Anastasiya Yakimova

Anastasiya Yakimova
Настасся Якімава

Anastasiya Yakimova at the 2011 US Open
Country	Belarus
Residence	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Born	(1986-11-01) November 1, 1986 (age 25) Minsk, Soviet Union
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	55 kg (120 lb; 8.7 st)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$701,682
Singles
Career record	235–140
Career titles	0 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 49 (July 31, 2006)
Current ranking	No. 79 (March 19, 2012)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2007)
French Open	2R (2006, 2008)
Wimbledon	1R (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011)
US Open	2R (2011)
Doubles
Career record	87–65
Career titles	2 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 67 (June 19, 2006)
Last updated on: June 14, 2010.

Anastasiya Yakimova (Belarusian: Настасся Аляксееўна Якімава; Russian: Анастасия Алексеевна Екимова; born November 1, 1986 in Minsk, Soviet Union) is a female tennis player from Belarus. She made it to the third round of the 2007 Australian Open, defeating Ai Sugiyama of Japan, a seeded player, on the way in the second round.

2009

Yakimova began the year by qualifying for the Medibank International. 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 6–1, 3–6, 6–3.
She then headed to the Australian Open. She was accepted straight into the main draw and drawn against Gisela Dulko, she lost this match 6–3, 5–7, 6–3.
She then played her first ITF tournament of the year at the $50,000 Cali event in Colombia. As the no 4 Seed Yakimova battled through to the final where she defeated Rossana de los Ríos 6–3, 6–0 to take her seventh ITF title.
She then qualified for both Indian Wells and Miami, two premier mandatory events. In Indian Wells she defeated American Varvara Lepchenko before falling to reigning champion Ana Ivanović. In Miami she defeated fellow Belarussian Olga Govortsova and then 13th seed Marion Bartoli to reach the third round. Here she lost to Alisa Kleybanova 6–3, 3–6, 6–4.
At the 2009 Barcelona Ladies Open Yakimova qualified and managed to make it to her first WTA quarter final of the year. She defeated Sorana Cîrstea and Magdaléna Rybáriková before falling to eventual champion Roberta Vinci 6–3, 6–3.
She then played in the $50,000 Saint-Gaudens event as the no 1 seed. She made it to the final where she defeated Yanina Wickmayer for her second title of the year.
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 has been drawn against Maria Sharapova.

In 2011 she won a $100,000 ITF event in The Bahamas.

Career Titles

Singles

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	February 9, 2003	Vale Do Lobo	Hard	Caroline Ann Basu	6–3, 6–1
2.	March 28, 2004	St. Petersburg	Hard Indoors	Emma Laine	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
3.	November 28, 2004	Poitiers	Hard Indoors	Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian	7–5, 6–2
4.	October 2, 2005	Batumi	Hard	Ana Timotić	6–4, 6–1
5.	July 6, 2008	Mont-de-Marsan	Clay	Anna Gerasimou	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
6.	November 17, 2008	Phoenix	Hard	Patricia Mayr	3–6, 6–2, 1–0 ret.
7.	February 15, 2009	Cali	Clay	Rossana de los Ríos	6–3, 6–0
8.	May 24, 2009	Saint-Gaudens	Clay	Yanina Wickmayer	7–5, 7–6(7–0)
9.	August 8, 2009	Astana	Hard	Nikola Hofmanova	6–0, 6–4
10.	April 3, 2010	Monzón	Hard	Zuzana Kučová	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
11.	March 19, 2011	Nassau	Hard	Angelique Kerber	6–3, 6–2

Doubles

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	October 31, 2004	Minsk	Carpet	Darya Kustova	Irina Bulykina Katarina Kachlikova	6–4, 6–0
2.	September 25, 2005	Jounieh	Clay	Mariya Koryttseva	Olena Antypina Hana Šromová	7–5, 6–2
3.	October 2, 2005	Batumi	Hard	Nadejda Ostrovskaya	Anna Bastrikova Nina Bratchikova	2–6, 6–2, 7–6
4.	May 14, 2006	Jounieh	Clay	Tatiana Poutchek	María José Argeri Leticia Sobral	6–4, 7–6
5.	May 27, 2006	Istanbul	Clay	Alyona Bondarenko	Sania Mirza Alicia Molik	6–2, 6–4
6.	May 13, 2007	Jounieh	Clay	Tatiana Poutchek	Mădălina Gojnea Monica Niculescu	7–5, 6–0
7.	July 29, 2007	Pétange	Clay	Carla Suárez Navarro	Martina Müller Claudine Schaul	6–7, 6–1, 7–6
8.	October 1, 2007	Tashkent	Hard	Ekaterina Dzehalevich	Tatiana Poutchek Anastassia Rodionova	2–6, 6–4, [10–7]

Performance timeline

External links

• Anastasiya Yakimova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Anastasiya Yakimova at the International Tennis Federation