Anastasiya Yakimova

Anastasiya Yakimova (Belarusian: Настасся Аляксееўна Якімава; Russian: Анастасия Алексеевна Екимова; born 1 November 1986) is a former tennis player from Belarus.

She made it to the third round of the 2007 Australian Open, defeating Ai Sugiyama, a seeded player, on the way in the second round.

Anastasiya Yakimova
Настасся Якімава
Anastasiya Yakimova
Yakimova at the 2011 US Open
Country (sports)Anastasiya Yakimova Belarus
ResidenceLas Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Born (1986-11-01) 1 November 1986 (age 37)
Minsk, Soviet Union
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2001
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,075,533
Singles
Career record355–240 (59.7%)
Career titles0 WTA, 13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 49 (31 July 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2007)
French Open2R (2006, 2008)
Wimbledon2R (2011, 2012)
US Open2R (2011)
Doubles
Career record134–105 (56.1%)
Career titles2 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 67 (19 June 2006)
Team competitions
Fed Cup10–13

The last tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit she played in August 2017, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Career

Yakimova began the year by qualifying for the 2009 Medibank International Sydney. She defeated Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, Sophie Ferguson and Klára Zakopalová en route to qualifying. She faced Annabel Medina Garrigues in the first round and lost in three sets. She then headed to the Australian Open where she lost to Gisela Dulko, also in three sets. She played her first ITF tournament of the year at the $50k event in Cali, Colombia. As the fourth seed, Yakimova battled through to the final where she defeated Rossana de los Ríos to take her seventh ITF title.

She then qualified for both Indian Wells and Miami, two Premier Mandatory events. In Indian Wells, she defeated Varvara Lepchenko before falling to reigning champion Ana Ivanovic. In Miami, she beat fellow Olga Govortsova and then 13th seed Marion Bartoli to reach the third round. There she lost to Alisa Kleybanova.

At the 2009 Barcelona Ladies Open, Yakimova qualified and managed to make it to her first WTA quarterfinal of the year. She defeated Sorana Cîrstea and Magdaléna Rybáriková before falling to eventual champion, Roberta Vinci. She then played in the $50k Saint-Gaudens event as the top seed. She made it to the final where she defeated Yanina Wickmayer for her second title of the year. Then, in Strasbourg she received main-draw entry without qualifying. She defeated Maret Ani in the first round before falling to eventual finalist Aravane Rezaï.

At the 2009 French Open, she was drawn against comeback player Maria Sharapova in the first round, losing in three sets.

In 2011, she won the $100k Bahamas Open.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Before 2009 Starting in 2009
Tier I Premier M
Tier II Premier 5
Tier III Premier
Tier IV & V (2–0) International (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 27 May 2006 İstanbul Cup, Turkey Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Alona Bondarenko Anastasiya Yakimova  Sania Mirza
Anastasiya Yakimova  Alicia Molik
6–2, 6–4
Winner 2. 1 October 2007 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Hard Anastasiya Yakimova  Ekaterina Dzehalevich Anastasiya Yakimova  Tatiana Poutchek
Anastasiya Yakimova  Anastasia Rodionova
2–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Runner-up 1. 21 February 2010 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Olga Savchuk Anastasiya Yakimova  Gisela Dulko
Anastasiya Yakimova  Edina Gallovits-Hall
2–6, 6–7(8)

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 25 (13–12)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Oct 2002 ITF Minsk, Belarus Carpet (i) Anastasiya Yakimova  Evgenia Linetskaya 2–6, 1–6
Win 1. Feb 2003 ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal Hard Anastasiya Yakimova  Caroline-Ann Basu 6–3, 6–1
Loss 2. Jul 2003 ITF Toruń, Poland Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Marta Domachowska 5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Win 2. Mar 2004 ITF St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet (i) Anastasiya Yakimova  Emma Laine 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss 3. Aug 2004 ITF Balashikha, Russia Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Yvonne Meusburger 3–6, 7–6, 0–6
Loss 4. Oct 2004 ITF Minsk, Belarus Carpet (i) Anastasiya Yakimova  Olga Savchuk 4–6, 4–6
Win 3. Nov 2004 ITF Poitiers, France Carpet (i) Anastasiya Yakimova  Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian 7–5, 6–2
Win 4. Oct 2005 Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia Hard (i) Anastasiya Yakimova  Ana Timotić 6–4, 6–1
Loss 5. Apr 2006 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Martina Müller 6–7, 6–2, 0–6
Loss 6. May 2006 ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Selima Sfar 4–6, 5–7
Loss 7. Sep 2007 ITF Denain, France Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Olivia Sanchez 2–6, 6–1, 1–6
Win 5. Jul 2008 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Anna Gerasimou 6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Loss 8. Oct 2008 ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Irina-Camelia Begu 2–6, 0–6
Win 6. Nov 2008 ITF Phoenix, Mauritius Hard Anastasiya Yakimova  Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 3–6, 6–2, 1–0 ret.
Win 7. Feb 2009 ITF Cali, Colombia Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Rossana de los Ríos 6–3, 6–0
Win 8. May 2009 Open Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Yanina Wickmayer 7–5, 7–6(0)
Win 9. Aug 2009 ITF Astana, Kazakhstan Hard Anastasiya Yakimova  Nikola Hofmanova 6–0, 6–4
Win 10. Apr 2010 ITF Monzón, Spain Hard Anastasiya Yakimova  Zuzana Kučová 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 9. Apr 2010 ITF Dothan Classic, United States Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Edina Gallovits-Hall 1–6, 4–6
Win 11. Mar 2011 Bahamas Open Hard Anastasiya Yakimova  Angelique Kerber 6–3, 6–2
Loss 10. May 2011 ITF Reggio Emilia, Italy Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Sloane Stephens 3–6, 1–6
Win 12. Sep 2011 Ningbo Challenger, China Hard Anastasiya Yakimova  Erika Sema 7–6(3), 6–3
Loss 11. Apr 2012 ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain Hard Anastasiya Yakimova  Ksenia Milevskaya 5–7, 7–6(5), 4–6
Loss 12. Apr 2012 ITF Vic, Spain Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Ksenia Milevskaya 4–6, 2–6
Win 13. Aug 2015 ITF Las Palmas, Spain Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Irene Burillo Escorihuela 6–1, 6–7(3), 6–2

Doubles: 18 (11–7)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 31 October 2004 ITF Minsk, Belarus Carpet (i) Anastasiya Yakimova  Darya Kustova Anastasiya Yakimova  Irina Bulykina
Anastasiya Yakimova  Katarína Kachlíková
6–4, 6–0
Runner-up 1. 16 August 2005 Bronx Open, United States Hard Anastasiya Yakimova  Tatiana Poutchek Anastasiya Yakimova  Li Ting
Anastasiya Yakimova  Sun Tiantian
6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 25 September 2005 ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Mariya Koryttseva Anastasiya Yakimova  Olena Antypina
Anastasiya Yakimova  Hana Šromová
7–5, 6–2
Winner 3. 2 October 2005 Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia Hard (i) Anastasiya Yakimova  Nadejda Ostrovskaya Anastasiya Yakimova  Anna Bastrikova
Anastasiya Yakimova  Nina Bratchikova
2–6, 6–2, 7–6
Runner-up 2. 30-Jan-2006 ITF Ortisei, Italy Carpet (i) Anastasiya Yakimova  Tatiana Poutchek Anastasiya Yakimova  Lucie Hradecká
Anastasiya Yakimova  Vladimíra Uhlířová
4–6, 2–6
Winner 4. 14 May 2006 ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Tatiana Poutchek Anastasiya Yakimova  María José Argeri
Anastasiya Yakimova  Letícia Sobral
6–4, 7–6
Winner 5. 13 May 2007 ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Tatiana Poutchek Anastasiya Yakimova  Mădălina Gojnea
Anastasiya Yakimova  Monica Niculescu
7–5, 6–0
Winner 6. 29 July 2007 ITF Pétange, Luxembourg Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Carla Suárez Navarro Anastasiya Yakimova  Martina Müller
Anastasiya Yakimova  Claudine Schaul
6–7, 6–1, 7–6
Runner-up 3. 12 November 2007 ITF Deauville, France Carpet (i) Anastasiya Yakimova  Akgul Amanmuradova Anastasiya Yakimova  Renata Voráčová
Anastasiya Yakimova  Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
3–6, 5–7
Winner 7. 31 March 2008 ITF Patras, Greece Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Tzipora Obziler Anastasiya Yakimova  María José Martínez Sánchez
Anastasiya Yakimova  Arantxa Parra Santonja
7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 4. 14 April 2008 Open de Saint-Malo, France Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Renata Voráčová Anastasiya Yakimova  María José Martínez Sánchez
Anastasiya Yakimova  Arantxa Parra Santonja
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 5. 1 September 2008 Maribor Open, Slovenia Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Kyra Nagy Anastasiya Yakimova  Carmen Klaschka
Anastasiya Yakimova  Andrea Petkovic
0–6, 6–2, [3–10]
Winner 8. 6 October 2008 ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Chayenne Ewijk Anastasiya Yakimova  Carmen Klaschka
Anastasiya Yakimova  Laura Siegemund
7–5, 7–5
Runner-up 6. 9 February 2009 ITF Cali, Colombia Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Frederica Piedade Anastasiya Yakimova  Betina Jozami
Anastasiya Yakimova  Arantxa Parra Santonja
3–6, 1–6
Winner 9. 19 April 2010 ITF Dothan Classic, United States Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Alina Jidkova Anastasiya Yakimova  María Irigoyen
Anastasiya Yakimova  Teodora Mirčić
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 7. 10 May 2010 Open Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Olga Savchuk Anastasiya Yakimova  Claire Feuerstein
Anastasiya Yakimova  Stéphanie Foretz Gacon
2–6, 4–6
Winner 10. 7 February 2011 ITF Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Anastasiya Yakimova  Arantxa Rus Anastasiya Yakimova  Claire Feuerstein
Anastasiya Yakimova  Ksenia Lykina
6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Winner 11. 11 August 2017 ITF Las Palmas, Spain Clay Anastasiya Yakimova  Carlota Molina Megías Anastasiya Yakimova  Fatma Al-Nabhani
Anastasiya Yakimova  Arabela Fernández Rabener
6–4, 6–3

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 1R 1R 3R QR 1R 1R Q1 1R 0 / 6 2–6
French Open A A A Q1 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R Q2 1R 1R 0 / 7 2–7
Wimbledon A A A Q1 Q2 1R 1R QR 1R 1R 2R 2R 0 / 6 2–6
US Open A A A A QR 1R Q1 Q1 1R Q2 2R Q1 0 / 3 1–3
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–4 2–3 1–1 0–4 0–2 2–3 1–3 0 / 22 7–22
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells A A A A 1R 2R 1R A 2R Q1 Q1 1R 0 / 5 2–5
Miami A A A A QR 2R 2R A 3R Q1 2R 1R 0 / 5 5–5
Madrid not held A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Beijing not held not Tier I A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai not Tier I A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Doha not Tier 1 A not held NP5 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Rome A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canada A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati not held not Tier I A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Tokyo A A A A A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1
Career statistics
Tournaments played 0 1 11 17 25 24 25 28 22 31 31 23 238
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Overall win–loss 0–0 4–1 26–11 37–17 36–25 39–24 24–26 44–26 36–20 36–30 42–29 23–24 0 / 238 339–233
Year-end ranking 288 177 101 69 121 113 98 121 62 253 $1,075,533

Doubles

Tournament 2005 2006 2011 2012 SR W–L
Australian Open A A A 1R 0 / 6 0–1
French Open A 1R A 1R 0 / 2 0–2
Wimbledon 1R 1R A Q1 0 / 2 0–2
US Open A 2R 1R A 0 / 2 1–2
Win–loss 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–2 0 / 9 1–7

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