Nefisa Berberović

Nefisa Berberović
Country (sports)	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Born	3 July 1999 (age 25); Tuzla, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 104,424
Singles
Career record	223–139
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 221 (17 October 2022)
Current ranking	No. 1,201 (9 December 2024)
Doubles
Career record	91–73
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 454 (27 February 2023)
Current ranking	No. 1,161 (9 December 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	13–5
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mediterranean Games
	Last updated on: 9 December 2024.

Nefisa Berberović (born 3 July 1999) is a Bosnian tennis player.

Berberović has career-high rankings of 221 in singles and 454 in doubles. Alongside Dea Herdželaš, she won the silver medal in the women's doubles at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.

Playing for the Bosnia and Herzegovina Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 13–5, as of July 2024

Career

Berberović made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Internationaux de Strasbourg^[1] as a lucky loser becoming the first Bosnian in a WTA main draw since 2013. She stunned former top-10 player Sloane Stephens in the first round, the first Bosnian player to win a match since Mervana Jugic-Salkic at Hyderabad 2004.^[2]

Partnering Dea Herdželaš, she won the silver medal in the women's doubles at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, losing to Turkish pair Başak Eraydın and İpek Öz in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.^[3]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend
W75 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W15 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (7–2)
Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2018	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Sandra Samir	3–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2018	ITF Arad, Romania	W15	Clay	Andreea Mitu	6–3, 0–6, 6–4
Win	2–1	Sep 2018	ITF Brno, Czech Republic	W15	Clay	Diana Šumová	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Dec 2018	ITF Milovice, Czech Republic	W15	Carpet (i)	Lara Salden	6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Win	3–2	Sep 2019	ITF Székesfehérvár, Hungary	W15	Clay	Silvia Njiric	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win	4–2	Oct 2019	ITF Tabarka, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Julia Stamatova	6–2, 6–2
Win	5–2	Feb 2020	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Alice Ramé	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Win	6–2	Mar 2020	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Susanne Celik	6–2, 6–0
Loss	6–3	Feb 2021	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Lucia Bronzetti	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 0–6
Loss	6–4	May 2021	ITF Šibenik, Croatia	W15	Clay	Léolia Jeanjean	2–6, 4–6
Win	7–4	Nov 2021	ITF Naples, United States	W25	Clay	Jang Su-jeong	7–5, 2–6, 7–5
Loss	7–5	Aug 2022	ITF Ourense, Spain	W25	Hard	Kristina Dmitruk	5–7, 1–6
Loss	7–6	Sep 2023	ITF Santarém, Portugal	W25	Hard	Eva Guerrero Álvarez	2–6, 6–4, 5–7

Doubles: 18 (11 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend
W25 tournaments
W15 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (8–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2018	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Natalia Siedliska	Alba Carrillo Marín Yvonne Cavallé Reimers	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–2
Win	2–0	Apr 2018	ITF Tučepi, Croatia	W15	Clay	Veronika Erjavec	Tena Lukas Saara Orav	6–3, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Sep 2018	Royal Cup, Montenegro	W25	Clay	Veronika Erjavec	Miriam Kolodziejová Nina Potočnik	6–2, 3–6, [0–10]
Win	3–1	Apr 2019	ITF Tabarka, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Veronika Erjavec	Émeline Dartron Marie Témin	4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win	4–1	May 2019	ITF Tučepi, Croatia	W15	Clay	Veronika Erjavec	Tamara Malešević Antonia Ružić	6–2, 6–2
Win	5–1	Jun 2019	ITF Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina	W15	Clay	Veronika Erjavec	Barbora Miklová Elena Milovanović	6–1, 6–3
Loss	5–2	Jul 2019	ITF Prokuplje, Serbia	W15	Clay	Veronika Erjavec	İpek Öz Melis Sezer	5–7, 5–7
Loss	5–3	Jul 2019	ITF Prokuplje, Serbia	W15	Clay	Veronika Erjavec	Darya Astakhova Laura Svatiková	3–6, 6–0, [6–10]
Win	6–3	Sep 2019	ITF Székesfehérvár, Hungary	W15	Clay	Malene Helgø	Katarína Kužmová Laura Svatiková	7–5, 6–1
Win	7–3	Oct 2019	ITF Tabarka, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Silvia Njirić	Nicole Gadient Chelsea Vanhoutte	6–0, 6–3
Win	8–3	Oct 2019	ITF Tabarka, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Silvia Njirić	Ganna Poznikhirenko Julyette Steur	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–4
Loss	8–4	Dec 2020	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Anita Husarić	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Bojana Marinković	1–6, 4–6
Win	9–4	Dec 2020	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Anita Husarić	Celia Cerviño Ruiz Olivia Gram	6–4, 6–4
Loss	9–5	May 2021	ITF Sibenik, Croatia	W15	Clay	Nicole Fossa Huergo	Petra Marčinko Natália Szabanin	4–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss	9–6	Aug 2021	Internazionali di Cordenons, Italy	W15	Clay	Veronika Erjavec	Martina Colmegna Amy Zhu	4–6, 3–6
Win	10–6	May 2022	ITF Tbilisi, Georgia	W25	Hard	Lu Jiajing	Arlinda Rushiti Tess Sugnaux	6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss	10–7	Feb 2023	ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	W25	Hard	Eudice Chong	Sofia Sewing Darja Semeņistaja	3–6, 2–6
Win	11–7	Aug 2023	ITF Vigo, Spain	W25	Hard	Sarah Beth Grey	Anastasia Abbagnato Patricija Paukštytė	6–3, 4–6, [11–9]

National representation

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup

Berberović made her debut for the Bosnia and Herzegovina Fed Cup team in 2017, while it was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I, when she was 17 years and 233 days old.

Group membership
World Group
World Group Play-off
World Group II
World Group II Play-off
Europe/Africa Group (3–1)

Matches by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (1–0)

Matches by type
Singles (2–0)
Doubles (1–1)

Matches by setting
indoors (2–1)
outdoors (1–0)

Singles (2–0)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2018	Z2 PO	Apr 2018	Athens (GRE)	Egypt	Clay	Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz	W	6–4, 6–3
2019	Z2 PO	Feb 2019	Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX)	Portugal	Hard (i)	Ana Filipa Santos	W	6–1, 6–1

Doubles (1–1)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2017	Z1 PO	Feb 2017	Tallinn (EST)	Portugal	Hard (i)	Anita Husarić	Francisca Jorge Rita Vilaça	W	6–4, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
2019	Z2 PO	Feb 2019	Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX)	Portugal	Hard (i)	Anita Husarić	Maria Inês Fonte Francisca Jorge	L	6–3, 4–6, 4–6

Mediterranean Games

Doubles: 1 (silver medal)

Result	W–L	Date	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2018	Tarragona, Spain	Clay	Dea Herdželaš	Başak Eraydın İpek Öz	6–0, 3–6, [10–12]

References

^ "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. October 6, 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "Strasbourg: Lucky loser Berberovic, ranked No.306, upsets Stephens". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "Darwish among judo winners at Mediterranean Games as medals come thick and fast at Tarragona 2018". Inside the Games. Retrieved 11 December 2024.

External links

Nefisa Berberović at the Women's Tennis Association
Nefisa Berberović at the International Tennis Federation
Nefisa Berberović at the Billie Jean King Cup

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[1] "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. October 6, 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.

[2] "Strasbourg: Lucky loser Berberovic, ranked No.306, upsets Stephens". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 24 October 2022.

[3] "Darwish among judo winners at Mediterranean Games as medals come thick and fast at Tarragona 2018". Inside the Games. Retrieved 11 December 2024.

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