–2, 5–7, [6–10]
Winner	8.	18 April 2011	$25,000	Civitavecchia, Italy	Clay	Daniëlle Harmsen	Diana Enache Liana Ungur	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	6 June 2011	$50,000+H	Zlín, Czech Republic	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Yuliya Beygelzimer Margalita Chakhnashvili	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	13 June 2011	$25,000	Padua, Italy	Clay	Irina Buryachok	Kristina Mladenovic Katarzyna Piter	4–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	19 September 2011	$25,000	Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Irina Buryachok	Elena Bogdan Andrea Koch Benvenuto	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Winner	10.	13 February 2012	$25,000	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Jana Čepelová	Anastasia Grymalska Ilona Kremen	6–7(4–7), 6–1, [10–4]
Runner-up	7.	11 June 2012	$50,000	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Maria João Koehler	Ashleigh Barty Sally Peers	6–7(2–7), 6–3, [5–10]
Runner-up	8.	2 July 2012	$50,000	Versmold, Germany	Clay	Elena Bogdan	Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	9 July 2012	$25,000	Aschaffenburg, Germany	Clay	Malou Ejdesgaard	Florencia Molinero Stephanie Vogt	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	11.	23 July 2012	$10,000	Bad Waltersdorf, Austria	Clay	Christina Shakovets	Alexandra Nancarrow Katharina Negrin	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	10.	3 September 2012	$50,000	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Teodora Mirčić	Mailen Auroux María Irigoyen	7–5, 4–6, [8–10]
Winner	12.	24 September 2012	$50,000	Telavi, Georgia	Clay	Christina Shakovets	Ekaterina Dzehalevich Oksana Kalashnikova	3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Winner	13.	18 February 2013	$10,000	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Leticia Costas	Anastasia Grymalska Yana Sizikova	6–3, 6–2
Winner	14.	25 February 2013	$10,000	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Leticia Costas	Lucía Cervera Vázquez Carolina Prats Millán	6–2, 6–1
Winner	15.	8 April 2013	$25,000	La Marsa, Tunisia	Clay	Eugeniya Pashkova	Danka Kovinić Laura Pigossi	6–3, 4–6, [10–5]
Runner-up	11.	22 April 2013	$25,000	Tunis, Tunisia	Clay	Eugeniya Pashkova	Aleksandra Krunić Katarzyna Piter	2–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Runner-up	12.	3 June 2013	$25,000	Brescia, Italy	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	Monique Adamczak Yurika Sema	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	13.	9 September 2013	$25,000	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Beatriz García Vidagany	Dia Evtimova Viktoriya Tomova	4–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Runner-up	14.	30 September 2013	$25,000	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Veronika Kapshay	Timea Bacsinszky Xenia Knoll	6–7(3–7), 2–6
Winner	16.	13 January 2014	$25,000	Port St. Lucie, United States	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	Jan Abaza Louisa Chirico	6–4, 6–4
Winner	17.	31 March 2014	$15,000	Dijon, France	Hard (i)	Isabella Shinikova	Martina Borecká Michaëlla Krajicek	6–3, 7–5
Winner	18.	9 June 2014	$25,000	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	Dalila Jakupović Kateřina Kramperová	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	15.	15 September 2014	$25,000	Dobrich, Bulgaria	Clay	Isabella Shinikova	Irina Maria Bara Andreea Mitu	5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Winner	19.	20 October 2014	$10,000	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Julia Stamatova	Anna Bondár Dalma Gálfi	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	16.	24 November 2014	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Julia Stamatova	Ekaterine Gorgodze Sofia Kvatsabaia	6–7(3–7), 6–7(7–9)
Winner	20.	6 April 2015	$25,000	Chiasso, Switzerland	Clay	Diana Buzean	Giulia Gatto-Monticone Alice Matteucci	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	17.	8 June 2015	$25,000	Padua, Italy	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	María Irigoyen Barbora Krejčíková	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	18.	7 September 2015	$100,000	Biarritz, France	Clay	Stephanie Vogt	Başak Eraydın Lidziya Marozava	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	19.	7 December 2015	$25,000	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Martina Caregaro	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Dalila Jakupović	w/o
Winner	21.	8 February 2016	$10,000	Trnava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Chantal Škamlová	Lenka Juríková Tereza Malíková	6–3, 2–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	20.	7 March 2016	$25,000	Curitiba, Brazil	Clay	Martina Caregaro	Catalina Pella Daniela Seguel	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Winner	22.	9 May 2016	$25,000	Győr, Hungary	Clay	Ana Vrljić	Vanda Lukács Chantal Škamlová	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	21.	20 June 2016	$25,000	Rome, Italy	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	Claudia Giovine Katarzyna Piter	3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Runner-up	22.	27 June 2016	$50,000	Rome, Italy	Clay	Sofia Shapatava	İpek Soylu Xu Shilin	5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	23.	22 August 2016	$25,000	Bükfürdő, Hungary	Clay	Dalma Gálfi	Georgina García Pérez Fanny Stollár	3–6, 6–7(4–7)

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Women's Tennis Association: Top Hungarian female singles tennis players as of 19 December 2016
1. Tímea Babos (28 ) 2. Dalma Gálfi (160 ) 3. Réka Luca Jani (234 ) 4. Fanny Stollár (282 ) 5. Ágnes Bukta (378 )
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