Anastasia Potapova

Anastasia Potapova
Анастасия Потапова

Potapova at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Anastasia Sergeyevna Potapova
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Khimki, Russia
Born	(2001-03-30) 30 March 2001 Saratov, Russia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Plays	Right handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es)	Irina Doronina
Prize money	$15,981
Singles
Career record	8–4 (66.67%)
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	289 (15 May 2017)
Current ranking	295 (12 June 2017)
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon	1R (2017)
Australian Open Junior	QF (2016)
French Open Junior	SF (2016)
Wimbledon Junior	W (2016)
US Open Junior	QF (2016)
Doubles
Career record	1–2
Career titles	2 ITF
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior	2R (2016)
French Open Junior	F (2016, 2017)
Wimbledon Junior	SF (2016)
US Open Junior	F (2015)
Last updated on: 5 March 2017.

Anastasia Sergeyevna Potapova (Russian: Анастасия Сергеевна Потапова; born 30 March 2001) is a Russian tennis player. Potapova is a former junior No. 1, as well as the 2016 Wimbledon Championships girls' singles champion, where she defeated Dayana Yastremska (Ukraine) in the final.

Potapova debuted in a Grand Slam tournament as a wild card entry in the qualifying draw of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, and defeating Elizaveta Kulichkova to qualify for the main draw.

Career

Juniors

On the junior tour, Potapova has a career high junior ranking of 1, achieved in July 2016. Potapova has had large success on the junior tour including a semifinal at the 2016 French Open, quarterfinals at the 2016 Australian Open and the 2015 Wimbledon Championships and doubles finals at the 2015 US Open and the 2016 French Open. Potapova won the 2016 Wimbledon Championships girls' title, defeating Dayana Yastremska in the final. This title made her the number 1 junior in the world.

Potapova's other junior highlights include semifinal appearances at the Trofeo Bonfiglio and the Orange Bowl Championships, both Grade A events. Her biggest junior title, excluding Wimbledon, is the Nike Junior International in Roehampton, a Grade 1 event, where she defeated other highly rated junior players such as Claire Liu, Jaimee Fourlis, Sofia Kenin, Olga Danilović and Olesya Pervushina en route to winning the title.

ITF Finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	5 March 2017	$25,000	Curitiba, Brazil	Hard	Amanda Anisimova	6–7(7–9), 7–5, 6–2

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	6 May 2017	$25,000	Khimki, Russia	Hard (i)	Olesya Pervushina	Ekaterina Kazionova Daria Kruzhkova	6–0, 6–1
Winner	2.	29 July 2017	$80,000	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Dayana Yastremska	Mihaela Buzarnescu Alona Fomina	6–2, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' Singles

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	2016	Wimbledon	Grass	Dayana Yastremska	6–4, 6–3

Girls' Doubles

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2015	US Open	Hard	Anna Kalinskaya	Viktória Kužmová Aleksandra Pospelova	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	2016	French Open	Clay	Olesya Pervushina	Paula Arias Manjón Olga Danilović	6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	2017	French Open	Clay	Olesya Pervushina	Bianca Andreescu Carson Branstine	1–6, 3–6

Awards

2016

• The Russian Cup in the nomination Girls Under-18 Team of the Year^[1]

References

External links

• Anastasia Potapova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Anastasia Potapova at the International Tennis Federation
• Anastasia Potapova at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile

Awards
Preceded by Dalma Gálfi	ITF Junior World Champion 2016	Succeeded by incumbent