Natalia Konstantinovna Vikhlyantseva (
Russian: Наталья Константиновна Вихлянцева; born 16 February 1997) is a Russian
tennis
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player. Her favourite court surface is grass.
Vikhlyantseva has career-high
rankings of 54 in singles, achieved on 23 October 2017, and 216 in doubles, reached in July 2019.
Tennis career
2015–16
Vikhlyantseva made her
WTA Tour
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WTA Tour tou ...
main-draw debut at the
2015 Shenzhen Open where she received a wildcard. In her first WTA match, she defeated
Anna-Lena Friedsam, in three sets. She lost in the second round against
Simona Halep, in straight sets.
After winning two titles in 2016 on the
ITF Circuit, she reached the semifinals of the
Open de Limoges
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where she took top-seeded top-30 player
Caroline Garcia to three sets.
2017: Top 100 debut and first WTA final
Vikhlyantseva debuted at a Grand Slam tournament at the
2017 Australian Open
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where she reached the second round of the main draw, losing to
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (russian: Анастаси́я "Настя" Серге́евна Павлюче́нкова; born 3 July 1991) is an inactive Russian professional tennis player. A junior prodigy, Pavlyuchenkova won ...
. Her next tournament was the
St. Petersburg Trophy for which she received a wildcard and beat
Yaroslava Shvedova before upsetting No. 8 seed
Daria Kasatkina in straight sets and receiving a walkover from top seed Simona Halep (who withdrew due to injury) in the quarterfinals. She lost in the semifinals to eventual champion
Kristina Mladenovic. Despite her defeat, Vikhlyantseva ensured a top-100 debut with her campaign.
She reached her first WTA-level final at the
Rosmalen Open, beating
Cornelia Lister
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She has won one singles title and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 7 May 2018, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 383. On 3 February 202 ...
, former world No. 9
Andrea Petkovic,
Arantxa Rus
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and fifth seed
Ana Konjuh
Ana Konjuh (; born 27 December 1997) is a Croatian tennis player.
A successful junior player, Konjuh won both the singles and doubles junior events at the Australian Open in January 2013 and, as a result, moved up to No. 1 in the ITF Junior ...
en route. She then lost to
Anett Kontaveit, who won her first title.
After some poor results which followed, Vikhlyantseva reached the second round at the
Stanford Classic
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and at the
Linz Open before coming up with a surprise run to the semifinals of the
Kremlin Cup, where she had her first ever top-20 win over compatriot
Elena Vesnina
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She is a four-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open, and 2017 Wimbledon Cha ...
in straight sets. It was Vikhlyantseva's second Premier semifinal of the year, and both of them came in Russia, her home country. However, her run was halted by
Julia Görges
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in the semifinals, with a wrist injury hindering her from further success.
Performance timelines
''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''
Singles
''Current through the
2022 Prague Open.''
Doubles
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
WTA 125 tournament finals
Doubles: 1 (title)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)
Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation
''This table is current through the
2019 Fed Cup''
Vikhlyantseva's Profile at Fed Cup
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Singles (5–1)
Notes
References
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1997 births
Living people
Russian female tennis players
Sportspeople from Volgograd
21st-century Russian women
20th-century Russian women