Anastasiya Yakimova

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Anastasiya Yakimova
Настасся Якімава
Anastasiya Yakimova US Open 2011.jpg
Yakimova at the 2011 US Open
Country (sports) Belarus
ResidenceLas Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Born (1986-11-01) 1 November 1986 (age 35)
Minsk, Soviet Union
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2001
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,075,533
Singles
Career record355–240 (59.7%)
Career titles0 WTA, 13 ITF
Highest ranking49 (31 July 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open3R (2007)
French Open2R (2006, 2008)
Wimbledon2R (2011, 2012)
US Open2R (2011)
Doubles
Career record134–105 (56.1%)
Career titles2 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking67 (19 June 2006)
Team competitions
Fed Cup10–13

Anastasiya Yakimova (Belarusian: Настасся Аляксееўна Якімава; Russian: Анастасия Алексеевна Екимова; born 1 November 1986) is a former tennis player from Belarus. She made it to the third round of the 2007 Australian Open, defeating Ai Sugiyama of Japan, a seeded player, on the way in the second round.

The last tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit she played in August 2017, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Career[]

Yakimova began the year by qualifying for the 2009 Medibank International Sydney. She defeated Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, Sophie Ferguson and Klára Zakopalová en route to qualifying. She faced Annabel Medina Garrigues in the first round and lost in three sets. She then headed to the Australian Open where she lost to Gisela Dulko, also in three sets. She played her first ITF tournament of the year at the $50k event in Cali, Colombia. As the fourth seed, Yakimova battled through to the final where she defeated Rossana de los Ríos to take her seventh ITF title.

She then qualified for both Indian Wells and Miami, two Premier Mandatory events. In Indian Wells, she defeated Varvara Lepchenko before falling to reigning champion Ana Ivanovic. In Miami, she beat fellow Olga Govortsova and then 13th seed Marion Bartoli to reach the third round. There she lost to Alisa Kleybanova.

At the 2009 Barcelona Ladies Open, Yakimova qualified and managed to make it to her first WTA quarterfinal of the year. She defeated Sorana Cîrstea and Magdaléna Rybáriková before falling to eventual champion, Roberta Vinci. She then played in the $50k Saint-Gaudens event as the top seed. She made it to the final where she defeated Yanina Wickmayer for her second title of the year. Then, in Strasbourg she received main-draw entry without qualifying. She defeated Maret Ani in the first round before falling to eventual finalist Aravane Rezaï.

At the 2009 French Open, she was drawn against comeback player Maria Sharapova in the first round, losing in three sets.

In 2011, she won the $100k Bahamas Open.

WTA career finals[]

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)[]

Before 2009 Starting in 2009
Tier I (0–0) Premier M (0–0)
Tier II (0–0) Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier III (0–0) Premier (0–0)
Tier IV & V (2–0) International (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 27 May 2006 İstanbul Cup, Turkey Clay Ukraine Alona Bondarenko India Sania Mirza
Australia Alicia Molik
6–2, 6–4
Winner 2. 1 October 2007 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Hard Belarus Ekaterina Dzehalevich Belarus Tatiana Poutchek
Australia Anastassia Rodionova
2–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Runner-up 1. 21 February 2010 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay Ukraine Olga Savchuk Argentina Gisela Dulko
Romania Edina Gallovits-Hall
2–6, 6–7(8)

ITF Circuit finals[]

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 25 (13–12)[]

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Oct 2002 ITF Minsk, Belarus Carpet (i) Israel Evgenia Linetskaya 2–6, 1–6
Win 1. Feb 2003 ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal Hard Germany Caroline Ann Basu 6–3, 6–1
Loss 2. Jul 2003 ITF Toruń, Poland Clay Poland Marta Domachowska 5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Win 2. Mar 2004 ITF St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet (i) Finland Emma Laine 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss 3. Aug 2004 ITF Balashikha, Russia Clay Austria Yvonne Meusburger 3–6, 7–6, 0–6
Loss 4. Oct 2004 ITF Minsk, Belarus Carpet (i) Ukraine Olga Savchuk 4–6, 4–6
Win 3. Nov 2004 ITF Poitiers, France Carpet (i) Switzerland Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian 7–5, 6–2
Win 4. Oct 2005 ITF Batumi, Georgia Hard (i) Serbia Ana Timotić 6–4, 6–1
Loss 5. Apr 2006 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Germany Martina Müller 6–7, 6–2, 0–6
Loss 6. May 2006 ITF Jounieh, Lebanon Clay Tunisia Selima Sfar 4–6, 5–7
Loss 7. Sep 2007 ITF Denain, France Clay France Olivia Sanchez 2–6, 6–1, 1–6
Win 5. Jul 2008 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Greece Anna Gerasimou 6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Loss 8. Oct 2008 ITF Jounieh, Lebanon Clay Romania Irina-Camelia Begu 2–6, 0–6
Win 6. Nov 2008 ITF Phoenix, Mauritius Hard Austria Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 3–6, 6–2, 1–0 ret.
Win 7. Feb 2009 ITF Cali, Colombia Clay Paraguay Rossana de los Ríos 6–3, 6–0
Win 8. May 2009 Open Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Belgium Yanina Wickmayer 7–5, 7–6(0)
Win 9. Aug 2009 ITF Astana, Kazakhstan Hard Austria Nikola Hofmanova 6–0, 6–4
Win 10. Apr 2010 ITF Monzón, Spain Hard Slovakia Zuzana Kučová 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 9. Apr 2010 ITF Dothan, United States Clay Romania Edina Gallovits-Hall 1–6, 4–6
Win 11. Mar 2011 Bahamas Open Hard Germany Angelique Kerber 6–3, 6–2
Loss 10. May 2011 ITF Reggio Emilia, Italy Clay United States Sloane Stephens 3–6, 1–6
Win 12. Sep 2011 Ningbo Challenger, China Hard Japan Erika Sema 7–6(3), 6–3
Loss 11. Apr 2012 ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain Hard Belarus Ksenia Milevskaya 5–7, 7–6(5), 4–6
Loss 12. Apr 2012 ITF Vic, Spain Clay Belarus Ksenia Milevskaya 4–6, 2–6
Win 13. Aug 2015 ITF Las Palmas, Spain Clay Spain Irene Burillo Escorihuela 6–1, 6–7(3), 6–2

Doubles: 18 (11–7)[]

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 31 October 2004 ITF Minsk, Belarus Carpet (i) Belarus Darya Kustova Russia Irina Bulykina
Slovakia Katarína Kachlíková
6–4, 6–0
Runner-up 1. 16 August 2005 Bronx Open, United States Hard Belarus Tatiana Poutchek China Li Ting
China Sun Tiantian
6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 25 September 2005 ITF Jounieh, Lebanon Clay Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva Ukraine Olena Antypina
Czech Republic Hana Šromová
7–5, 6–2
Winner 3. 2 October 2005 ITF Batumi, Georgia Hard (i) Belarus Nadejda Ostrovskaya Russia Anna Bastrikova
Russia Nina Bratchikova
2–6, 6–2, 7–6
Runner-up 2. 30-Jan-2006 ITF Urtijëi, Italy Carpet (i) Belarus Tatiana Poutchek Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová
4–6, 2–6
Winner 4. 14 May 2006 ITF Jounieh, Lebanon Clay Belarus Tatiana Poutchek Argentina María José Argeri
Brazil Letícia Sobral
6–4, 7–6
Winner 5. 13 May 2007 ITF Jounieh, Lebanon Clay Belarus Tatiana Poutchek Romania Mădălina Gojnea
Romania Monica Niculescu
7–5, 6–0
Winner 6. 29 July 2007 ITF Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Spain Carla Suárez Navarro Germany Martina Müller
Luxembourg Claudine Schaul
6–7, 6–1, 7–6
Runner-up 3. 12 November 2007 ITF Deauville, France Carpet (i) Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
3–6, 5–7
Winner 7. 31 March 2008 ITF Patras, Greece Clay Israel Tzipora Obziler Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 4. 14 April 2008 Open de Saint-Malo, France Clay Czech Republic Renata Voráčová Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 5. 1 September 2008 ITF Maribor, Slovenia Clay Hungary Kyra Nagy Germany Carmen Klaschka
Germany Andrea Petkovic
0–6, 6–2, [3–10]
Winner 8. 6 October 2008 ITF Jounieh, Lebanon Clay Netherlands Chayenne Ewijk Germany Carmen Klaschka
Germany Laura Siegemund
7–5, 7–5
Runner-up 6. 9 February 2009 ITF Cali, Colombia Clay Portugal Frederica Piedade Argentina Betina Jozami
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
3–6, 1–6
Winner 9. 19 April 2010 ITF Dothan, United States Clay Russia Alina Jidkova Argentina María Irigoyen
Serbia Teodora Mirčić
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 7. 10 May 2010 Open Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Ukraine Olga Savchuk France Claire Feuerstein
France Stéphanie Foretz Gacon
2–6, 4–6
Winner 10. 7 February 2011 ITF Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Netherlands Arantxa Rus France Claire Feuerstein
Russia Ksenia Lykina
6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Winner 11. 11 August 2017 ITF Las Palmas, Spain Clay Spain Carlota Molina Megías Oman Fatma Al-Nabhani
Spain Arabela Fernández Rabener
6–4, 6–3

Performance timelines[]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

Singles[]

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 1R 1R 3R QR 1R 1R Q1 1R 0 / 6 2–6
French Open A A A Q1 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R Q2 1R 1R 0 / 7 2–7
Wimbledon A A A Q1 Q2 1R 1R QR 1R 1R 2R 2R 0 / 6 2–6
US Open A A A A QR 1R Q1 Q1 1R Q2 2R Q1 0 / 3 1–3
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–4 2–3 1–1 0–4 0–2 2–3 1–3 0 / 22 7–22
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells A A A A 1R 2R 1R A 2R Q1 Q1 1R 0 / 5 2–5
Miami A A A A QR 2R 2R A 3R Q1 2R 1R 0 / 5 5–5
Madrid not held A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Beijing not held not Tier I A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai not Tier I A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Doha not Tier 1 A not held NP5 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Rome A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canada A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati not held not Tier I A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Tokyo A A A A A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1
Career statistics
Tournaments played 0 1 11 17 25 24 25 28 22 31 31 23 238
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 4–1 26–11 37–17 36–25 39–24 24–26 44–26 36–20 36–30 42–29 23–24 0 / 238 339–233
Year-end ranking 288 177 101 69 121 113 98 121 62 253 $1,075,533

Doubles[]

Tournament 2005 2006 2011 2012 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R 0 / 6 0–1
French Open A 1R A 1R 0 / 2 0–2
Wimbledon 1R 1R A Q1 0 / 2 0–2
US Open A 2R 1R A 0 / 2 1–2
Win–Loss 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–2 0 / 9 1–7

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