[3][4] Ristić won the U16 European Championship in Přerov, Czech Republic in July 2022, without dropping a set.

[5] In the final, she defeated Spaniard Marta Soriano Santiago, for the loss of only two games,[6] a scoreline she achieved four times during the competition.

In August, she won her first professional tournament, aged 16 years old, defeating Cristina Dinu in the final of the $25k ITF event in Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia.

[7] In July 2023, Ristić qualified for her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2023 Palermo Ladies Open.

[9] She beat the tournament's top seed Veronika Erjavec in the second round, and fellow qualifier Aurora Zantedeschi in the final.