Ema Burgić

Ema Burgić

Country (sports)	Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007–2024) United States (2024 May–present)
Born	(1992-08-22) 22 August 1992 Lukavac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$48,349
Singles
Career record	158–102
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 466 (3 October 2016)
Current ranking	No. 912 (4 November 2024)
Doubles
Career record	96–52
Career titles	12 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 145 (17 October 2016)
Current ranking	No. 744 (4 November 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	8–9
Last updated on: 4 November 2024.

Ema Burgić (born 22 August 1992) is a Bosnian-born American professional tennis player.

In her career, she won three singles and 12 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 3 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 466. On 17 October 2016, she peaked at No. 145 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Playing for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burgić has a win–loss record of 8–9.

She won her first tournament on the ITF Circuit in 2008 as a 16-year-old, at a $10k event in La Vall d'Uixó, Spain.

In June 2015, she married fellow tennis player Attila Bucko. The couple divorced in 2023. Ema Burgic returned to professional tennis in 2024 and became a United States citizen in May.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend W10/15 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (2–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2008	ITF La Vall d'Uixó, Spain	W10	Clay	Leticia Costas	6–2, 6–1
Loss	1–1	Dec 2009	ITF Vinaròs, Spain	W10	Clay	Garbiñe Muguruza	2–6, 0–3 ret.
Loss	1–2	Apr 2010	ITF Hvar, Croatia	W10	Clay	Mădălina Gojnea	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Apr 2011	ITF Hvar, Croatia	W10	Clay	Donna Vekić	7–5, 7–6(2)
Loss	2–3	Jul 2013	ITF Austin, United States	W10	Hard	Lauren Albanese	5–7, 7–5, 6–7(4)
Loss	2–4	Nov 2015	ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Jelena Simić	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Win	3–4	Nov 2015	ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Anna Kalinskaya	w/o

Doubles: 17 (12 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend W100 tournaments W50 tournaments W25/35 tournaments W10/15 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (6–2) Clay (6–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2008	ITF Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	W10	Clay	Karolina Jovanović	Martina Caciotti Mika Urbančič	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Sep 2010	ITF Brčko, Bosnia & Herzegovina	W10	Clay	Jasmina Kajtazovič	Patricia Chirea Margarita Lazareva	6–3, 6–3
Win	2–1	Jul 2013	ITF Austin, United States	W10	Hard	Blair Shankle	Rachel May Pierson Madison Westby	6–1, 7–6(5)
Win	3–1	Aug 2014	ITF Brčko, Bosnia & Herzegovina	W10	Clay	Anita Husarić	Ina Kaufinger Natálie Novotná	6–1, 6–4
Win	4–1	Oct 2015	ITF Rock Hill, United States	W25	Hard	Renata Zarazúa	Elitsa Kostova Florencia Molinero	7–5, 6–2
Win	5–1	Oct 2015	ITF Florence, United States	W25	Hard	Keri Wong	Diāna Marcinkēviča Chiara Scholl	7–6(6), 6–1
Win	6–1	Nov 2015	ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Jelena Simić	Mirabelle Njoze Miranda Ramirez	7–6(4), 6–4
Loss	6–2	Mar 2016	ITF Orlando, United States	W10	Clay	Dia Evtimova	Ulrikke Eikeri Quirine Lemoine	1–6, 3–6
Win	7–2	Jul 2016	Budapest, Hungary	W100	Clay	Georgina García Pérez	Lenka Kunčíková Karolína Stuchlá	6–4, 2–6, 12–10
Win	8–2	Jul 2016	ITS Cup, Czech Republic	W50	Clay	Jasmina Tinjić	Katharina Lehnert Anastasiya Shoshyna	7–5, 6–3
Loss	8–3	Aug 2016	ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic	W25	Clay	Georgina García Pérez	Katarzyna Kawa Cornelia Lister	1–6, 6–7(6)
Loss	8–4	Sep 2016	ITF Lubbock, United States	W25	Hard	Renata Zarazúa	Emina Bektas Catherine Harrison	3–6, 4–6
Win	9–4	Oct 2016	ITF Redding, United States	W25	Hard	Sabrina Santamaria	Julia Elbaba Bernarda Pera	6–3, 7–6(4)
Win	10–4	Dec 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Ulrikke Eikeri	Maryna Chernyshova Anna Ukolova	6–4, 6–1
Win	11–4	Dec 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Ulrikke Eikeri	Sonia Grzywocz Caitlyn Williams	6–1, 6–1
Loss	11–5	Sep 2024	Berkeley Tennis Club Challenge, United States	W35	Hard	Rutuja Bhosale	Elysia Bolton Maegan Manasse	7–6(3), 2–6, [6–10]
Win	12–5	Oct 2024	ITF Huamantla, Mexico	W15	Hard	Sabastiani León	Claudia Sofía Martínez Solís María Fernanda Navarro Oliva	3–6, 6–2, [10–6]

External links

• Ema Burgić at the Women's Tennis Association
• Ema Burgić at the International Tennis Federation
• Ema Burgić at the Billie Jean King Cup