Justina Mikulskytė
Lithuanian tennis player (born 1996)
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Justina Mikulskytė (born 6 February 1996) is a Lithuanian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of No. 198 in singles, achieved on 11 August 2025, and world No. 141 in doubles, achieved on 6 October 2025. She played collegiate tennis at the University of Kentucky.
Mikulskytė at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Country (sports) | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 February 1996 Šiauliai, Lithuania |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | Kentucky |
| Prize money | US$ 450,350 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 299–218 |
| Career titles | 8 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 198 (11 August 2025) |
| Current ranking | No. 237 (8 June 2026) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q2 (2026) |
| French Open | Q3 (2025) |
| Wimbledon | Q2 (2026) |
| US Open | Q2 (2025) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 242–131 |
| Career titles | 27 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 141 (6 October 2025) |
| Current ranking | No. 158 (8 June 2026) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 24–16 |
| Last updated on: 9 June 2026. | |
Early life
Mikulskytė was born in Šiauliai.[1] At the age of eight, she began training under coach Rita Romencovienė. She attended Didždvario gimnazija in her hometown.[2] In 2011, she and Akvilė Paražinskaitė won the bronze medal in girls' doubles at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival.[3]
Career
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 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 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 the singles title at the W50 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 Open in Mâcon.[17] That June, she and Jessie Aney reached the doubles final of the Open de Biarritz, but lost to Irene Burillo and María Portillo Ramírez.[18]
Grand Slam performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2019 | ITF Amarante, Portugal | W15 | Hard | 6–7(4), 3–6 | |
| Win | 1–1 | Sep 2019 | ITF Bucha, Ukraine | W15 | Clay | 7–5, 6–2 | |
| Win | 2–1 | Oct 2019 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W15 | Hard | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 | |
| Win | 3–1 | May 2021 | ITF Santa Margarita de Montbui, Spain | W15 | Hard | 6–2, 6–0 | |
| Loss | 3–2 | Jul 2021 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan | W25 | Hard | 6–2, 5–7, 1–6 | |
| Win | 4–2 | Jan 2022 | ITF Manacor, Spain | W25 | Hard | 6–3, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 4–3 | Jun 2023 | ITF La Marsa, Tunisia | W40 | Hard | 2–6, 0–2 ret. | |
| Loss | 4–4 | Sep 2023 | ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France | W40 | Clay | 5–7, 7–5, 1–6 | |
| Loss | 4–5 | Dec 2023 | ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil | W25 | Clay | 1–6, 1–6 | |
| Win | 5–5 | Mar 2024 | ITF Gurugram, India | W35 | Hard | 6–0, 6–1 | |
| Win | 6–5 | Sep 2024 | ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France | W50 | Clay | 7–5, 7–6(2) | |
| Win | 7–5 | Jan 2025 | Porto Indoor, Portugal | W50+H | Hard (i) | 6–7(2), 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 7–6 | Jul 2025 | Open Araba en Femenino, Spain | W75 | Hard | 6–0, 6–7(5), 0–6 | |
| Loss | 7–7 | Dec 2025 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | 5–7, 4–6 | |
| Win | 8–7 | May 2026 | ITF Tumkur, India | W35 | Hard | 1–0 ret. | |
| Loss | 8–8 | Jul 2026 | Open Araba en Femenino, Spain | W75 | Hard | 7–5, 3–6, 3–6 |
Doubles: 45 (27 titles, 18 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Aug 2014 | Telavi Open, Georgia | W10 | Clay | 6–1, 7–5 | ||
| Loss | 1–1 | Sep 2014 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W10 | Hard | 1–6, 5–7 | ||
| Win | 2–1 | Jun 2019 | ITF Madrid, Spain | W15 | Hard | 6–3, 6–7(8), [10–8] | ||
| Loss | 2–2 | Jul 2019 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | W15 | Hard | 6–7(1), 4–6 | ||
| Win | 3–2 | Sep 2019 | ITF Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia | W15 | Clay | 6–2, 7–6(5) | ||
| Win | 4–2 | Oct 2019 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W15 | Hard | 6–1, 7–5 | ||
| Win | 5–2 | Oct 2019 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W15 | Hard | 5–7, 6–4, [10–8] | ||
| Win | 6–2 | Nov 2019 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | 7–6(6), 7–6(2) | ||
| Win | 7–2 | Jan 2020 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | W15 | Hard | 6–2, 4–6, [10–7] | ||
| Win | 8–2 | Nov 2020 | ITF Haabneeme, Estonia | W15 | Hard (i) | 6–2, 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 8–3 | Feb 2021 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W15 | Hard | 6–7(0), 4–6 | ||
| Win | 9–3 | May 2021 | ITF Platja d'Aro, Spain | W25 | Clay | 6–3, 7–5 | ||
| Win | 10–3 | May 2021 | ITF Santa Margarita de Montbui, Spain |
W15 | Hard | 4–6, 6–1, [10–7] | ||
| Loss | 10–4 | Jun 2021 | ITF Vilnius, Lithuania | W15 | Hard (i) | 2–6, 6–3, [2–10] | ||
| Win | 11–4 | Aug 2021 | ITF Parnu, Estonia | W25 | Clay | 6–7(5), 6–3, [10–5] | ||
| Loss | 11–5 | Aug 2021 | ITF Ourense, Spain | W25 | Hard | 2–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 11–6 | Sep 2021 | ITF Trieste, Italy | W25 | Clay | 5–7, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 12–6 | Feb 2022 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W25 | Hard | 6–1, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 12–7 | Feb 2022 | GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK | W25 | Hard (i) | 4–6, 1–6 | ||
| Win | 13–7 | Apr 2022 | Open de Seine-et-Marne, France | W60 | Hard (i) | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 14–7 | May 2022 | ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | W25 | Clay | 4–6, 7–5, [10–7] | ||
| Loss | 14–8 | Jul 2022 | ITF Palma del Río, Spain | W25+H | Hard | 6–7(3), 2–6 | ||
| Win | 15–8 | Jul 2022 | ITF Corroios-Seixal, Portugal | W25 | Hard | 6–2, 7–5 | ||
| Loss | 15–9 | Jul 2022 | Open Araba en Femenino, Spain | W60 | Hard | 6–4, 4–6, [9–11] | ||
| Win | 16–9 | Aug 2022 | ITF Pärnu, Estonia | W25 | Clay | 6–2, 4–6, [10–8] | ||
| Loss | 16–10 | Jan 2023 | GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK | W25 | Hard (i) | 3–6, 7–6(3), [6–10] | ||
| Win | 17–10 | Mar 2023 | Open de Touraine, France | W25 | Hard (i) | 6–4, 6–0 | ||
| Win | 18–10 | Sep 2023 | ITF Skopje, North Macedonia | W40 | Clay | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 19–10 | Oct 2023 | ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | W25 | Clay | 7–6(6), 6–0 | ||
| Loss | 19–11 | Dec 2023 | ITF Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil | W25 | Clay | 2–6, 6–1, [6–10] | ||
| Win | 20–11 | Dec 2023 | ITF Vacaria, Brazil | W60 | Clay (i) | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 20–12 | Feb 2024 | ITF Gurugram, India | W35 | Hard | 4–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 20–13 | Mar 2024 | ITF Nagpur, India | W35 | Clay | 7–6(8), 6–7(5), [7–10] | ||
| Loss | 20–14 | Apr 2024 | Split Open, Croatia | W75 | Clay | 4–6, 1–6 | ||
| Win | 21–14 | May 2024 | Florida's Sports Coast Open, US | W75 | Clay | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 21–15 | Sep 2024 | ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France | W50 | Clay | 6–7(5), 2–6 | ||
| Win | 22–15 | Oct 2024 | ITF Quinta do Lago, Portugal | W50 | Hard | 2–6, 6–4, [14–12] | ||
| Win | 23–15 | Oct 2024 | Toronto Challenger, Canada | W75 | Hard (i) | 6–2, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 24–15 | Feb 2025 | Mâcon Open, France | W50 | Hard (i) | 7–6(5), 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 24–16 | Mar 2025 | ITF Târgu Mureș, Romania | W75 | Hard (i) | 6–7(1), 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 24–17 | Jun 2025 | Open de Biarritz, France | W100 | Clay | 6–4, 1–6, [5–10] | ||
| Win | 25–17 | Jul 2025 | Figueira da Foz Open, Portugal | W100 | Hard | 6–4, 3–6, [10–6] | ||
| Win | 26–17 | Sep 2025 | ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France | W50 | Clay | 6–1, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 27–17 | Feb 2026 | AK Ladies Open, Germany | W75 | Hard (i) | 6–1, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 27–18 | May 2026 | Bratislava Open, Slovakia | W75 | Clay | 5–7, 2–6 |
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup
Singles (1–4)
| Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Score |
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| 2012 | Z3 R/R | Apr 2012 | Cairo (EGY) | Clay | Nour Abbès | L | 6–2, 2–6, 6–7(7) | |
| 2013 | Z2 R/R | Apr 2013 | Ulcinj (MNE) | Clay | Lynn Kiro | W | 6–3, 6–1 | |
| Despina Papamichail | L | 1–6, 1–6 | ||||||
| Ana Veselinović | L | 1–6, 6–1, 4–6 | ||||||
| Z2 P/O | Nour Abbès | L | 3–6, 4–6 |
Doubles (8–3)
| Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Partner | Opponents | W/L | Score |
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| 2012 | Z3 R/R | Apr 2012 | Cairo (EGY) | Clay | Lina Stančiūtė | Lesedi Sheya Jacobs Carita Moolman |
W | 6–2, 6–0 | |
| Akvilė Paražinskaitė | Melisa Martinov Alina Soltanici |
W | 6–0, 6–2 | ||||||
| Akvilė Paražinskaitė | Magy Aziz Mora Eshak |
W | 6–3, 6–1 | ||||||
| Akvilė Paražinskaitė | Joanna Nena Savva Andria Tsaggaridou |
W | 5–7, 6–2, 6–1 | ||||||
| Akvilė Paražinskaitė | Nour Abbès Ons Jabeur |
W | 2–3 ret. | ||||||
| Z3 P/O | Lina Stančiūtė | Fatima El Allami Bahia Mouhtassine |
W | 6–4, 7–5 | |||||
| 2013 | Z2 R/R | Apr 2013 | Ulcinj (MNE) | Clay | Lina Stančiūtė | Despina Papamichail Despoina Vogasari |
W | 4–6, 6–0, 6–2 | |
| 2014 | Z2 R/R | Apr 2014 | Šiauliai (LTU) | Hard (i) | Lina Stančiūtė | Emma Laine Piia Suomalainen |
L | 6–7(4), 3–6 | |
| Lina Stančiūtė | Kathinka von Deichmann Stephanie Vogt |
L | 1–6, 4–6 | ||||||
| Agnė Čepelytė | Tamara Bojanić Nikoleta Bulatović |
W | 6–0, 6–2 | ||||||
| Z2 P/O | Lina Stančiūtė | Ola Abou Zekry Mayar Sherif |
L | 5–7, 6–7(4) |