Anna Danilina
Anna Sergeyevna Danilina (Russian: Анна Сергеевна Данилина;[1] born 20 August 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 20 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). In singles, she reached a career-high ranking of 269.
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Born | Moscow, Russia | 20 August 1995
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 393,537 |
Singles | |
Career record | 155–146 (51.5%) |
Career titles | 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 269 (14 September 2020) |
Current ranking | No. 340 (4 April 2022) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 205–112 (64.7%) |
Career titles | 2 WTA, 21 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 20 (28 February 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 21 (4 April 2022) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (2022) |
US Open | 1R (2021) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 4–0 (100%) |
Last updated on: 4 April 2022. |
Danilina represented her nation of birth, Russia, until March 2011, when she switched allegiances to represent Kazakhstan. As a junior, she reached a combined junior world ranking of No. 3 in February 2013.[2] Since turning professional, Danilina has won two WTA doubles titles. She has also won one singles title and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Together with Beatriz Haddad Maia, Danilina attained her Grand Slam doubles breakthrough after reaching the women's doubles final at the 2022 Australian Open.
Junior career
Junior Grand Slam performance
Singles:
- Australian Open: 3R (2013)
- French Open: 2R (2012, 2013)
- Wimbledon: 2R (2012)
- US Open: QF (2012)
Doubles:
- Australian Open: SF (2013)
- French Open: QF (2012)
- Wimbledon: QF (2012)
- US Open: SF (2012)
College tennis
With the beginning of her professional career hampered by injuries, in 2015 Danilina decided to attend an American university so she could study and play college tennis.[3] Danilina went to University of Florida, graduating in 2018 with a degree in Economics. As part of the Florida Gators women's tennis team, she won the 2017 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships.[4]
Tennis career
2018
Partnering Berfu Cengiz, she won her first $80k tournament in July 2018 at the President's Cup, defeating Akgul Amanmuradova and Ekaterine Gorgodze in the final.
2021: First WTA title and top 100 debut in doubles, Grand Slam and WTA 1000 debut
At the Poland Open held in Gdynia, Danilina reached the final and won her first WTA doubles title, partnering with Lidziya Marozava.[5] As a result she made her top 100 debut in doubles at world No. 96, on 26 July 2021. Afterwards she made her Grand Slam debut at the US Open, partnering Yaroslava Shvedova.
2022: Historic Australian Open final, top 20 in doubles
Danilina was playing an ITF tournament in Monastir, Tunisia, when Beatriz Haddad Maia invited her to serve as her partner in the 2022 Australian Open, following an injury to Nadia Podoroska. The team proved to work as they won the warm-up event Sydney International.[6][7] At Grand Slam-level, Danilina became the first Kazakh woman to reach the final of the Australian Open after upsetting No. 2 seeds Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara in the semifinal.[8] Danilina and Haddad Maia won the first set against Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková, but following a comeback from the Czech duo lost the final.[9] However, with this performance, Danilina made her top 25 debut in the WTA doubles rankings, and on 28 February 2022 she reached the top 20.
Performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | P | NH |
Doubles
Current through the 2022 BJKC QR.
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | F | 0 / 1 | 5–1 | 83% |
French Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Wimbledon | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
US Open | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0 / 2 | 5–2 | 71% |
WTA 1000 | |||||||
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
Indian Wells Open | A | NH | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Miami Open | A | NH | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Madrid Open | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Italian Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Canadian Open | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
Wuhan Open | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||
China Open | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||
Career statistics | |||||||
Tournaments | 6 | 2 | 13 | 7 | Career total: 28 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Career total: 2 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Career total: 3 | ||
Overall win–loss | 2–6 | 1–2 | 11–12 | 11–7 | 2 / 28 | 25–27 | 48% |
Year-end ranking | 124 | 135 | 83 | $228,528 |
Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2022 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–3), 4–6, 4–6 |
WTA career finals
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 2021 | Poland Open, Poland | WTA 250 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 2–0 | Jan 2022 | Sydney International, Australia | WTA 500 | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–5, [10–8] |
Loss | 2–1 | Jan 2022 | Australian Open, Australia | Grand Slam | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–3), 4–6, 4–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Apr 2012 | ITF Wiesbaden, Germany | 10,000 | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4) |
Loss | 1–1 | Sep 2012 | ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Sep 2018 | ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 7–6(7–1), 2–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | May 2019 | ITF Caserta, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 1–4 | Aug 2019 | ITF Sezze, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 1–5 | Sep 2021 | ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 32 (21 titles, 11 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2011 | ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan | 10,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 2–0 | Jun 2013 | ITF Kristinehamn, Sweden | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 2–1 | Nov 2013 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | 25,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–7(3–7), 0–6 |
Win | 3–1 | Mar 2014 | ITF Astana, Kazakhstan | 10,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
Win | 4–1 | May 2014 | ITF Moscow, Russia | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 4–2 | Jun 2014 | ITF Ystad, Sweden | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(3–7), 6–3, [6–10] |
Win | 5–2 | Sep 2014 | ITF Moscow, Russia | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 4–6, [10–6] |
Win | 6–2 | Jun 2018 | ITF Naples, United States | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 1–6, [11–9] |
Loss | 6–3 | Jun 2018 | ITF Båstad, Sweden | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–1, [5–10] |
Win | 7–3 | Jul 2018 | ITF Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | 80,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, [10–7] |
Loss | 7–4 | Aug 2018 | ITF Woking, United Kingdom | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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0–6, 6–4, [9–11] |
Win | 8–4 | Oct 2018 | ITF Florence, United States | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(9–11), 6–2, [10–8] |
Loss | 8–5 | Oct 2018 | ITF Macon, United States | 80,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 7–5, [9–11] |
Loss | 8–6 | Nov 2018 | ITF Lawrence, United States | 25,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 9–6 | Jun 2019 | ITF Grado, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 10–6 | Jun 2019 | ITF Ystad, Sweden | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–2, [10–4] |
Loss | 10–7 | Jul 2019 | ITF Contrexéville, France | 100,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 11–7 | Aug 2019 | ITF Sezze, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 11–8 | Aug 2019 | ITF Leipzig, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, [6–10] |
Loss | 11–9 | Sep 2019 | ITF Caldas da Rainha, Portugal | 60,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 3–6 |
Win | 12–9 | Oct 2019 | ITF Charleston, United States | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 13–9 | Oct 2019 | ITF Hilton Head, United States | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 14–9 | Oct 2019 | ITF Waco, United States | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 14–10 | Nov 2019 | ITF Asunción, Paraguay | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, [3–10] |
Loss | 14–11 | Nov 2019 | ITF Colina, Chile | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 3–6, [6–10] |
Win | 15–11 | Apr 2021 | ITF Bellinzona, Switzerland | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 16–11 | May 2021 | ITF Charlottesville, United States | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 17–11 | Jun 2021 | ITF Denain, France | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 3–6, [10–4] |
Win | 18–11 | Jul 2021 | ITF Contrexéville, France | 100,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–0, 1–6, [10–4] |
Win | 19–11 | Aug 2021 | ITF Versmold, Germany | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–5, [10–4] |
Win | 20–11 | Sep 2021 | ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(7–9), 6–2, [10–4] |
Win | 21–11 | Nov 2021 | ITF Dubai, UAE | 100,000+H | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, [10–2] |
Notes
- The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total 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.
References
- "Singles Rating". Juniortennis.ru (in Russian). Junior Tennis. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- "Anna Danilina". Itftennis.com.
- "Russian Import Danilina Brought Her Winning Backhand to Gators". Floridagators.com. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- "Florida Gators win seventh national crown". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- WTA Staff (July 25, 2021). "Zanevska battles past Kucova in Gdynia to win first WTA title". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- WTA Staff (January 15, 2022). "Badosa overcomes Krejcikova in third-set tiebreak to win Sydney title". WTA Tennis. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- "Tenista Bia Haddad conquista título de duplas no WTA 500 de Sydney". Agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- "Krejcikova, Siniakova to face Danilina, Haddad Maia in Australian Open doubles final". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- "Krejcikova, Siniakova battle to first Australian Open women's doubles title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
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