# Marina Stakusic

Marina Stakusic (Serbian Cyrillic: Марина Стакушић, romanized: Marina Stakušić; born 27 November 2004) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 116, achieved on 28 October 2024, and a best doubles ranking of No. 448, reached on 14 August 2023. She achieved a career-high combined junior ranking of No. 31. She won with the Canadian team the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup.

## Early life

Stakusic is from Mississauga. Her father is a Montenegrin who emigrated to Canada at the age of 25, while her mother was born in Canada to parents who emigrated from Serbia. Her brother, Marko Stakusic, is also a professional tennis player. She began playing tennis at the age of five.

## Career
### 2022: WTA Tour debut

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Championnats de Granby where she defeated Jaimee Fourlis in the first round, before losing to 10th seed Marta Kostyuk.

### 2023: First BJK wins and trophy winner

Although Stakusic did not play any main draw matches on the tour in 2023, she was named to the Canada Billie Jean King Cup team during the BJK Cup Finals in November 2023. She won three of her four singles matches, all top 60 opponents, and won a deciding match against Martina Trevisan in the final versus Italy, contributing to Canada's first victory in this competition.

### 2024: Major, WTA 1000 debuts and first WTA 125 title

Stakusic qualified for her first WTA 500 tournament at the San Diego Open and defeated fellow qualifier Marina Melnikova, her second win in only her second main draw at a WTA Tour event. She lost her next match to seventh seed Donna Vekić in three sets.
Ranked No. 164, she qualified for Wimbledon making her Grand Slam tournament debut, but lost in the first round to 27th seed Katerina Siniaková
Stakusic received a wildcard for her home tournament, the WTA 1000 Canadian Open, and recorded her first win at this level defeating qualifier Erika Andreeva in three sets. Stakusic lost in the second round to lucky loser Taylor Townsend. As a result, she made it into the top 150, at world No. 143, on 12 August 2024.
Having received a wildcard for the main draw at the Guadalajara Open, Stakusic defeated Anna Karolína Schmiedlová in the opening round and then upset top seed and world No. 12, Jelena Ostapenko, in three sets to record the first top 20 win of her career and reach her maiden WTA Tour quarterfinal. She lost in the last eight to fifth seed Magdalena Fręch.
As a qualifier, Stakusic won the WTA 125 Abierto Tampico in Mexico to claim the biggest title of her career to date, defeating Anastasiia Sobolieva, seventh seed Robin Montgomery Lucrezia Stefanini and sixth seed Sara Sorribes Tormo, before overcoming fifth seed Anna Blinkova in a three-set final lasting two hours and 43 minutes. The following week she defeated Maya Joint in the first round at the WTA 250 Mérida Open, before losing her next match to Nina Stojanović.

### 2025: Transylvania second round

Stakusic qualified for the Transylvania Open and overcame Sorana Cîrstea to reach the second round, where she was defeated by lucky loser Aliaksandra Sasnovich.

## Performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Only WTA Tour and Grand Slam tournaments main draw and Billie Jean King Cup results are considered in the career statistics.
Current through the 2025 Australian Open.
| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| French Open | A | A | Q3 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| US Open | A | A | Q1 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| National representation |||||||
| Billie Jean King Cup | A | W | A | | 1 / 1 | 3–1 |
| WTA 1000 tournaments |||||||
| Canadian Open | Q2 | Q1 | 2R | | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| Career statistics |||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 0 | 2 | | 3 | 3 |
| Overall win–loss | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 5–4 | 5–4 |
| Year-end ranking | 382 | 258 | | | | |

## WTA Challenger finals
### Singles: 1 (title)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2024 | Abierto Tampico, Mexico | Hard | Anna Blinkova | 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 |

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 3 (3 titles)

* Legend
* W60 tournaments (2–0)
* W25 tournaments (1–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2023 | ITF Valladolid, Spain | W25 | Hard | Anna Kubareva | 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–0 | Sep 2023 | Berkeley Challenge, United States | W60 | Hard | Allie Kiick | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 3-0 | Oct 2023 | Toronto Challenger, Canada | W60 | Hard | Jana Fett | 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

* Legend
* W60 tournaments (0–1)
* W25 tournaments (1–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2022 | ITF Saskatoon, Canada | W25 | Hard | Kayla Cross | Kendra Bunch Katarina Kozarov | 6–3, 7–6$^{(4)}$ |
| Loss | 1–1 | Nov 2022 | Calgary Challenger, Canada | W60 | Hard (i) | Kayla Cross | Catherine Harrison Sabrina Santamaria | 6–7$^{(2)}$, 4–6 |

## Team competition
### Billie Jean King Cup final

| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Team | Partners | Opponent team | Opponent players | Score |
| Win | Nov 2023 | Billie Jean King Cup | Hard (i) | Canada | Leylah Fernandez Rebecca Marino Eugenie Bouchard Gabriela Dabrowski | Italy | Jasmine Paolini Martina Trevisan Elisabetta Cocciaretto Lucia Bronzetti Lucrezia Stefanini | 2–0 |