Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva

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Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva
Country (sports) Andorra
Born (2005-08-09) 9 August 2005 (age 16)
Andorra
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)[1]
CoachJoan Jiménez
Prize moneyUS$ 60,245
Singles
Career record35–26 (57.4%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 252 (22 November 2021)
Current rankingNo. 253 (29 November 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2021)
French Open JuniorQF (2021)
Wimbledon JuniorSF (2021)
US Open JuniorQF (2021)
Doubles
Career record13–13 (50.0%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 630 (22 November 2021)
Current rankingNo. 630 (19 November 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior1R (2020)
French Open JuniorSF (2021)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2021)
US Open JuniorSF (2021)
Last updated on: 19 November 2021.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name is Kasintseva.

Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva (born 9 August 2005) is an Andorran junior tennis player. She won the 2020 Australian Open girls' singles title, defeating Weronika Baszak in the final. It was her junior Grand Slam debut, and she was the youngest player in the draw.[2] Jiménez Kasintseva has career-high WTA ranking of 252 in singles, achieved on 22 November 2021, and 630 in doubles, set on 22 November 2021. She made her WTA main draw debut at the 2021 Mutua Madrid Open as a wildcard, also as the youngest and the first-ever player from Andorra to appear in a WTA main draw, where she lost in the first round to Kiki Bertens.[3]

Jiménez Kasintseva has won eight singles titles on the ITF Junior Circuit, as well as one doubles title. She achieved her career-high ITF Junior ranking of No. 1 on 9 March 2020.

Jiménez Kasintseva began training with her father and coach, Joan Jiménez, who reached a career-high ATP Tour ranking of 505 in 1999. She admires fellow left-handers Rafael Nadal and Petra Kvitová.[4]

ITF Circuit finals[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[]

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2021 ITF San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Spain 60,000 Clay Netherlands Arantxa Rus 0–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Nov 2021 ITF Aparecida de Goiania, Brazil 25,000 Clay Hungary Panna Udvardy 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Mar 2021 ITF Amiens, France 15,000 Clay (i) France Elsa Jacquemot Australia Seone Mendez
Mexico María José Portillo Ramírez 		4–6, 3–6

Junior Grand Slam finals[]

Singles: 1 (1 title)[]

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2020 Australian Open Hard Poland Weronika Baszak 5–7, 6–2, 6–2

ITF junior finals[]

Legend
Grand Slam
Category GA
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles (8–1)[]

Result W–L Date Tournament Grade Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2019 ITF Tarragona, Spain G5 Clay Switzerland Sebastianna Scilipoti 6–2, 6–7(5), 7–6(1)
Win 2–0 Jul 2019 ITF Limelette, Belgium G4 Clay Belgium Amelia Waligora 6–4, 6–0
Win 3–0 Aug 2019 ITF Barcelona, Spain G3 Clay Netherlands Anouck Vrancken Peeters 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 4–0 Sep 2019 ITF El Prat de Llobregat, Spain G3 Clay Slovakia Vanda Vargova 4–6, 6–2, 6–0
Win 5–0 Nov 2019 ITF Saint-Cyprien, France G3 Hard United Kingdom Amelia Bissett 6–7(3), 6–1, 7–6(3)
Win 6–0 Dec 2019 ITF Mérida, Mexico GA Hard Canada Mélodie Collard 7–6(8), 6–2
Win 7–0 Jan 2020 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard Poland Weronika Baszak 5–7, 6–2, 6–2
Win 8–0 Oct 2020 ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria G1 Clay Belgium Sofia Costoulas 6–2, 6–1
Loss 8–1 Nov 2020 ITF Villena, Spain G1 Clay France Elsa Jacquemot 1–6, 6–4, 6–7(8)

Doubles (1–2)[]

Result W–L Date Tournament Grade Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2019 ITF Palermo, Italy G3 Clay Germany Tea Lukic Italy Jennifer Ruggeri
Italy Arianna Zucchini 		6–3, 5–7, [2–10]
Win 1–1 Sep 2019 ITF El Prat de Llobregat, Spain G3 Clay Spain Fiona Arrese Mata Italy Eleonora Alvisi
France Flavie Brugnone 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Nov 2019 ITF Cancún, Mexico G1 Hard Hungary Amarissa Kiara Tóth Russia Maria Bondarenko
Latvia Darja Semenistaja 		6–3, 0–6, [8–10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Victoria Jiménez KASINTSEVA". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Jimenez Kasintseva wins historic Australian Open girls crown". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Former champions Bertens, Kvitova reach Madrid second round".
  4. ^ "Juniors wrap: Jimenez Kasintseva, Mayot earn AO2020 glory". Aus Open. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

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