Vera Lapko

Vera Lapko
Вера Лапко

Vera Lapko at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Vera Valeryevna Lapko
Country (sports)	Belarus
Residence	Minsk, Belarus
Born	(1998-09-29) 29 September 1998 (age 23) Minsk, Belarus
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Vladimir Kruk
Prize money	$831,949
Singles
Career record	152–88 (63.3%)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 60 (1 October 2018)
Current ranking	No. 280 (8 March 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2019)
French Open	1R (2019)
Wimbledon	2R (2018)
US Open	2R (2018, 2020)
Doubles
Career record	87–48 (64.4%)
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 83 (14 May 2018)
Current ranking	No. 201 (8 March 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2021)
French Open	1R (2018, 2020)
Wimbledon	1R (2018)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	5–2 (71.4%)
Last updated on: 8 March 2021.

Vera Valeryevna Lapko (Belarusian: Вера Валер'еўна Лапко; born 29 September 1998) is a Belarusian professional tennis player.

She has won six singles titles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 1 October 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 60. On 14 May 2018, she peaked at No. 83 in the doubles rankings.

Lapko reached the 2014 US Open and 2015 Wimbledon girls' doubles finals, both times partnering Tereza Mihalíková.^[1][2] She won the 2016 Australian Open girls' singles title, defeating Mihalíková in the final.^[3]

Playing for Belarus at the Fed Cup, Lapko has a win–loss record of 5–2.

Performance timeline[]

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win/loss records.^[4]

Singles[]

Current after the 2021 Astana Open.

WTA career finals[]

Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2016	Guangzhou Open, China	International	Hard	Olga Govortsova	Asia Muhammad Peng Shuai	2–6, 6–7(3)
Loss	0–2	Apr 2018	Ladies Open Lugano, Switzerland	International	Clay	Aryna Sabalenka	Kirsten Flipkens Elise Mertens	1–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Sep 2018	Guangzhou Open, China	International	Hard	Danka Kovinić	Monique Adamczak Jessica Moore	6–4, 5–7, [4–10]
Loss	0–4	Oct 2018	Luxembourg Open	International	Hard (i)	Mandy Minella	Greet Minnen Alison Van Uytvanck	6–7(3), 2–6

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner–ups)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Markéta Vondroušová	7–5, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Jun 2016	ITF Minsk, Belarus	25,000	Clay	Anna Kalinskaya	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–1	Jul 2016	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	10,000	Hard	Valeria Savinykh	7–6(3), 3–6, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Jun 2017	ITF Staré Splavy, Czech Republic	25,000	Clay	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	4–6, 5–7
Win	3–2	Aug 2017	ITF Landisville, United States	25,000	Hard	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	4–6, 6–4, 7–6(4)
Win	4–2	Oct 2017	ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Bibiane Schoofs	6–4, 6–4
Win	5–2	May 2018	ITF Khimki, Russia	100,000	Hard (i)	Anastasia Potapova	6–1, 6–3
Win	6–2	May 2018	ITF Saint-Gaudens, France	60,000	Clay	Quirine Lemoine	6–2, 6–4
Loss	6–3	Aug 2021	ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan	25,000	Clay	Iryna Shymanovich	3–6, 2–6
Loss	6–4	Jan 2022	ITF Vero Beach, United States	25,000	Clay	Sophie Chang	1–6, 6–1, 2–6

Doubles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner–ups)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Markéta Vondroušová	Anna Morgina Caroline Rohde-Moe	6–2, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Mar 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard		Prarthana Thombare Ekaterina Yashina	4–6, 7–5, [6–10]
Loss	1–2	Feb 2016	ITF Mâcon, France	10,000	Hard (i)	Emilie Francati	Manon Arcangioli Silvia Njirić	5–7, 6–7(5)
Loss	1–3	Nov 2016	ITF Minsk, Belarus	25,000	Hard (i)	Ilona Kremen	Anna Kalinskaya	2–6, 3–6
Loss	1–4	Nov 2016	ITF Zawada, Poland	25,000	Carpet (i)	Ilona Kremen	Justyna Jegiołka Diāna Marcinkēviča	4–6, 5–7
Win	2–4	Feb 2017	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Hard (i)	Dayana Yastremska	Bibiane Schoofs Ekaterina Yashina	7–5, 6–3
Win	3–4	Mar 2017	ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Polina Monova	Manon Arcangioli Magdalena Fręch	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–5	May 2017	ITF Lleida, Spain	25,000	Clay	Aleksandrina Naydenova	Andrea Gámiz Georgina García Pérez	1–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win	4–5	Jun 2017	ITF Warsaw, Poland	25,000+H	Clay	Priscilla Hon	Katarzyna Kawa Katarzyna Piter	7–6(3), 6–4
Win	5–5	Jul 2017	ITF Toruń, Poland	25,000+H	Clay	Anna Morgina	Miriam Kolodziejová Jesika Malečková	6–2, 6–3
Loss	5–6	Jul 2017	ITF Sacramento, United States	60,000	Hard	Jovana Jakšić	Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos	1–6, 2–6
Win	6–6	Aug 2017	ITF Lexington, United States	60,000	Hard	Priscilla Hon	Hiroko Kuwata Valeria Savinykh	6–3, 6–4
Win	7–6	Sep 2017	ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France	25,000	Hard (i)	Cornelia Lister	Sarah Beth Grey Olivia Nicholls	6–4, 6–3
Loss	7–7	May 2018	ITF Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	100,000	Clay	Galina Voskoboeva	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	6–2, 5–7, [7–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals[]

Girls' singles: 1 (1 title)[]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2016	Australian Open	Hard	Tereza Mihalíková	6–3, 6–4

Girls' doubles: 2 (2 runner–ups)[]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2014	US Open	Hard	Tereza Mihalíková	İpek Soylu Jil Teichmann	7–5, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss	2015	Wimbledon	Grass	Tereza Mihalíková	Dalma Gálfi Fanny Stollár	3–6, 2–6

References[]

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