Natalia Vikhlyantseva

Natalia Vikhlyantseva Biography

Natalia Konstantinovna Vikhlyantseva (born 16 February 1997) is a Russian tennis player. Her favourite court surface is grass.

Vikhlyantseva has a career high WTA singles ranking of 65 achieved on 19 June 2017 and a career high WTA doubles ranking of 279 achieved on 1 August 2016.

Career

2015-16

Vikhlyantseva made her WTA main draw debut at the 2015 Shenzhen Open where she received a wildcard. In her first match on WTA tour, she defeated Anna-Lena Friedsam in three sets. She played in second round against Simona Halep and lost in straight sets.

After winning two ITF titles in 2016, she reached the semifinals of the Open GDF SUEZ de Limoges where she took No.1 seed and top 30 player Caroline Garcia to three sets.

2017: Top 100 debut and first WTA final

Vikhlyantseva debuted at a Grand Slam tournament in the main draw of the 2017 Australian Open where she reached the second round, losing there to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Her next tournament was the St. Petesburg Ladies Trophy where she received a wildcard and beat Yaroslava Shvedova before upsetting No.8 seed Daria Kasatkina in straight sets and receiving a walkover from No.1 seed Simona Halep (who withdrew due to injury) in the quarterfinals. She lost in the semis to eventual champion Kristina Mladenovic. Despite her defeat, Vikhlyantseva ensured a Top 100 debut with her campaign.

Vikhlyantseva reached her first WTA level final at the Ricoh Open, beating Cornelia Lister, former World No. 9 Andrea Petkovic, Arantxa Rus and fifth seed Ana Konjuh en route. She then lost to the Estonian Anett Kontaveit, who won her first title.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0-0)
WTA Tour Championships (0-0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0-0)
Premier (0-0)
International (0-1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0-0)
Clay (0-0)
Grass (0-1)
Carpet (0-0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	18 June 2017	Ricoh Open, s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Anett Kontaveit	2-6, 3-6

ITF finals (3-4)

Singles (2-3)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (1-1)
Clay (1-2)
Grass (0-0)
Carpet (0-0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	5 October 2014	Hilton Head Island, United States	Clay	Marie Bouzkov	5-7, 1-6
Runner-up	2.	22 August 2015	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Clay	Polina Leykina	4-6, 3-6
Winner	1.	7 August 2016	Plze?, Czech Republic	Clay	Anna Kalinskaya	6-1, 6-3
Winner	2.	24 September 2016	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Donna Veki?	6-1, 6-2
Runner-up	3.	17 December 2016	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	2-6, 2-6

Doubles (1-1)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (0-0)
Clay (1-1)
Grass (0-0)
Carpet (0-0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	20 September 2015	Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Maria Marfutina	Kristna Ku?ov Anastasija Sevastova	7-6^(7-1), 3-6, [5-10]
Winner	1.	23 January 2016	Wesley Chapel, United States	Clay	Ingrid Neel	Natela Dzalamidze Veronika Kudermetova	4-6, 7-6^(7-4), [10-6]

Fed Cup participation

This Table is current through the 2017 Fed Cup

Legend
World Group
World Group Play-off
World Group II
World Group II Play-off
Europe/Africa Group

Singles (1-0)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result	Team Result
2017 Fed Cup	WG II	12 February 2017 Moscow, Russia	Chinese Taipei	Hard (i)	Lee Ya-hsuan	Win	6-1, 6-2	Win 4-1

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