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Viktória Kužmová

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Viktória Kužmová
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Viktória Kužmová at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) Slovakia
ResidenceKošice, Slovakia
Born (1998-05-11) 11 May 1998 (age 23)
Košice, Slovakia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2014
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachJán Sabovčík (–2018),
Michal Mertiňák (2018–2020),
(2020-present)
Prize money$1,790,614
Official websiteviktoriakuzmova.sk
Singles
Career record254–135 (65.3%)
Career titles0 WTA, 14 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 43 (4 March 2019)
Current rankingNo. 175 (1 November 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2019)
French Open3R (2019)
Wimbledon1R (2018, 2019)
US Open1R (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Doubles
Career record91–54 (62.8%)
Career titles3 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 27 (8 March 2021)
Current rankingNo. 59 (1 November 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open3R (2020, 2021)
French Open3R (2020)
Wimbledon3R (2021)
US OpenSF (2019)
Team competitions
Fed Cup5–3 (62.5%)
Last updated on: 29 April 2021.

Viktória Kužmová (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈʋiktɔːrɪɐ ˈkuʐmɔʋaː]; born 11 May 1998) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 43 in singles and No. 29 in doubles in the world by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Kužmová has won three WTA doubles titles and 20 titles (14 singles and six doubles) on the International Tennis Federation Women's Circuit (ITF). She is also a finalist of the Premier-level 2019 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy in the doubles event, along with Anna Kalinskaya.

As a junior, she won the girls' doubles event at the 2015 US Open alongside Aleksandra Pospelova, defeating Kalinskaya and Anastasia Potapova in the final. A year later, she went to the final of the 2016 US Open in the girls' singles, where she lost to Kayla Day. She continued her Grand Slam success as a senior, reaching the 2019 US Open semi-final in the women's doubles alongside Aliaksandra Sasnovich, where they lost to the eventual champions Ashleigh Barty and Victoria Azarenka.

Early life and background[]

Kužmová was born on 11 May 1998 to mother Ingrid and father Radovan in Košice, Slovakia.[1] Sister Katarina,[2] who is three years younger,[3] followed her into the world of professional tennis, and obtained her WTA first ranking points in 2018. Kužmová was introduced to tennis at age four by her father, who used to run a tennis club.[4]

Junior career[]

Kužmová reached a career-high ranking of No. 24 as a junior.[5] She began playing on the ITF Junior Circuit, that is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), in January 2012 at age 13, and in September of the same year won her first singles and doubles titles at the low-level Grade-5 Mostar Open. The following year, she won the Grade-4 Nazmi Bari Cup in the singles event, and a week later she finished as runner-up in the singles and as champion in the doubles at another Grade-4, the Montenegro Open.[6][7] During her quarter-final match at the 2013 Losinj Juniors Cup, against another Slovakian player Nikola Dolakova, she was forced to retire in the second set due to injury. She spent rest of the 2013 season out of tennis.[8]

She returned in early 2014, when she reached her first Grade-2 final in the singles event at the Slovak Junior Indoor. A month later, partnering with Kristína Schmiedlová, she won the doubles title at the Grade-1 Mediterranee Avenir in Casablanca, after being awarded a walkover victory due to the withdrawal of Ioana Ducu and Anna Bondár. Later, again with Schmiedlová, she won another doubles title at the Grade-1 Perin Memorial in Umag. Kužmová made her junior Grand Slam debut in 2014 at the French Open, reaching only the first round in both the singles and the doubles. Then, she went one round further at Wimbledon, reaching the second round in both the singles and the doubles. At the last Grand Slam of the year, the US Open, she lost in the second round in the singles but partnered with Schmiedlová to make her first semi-final in a Grand Slam event.[6][7]

In January 2015, she started well at her debut at the 2015 Australian Open, reaching her first Grand Slam singles third round, while in the doubles, she failed in the first round.[6][7] Despite an early loss at the French Open in both the singles and the doubles, Kužmová then reached her first singles Grand Slam semi-final at Wimbledon, where she lost to eventual champion Sofya Zhuk.[9] Following progress in the singles, she also made progress in the doubles, winning the 2015 US Open alongside Russian player Aleksandra Pospelova.[10] They defeated Potapova and Kalinskaya in order to get to the title. The next year, she failed in defending her US Open doubles title but finished as runner-up in the singles, losing there to Kayla Day.[11] During her junior career, she also won two doubles titles with her younger sister Katarina at the Grade-4 Ziliona Junior Open in August 2015 and 2016.[12]

Career[]

2017–18: WTA & Grand Slam debut, ranking progress[]

Kužmová at the 2017 US Open

Kužmová made her Grand Slam debut at the 2017 US Open passing through qualification. She then lost in the first round of the main draw to Venus Williams.[13] Next, she qualified for the main draw of the Linz Open and then marked her first singles win on the WTA Tour, defeating Anna-Lena Friedsam but then lost in the second round to another German player, Tatjana Maria.[14] In 2017, Kužmová also appeared at the French Open and Wimbledon, but lost at both of them in qualifying.[15] On 6 March 2017, Kužmová entered the top 200 for the first time, getting to 190th place. On 16 October, she reached No. 130 – her best ranking until 2018. She finished 2017 season as world No. 132.[16]

Kužmová at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships

Being outside the top 100, Kužmová was forced to play in qualification at many tournaments.[16] Her first tournament in 2018 was the ASB Classic, where she managed to pass qualification, and then she also marked her first win in 2018, defeating Jade Lewis in the first round but lost in the next round to Julia Görges.[17] At the Australian Open she played for the first time, and once again, just like at the 2017 US Open, she passed qualification but still was not ready to mark her first grand slam win, losing from Elise Mertens in the first round of the main draw.[18] At the St. Petersburg Trophy, she again needed to pass qualification.[15] She won three matches but then lost to Daria Kasatkina in the first round of the main draw.[19] At the Hungarian Open, Kužmová made her first WTA semi-final but Alison Van Uytvanck stopped her from reaching her first WTA singles final.[15]

The clay-court season did not start well for Kužmová, losing in the first round of the Prague Open.[15] A few days after she turned 20, she won the $100K Slovak Open, and the following week, on 21 May 2018, she debuted in the top 100, getting to the place of 84.[16][20] At the French Open, for the first time, she was able to get directly to the main draw, and she also marked her first Grand Slam win, defeating former French Open champion, Francesca Schiavone in the first round. In the second round, she lost to No. 4 seed Elina Svitolina in straight sets.[21] The grass season started well, reaching her second WTA singles semi-final at the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, where she lost to Kirsten Flipkens.[22] At the Mallorca Open, she returned to playing in qualification but she succeeded in getting to the main draw, where she lost to Polona Hercog in the first round. She then finished her grass season with her main draw debut at Wimbledon, where she was defeated by Rebecca Peterson but with that match she completed participation at all four Grand Slam events in the main draw.[15] Since she was eliminated in the first week of Wimbledon, in the second week she went to the ITF Circuit to play at the Hungarian Pro Circuit Ladies Open, a $100K event. She won the title, defeating Ekaterina Alexandrova. That title was her second singles $100K career-title.[23]

She then returned to the WTA Tour to play at the Swiss Open in Gstaad and at the Moscow River Cup. In Gstaad, she defeated Martina Trevisan in the first round, and then lost to Veronika Kudermetova.[24] In Moscow, she was directly in the main draw but lost to Görges in the first round.[25] She then went to the US Open Series, first at the Cincinnati Open, where she played her first Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 qualification and beat Caroline Dolehide and Camila Giorgi, securing her place in the main draw.[15] There she marked her first Premier 5 win, defeating another qualifier, Sasnovich, in three sets. In the second round she lost to Kristina Mladenovic.[26] At the US Open, she lost to Azarenka in the first round of the main draw.[27] In September 2018, Kužmová went to China to play at the Guangzhou Open, where she defeated Ivana Jorović in the first round but lost in the next round to Bernarda Pera. Her next step was the Premier 5 Wuhan Open, where she tried to get her second Premier 5 appearance in the main draw but lost in the first round of qualification to Wang Xiyu.[15] Back in Europe, she finished her participation in the first round at the Linz Open and the Luxembourg Open.[28][29] On 17 December 2018, after winning the $100k Dubai Challenge, Kužmová debuted in the top 50, getting to the place of 50. She finished the year as world No. 56.[16]

2019: Success in doubles, Dubai quarter-final in singles, first top 10 win[]

Kužmová (left) along with Anna Kalinskaya (right) won two WTA doubles titles in 2019

Singles: Continuing to progress[]

Kužmová started the year really well, getting to the semi-final at the Auckland Open, where Julia Görges stopped her achieving her first WTA singles final.[30] Then, at both the Hobart International and Australian Open, she was eliminated in the second round, losing to Flipkens in Hobart, and then to Svitolina in Melbourne (Australian Open).[31][32] At the Dubai Tennis Championships, she reached her first Premier 5 quarter-final, winning against Pera, Kiki Bertens and Sofia Kenin, before she lost to Petra Kvitová.[15][33] The win against Bertens in the second round of the Dubai Championships was her first top 10 win.[34] She then traveled to the United States to play the Premier-Mandatory Indian Wells Open, where she lost in the first round to Zhang Shuai. This was followed up by a third round on her debut of the another Premier-Mandatory tournament, the Miami Open, where later Bertens eliminated her.[35]

Her first tournament of the clay season was the Ladies Open Lugano, where she went to the second round but then lost to Iga Świątek.[36] She then lost in the first round of the Istanbul Cup to Barbora Strýcová, followed with another first round loss at the Prague Open to Anna Karolína Schmiedlová.[37][38] At the Premier Mandatory-level Madrid Open, she won against Julia Görges and Carla Suárez Navarro, in the first two rounds, and then failed to reach her first Premier Mandatory quarter-final, losing to Simona Halep in the third round.[39] The next week, at the Premier 5 Italian Open, she was better than Sara Errani in the first round but then lost to Barty in three-sets.[40] She closed out this part of the season with her performance at the French Open. During the first set in the second round, her opponent, seed No. 4 Bertens, was forced to retire due to injury.[41] This provided Kužmová her first appearance in the third round of any Grand Slam. She then lost to Johanna Konta.[42]

After the clay season, Kužmová did not do well, losing in the first round at all of the grass tournaments: at the Rosmalen Championships to Margarita Gasparyan, at the Mallorca Open to Maria Sharapova, and at Wimbledon to Polona Hercog.[43][44][45] At her first tournament after the grass season, the clay-played Bucharest Open, she went to the quarter-final, where eventual champion Elena Rybakina defeated her.[46] At the Palermo International, she was eliminated by Arantxa Rus in the second round.[47] On the US hardcourt tour, there came three first-round losses for Kužmová. First, at the Cincinnati Open she lost to Zheng Saisai, winning only four games, then at the Bronx Open she lost to Karolína Muchová, while at the US Open she lost to Van Uytvanck. After that, she made two quarter-finals, at the Tashkent Open, where Kristýna Plíšková eliminated her and at the Linz Open, where Andrea Petkovic sent her out the tournament. The Luxembourg Open was the last WTA tournament for Kužmová in 2019, where she lost in the second round to Laura Siegemund.[15]

Doubles: Breakthrough into top 30, US Open semi-final, two WTA titles[]

2019 was also successful for Kužmová in the doubles. She reached three WTA doubles finals. The most significant one is Premier-level St. Petersburg Trophy, where she partnered with Anna Kalinskaya and lost to Russian combination Gasparyan and Ekaterina Makarova.[48] However, she won another two finals, two International-level ones. First, in May, she won the Prague Open alongside Kalinskaya, after they defeated Nicole Melichar and Květa Peschke.[49] Then, in July, she won the Bucharest Open, this time with Kristýna Plíšková. They defeated Romanian combination Jaqueline Cristian and Elena-Gabriela Ruse.[50] On 4 February 2019, after reaching the final in St. Petersburg, Kužmová debut in the top 100, getting to the place of 94, and then on 9 September 2019, after reaching semi-final at the US Open, she entered top 30 for the first time, getting to the place of 30.[16][51]

2020: Premier 5 semi-final in doubles[]

Kužmová in 2020

Kužmová kicked off her 2020 season at the ASB Classic. She lost in the first round to Coco Gauff.[52] The following week, at the Hobart International, she was defeated in the second round by top seed and two-time champion Elise Mertens.[53] Then, at the Australian Open, Kužmová lost in the first round to Julia Görges.[54] There she also played in the doubles, reaching the third round alongside Sasnovich. She followed up this by her performance at the Premier-level St. Petersburg Trophy, where she lost in the first round to Océane Dodin, winning only four games.[55] At the newly introduced international-level Lyon Open things got better, when she got to her first singles quarter-final in 2020, before losing to Anna-Lena Friedsam and also reaching the semi-final in the doubles.[15][56]

Restarting the tour after the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, Kužmová did not have success in the singles, losing in the first round of the US Open to Caty McNally, at the Istanbul Cup to Van Uytvanck and at the French Open to Kristýna Plíšková, and failed to qualify at the Cincinnati Open.[15][57][58][59] Despite the loss in qualification in the singles at the Cincinnati Open,[15] she got to her first Premier 5/Premier Mandatory semi-final in the doubles. She partnered Polish player Świątek, but they failed to reach the final, losing to Nicole Melichar and Xu Yifan.[60] She finished the 2020 season with another first-round loss at the Linz Open, losing there to Stefanie Vögele.[61]

National representation[]

Junior competitions[]

In August 2014, she made her first appearance at the Youth Olympic Games but lost to Jeļena Ostapenko in the first round. In the doubles, she was also eliminated in the first round, partnering with Kristína Schmiedlová, and also played in the mixed doubles alongside Martin Blasko, reaching the second round.[6][7] A month later, Kužmová represented Slovakia at the Junior Fed Cup in 2014. In the round-robin, Slovakia faced France, Egypt and Japan and defeated all three teams. During the round-robin, Kužmová won all of her three singles matches against Tessah Andrianjafitrimo from France, Habiba Lasheen from Egypt and Chihiro Muramatsu from Japan. In the doubles, she recorded another two wins in the round-robin, partnering with Tereza Mihalíková against Japan and Tamara Kupkova against Egypt. Slovakia then advanced to the semi-final, where they played against Hungary. She defeated Hungarian player Fanny Stollár in three-sets.[6][7] After Slovakia beat Hungary 2–1, they advanced to the final, in order to fight for the trophy against the United States. Slovakia lost all three-matches, including Kužmová's loss against CiCi Bellis.[62]

The following year, she played at the European Summer Cups (Girls). In the first round, Slovakia faced Russia. Kužmová lost her match against Anna Kalinskaya, while Tereza Mihalíková defeated Anna Blinkova, leaving some hopes for her team to qualify to the next round. The decisive match belonged to Russia, where Kalinskaya and Aleksandra Pospelova defeated Kužmová and Mihalíková. Slovakia then has to fight for 5th-8th place, and first faced the United Kingdom. Kužmová won her singles match against Maia Lumsden, but lost in the doubles alongside Martina Okalova to Emily Arbuthnott and Ema Lazic. This meant that Slovakia needed to fight for 7th place against the Netherlands. Kužmová only played in the doubles as the decisive match, and won alongside Mihalíková after losing only one game.[6][7]

Fed Cup / Billie Jean King Cup[]

Kužmová with Schmiedlová at the 2020 Fed Cup

Kužmová made her senior Fed Cup debut for Slovakia in 2018. In 2020, the tournament changed its name to the Billie Jean King Cup.[63] She has played in four ties, compiling an overall record of 5–3 split between 5–1 in singles and 0–2 in doubles.[64] When Kužmová debuted for Slovakia, they were in World Group II, playing against Russia. She debuted with singles loss against Natalia Vikhlyantseva but in the next match she defeated Anastasia Potapova. Slovakia defeated Russia 4–1 score and advanced to the World Group Play–off, where they played against Belarus for their spot in the World Group next year.[65][66] Despite the fact that Slovakia lost, Kužmová won both of her singles match, against Aryna Sabalenka and Sasnovich. In a decisive match against Lidziya Marozava and Vera Lapko, Kužmová and Anna Karolína Schmiedlová failed to send their country in the World Group.[67][68] The following year, her first match was in the World Group II Play-offs against Brazil. She faced Beatriz Haddad Maia and won.[69] Since it was obvious that Slovakia won, Kužmová's match against Carolina Meligeni Alves was cancelled but she played in doubles alongside Rebecca Šramková but they lost in straight-sets.[70] In 2020, for the third year in-a-row, Kužmová was part of the team. Playing against Great Britain, she defeated Harriet Dart.[71]

Playing style[]

Kužmová's forehand

Kužmová is most known for her fast and aggressive style of play.[72] She is also talented striker of the ball. She has the ability to create easy pace off both wings, which makes her hard to play against as she presents problems from both sides.[73] Despite growing up on clay as only surface available in her hometown Košice, she prefers hardcourt. There, with her strong serve, she is able to win many points but she also enjoys playing on other surfaces, especially grass.[74]

Apparel and equipment[]

Kužmová is sponsored by Yonex. She uses the VCORE-100 racquet and Tourna grip.[75][76]

Coach[]

During her junior ages, she was coached by Ján Sabovčík with whom she triumphed at the 2015 US Open in the doubles event.[77] They split in late 2017.[78] Then in December 2017, she started collaboration with Slovakian tennis player Michal Mertiňák. In June 2020, she ended her collaboration with him.[79] She is currently coached by Tomáš Hrunčák.[80]

Personal life[]

Kužmová resides in Košice in Slovakia.[75] In October 2018, she began studying International Relations and Diplomacy at a Czech university with a campus in Bratislava.[81] Along with tennis, she enjoys reading books, and also photography. Her favourite place is Long Island City.[10] Growing up, she enjoyed watching Ana Ivanovic and Rafael Nadal.[4] She plays for VSE TK Akademik Košice tennis club. She is a member of the "STARS for STARS" project.[75]

She won the award for the Slovakian Talent of the Year in 2012 and 2014.[82] Kuzmova was nominated for the 2018 Fed Cup Heart Award, after making two important wins against Aryna Sabalenka and Aliaksandra Sasnovich, but lost to Eugenie Bouchard.[83][84][85]

Performance timelines[]

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.

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.[86]

Singles[]

Current after 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup Finals.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 4 1–4 20%
French Open Q2 2R 3R 1R Q2 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Wimbledon Q3 1R 1R NH Q1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open 1R 1R 1R 1R Q1 0 / 4 0–4 0%
Win–Loss 0–1 1–4 3–4 0–3 0–1 0 / 13 4–13 24%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[n 1] A A QF A A 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Indian Wells Open A A 1R NH A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A A 3R NH Q2 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Madrid Open A A 3R NH A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Italian Open A A 2R A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Canadian Open A A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A 2R 1R Q2 A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wuhan Open A Q1 A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 2 16 23 9 5 Career total: 55
Overall Win–Loss 1–2 14–17 25–23 4–9 4–5 0 / 55 48–56 46%
Win (%) 33% 45% 52% 31% 44% Career total: 46%
Year-end ranking 132 56 52 96 $1,777,774

Doubles[]

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L Win %
Australian Open A 1R 3R 3R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
French Open 2R 2R 3R 1R 0 / 4 4–4 50%
Wimbledon Q2 1R NH 3R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
US Open 2R SF 1R 1R 0 / 4 5–4 56%
Win–Loss 2–2 5–4 4–3 4–4 0 / 13 15–13 54%

Notes

  1. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.

WTA career finals[]

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-up)[]

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 / WTA 1000 (0–0)
Premier / WTA 500 (0–2)
International / WTA 250 (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2019 St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia Premier Hard (i) Russia Anna Kalinskaya Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Russia Margarita Gasparyan 		5–7, 5–7
Win 1–1 May 2019 Prague Open, Czech Republic International Clay Russia Anna Kalinskaya United States Nicole Melichar
Czech Republic Květa Peschke 		4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Win 2–1 Jul 2019 Bucharest Open, Romania International Clay Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková Romania Jaqueline Cristian
Romania Elena-Gabriela Ruse 		6–4, 7–6(3)
Loss 2–2 Feb 2021 Yarra Valley Classic, Australia WTA 500 Hard Russia Anna Kalinskaya Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Ena Shibahara 		3–6, 4–6
Win 3–2 Mar 2021 Lyon Open, France WTA 250 Hard (i) Netherlands Arantxa Rus Canada Eugenie Bouchard
Serbia Olga Danilović 		3–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss 3–3 Jul 2021 Prague Open, Czech Republic WTA 250 Hard Serbia Nina Stojanović Czech Republic Marie Bouzková
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká 		6–7(4–7), 4–6

Note: Matches sourced per WTA[15]

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 22 (14 titles, 8 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (8–7)
Clay (4–1)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Austria Barbara Haas 6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 Apr 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–0 May 2015 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Ukraine Alyona Sotnikova 6–3, 7–6(5)
Win 4–0 Sep 2015 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard United Kingdom Freya Christie 7–6(4), 7–5
Win 5–0 Oct 2015 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard China Lu Jiaxi 6–2, 6–1
Loss 5–1 Feb 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Germany Anne Schäfer 6–2, 2–6, 0–6
Win 6–1 Mar 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Russia Varvara Flink 4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss 6–2 Apr 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Bulgaria Viktoriya Tomova 6–7(5), 2–6
Win 7–2 Jul 2016 ITF Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina 10,000 Clay Slovenia Manca Pislak 6–0, 6–1
Win 8–2 Jul 2016 ITF Niš, Serbia 10,000 Clay Austria Mira Antonitsch 6–1, 6–2
Win 9–2 Sep 2016 ITF Lubbock, United States 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Freya Christie 6–0, 7–5
Loss 9–3 Oct 2016 ITF Brisbane, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Lizette Cabrera 2–6, 4–6
Loss 9–4 Oct 2016 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Olivia Rogowska 1–6, 5–7
Loss 9–5 Feb 2017 ITF Perth, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Destanee Aiava 1–6, 1–6
Win 10–5 Mar 2017 ITF Mildura, Australia 25,000 Grass United Kingdom Katie Boulter 6–2, 6–4
Loss 10–6 Apr 2017 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 25,000 Hard Bulgaria Viktoriya Tomova 4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win 11–6 Jul 2017 ITF Imola, Italy 25,000 Carpet Italy Stefania Rubini 6–3, 6–3
Loss 11–7 Aug 2017 ITF Chiswick, Great Britain 25,000 Hard Russia Vitalia Diatchenko 3–6, 4–6
Win 12–7 Mar 2018 Pingshan Open, China 60,000 Hard Russia Anna Kalinskaya 7–5, 6–3
Win 13–7 May 2018 Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia 100,000 Clay Paraguay Verónica Cepede Royg 6–4, 1–6, 6–1
Win 14–7 Jul 2018 Pro Circuit Open, Hungary 100,000 Clay Russia Ekaterina Alexandrova 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Loss 14–8 Dec 2018 Dubai Challenge, UAE 100,000+H Hard China Peng Shuai 3–6, 0–6

Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (6–1)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Czech Republic Petra Rohanová Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Russia Anastasiya Komardina 		5–7, 2–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Romania Raluca Șerban Belgium Steffi Distelmans
Netherlands Kelly Versteeg 		6–2, 6–0
Win 2–1 Jan 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Slovakia Petra Uberalová North Macedonia Lina Gjorcheska
Romania Ioana Loredana Roșca 		7–6(3), 6–7(6), [10–5]
Loss 2–2 Jul 2016 ITF Banja Luka, BiH 10,000 Clay Bulgaria Julia Stamatova Slovakia Barbara Kötelesová
Slovenia Manca Pislak 		7–6(5), 4–6, [5–10]
Loss 2–3 Aug 2016 ITF Slovenská Ľupča, Slovakia 10,000 Clay Slovakia Barbara Kötelesová Czech Republic Petra Krejsová
Slovakia Chantal Škamlová 		2–6, 1–6
Win 3–3 Oct 2016 ITF Toowoomba, Australia 25,000 Hard Hungary Dalma Gálfi Brazil Gabriela Cé
Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková 		6–4, 7–6(4)
Win 4–3 Sep 2017 Batumi Open, Georgia 25,000 Hard Belgium Ysaline Bonaventure Georgia (country) Tatia Mikadze
Georgia (country) Sofia Shapatava 		6–1, 6–3
Win 5–3 Mar 2018 Pingshan Open, China 60,000 Hard Russia Anna Kalinskaya Montenegro Danka Kovinić
China Wang Xinyu 		6–4, 1–6, [10–7]
Win 6–3 Mar 2018 Open de Seine-et-Marne, France 60,000 Hard (i) Russia Anna Kalinskaya Czech Republic Petra Krejsová
Czech Republic Jesika Malečková 		7–6(7), 6–1

Note: Matches sourced per ITF[5]

Junior Grand Slam finals[]

Girls' singles: 1 (runner–up)[]

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2016 US Open Hard United States Kayla Day 3–6, 2–6

Girls' doubles: 1 (1 title)[]

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2015 US Open Hard Russia Aleksandra Pospelova Russia Anna Kalinskaya
Russia Anastasia Potapova 		7–5, 6–2

Note: Matches sourced per ITF[5]

Top 10 wins[]

Season 2019 Total
Wins 2 2
No. Player Rank Event Surface Round Score VKR
2019
1. Netherlands Kiki Bertens No. 8 Dubai Championships, UAE Hard 2R 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(8–6) No. 46
2. Netherlands Kiki Bertens No. 4 French Open, France Clay 2R 3–1 ret. No. 46

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