Bosnian tennis player (born 1999)
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
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.[ 1]
Berberović made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Internationaux de Strasbourg [ 2] 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.[ 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)
Doubles (1–1)
Mediterranean Games
Doubles: 1 (silver medal)
References
External links