Vitalia Diatchenko


Vitalia Anatolyevna Diatchenko is a Russian professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 71, which she achieved on 17 November 2014. In doubles rankings, she reached No. 60 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, she upset world No. 75 player Mathilde Johansson before she lost to world No. 1, Dinara Safina.
In 2009, she lost the finals of Pattaya Open with Yulia Beygelzimer to opponents Tamarine Tanasugarn and Yaroslava Shvedova in straight sets, and of Tashkent Open with Ekaterina Dzehalevich to Tatiana Poutchek and Olga Govortsova, in three sets.
In 2010, she lost the final of the WTA International tournament Portugal Open with Aurélie Védy to opponents Anabel Medina Garrigues and Sorana Cîrstea.
At the French Open, she was beaten in the third round in qualifying by Misaki Doi. At the Wimbledon Championships qualifying, she lost in the second round to Monica Niculescu in two sets.
Diatchenko also participated in the ITF Women's Circuit where she won the tournament in Darmstadt, Germany; in the final, she beat eighth seeded German player Julia Schruff.
Then she lost her fourth WTA International doubles final with partner Tatiana Poutchek, and the Copenhagen to pair Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Julia Görges.

2011

Vitalia lost in the qualifying at Melbourne in the second round to Sania Mirza in three sets. She then entered the qualifying at Dubai but lost in the first round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 4–6, 3–6, after being 3–1 ahead in the second set.
Diatchenko qualified for the main draw of the Wimbledon Championships for the first time in her career by defeating Julia Glushko, Maria Elena Camerin and Stéphanie Dubois for her first main-draw in a Grand Slam tournament. In the first round, she was defeated by 25th seed Daniela Hantuchová in three sets. Vitalia was also in the women's doubles with compatriot Maria Kondratieva but they were defeated also in the first round by Vera Dushevina and Ekaterina Makarova.
Vitalia played in the Aegon GB Pro-Series Foxhills. She was seeded first and defeated the fifth seed Marta Sirotkina in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, she 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 $100k tournament held in Astana. She beat the sixth seed, Akgul Amanmuradova in the final. She also won the women's doubles event with Galina Voskoboeva. They defeated Akgul Amanmuradova and Alexandra Panova in the final, also in two sets.
Vitalia participated in the Tatarstan Open in singles and doubles. Alexandra Panova was her doubles partner. Diatchenko was seeded fifth in the singles and first in the doubles. In the first round of the singles, she defeated Eugeniya Pashkova, in the second round Pemra Özgen, and in the quarterfinals Valentyna Ivakhnenko, all in straight sets. In the semifinals, Vitalia retired against wild card Yulia Putintseva, after suffering an ankle injury. In the doubles, after winning their first round and quarterfinal matches, Vitalia and Alexandra upset the third seeds Evgeniya Rodina and Valeria Solovyeva in the semifinals. Due to Vitalia suffering an injury in the semifinals of the singles, she was unable to play the doubles final.
Diatchenko played at the US Open where she beat in the first round of the qualifying stages Laura Siegemund. Then she defeated Sesil Karatantcheva also in two sets, and in the final round Marta Domachowska in three for a place in the main draw. This was her first time to qualify for the main draw of the US Open. There, in the first round, Vitalia was defeated by Zheng Jie.
In the Tashkent Open, she fought past Olga Govortsova in three sets before she lost to Alla Kudryavtseva in the second round. In the women's doubles, Vitalia and her partner Eleni Daniilidou beat Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiya Kichenok in the final in straight sets. This was Vitalia's first time to win a WTA doubles title in her career.
She qualified for the Generali Ladies Linz but lost in the first round to Ksenia Pervak.
Vitalia suffered a knee injury playing doubles at the Kremlin Cup. This injury has ruled her out from playing tennis for six months.

2014

After her brief appearance on the WTA Tour and her return to the ITF Circuit, she showed her first notable game for years at the Kremlin Cup, where the 140-ranked Vitalia eliminated No. 14 Dominika Cibulková 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.

2018

In the first round of Wimbledon, she defeated former world No. 1, Maria Sharapova. Diatchenko then defeated Sofia Kenin, advancing to the third round of a major tournament for the first time but Jeļena Ostapenko beat her in straight sets.

Performance timelines

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.

Singles

Current through the suspension of the 2020 WTA Tour.

Doubles

WTA career finals

Doubles: 7 (1 title, 6 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Feb 2009Pattaya Open,
Thailand		InternationalHard Yuliya Beygelzimer Tamarine Tanasugarn
Yaroslava Shvedova		3–6, 2–6
Loss0–2Sep 2009Tashkent Open,
Uzbekistan		InternationalHard Ekaterina Dzehalevich Tatiana Poutchek
Olga Govortsova		2–6, 7–6,
Loss0–3May 2010Estoril Open,
Portugal		InternationalClay Aurélie Védy Anabel Medina Garrigues
Sorana Cîrstea		1–6, 5–7
Loss0–4Aug 2010Danish Open,
Denmark		InternationalHard Tatiana Poutchek Julia Görges
Anna-Lena Grönefeld		4–6, 4–6
Win1–4Sep 2011Tashkent Open,
Uzbekistan		InternationalHard Eleni Daniilidou Lyudmyla Kichenok
Nadiya Kichenok		6–4, 6–3
Loss1–5Jan 2015Hobart International,
Australia		InternationalHard Monica Niculescu Kiki Bertens
Johanna Larsson		5–7, 3–6
Loss1–6Aug 2015Baku Cup,
Azerbaijan		InternationalHard Olga Savchuk Margarita Gasparyan
Alexandra Panova		3–6, 5–7

WTA 125K series finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 24 (19 titles, 5 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Nov 2007ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom10,000Hard Iveta Gerlová6–4, 6–0
Win2–0Dec 2008ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates75,000Hard Urszula Radwańska7–5, 2–6, 7–5
Win3–0Mar 2009ITF Moscow, Russia25,000Hard Vesna Manasieva2–6, 6–3, 4–1 ret.
Win4–0Jul 2010ITF Darmstadt, Germany25,000Clay Julia Schruff6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Loss4–1Aug 2010ITF Kazan, Russia50,000Hard Anna Lapushchenkova1–6, 6–2, 6–7
Win5–1Jul 2011ITF Astana, Kazakhstan100,000Hard Akgul Amanmuradova6–4, 6–1
Win6–1Dec 2013ITF Ankara, Turkey50,000Hard Marta Sirotkina6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win7–1Mar 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Naomi Broady3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss7–2Mar 2014ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000Hard Naomi Broady2–6, 0–3 ret.
Loss7–3May 2014ITF Moscow, Russia25,000Clay Anastasiya Vasylyeva5–7, 4–6
Win8–3Jul 2014ITF Astana, Kazakhstan 100,000Hard Çağla Büyükakçay6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Win9–3Sep 2014ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000Clay Evgeniya Rodina6–3, 6–1
Loss9–4Sep 2014ITF Podgorica, Montenegro25,000Clay Andreea Mitu1–6, 4–6
Win10–4Jun 2015ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom50,000Grass Naomi Osaka7–6, 6–0
Loss10–5Dec 2016ITF Ankara, Turkey50,000Hard Ivana Jorović4–6, 5–7
Win11–5Aug 2017ITF Chiswick, United Kingdom25,000Hard Viktória Kužmová6–3, 6–4
Win12–5Oct 2017ITF Istanbul, Turkey25,000Hard Jaqueline Cristian6–3, 6–1
Win13–5Aug 2018ITF Chiswick, United Kingdom 25,000Hard Valentini Grammatikopoulou6–1, 7–5
Win14–5Feb 2019ITF Grenoble, France25,000Hard Harmony Tan6–1, 6–4
Win15–5Feb 2019ITF Shrewsbury, United Kingdom60,000Hard Yanina Wickmayer5–7, 6–1, 6–4
Win16–5Mar 2019ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, France60,000Hard Robin Anderson6–2, 6–3
Win17–5Apr 2019ITF Bolton, United Kingdom25,000Hard Jodie Anna Burrage6–2, 6–2
Win18–5Apr 2019ITF Istanbul, Turkey60,000Hard Ankita Raina6–4, 6–0
Win19–5Sep 2019ITF Penza, Russia25,000+HHard Kamilla Rakhimova6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 18 (13 titles, 5 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jun 2007ITF Sarajevo, Bosnia&Herzegovina10,000Clay Tamara Stojković Vasilisa Davydova
Karolina Jovanović		6–1, 0–6, 0–6
Win1–1Aug 2008ITF Moscow, Russia75,000Clay Maria Kondratieva Veronika Kapshay
Irina Kuzmina		6–0, 6–4
Win2–1Aug 2008ITF Moscow, Russia25,000Clay Eugeniya Pashkova Tadeja Majerič
Natalia Ryzhonkova		6–0, 6–1
Loss2–2Sep 2008ITF Ruse, Bulgaria25,000Clay Eugeniya Pashkova Alexandra Panova
Ksenia Pervak		2–6, 7–6,
Loss2–3Mar 2009ITF Minsk, Belarus25,000Carpet Eugeniya Pashkova Ima Bohush
Darya Kustova		1–6, 6–4,
Win3–3Mar 2009ITF Moscow, Russia25,000Hard Ekaterina Dzehalevich Lyudmyla Kichenok
Nadiya Kichenok		6–1, 6–1
Loss3–4Mar 2010ITF Minsk, Belarus25,000Hard Maret Ani Elena Bovina
Irena Pavlovic		0–6, 1–6
Win4–4Apr 2010ITF Johannesburg, South Africa100,000Hard Irini Georgatou Marina Erakovic
Tamarine Tanasugarn		6–3, 5–7,
Win5–4Jul 2010ITF Darmstadt, Germany25,000Clay Laura Siegemund Irina-Camelia Begu
Erika Sema		4–6, 6–1,
Win6–4Sep 2010ITF Shrewsbury, England75,000Hard Irena Pavlovic Claire Feuerstein
Vesna Manasieva		4–6, 6–4,
Win7–4Oct 2010ITF Athens, Greece50,000Hard İpek Şenoğlu Eleni Daniilidou
Petra Martić		w/o
Win8–4Jul 2011ITF Astana, Kazakhstan100,000Hard Galina Voskoboeva Akgul Amanmuradova
Alexandra Panova		6–3, 6–4
Loss8–5Aug 2011ITF Kazan, Russia50,000Hard Alexandra Panova Ekaterina Lopes
Andreja Klepač		w/o
Win9–5Nov 2013ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates75,000Hard Olga Savchuk Lyudmyla Kichenok
Nadiya Kichenok		7–5, 6–1
Win10–5Jul 2014ITF Astana, Kazakhstan100,000Hard Margarita Gasparyan Michaela Boëv
Anna-Lena Friedsam		6–4, 6–1
Win11–5Aug 2014ITF Saint Petersburg, Russia25,000Clay Ilona Kremen Natela Dzalamidze
Anastasia Pivovarova		6–1, 6–3
Win12–5Nov 2014ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates75,000Hard Alexandra Panova Lyudmyla Kichenok
Olga Savchuk		3–6, 6–2,
Win13–5May 2016ITF La Marsa, Tunisia25,000Clay Galina Voskoboeva Victoria Kan
Sabina Sharipova		6–3, 1–6,