Vitalia Diatchenko Biography

Vitalia Anatolyevna Diatchenko (, born 2 August 1990) is a professional Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 71, which she reached on 17 November 2014. Her career high in doubles is No. 60, which she reached on 21 February 2011.

Career

Diatchenko's first Grand Slam tournament was the Roland Garros 2009, where she qualified for the main draw. In the tournament, Diatchenko upset world No. 75 player Mathilde Johansson to reach the second round before she eventually lost to World No. 1 Dinara Safina.

In 2009, she lost the 2009 Pattaya Women's Open with Yulia Beygelzimer, in Thailand to opponents Tamarine Tanasugarn and Yaroslava Shvedova with the score 3-6, 2-6, and 2009 Tashkent Open with Ekaterina Dzehalevich in Uzbekistan to opponents Tatiana Poutchek and Olga Govortsova with the score 6-2, 6-7, [10-8].

In 2010, she lost a 1 WTA International tournament with Aurlie Vdy, losing the 2010 Estoril Open in Portugal to opponents Anabel Medina Garrigues and Sorana Crstea with the score 1-6, 5-7.

In this year, at the 2010 French Open, she lost in the third round in qualifying to Misaki Doi with the score 6-7, 0-6. At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships she lost in the second round in qualifying to Romanian player Monica Niculescu with the score 5-7, 2-6.

This year Diatchenko participated in the ITF Women's Circuit where she won the ITF tournament in Darmstadt, Germany; in the final, she beat the 8th seeded German player Julia Schruff with the score 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.

She lost her fourth WTA International doubles tournament with partner Tatiana Poutchek. Then she lost the 2010 Copenhagen tournament to pair Anna-Lena Grnefeld and Julia Grges with the score 4-6, 4-6.

2011

Vitalia lost in the 2011 Australian Open - Women's Singles Qualifying in the second round to Sania Mirza 6-3 6-7 6-4. She then entered the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships - Women's Singles Qualifying but lost in the first round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4 6-3 despite being 3-1 ahead in the second set.

Vitalia qualified for the main draw of the Wimbledon Championships for the first time in her career after defeating Julia Glushko, Maria Elena Camerin and Stphanie Dubois in the qualifying stages of the Grand Slam. In the first round she was defeated by the 25th seed Daniela Hantuchov, 6-4, 6-7, 3-6. Vitalia was also in the Women's Doubles with compatriot Maria Kondratieva but were defeated by Vera Dushevina and Ekaterina Makarova in the first round.

Vitalia played in the Aegon GB Pro-Series Foxhills. Vitalia was seeded 1st. Vitalia defeated Alenka Hubacek in the first round and Lucy Brown in the second round. She defeated the 5th seed Marta Sirotkina in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Vitalia retired whilst trailing 2-6 0-2 to Johanna Konta.

On July 30, Vitalia won the biggest singles title of her career so far at the President's Cup, an ITF $100,000 tournament held in Astana, Kazakhstan. She defeated the 6th seed, Akgul Amanmuradova in the final 6-4, 6-1. Vitalia also won the Women's Doubles with Galina Voskoboeva. They defeated Akgul Amanmuradova and Alexandra Panova in the final 6-3, 6-4.

Vitalia participated in the 2011 Tatarstan Open in singles and doubles. Alexandra Panova was her doubles partner. Vitalia was seeded 5th in the singles and 1st in the doubles. In the first round of the singles, Vitalia defeated Evgeniya Pashkova 6-1, 6-1. In the second round, Vitalia beat Pemra zgen 6-3, 6-2. In the quarterfinals, Vitalia beat Valentyna Ivakhnenko 6-2, 6-2. In the semifinals, Vitalia retired against the wildcard (and eventual champion), Yulia Putintseva, after suffering an ankle injury. In the doubles, after winning their first round and quarterfinal matches, Vitalia and Alexandra faced the 3rd seeds, Evgeniya Rodina and Valeria Solovyeva in the semifinals. Vitalia and Alexandra won 6-3, 6-2. Due to Vitalia suffering an injury in the semifinals of the singles, she was unable to play the doubles final and so the 2nd seeds, Ekaterina Ivanova and Andreja Klepa?, got a walkover.

Vitalia played at the 2011 US Open, the final Grand Slam of 2011. In the first round of the Qualifying Stages, Vitalia beat Laura Siegemund 6-3, 7-5. In the second round, Vitalia defeated Sesil Karatantcheva on a scoreline of 7-5, 6-2. In the final round, Vitalia defeated Marta Domachowska 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 for a place in the Main Draw. This is Vitalia's first time to qualify for the main draw of the US Open. In the first round, Vitalia was defeated by Zheng Jie 6-4, 5-7, 2-6.

Vitalia's next tournament was the 2011 Tashkent Open. In the first round, she fought past Olga Govortsova on a scoreline of 7-6, 3-6, 6-4. Vitalia lost to Alla Kudryavtseva in the second round 1-6, 6-2, 3-6. In the Women's Doubles, Vitalia and her partner, Eleni Daniilidou, beat Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiya Kichenok in the final 6-4, 6-3. This was Vitalia's first time to win a WTA Tour doubles title in her career.

Vitalia qualified for the 2011 Generali Ladies Linz but lost in the first round to Ksenia Pervak 4-6, 1-6.

Vitalia suffered a knee injury playing doubles at the 2011 Kremlin Cup. This injury has ruled her out from playing tennis for 6 months.

2014

After the Russian's brief appearance in the 2012 WTA tour and her return to the ITF tour, she showed her first notable game for years at the Kremlin Cup, where the 140-ranked Vitalia eliminated No. 14 Dominika Cibulkov in the Round of 16, until being knocked down by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Diatchenko completed the year by winning her first WTA singles title at the WTA 125K event of Taipei.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 7 (1 title, 6 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0-0) WTA Tour Championships (0-0) Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0-0) Tier II / Premier (0-0) Tier III, IV & V / International (1-5)

Titles by Surface Hard (1-3) Grass (0-0) Clay (0-1) Carpet (0-0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	15 February 2009	Pattaya Women's Open, Pattaya City, Thailand	Hard	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Tamarine Tanasugarn Yaroslava Shvedova	6-3, 6-2
Runner-up	2.	26 September 2009	Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	Tatiana Poutchek Olga Govortsova	6-2, 6-7(1-7), [10-8]
Runner-up	3.	8 May 2010	Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Aurlie Vdy	Anabel Medina Garrigues Sorana Crstea	6-1, 7-5
Runner-up	4.	2 August 2010	e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open, Copenhagen, Denmark	Hard (i)	Tatiana Poutchek	Julia Grges Anna-Lena Grnefeld	6-4, 6-4
Winner	1.	17 September 2011	Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Eleni Daniilidou	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	6-4, 6-3
Runner-up	5.	17 January 2015	Hobart International, Hobart, Australia	Hard	Monica Niculescu	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	5-7, 3-6
Runner-up	6.	2 August 2015	Baku Cup, Baku, Azerbaijan	Hard	Olga Savchuk	Margarita Gasparyan Alexandra Panova	3-6, 5-7

WTA 125K series: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	November 3, 2014	OEC Taipei WTA Challenger, Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Chan Yung-jan	1-6, 6-2, 6-4

ITF circuit finals

Singles: 16 (11-5)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	November 11, 2007	Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard	Iveta Gerlov	6-4, 6-0
Winner	2.	December 20, 2008	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Urszula Radwa?ska	7-5, 2-6, 7-5
Winner	3.	March 29, 2009	Moscow, Russia	Hard	Vesna Dolonc	2-6, 6-3, 4-1 Ret
Winner	4.	July 18, 2010	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Julia Schruff	6-4, 5-7, 6-4
Runner-up	1.	August 15, 2010	Kazan, Russia	Hard	Anna Lapushchenkova	1-6, 6-2, 6-7(4-7)
Winner	5.	July 30, 2011	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Akgul Amanmuradova	6-4, 6-1
Winner	6.	December 21, 2013	Ankara, Turkey	Hard (i)	Marta Sirotkina	6-7(3-7), 6-4, 6-4
Winner	7.	March 10, 2014	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Naomi Broady	3-6, 6-4, 6-1
Runner-up	2.	March 17, 2014	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Naomi Broady	2-6, 0-3 ret.
Runner-up	3.	May 26, 2014	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Anastasiya Vasylyeva	5-7, 4-6
Winner	8.	July 27, 2014	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	a?la Bykakay	6-4, 3-6, 6-2
Winner	9.	September 13, 2014	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Evgeniya Rodina	6-3, 6-1
Runner-up	4.	September 28, 2014	Podgorica, Montenegro	Clay	Andreea Mitu	1-6, 4-6
Winner	10.	June 14, 2015	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Naomi Osaka	7-6(7-5), 6-0
Runner-up	5.	December 24, 2016	Ankara, Turkey	Hard (i)	Ivana Jorovi?	4-6, 5-7
Winner	11.	August 12, 2017	Chiswick, United Kingdom	Hard	Viktria Kumov	6-3, 6-4

Doubles: 18 (13-5)

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

Finals by surface Hard (8-2) Clay (5-2) Grass (0-0) Carpet (0-1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	June 24, 2007	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Tamara Stojkovi?	Vasilisa Davydova Karolina Jovanovi?	1-6, 6-0, 6-0
Winner	1.	August 8, 2008	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Maria Kondratieva	Veronika Kapshay Irina Kuzmina	6-0, 6-4
Winner	2.	August 23, 2008	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Eugeniya Pashkova	Tadeja Majeri? Natalia Ryzhonkova	6-0, 6-1
Runner-up	2.	September 15, 2008	Ruse, Bulgaria	Clay	Eugeniya Pashkova	Alexandra Panova Ksenia Pervak	2-6, 7-6(7-5), 5-10
Runner-up	3.	March 8, 2009	Minsk, Belarus	Carpet	Eugeniya Pashkova	Ima Bohush Darya Kustova	1-6, 6-4, 8-10
Winner	3.	March 29, 2009	Moscow, Russia	Hard	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	6-1, 6-1
Runner-up	4.	March 29, 2010	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Maret Ani	Elena Bovina Irena Pavlovic	0-6, 1-6
Winner	4.	April 16, 2010	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Irini Georgatou	Marina Erakovic Tamarine Tanasugarn	6-3, 5-7, [16-14]
Winner	5.	July 18, 2010	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Laura Siegemund	Irina-Camelia Begu Yurika Sema	4-6, 6-1, [10-4]
Winner	6.	September 20, 2010	Shrewsbury, England	Hard	Irena Pavlovic	Claire Feuerstein Vesna Manasieva	4-6, 6-4, [10-6]
Winner	7.	October 3, 2010	Athens, Greece	Hard	?pek ?eno?lu	Eleni Daniilidou Petra Marti?	w/o
Winner	8.	July 29, 2011	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Galina Voskoboeva	Akgul Amanmuradova Alexandra Panova	6-3, 6-4
Runner-up	5.	August 12, 2011	Kazan, Russia	Hard	Alexandra Panova	Ekaterina Lopes Andreja Klepa?	W/O
Winner	9.	November 15, 2013	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Olga Savchuk	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	7-5, 6-1
Winner	10.	July 26, 2014	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Margarita Gasparyan	Michaela Boev Anna-Lena Friedsam	6-4, 6-1
Winner	11.	August 18, 2014	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Clay	Ilona Kremen	Natela Dzalamidze Anastasia Pivovarova	6-1, 6-3
Winner	12.	November 15, 2014	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Alexandra Panova	Lyudmyla Kichenok Olga Savchuk	3-6, 6-2, [10-4]
Winner	13.	May 14, 2016	La Marsa, Tunisia	Clay	Galina Voskoboeva	Victoria Kan Sabina Sharipova	6-3, 1-6, [12-10]

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded.

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2015	2016	W-L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q2	1R	A	0-1
French Open	2R	Q3	Q3	2R	1R	2-3
Wimbledon	Q2	Q2	1R	1R	A	0-2
US Open	Q2	Q2	1R	1R	1R	0-3
Win-Loss	1-1	0-0	0-2	1-4	0-2	2-9

Doubles

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded.

Tournament	2010	2011	2015	W-L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open		1R	2R	1-2
French Open		1R		0-1
Wimbledon		1R		0-1
US Open	2R	2R		2-2
Win-Loss	1-1	1-4	1-1	3-6