Darja Semeņistaja[1] (born 16 September 2002) is a Latvian tennis player.

Darja Semeņistaja
Semeņistaja at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Latvia
Born (2002-09-16) 16 September 2002 (age 22)
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize moneyUS$424,117
Singles
Career record172–97
Career titles1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 106 (1 April 2024)
Current rankingNo. 125 (21 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2024)
French OpenQ2 (2024)
WimbledonQ3 (2023)
US OpenQ2 (2023)
Doubles
Career record99–69
Career titles1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 127 (14 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 127 (21 October 2024)
Last updated on: 21 October 2024.

Semeņistaja has career-high WTA rankings of No. 106 in singles, achieved on 1 April 2024, and No. 127 in doubles, reached on 21 October 2024.[1] In her career, she has won two WTA Challenger titles, one title in singles and one in doubles. She also has won 15 singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Playing for Latvia Billie Jean King Cup team, she has a win-loss record of 4–6.

Semenistaja on serve during her semifinal at the 2024 Montreux Nestlé Open.

Career

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2021

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In 2021, Semeņistaja won the most singles trophies on the ITF Women's World Tour, a total of seven titles. She won the first two in Serbia, winning Prokuplje's $15k events for two weeks in a row, then the third in Bratislava in mid-July,[2] the fourth in Chornomorsk, Ukraine, at the end of August,[3] and finally three in Cancún, Mexico in October.

2024

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Alongside Veronika Erjavec, Semeņistaja won the doubles title at the Canberra Tennis International, overcoming Kaylah McPhee and Astra Sharma in the final.[4]

She won her first WTA 125 singles title at the Mumbai Open in February, defeating Storm Hunter in the final.[5][6] Partnering Carole Monnet, Semeņistaja won the doubles title at the Țiriac Foundation Trophy, defeating Aliona Bolsova and Katarzyna Kawa in the final.[7]


WTA Challenger finals

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Singles: 1 (title)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2024 Mumbai Open,
India
Hard   Storm Hunter 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 6–2

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2024 Canberra International, Australia Hard   Veronika Erjavec   Kaylah McPhee
  Astra Sharma
6–2, 6–4
Win 2–0 Sep 2024 Țiriac Foundation Trophy, Romania Clay   Carole Monnet   Aliona Bolsova
  Katarzyna Kawa
1–6, 6–2, [10–7]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 17 (15 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
W60/75 tournaments (3–1)
W40/50 tournaments (2–0)
W25 tournaments (3–1)
W15 tournaments (7–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–1)
Clay (9–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2021 ITF Prokuplje, Serbia W15 Clay   Alice Robbe 6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jul 2021 ITF Prokuplje, Serbia W15 Clay   Natalija Senić 6–0, 6–2
Win 3–0 Aug 2021 ITF Bratislava, Slovakia W15 Clay   Pia Lovrič 6–4, 6–3
Win 4–0 Aug 2021 ITF Chornomorsk, Ukraine W15 Clay   Nicole Fossa Huergo 6–3, 6–2
Win 5–0 Oct 2021 ITF Cancún, Mexico W15 Hard   María Portillo Ramírez 6–3, 7–5
Win 6–0 Oct 2021 ITF Cancún, Mexico W15 Hard   María Portillo Ramírez 5–7, 7–6(5), 6–0
Win 7–0 Oct 2021 ITF Cancún, Mexico W15 Hard   Rachel Gailis 7–5, 7–5
Win 8–0 Feb 2022 ITF Cancún, Mexico W25 Hard   Lina Glushko 4–6, 7–6(5), 6–2
Win 9–0 May 2022 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W25 Clay   Irina Khromacheva 6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Win 10–0 Jun 2022 ITF Ystad, Sweden W25 Clay   Sofia Samavati 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win 11–0 Feb 2023 ITF Mexico City, Mexico W40 Hard   Jana Kolodynska 7–5, 4–0 ret.
Loss 11–1 Feb 2023 ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic W25 Hard   Carole Monnet 5–7, 6–3, 1–6
Win 12–1 May 2023 Prague Open, Czech Republic W60 Clay   Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 13–1 Jul 2023 Liepāja Open, Latvia W60 Clay   Jessie Aney 6–4, 6–4
Win 14–1 Jul 2023 ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech Republic W60 Clay   Lea Bošković 6–7(6), 6–3, 6–1
Win 15–1 Jan 2024 ITF Bangalore, India W50 Hard   Carole Monnet 6–1, 3–0 ret.
Loss 15–2 Sep 2024 Šibenik Open, Croatia W75 Clay   Sára Bejlek 2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner–ups)

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Legend
W100 tournaments (0–1)
W60 tournaments (1–1)
W40/50 tournaments (2–1)
W25 tournaments (2–2)
W15 tournaments (4–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–5)
Clay (3–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Olivia Gram   Yuliya Hatouka
  Anna Kubareva
6–2, 5–7, [6–10]
Win 1–1 Sep 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Laetitia Pulchartová   Darya Astakhova
  Anastasia Sukhotina
6–2, 6–7(8), [10–5]
Win 2–1 Oct 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Darya Astakhova   María Lourdes Carlé
  Olivia Gram
6–4, 6–3
Win 3–1 Oct 2021 ITF Cancún, Mexico W15 Hard   Anna Ulyashchenko   Nadia Echeverría Alam
  Rushri Wijesundera
6–4, 6–4
Loss 3–2 Feb 2022 ITF Cancún, Mexico W25 Hard   Maria Bondarenko   Anna Rogers
  Christina Rosca
1–6, 4–6
Loss 3–3 Mar 2022 ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. W25 Hard   Anastasia Tikhonova   Irina Khromacheva
  Natalija Stevanović
1–6, 6–7(5)
Win 4–3 Sep 2022 ITF Pula, Italy W25 Clay   Zhibek Kulambayeva   Lu Jiajing
  Anita Wagner
6–2, 6–2
Win 5–3 Dec 2022 ITF Valencia, Spain W15 Clay   Marine Szostak   Lucía Cortez Llorca
  Claudia Hoste Ferrer
w/o
Loss 5–4 Feb 2023 ITF Mexico City, Mexico W40 Hard   Suzan Lamens   Sofia Sewing
  Berfu Cengiz
1–6, 6–1, [10–12]
Win 6–4 Feb 2023 ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. W25 Hard   Sofia Sewing   Eudice Chong
  Nefisa Berberović
6–3, 6–2
Win 7–4 Jul 2023 Liepāja Open, Latvia W60 Clay   Daniela Vismane   Çağla Büyükakçay
  Lina Gjorcheska
6–4, 2–6, [10–3]
Loss 7–5 Jul 2023 ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech Republic W60 Clay   Zhibek Kulambayeva   Magdaléna Smékalová
  Tereza Valentová
2–6, 2–6
Loss 7–6 Oct 2023 ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain W100 Hard   Gao Xinyu   Camilla Rosatello
  Angelica Moratelli
6–4, 5–7, [6–10]
Win 8–6 Jan 2024 Bangalore Open, India W50 Hard   Camilla Rosatello   Li Yu-yun
  Eri Shimizu
3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win 9–6 Jan 2024 Pune Open, India W50 Hard   Alex Eala   Naiktha Bains
  Fanny Stollár
7–6(8), 6–3

References

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  1. ^ a b Federation, International Tennis. "Darja Semenistaja Overview". Itftennis.
  2. ^ "Semeņistaja Bratislavā izcīna sezonas trešo ITF titulu". skaties.lv.
  3. ^ "Semeņistaja iekļūst Kankunas ITF turnīra finālā". skaties.lv.
  4. ^ "Champions crowned at Workday Canberra International 2024". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Semenistaja saves championship point en route to Mumbai WTA 125 title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  6. ^ "Darja Semenistaja Wins Singles Title At Mumbai Open Tennis Championships". NDTV Sports. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Bulgaru wins WTA 125 Bucharest with Halep on site; Teichmann wins Ljubljana". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
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