Marina Erakovic (/məˈrɪnə ɪˈrækəvɪtʃ/ mə-RIN-ə ih-RAK-ə-vitch; Croatian: Marina Eraković [marǐːna erǎːkoʋitɕ]; born 6 March 1988) is a former tennis player from New Zealand. She achieved career-high rankings of 39 in singles and 25 in doubles, and won a singles title (at Memphis in February 2013) and eight doubles titles on the WTA Tour.

Born in Split, Croatia (then part of Yugoslavia), Erakovic emigrated with her family to Auckland, New Zealand, in 1994 at the age of six. She attended St Thomas's Primary School and Glendowie College in Auckland.^{[citation needed]}

Erakovic and Monica Niculescu were the runners-up to Victoria Azarenka and Olga Govortsova in the 2004 Wimbledon girls' doubles, before Erakovic teamed with Michaëlla Krajicek to win the US Open title three months later, beating Niculescu and her Romanian teammate Mădălina Gojnea. Erakovic became the first player from New Zealand to win a Grand Slam title (singles or doubles) since James Greenhalgh and Steven Downs won the boys' doubles in 1993 at the French Open and Wimbledon. Erakovic then partnered Azarenka to an easy win in the 2005 Australian Open over Nikola Fraňková and Ágnes Szávay, and reunited with Niculescu to be runners-up at Wimbledon, defeated this time by Azarenka and Szávay.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005 and 2006, Erakovic won five singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She was a wildcard entrant at the 2005 Auckland Open and lost in the second round. She lost also in the second round of qualifying at the 2006 French Open.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, she lost in the second round of qualifying at the Australian Open, the first round of qualifying for the French Open, the first round of qualifying in Wimbledon, and the third round of qualifying at the US Open. She again received a wildcard entry for the Auckland Open and was defeated once again in the second round.^{[citation needed]}

At the end of 2007, aged 19, Erakovic became New Zealand's number one, ranked No. 153 in the WTA rankings.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, Erakovic made significant progress in her tennis career. At the Auckland Open, she reached the semifinals, marking the first time a New Zealander had advanced this far in the event since 1990. She also made her debut in the Grand Slam tournaments, reaching the second round at the Australian Open and the third round in Wimbledon, the latter being the first time for a New Zealand player since 1988. Erakovic's performance at Wimbledon helped her for a year-end ranking of world No. 66. Her season, however, was impacted by a hip injury, causing her to miss the French Open and withdraw from Wimbledon. By the end of the year, her ranking was outside the top 200.^{[citation needed]}

Erakovic competed in singles and doubles at the Auckland Open, losing in the first round in both draws. She then competed at the Australian Open, losing to eventual semifinalist Li Na in the first round. In doubles, she and partner Casey Dellacqua lost to 11th seeded Russian pair of Alla Kudryavtseva and Ekaterina Makarova, in the first round.^{[citation needed]}