Anastasija Sevastova

Anastasija Sevastova

Anastasija Sevastova, January 2010
Country	Latvia
Residence	Vienna, Austria
Born	(1990-04-13) April 13, 1990 (age 22) Liepāja, Latvia
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$583,295
Singles
Career record	171–87
Career titles	1 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 36 (31 January 2011)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2011)
French Open	1R (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2008)
US Open	2R (2009, 2010)
Doubles
Career record	21–22
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 195 (August 31, 2009)
WTA Championships
Last updated on: March 10, 2011.

Anastasija Sevastova (born April 13, 1990) Latvian tennis player. On January 31, 2011, she achieved her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 36. On August 31, 2009, she claimed her highest Doubles rank of No. 195. Her biggest match to date was in the 1st Round of the 2010 China Open, where she defeated world number 7 Samantha Stosur.

Career

In 2007 she qualified for the 2007 Istanbul Cup where she won her first career WTA match against Anastasiya Yakimova in the 1st round 6–1, 6–3. She then lost to #5 seed Alona Bondarenko 4–6, 6–3, 6(5)–7.

In 2009 she qualified for the French Open but lost to Melinda Czink, 6–3, 4–6, 1–6 in the first round. 

She entered the main draw of the 2009 AEGON Classic where she was defeated in the 1st round by Yanina Wickmayer, 4–6, 3–6. She then qualified for the 2009 Wimbledon Championship, losing to Kateryna Bondarenko in the first round, 3–6, 6(5)–7.

In August she qualified into the main draw of the 2009 U.S. Open and won her first career Grand Slam match by defeating Tamarine Tanasugarn, 6–3, 7–5.

2010

In March 2010, Sevastova got the biggest win of her career by defeating World No. 9 Jelena Janković in the first round of the 2010 Monterrey Open. She reached the semifinals, falling to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in three sets.

Sevastova played at the 2010 Estoril Open and in her first match defeated top seed Ágnes Szávay 3–6, 6–3, 6–3. She then beat veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm in the second round (Date-Krumm retired), Anastasia Rodionova in the quarterfinals 7–6(6), 6–2 and Shuai Peng of China 6–7(6), 6–1, 6–3 in the semifinal. In the final of the 2010 Estoril Open she beat Arantxa Parra Santonja in straight sets 6–2, 7–5. It was her first WTA Final and her first WTA Title.

2011

In the 2011 Australian Open Sevastova upset the 21st seed Yanina Wickmayer 6–4, 6–2 en route to a fourth round matchup with World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, which she lost in straight sets 3–6, 4–6.

Career finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

No.	Date	Official Tournament Name	Tournament Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	8 May 2010	Estoril Open	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–2, 7–5

ITF Titles (8)

Singles (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	August 6, 2006	Bad Saulgau, Germany	Clay	Josipa Bek	6–1, 6–0
2.	August 20, 2006	Bratislava, Slovakia	Clay	Klaudia Malenovska	4–6, 6–0, 6–3
3.	March 22, 2008	Noida, India	Hard	Sunitha Rao	6–2, 6–1
4.	June 1, 2008	Galatina, Italy	Clay	Estrella Cabeza–Candela	6–4, 6–4
5.	July 27, 2008	Les Contamines, France	Hard	Agustina Lepore	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
6.	March 29, 2009	La Palma, Spain	Hard	Kristína Kučová	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
7.	May 3, 2009	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Eva Hrdinová	6–2, 6–2

Doubles (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
1.	August 31, 2008	Katowice, Poland	Clay	Lenka Wienerová	Karolina Kosińska Aleksandra Rosolska	5–7 6–3 [10–3]

Singles performance timeline

External links

• Anastasija Sevastova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Anastasija Sevastova at the International Tennis Federation
• Anastasija Sevastova at the Fed Cup