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Justina Mikulskytė

Justina Mikulskytė
Mikulskytė at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Lithuania
Born (1996-02-06) 6 February 1996 (age 29)
Šiauliai, Lithuania
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeKentucky
Prize moneyUS$320,863
Singles
Career record266–189
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 199 (21 July 2025)
Current rankingNo. 201 (28 July 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ3 (2025)
WimbledonQ1 (2022, 2024, 2025)
US OpenQ2 (2025)
Doubles
Career record224–124
Career titles25 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 143 (28 July 2025)
Current rankingNo. 143 (28 July 2025)
Team competitions
Fed Cup24–16
Last updated on: 28 July 2025.

Justina Mikulskytė (born 6 February 1996) is a Lithuanian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of No. 199 in singles, achieved on 21 July 2025, and No. 143 in doubles, achieved on 28 July 2025. She played collegiate tennis at the University of Kentucky.

Early life

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Mikulskytė was born in Šiauliai.[1] At the age of eight, she began training under coach Rita Romencovienė. She attended Didždvario gimnazija [it] in her hometown.[2] In 2011, she and Akvilė Paražinskaitė won the girls' doubles bronze medal at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival.[3]

Career

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Mikulskytė played collegiate tennis for the Kentucky Wildcats.[4] In 2019, she made her postseason debut at the NCAA Division I Tennis Championships.[5] That year, she won both the singles and doubles titles at the W15 Soho Square Egypt in Sharm El Sheikh and reached the semifinals of the W15 Magic Tours series in Monastir.[6][7][8]

In May 2021, she won the W15 Torneig Arcadi Manchón in Santa Margarida de Montbui, defeating Celia Cerviño Ruiz [de] in the final.[9] She also won the doubles title at the W25 Torneig Internacional Femení in Platja d'Aro with Oana Georgeta Simion; they defeated Alexandra Eala and Oksana Selekhmeteva in the final.[10] In January 2022, she won the W25 Rafa Nadal Academy World Tennis Tour event in Manacor, defeating Yuki Naito in the final.[11] Later that year, she and Isabelle Haverlag won the doubles title at the Engie Open de Seine-et-Marne and were runners-up at the Open Araba en Femenino.[12]

In April 2024, she and Veronika Erjavec reached the doubles final of the Split Open, but lost to Valentini Grammatikopoulou and Prarthana Thombare.[13] The following month, she and Christina Rosca won the doubles title at the Florida's Sports Coast Open, defeating Anna Rogers and Alana Smith in the final.[14] Later that year, she won singles title at the W50 Open 17 in Saint-Palais-sur-Mer and the doubles title at the Tevlin Women's Challenger, partnering Jamie Loeb.[15][16]

In February 2025, she and Magali Kempen won the doubles title at the W50+H Engie Open in Mâcon.[17] That June, she and Jessie Aney reached the doubles final of the Open de Biarritz, but lost to Irene Burillo Escorihuela and María Portillo Ramírez.[18]

Grand Slam performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

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Tournament 2022 2023 2024 2025 W–L
Australian Open A A A A 0–0
French Open A A Q1 Q3 0–0
Wimbledon Q1 A Q1 Q1 0–0
US Open A A A Q2 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner–ups)

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Legend
W60/75 tournaments (0–1)
W40/50 tournaments (2–2)
W25/35 tournaments (2–2)
W15 tournaments (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (4–5)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2019 ITF Amarante, Portugal W15 Hard Republic of Ireland Georgia Drummy 6–7(4), 3–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2019 ITF Bucha, Ukraine W15 Clay Russia Taisya Pachkaleva 7–5, 6–2
Win 2–1 Oct 2019 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Switzerland Valentina Ryser 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–1 May 2021 ITF Santa Margarita de Montbui, Spain W15 Hard Spain Celia Cerviño Ruiz 6–2, 6–0
Loss 3–2 Jul 2021 President's Cup, Kazakhstan W25 Hard Russia Anastasia Tikhonova 6–2, 5–7, 1–6
Win 4–2 Jan 2022 ITF Manacor, Spain W25 Hard Japan Yuki Naito 6–3, 6–3
Loss 4–3 Jun 2023 ITF La Marsa, Tunisia W40 Hard Jana Kolodynska 2–6, 0–2 ret.
Loss 4–4 Sep 2023 ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France W40 Clay Bulgaria Gergana Topalova 5–7, 7–5, 1–6
Loss 4–5 Dec 2023 ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil W25 Clay Portugal Francisca Jorge 1–6, 1–6
Win 5–5 Mar 2024 ITF Gurugram, India W35 Hard South Korea Ku Yeon-woo 6–0, 6–1
Win 6–5 Sep 2024 ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France W50 Clay Spain Kaitlin Quevedo 7–5, 7–6(2)
Win 7–5 Jan 2025 Porto Women's Indoor ITF, Portugal W50+H Hard (i) United States Tyra Caterina Grant 6–7(2), 6–3, 6–2
Loss 7–6 Jul 2025 ITF Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain W75 Hard Poland Linda Klimovičová 6–0, 6–7(5), 0–6

Doubles: 42 (25 titles, 17 runner–ups)

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Legend
W100 tournaments (1–1)
W60/75 tournaments (4–3)
W40/50 tournaments (3–1)
W25/35 tournaments (8–8)
W10/15 tournaments (9–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (15–11)
Clay (10–6)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2014 Telavi Open, Georgia W10 Clay Lithuania Agnė Čepelytė Belgium India Maggen
Slovakia Lenka Wienerová 		6–1, 7–5
Loss 1–1 Sep 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey W10 Hard Lithuania Agnė Čepelytė Japan Yumi Nakano
Japan Kotomi Takahata 		1–6, 5–7
Win 2–1 Jun 2019 ITF Madrid, Spain W15 Hard United States Christina Rosca Romania Ioana Loredana Roșca
Bulgaria Julia Terziyska 		6–3, 6–7(8), [10–8]
Loss 2–2 Jul 2019 ITF Cancún, Mexico W15 Hard France Tiphanie Fiquet United States Adriana Reami
United States Anna Rogers 		6–7(1), 4–6
Win 3–2 Sep 2019 ITF Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia W15 Clay Croatia Mariana Dražić Slovakia Kristýna Hrabalová
Slovakia Laura Svatíková 		6–2, 7–6(5)
Win 4–2 Oct 2019 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard United States Dasha Ivanova Slovakia Romana Čisovská
Poland Stefania Rogozińska Dzik 		6–1, 7–5
Win 5–2 Oct 2019 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard United States Dasha Ivanova Slovakia Katarína Kužmová
Ukraine Anastasiya Poplavska 		5–7, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 6–2 Nov 2019 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Venezuela Nadia Echeverría Alam Egypt Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz
Gabon Célestine Avomo Ella 		7–6(6), 7–6(2)
Win 7–2 Jan 2020 ITF Cancún, Mexico W15 Hard Netherlands Lian Tran Mexico Victoria Rodríguez
United States Sofia Sewing 		6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 8–2 Nov 2020 ITF Haabneeme, Estonia W15 Hard (i) Netherlands Lexie Stevens United Kingdom Emily Appleton
Poland Martyna Kubka 		6–2, 6–1
Loss 8–3 Feb 2021 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Japan Miharu Imanishi Czech Republic Kristýna Lavičková
Czech Republic Anna Sisková 		6–7(0), 4–6
Win 9–3 May 2021 ITF Platja d'Aro, Spain W25 Clay Romania Oana Georgeta Simion Philippines Alex Eala
Russia Oksana Selekhmeteva 		6–3, 7–5
Win 10–3 May 2021 ITF Santa Margarita de Montbui, Spain W15 Hard Argentina Victoria Bosio Spain Celia Cerviño Ruiz
United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls 		4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Loss 10–4 Jun 2021 ITF Vilnius, Lithuania W15 Hard (i) Lithuania Akvilė Paražinskaitė Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Russia Anna Morgina 		2–6, 6–3, [2–10]
Win 11–4 Aug 2021 ITF Parnu, Estonia W25 Clay Czech Republic Anna Sisková India Rutuja Bhosale
Belgium Magali Kempen 		6–7(5), 6–3, [10–5]
Loss 11–5 Aug 2021 ITF Ourense, Spain W25 Hard Spain Alba Carrillo Marin Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan
Russia Ekaterina Yashina 		2–6, 3–6
Loss 11–6 Sep 2021 ITF Trieste, Italy W25 Clay Australia Olivia Tjandramula Romania Andreea Prisacariu
Slovenia Nika Radišić 		5–7, 2–6
Win 12–6 Feb 2022 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W25 Hard Netherlands Isabelle Haverlag Romania Irina Fetecău
Switzerland Simona Waltert 		6–1, 6–2
Loss 12–7 Feb 2022 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK W25 Hard (i) Valeria Savinykh United States Quinn Gleason
United States Catherine Harrison 		4–6, 1–6
Win 13–7 Apr 2022 Open de Seine-et-Marne, France W60 Hard (i) Netherlands Isabelle Haverlag Sofya Lansere
Oksana Selekhmeteva 		6–4, 6–2
Win 14–7 May 2022 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W25 Clay Slovenia Nika Radišić Spain Leyre Romero Gormaz
Netherlands Arantxa Rus 		4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss 14–8 Jul 2022 ITF Palma del Río, Spain W25+H Hard Spain Celia Cerviño Ruiz Valeria Savinykh
Hungary Fanny Stollár 		6–7(3), 2–6
Win 15–8 Jul 2022 ITF Corroios-Seixal, Portugal W25 Hard Hong Kong Cody Wong Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan
Chinese Taipei Wu Fang-hsien 		6–2, 7–5
Loss 15–9 Jul 2022 Open Araba en Femenino, Spain W60 Hard Netherlands Isabelle Haverlag Maria Bondarenko
Romania Ioana Loredana Roșca 		6–4, 4–6, [9–11]
Win 16–9 Aug 2022 ITF Pärnu, Estonia W25 Clay Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova Greece Eleni Christofi
Bulgaria Gergana Topalova 		6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
Loss 16–10 Jan 2023 GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK W25 Hard (i) Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs Slovakia Viktória Morvayová
Czech Republic Anna Sisková 		3–6, 7–6(3), [6–10]
Win 17–10 Mar 2023 Open de Touraine, France W25 Hard (i) Slovenia Veronika Erjavec United States Chiara Scholl
Bosnia and Herzegovina Anita Wagner 		6–4, 6–0
Win 18–10 Sep 2023 ITF Skopje, North Macedonia W40 Clay Kazakhstan Zhibek Kulambayeva Japan Rina Saigo
Japan Yukina Saigo 		6–3, 6–4
Win 19–10 Oct 2023 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula,, Italy W25 Clay Slovenia Veronika Erjavec Italy Nuria Brancaccio
Italy Angelica Moratelli 		7–6(6), 6–0
Loss 19–11 Dec 2023 ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil W25 Clay Italy Nicole Fossa Huergo Brazil Ana Candiotto
Argentina Melany Krywoj 		2–6, 6–1, [6–10]
Win 20–11 Dec 2023 ITF Vacaria, Brazil W60 Clay (i) Peru Romina Ccuno Portugal Francisca Jorge
Portugal Matilde Jorge 		6–2, 6–3
Loss 20–12 Feb 2024 ITF Gurugram, India W35 Hard Sweden Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Kazakhstan Zhibek Kulambayeva
India Ankita Raina 		4–6, 2–6
Loss 20–13 Mar 2024 ITF Nagpur, India W35 Clay South Korea Ku Yeon-woo Romania Irina Bara
Slovenia Dalila Jakupović 		7–6(8), 6–7(5), [7–10]
Loss 20–14 Apr 2024 Split Open, Croatia W75 Clay Slovenia Veronika Erjavec Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
India Prarthana Thombare 		4–6, 1–6
Win 21–14 May 2024 Florida's Sports Coast Open, US W75 Clay United States Christina Rosca United States Anna Rogers
United States Alana Smith 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 21–15 Sep 2024 ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France W50 Clay Greece Sapfo Sakellaridi France Sarah Iliev
France Emma Léné 		6–7(5), 2–6
Win 22–15 Oct 2024 ITF Quinta do Lago, Portugal W50 Hard Portugal Matilde Jorge Belgium Magali Kempen
Belgium Lara Salden 		2–6, 6–4, [14–12]
Win 23–15 Oct 2024 ITF Toronto, Canada W75 Hard (i) United States Jamie Loeb France Julie Belgraver
Netherlands Jasmijn Gimbrère 		6–2, 6–1
Win 24–15 Feb 2025 ITF Mâcon, France W50 Hard (i) Belgium Magali Kempen Germany Tayisiya Morderger
Germany Yana Morderger 		7–6(5), 6–2
Loss 24–16 Mar 2025 ITF Târgu Mureș, Romania W75 Hard (i) United Kingdom Madeleine Brooks Italy Camilla Rosatello
Serbia Nina Stojanović 		6–7(1), 2–6
Loss 24–17 Jun 2025 Open de Biarritz, France W100 Clay United States Jessie Aney Spain Irene Burillo Escorihuela
Mexico María Portillo Ramírez 		6–4, 1–6, [5–10]
Win 25–17 Jul 2025 Figueira da Foz International Ladies Open, Portugal W100 Hard Czech Republic Aneta Laboutková Portugal Francisca Jorge
Portugal Matilde Jorge 		6–4, 3–6, [10–6]

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation

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Singles (1–4)

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Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2012 Z3 R/R Apr 2012 Cairo (EGY) Tunisia Tunisia Clay Nour Abbès L 6–2, 2–6, 6–7(7)
2013 Z2 R/R Apr 2013 Ulcinj (MNE) South Africa South Africa Clay Lynn Kiro W 6–3, 6–1
Greece Greece Despina Papamichail L 1–6, 1–6
Montenegro Montenegro Ana Veselinović L 1–6, 6–1, 4–6
Z2 P/O Tunisia Tunisia Nour Abbès L 3–6, 4–6

Doubles (8–3)

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Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
2012 Z3 R/R Apr 2012 Cairo (EGY) Namibia Namibia Clay Lina Stančiūtė Lesedi Sheya Jacobs
Carita Moolman 		W 6–2, 6–0
Moldova Moldova Akvilė Paražinskaitė Melisa Martinov
Alina Soltanici 		W 6–0, 6–2
Egypt Egypt Akvilė Paražinskaitė Magy Aziz
Mora Eshak 		W 6–3, 6–1
Cyprus Cyprus Akvilė Paražinskaitė Joanna Nena Savva
Andria Tsaggaridou 		W 5–7, 6–2, 6–1
Tunisia Tunisia Akvilė Paražinskaitė Nour Abbès
Ons Jabeur 		W 2–3 ret.
Z3 P/O Morocco Morocco Lina Stančiūtė Fatima El Allami
Bahia Mouhtassine 		W 6–4, 7–5
2013 Z2 R/R Apr 2013 Ulcinj (MNE) Greece Greece Clay Lina Stančiūtė Despina Papamichail
Despoina Vogasari 		W 4–6, 6–0, 6–2
2014 Z2 R/R Apr 2014 Šiauliai (LTU) Finland Finland Hard (i) Lina Stančiūtė Emma Laine
Piia Suomalainen 		L 6–7(4), 3–6
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Lina Stančiūtė Kathinka von Deichmann
Stephanie Vogt 		L 1–6, 4–6
Montenegro Montenegro Agnė Čepelytė Tamara Bojanić
Nikoleta Bulatović 		W 6–0, 6–2
Z2 P/O Egypt Egypt Lina Stančiūtė Ola Abou Zekry
Mayar Sherif 		L 5–7, 6–7(4)

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