Vitalia Anatolyevna Diatchenko (Russian: Виталия Анатольевна Дьяченко, IPA: [vʲɪˈtalʲɪjə dʲjɪˈtɕenkə] ; born 2 August 1990) is a Russian tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 71, achieved on 17 November 2014.[1] On 21 February 2011, she peaked at No. 60 in the WTA doubles rankings.[1]

Vitalia Diatchenko
Diatchenko at the 2022 French Open
Native nameВиталия Дьяченко
Country (sports) Russia
Born (1990-08-02) 2 August 1990 (age 34)
Sochi, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed both sides)
CoachGarry Cahill
Prize money$1,735,241
Singles
Career record403–231
Career titles3 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 71 (17 November 2014)
Current rankingNo. 725 (23 September 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2015, 2020)
French Open2R (2009, 2015)
Wimbledon3R (2018)
US Open1R (2011, 2015, 2016)
Doubles
Career record162–88
Career titles1 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 60 (21 February 2011)
Current rankingNo. 514 (23 September 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2015)
French Open2R (2016, 2019)
Wimbledon2R (2012)
US Open2R (2010, 2011)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open2R (2018)
Last updated on: 24 September 2024.

Career

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Diatchenko in 2008

2009: Grand Slam debut

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

In 2009, she lost the finals of Pattaya Open along with Yulia Beygelzimer to opponents Tamarine Tanasugarn and Yaroslava Shvedova, in straight sets, and of Tashkent Open with Ekaterina Dzehalevich to Tatiana Poutchek and Olga Govortsova, in three sets.

2010

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In 2010, she lost the final of the Portugal Open with Aurélie Védy to opponents Anabel Medina Garrigues and Sorana Cîrstea.

At the French Open, she was beaten in the third round of qualifying by Misaki Doi.[2] At the Wimbledon Championships qualifying, she lost in the second round to Monica Niculescu in two sets. Diatchenko also participated in events on the ITF Circuit: she won the tournament in Darmstadt, Germany, where she defeated eighth-seeded German player Julia Schruff in the final.

Then she lost her fourth WTA Tour doubles final with partner Tatiana Poutchek, at Copenhagen to German pair Anna-Lena Grönefeld/Julia Görges.

2011: Top 60 debut in doubles, injury and hiatus

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Diatchenko at the 2011 US Open

Vitalia lost in the qualifying at Melbourne in the second round to Sania Mirza in three sets. She then entered the qualifying at Dubai but lost in the first round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, after being 3–1 ahead in the second set.

Diatchenko qualified for the Wimbledon Championships for the first time in her career by defeating Julia Glushko, Maria Elena Camerin and Stéphanie Dubois for her first main draw in a Grand Slam tournament. In the first round, she was defeated by 25th seed Daniela Hantuchová in three sets. Vitalia was also defeated in the first round of the women's doubles with compatriot Maria Kondratieva, by Vera Dushevina and Ekaterina Makarova.

Seeded first at the GB Pro-Series event in Foxhills, she defeated fifth seed Marta Sirotkina in the quarterfinals. In her semifinal match, she retired whilst trailing 2–6, 0–2 to Johanna Konta.

On July 30, Diatchenko won the biggest singles title of her career so far at the President's Cup, an $100k tournament held in Astana. She beat sixth seed Akgul Amanmuradova in the final. She also won the women's doubles title with Galina Voskoboeva. They defeated Amanmuradova and Alexandra Panova in the final, also in two sets.

Vitalia participated in the Tatarstan Open in singles and doubles. Alexandra Panova was her doubles partner. Diatchenko was seeded fifth in the singles and first in the doubles. In the first round of the singles, she defeated Eugeniya Pashkova, in the second round Pemra Özgen, and in the quarterfinals Valentyna Ivakhnenko, all in straight sets. In the semifinals, Vitalia retired against 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 upset third seeds Evgeniya Rodina and Valeria Solovyeva in the semifinals. Due to suffering an injury in the semifinal match of the singles, Vitalia was unable to play the doubles final.

At the US Open, she beat Laura Siegemund in the first round of the qualifying stages, Sesil Karatantcheva also in two sets, and in the final round Marta Domachowska in three for a place in the main draw. It was the first time she qualified for the main draw of the US Open. In the first round, she was defeated by Zheng Jie.

In the Tashkent Open, she fought past Olga Govortsova in three sets before she lost to Alla Kudryavtseva in the second round.[3] In the doubles, Vitalia and her partner Eleni Daniilidou beat Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiya Kichenok in the final, in straight sets. This was Vitalia's first time to win a WTA Tour doubles title in her career.

She qualified for the Ladies Linz but lost in the first round to Ksenia Pervak.

Playing doubles at the Kremlin Cup, Vitalia suffered a knee injury which ruled her out from playing tennis for six months.

2014: First WTA 125 title and career-high singles ranking

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After a brief appearance on the WTA Tour and a return to the ITF Circuit, she played her first notable game for years at the Kremlin Cup, where the 140-ranked Vitalia eliminated No. 14, Dominika Cibulková, in the round of 16, until being knocked down by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Diatchenko completed the year by winning her first WTA 125 singles title at Taipei.

2018: Wimbledon 3rd round

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In the first round of Wimbledon, she defeated former world No. 1, Maria Sharapova (ranked 22nd at the time).[4] Diatchenko then defeated Sofia Kenin, advancing to the third round of a major tournament for the first time but Jeļena Ostapenko defeated her in straight sets.[5]

2023

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In April 2023, LOT Polish Airlines refused to board Diatchenko on a flight from Egypt to Corsica via Warsaw to play at a tournament, in line with travel restrictions for Russian passport holders introduced after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6] Diatchenko confirmed that she was unable to reach her destination and then returned to Moscow.[6]

Performance timelines

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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, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[7]

Singles

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Current through the 2023 Australian Open.

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q2 A A A 1R A A A Q2 1R A A Q1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open 2R Q3 Q3 A A A 2R 1R A Q2 1R 1R Q1 Q1 A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Wimbledon Q2 Q2 1R Q1 A Q1 1R A A 3R 1R NH 1R A[a] A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
US Open Q2 Q2 1R A A A 1R 1R A Q1 A A Q2 Q2 A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Win–loss 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–4 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 15 4–15 21%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[b] A Q1 Q1 A A Q1 A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A A A A A A A A A Q1 NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open Q1 A A A A A A A A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A A A A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 5 1 5 1 0 1 8 3 1 3 5 5 6 3 0 Career total: 47
Overall win–loss 2–5 0–1 1–5 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–8 0–3 0–1 2–3 1–5 0–5 1–6 2–3 0–0 0 / 47 14–47 23%
Win (%) 29% 0% 17% 50%  –  67% 20% 0% 0% 40% 17% 0% 14% 40%  –  Career total: 23%
Year-end ranking 118 164 125 596 108 169 553 188 120 107 124 171 113 $1,687,744

Doubles

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Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L
Australian Open A 1R A 2R A A A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2
French Open A 1R A A 2R A A 2R A A A 0 / 3 2–3
Wimbledon A 1R 2R A A A A 1R NH 1R A[a] 0 / 4 1–4
US Open 2R 2R A A A A 2R A A A A 0 / 3 3–3
Win–loss 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 12 7–12

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles: 7 (1 title, 6 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–5)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2009 Pattaya Open, Thailand International[c] Hard   Yuliya Beygelzimer   Tamarine Tanasugarn
  Yaroslava Shvedova
3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2009 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard   Ekaterina Dzehalevich   Tatiana Poutchek
  Olga Govortsova
2–6, 7–6(1), [8–10]
Loss 0–3 May 2010 Estoril Open, Portugal International Clay   Aurélie Védy   Anabel Medina Garrigues
  Sorana Cîrstea
1–6, 5–7
Loss 0–4 Aug 2010 Kopenhagen Open, Denmark International Hard (i)   Tatiana Poutchek   Julia Görges
  Anna-Lena Grönefeld
4–6, 4–6
Win 1–4 Sep 2011 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard   Eleni Daniilidou   Lyudmyla Kichenok
  Nadiya Kichenok
6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–5 Jan 2015 Hobart International, Australia International Hard   Monica Niculescu   Kiki Bertens
  Johanna Larsson
5–7, 3–6
Loss 1–6 Aug 2015 Baku Cup, Azerbaijan International Hard   Olga Savchuk   Margarita Gasparyan
  Alexandra Panova
3–6, 5–7

WTA Challenger finals

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Singles: 3 (3 titles)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2014 Taipei Challenger, Taiwan Carpet (i)   Chan Yung-jan 1–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 2–0 Nov 2019 Taipei Challenger, Taiwan (2) Carpet (i)   Tímea Babos 6–3, 6–2
Win 3–0 Dec 2021 Open Angers, France Hard (i)   Zhang Shuai 6–0, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2022 Veneto Open, Italy Grass   Oksana Kalashnikova   Madison Brengle
  Claire Liu
4–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 28 (21 titles, 7 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (18–4)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2007 ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom 10,000 Hard (i)   Iveta Gerlová 6–4, 6–0
Win 2–0 Dec 2008 Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE 75,000 Hard   Urszula Radwańska 7–5, 2–6, 7–5
Win 3–0 Mar 2009 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Hard (i)   Vesna Manasieva 2–6, 6–3, 4–1 ret.
Win 4–0 Jul 2010 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay   Julia Schruff 6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Loss 4–1 Aug 2010 Tatarstan Open, Russia 50,000 Hard   Anna Lapushchenkova 1–6, 6–2, 6–7(4)
Win 5–1 Jul 2011 President's Cup, Kazakhstan 100,000 Hard   Akgul Amanmuradova 6–4, 6–1
Win 6–1 Dec 2013 Ankara Cup, Turkey 50,000 Hard (i)   Marta Sirotkina 6–7(3), 6–4, 6–4
Win 7–1 Mar 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard   Naomi Broady 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss 7–2 Mar 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard   Naomi Broady 2–6, 0–3 ret.
Loss 7–3 May 2014 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Clay   Anastasiya Vasylyeva 5–7, 4–6
Win 8–3 Jul 2014 President's Cup, Kazakhstan (2) 100,000 Hard   Çağla Büyükakçay 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Win 9–3 Sep 2014 ITF Moscow, Russia (2) 25,000 Clay   Evgeniya Rodina 6–3, 6–1
Loss 9–4 Sep 2014 Royal Cup, Montenegro 25,000 Clay   Andreea Mitu 1–6, 4–6
Win 10–4 Jun 2015 Surbiton Trophy, UK 50,000 Grass   Naomi Osaka 7–6(5), 6–0
Loss 10–5 Dec 2016 Ankara Cup, Turkey 50,000 Hard (i)   Ivana Jorović 4–6, 5–7
Win 11–5 Aug 2017 ITF Chiswick, UK 25,000 Hard   Viktória Kužmová 6–3, 6–4
Win 12–5 Oct 2017 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 25,000 Hard (i)   Jaqueline Cristian 6–3, 6–1
Win 13–5 Aug 2018 ITF Chiswick, UK (2) 25,000 Hard   Valentini Grammatikopoulou 6–1, 7–5
Win 14–5 Feb 2019 Open de l'Isère, France 25,000 Hard (i)   Harmony Tan 6–1, 6–4
Win 15–5 Feb 2019 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK 60,000 Hard (i)   Yanina Wickmayer 5–7, 6–1, 6–4
Win 16–5 Mar 2019 Open de Seine-et-Marne, France 60,000 Hard (i)   Robin Anderson 6–2, 6–3
Win 17–5 Apr 2019 ITF Bolton, UK 25,000 Hard (i)   Jodie Burrage 6–2, 6–2
Win 18–5 Apr 2019 Lale Cup Istanbul, Turkey 60,000 Hard   Ankita Raina 6–4, 6–0
Win 19–5 Sep 2019 ITF Penza, Russia 25,000+H Hard   Kamilla Rakhimova 6–4, 6–1
Win 20–5 Feb 2022 ITF Macon, France 25,000 Hard (i)   Cristiana Ferrando 6–4, 6–3
Loss 20–6 Jun 2022 ITF Cantanhede, Portugal 25,000 Carpet   Francisca Jorge 5–7, 5–7
Win 21–6 Jun 2022 ITF Santarem, Portugal 25,000 Hard   Isabella Kruger 6–3, 6–2
Loss 21–7 May 2023 ITF Tbilisi, Georgia 40,000 Hard   Stacey Fung 4–6, ret.

Doubles: 20 (13 titles, 7 runner–ups)

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Legend
W100 tournaments
W75 tournaments
W50 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W10 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (8–3)
Clay (5–2)
Carpet (0–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2007 ITF Sarajevo,
Bosnia and Herzogevina
10,000 Clay   Tamara Stojković   Vasilisa Davydova
  Karolina Jovanović
6–1, 0–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2008 ITF Moscow, Russia 75,000 Clay   Maria Kondratieva   Veronika Kapshay
  Irina Kuzmina
6–0, 6–4
Win 2–1 Aug 2008 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Clay   Eugeniya Pashkova   Tadeja Majerič
  Natalia Ryzhonkova
6–0, 6–1
Loss 2–2 Sep 2008 ITF Ruse, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay   Eugeniya Pashkova   Alexandra Panova
  Ksenia Pervak
2–6, 7–6(5), [5–10]
Loss 2–3 Mar 2009 ITF Minsk, Belarus 25,000 Carpet   Eugeniya Pashkova   Ima Bohush
  Darya Kustova
1–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win 3–3 Mar 2009 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Hard   Ekaterina Dzehalevich   Lyudmyla Kichenok
  Nadiya Kichenok
6–1, 6–1
Loss 3–4 Mar 2010 ITF Minsk, Belarus 25,000 Hard   Maret Ani   Elena Bovina
  Irena Pavlovic
0–6, 1–6
Win 4–4 Apr 2010 Soweto Open, South Africa 100,000 Hard   Irini Georgatou   Marina Erakovic
  Tamarine Tanasugarn
6–3, 5–7, [16–14]
Win 5–4 Jul 2010 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay   Laura Siegemund   Irina-Camelia Begu
  Erika Sema
4–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Win 6–4 Sep 2010 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK 75,000 Hard   Irena Pavlovic   Claire Feuerstein
  Vesna Manasieva
4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Win 7–4 Oct 2010 ITF Athens Open, Greece 50,000 Hard   İpek Şenoğlu   Eleni Daniilidou
  Petra Martić
w/o
Win 8–4 Jul 2011 President's Cup, Kazakhstan 100,000 Hard   Galina Voskoboeva   Akgul Amanmuradova
  Alexandra Panova
6–3, 6–4
Loss 8–5 Aug 2011 Tatarstan Open, Russia 50,000 Hard   Alexandra Panova   Ekaterina Lopes
  Andreja Klepač
w/o
Win 9–5 Nov 2013 Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE 75,000 Hard   Olga Savchuk   Lyudmyla Kichenok
  Nadiya Kichenok
7–5, 6–1
Win 10–5 Jul 2014 President's Cup, Kazakhstan 100,000 Hard   Margarita Gasparyan   Michaela Boëv
  Anna-Lena Friedsam
6–4, 6–1
Win 11–5 Aug 2014 Neva Cup, Russia 25,000 Clay   Ilona Kremen   Natela Dzalamidze
  Anastasia Pivovarova
6–1, 6–3
Win 12–5 Nov 2014 Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE 75,000 Hard   Alexandra Panova   Lyudmyla Kichenok
  Olga Savchuk
3–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Win 13–5 May 2016 ITF La Marsa, Tunisia 25,000 Clay   Galina Voskoboeva   Victoria Kan
  Sabina Sharipova
6–3, 1–6, [12–10]
Loss 13–6 Jul 2024 ITF Don Benito, Spain W35 Carpet   Isabella Barrera   Tamara Kostic
  Olga Parres Azcoitia
6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss 13–7 Jul 2024 President's Cup, Kazakhstan W35 Hard   Zhanel Rustemova   Anastasia Gasanova
  Ekaterina Shalimova
6–7(4), 6–2, [7–10]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Suspended due to politics.
  2. ^ 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 to 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.
  3. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Vitalia Diatchenko stats on WTA official site". WTA. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  2. ^ "Roland Garros 2010 Women's Qualifiers". May 23, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  3. ^ "Alla Kudryavtseva defeats Vitalia Diatchenko in second round – Tashkent Open 2011". Bettor.com. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
  4. ^ "Diatchenko shocks Sharapova in thunderous upset". July 3, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
  5. ^ Kane, David (July 7, 2018). "Ostapenko dismisses Diatchenko, into Wimbledon second week". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
  6. ^ a b Sammy Mncwabe (April 26, 2023). "Poland's state-owned airline refuses boarding to Russian tennis player". CNN. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  7. ^ "Vitalia Diatchenko". Australian Open. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
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