Anastasija Sevastova

Anastasija Sevastova

Country (sports)	Latvia
Residence	Vienna, Austria
Born	13 April 1990 Liepāja, Soviet Union
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2006
Retired	May 2013- 2015; Active
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$ 880,430
Singles
Career record	275–141
Career titles	1 WTA, 13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 36 (31 January 2011)
Current ranking	No. 103 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2011)
French Open	1R (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2008)
US Open	2R (2009, 2010)
Doubles
Career record	36–29
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 195 (August 31, 2009)
Current ranking	No. 300 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2010, 2011)
French Open	2R (2010)
Wimbledon	1R (2010)
US Open	1R (2010)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	15–8
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Anastasija Sevastova (born 13 April 1990) is a Latvian tennis player of Russian descent. On January 31, 2011, she achieved her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 36. On August 31, 2009, she claimed her highest doubles rank of No. 195. Her biggest match to date was in the first round of the 2010 China Open, where she defeated world number 7 Samantha Stosur.

Career

In 2007 she qualified for the 2007 İstanbul Cup where she won her first career WTA match against Anastasiya Yakimova in the 1st round 6–1, 6–3. She then lost to #5 seed Alona Bondarenko 4–6, 6–3, 6(5)–7.

In 2009 she qualified for the French Open but lost to Melinda Czink, 6–3, 4–6, 1–6 in the first round.

She entered the main draw of the 2009 Aegon Classic where she was defeated in the 1st round by Yanina Wickmayer, 4–6, 3–6. She then qualified for the 2009 Wimbledon Championship, losing to Kateryna Bondarenko in the first round, 3–6, 6(5)–7.

In August she qualified into the main draw of the 2009 U.S. Open and won her first career Grand Slam match by defeating Tamarine Tanasugarn, 6–3, 7–5.

2010

In March 2010, Sevastova got the biggest win of her career by defeating World No. 9 Jelena Janković in the first round of the 2010 Monterrey Open. She reached the semifinals, falling to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in three sets.

Sevastova played at the 2010 Estoril Open and in her first match defeated top seed Ágnes Szávay 3–6, 6–3, 6–3. She then beat veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm in the second round (Date-Krumm retired), Anastasia Rodionova in the quarterfinals 7–6(6), 6–2 and Peng Shuai of China 6–7(6), 6–1, 6–3 in the semifinal. In the final of the 2010 Estoril Open she beat Arantxa Parra Santonja in straight sets 6–2, 7–5. It was her first WTA Final and her first WTA Title.

2011

At the 2011 Australian Open, Sevastova upset the 21st seed Yanina Wickmayer in straight sets, before losing in the fourth to World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, also in straight sets.

2013

Due to ongoing injuries and illness, Sevastova announced her immediate retirement from the sport in May 2013.^[1]

2015 – Return to professional tennis

In 2015 January, Sevastova returned to professional tennis, receiving a wild card into the $10K tournament in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt.

In the first half of the year, Sevastova won 4 ITF tournaments.

In the Brasil Tennis Cup, Sevastova reached her 1st WTA Semi Final since 2013 in Pattaya, only to lose to No.4 seed Teliana Pereira.

At the Kremlin Cup held in Moscow, Sevastova managed to go through the qualifying draw and enter the main draw. She won her 1st round match against Olga Govortsova. She faced Karolína Plíšková in the second round, and created a massive upset while also ending Pliskova's hopes of qualifying for the 2015 WTA Finals by winning in straight sets. Despite winning the first set 7-5, Sevastova did not manage to progress to the Semi Finals as she lost to eventual champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in 3 sets.

2016

In the 2016 Australian Open, Sevastova went through qualifying and progressed through to the second round of the main draw by beating Jarmila Wolfe after she retired, only to lose to 20th seed and former World No.1 Ana Ivanovic.

In Qatar, Sevastova once again went through the qualifying rounds but lost in the first round of the main draw to former World No.5 and Wimbledon finalist, Eugenie Bouchard, despite having a match point.

Head-to-head statistics

Head-to-head record against top 20 players

Sevastova win-loss record against players who were ranked world no. 20 or higher at the time is as follows:

• Flavia Pennetta 1–0
• Samantha Stosur 1–0
• Jelena Janković 1–1
• Marion Bartoli 0–1
• Alizé Cornet 0–1
• Julia Görges 0–1
• Justine Henin 0–1
• Kaia Kanepi 0–1
• Petra Kvitová 0–1
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 0–1
• Karolína Plíšková 0–1
• Venus Williams 0–1
• Caroline Wozniacki 0–1
• Vera Zvonareva 0–1
• Svetlana Kuznetsova 0–2
• Na Li 0–2
• Agnieszka Radwańska 0–2

* Statistics correct as of February 16, 2016.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Winner – 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 (1–0)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (1–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	8 May 2010	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–2, 7–5

ITF Finals

Singles: 22 (13–9)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	11 July 2006	Garching, Germany	Clay	Sandra Martinović	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	6 August 2006	Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Josipa Bek	6–1, 6–0
Winner	3.	20 August 2006	Bratislava, Slovakia	Clay	Klaudia Malenovska	4–6, 6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	13 May 2007	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Vojislava Lukić	3–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Runner-up	5.	24 June 2007	Fontanafredda, Italy	Clay	Anna Korzeniak	5–7, 0–6
Winner	6.	22 March 2008	Noida, India	Hard	Sunitha Rao	6–2, 6–1
Winner	7.	1 June 2008	Galatina, Italy	Clay	Estrella Cabeza Candela	6–4, 6–4
Winner	8.	27 July 2008	Les Contamines, France	Hard	Agustina Lepore	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	25 August 2008	Katowice, Poland	Clay	Lenka Wienerová	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	10.	7 September 2008	Brno, Czech Republic	Clay	Zuzana Ondrášková	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner	11.	29 March 2009	La Palma, Spain	Hard	Kristína Kučová	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Winner	12.	3 May 2009	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Eva Hrdinová	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	13.	12 July 2009	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Sandra Záhlavová	1–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Runner-up	14.	2 July 2012	Versmold, Germany	Clay	Annika Beck	3–6, 1–6
Winner	15.	15 July 2012	Zwevegem, Belgium	Hard (i)	Çağla Büyükakçay	6–0, 6–3
Winner	16.	30 July 2012	Trnava, Slovakia	Clay	Ana Savić	w/o
Winner	17.	1 February 2015	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Yuuki Tanaka	7–5, 6–3
Winner	18.	15 February 2015	Trnava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Réka-Luca Jani	6–1, 7–6^(7–3)
Winner	19.	6 April 2015	Ahmedabad, India	Hard	Ankita Raina	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
Winner	20.	27 April 2015	Wiesbaden, Germany	Clay	Tereza Martincová	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	21.	17 May 2015	La Marsa, Tunisia	Clay	Romina Oprandi	3-6 3-6
Runner-up	22.	6 July 2015	Bursa, Turkey	Clay	İpek Soylu	5–7, 6–3, 1–6

Doubles: 5 (4-1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	31 August 2008	Katowice, Poland	Clay	Lenka Wienerová	Karolina Kosińska Aleksandra Rosolska	5–7, 6–3, [10–3]
Runner-up	2.	3 May 2009	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Kristína Kučová	Naomi Cavaday Lesia Tsurenko	2–6, 6–2, [9–11]
Winner	3.	31 January 2015	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Melanie Klaffner	Caroline Rohde-Moe Midori Yamamoto	6–4, 6–4
Winner	4.	13 February 2015	Trnava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Anna Maria Heil	Michaela Hončová Lenka Juríková	6–4, 6–3
Winner	5.	20 September 2015	Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Kristína Kučová	Maria Marfutina Natalia Vikhlyantseva	6–7(1–7), 6–3, [10–5]

Performance Timeline

Singles

Grand Slam tournaments
Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	12-14	2015	2016	W–L
Australian Open	A	LQ	1R	4R	A	A	2R	4–3
French Open	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A		0–3
Wimbledon	LQ	1R	1R	1R	A	A		0–3
US Open	A	2R	2R	1R	A	Q1		2–3
Win–Loss	0–0	1–3	1–4	3–4	0–0	0–0	1–1	6–12

Head-to-Head record against other players

• Agnieszka Radwańska 0-2
• Justine Henin 0-1
• Ana Ivanovic 1-0
• Caroline Wozniacki 0-1
• Jelena Janković 1-1

References

1. WTA Fans: Anastasija Sevastova retires at age of 23

External links

• Anastasija Sevastova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Anastasija Sevastova at the International Tennis Federation
• Anastasija Sevastova at the Fed Cup