Quick Facts
Biography
Olga Mykolayivna Savchuk (Ukrainian: Ольга Миколаївна Савчук; born 20 September 1987) is a retired professional tennis player from Ukraine. Savchuk grew up the city of Makiyivka in Donetsk province. She currently resides in Nassau, Bahamas.
Her best accomplishment to date was reaching the third round of the 2006 Australian Open. Her career-high ranking was world No. 79, which she achieved on 19 May 2008.
Since the beginning of 2020 Savchuk is one of the two coaches of World No. 3 tennis player Karolína Plíšková, along with Daniel Vallverdú.
Career
On 5 August 2007, in Washington, D.C., Savchuk reached the Legg Mason USTA Women's Pro Circuit Finals as the No. 2 seed, but was defeated by Melinda Czink of Hungary, 7–5, 7–5.
Savchuk won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, 2008 Tashkent Open, and 2017 Hobart International where she both won with Raluca Olaru, and Katowice Open where she won with Yuliya Beygelzimer 2014. She has won one WTA 125K series doubles titles, at the Ningbo International Women's Tennis Open where she won with Arina Rodionova 2014.
She was also the runner-up in doubles final Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas with Anastasiya Yakimova 2010, BMW Malaysian Open with Yuliya Beygelzimer 2015, Swedish Open with Tatjana Maria 2015, and Baku Cup with Vitalia Diatchenko 2015.
She is the winner of three singles and seven doubles ITF Women's Circuit titles. On 23 October 2017 she peaked at world No. 33 in the doubles rankings.
Playing for Ukraine at the Fed Cup, Savchuk has a win–loss record of 21–7.
WTA Finals
Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Winner — Legend (pre/post 2010) |
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| WTA Tour Championships (0–0) |
| Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) |
| Tier II / Premier (0–1) |
| Tier III, IV & V / International (3–5) |
| Finals by surface |
| Hard (3–4) |
| Clay (0–2) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| WTA Tour Championships (0–0) |
| Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) |
| Tier II / Premier (0–1) |
| Tier III, IV & V / International (3–5) |
| Hard (3–4) |
| Clay (0–2) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 5 October 2008 | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | Hard | Raluca Olaru | Nina Bratchikova Kathrin Wörle | 5–7, 7–5, [10–7] |
| Runner-up | 1. | 21 February 2010 | Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Anastasiya Yakimova | Gisela Dulko Edina Gallovits-Hall | 2–6, 6–7 |
| Winner | 2. | 13 April 2014 | BNP Paribas Katowice Open, Poland | Hard (i) | Yuliya Beygelzimer | Klára Koukalová Monica Niculescu | 6–4, 5–7, [10–7] |
| Runner-up | 2. | 8 March 2015 | BMW Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur | Hard | Yuliya Beygelzimer | Liang Chen Wang Yafan | 6–4, 3–6, [4–10] |
| Runner-up | 3. | 19 July 2015 | Swedish Open, Båstad | Clay | Tatjana Maria | Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 2 August 2015 | Baku Cup, Azerbaijan | Hard | Vitalia Diatchenko | Margarita Gasparyan Alexandra Panova | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 7 January 2017 | Shenzhen Open, China | Hard | Raluca Olaru | Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai | 1–6, 5–7 |
| Winner | 3. | 14 January 2017 | Hobart International, Australia | Hard | Raluca Olaru | Gabriela Dabrowski Yang Zhaoxuan | 0–6, 6–4, [10–5] |
| Runner-up | 6. | 18 February 2017 | Qatar Total Open, Doha | Hard | Yaroslava Shvedova | Abigail Spears Katarina Srebotnik | 3–6, 6–7 |
WTA 125 Series Finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2 November 2014 | Ningbo International Women's Tennis Open, China | Hard | Arina Rodionova | Han Xinyun Zhang Kailin | 4–6, 7–6, [10–6] |
ITF Circuit Finals
Singles: 10 (3–7)
| Finals by category |
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 23 June 2003 | Elektrostal, Russia | Hard | Ekaterina Kirianova | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 7 September 2003 | Zhukovskiy, Russia | Clay | Alona Bondarenko | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 31 October 2004 | Minsk, Belarus | Carpet (i) | Anastasiya Yakimova | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner | 3. | 14 February 2005 | Bromma, Sweden | Carpet (i) | Emma Laine | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 29 July 2007 | Washington D.C., U.S. | Hard | Melinda Czink | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 19 November 2007 | Opole, Poland | Carpet (i) | Oxana Lyubtsova | 6–2, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 5 October 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Julie Coin | 6–7, 6–4, 6–7 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 14 May 2012 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | Arantxa Parra Santonja | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 10 March 2013 | Irapuato, Mexico | Clay | Aleksandra Krunić | 6–7, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 26 October 2013 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | Victoria Kan | 4–6, 4–6 |
Doubles (7–12)
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 23 June 2003 | Elektrostal, Russia | Hard | Iryna Brémond | Daria Chemarda Irina Kotkina | 6–3, 1–6, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 28 October 2007 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Hard (i) | Anastasia Rodionova | Renata Voráčová Barbora Strýcová | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 6 July 2008 | Cuneo, Italy | Clay | Marina Shamayko | Renata Voráčová Maret Ani | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 4 July 2009 | Pozoblanco, Spain | Hard | Andrea Hlaváčková | Nina Bratchikova Ágnes Szatmári | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 10 May 2010 | Saint-Gaudens, France | Clay | Anastasiya Yakimova | Claire Feuerstein Stéphanie Foretz | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 27 September 2010 | Ningbo, China | Hard | Jill Craybas | Chan Chin-wei Chen Yi | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 11 October 2010 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Urszula Radwańska | Jill Craybas Tamarine Tanasugarn | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 2 May 2011 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | Lesia Tsurenko | Darya Kustova Arina Rodionova | 6–2, 1–6, [7–10] |
| Runner-up | 7. | 15 May 2011 | Saint-Gaudens, France | Clay | Anastasia Pivovarova | Caroline Garcia Aurélie Védy | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 30 December 2011 | Tyumen, Russia | Hard (i) | Darya Kustova | Natela Dzalamidze Margarita Gasparyan | 6–0, 6–2 |
| Winner | 4. | 19 May 2012 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | Renata Voráčová | Elena Bogdan Raluca Olaru | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 11 June 2012 | Marseille, France | Clay | Kristina Barrois | Séverine Beltrame Laura Thorpe | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 9. | 21 January 2013 | Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | Hard (i) | Margarita Gasparyan | Amra Sadiković Ana Vrljić | 7–5, 5–7, [4–10] |
| Winner | 5. | 9 March 2013 | Irapuato, Mexico | Clay | Alla Kudryavtseva | Aleksandra Krunić Amra Sadiković | 4–6, 6–2, [10–6] |
| Runner-up | 10. | 14 April 2013 | Poza Rica, Mexico | Hard | Stéphanie Dubois | María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Maria Fernanda Alves | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 6. | 14 July 2013 | Biarritz, France | Clay | Yuliya Beygelzimer | Vera Dushevina Ana Vrljić | 2–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
| Winner | 7. | 15 November 2013 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | Vitalia Diatchenko | Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 11. | 2 June 2014 | Marseille, France | Clay | Yuliya Beygelzimer | Lourdes Domínguez Lino Beatriz García Vidagany | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 12. | 15 November 2014 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | Lyudmyla Kichenok | Alexandra Panova Vitalia Diatchenko | 6–3, 2–6, [4–10] |
Performance timelines
Singles
| Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q2 | Q3 | A | Q1 | A | 2–3 |
| French Open | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | A | Q2 | A | 1–3 |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | 0–2 |
| US Open | Q2 | 1R | 1R | Q3 | Q2 | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | A | Q2 | A | 0–3 |
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–11 |
Doubles
| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 6–10 |
| French Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | QF | 1R | 5–9 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 4–11 |
| US Open | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 4–10 |
| Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 1–4 | 19–40 |