Ajla returned to the top 100 after defeating Clara Tauson to capture the inaugural WTA Hong Kong 125 Open last October. Her best results so far this season are WTA 250 semifinal showings at the ATX Open in Austin and Morocco Open in Rabat. Her best Grand Slam results came at Wimbledon (2021, 2022) and the US Open (2022) where she was a quarterfinalist. She also captured the WTA 125 Florianopolis in 2023. In her career, she has posted top 10 wins against Agnieszka Radwanska, Paula Badosa, Anett Kontaveit, Garbine Muguruza, Kiki Bertens, and Aryna Sabalenka. At the 2022 US Open, she beat Serena Williams in what was the American's last tour match. Ajla is a five-time finalist on the WTA Tour, with runner-up placings at Pattaya City (2015), Rabat and Seoul (2018), Hua Hin (2019), and Birmingham (2024). She also finished in the year-end top 50 in 2018, 2021 and 2022
