In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name is Kasintseva; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva (born 9 August 2005) is an Andorran professional tennis player. At the age of 14, she won the 2020 Australian Open girls' singles title. On 14 November 2022, she reached her best WTA singles ranking of No. 121.
Early life and background
Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva was born in Andorra to an Andorran father, Joan Jiménez Guerra, and a Russian mother, Yulia Kasintseva.[1] Her father is a former tennis professional who reached a career-high ATP Tour ranking of 505.[2] Her brother, Joan, also plays tennis. She spent three years of her childhood living in Kentucky in the United States, between the ages of four and eight.[3][4]
In 2020, Jiménez Kasintseva won the Australian Open girls' singles title as the youngest player in the draw, defeating Weronika Baszak in the final.[9][10] She was the first Andorran to win a junior major title, as well as the youngest player to win a major final since Coco Gauff at the 2018 French Open.[11] She has won eight singles titles on the ITF Junior Circuit as well as one doubles title, and achieved a career-high junior ranking of No. 1 on 9 March 2020.
At the age of 15, Jiménez Kasintseva made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard at the 2021 Madrid Open. She was the youngest player and the first from Andorra to compete in a WTA tournament main draw.[12] Jiménez Kasintseva lost to Kiki Bertens in the first round.[13] That year, she won her maiden ITF singles title in Aparecida de Goiânia.[14] She also reached the final in Maspalomas, where she was defeated by Arantxa Rus.[15][16]
In 2023, she received wildcards into the main draw at the Miami and the Madrid Open.[22][23] That year, she won two W25 titles, at Boca Raton and Austin.[24][25] In 2024, she received a wildcard for the qualifying draw in Miami.[26] She also received a wildcard for the main draw in Madrid, where she defeated Zhu Lin in the first round for her first WTA 1000 win,[27][28] before falling to 12th seed Jasmine Paolini.[29]
Performance timeline
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.
^The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
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