Stories
Biography
- Coached by Nicole Pratt
- Father's name is Alexey; mother's name is Natalia; younger brother is Stepan; has a pet dog (beagle); introduced to tennis at age 6 by parents
- Switched nationality (and representation) from Russia to Australia in December 2015
- Announced engagement to Australian tennis player Luke Saville in December 2018
- Favorite shot is forehand; favorite surface is hard; idols when growing up were the Williams sisters and Kim Clijsters
- Likes sushi, cheese, ramen, and SpongeBob SquarePants
Plays
Right-HandedCareer High
20Height
5' 5" (1.66 m)Birthday
Mar 5, 1994 March 5, 1994Birthplace
Moscow, RussiaCareer Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (1): 2017 - New Haven
Finalist (4): 2022 - Granby
2017 - Strasbourg, Hong Kong
2016 - Moscow
DOUBLES
Winner (3): 2022 - Strasbourg (w/Melichar-Martinez)
2019 - Strasbourg (w/Perez)
2015 - Istanbul (w/Svitolina)
Finalist (2): 2017 - Tokyo Pan Pacific Open (w/Kasatkina)
2016 - Moscow (w/Kasatkina)
Career in Review
Best finish in 2025 was SF at WTA 500 Merida with two Top 20 wins (d. No.11 Badosa via retirement, and No.19 Kostyuk); ended season after US Open qualifying and announced pregnancy in September
Finished 2024 with year-end ranking of No.120; season highlighted by SF finish at Hobart (l. Mertens) and QF run at San Diego, her first WTA 500 QF appearance since 2022
Returned from ACL injury at 2023 Birmingham qualifying; first main draw of return occurred at Wimbledon. Highlight of 2023 season was SF at Hamburg as a qualifier; also reached 2r at US Open, Guangzhou and Beijing
Broke back into the Top 100 in 2022, ending year at No.53, although suffered a torn ACL at Tokyo during match against Naomi Osaka. Reached fifth career final at 2022 Granby (l. Kasatkina) and reached SF at Washington DC
Opened 2021 season with 2r showings at Yarra Valley Classic and Australian Open, but then Achilles injury sidelined her until November
Battled chronic foot injuries for 18 months before returning to action with a QF run at $60K ITF/Cagnes-sur-Mer-FRA in September 2020. Only other tournament in 2020 was Roland Garros 2r (d. No.28 Yastremska, l. Bouchard)
Best results of 2019 were QF at Strasbourg (l. Paquet) and 3r at Indian Wells (l. Svitolina); also won doubles title at Strasbourg (w/Perez)
Highlights of 2018 were SF runs at Sydney (l. Barty) and Acapulco (l. eventual champion Tsurenko), and QF at Hong Kong (l. S.Zhang)
Posted second straight Top 30 season in 2017, finishing at No.25 for the second consecutive year, winning a career-best 33 main draw matches
Captured first WTA Tour singles title at 2017 New Haven in her second career Premier-level final (d. No.1 seed A.Radwanska in SF, d. No.2 seed Cibulkova in F). Also finished R-Up at Strasbourg (l. Stosur) and Hong Kong (l. Pavlyuchenkova) in 2017
Achieved career-high singles ranking of No.20 on August 28, 2017, and became Australia's No.1 on June 12, 2017 for a total of 19 weeks
Advanced to first WTA singles final at 2016 Moscow (l. Kuznetsova), which followed SF run at Hong Kong where she recorded first win over a reigning World No.1 Kerber in QF
In 2015, reached first Tour-level SF at Rome as a qualifier (d. No.7 Ivanovic in 2r, l. champion Sharapova); also won first WTA Tour doubles title at Istanbul (w/Svitolina) and made Top 100 singles debut at No.96 on March 23, 2015
Catapulted from No.233 at end of 2014 season to No.36 at end of 2015; named WTA's Most Impressive Newcomer for 2015 (media vote)
Secured permanent residence in Australia in 2013 and has represented the country in Grand Slam play since 2014 US Open. Australian passport came through in December 2015 and now represents Australia at WTA events as well
Watched 2014 Australian Open on crutches; she tore ACL in right knee at WTA 125 event in Taipei in November 2013; following surgery, did not play a tournament until July 2014, at ITF level
At 2012 's-Hertogenbosch, scored first Tour-level win over No.35 Wickmayer in 1r before losing to Flipkens in 2r
Made Tour-level debut at 2010 Moscow and contested first WTA qualifying event at 2009 Moscow
As a junior, won Youth Olympics in Singapore, and won 2010 US Open Junior singles title (d. Putintseva in F); finished 2010 as year-end Junior World No.1
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