Valentina Ivanov

Valentina Ivanov

Country (sports)	New Zealand
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Born	(2001-03-27) 27 March 2001 (age 20) Christchurch, New Zealand[1]
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Plays	Right-handed (double-handed backhand)
Prize money	$7,714
Singles
Career record	19–19
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 738 (28 January 2019)
Current ranking	No. 1097 (13 September 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Junior	1R (2019)
Doubles
Career record	10–8
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 733 (5 August 2019)
Current ranking	No. 1145 (13 September 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior	1R (2019)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	8–1 (Singles 4–1, Doubles 4–0)
Last updated on: 14 September 2021.

Valentina Sergeyevna Ivanov (born 27 March 2001) is a New Zealand tennis player, although she has lived in Sydney since she was two years old.^[2] Ivanov's mother Oksana (née Yarikova) was a member of the Uzbekistan Fed Cup team in 1995 and 1997, being joined in the latter by her younger sister Irina. The Uzbekistan team captain that year was Oksana's future husband (and Valentina's father), Sergey Ivanov. Valentina was coached by both parents until she was 12.

Ivanov has a career high ITF junior combined ranking of 85, achieved on 2 April 2018.

Tennis career[]

Junior highlights[]

Ivanov won two Grade 4 singles titles in 2017, and five junior doubles titles in 2017 and 2018, four with Australian Amber Marshall and one, the Grade 2 2017 Lee Duk Hee Cup Chuncheon International Junior Tennis Championships, with .

2019[]

Ivanov made her WTA main draw debut as a wild card, with fellow New Zealand junior Elys Ventura, in the ASB Classic in Auckland. They lost in the first round of doubles to the eventual runners-up, Paige Hourigan and Taylor Townsend, after Ivanov had defeated Hourigan in the first round of singles qualifying, repeating the result of the New Zealand Championships final.^[3] She lost in the second qualifying round to Bibiane Schoofs. She then came through qualifying to reach the first round of the Girls' Singles at the Australian Open, where she lost to the fifth seed, Mananchaya Sawangkaew. She also lost in the first round of doubles.

Ivanov's first senior title came in Port Pirie, South Australia, in February, when she and Marshall defeated the top seeds Jennifer Elie and Alicia Smith in the semi-finals before beating and in the doubles final.^[4] A poor run of form in qualifying for singles main draws was only slightly alleviated by reaching the doubles semi-final at a tournament in Heraklion. However, she made her Fed Cup debut for New Zealand in June in the best possible manner, defeating of Pakistan, 6–0, 6–0. She won two singles and three doubles matches as New Zealand finished a disappointing fourth in the tournament.

Although she and Mylène Halemai reached the doubles semi-final of her first tournament when back in Europe, at Alkmaar, she got past the first round of doubles only once more in the season, whilst also getting to the singles main draw only once more in Europe. It took until her last event for the year, in Tucson, Arizona, before she got any further, making it to the quarter-finals but having to default through injury.

2020[]

Ivanov began the year at the ASB Classic in Auckland, where her original wild card into qualifying was upgraded to one in the main draw. Ranked 1014 at the time of entry, she was not disgraced when going down in straight sets to 63rd ranked Jil Teichmann, 4–6, 3–6, having broken the Swiss player's serve in the second set.

She was unbeaten in three singles matches when New Zealand hosted one pool in the 2020 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in Wellington, before heading back to UC Berkeley to continue her studies. She didn't play again before international play was suspended in early March because of the Covid-19 coronavirus, and soon afterwards returned to Sydney. Her only subsequent competitive matches were in UTR tournaments in her home city, reaching one final after beating Destanee Aiava in a round-robin match.

ITF finals[]

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[]

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	16 February 2019	$15,000	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Amber Marshall		7–5, 6–2

Fed Cup participation[]

Singles[]

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2019 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II	R/R	20 June 2019	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Pakistan	Hard		W	6–0, 6–0
	P/O	22 June 2019		Malaysia			L	5–7, 5–7
2020 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II	R/R	5 February 2020	Wellington, New Zealand	Mongolia			W	6–0, 6–0
		7 February 2020		Singapore			W	6–1, 6–1
	P/O	8 February 2020		Philippines			W	7–5, 6–1

Doubles[]

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2019 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II	R/R	20 June 2019	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Pakistan	Hard	Erin Routliffe		W	6–0, 6–1
		21 June 2019		Hong Kong			Ng Kwan-yau Wu Ho-ching	W	6–2, 6–2
	P/O	22 June 2019		Malaysia			Jawairiah Noordin	W	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
2020 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II	R/R	5 February 2020	Wellington, New Zealand	Pakistan			Ushna Suhail	W	6–1, 6–0

References[]

External links[]

• Valentina Ivanov at the Women's Tennis Association
• Valentina Ivanov at the International Tennis Federation