Valeria Savinykh

Valeria Savinykh
	Savinykh at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Yekaterinburg, Russia
Born	20 February 1991 (age 33); Sverdlovsk, RSFSR, Soviet Union (now Yekaterinburg, Russia)
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Tomasz Iwanski
Prize money	US$ 904,296
Singles
Career record	471–353
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 99 (9 April 2012)
Current ranking	No. 246 (26 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2013)
French Open	Q1 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2012)
US Open	Q3 (2012)
Doubles
Career record	291–202
Career titles	1 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 98 (20 November 2017)
Current ranking	No. 881 (26 August 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (2012)
	Last updated on: 31 August 2024.

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

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 ten singles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, along with one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour.

Personal life

Her father, Dmitry, introduced her into tennis at age five, and her mother, Elena, often travels with her. She trains in her hometown of Yekaterinburg (previously at the SotoTennis Academy and Ad in Tennis Academy in Barcelona, Spain; AZS Lodz in Poland; Swiss Tennis Academy in Biel/Bienne; Vienna; and Porto). Since November 2012, she has been coached by Tomasz Iwański.^[1]

Performance timeline

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

Current through the 2023 Hong Kong Open.

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L
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 Tour finals

Doubles: 2 (runner-ups)

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

Doubles: 1 (title)

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

Singles: 27 (10 titles, 17 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$50/60,000 tournaments (1–4)
$40,000 tournaments (1–2)
$25,000 tournaments (5–6)
$10/15,000 tournaments (2–5)

Legend
Hard (10–14)
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	W25+H	Hard	Susan Bandecchi	6–1, 6–4
Loss	8–12	Jul 2021	President's Cup, Kazakhstan	W60	Hard	Mariam Bolkvadze	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	8–13	Jun 2022	ITF Ra'anana, Israel	W25	Hard	Maria Timofeeva	1–6, 2–6
Win	9–13	Dec 2022	ITF Navi Mumbai, India	W25	Hard	Priska Madelyn Nugroho	6–2, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Loss	9–14	Jan 2023	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	W40	Hard	Kateryna Volodko	2–6, 3–6
Loss	9–15	May 2023	ITF Kachreti, Georgia	W25	Hard	Bai Zhuoxuan	4–6, 5–7
Win	10–15	Jul 2023	ITF Palma del Rio, Spain	W40	Hard	Harmony Tan	7–5, 6–3
Loss	10–16	Aug 2023	ITF Barcelona, Spain	W60	Hard	Arina Rodionova	4–6, 7–5, 1–6
Loss	10–17	Mar 2024	ITF Murska Sobota, Slovenia	W50	Hard (i)	Viktória Hrunčáková	0–6, 3–6

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

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	Tennis Classic of Troy, United States	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, United States	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 Tennis Classic, US	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 Tennis Classic, US	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 Tennis Challenge, US	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