Valeria Savinykh

Valeria Savinykh
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Vienna, Austria
Born	20 February 1991 (age 30); Sverdlovsk, RSFSR, Soviet Union (now Yekaterinburg, Russia)
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Tomasz Iwanski
Prize money	US$ 698,729
Singles
Career record	382–282 (57.5%)
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 99 (9 April 2012)
Current ranking	No. 191 (13 December 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2013)
French Open	Q1 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2021)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2012)
US Open	Q3 (2012)
Doubles
Career record	260–180 (59.1%)
Career titles	1 WTA 125K, 22 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 98 (20 November 2017)
Current ranking	No. 169 (13 December 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (2012)
	Last updated on: 14 December 2021.

Valeria Dmitrievna Savinykh (Russian: Валерия Дмитриевна Савиных; born 20 February 1991) is a Russian tennis player.

In April 2012, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 99. On 20 November 2017, she peaked at No. 98 in the WTA doubles rankings. Savinykh has won eight singles titles and 22 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Career[]

Her father, Dmitry, introduced her to tennis at age five, and her mother, Elena, often travels with her. Valeria trains at the SotoTennis Academy in Spain.

Since November 2012, Savinykh is coached by Polish Tomasz Iwański.^[1]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline[]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	P	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2019	2020	2021	2022	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	1R	3R	A	Q2	1R	Q2	2–3
French Open	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	A	Q1	Q1		0–0
Wimbledon	A	Q2	Q3	A	Q1	NH	Q1		0–0
US Open	Q2	Q2	Q3	A	Q2	A	Q1		0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–3

WTA career finals[]

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)[]

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
International / WTA 250

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2013	Brasil Tennis Cup	International	Hard	Anne Keothavong	Anabel Medina Garrigues Yaroslava Shvedova	0–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2019	Japan Women's Open	International	Hard	Christina McHale	Misaki Doi Nao Hibino	6–3, 4–6, [4–10]

WTA 125 tournament finals[]

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2017	Open de Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Maryna Zanevska	Chloé Paquet Pauline Parmentier	6–0, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 20 (8 titles, 12 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2008	ITF Rabat, Morocco	10,000	Clay	Lisa Sabino	1–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2008	ITF Limoges, France	10,000	Hard (i)	Marina Melnikova	1–0 ret.
Loss	0–3	Jun 2010	ITF Båstad, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Sofia Arvidsson	3–6, 1–6
Loss	0–4	Nov 2010	Open Nantes Atlantique, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Lucie Hradecká	3–6, 1–6
Win	1–4	Apr 2011	Soweto Open Johannesburg, South Africa	100,000	Hard	Petra Cetkovská	6–1, 6–3
Loss	1–5	Dec 2011	Ankara Cup, Turkey	50,000	Hard (i)	Kristina Mladenovic	5–7, 7–5, 1–6
Loss	1–6	May 2014	Nana Trophy Tunis, Tunisia	25,000	Clay	Ons Jabeur	3–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Loss	1–7	Jun 2016	ITF Puszczykowo, Poland	10,000	Hard	Marie Bouzková	2–6, 0–6
Loss	1–8	Jul 2016	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	10,000	Hard	Vera Lapko	6–7⁽³⁾, 6–3, 4–6
Win	2–8	Oct 2016	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Gabriella Taylor	6–2, 4–1 ret.
Loss	2–9	May 2017	ITF Santarém, Portugal	15,000	Hard	Cristina Bucșa	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–9	Jun 2017	ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	15,000	Hard	Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic	6–2, 6–0
Win	4–9	Aug 2017	Mençuna Cup, Turkey	60,000	Hard	Ayla Aksu	3–6, 7–6⁽¹⁰⁾, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Loss	4–10	Nov 2018	GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Maia Lumsden	1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	5–10	Dec 2018	ITF Pune, India	25,000	Hard	Lu Jiajing	3–6, 6–2, 7–6⁽⁷⁾
Win	6–10	May 2019	ITF Namangan, Uzbekistan	25,000	Hard	Eudice Chong	6–0, 4–6, 7–5
Loss	6–11	May 2019	ITF Singapore	25,000	Hard	Abigail Tere-Apisah	3–6, 2–6
Win	7–11	Aug 2019	ITF Taipei, Taiwan	25,000	Hard	Risa Ushijima	7–5, 6–2
Win	8–11	Apr 2021	ITF Calvi, France	25,000+H	Hard	Susan Bandecchi	6–1, 6–4
Loss	8–12	Jul 2021	President's Cup, Kazakhstan	60,000	Hard	Mariam Bolkvadze	6–4, 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 43 (22 titles, 21 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000/$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2007	ITF Gardone Val Trompia, Italy	10,000	Clay	Anastasia Grymalska	Alice Balducci Kildine Chevalier	6–3, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 3–6
Win	1–1	Jul 2008	ITF Prokuplje, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Ljubica Avramović	Zorica Petrov Anja Prislan	w/o
Loss	1–2	Jul 2008	ITF Rabat, Morocco	10,000	Clay	Yuliana Umanets	Lisa Sabino Benedetta Davato	2–6, 1–6
Win	2–2	Oct 2008	ITF Lagos, Nigeria	25,000	Hard	Elena Chalova	Rushmi Chakravarthi Isha Lakhani	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss	2–3	Dec 2008	Al Habtoor Challenge, UAE	75,000	Hard	Elena Chalova	Maša Zec Peškirič Irena Pavlovic	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 6–3, [3–10]
Loss	2–4	Apr 2009	Yugra Cup, Russia	50,000	Carpet (i)	Oksana Kalashnikova	Ksenia Milevskaya Lesia Tsurenko	2–6, 3–6
Win	3–4	May 2009	ITF Ain Sukhna, Egypt	10,000	Clay	Anna Brazhnikova	Galina Fokina Anna Morgina	3–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	3–5	Aug 2009	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Clay	Marina Shamayko	Ekaterina Lopes Arina Rodionova	3–6, 3–6
Loss	3–6	Oct 2009	ITF Granada, Spain	25,000	Hard	Betina Jozami	Nina Bratchikova Arina Rodionova	1–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Win	4–6	Feb 2010	ITF Sutton, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Eirini Georgatou	Naomi Cavaday Anna Smith	7–5, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss	4–7	May 2010	ITF Brescia, Italy	25,000	Clay	Iryna Brémond	Naomi Cavaday Anastasia Pivovarova	3–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, [8–10]
Win	5–7	Jul 2010	ITF Zwevegem, Belgium	25,000	Clay	Richèl Hogenkamp	Irina Khromacheva Maryna Zanevska	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	5–8	Oct 2010	ITF Glasgow, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Eirini Georgatou	Karen Barbat Julia Mayr	w/o
Loss	5–9	Nov 2010	ITF Bratislava, Slovakia	25,000	Hard (i)	Claire Feuerstein	Irena Pavlovic Emma Laine	4–6, 4–6
Win	6–9	Jan 2011	ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Darija Jurak	Kiki Bertens Richèl Hogenkamp	6–3, 7–6⁽⁰⁾
Win	7–9	Apr 2011	Torneo Conchita Martínez, Spain	50,000	Hard	Elena Bovina	Margalita Chakhnashvili Ivana Lisjak	6–1, 2–6, [10–4]
Win	8–9	Oct 2011	Classic of Troy, U.S.	50,000	Hard	Elena Bovina	Varvara Lepchenko Mashona Washington	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–3
Win	9–9	May 2014	ITF Tunis, Tunisia	25,000	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	Marina Melnikova Beatriz García Vidagany	6–4, 6–1
Win	10–9	Jun 2014	ITF La Marsa, Tunisia	25,000	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	Xenia Knoll Pemra Özgen	1–6, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, [11–9]
Loss	10–10	Oct 2014	Abierto Tampico, Mexico	50,000	Hard	Kateryna Bondarenko	Petra Martić Maria Sanchez	6–3, 3–6, [2–10]
Loss	10–11	Dec 2014	ITF Mérida, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Andrea Gámiz	Tatjana Maria Renata Zarazúa	4–6, 1–6
Win	11–11	Feb 2016	ITF Palma Nova, Spain	10,000	Clay	Alyona Sotnikova	Amanda Carreras Alice Savoretti	2–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss	11–12	Apr 2016	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Alyona Sotnikova	Freya Christie Chanel Simmonds	4–6, 0–6
Win	12–12	Apr 2016	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Alyona Sotnikova	Kseniia Bekker Alina Silich	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Win	13–12	Jun 2016	ITF Puszczykowo, Poland	10,000	Hard	Weronika Foryś	Olga Brózda Katarzyna Kawa	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–4
Win	14–12	Jul 2016	Bella Cup Toruń, Poland	25,000	Clay	Irina Bara	Akgul Amanmuradova Valentyna Ivakhnenko	6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss	14–13	Sep 2016	ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan	25,000	Clay	Polina Monova	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Anastasiya Komardina	5–7, 4–6
Loss	14–14	Dec 2016	Al Habtoor Challenge, UAE	100,000	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	Mandy Minella Nina Stojanović	3–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss	14–15	Mar 2017	Shenzhen Open, China	60,000	Hard	Eri Hozumi	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	4–6, 4–6
Win	15–15	Apr 2017	ITF Nanning, China	25,000	Hard	Lu Jingjing	Gai Ao Guo Hanyu	6–4, 6–4
Win	16–15	May 2017	ITF Santarém, Portugal	15,000	Hard	Valeriya Strakhova	Cristina Bucșa Ksenia Kuznetsova	6–3, 6–2
Win	17–15	Jul 2017	ITF Winnipeg, Canada	25,000	Hard	Hiroko Kuwata	Kimberly Birrell Caroline Dolehide	6–4, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Win	18–15	Jul 2017	ITF Gatineau, Canada	25,000	Hard	Hiroko Kuwata	Kimberly Birrell Emily Webley-Smith	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss	18–16	Aug 2017	Kentucky Championships, U.S.	60,000	Hard	Hiroko Kuwata	Priscilla Hon Vera Lapko	3–6, 4–6
Loss	18–17	Feb 2018	Launceston International, Australia	25,000	Hard	Laura Robson	Jessica Moore Ellen Perez	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 4–6
Win	19–17	Sep 2018	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Katarzyna Piter	Mariam Bolkvadze Ines Murta	6–3, 6–2
Win	20–17	Nov 2018	ITF Wirral, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Freya Christie	Sarah Beth Grey Olivia Nicholls	6–4, 7–5
Loss	20–18	Dec 2018	ITF Pune, India	25,000	Hard	Sharon Fichman	Beatrice Gumulya Ana Veselinović	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–1, [9–11]
Win	21–18	Feb 2019	Classic Midland, U.S.	100,000	Hard (i)	Olga Govortsova	Coco Gauff Ann Li	6–4, 6–0
Loss	21–19	Feb 2019	Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK	60,000	Hard (i)	Freya Christie	Arina Rodionova Yanina Wickmayer	2–6, 5–7
Loss	21–20	Mar 2019	ITF Kazan, Russia	25,000	Hard (i)	Freya Christie	Olga Doroshina Polina Monova	4–6, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, [9–11]
Loss	21–21	Feb 2020	ITF Midland, U.S.	100,000	Hard (i)	Yanina Wickmayer	Maria Sanchez Caroline Dolehide	3–6, 4–6
Win	22–21	Jul 2021	ITF Palma del Río, Spain	25,000	Hard	Eri Hozumi	Himari Sato Lulu Sun	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–3
Loss	22–22	Aug 2021	ITF Landisville, United States	100,000	Hard	Samantha Murray Sharan	Hanna Chang Alexa Glatch	6–7⁽³⁾, 6–3, [9–11]

Notes[]

References[]

^ Vladas Lasitskas (17 January 2013). "Валерия Савиных: "Спасибо Кафельникову за поздравления!"" [Valeria Saninykh: "Thanks Kafelnikov for his greetings!"] (in Russian). Sport-Express. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

External links[]

Valeria Savinykh at the Women's Tennis Association
Valeria Savinykh at the International Tennis Federation

[1] Vladas Lasitskas (17 January 2013). "Валерия Савиных: "Спасибо Кафельникову за поздравления!"" [Valeria Saninykh: "Thanks Kafelnikov for his greetings!"] (in Russian). Sport-Express. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

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