Anastasija Sevastova

In 2007, she qualified for the 2007 İstanbul Cup where she won her first career WTA match against Anastasiya Yakimova in the first round. She then lost to fifth-seeded Alona Bondarenko.

In August, she qualified for the main draw of the 2009 U.S. Open and won her first match in a Grand Slam by defeating Tamarine Tanasugarn.

2010

In March 2010, Sevastova got one of the biggest wins of her early career by defeating World No. 9 Jelena Janković in the first round of the 2010 Monterrey Open and then reached the semifinals.

Sevastova played at the 2010 Estoril Open and in her first match defeated top seed Ágnes Szávay in three sets. In the final of this tournament, she beat Arantxa Parra Santonja in straight sets. It was her first WTA final and her first WTA title.

2011

At the 2011 Australian Open, Sevastova upset the 21st seed Yanina Wickmayer in straight sets, before losing in the fourth round to World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets.

2013

Due to ongoing injuries and illness, Sevastova announced her retirement from the sport in May 2013.

2015 – Return to professional tennis

In 2015 January, Sevastova returned to professional tennis, receiving a wild card into the $10K tournament in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt.

In the first half of the year, Sevastova won four ITF tournaments.

In the Brasil Tennis Cup, Sevastova reached her first WTA semifinal since 2013 in Pattaya.

At the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, Sevastova upset Karolína Plíšková in the second round and eventually lost to eventual champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in three sets.

2016: First Grand Slam quarterfinal

During the summer, Sevastova reached two finals: in Mallorca and Bucharest, losing to Caroline Garcia and Simona Halep respectively.

At the US Open, Sevastova stunned Garbiñe Muguruza in the second round in straight sets, then followed with wins over Kateryna Bondarenko and No. 13 Johanna Konta, reaching her first Grand Slam quarterfinal. She was defeated in the quarterfinals by Caroline Wozniacki. She gained with the new ranking of No. 32, eclipsing the previous high ranking of No. 36 on 31 January 2011.

2017: Second WTA title

Sevastova began her season at the Shenzhen Open and at the Hobart International, where she lost in the first round to Kristyna Pliskova and Shelby Rogers. She also reached the doubles semifinals at the latter, partnering Mandy Minella. She then reached the third round of the Australian Open, beating Nao Hibino and Kristina Kucova before losing to Garbiñe Muguruza.

Sevastova reached semifinals at two Premier 5 events - Dubai Tennis Championships and Mutua Madrid Open. In Madrid she had her second Top 10 win in 2017, beating world No. 3 Karolina Pliskova in straight sets. At the French Open Sevastova won against Annika Beck and Eugenie Bouchard, before losing to Petra Martic in the third round. Two weeks later Sevastova claimed her first WTA title since 2010, winning Mallorca Open, where she had reached final the previous year.

At Wimbledon Sevastova won her first round match against Yulia Putintseva. In the second round she lost to Heather Watson. Following Wimbledon, Sevastova reached to No. 17 WTA ranking in the singles, which was a new career-high for her.

Sevastova is known as a tactical all-round player who uses varied shots to win points. She possesses consistent and accurate groundstrokes, with both wings capable of producing winners. She possesses an accurate serve that can reach 110mph (177km/h), but her second serve isn't as strong. She also moves around the court well and her footwork is good as well. She personally states that her backhand is her favourite shot. Possibly her biggest asset is her variety and resilience on court. She approaches the net a lot to finish points, and some of her best shots are her drop shots and slices, which are very difficult to retrieve. She is also known to fight for every point and can endure lots of longer rallies. This was obvious in her win over Garbine Muguruza at the 2016 US Open.

She is sponsored by Yonex for her racquets and clothing. She uses the Yonex Ezone DR 98 racquet.

Singles: 4 (2 title, 2 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	8 May 2010	Portugal Open, Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	19 June 2016	Mallorca Open, Mallorca, Spain	Grass	Caroline Garcia	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	17 July 2016	Bucharest Open, Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Simona Halep	0–6, 0–6
Winner	2.	25 June 2017	Mallorca Open, Mallorca, Spain	Grass	Julia Görges	6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	25 June 2017	Mallorca Open, Mallorca, Spain	Grass	Jelena Janković	Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis	w/o

Singles: 23 (13–10)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	11 July 2006	Garching, Germany	Clay	Sandra Martinović	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	6 August 2006	Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Josipa Bek	6–1, 6–0
Winner	2.	20 August 2006	Bratislava, Slovakia	Clay	Klaudia Malenovská	4–6, 6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	13 May 2007	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Vojislava Lukić	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up	3.	24 June 2007	Fontanafredda, Italy	Clay	Anna Korzeniak	5–7, 0–6
Winner	3.	22 March 2008	Noida, India	Hard	Sunitha Rao	6–2, 6–1
Winner	4.	1 June 2008	Galatina, Italy	Clay	Estrella Cabeza Candela	6–4, 6–4
Winner	5.	27 July 2008	Les Contamines, France	Hard	Agustina Lepore	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	25 August 2008	Katowice, Poland	Clay	Lenka Wienerová	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	7 September 2008	Brno, Czech Republic	Clay	Zuzana Ondrášková	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner	6.	29 March 2009	La Palma, Spain	Hard	Kristína Kučová	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Winner	7.	3 May 2009	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Eva Hrdinová	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	12 July 2009	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Sandra Záhlavová	1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	7.	2 July 2012	Versmold, Germany	Clay	Annika Beck	3–6, 1–6
Winner	8.	15 July 2012	Zwevegem, Belgium	Hard (i)	Çağla Büyükakçay	6–0, 6–3
Winner	9.	30 July 2012	Trnava, Slovakia	Clay	Ana Savić	w/o
Winner	10.	1 February 2015	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Yuuki Tanaka	7–5, 6–3
Winner	11.	15 February 2015	Trnava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Réka-Luca Jani	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	12.	11 April 2015	Ahmedabad, India	Hard	Ankita Raina	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	13.	3 May 2015	Wiesbaden, Germany	Clay	Tereza Martincová	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	17 May 2015	La Marsa, Tunisia	Clay	Romina Oprandi	3-6 3-6
Runner-up	9.	12 July 2015	Bursa, Turkey	Clay	İpek Soylu	5–7, 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up	10.	15 May 2016	Trnava, Slovakia	Clay	Kateřina Siniaková	6–7(4–7), 7–5, 0–6

Doubles: 5 (4-1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	31 August 2008	Katowice, Poland	Clay	Lenka Wienerová	Karolina Kosińska Aleksandra Rosolska	5–7, 6–3, [10–3]
Runner-up	2.	3 May 2009	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Kristína Kučová	Naomi Cavaday Lesia Tsurenko	2–6, 6–2, [9–11]
Winner	3.	31 January 2015	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Melanie Klaffner	Caroline Rohde-Moe Midori Yamamoto	6–4, 6–4
Winner	4.	13 February 2015	Trnava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Anna Maria Heil	Michaela Hončová Lenka Juríková	6–4, 6–3
Winner	5.	20 September 2015	Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Kristína Kučová	Maria Marfutina Natalia Vikhlyantseva	6–7(1–7), 6–3, [10–5]

Current through 2017 Western & Southern Open.

Singles

Record against Top 10 players

Sevastova match record against players who have been ranked in the Top 10, with those who are active in boldface.

Opponent	Highest ranking	Matches	Won	Lost	Win %	Last match
Jelena Janković	01 !1	3	2	1	67%	Won (4–6, 6–1, 6–2) at 2016 Mallorca Open SF
Ana Ivanovic	01 !1	2	1	1	50%	Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2016 Australian Open R64
Maria Sharapova	01 !1	1	1	0	100%	Won (5–7, 6–4, 6–2) at 2017 US Open R16
Justine Henin	01 !1	1	0	1	0%	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2010 Wimbledon Championships R128
Venus Williams	01 !1	1	0	1	0%	Lost (5–7, 2–6) at 2016 Taiwan Open QF
Caroline Wozniacki	01 !1	3	0	3	0%	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2017 Dubai Tennis Championships SF
Karolína Plíšková	01 !1	3	2	1	67%	Won (6–3, 6–3) at 2017 Mutua Madrid Open R32
Petra Kvitová	02 !2	3	2	1	67%	Lost (7–5, 1–6, 3–6) at 2011 Aegon International R32
Garbiñe Muguruza	02 !2	3	1	2	33%	Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2017 Australian Open R32
Vera Zvonareva	02 !2	1	0	1	0%	Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2010 Indian Wells Masters R32
Li Na	02 !2	2	0	2	0%	Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2011 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix R32
Agnieszka Radwańska	02 !2	2	0	2	0%	Lost (5–7, 4–6) at 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships R32
Simona Halep	02 !2	8	3	5	38%	Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2017 Western & Southern Open R16
Svetlana Kuznetsova	02 !2	3	0	3	0%	Lost (7–5, 1–6, 3–6) at 2015 Kremlin Cup QF
Samantha Stosur	04 !4	4	2	2	50%	Won (6–1, 4–6, 6–3) at 2017 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix R32
Johanna Konta	04 !4	4	2	2	50%	Won (6–3, 7–5) at 2017 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix R16
Dominika Cibulková	04 !4	1	1	0	100%	Won (2–6, 6–1, 6–2) at 2010 China Open R32
Kimiko Date-Krumm	04 !4	2	1	1	50%	Lost (5–7, 1–6) at 2015 75 000 Dubai ITF R32
Francesca Schiavone	04 !4	1	0	1	0%	Lost (6–77, 4–6) at 2016 Wimbledon Championships R128
Eugenie Bouchard	05 !5	3	2	1	67%	Won (6–3, 6–0) at 2017 French Open R64
Daniela Hantuchová	05 !5	2	1	1	50%	Won (6–4, 6–2) at 2016 Qatar Total Open SF
Anna Chakvetadze	05 !5	1	0	1	0%	Lost (3–6, 6–4, 4–6) at 2010 100 000 Bronx ITF QF
Lucie Šafářová	05 !5	2	0	2	0%	Lost (2–6, 4–6) at 2017 Taiwan Open R16
Sara Errani	05 !5	1	1	0	100%	Won (7–64, 6–3) at 2016 Bucharest Open QF
Elina Svitolina	05 !5	1	0	1	0%	Lost (3–6, 6–77) at 2013 125 000 Cali ITF R32
Flavia Pennetta	06 !6	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–3, 6–2) at 2011 BGL Luxembourg Open R32
Marion Bartoli	07 !7	1	0	1	0%	Lost (1–6, 3–6) at 2009 Family Circle Cup R32
Roberta Vinci	07 !7	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–2, 7–5) at 2017 Western & Southern Open R32
Ekaterina Makarova	08 !8	1	0	1	0%	Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2016 Connecticut Open R16
Andrea Petkovic	09 !9	1	1	0	100%	Won (6–3, 6–4) at 2017 Volvo Car Open R32
Total		62	24	38	38.71%	* Statistics correct as of 30 August 2017

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score	Rank
2010
1.	Jelena Janković	No. 9	Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	1R	5–7, 6–4, 6–4	72
2.	Samantha Stosur	No. 8	Beijing, China	Hard	1R	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5	55
2016
3.	Garbiñe Muguruza	No. 3	US Open, New York City, United States	Hard	2R	7–5, 6–4	48
2017
4.	Johanna Konta	No. 7	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	2R	6–3, 7–5	26
5.	Karolina Pliskova	No. 3	Madrid, Spain	Clay	2R	6–3, 6–3	22