Anna Danilina – Wikipedia

Kazakhstani tennis player

Anna Danilina
Анна Данилина

Danilina at the 2014 Moscow Cup
Country (sports)	Russia (2009–Nov 2010)  Kazakhstan (March 2011–)
Born	(1995-08-20) 20 August 1995 (age 27) Moscow, Russia
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US $609,352
Career record	164–161 (50.5%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 269 (14 September 2020)
Current ranking	No. 541 (6 February 2023)
Career record	247–135 (64.7%)
Career titles	3 WTA, 25 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 10 (9 January 2023)
Current ranking	No. 24 (6 February 2023)
Australian Open	F (2022)
French Open	2R (2022)
US Open	3R (2022)
Tour Finals	RR (2022)
Australian Open	1R (2023)
French Open	1R (2022)
Fed Cup	4–3 (57.1%)
Last updated on: 6 February 2023.

Anna Sergeyevna Danilina (Russian: Анна Сергеевна Данилина;^[1] born 20 August 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakh tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 10 in doubles by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). In singles, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 269.

Danilina represented her nation of birth, Russia, until March 2011, when she switched allegiances to represent Kazakhstan. As a junior, she reached a combined world ranking of No. 3 in February 2013.^[2] Since turning professional, Danilina has won three WTA doubles titles. She has also won one singles title and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Along with Beatriz Haddad Maia, Danilina attained her Grand Slam doubles breakthrough, reaching the women’s doubles final of the 2022 Australian Open.

Junior career[edit]

Junior Grand Slam performance[edit]

Singles:

• Australian Open: 3R (2013)
• French Open: 2R (2012, 2013)
• Wimbledon: 2R (2012)
• US Open: QF (2012)

Doubles:

• Australian Open: SF (2013)
• French Open: QF (2012)
• Wimbledon: QF (2012)
• US Open: SF (2012)

College tennis[edit]

With the beginning of her professional career hampered by injuries, in 2015 Danilina decided to attend an American university so she could study and play college tennis.^[3] Danilina went to University of Florida, graduating in 2018 with a degree in Economics. As part of the Florida Gators women’s tennis team, she won the 2017 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships.^[4]

Tennis career[edit]

2018[edit]

Partnering Berfu Cengiz, she won her first $80k tournament in July 2018 at the President’s Cup, defeating Akgul Amanmuradova and Ekaterine Gorgodze in the final.

2021: First WTA title, Top 100 & Major & WTA 1000 debuts[edit]

At the Poland Open held in Gdynia, Danilina reached the final and won her first WTA doubles title, partnering with Lidziya Marozava.^[5] As a result she made her top 100 debut in doubles at world No. 96, on 26 July 2021. Afterwards she made her Grand Slam debut at the US Open, partnering Yaroslava Shvedova.

2022: Historic Australian Open final & top 15 & WTA Finals[edit]

Danilina was playing an ITF tournament in Monastir, Tunisia, when Beatriz Haddad Maia invited her to serve as her partner in the 2022 Australian Open, following an injury to Nadia Podoroska. The team proved to work as they won the warm-up event Sydney International.^[6][7] At major-level, Danilina became the first Kazakh woman to reach the final of the Australian Open after upsetting No. 2 seeds Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara in the semifinal.^[8] Danilina and Haddad Maia won the first set against Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková, but following a comeback from the Czech duo lost the final.^[9] However, with this performance, Danilina made her top-25 debut in the WTA doubles rankings, and on 28 February 2022, she reached top 20. Danilina and Haddad appeared in most major tournaments afterwards, but did not go further than the second round, including at the French Open. She still got to two ITF titles in-between, Biarritz partnering Valeriya Strakhova, and Madrid, with Anastasia Tikhonova.^[10] She declined to appear at Wimbledon once the tournament was stripped of its ranking points for banning Russians and Belarusians.^[11] Afterwards, she won the Poland Open for the second time partnering Anna-Lena Friedsam,^[12] and reached the final of the Cleveland Open with Aleksandra Krunic,^[13] while also reaching the quarterfinals of Cincinnati and the US Open alongside Haddad.^[14][15]

At the WTA 1000 in Guadajalara, Danilina and Haddad Maia reached the final in a rematch with Krejčíková and Siniaková. With that, she became the first Kazakh woman since Yaroslava Shvedova in 2016 to qualify for the WTA Finals.^[16][17] Thanks to this result, she also entered the world’s top 15 in doubles for the first time.^[18][19]

2023: Top 10 debut[edit]

She reached the top 10 in doubles on 9 January 2023 before the Australian Open.

Performance timeline[edit]

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles[edit]

Current after the 2023 Dubai.

Doubles[edit]

Current through the 2023 Miami Open.

Significant finals[edit]

Grand Slam tournament finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)[edit]

WTA 1000 finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)[edit]

WTA career finals[edit]

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)[edit]

Finals by surface Hard (1–3) Grass (0–0) Clay (2–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2021	Poland Open	WTA 250	Clay	Lidziya Marozava	Kateryna Bondarenko Katarzyna Piter	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–0	Jan 2022	Sydney International, Australia	WTA 500	Hard	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Vivian Heisen Panna Udvardy	4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss	2–1	Jan 2022	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	Jul 2022	Poland Open (2)	WTA 250	Clay	Anna-Lena Friedsam	Katarzyna Kawa Alicja Rosolska	6–4, 5–7, [10–5]
Loss	3–2	Aug 2022	Tennis in Cleveland, United States	WTA 250	Hard	Aleksandra Krunić	Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez	5–7, 3–6
Loss	3–3	Oct 2022	Guadalajara Open, Mexico	WTA 1000	Hard	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Storm Sanders Luisa Stefani	6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2), [8–10]

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $40,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (1–4) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2012	Wiesbaden Open, Germany	10,000[b]	Clay	Laura Siegemund	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)
Loss	1–1	Sep 2012	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	25,000	Hard	Kateryna Kozlova	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Sep 2018	ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan	25,000	Clay	Yuliya Hatouka	4–6, 7–6(7–1), 2–6
Loss	1–3	May 2019	ITF Caserta, Italy	25,000	Clay	Varvara Gracheva	3–6, 5–7
Loss	1–4	Aug 2019	ITF Sezze, Italy	25,000	Clay	Stefania Rubini	4–6, 1–6
Loss	1–5	Sep 2021	ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France	25,000	Clay	Amandine Hesse	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 37 (26 titles, 11 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $40,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (7–5) Clay (18–6) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2011	ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan	10,000	Hard (i)	Kamila Kerimbayeva	Nikola Fraňková Zalina Khairudinova	6–3, 6–1
Win	2–0	Jun 2013	ITF Kristinehamn, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Olga Doroshina	Julia Cohen Alizé Lim	7–5, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Nov 2013	ITF Minsk, Belarus	25,000	Hard (i)	Olga Doroshina	Ilona Kremen Aliaksandra Sasnovich	6–7(3), 0–6
Win	3–1	Mar 2014	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	10,000	Hard (i)	Olga Doroshina	Alexandra Grinchishina Kateryna Sliusar	6–3, 7–6(4)
Win	4–1	May 2014	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Ekaterina Bychkova Evgeniya Rodina	6–3, 6–2
Loss	4–2	Jun 2014	ITF Ystad, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Nastja Kolar Yvonne Neuwirth	6–7(3), 6–3, [6–10]
Win	5–2	Sep 2014	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Yuliya Kalabina	6–1, 4–6, [10–6]
Win	6–2	Jun 2018	ITF Naples, United States	25,000	Clay	Genevieve Lorbergs	Rasheeda McAdoo Katerina Stewart	6–3, 1–6, [11–9]
Loss	6–3	Jun 2018	ITF Båstad, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Karin Kennel	Chen Pei-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien	5–7, 6–1, [5–10]
Win	7–3	Jul 2018	President’s Cup, Kazakhstan	80,000	Hard	Berfu Cengiz	Akgul Amanmuradova Ekaterine Gorgodze	3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss	7–4	Aug 2018	ITF Woking, United Kingdom	25,000	Hard	Emily Arbuthnott	Dalma Gálfi Valentini Grammatikopoulou	0–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Win	8–4	Oct 2018	ITF Florence, United States	25,000	Hard	Ulrikke Eikeri	Tara Moore Conny Perrin	6–7(9), 6–2, [10–8]
Loss	8–5	Oct 2018	Classic of Macon, United States	80,000	Hard	Ingrid Neel	Caty McNally Jessica Pegula	1–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Loss	8–6	Nov 2018	ITF Lawrence, United States	25,000	Hard (i)	Ksenia Laskutova	Vladica Babić Ena Shibahara	4–6, 2–6
Win	9–6	Jun 2019	ITF Grado, Italy	25,000	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	Akgul Amanmuradova Cristina Dinu	6–2, 6–3
Win	10–6	Jun 2019	ITF Ystad, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Emily Arbuthnott	Lina Gjorcheska Anastasiya Komardina	3–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Loss	10–7	Jul 2019	Contrexéville Open, France	100,000	Clay	Eva Wacanno	Georgina García Pérez Oksana Kalashnikova	3–6, 3–6
Win	11–7	Aug 2019	ITF Sezze, Italy	25,000	Clay	Ekaterina Yashina	Nuria Brancaccio Federica Sacco	7–5, 6–4
Loss	11–8	Aug 2019	ITF Leipzig, Germany	25,000	Clay	Vivian Heisen	Petra Krejsová Jesika Malečková	6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss	11–9	Sep 2019	Portugal Ladies Open	60,000	Hard	Vivian Heisen	Jessika Ponchet Isabella Shinikova	1–6, 3–6
Win	12–9	Oct 2019	ITF Charleston Pro, United States	60,000	Clay	Ingrid Neel	Vladica Babić Caitlin Whoriskey	6–1, 6–1
Win	13–9	Oct 2019	ITF Hilton Head, United States	25,000	Clay	Ingrid Neel	Katharine Fahey Elizabeth Halbauer	6–3, 6–2
Win	14–9	Oct 2019	Waco Showdown, United States	25,000	Clay	Vladica Babić	Savannah Broadus Vanessa Ong	6–3, 6–2
Loss	14–10	Nov 2019	Asunción Open, Paraguay	60,000	Clay	Conny Perrin	Andrea Gámiz Georgina García Pérez	4–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Loss	14–11	Nov 2019	Copa Colina, Chile	60,000	Clay	Conny Perrin	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	7–5, 3–6, [6–10]
Win	15–11	Apr 2021	Bellinzona Open, Switzerland	60,000	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	Rebecca Marino Yuki Naito	7–5, 6–3
Win	16–11	May 2021	ITF Charlottesville, United States	60,000	Clay	Arina Rodionova	Erin Routliffe Aldila Sutjiadi	6–1, 6–3
Win	17–11	Jun 2021	ITF Denain, France	25,000	Clay	Valeriya Strakhova	Dalma Gálfi Paula Ormaechea	7–5, 3–6, [10–4]
Win	18–11	Jul 2021	Contrexéville Open, France	100,000	Clay	Ulrikke Eikeri	Dalma Gálfi Kimberley Zimmermann	6–0, 1–6, [10–4]
Win	19–11	Aug 2021	Reinert Open, Germany	60,000	Clay	Valeriya Strakhova	Mirjam Björklund Jaimee Fourlis	4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Win	20–11	Sep 2021	ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France	25,000	Clay	Valeriya Strakhova	Audrey Albié Léolia Jeanjean	6–7(7), 6–2, [10–4]
Win	21–11	Nov 2021	Al Habtoor Challenge, U.A.E.	100,000+H	Hard	Viktória Kužmová	Angelina Gabueva Anastasia Zakharova	4–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Win	22–11	Jun 2022	Open de Biarritz, France	60,000	Clay	Valeriya Strakhova	María Carlé Maria Timofeeva	2–6, 6–3, [14–12]
Win	23–11	Jun 2022	ITF Madrid, Spain	60,000	Hard	Anastasia Tikhonova	Lu Jiajing You Xiaodi	6–4, 6–2
Win	24–11	Jul 2022	Reinert Open, Germany	100,000	Clay	Arianne Hartono	Ankita Raina Rosalie van der Hoek	6–7(4), 6–4, [10–6]
Win	25–11	Aug 2022	ITF Landisville, United States	100,000	Hard	Sophie Chang	Han Na-lae Jang Su-jeong	2–6, 7–6(4), [11–9]
Win	26–11	Sep 2022	ITF Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic	25,000	Clay	Valeriya Strakhova	Lena Papadakis Anna Sisková	7–5, 6–1
Win	27–11	Mar 2023	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	40,000	Hard (i)	Iryna Shymanovich	Han Na-lae Jang Su-jeong	6-4, 6(8)-7, 10-7

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