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

Valeria Savinykh
Savinykh at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports) Russia
ResidenceVienna, Austria
Born (1991-02-20) 20 February 1991 (age 33)
Sverdlovsk, RSFSR, Soviet Union (now Yekaterinburg, Russia)
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachTomasz Iwanski
Prize moneyUS$ 900,269
Singles
Career record459–341 (57.4%)
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 99 (9 April 2012)
Current rankingNo. 168 (29 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2013)
French OpenQ1 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2021, 2022)
WimbledonQ3 (2012)
US OpenQ3 (2012)
Doubles
Career record290–200 (59.2%)
Career titles1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 98 (20 November 2017)
Current rankingNo. 706 (29 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon2R (2012)
Last updated on: 30 January 2024.

In April 2012, she achieved a 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 nine singles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, along with one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour.

Personal Information edit

Her father, Dmitry, introduced her into tennis at age five, and her mother, Elena, often travels with her. She trains at the SotoTennis Academy in Spain. Since November 2012, she has been coached by Tomasz Iwański.[1]

Performance timeline edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (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, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles edit

Current after the 2023 Hong Kong Open.

Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 ... 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 3R A A Q2 1R Q2 A 0 / 3 2–3
French Open A Q1 Q1 Q1 A A Q1 Q1 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A Q2 Q3 A A Q1 NH Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open Q2 Q2 Q3 A A Q2 A Q1 A Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 3 2–3
WTA 1000
Miami Open A A 2R Q2 A A NH A A A 0 / 1 1–1
Italian Open A A A A A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open A A Q1 A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 2 6 3 1 1 3 0 0 4 Career total: 20
Overall win-loss 0–0 2–2 3–6 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 2–4 0 / 20 9–20

WTA career finals edit

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) edit

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2013 Brasil Tennis Cup, Brazil International[a] Hard   Anne Keothavong   Anabel Medina Garrigues
  Yaroslava Shvedova
0–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2019 Japan Women's Open, Japan International Hard   Christina McHale   Misaki Doi
  Nao Hibino
6–3, 4–6, [4–10]

WTA Challenger finals edit

Doubles: 1 (title) edit

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 edit

Singles: 23 (9 titles, 14 runner–ups) edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$50/60,000 tournaments (1–3)
$40,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (5–5)
$10/15,000 tournaments (2–5)
Legend
Hard (9–11)
Clay (0–3)
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, 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, 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 Open, 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
Loss 8–13 Jun 2022 ITF Ra'anana, Israel 25,000 Hard   Maria Timofeeva 1–6, 2–6
Win 9–13 Dec 2022 ITF Navi Mumbai, India 25,000 Hard   Priska Madelyn Nugroho 6–2, 7–6(4)
Loss 9–14 Jan 2023 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 40,000 Hard   Kateryna Volodko 2–6, 3–6
Loss 9–15 May 2023 ITF Kachreti, Georgia 25,000 Hard   Bai Zhuoxuan 4–6, 5–7
Win 10–15 Jun 2023 ITF Palma del Rio, Spain 40,000 Hard   Harmony Tan 7–5, 6–3
Loss 10–16 Aug 2023 ITF Barcelona, Spain 60,000 Hard   Arina Rodionova 4–6, 7–6, 1–6

Doubles: 49 (23 titles, 26 runner–ups) edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–3)
$75,000 tournaments (0–1)
$50/60,000 tournaments (2–6)
$25,000 tournaments (14–13)
$10/15,000 tournaments (6–3)
Legend
Hard (15–20)
Clay (7–5)
Carpet (1–1)
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 Lagos Open, Nigeria 25,000 Hard   Elena Chalova   Rushmi Chakravarthi
  Isha Lakhani
6–7(6), 6–3, [10–7]
Loss 2–3 Dec 2008 Dubai Tennis 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, United Kingdom 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 GB Pro-Series 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 Open 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 Nana Trophy, 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, 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 Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE 100,000 Hard   Hsieh Su-wei   Mandy Minella
  Nina Stojanović
3–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss 14–15 Mar 2017 Pingshan 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 Lexington Challenger, 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 Pune Open, India 25,000 Hard   Sharon Fichman   Beatrice Gumulya
  Ana Veselinović
6–7(4), 6–1, [9–11]
Win 21–18 Feb 2019 Midland Classic, U.S. 100,000 Hard (i)   Olga Govortsova   Coco Gauff
  Ann Li
6–4, 6–0
Loss 21–19 Feb 2019 GB 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 Midland Classic, 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 Landisville Challenge, United States 100,000 Hard   Samantha Murray Sharan   Hanna Chang
  Alexa Glatch
6–7(3), 6–3, [9–11]
Loss 22–23 Feb 2022 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK 25,000 Hard (i)   Justina Mikulskytė   Quinn Gleason
  Catherine Harrison
4–6, 1–6
Loss 22–24 Apr 2022 ITF Pretoria, South Africa 60,000 Hard   Tímea Babos   Eudice Chong
  Cody Wong
5–7, 7–5, [11–13]
Loss 22–25 Apr 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 25,000 Hard   Paige Hourigan   Nigina Abduraimova
  Hiroko Kuwata
1–6, 6–3, [10–12]
Loss 22–26 Jun 2022 ITF Madrid, Spain 25,000 Hard   Jacqueline Cabaj Awad   Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
  Guiomar Maristany
4–6, 4–6
Win 23–26 Jul 2022 ITF Palma del Río, Spain 25,000+H Hard   Fanny Stollár   Celia Cerviño Ruiz
  Justina Mikulskytė
7–6(3), 6–2

Notes edit

  1. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

References edit

  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.

External links edit