Vitalia Diatchenko

Vitalia Diatchenko
Виталия Дьяченко

Vitalia Diatchenko at the 2011 US Open.
Country	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	(1990-08-02) August 2, 1990 Sochi, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	$304,441
Singles
Career record	119–72
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 105 (July 27, 2009)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	–
French Open	2R (2009)
Wimbledon	1R (2011)
US Open	1R (2011)
Doubles
Career record	93–43
Career titles	1 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 60 (February 21, 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2010)
French Open	2R (2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2012)
US Open	2R (2009, 2010, 2011)
Last updated on: September 11, 2011.

Vitalia Diatchenko (Виталия Анатольевна Дьяченко, born August 2, 1990) is a professional Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 105, which she reached on July 27, 2009.^[1] Her career high in doubles is No. 60, which she reached on February 21, 2011.^[1]

Career highlights

Diatchenko's first Grand Slam tournament was the Roland Garros 2009, where she qualified for the main draw. In the tournament, Diatchenko upset world No. 75 player Mathilde Johansson to reach the second round before she eventually lost to World No. 1 Dinara Safina.

In 2009 she lost the 2009 Pattaya Women's Open with Yulia Beygelzimer, in Thailand to opponents Tamarine Tanasugarn and Yaroslava Shvedova with the score 3–6, 2–6, and 2009 Tashkent Open with Ekaterina Dzehalevich in Uzbekistan to opponents Tatiana Poutchek and Olga Govortsova with the score 6–2, 6–7(1), [10–8].

In 2010 she lost a 1 WTA International tournament with Aurélie Védy, losing the 2010 Estoril Open in Portugal to opponents Anabel Medina Garrigues and Sorana Cîrstea with the score 1–6, 5–7.

In this year, at the 2010 French Open, she lost in the third round in qualifying to Misaki Doi with the score 6–7, 0–6.^[2] At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships she lost in the second round in qualifying to Romanian player Monica Niculescu with the score 5–7, 2–6.

This year Diatchenko participated in the ITF Women's Circuit where she won the ITF tournament in Darmstadt, Germany; in the final, she beat the 8th seeded German player Julia Schruff with the score 6–4, 5–7, 6–4.

She lost her fourth WTA International doubles tournament with partner Tatiana Poutchek. Then she lost the 2010 Copenhagen tournament to pair Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Julia Görges with the score 4–6, 4–6.

2011

Vitalia lost in the 2011 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying in the second round to Sania Mirza 6–3 6–7 6–4. She then entered the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying but lost in the first round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–4 6–3 despite being 3–1 ahead in the second set.

Vitalia qualified for the main draw of the Wimbledon Championships for the first time in her career after defeating Julia Glushko, Maria Elena Camerin and Stéphanie Dubois in the qualifying stages of the Grand Slam. In the first round she was defeated by the 25th seed Daniela Hantuchová, 6–4, 6–7(5), 3–6. Vitalia was also in the Women's Doubles with compatriot Maria Kondratieva but were defeated by Vera Dushevina and Ekaterina Makarova in the first round.

Vitalia played in the Aegon GB Pro-Series Foxhills. Vitalia was seeded 1st. Vitalia defeated Alenka Hubacek in the first round and Lucy Brown in the second round. She defeated the 5th seed Marta Sirotkina in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Vitalia 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 ITF $100,000 tournament held in Astana, Kazakhstan. She defeated the 6th seed, Akgul Amanmuradova in the final 6–4, 6–1. Vitalia also won the Women's Doubles with Galina Voskoboeva. They defeated Akgul Amanmuradova and Alexandra Panova in the final 6–3, 6–4.

Vitalia participated in the 2011 Tatarstan Open in singles and doubles. Alexandra Panova was her doubles partner. Vitalia was seeded 5th in the singles and 1st in the doubles. In the first round of the singles, Vitalia defeated Evgeniya Pashkova 6–1, 6–1. In the second round, Vitalia beat Pemra Özgen 6–3, 6–2. In the quarterfinals, Vitalia beat Valentyna Ivakhnenko 6–2, 6–2. In the semifinals, Vitalia retired against the wildcard (and eventual champion), Yulia Putintseva, after suffering an ankle injury. In the doubles, after winning their first round and quarterfinal matches, Vitalia and Alexandra faced the 3rd seeds, Evgeniya Rodina and Valeria Solovieva in the semifinals. Vitalia and Alexandra won 6–3, 6–2. Due to Vitalia suffering an injury in the semifinals of the singles, she was unable to play the doubles final and so the 2nd seeds, Ekaterina Ivanova and Andreja Klepač, got a walkover.

Vitalia played at the 2011 US Open, the final Grand Slam of 2011. In the first round of the Qualifying Stages, Vitalia beat Laura Siegemund 6–3, 7–5. In the second round, Vitalia defeated Sesil Karatantcheva on a scoreline of 7–5, 6–2. In the final round, Vitalia defeated Marta Domachowska 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 for a place in the Main Draw. This is Vitalia's first time to qualify for the main draw of the US Open. In the first round, Vitalia was defeated by Zheng Jie 6–4, 5–7, 2–6.

Vitalia's next tournament was the 2011 Tashkent Open. In the first round, she fought past Olga Govortsova on a scoreline of 7–6(6), 3–6, 6–4. Vitalia lost to Alla Kudryavtseva in the second round 1–6, 6–2, 3–6.^[3] In the Women's Doubles, Vitalia and her partner, Eleni Daniilidou, beat Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiya Kichenok in the final 6–4, 6–3. This was Vitalia's first time to win a WTA Tour doubles title in her career.

Vitalia qualified for the 2011 Generali Ladies Linz but lost in the first round to Ksenia Pervak 4–6, 1–6.

Vitalia suffered a knee injury playing doubles at the 2011 Kremlin Cup. This injury has ruled her out from playing tennis for 6 months.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 5 (1–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	February 15, 2009	Pattaya Women's Open, Pattaya City, Thailand	Hard	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Tamarine Tanasugarn Yaroslava Shvedova	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	September 26, 2009	Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	Tatiana Poutchek Olga Govortsova	6–2, 6–7(1), [10–8]
Runner-up	3.	May 8, 2010	Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Aurélie Védy	Anabel Medina Garrigues Sorana Cîrstea	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	August 2, 2010	e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open, Copenhagen, Denmark	Hard (i)	Tatiana Poutchek	Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld	6–4, 6–4
Winner	5.	September 17, 2011	Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Eleni Daniilidou	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	6–4, 6–3

ITF Circuit Finals

Singles: 7 (6–1)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score Winner 1. November 11, 2007 Redbridge Hard Iveta Gerlová 6–4, 6–0 Winner 2. December 20, 2008 Dubai Hard Urszula Radwańska 7–5, 2–6, 7–5 Winner 3. March 29, 2009 Moscow Hard Vesna Dolonc 2–6, 6–3, 4–1 Ret Winner 4. July 18, 2010 Darmstadt Clay Julia Schruff 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 Runner-up 1. August 15, 2010 Kazan Hard Anna Lapushchenkova 1–6, 6–2, 6–7(4) Winner 5. July 30, 2011 Astana Hard Akgul Amanmuradova 6–4, 6–1 Winner 6. December 21, 2013 Ankara Hard (I) Marta Sirotkina 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–4 Doubles: 14 (9–5) Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments Finals by surface Hard (6–2) Clay (3–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score Runner-up 1. June 24, 2007 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Clay Tamara Stojković Vasilisa Davydova Karolina Jovanović 1–6, 6–0, 6–0 Winner 1. August 8, 2008 Moscow, Russia Clay Maria Kondratieva Veronika Kapshay Irina Kuzmina 6–0, 6–4 Winner 2. August 23, 2008 Moscow, Russia Clay Eugeniya Pashkova Tadeja Majerič Natalia Ryzhonkova 6–0, 6–1 Runner-up 2. September 15, 2008 Ruse, Bulgaria Clay Eugeniya Pashkova Alexandra Panova Ksenia Pervak 2–6, 7–6(5), 5–10 Runner-up 3. March 8, 2009 Minsk, Belarus Carpet Eugeniya Pashkova Ima Bohush Darya Kustova 1–6, 6–4, 8–10 Winner 3. March 29, 2009 Moscow, Russia Hard Ekaterina Dzehalevich Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok 6–1, 6–1 Runner-up 4. March 29, 2010 Minsk, Belarus Hard Maret Ani Elena Bovina Irena Pavlovic 0–6, 1–6 Winner 4. April 16, 2010 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Irini Georgatou Marina Erakovic Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–3, 5–7, [16–14] Winner 5. July 18, 2010 Darmstadt, Germany Clay Laura Siegemund Irina-Camelia Begu Yurika Sema 4–6, 6–1, [10–4] Winner 6. September 20, 2010 Shrewsbury, England Hard Irena Pavlovic Claire Feuerstein Vesna Manasieva 4–6, 6–4, [10–6] Winner 7. October 3, 2010 Athens, Greece Hard İpek Şenoğlu Eleni Daniilidou Petra Martić w/o Winner 8. July 29, 2011 Astana, Kazakhstan Hard Galina Voskoboeva Akgul Amanmuradova Alexandra Panova 6–3, 6–4 Runner-up 5. August 12, 2011 Kazan, Russia Hard Alexandra Panova Ekaterina Lopes Andreja Klepač W/O Winner 9. November 15, 2013 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Olga Savchuk Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok 7–5, 6–1 Grand Slam Singles performance timeline To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Tournament 2009 2010 2011 W-L Grand Slam Tournaments Australian Open A A LQ 0–0 French Open 2R LQ LQ 1–1 Wimbledon LQ LQ 1R 0–1 US Open LQ LQ 1R 0–1 Win-Loss 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–3 Grand Slam Doubles performance timeline To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Tournament 2010 2011 W-L Grand Slam Tournaments Australian Open 1R 0–1 French Open 1R 0–1 Wimbledon 1R 0–1 US Open 2R 2R 2–2 Win-Loss 1–1 1–4 2–5 References ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Vitalia Diatchenko stats on WTA official site". WTA. Retrieved February 28, 2010.  ↑ "Roland Garros 2010 Women’s Qualifiers". May 23, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2010.  ↑ "Alla Kudryavtseva defeats Vitalia Diatchenko in second round – Tashkent Open 2011". Bettor.com. Retrieved September 17, 2011.  External links Media related to Vitalia Dyachenko at Wikimedia Commons Vitalia Diatchenko at the Women's Tennis Association Vitalia Diatchenko at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile Persondata Name Diatchenko, Vitalia Alternative names Short description Tennis player Date of birth August 2, 1990 Place of birth Sochi, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Date of death Place of death