Russian tennis player (born 1997)
Daria Sergeyevna Kasatkina
[note 1]
(born 7 May 1997)
[1]
is a Russian professional
tennis
player. She made her top-ten debut in the
WTA rankings
towards the end of the 2018 season and has been ranked as high as world No. 8, achieved on 24 October 2022. Kasatkina has won six singles titles and one title in doubles on the
WTA Tour
.
[2]
Born to athletic parents who were nationally ranked in athletics and ice hockey, Kasatkina began playing tennis at age six at the insistence of her older brother. She excelled as a junior, winning the European 16s championship and one junior Grand Slam singles title at the
2014 French Open
. Kasatkina quickly ascended up the professional rankings, reaching No. 32 in the world while still 18 years old and winning her first WTA title in 2017 as a teenager at the
Charleston Open
. She rose to prominence in 2018 by finishing runner-up to fellow up-and-coming player
Naomi Osaka
at the Premier Mandatory
Indian Wells Open
in a match regarded as representing a new wave of women's tennis.
[3]
Kasatkina also has won the biggest titles of her career at the
Kremlin Cup
and at the
St. Petersburg Trophy
at home in Russia. Following three successful seasons on the WTA Tour, Kasatkina struggled in 2019, falling into the bottom half of the top 100. However, she had a resurgent 2021, claiming two titles to return to the top 30, followed by another two titles in 2022, marking her to return to the top 10.
In team competition, Kasatkina led the
Russian team
to victory at the
2020?21 Billie Jean King Cup
, winning all her matches in the tournament. Alongside
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
,
Liudmila Samsonova
,
Veronika Kudermetova
, and
Ekaterina Alexandrova
, she helped secure Russia's first Billie Jean King Cup title since 2008.
Kasatkina is known for her crafty style of play and diverse shotmaking. Compared to hard-hitting players who rely on their physicality and pure power, she relies on her speed and quick thinking to outfox her opponents.
[4]
Early life and background
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Daria was born in
Tolyatti
, Samara Oblast to Tatyana Borisovna (nee Timkovskaya) and Sergey Igorevich Kasatkin. Tolyatti is an industrial city located about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) southeast of Moscow. Her father works as an engineer at the
Volga Automotive Plant
and her mother was a lawyer.
[5]
[6]
[7]
Both of her parents were nationally ranked athletes in Russia (officially known as
Candidates for Master of Sports
); her mother in athletics, and her father in ice hockey.
[8]
Kasatkina also has an older brother named Alexandr. Her brother had played tennis casually, and convinced her parents to have her also begin playing the sport when she was six years old. She initially played two to three times a week for two years. In time she began competing in higher level tournaments.
[9]
Career
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Junior years
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As a junior, Kasatkina was ranked as high as
No.
3 in the world.
[10]
She began competing on the ITF Junior Circuit shortly after turning 14 years old and won her first title at just her second career event, the low-level Grade 4 Samara Cup.
[10]
In early 2012 while still 14, Kasatkina won two higher-level Grade 2 tournaments in Moldova and France, the former of which was the first Grade 2 event she entered.
[10]
Towards the end of the year, she helped Russia reach the final of the
Junior Fed Cup
alongside
Elizaveta Kulichkova
and Alina Silich, where they finished runners-up to the United States.
[11]
Kasatkina began excelling at the highest level junior tournaments in 2013. She reached her first Grade-1 final in doubles in January, which she followed up with her first Grade-1 final in singles in April.
[10]
After failing to win a match at her only two Grade A events the previous year, Kasatkina finished runner-up to
Belinda Bencic
at the
Trofeo Bonfiglio
in May.
[12]
[13]
She then won her first junior Grand Slam matches the following month, reaching the quarterfinals at the
French Open
.
[14]
Following this event, she did not play another tournament until late August, when she won her first Grade-1 title at the International Hard Court Championship in the United States.
[15]
Kasatkina's last event of the year was the Junior Fed Cup, where she played the No. 1 singles matches. With
Veronika Kudermetova
and
Aleksandra Pospelova
, the top-seeded Russian team won the tournament, defeating Australia in the final.
[16]
[17]
Kasatkina had her best year on the junior tour in 2014, despite competing in just five tournaments. She reached both the singles and doubles finals at the Grade 1 Trofeo Mauro Sabatini, and won the title in singles.
[10]
At the last ITF tournament of her career, Kasatkina won her first and only junior Grand Slam title in the girls' singles event at the
French Open
. As the No. 8 seed, she defeated top seed
Ivana Jorovi?
in the final, coming back from a set down. She was the first Russian girl to win the event since
Nadia Petrova
in
1998
and helped Russia sweep both junior singles events, with fellow European 16s champion
Andrey Rublev
winning the boys' singles title.
[18]
In August, Kasatkina also participated in the
Youth Olympic Games
in
Nanjing
. She earned a silver medal in doubles alongside compatriot
Anastasiya Komardina
. They finished runners-up to Ukrainian
Anhelina Kalinina
and Belarusian
Iryna Shymanovich
.
[19]
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Professional career
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2013?15: WTA Tour doubles title
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Kasatkina began her professional career as a
wildcard
qualifying entrant at the
2013 Kremlin Cup
, where she lost her only match. She made her professional main-draw debut on the ITF Circuit in November, and then won her first career title at a low-level $10k event in
Sharm El Sheikh
, Egypt a few months later. She also won a $25k title in
Telavi
, Georgia the following September.
[21]
Kasatkina again received a wildcard into the
2014 Kremlin Cup
, this time for the main draw. She lost her WTA Tour debut to
Alison Riske
.
[22]
Kasatkina began 2015 ranked No. 354, but steadily climbed to No. 161 at the end of June on the strength of four $25k titles.
[21]
[23]
She then recorded her first WTA Tour match-win in July, against
Aleksandra Kruni?
at the
Gastein Ladies
, en route to the quarterfinals.
[24]
With her rankings improvement, Kasatkina was able to enter qualifying at a major event for the first time at the
US Open
. Although she lost in the last round, she reached the main draw as a
lucky loser
and made it to the third round, upsetting compatriot and world No. 38,
Daria Gavrilova
, as well as No. 79,
Ana Konjuh
.
[25]
Before the end of the year, Kasatkina won her biggest titles to date in both singles and doubles. In September, she won the
Open de Saint-Malo
$50k singles event.
[26]
In October, she won the doubles event at the
Kremlin Cup
with
Elena Vesnina
for her first WTA title.
[27]
She also reached semifinals in singles as a qualifier, her best singles result on the WTA Tour at the time. In the event, she defeated world No. 14,
Carla Suarez Navarro
, in the quarterfinals for the biggest win of her career.
[28]
She finished the year ranked No. 72.
[23]
2016: First top ten victory, top 25
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During the 2016 season, Kasatkina continued to rise in the WTA rankings, reaching No. 32 in the world while still 18 years old and as high as No. 24 later in the year.
[23]
She began the year at the
Auckland Open
, where she recorded her first career top ten victory against world No. 7,
Venus Williams
.
[29]
Kasatkina then made her
Australian Open
debut and reached the third round. She defeated No. 27,
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
, in the first round before losing to world No. 1,
Serena Williams
.
[30]
For her next tournament, she returned to Russia for the
St. Petersburg Trophy
and reached the semifinals, losing to
Belinda Bencic
.
[31]
At the
Indian Wells Open
, Kasatkina then made it to the quarterfinals at her first
Premier Mandatory
event.
[32]
She also produced one good result in doubles, a semifinals appearance at the
Qatar Ladies Open
with Elena Vesnina. The Russian duo notably defeated
Martina Hingis
and
Sania Mirza
to end their 41-match-win streak, the longest streak on the WTA Tour since
1990
.
[33]
In the middle of the season, Kasatkina again reached the third round at two more major events, the
French Open
and
Wimbledon
. At both tournaments, she lost tight matches that each ended 10?8 in the third set, the former against
Kiki Bertens
and the latter against No. 8, Venus Williams.
[34]
[35]
She had two chances to serve out the match against Bertens.
[36]
Kasatkina continued her success at big tournaments at the Premier 5
Canadian Open
, where she reached the quarterfinals. She defeated world No. 8,
Roberta Vinci
, in the third round for her second career top ten victory.
[37]
[38]
Her next tournament was at the
Rio Olympics
. She qualified for the singles draw through her ranking, and also entered the doubles tournament with
Svetlana Kuznetsova
, after
Margarita Gasparyan
withdrew due to injury.
[39]
Kasatkina reached the quarterfinals at both events, falling just short of the medal rounds. She lost to American
Madison Keys
in singles and the Czech team of
Andrea Hlava?kova
and
Lucie Hradecka
in doubles.
[40]
At the
US Open
, her streak of four consecutive third-round appearances at majors was ended in the opening round by
Wang Qiang
.
[41]
Kasatkina's last big singles result of the season came at the Premier 5
Wuhan Open
, where she made it to the third round. She had needed to qualify for the main draw after forgetting to sign up for the tournament.
[42]
For the second consecutive year, Kasatkina reached the doubles final at the
Kremlin Cup
, this time with Daria Gavrilova. The pair finished runners-up to Hlava?kova and Hradecka.
[43]
Kasatkina ended the season at world No. 27.
[23]
2017: First WTA Tour singles title
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Kasatkina maintained a steady ranking throughout 2017, falling no lower than No. 42 in the world and again reaching the same season-best of No. 24 as 2016.
[23]
Nonetheless, she had a slow start to the season, not winning a single match at the
Australian Open
or the two Premier Mandatory events in the United States, the three biggest tournaments through March. Her best results were two quarterfinals at mid-level two Premier tournaments, the
Sydney International
and the
Qatar Ladies Open
.
[44]
In Sydney, she also defeated
Angelique Kerber
for her first career victory over a current world No. 1 player.
[45]
After struggling on hardcourts, Kasatkina had better clay-court results on the strength of her first and last tournaments on the surface. At the
Charleston Open
, she won her first career singles title shortly before turning 20 years old. She defeated fellow teenager
Je?ena Ostapenko
in the final, in straight sets.
[46]
Kasatkina closed out the clay-court season with another third-round appearance at the
French Open
, where she lost to eventual finalist and world No. 4,
Simona Halep
.
[47]
Her only grass-court tournament was
Wimbledon
, where she made it to the second round.
[48]
Towards the end of the year, Kasatkina had more success on hardcourts. At the
US Open
, she made it to the fourth round of a major event for the first time. Aftero defeating Ostapenko who had won the French Open, she was upset by veteran qualifier
Kaia Kanepi
.
[49]
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Nonetheless, she built on this result in Asia, first by reaching another WTA doubles final with Gavrilova at the
Pan Pacific Open
.
[51]
In singles at the
Wuhan Open
, she upset world No. 2, Halep.
[52]
She also made her second career Premier Mandatory quarterfinal at the
China Open
, this time losing to Halep.
[53]
Kasatkina closed out the year with her second best singles result of the season, a runner-up finish at her hometown Premier tournament, the
Kremlin Cup
. She upset fifth seed and world No. 18,
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
, in the first round, but was defeated by seventh seed
Julia Gorges
in the final.
[54]
2018: Kremlin Cup title, Russian No. 1, top 10
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Kasatkina continued her late season success from the previous year into 2018. After only winning one match between three tournaments in Australia,
[55]
she reached the semifinals at the
St. Petersburg Trophy
and then the final at the
Dubai Championships
, two Premier tournaments.
[56]
In St. Petersburg, she notably defeated then-world No. 1,
Caroline Wozniacki
.
[57]
In Dubai, she saved three match points en route to defeating another top-5 player in world No. 3,
Garbine Muguruza
, before losing to the defending champion and world No. 4,
Elina Svitolina
.
[58]
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Kasatkina's breakthrough came at
Indian Wells
, where she reached her second final of the season. She defeated four top-15 players at that event including Wozniacki again and also No. 8, Venus Williams, in a tight three-set match.
[60]
She finished runner-up to fellow 20-year-old
Naomi Osaka
.
[61]
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With this result, she climbed to No. 11 in the WTA rankings and also became the Russian No. 1, ending Kuznetsova's long run as Russia's top women's singles player.
[23]
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Kasatkina had strong clay- and grass-court seasons as well. She made the quarterfinals at the
Charleston Open
and the third round at the Premier 5
Italian Open
.
[64]
[65]
She also had another big result at a Premier Mandatory tournament, reaching the quarterfinals at the
Madrid Open
. During the event, she upset hometown favourite and world No. 3, Garbine Muguruza.
[66]
Her best tournament on clay was the
French Open
, where she reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal. She defeated No. 2, Wozniacki, for the third time in 2018 in a match that was suspended midway through due to darkness, before losing to the eventual runner-up
Sloane Stephens
.
[67]
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Another Grand Slam quarterfinal followed at
Wimbledon
, losing to the eventual champion and world No. 11, Angelique Kerber.
[69]
"It was a dream of mine since childhood, to win the Kremlin Cup in front of my crowd. I'm so happy, I still can't believe it... There were fans from Russia, from Tunisia, from everywhere ? the atmosphere felt more like Fed Cup, but it was great. But it was amazing because this is what sport is about, the passion."
?Kasatkina on her Kremlin Cup title.
[70]
Kasatkina failed to continue her Grand Slam success at the
US Open
, losing in the second round.
[71]
In October, she returned to Russia and won the
Kremlin Cup
for her only title of the season. She defeated Tunisian qualifier
Ons Jabeur
in the final. With the title, she also made her top 10 debut.
[70]
Kasatkina was initially named the second alternate for the
WTA Finals
. With only one withdrawal, she instead participated in the
WTA Elite Trophy
, where she was grouped with Madison Keys and Wang Qiang. She began the round robin with a win over Wang, but lost to Keys in a match where she had to play on a short amount of rest while Keys was playing her first match. As a result, she finished in last place in the group through the tiebreak criteria.
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Kasatkina finished the year ranked No. 10 in the world.
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2019: Rankings drop to No. 70
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Kasatkina could not repeat the success from any of her full seasons on the WTA Tour during 2019. After beginning the year in the top ten, her ranking dropped throughout the season down to as low as No. 70 near the end of the year.
[23]
Whereas she won at least 60% of her matches in each of her three previous years, she finished 2019 with a losing record of 12?21.
[74]
She parted with her longtime coach Philippe Dehaes in February, replacing him with Carlos Martinez in April.
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Kasatkina's results did not improve with Martinez as her coach. She did not make the semifinals at any event. Kasatkina won multiple matches at two tournaments during the year, the Premier 5
Italian Open
in May and the Premier Mandatory
China Open
in October where she won three matches and made the quarterfinals. At the China Open, she defeated No. 14, Aryna Sabalenka and No. 38,
Ekaterina Alexandrova
before losing to No. 19, Caroline Wozniacki.
[77]
Kasatkina's losses were generally against good competition, with only seven of her 21 losses coming against players ranked outside of the top 50. The highest-ranked opponent she defeated during the year was No. 13, Angelique Kerber, in the first round of the
Canadian Open
.
[44]
Kasatkina remained in the top 50 until the very end of the season, when she lost the points she was defending from the previous year's WTA Elite Trophy.
[23]
2020: Mixed results
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In 2020, Kasatkina first participated in
Auckland
, where she defeated Carla Suarez Navarro before falling to
Amanda Anisimova
in the second round. At
Adelaide
, she progressed through qualifying, before being defeated by
Belinda Bencic
in the first main-draw round. At the
Australian Open
, she lost to Madison Keys in the first round. At
St. Petersburg
, she lost in the first round to Ekaterina Alexandrova, and, at
Dubai
, was forced to enter qualifying. She defeated
Natalia Vikhlyantseva
in the first round, but lost to
Kristina Mladenovic
in the second qualifying round. At
Doha
, she entered the main draw through qualification, defeating Vikhlyantseva and
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
, but she lost in the first round of the main draw to Garbine Muguruza. She reached her first semifinal since 2018 at
Lyon
where, as the seventh seed, she defeated
Pauline Parmentier
,
Irina Bara
, and
Camila Giorgi
, before being defeated in three sets by
Anna-Lena Friedsam
. By virtue of her result in this tournament, Kasatkina's ranking rose to No. 66, before the suspension of the WTA Tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Kasatkina's first tournament after the suspension was at
Palermo
, where she lost in the first round to
Jasmine Paolini
, in a match that lasted 3 hours and 9 minutes; this match was the fourth longest on the WTA Tour in the entirety of 2020.
[78]
She then qualified for the
Cincinnati Open
, defeating
Kateryna Bondarenko
and
Christina McHale
, before losing in the first round to
Anett Kontaveit
. At the
US Open
, she lost in the first round to
Marta Kostyuk
, winning just three games. She next qualified for the
Italian Open
, defeating
Arina Rodionova
and
Gabriela Dabrowski
, and reached the third round after defeating
Vera Zvonareva
and Kate?ina Siniakova. She withdrew from the competition, however, as she injured herself during a first-set tiebreak against Victoria Azarenka. She recuperated in time for the
French Open
, where she defeated
Harmony Tan
in the first round, before falling to
Aryna Sabalenka
. Her final event of the year was at the inaugural tournament in
Ostrava
, where she defeated
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
and
Marie Bouzkova
to qualify. She defeated
Elena Rybakina
in the first round, before losing to
Jennifer Brady
, despite leading by 5?2 in the first set, eventually losing that set 7?5. She ended the year ranked No. 72, her lowest year-end ranking since 2015.
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2021: Two singles titles
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Kasatkina kicked off her 2021 season at the
Abu Dhabi Open
, where she defeated Wang Qiang in the first round in three sets.
[79]
She was due to face 12th seed
Karolina Muchova
but the Czech withdrew, sending Kasatkina into the third round. There she lost to sixth seed Elena Rybakina, in straight sets.
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She then played in the
Gippsland Trophy
and made the third round with straight sets wins over
Mihaela Buz?rnescu
, with the loss of just two games,
[80]
and
Polona Hercog
. However, she lost to Estonian veteran and eventual finalist
Kaia Kanepi
in straight sets.
[81]
At the
Australian Open
, she defeated Briton
Katie Boulter
in straight sets
[82]
before losing in two tight sets to Aryna Sabalenka despite winning more points in the first set.
[83]
Kasatkina bounced back from that loss emphatically at the
Phillip Island Trophy
, held during the second week of the Australian Open.
[84]
She defeated Katie Boulter for the second time in five days
[85]
and
Varvara Gracheva
, in straight sets, to record back to back wins for the third time in four events that season. The Russian then came from a set down to edge Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
[86]
before dominating
Petra Marti?
to make her first WTA semifinal since Lyon in 2020. She then defeated
Danielle Collins
[87]
and Marie Bouzkova in three sets to claim her third title and first since Moscow 2018.
[88]
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The win pushed Kasatkina up to No. 57 in the world.
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However, she crashed out in her opening-round match in
Dubai
to
Alize Cornet
.
[90]
She bounced back at the
St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy
, halting the winning streak of rising star
Clara Tauson
in the first round.
[91]
Kasatkina then fought hard for a three-set win over
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
, who served for the match.
[92]
Back-to-back comeback wins came over compatriots
Veronika Kudermetova
[93]
and Svetlana Kuznetsova.
[94]
She then defeated wildcard
Margarita Gasparyan
in the final after Gasparyan was forced to retire early in the second set.
[95]
This was Kasatkina's second title at home and this also made her the first two-time champion of the 2021 season, moving herself back into the top 50 for the first time since October 2019.
[96]
Despite clay being her favoured surface, Kasatkina failed to reach a quarterfinal throughout the clay-court season. She was upset by
Marta Kostyuk
in the second round of the
?stanbul Cup
[97]
before falling to Sabalenka in the second round of the
Madrid Open
.
[98]
At the
French Open
, Kasatkina defeated tenth seed Belinda Bencic, in straight sets, to make the third round for the first time since 2018.
[99]
She was defeated by
Sorana Cirstea
in straight sets.
[100]
Seeded fourth, Kasatkina reached the final at the
Birmingham Classic
. This was her eighth career final, first on grass and third of 2021.
[101]
Her run started with a comeback from 4?6, 0?3 against
Polona Hercog
in the first round,
[102]
before avenging her loss against Kostyuk,
[103]
ousting
Tereza Martincova
and
CoCo Vandeweghe
to reach the final.
[104]
However, she lost to
Ons Jabeur
in straight sets.
[105]
She lost in the quarterfinals of the
Eastbourne International
to Je?ena Ostapenko
[106]
after securing her first top ten win in two years over
Iga ?wi?tek
, losing just one game after dropping the opening set.
[107]
Kasatkina's grass-court season ended with a second-round appearance at the
Wimbledon Championships
, losing to Ostapenko 6?8 in the final set.
[108]
Kasatkina reached her fourth final of the year at the
Silicon Valley Classic
, beating former top ten player
Caroline Garcia
, in three sets
[109]
before coming back to avoid the upset against
Magda Linette
in the quarterfinals.
[110]
She then dominated top seed
Elise Mertens
without getting broken,
[111]
but lost to home favourite
Danielle Collins
in the final.
[112]
After early defeats at the
National Bank Open
and
Western & Southern Open
to Jabeur
[113]
and world No. 10,
Barbora Krej?ikova
,
[114]
respectively, Kasatkina reached the third round of the
US Open
with wins over defending quarterfinalist
Tsvetana Pironkova
and Olympics silver medalist
Marketa Vondrou?ova
,
[115]
but lost to fifth seed
Elina Svitolina
, in straight sets.
[116]
Her season ended with a third-round defeat at the
Indian Wells Open
to Angelique Kerber, in three sets
[117]
and a surprising first-round exit to
Anhelina Kalinina
in the first round of the
Kremlin Cup
.
[118]
2022: First major semifinal, Russian No. 1, world No. 8
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Kasatkina began the year ranked No. 26. She first played the
Melbourne Summer Set 2
, a
WTA 250
event, as the third seed; here, she reached the semifinals by defeating Anna Kalinskaya, Madison Keys, and
Nuria Parrizas Diaz
before losing to eventual champion
Amanda Anisimova
. The next week, she reached a second consecutive semifinal, this time at the
Sydney International
, a
WTA 500
event. She defeated eighth seed
Sofia Kenin
,
Elise Mertens
, and second seed Garbine Muguruza, before losing to fifth seed and eventual champion
Paula Badosa
. Kasatkina next reached the third round of the
2022 Australian Open
as the 25th seed, defeating qualifier
Stefanie Vogele
and
Magda Linette
before falling to seventh seed
Iga ?wi?tek
.
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In the next hardcourt events, Kasatkina was defeated by Iga ?wi?tek in both
Dubai
and
Doha
in the first and third rounds respectively. She lost to Angelique Kerber in
Indian Wells
third round and to
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
in
Miami
second round in receipt of first-round byes.
[
citation needed
]
At the
Italian Open
, she reached her first WTA 1000 semifinal of the season and second of her career, where she was defeated by Ons Jabeur, after having a match point.
[119]
As a result, she returned to the top 20 in the rankings, becoming once again the No. 1 Russian player on 16 May 2022.
[
citation needed
]
Kasatkina entered the
French Open
as the 20th seed. She defeated lucky loser
Rebecca ?ramkova
, qualifier
Fernanda Contreras
,
Shelby Rogers
, and 28th seed Camila Giorgi to reach the quarterfinals, matching her best result at the tournament from 2018. She then went one step further, defeating compatriot and 29th seed Veronika Kudermetova to reach her maiden Grand Slam semifinal. She then lost in straight sets to world No. 1, Iga ?wi?tek, for the fourth time this year. This run secured her a top 15 ranking for the first time since early 2019.
[
citation needed
]
Kasatkina played two tournaments on grass,
Berlin
and
Bad Homburg
; she was defeated in the quarterfinals by Maria Sakkari and
Bianca Andreescu
, respectively.
[120]
[121]
She did not compete in the
2022 Wimbledon Championships
due to the
All England Club
's decision to
ban Russian and Belarusian players
, in response to the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
.
[122]
At the
Silicon Valley Classic
, she reached the semifinals again defeating Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina,
[123]
qualifier
Taylor Townsend
[124]
and world No. 6 and fourth seed, Aryna Sabalenka, in three sets. She bageled each opponent in the last set in the match. She reached back-to-back finals, after defeating world No. 4 and second seed, Paula Badosa. She defeated Shelby Rogers in the final, securing a WTA 500 title and returning to the top 10 in the rankings at a new career-high of world No. 9 on 8 August 2022. She became tied for third in wins in the season with 32, behind only No. 1 Iga ?wi?tek, and Wimbledon finalist Ons Jabeur.
[125]
[126]
After getting eliminated by Bianca Andreescu and Amanda Anisimova in the opening rounds of
Toronto
and
Cincinnati
, respectively, Kasatkina won her sixth career title in
Granby
. She defeated
Greet Minnen
,
Magdalena Fr?ch
,
Nuria Parrizas Diaz
,
Diane Parry
and
Daria Saville
losing just one set en-route to win the title.
[127]
However, she fell to
Harriet Dart
in the first round of the
US Open
.
Seeded fifth at the
Ostrava Open
, Kasatkina defeated
Emma Raducanu
in the first round, before falling to
Ekaterina Alexandrova
in straight sets.
[128]
Seeded No. 8 at the
San Diego Open
, she breezed past
Leylah Fernandez
, before losing to Madison Keys in the second round. In receipt of a first-round bye in
Guadalajara
, she was defeated in the third round by Anna Kalinskaya, in three sets. With this result, she qualified for her first
WTA Finals
.
[129]
[130]
She also reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 8, on 24 October 2022.
[
citation needed
]
At the
WTA Finals
, Kasatkina lost to ?wi?tek again before she earned her first victory of the Finals against Coco Gauff, in straight sets, but she couldn't advance beyond round-robin stage as she was defeated by Caroline Garcia in a close three-set match.
[131]
[132]
2023: Two WTA 500 finals
[
edit
]
Kasatkina started the season at the
Adelaide International 1
. Seeded third, she lost in the first round to qualifier
Linda Noskova
, in three sets.
[133]
In the second event of
Adelaide
, after a first-round bye, she defeated
Barbora Krej?ikova
[134]
and
Petra Kvitova
in straight sets, before receiving a walkover from
Paula Badosa
to the final.
[135]
In the final, she was ultimately defeated by Belinda Bencic, in straight sets.
[136]
Seeded eighth at the
Australian Open
, Kasatkina suffered a shocking loss in the first round by
Varvara Gracheva
, in straight sets.
[137]
At the
French Open
, she reached the fourth round in which she lost to Elina Svitolina.
[138]
At the
Eastbourne International
, she advanced to the final defeating second seed Caroline Garcia by walkover and Camila Giorgi.
[139]
At the
US Open
, Kasatkina matched her best ever US Open result, advancing to the fourth round of the tournament by defeating
Alycia Parks
, Sofia Kenin and Greet Minnen. In the round of 16 and her first time playing in the main
Arthur Ashe Stadium
, she was defeated by the current world No. 1, Aryna Sabalenka.
[140]
2024: Second Adelaide final
[
edit
]
In
Adelaide
, she reached a second consecutive final after a second consecutive walkover from second seed
Jessica Pegula
after
Laura Siegemund
withdrew in the quarterfinals.
[141]
In the final, Kasatkina lost to Je?ena Ostapenko.
[142]
Seeded 14th at the
Australian Open
, Kasatkina fell in the second round to
Sloane Stephens
.
[
citation needed
]
Afterwards she reached the final of the
Abu Dhabi Open
, after winning a long semifinal match against
Beatriz Haddad Maia
, losing the decisive set in straight sets to
Elena Rybakina
.
[143]
National representation
[
edit
]
Having won the
Junior Fed Cup
in 2013,
[144]
Kasatkina made her senior
Fed Cup
debut for
Russia
in
2016
in a
World Group
quarterfinal against the
Netherlands
. She won the
dead rubber
doubles match with
Ekaterina Makarova
against
Cindy Burger
and
Arantxa Rus
as Russia lost the tie.
[145]
She also participated in the
World Group play-offs
against
Belarus
two months later and played three rubbers, as Makarova and Svetlana Kuznetsova both opted to skip the tie. Kasatkina won her first live rubber against
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
, but Russia lost all three other singles rubbers to lose the tie. Partnering with Elena Vesnina, she also won the doubles dead rubber. Nonetheless, Russia were relegated out of the World Group.
[146]
In 2017, Russia played in
World Group II
and won their tie to advance to
World Group play-offs
. After Kasatkina skipped that tie, she returned for the Play-off round.
[147]
However, for the second consecutive year, Russia lost in this round to
Belgium
to keep them in World Group II. Kasatkina won her only singles match to set up a decisive doubles rubber. Alongside Vesnina, Kasatkina lost that match to
Elise Mertens
and
An-Sophie Mestach
.
[148]
Kasatkina did not participate in Fed Cup in
2018
as Russia were further relegated to the Europe/Africa zonal group.
[149]
[150]
Kasatkina competed for Russia in
2019
during the zonal competitions, recording a win over
Karen Barritza
in straight sets in the only match she played throughout the week. Russia ultimately secured a place in the
World Group II play-offs
.
[151]
She made her return to the team for the
2020?21 Billie Jean King Cup Finals
, where she was nominated for the team as the second-ranked Russian.
[152]
In the matches she was nominated for, Kasatkina beat
Carol Zhao
in straight sets for an overall 3?0 win in the group stage.
[153]
She then beat
Jil Teichmann
in the final, helping Russia to secure their first title since 2008.
[154]
Playing style
[
edit
]
Kasatkina is a baseline player with a crafty style of play.
[155]
[156]
She employs a variety of shots including heavy
topspin
forehands
, one-handed slice
backhands
, kick serves,
drop shots
, and
tweeners
.
[61]
[note 2]
Tennis journalist Steve Tignor compared her ability to naturally hit one-handed backhands despite typically utilizing a two-handed shot similar to that of former world No. 1 men's tennis player
Andy Murray
.
[158]
Her former coach Phillip Dehaes described her style as "change of rhythm, change of speed, change of trajectory."
[61]
She relies on outsmarting her opponents through tactics rather than hitting overpowering shots.
[159]
[160]
However, she is capable of hitting powerful
groundstrokes
as well. Dehaes said that her key is to avoid hitting the ball into her opponent's strike zone.
[161]
Kasatkina's style has been praised by others including women's tennis coach
Wim Fissette
, who called her "the
Roger Federer
of women's tennis".
[162]
Kasatkina's favourite surface is clay.
[158]
Fellow top women's player
Caroline Wozniacki
has commended her clay court ability, saying, "The slower the surface is, the better for her. She has very good hands and good angles and everything."
[163]
As such, she also excels at tournaments with slower hard courts, such as the
Indian Wells Open
.
[158]
Kasatkina has had a good record on all three main surfaces on the WTA Tour, winning a clay court title at the
Charleston Open
, winning a hard court title at the
Kremlin Cup
, and reaching the quarterfinals on grass at
Wimbledon
.
[164]
[70]
[69]
Coaches
[
edit
]
When Kasatkina was eleven years old, Maxim Prasolov began coaching her. At the age of 14, she switched coaches to Damir Rishatovich Nurgaliev.
[165]
Beginning in 2015, she moved to
Trnava
in
Slovakia
to train at the Empire Tennis Academy, citing her preference to train away from a large city, something that was less feasible in Russia. At the academy, she worked with former Slovak professional tennis player
Vladimir Platenik
.
[9]
After three years, she hired Belgian Philippe Dehaes to be her new coach in late 2017. Kasatkina had previously sought out Dehaes as a coach in late 2013 when she visited Belgium in search of funding from a foundation that was providing financial support for one of Dehaes's junior players. Dehaes has stated he has a different coaching style than Platenik, saying, "She was working before with a coach who was really focused on the opponent and on adapting the game to the opponent. I don't watch the opponent." He added that, "I insist on leaving her a lot of freedom when she plays, but she has to create, has to make things happen, really like an artist. I compared it to an empty canvas a few days ago, and I said she can make whatever art on that canvas that she wants as long as it's beautiful."
[161]
Kasatkina split with Dehaes in February 2019. She had only wanted to take a break from having a coach, but Dehaes could not accommodate being without a job.
[75]
After two months without a coach, she replaced him with Carlos Martinez, former coach of fellow Russian
Svetlana Kuznetsova
.
[76]
Kasatkina's brother Alexandr is her fitness trainer.
[155]
Kasatkina and Martinez's relationship ended in February 2023, and former player
Flavio Cipolla
began coaching her.
[166]
Personal life
[
edit
]
Kasatkina's favourite tennis player is
Rafael Nadal
. In the women's game, she is a fan of
Petra Kvitova
and
Maria Sharapova
.
[5]
She prefers to watch men's tennis over women's tennis, saying that the players are better at serving and moving around the court.
[9]
Kasatkina likes to play sports in general, including football. She is a fan of
FC Barcelona
.
[7]
Kasatkina has been sponsored by
Nike
,
[167]
[168]
Tecnifibre
[167]
and Instaforex
[169]
throughout her career. Her sponsorship with Nike ended in 2021, due to a series of poor results. In August 2021, Kasatkina signed an endorsement deal with
Adidas
for clothing, footwear, and apparel.
[170]
She switched to
Decathlon
's Artengo racquets in 2022 after trying different racquets in a blind test.
[171]
[172]
In an interview with
Sofya Tartakova
in 2021, Kasatkina made comments that were presumed to be discussing her bisexuality.
[173]
In 2022, she clarified these comments, coming out as lesbian, and stating in an interview that she is in a relationship with figure skater
Natalia Zabiiako
. It became public after Kasatkina and Zabiiako posted photos of each other together on Instagram.
[174]
[175]
[176]
Zabiiako and Kasatkina also started a YouTube vlog about life on the tennis tour.
[177]
Kasatkina said that she "found living in the closet impossible" and also speaking out against the attitudes towards the LGBTQ+ community and restrictions of rights within Russia. In that same interview, Kasatkina condemned the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
, calling for an end to Russian aggression and showing solidarity with the Ukrainian people.
[174]
As a result of her sexuality, Kasatkina is unsure of what will happen to her if she ever chooses to return to Russia to see her friends and family, but the professional tennis player added that she doesn't regret her decision.
[178]
In June 2023, she expressed her understanding for Ukrainian players who refused to shake her hand after matches, saying "It’s a very sad situation and I understand."
[179]
Career statistics
[
edit
]
Grand Slam tournament performance timelines
[
edit
]
Key
W
|
F
|
SF
|
QF
|
#R
|
RR
|
Q#
|
DNQ
|
A
|
NH
|
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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
]
Doubles
[
edit
]
Note
:
1
Kasatkina and
Anett Kontaveit
withdrew from the 2019 US Open before their second-round match, which does not officially count as a loss.
Awards
[
edit
]
- The
Russian Cup
in the nominations:
- Team of the Year ? Girls Under-14: 2011;
- Team of the Year ? Girls Under-16: 2012, 2013;
- Junior of the Year: 2014;
- Team of the Year: 2021.
[180]
Notes
[
edit
]
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