Diana Maximovna Shnaider (Russian: Диа́на Макси́мовна Шна́йдер; Russian pronunciation: [dʲɪˈanə ˈʂnaɪ̯dɛr]; born 2 April 2004) is a Russian professional tennis player.[2] She has career-high rankings in singles of world No. 60, achieved on 23 October 2023, in doubles of No. 135 achieved on 29 January 2024. She played college tennis for North Carolina State. Shnaider won her first WTA title at the 2024 Thailand Open.

Diana Shnaider
Shnaider at the 2023 US Open
Full nameDiana Maximovna Shnaider
Country (sports) Russia
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Born (2004-04-02) 2 April 2004 (age 20)
Zhigulevsk, Russia[1]
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeNC State
Prize moneyUS$ 657,352
Singles
Career record106–50 (67.9%)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 58 (1 April 2024)
Current rankingNo. 58 (1 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2023)
French Open2R (2023)
WimbledonQ2 (2023)
US OpenQ2 (2023)
Doubles
Career record31–22 (58.5%)
Career titles1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 135 (29 January 2024)
Current rankingNo. 136 (18 March 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2024)
Last updated on: 22 March 2024.

Junior career edit

She won the girls' doubles titles at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Belarusian Kristina Dmitruk, and the 2022 Australian Open, partnering with American Clervie Ngounoue.[3]

On the ITF Junior Circuit, Shnaider has a career-high combined ranking of No. 3, achieved on 13 December 2021.

Grand Slam performance edit

Singles:

  • Australian Open: QF (2022)
  • French Open: SF (2021)
  • Wimbledon: 1R (2019, 2021)
  • US Open: SF (2022)

Doubles:

  • Australian Open: W (2022)
  • French Open: F (2020)
  • Wimbledon: W (2021)
  • US Open: W (2022)

Professional career edit

2023: Grand Slam debut, first WTA final, top 60 edit

Shnaider made her Grand Slam debut at the 2023 Australian Open, after qualifying into the main draw.[4] She defeated Kristína Kučová, who was using a protected ranking, for her first win at a major, before losing in the second round to sixth seed Maria Sakkari. As a result, she reached the top 100, at world No. 94, on 30 January 2023.

After the Australian Open, Shnaider played one season of college tennis for North Carolina State.[5] She went 20–3 in singles to help the Wolfpack win the ACC tournament and reach the 2023 NCAA Championships final.[6] She was named the ACC tournament's most valuable player and ACC Freshman of the Year and received first-team All-ACC and All-American honors in singles and doubles.[6]

At the Budapest Grand Prix, she defeated top seed Bernarda Pera.[7] She reached the semifinals at the Hamburg Open defeating again third seed Bernarda Pera before losing to home favorite, wildcard Noma Noha Akugue, in the semifinal.

In her debut at the Asian swing, she defeated eight seed Claire Liu at the Guangzhou Open. At the next tournament, she reached the semifinals second seed Petra Kvitová at the Ningbo Open.[8] Next she defeated Linda Fruhvirtová to reach her first WTA final,[9] but lost to top seed Ons Jabeur.[10] She entered the main draw of the WTA 500 Zhengzhou Open as a lucky loser but lost to Lesia Tsurenko. Following a semifinal showing at the Jiangxi Open, she reached the top 60 on 23 October 2023.

2024: Maiden WTA Tour title edit

In Hua Hin, Thailand, she reached her fourth career quarterfinal, defeating top seed Magda Linette and Paula Badosa by retirement.[11] Next, she defeated qualifier Dalma Gálfi and third seed Wang Xinyu to reach her second career final. Shnaider then defeated second seed Zhu Lin in three sets to win her first ever WTA Tour title.[12] At the Miami Open, she lost in the second round to 17th seed Madison Keys, in a little over an hour.

Performance timelines edit

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, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles edit

Current through the 2024 Thailand Open.

Tournament 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
French Open 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Wimbledon Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 2–2 0–1 0 / 3 2–3 40%
WTA 1000 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 14 3 Career total: 17
Titles 0 1 Career total: 1
Finals 1 1 Career total: 2
Hard win–loss 9–7 5–2 1 / 10 14–9 61%
Clay win–loss 7–4 0–0 0 / 4 7–4 64%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Overall win–loss 16–11 5–2 1 / 14 21–13 62%
Year-end ranking[b] 60 $427,954

Doubles edit

Current after the 2023 Budapest Grand Prix.

Tournament 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
2023 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 1 Career total: 1
Titles 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 Career total: 0
Hard win–loss 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Clay win–loss 0–1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Overall win–loss 0–1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Year-end ranking[c] 206

WTA Tour finals edit

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2023 Ningbo Open, China WTA 250 Hard   Ons Jabeur 2–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Feb 2024 Hua Hin Championships, Thailand WTA 250 Hard   Zhu Lin 6–3, 2–6, 6–1

WTA Challenger finals edit

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) edit

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2022 Montevideo Open, Uruguay Clay   Léolia Jeanjean 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Mar 2024 Charleston Pro, United States Hard   Elisabetta Cocciaretto 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (title) edit

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2023 Internacional de La Bisbal d'Emporda, Spain Clay   Caroline Dolehide   Aliona Bolsova
  Rebeka Masarova
7–6(7–5), 6–3

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up) edit

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments (1–0)
$15,000 tournaments (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (4–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Pia Lovrič 6–3, 6–2
Win 2–0 Apr 2022 Oeiras Open, Portugal 25,000 Clay   Martina di Giuseppe 6–4, 6–2
Win 3–0 Apr 2022 ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan 15,000 Clay   Ekaterina Maklakova 6–2, 7–5
Win 4–0 May 2022 Edge Istanbul, Turkey 60,000 Clay   Nikola Bartůňková 7–5, 7–5
Loss 4–1 Oct 2022 Las Vegas Open, United States 60,000 Hard   Yuan Yue 6–4, 3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up) edit

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments (1–0)
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Anastasiya Soboleva   Tamara Čurović
  Amarissa Kiara Tóth
6–2, 6–0
Win 2–0 Mar 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey 25,000 Clay   Amarissa Kiara Tóth   Amina Anshba
  Maria Timofeeva
6–4, 6–2
Win 3–0 Aug 2022 Ladies Open Hechingen, Germany 60,000 Clay   Irina Khromacheva   Tamara Čurović
  Chiara Scholl
6–2, 6–3
Loss 3–1 Aug 2022 ITF San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Spain 60,000 Clay   Elina Avanesyan   Ángela Fita Boluda
  Arantxa Rus
4–6, 4–6

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals edit

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2020 French Open Clay   Maria Bondarenko   Eleonora Alvisi
  Lisa Pigato
6–7(3–7), 4–6
Win 2021 Wimbledon Grass   Kristina Dmitruk   Sofia Costoulas
  Laura Hietaranta
6–1, 6–2
Win 2022 Australian Open Hard   Clervie Ngounoue   Kayla Cross
  Victoria Mboko
6–4, 6–3
Win 2022 US Open Hard   Lucie Havlíčková   Carolina Kuhl
  Ella Seidel
6–3, 6–2

Head-to-head records edit

Record against top 10 players edit

  • She has a 0–1 (0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Result W–L Opponent Rank Event Surface Round Score Rank H2H
2023
Loss 0–1   Maria Sakkari No. 6 Australian Open Hard 2R 6–3, 5–7, 3–6 No. 106

Notes edit

  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. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 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.
  2. ^ 2021: WTA ranking-1065, 2022: WTA ranking-182.
  3. ^ 2021: WTA Ranking-1672,
    2022: WTA Ranking-288.

References edit

  1. ^ Veyovich, Kirill (25 July 2023). "Вот так старт! Шнайдер уверенно прошла в 1/4 финала Гамбурга, не оставив шансов сопернице". championat.com (in Russian). Moscow: Championat (Russian website). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  2. ^ Clarey, Christopher (27 February 2023). "Diana Shnaider is mixing college with the Pro tennis tour, for now". New York Times. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  3. ^ Sports+, DH Les (July 11, 2021). "Wimbledon : Sofia Costoulas battue en finale du double juniores". DH Les Sports +.
  4. ^ "Brenda Fruhvirtova, Shnaider, Bejlek qualify for Australian Open".
  5. ^ "Question answered? Diana Shnaider makes long-awaited college tennis debut for NC State". Tennis.com. 2023-02-04. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  6. ^ a b "2023 ACC Women's Tennis Awards Announced". Atlantic Coast Conference. 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  7. ^ "Diana Shnaider's fearless approach to tennis and fashion". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  8. ^ "Shnaider triumphs over Kvitova in Ningbo battle of lefties". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  9. ^ "Jabeur to face first-time finalist Shnaider for Ningbo title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  10. ^ "Jabeur defeats Shnaider in Ningbo to win first hard-court title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  11. ^ "Shnaider advances in Hua Hin as Badosa retires".
  12. ^ "Shnaider, 19, stuns Zhu Lin in Hua Hin to win first WTA title". 4 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

External links edit

Sporting positions
Preceded by Orange Bowl Girls' Doubles Champion
2021
With:   Petra Marčinko
Succeeded by