Clara Tauson's career runs from the Danish women's title at 13 in 2016, through the 2019 Australian Open girls' title, to 3 WTA titles and a career-high of world No. 12 (8 September 2025). Here is her career season by season – highlights, injuries and rankings. As of 19 October 2026 she is No. 54 in the WTA rankings.
Clara Tauson career at a glance
She has been a professional since 2019 and played her first ITF events in 2017. She has won three WTA titles – Lyon and Luxembourg in 2021 and Auckland in 2025 – plus the WTA 125 event in Chicago in 2021 and 11 ITF titles. Her biggest final was the WTA 1000 event in Dubai in February 2025. At the Grand Slams her best results are the fourth round at the French Open (Roland Garros) in 2024 and at Wimbledon in 2025. Her career singles win-loss record at all levels is 276–148 (WTA count). The table shows her year-end ranking.
| Year | Year-end ranking |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 863 |
| 2019 | 267 |
| 2020 | 152 |
| 2021 | 44 |
| 2022 | 128 |
| 2023 | 85 |
| 2024 | 52 |
| 2025 | 12 |
Career high: No. 12 (first on 8 September 2025). Source: WTA.
Junior years (2016–2019)
In August 2016, aged 13, she became the youngest Danish women's champion ever, breaking Caroline Wozniacki's record. In July 2017 she won gold at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Győr, and the same year she made her debut for Denmark in the Fed Cup, now the Billie Jean King Cup. In 2018 she became European under-18 champion in Klosters, won the Grade A Osaka Mayor's Cup and took bronze at the ITF Junior Masters in Chengdu.
In January 2019 she won the Australian Open girls' title, beating Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3 in the final – the first Danish girl to do so – and then became the first Danish girl to reach junior world No. 1. In August 2019 she gave up junior tennis to focus on her senior career.
Debut and the ITF years (2017–2020)
Her professional debut came on the ITF circuit in 2017: in the autumn she reached a final in Stockholm and soon after won her first ITF title there. In 2019 she won ITF titles in Monastir, Shenzhen, Xiamen and Meitar (Israel), and in April she played her first WTA main draw in Lugano after coming through qualifying; she finished the year at No. 267. In 2020 she won ITF titles in Glasgow and Oeiras and made her Grand Slam debut at the French Open, reaching the second round as a qualifier before losing to Danielle Collins. She ended 2020 at No. 152.
2021: the breakthrough with two WTA titles
In March 2021, aged 18, she won her first WTA title in Lyon as a qualifier, beating Viktorija Golubic 6-4, 6-1 in the final. In August she won the WTA 125 event in Chicago, beating Emma Raducanu in the final weeks before the Briton won the US Open. In September came title number two in Luxembourg, where she beat defending champion Jeļena Ostapenko 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, and in October she reached the Courmayeur final, lost to Donna Vekić. In July she declined a late place at the Tokyo Olympics because of injury. She finished the year at No. 44.
2022–2024: injuries and the way back
2022: at the Australian Open she beat Anett Kontaveit – her first top-10 win – and reached the third round; in February she was No. 33, her best ranking that year. A back injury in spring meant withdrawing from Rome, missing the French Open and retiring at Wimbledon, and she fell to around No. 140. In December she reached the final of the WTA 125 event in Limoges and finished the year at No. 128.
2023: she started the year without a permanent coach and with a foot/ankle injury. She played the Hopman Cup for Denmark with Holger Rune, reached the third round of the French Open as a qualifier and finished at No. 85, back in the top 100.
2024: the fourth round at the French Open, where she lost to Ons Jabeur, was then her best Grand Slam result and earned her a place at the Paris Olympics, where she lost in round 1 to Bianca Andreescu 2-6, 3-6. She reached WTA 125 finals in Oeiras and Hong Kong and finished at No. 52. From September 2024 her boyfriend Kasper Elsvad became her coach – see Clara Tauson's coaches.
2025: world No. 12
The season opened with the Auckland title on 5 January 2025, when Naomi Osaka retired after winning the first set. It was her first title in more than three years, and she became the first Danish woman to win the event. In February she reached the final of the WTA 1000 event in Dubai, beating world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, Linda Nosková and Karolína Muchová before losing the final to Mirra Andreeva 6-7(1), 1-6.
At Wimbledon she reached the fourth round after beating Elena Rybakina and lost to the eventual champion, Iga Swiatek. In August she reached the semifinals of the WTA 1000 event in Montreal after beating Madison Keys. On 8 September 2025 she rose to world No. 12 and finished the year there. All her titles and finals are on Clara Tauson's titles.
2026: a season shaped by injuries
She started 2026 at No. 14 with many points from 2025 to defend. She reached the third round of the Australian Open, losing to Victoria Mboko, and in February the Abu Dhabi semifinals and the Dubai quarterfinals. From March her back gave her trouble: she retired in Miami and Rome, withdrew from Linz and Stuttgart, and on 22 May 2026 she told TV 2 that she has two herniated discs. She went more than 100 days without a win until Bad Homburg on 22 June, and lost in round 1 at the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. Bright spots were the Athens semifinals in July and the Monterrey quarterfinals in August. Most recently she lost to Marie Bouzkova 1-6, 0-2 (retired) in round 1 of the Wuhan Open (12 October 2026). Clara Tauson ended her 2026 season on 14 October after a calf injury in Wuhan. The season ended with 16 wins and 23 losses.
Clara Tauson has ended her 2026 season because of injuries, and her first tournament of 2027 has not been announced yet. The first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open, is played on 17–31 January 2027.
Follow her ranking on the Clara Tauson ranking page.
Billie Jean King Cup and Danish awards
She made her debut for Denmark in 2017 and had a record of 16 wins and 6 losses as of January 2025. In April 2024 she won all her rubbers, including one against Maria Sakkari, and Denmark were promoted; in November 2024 Denmark beat Mexico. In 2025 she missed both ties with back problems, and in November 2025 Denmark were relegated to Regional Group I without her.
She was named Danish Tennis Player of the Year in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2025, Junior Tennis Player of the Year in 2016, 2017 and 2018, and Olympic Hope of the Year at DR's sports gala for 2018. More on her background on the height, age and biography page.