Margarita Gasparyan

Margarita Gasparyan
Singles
Margarita Gasparyan at the 2015 US Open
Full name	Margarita Melikovna Gasparyan
Country (sports)	Russia
Born	(1994-09-01) 1 September 1994 Moscow, Russia
Retired	Active
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach(es)	Elena Makarova
Prize money	$ 619,955
Career record	152–78
Career titles	1 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	41 (21 March 2016)
Current ranking	47 (4 April 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2016)
French Open	1R (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2015)
US Open	Q2 (2015)
Doubles
Career record	89–46
Career titles	3 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	41 (4 April 2016)
Current ranking	41 (4 April 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2016)
Wimbledon	2R (2015)
US Open	2R (2015)
Last updated on: 21 March 2016.

Margarita Melikovna Gasparyan (Russian: Маргари́та Ме́ликовна Гаспаря́н; born 1 September 1994) is a Russian tennis player.

Gasparyan has won one singles and two doubles titles on the WTA tour, as well as nine singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 21 March 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 41, and her best doubles ranking of world number 52.

She is considered to possess one of the strongest one-handed backhands among young Russian players. In 2015, she won both her first singles and doubles titles during the same week, a feat she achieved at the Baku Cup. She is currently coached by Elena Makarova.^[1]

Career

Born to an Armenian father and a Russian mother, Gasparyan began playing tennis at age 5.

2010–11

Gasparyan started her pro career at the $10,000 ITF tournament in St. Petersburg in mid-March 2010, losing in the first qualification round. Her first successful appearance was in another $10,000 tournament in Minsk, reaching the quarterfinals in singles and semifinals in doubles, respectively. Her first final was in Tyumen in doubles with Natela Dzalamidze in the very end of 2011, losing 0–6, 2–6 to Darya Kustova and Olga Savchuk.

2012

In 2012, Gasparyan won four singles ITF titles, all under the category 25K. All of her singles titles came from Russia. She was awarded a wildcard into the 2012 Kremlin Cup but lost to Lucie Šafářová in three sets.

2013: Fed Cup final call-up

At the end of the 2013 season, Gasparyan was called by captain, Shamil Tarpischev, to be part of the Russian team for the 2013 Fed Cup Final against Italy, on November 2 and 3. Afterwards, she won her fifth ITF title in Minsk.

2014

The 2014 WTA Tour was for Gasparyan more productive especially by season's end in singles, while in doubles she improved as she won two major ITF tournaments out of four, one being a top-levelled tournament in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Gasparyan qualified for the 2014 Tashkent Open, but lost in the first round. She debuted at a Grand Slam when she was in the qualifying draw at the US Open. At the end of the 2014 season, Gasparyan saw good results in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, winning one tournament.

2015: First WTA titles, Grand Slam main draw debut

Gasparyan won three ITF singles tournaments and one ITF doubles tournament, former being a top-level one. She achieved her first loss in an ITF final, also a $100,000 tournament, in Trnava, Slovakia, where she lost to Danka Kovinić, 5–7, 3–6. She then decided to play on the WTA Tour.

In May, Gasparyan made her Grand Slam main draw debut at French Open, where she lost in two sets to Ana Konjuh as a qualifier. On June 29, she made her second Grand Slam main draw entry as a qualifier at Wimbledon, where she faced No. 1 seed, Serena Williams, in the first round. She broke Williams' serve early in the first set, but lost the match after yielding 11 of the final 13 games of the match.

At the İstanbul Cup, Gasparyan was drawn to face 8th seed Tsvetana Pironkova after getting past the qualifying rounds. Despite winning the first set 6–0 and having 2 match points, she lost the match 6–0, 6–7, 6–7.

Gasparyan won her first WTA title in Baku, defeating Patricia Maria Țig in the final. She became the first one-handed backhand player to win in the 2015 WTA season.^[2] As a result, Gasparyan's singles ranking rose to a career-high No. 71. Gasparyan, also with her win in the doubles event alongside title defender Alexandra Panova, climbed to No. 84 in the doubles rankings.

At the Connecticut Open, she fell in the first round of qualifying to Christina McHale. She also fell in the qualifying rounds at the US Open, losing to American wildcard Jessica Pegula in straight sets.

Gasparyan then lost in the second round of the Tashkent Open to German Anna-Lena Friedsam in straight sets. However, she won the her second WTA doubles title of the year there with Alexandra Panova.

At the Generali Ladies Linz, Gasparyan upset 6th seed Camila Giorgi in the second round, before losing to Anna-Lena Friedsam again.

At the Kremlin Cup, Gasparyan upset 9th seed Kristina Mladenovic in the second round but fell to eventual finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarter finals.

In her last tournament of the year, Gasparyan reached the quarter finals of the WTA 125K Open GDF Suez Seine-et-Marne, before retiring in the match against former Grand Slam champion Francesca Schiavone after losing the first set in a tie-break.

Gasparyan ended the season as World No. 62, her first top 100 season and winning her first WTA Singles title.

2016: Top 50

Gasparyan played in Brisbane, but fell in the final qualifying round. However, due to Maria Sharapova's withdrawal, Gasparyan was awarded a lucky-loser spot.^[3] However, she lost in the first round to compatriot Ekaterina Makarova. In Hobart, Gasparyan lost in the second round to Johanna Larsson.

In the Australian Open, she managed to reach the fourth round, her best to date Grand Slam performance, after upsetting 17th seed Sara Errani in the first round. She then fell to World No. 1 Serena Williams in straight sets.^[4]

At the inaugural St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Gasparyan reached the second round, before losing to 4th seed Ana Ivanovic.

In Doha, Gasparyan caused a big upset by outclassing 10th seed Karolína Plíšková in just 49 minutes. However, she failed to keep up the good momentum as she lost to Andrea Petkovic.

At the BNP Paribas Open, Gasparyan defeated Olga Govortsova in the first round but lost to 9th seed Roberta Vinci in the second round despite having 2 match points.

She will debut for Team Russia at the 2016 Fed Cup against Belarus in the World Group play-offs.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	2 August 2015	Baku Cup, Baku, Azerbaijan	Hard	Patricia Maria Țig	6–3, 5–7, 6–0

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (3–1)
WTA 125 series tournaments (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	13 September 2014	Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Alexandra Panova	Aleksandra Krunić Kateřina Siniaková	2–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	2 August 2015	Baku Cup, Baku, Azerbaijan	Hard	Alexandra Panova	Vitalia Diatchenko Olga Savchuk	6–3, 7–5
Winner	2.	3 October 2015	Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Alexandra Panova	Vera Dushevina Kateřina Siniaková	6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
Runner-up	2.	15 November 2015	Open de Limoges, Limoges, France	Hard	Oksana Kalashnikova	Barbora Krejčíková Mandy Minella	6–1, 5–7, [6–10]
Winner	3.	29 April 2016	J&T Banka Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Andrea Hlaváčková	María Irigoyen Paula Kania	6–4, 6–2

ITF circuit finals

Singles: 10 (9–1)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	25 March 2012	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Lyudmyla Kichenok	6–0, retired
Winner	2.	5 May 2012	Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Çağla Büyükakçay	6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Winner	3.	14 May 2012	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Daria Gavrilova	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Winner	4.	21 September 2012	Yoshkar-Ola, Russia	Hard	Nadiia Kichenok	7–5, 7–6
Winner	5.	11 November 2013	Minsk, Belarus	Hard (i)	Anastasiya Vasylyeva	6–4, 6–4
Winner	6.	2 November 2014	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Elitsa Kostova	6–3, 6–0
Winner	7.	1 February 2015	Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	Hard (i)	Elitsa Kostova	6–4, 6–4
Winner	8.	22 February 2015	Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Karine Sarkisova	6–0, 6–4
Winner	9.	5 April 2015	Croissy-Beaubourg, France	Hard (i)	Mathilde Johansson	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	10 May 2015	Trnava, Slovakia	Clay	Danka Kovinić	7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 13 (8–5)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	30 December 2011	Tyumen, Russia	Hard (i)	Natela Dzalamidze	Darya Kustova Olga Savchuk	0–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	28 January 2012	Karst, Germany	Carpet (i)	Anna Smolina	Alexandra Artamonova Marina Melnikova	6–7, 6–2, [10–8]
Winner	2.	19 March 2012	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Anna Arina Marenko	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Kateryna Kozlova	3–6, 7–6, [10–6]
Winner	3.	17 September 2012	Yoshkar-Ola, Russia	Hard (i)	Veronika Kapshay	Irina Buryachok Valeria Solovyeva	6–4, 2–6, [11–9]
Runner-up	2.	21 January 2013	Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	Hard (i)	Olga Savchuk	Amra Sadiković Ana Vrljić	7–5, 5–7, [4–10]
Winner	4.	18 February 2013	Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Polina Monova	Maryna Zanevska Valeria Solovyeva	6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
Winner	5.	3 June 2013	Karshi, Uzbekistan	Hard	Polina Pekhova	Veronika Kapshay Teodora Mirčić	6–2, 6–1
Runner–up	3.	23 September 2013	Clermont-Ferrand, France	Hard	Alyona Sotnikova	Michaëlla Krajicek Marta Domachowska	7–5, 4–6, [8–10]
Runner–up	4.	8 February 2014	Grenoble, France	Hard (i)	Kateryna Kozlova	Sofia Shapatava Anastasiya Vasylyeva	1–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	29 March 2014	Croissy-Beaubourg, France	Hard (i)	Lyudmyla Kichenok	Kristina Barrois Eleni Daniilidou	6–2, 6–4
Runners-up	5.	5 May 2014	Trnava, Slovakia	Hard	Evgeniya Rodina	Stephanie Vogt Zheng Saisai	4–6, 2–6
Winner	7.	26 July 2014	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Vitalia Diatchenko	Michaela Boev Anna-Lena Friedsam	6–4, 6–1
Winner	8.	9 May 2015	Trnava, Slovakia	Clay	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Aleksandra Krunić Petra Martić	6–3, 6–2

Performance timelines

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	R#	RR	Q#	A	P	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Singles

Only Main Draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam Tournaments and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.

This table is current through the 2016 Prague Open.

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	4R	0 / 1	3–1	75%
French Open	A	A	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	A	Q1	Q2		0 / 0	0–0	0%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	3–1	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	A	Not Held				0 / 0	0–0	0%
Year-End Championships
Tour Championships	Did Not Qualify					0 / 0	0–0	0%
Elite Trophy¹	Did Not Qualify					0 / 0	0–0	0%
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Miami	A	A	A	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Madrid	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	0%
Beijing	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	0%
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	NP5		A	A	NP5	0 / 0	0–0	0%
Doha	A	A	A	NP5	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Rome	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	0%
Montreal / Toronto	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	0%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	0%
Tokyo	A	A	NP5			0 / 0	0–0	0%
Wuhan	NH		A	A		0 / 0	0–0	0%
	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	1	0	1	8	8	18
Titles	0	0	0	1		1
Finals reached	0	0	0	1		1
Hard Win–Loss	0–1	0–0	0–1	12–5	8–7	0 / 14	20–14	62%
Clay Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Grass Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	–	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Overall Win–Loss	0–1	0–0	0–1	12–7	8–7	0 / 17	20–17	54%
Year-end ranking	231	318	217	62		41

¹ Before 2015 known as WTA Tournament of Champions.

Doubles

Only Main Draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam Tournaments and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.

This table is current through the 2016 Prague Open.

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	0%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	2R		0 / 1	1–1	50%
US Open	A	A	A	A	2R		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	3–1	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH	A	Not Held				0 / 0	0–0	0%
Year-End Championships
Tour Championships	Did Not Qualify						0 / 0	0–0	0%
Elite Trophy¹	Did Not Qualify						0 / 0	0–0	0%
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	SF	0 / 1	3–1	75%
Madrid	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	0%
Beijing	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	0%
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	A	NP5		A	A	NP5	0 / 0	0–0	0%
Doha	NP5	A	A	A	NP5	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	0%
Montreal / Toronto	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	0%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	0%
Tokyo	A	A	A	NP5			0 / 0	0–0	0%
Wuhan	NH			A	A		0 / 0	0–0	0%
	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	1	1	1	3	8	6	20
Titles	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
Finals reached	0	0	0	1	3	1	5
Hard Win–Loss	0–1	0–1	0–1	5–2	11–5	6–5	2 / 15	22–15	59%
Clay Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	4–0	1 / 2	4–1	80%
Grass Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	–	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Overall Win–Loss	0–1	0–1	0–1	5–2	12–6	10–5	3 / 17	27–16	67%
Year-end ranking	747	280	243	99	75		52

¹ Before 2015 known as WTA Tournament of Champions.

Fed Cup participation

This Table is current through the 2016 Fed Cup^[5]

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

Singles (0–2)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result	Team Result
2016 Fed Cup	WG PO	16 April 2016 Moscow, Russia	Belarus	Clay (i)	Victoria Azarenka	2–6, 3–6	Loss	Loss 1–3
2016 Fed Cup	WG PO	17 April 2016 Moscow, Russia	Belarus	Clay (i)	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6–4, 1–6, 5–7	Loss	Loss 1–3

Doubles (0–1)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Result	Team Result
2013 Fed Cup	WG F	3 November 2013 Cagliari, Italy	Italy	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	Karin Knapp/Flavia Pennetta	Loss	4–6, 6–3, 6–1	Loss 0–4

References

↑ "Маргарита Гаспарян: Мне очень комфортно работать с Еленой Макаровой" [Margarita Gasparyan: I really like the comfortable training with Elena Makarova] (in Russian). GoTennis.ru. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
↑ "Margarita Gasparyan: Baku Champion". WTA. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
↑ "Halep & Sharapova Out Of Brisbane". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
↑ Clarey, Christopher (24 January 2016). "Sharapova Looks to End 17-Match Losing Streak Against Serena Williams". New York Times. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
↑ Gasparyan's Profile at Fed Cup

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Women's Tennis Association: Top Russian female singles tennis players as of 2 May 2016

1. Maria Sharapova (9 ) 2. Svetlana Kuznetsova (12 ) 3. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (26 ) 4. Ekaterina Makarova (30 ) 5. Daria Kasatkina (32 )

6. Margarita Gasparyan (47 ) 7. Elena Vesnina (55 ) 8. Elizaveta Kulichkova (115 ) 9. Evgeniya Rodina (118 ) 10. Alexandra Panova (142 )

Women's Tennis Association: Top Russian female doubles tennis players as of 11 April 2016

1. Elena Vesnina (13 ) 2. Ekaterina Makarova (25 ) 3. Alla Kudryavtseva (27 ) 4. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (37 4) 5. Margarita Gasparyan (42 1)

6. Daria Kasatkina (53 2) 7. Alexandra Panova (58 1) 8. Vera Dushevina (75 ) 9. Marina Melnikova (92 14) 10. Valentyna Ivakhnenko (113 40)

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