Daria Snigur

Daria Snigur
Full nameDaria Serhiivna Snigur
Native nameДарія Сергіївна Снігур
Country (sports) Ukraine
ResidenceKyiv, Ukraine
Born (2002-03-27) 27 March 2002 (age 22)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachLarisa Neiland
Prize moneyUS$810,400
Singles
Career record212–112
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 105 (14 November 2022)
Current rankingNo. 144 (25 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
French OpenQ2 (2024)
Wimbledon2R (2024)
US Open2R (2022)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Last updated on: 25 November 2024.

Daria Serhiivna Snigur (Ukrainian: Дарія Сергіївна Снігур; born 27 March 2002) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 105 in singles, achieved on 14 November 2022. Snigur has won seven singles titles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit.

Career

Juniors

On the ITF Junior Circuit, Snigur reached a career-high ranking of No. 2, achieved on 28 October 2019, after reaching the final of the ITF Junior Finals.[citation needed]

On 12 July 2019, Snigur became the second Ukrainian junior champion at Wimbledon after Kateryna Volodko. After reaching her first Grand Slam tournament junior singles final, she defeated Alexa Noel, in straight sets.[1]

2022: Professional debut & first top 10 win

Snigur made her WTA Tour debut on grass courts at the Nottingham Open as a qualifier,[2] losing to sixth seed Alison Riske in the first round.[3] She also made her Grand Slam tournament main-draw debut as a qualifier at the US Open.[4][5] In the first round, she defeated world No. 1 and seventh seed, Simona Halep.[6] This was Snigur's first top-10 and career win at a major event.[7][8] In the second round, Snigur made 48 unforced errors and lost to Rebecca Marino, in straight sets.[9]

Snigur reached a career-high ranking of No. 105 on 14 November.[citation needed]

2023: WTA Tour quarterfinal

At the Nottingham Open, she entered as a lucky loser and defeated and defending champion and second seed Beatriz Haddad Maia,[10] before losing to wildcard and eventual champion Katie Boulter.[11]

At the Transylvania Open, she reached the quarterfinals with wins over third seed Greet Minnen[12] and Anna-Lena Friedsam[13] but lost to eventual champion Tamara Korpatsch.[14] As a result, she returned to the top 150 on 23 October.[citation needed]

2024: Australian Open and Wimbledon debuts

Snigur qualified for the main draw at the Canberra International, but went out in the first round to Océane Dodin.[15] She made her debut at the Australian Open after qualifying.[16] She lost to Alycia Parks in the first round in three sets.[17]

At the Nottingham Open, she recorded her first top 20 win of the season by defeating compatriot and second seed, Marta Kostyuk.[18] She lost her next match to Emma Raducanu.[19]

Snigur qualified for Wimbledon, making her debut at this major and defeated Océane Dodin in the first round,[20] before losing to 13th seed Jelena Ostapenko.[21]

Performance timelines

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

Current through the 2024 Wuhan Open.

Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 Q2 Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1
French Open Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon NH Q1 Q2 Q1 2R 0 / 1 1–1
US Open A Q1 2R Q1 Q2 0 / 1 1–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 0 / 3 2–3
WTA 1000
Qatar Open[a] A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Dubai[a] A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Indian Wells Open A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Miami Open A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Italian Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Guadalajara Open NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wuhan Open NH A 0 / 0 0–0
China Open NH A A 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Tournaments 0 0 3 Career total: 3
Titles 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Hard win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–3 0 / 5 3–5
Clay win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0 / 2 1–2
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–3 3–4 0 / 7 4–7
Year-end ranking 218 183 106 121 $241,479

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (10 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (2–1)
W60/75 tournaments (1–3)
W40/50 tournaments (2–0)
W25 tournaments (3–1)
W15 tournaments (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (10–3)
Carpet (0–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard Turkey Zeynep Sönmez 3–6, 7–6(3), 6–3
DNP Dec 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard Finland Oona Orpana canc.
Win 2–0 Mar 2019 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Finland Oona Orpana 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–0 Apr 2019 ITF Kashiwa, Japan 25,000 Hard Canada Rebecca Marino 6–4, 6–2
Win 4–0 Aug 2019 ITF Kiryat Shmona, Israel 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Maia Lumsden 6–1, 6–4
Loss 4–1 Dec 2019 Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE 100,000+H Hard Romania Ana Bogdan 1–6, 2–6
Win 5–1 Feb 2021 ITF Poitiers, France 25,000 Hard (i) France Clara Burel 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Loss 5–2 Sep 2021 ITF Santarém, Portugal 25,000 Hard Cyprus Raluca Șerban 3–6, 4–6
Win 6–2 Nov 2021 Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE 100,000+H Hard Slovakia Kristína Kučová 6–3, 6–0
Loss 6–3 Feb 2022 AK Ladies Open, Germany 60,000 Carpet (i) Belgium Greet Minnen 4–6, 3–6
Win 7–3 Jul 2023 Open Araba en Femenino, Spain 100,000 Hard France Jessika Ponchet 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 8–3 Oct 2023 Scottish Open, UK 60,000 Hard (i) Germany Mona Barthel 6–4, 6–4
Loss 8–4 Mar 2024 Říčany Open, Czech Republic W75 Hard (i) Czech Republic Tereza Valentová 7–6(4), 6–2
Win 9–4 Apr 2024 ITF Calvi, France W50 Hard Switzerland Valentina Ryser 6–3, 6–2
Win 10–4 May 2024 ITF Lopota, Georgia W50 Hard Kira Pavlova 6–1, 6–1
Loss 10–5 Nov 2024 Ismaning Open, Germany W75 Carpet (i) Switzerland Susan Bandecchi 7–6(8), 2–6, 5–7

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2019 Wimbledon Grass United States Alexa Noel 6–4, 6–4

Head-to-head records

Record against top 10 players

Snigur's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10 (active players are in boldface):

Player Record Hard Clay Grass Last match
Number 1 ranked players
Romania Simona Halep 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–2, 0–6, 6–4) at 2022 US Open
Number 10 ranked players
Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 Won (6–4, 6–3) at 2023 Nottingham
France Kristina Mladenovic 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–3, 7–6(8–6)) at 2019 Dubai Challenge

Top 10 wins

Season 2022 2023 Total
Wins 1 1 2
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score DSR
2022
1. Romania Simona Halep No. 7 US Open Hard 1R 6–2, 0–6, 6–4 No. 124
2023
2. Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia No. 10 Nottingham Open, UK Grass 1R 6–4, 6–3 No. 157

Record against No. 11–20 players

Snigur's record against players who have been ranked world No. 11–20.

* statistics correct as of 10 December 2019.

Notes

  1. ^ a b 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 until 2024. 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.

References

  1. ^ "Unseeded Snigur caps junior career with Wimbledon win". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Nottingham Open: Riske sets up Garcia showdown". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  4. ^ Alex Macpherson (27 August 2022). "The 2022 US Open's Grand Slam debutantes: Bejlek, Andreeva, Fruhvirtova and more". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  5. ^ Chiesa, Victoria (26 August 2022), "Meet the 2022 US Open women's qualifiers", US Open (tennis)
  6. ^ "Ukrainian qualifer Snigur stuns seventh seed Halep, into second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Snigur outlasts Halep at US Open for first tour-level win of career". Women's Tennis Association. 29 August 2022.
  8. ^ Nguyen, Courtney (30 August 2022), "Getting to know Daria Snigur, Halep's US Open conqueror", WTA Tennis
  9. ^ "Andreescu, Marino advance; Fernandez, FAA bounced at US Open - TSN.ca". TSN. The Canadian Press. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Defending champion, Roland Garros semifinalist Haddad Maia loses opener in Nottingham", tennis.com, Associated Press, 13 June 2023
  11. ^ "Katie Boulter battles her way into Nottingham quarter-final". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  12. ^ "Transylvania Open: Snigur books spot in second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Transylvania Open: Ukrainian Snigur moves into quarter-finals". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  14. ^ "Transylvania Open: Korpatsch beats Snigur to reach semi-finals". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  15. ^ "Workday Canberra International: Dodin advances to last 16". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  16. ^ "Zarazua, Korneeva, Yastremska qualify for Australian Open". Women's Tennis Association.
  17. ^ "Australian Open: Parks rallies past Snigur to set Fernandez Round 2 clash". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  18. ^ "Nottingham Open: Snigur books spot in last 16". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  19. ^ "Raducanu aces her way into first grass quarterfinal in Nottingham". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  20. ^ "Wimbledon: Wimbledon: Snigur beats Dodin in first round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  21. ^ "Wimbledon: Former Slam champion Ostapenko powers past Snigur into third round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 26 November 2024.