Anna Tatishvili ( ka, ანა ტატიშვილი, tr, ; born February 3, 1990) is a Georgian-American former professional
tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
player.
In her career, Tatishvili won one doubles title on the
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and third-tier is the ITF Wome ...
, 2014 at the
Linz Open, partnering with
Raluca Olaru. She also won eleven singles and eight doubles titles on the
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players.
History
It serves as a developmenta ...
. On 8 October 2012, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 50. On 21 May 2012, she peaked at No. 59 in the doubles rankings.
Her biggest achievement was a fourth-round appearance at the
2012 US Open, in which she was defeated by then-world No. 1
Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Fiodaraŭna Azarenka (born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), having held the position for a total of 51 weeks ...
, in straight sets.
At the
2015 US Open, Tatishvili soared through the qualifiers to face the world No. 8,
Karolína Plíšková
Karolína Plíšková (; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), holding the position for a total of eight weeks, and has been ...
, in the first round of the main draw. Using her aggressive returns and dominant ground strokes, Tatishvili defeated the eighth seed in just 51 minutes.
Competing for
Georgia Fed Cup team, Tatishvili has a win–loss record of 10–3.
She announced her retirement from tennis on 26 March 2020, citing recurring injuries.
Personal life
Tatishvili started playing tennis at the age of four and plays right-handed.
She is currently coached by Ean Meyer.
Tatishvili was granted American citizenship in 2014; she began competing for the United States at the
2014 Internationaux de Strasbourg.
Anna has an older sister, Tamta.
Grand Slam performance timelines
Doubles
Singles
WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
ITF finals
Singles: 17 (11 titles, 6 runner-ups)
Doubles: 17 (8 titles, 9 runner-ups)
References
External links
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1990 births
Living people
American female tennis players
American people of Georgian (country) descent
Female tennis players from Georgia (country)
Emigrants from Georgia (country) to the United States
Tennis players from Boca Raton, Florida
Tennis players from Tbilisi
Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic tennis players for Georgia (country)
Naturalized citizens of the United States
21st-century American sportswomen