Daria Kasatkina

Kasatkina achieved a world ranking of No. 3 as a junior. Shortly after reaching 14 years old, she started playing on the ITF Junior Circuit. At her second professional event, the Grade 4 Samara Cup, she won her first title. At the age of 14, Kasatkina triumphed in two Grade 2 competitions of a higher calibre, the first of which was in Moldova and the second in France. Along with Elizaveta Kulichkova and Alina Silich, she assisted Russia in reaching the Junior Fed Cup final at the conclusion of the year, where they lost to the United States. Despite playing in just five tournaments in 2014, Kasatkina had her finest year on the junior tour. At the Grade 1 Trofeo Mauro Sabatini, she advanced to the singles and doubles finals and won the singles competition. [9] In the girls’ singles category at the French Open, Kasatkina won her first and only junior Grand Slam championship at the final ITF competition of her career. She helped Russia win both junior singles competitions, becoming the first Russian female winner since Nadia Petrova in 1998. Andrey Rublev, another European 16s champion, won the boys’ singles competition. [17] Kasatkina additionally competed in August.

Kasatkina rose swiftly through the professional rankings, reaching No. 32 in the world at the age of 18 and taking home her maiden WTA victory at the Charleston Open in 2017. She gained notoriety in 2018 after coming in second place to fellow rising star Naomi Osaka in the Premier Mandatory Indian Wells Open, a match that was considered as encapsulating a new era in women’s tennis. At the Kremlin Cup and the St. Petersburg Trophy, both held at her native Russia, Kasatkina also captured the biggest victories of her career. Kasatkina had three good seasons on the WTA Tour prior to 2019, but she struggled and finished in the lower half of the top 100. She had a resurgence 2021, though, claiming two titles to come back to the top 30 and one title in 2022.

At the age of 18, Kasatkina quickly climbed the professional rankings to No. 32 in the world. In 2017, she won her first WTA match at the Charleston Open. She became well-known in 2018 after finishing behind fellow emerging star Naomi Osaka in the Premier Mandatory Indian Wells Open, a match that was regarded as defining a new era in women’s tennis. Kasatkina also won the biggest triumphs of her career at the Kremlin Cup and the St. Petersburg Trophy, both of which were hosted in her native Russia. Prior to 2019, Kasatkina enjoyed three successful seasons on the WTA Tour, but in 2019 she struggled and placed in the bottom part of the top 100. But in 2021, she made a comeback and won two titles. Just before turning 20 years old, she captured her first WTA singles title at the Charleston Open. In the championship match, she defeated fellow adolescent Jeena Ostapenko in straight sets.

She participated in her first Grand Slam main draw in 2015, reaching the third round of the US Open. She advanced to the third rounds of the Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon the following year. She participated in all of the women’s doubles competitions at the Grand Slams that year, as well as their main draws. 2018 was among her career’s best years. Both the French Open and Wimbledon quarterfinals were reached by her. She achieved her career-high singles rating of No. 10 in October of that year. She advanced to the French Open semifinals in 2022. She qualified for the third round of the Australian Open that year but skipped Wimbledon.

Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina has achieved a career-high world No. 9 ranking. She is presently ranked as the top singles player in Russia and has won five singles wins on the WTA Tour as well as one doubles trophy. At the tail end of the 2018 season, Kasatkina entered the WTA rankings for the first time in the top ten. She has had success on both clay and hard surfaces, but she feels more at ease on the former. Kasatkina has earned more than $1,383,510 in rewards thanks to strong performances this year. Her current estimated net worth is $8 million.