Darja Semeņistaja Explained

Darja Semeņistaja
Birth Date:16 September 2002
Plays:Left-handed
Careerprizemoney:US$424,117
Singlestitles:1 WTA Challenger
Highestsinglesranking:No. 106 (1 April 2024)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 125 (21 October 2024)
Australianopenresult:Q2 (2024)
Frenchopenresult:Q2 (2024)
Wimbledonresult:Q3 (2023)
Usopenresult:Q2 (2023)
Doublestitles:2 WTA Challenger
Highestdoublesranking:No. 127 (14 October 2024)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 127 (21 October 2024)
Updated:29 November 2024

Darja Semeņistaja (born 16 September 2002) is a Latvian tennis player.

Semeņistaja has career-high WTA rankings of No. 106 in singles, achieved on 1 April 2024, and No. 127 in doubles, reached on 21 October 2024.[1] In her career, she has won two WTA Challenger titles, one title in singles and one in doubles. She also has won 15 singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Playing for Latvia Billie Jean King Cup team, she has a win-loss record of 4–6.

Career

2021

In 2021, Semeņistaja won the most singles trophies on the ITF Women's World Tour, a total of seven titles. She won the first two in Serbia, winning Prokuplje's $15k events for two weeks in a row, then the third in Bratislava in mid-July,[2] the fourth in Chornomorsk, Ukraine, at the end of August,[3] and finally three in Cancún, Mexico in October.

2024

Alongside Veronika Erjavec, Semeņistaja won the doubles title at the Canberra Tennis International, overcoming Kaylah McPhee and Astra Sharma in the final.[4]

She won her first WTA 125 singles title at the Mumbai Open in February, defeating Storm Hunter in the final.[5] [6] Partnering Carole Monnet, Semeņistaja won the doubles title at the Țiriac Foundation Trophy, defeating Aliona Bolsova and Katarzyna Kawa in the final.[7]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0bgcolor=silverCanberra International, AustraliaHard Veronika Erjavec Kaylah McPhee
Astra Sharma
6–2, 6–4
Win2–0bgcolor=silverȚiriac Foundation Trophy, RomaniaClay Carole Monnet Aliona Bolsova
Katarzyna Kawa
1–6, 6–2, [10–7]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (15 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments (3–1)
W40/50 tournaments (2–0)
W25 tournaments (3–1)
W15 tournaments (7–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–1)
Clay (9–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jul 2021ITF Prokuplje, SerbiaW15Clay Alice Robbe6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Win2–0Jul 2021ITF Prokuplje, SerbiaW15Clay Natalija Senić6–0, 6–2
Win3–0Aug 2021ITF Bratislava, SlovakiaW15Clay Pia Lovrič6–4, 6–3
Win4–0Aug 2021ITF Chornomorsk, UkraineW15Clay Nicole Fossa Huergo6–3, 6–2
Win5–0Oct 2021ITF Cancún, MexicoW15Hard María Portillo Ramírez6–3, 7–5
Win6–0Oct 2021ITF Cancún, MexicoW15Hard María Portillo Ramírez5–7, 7–6(5), 6–0
Win7–0Oct 2021ITF Cancún, MexicoW15Hard Rachel Gailis7–5, 7–5
Win8–0Feb 2022ITF Cancún, MexicoW25Hard Lina Glushko4–6, 7–6(5), 6–2
Win9–0May 2022ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW25Clay Irina Khromacheva6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Win10–0Jun 2022ITF Ystad, Sweden W25Clay Sofia Samavati3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win11–0Feb 2023ITF Mexico City, MexicoW40Hard Jana Kolodynska7–5, 4–0 ret.
Loss11–1Feb 2023ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic W25Hard Carole Monnet5–7, 6–3, 1–6
Win12–1May 2023Prague Open, Czech RepublicW60Clay Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win13–1Jul 2023Liepāja Open, LatviaW60Clay Jessie Aney6–4, 6–4
Win14–1Jul 2023ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech RepublicW60Clay Lea Bošković6–7(6), 6–3, 6–1
Win15–1Jan 2024ITF Bangalore, IndiaW50Hard Carole Monnet6–1, 3–0 ret.
Loss15–2Sep 2024Šibenik Open, CroatiaW75Clay Sára Bejlek2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (0–1)
W60 tournaments (1–1)
W40/50 tournaments (2–1)
W25 tournaments (2–2)
W15 tournaments (4–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–5)
Clay (3–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Sep 2020ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Olivia Gram Yuliya Hatouka
Anna Kubareva
6–2, 5–7, [6–10]
Win1–1Sep 2020ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Laetitia Pulchartová Darya Astakhova
Anastasia Sukhotina
6–2, 6–7(8), [10–5]
Win2–1Oct 2020ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Darya Astakhova María Lourdes Carlé
Olivia Gram
6–4, 6–3
Win3–1Oct 2021ITF Cancún, MexicoW15Hard Anna Ulyashchenko Nadia Echeverría Alam
Rushri Wijesundera
6–4, 6–4
Loss3–2Feb 2022ITF Cancún, MexicoW25Hard Maria Bondarenko Anna Rogers
Christina Rosca
1–6, 4–6
Loss3–3Mar 2022ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.W25Hard Anastasia Tikhonova Irina Khromacheva
Natalija Stevanović
1–6, 6–7(5)
Win4–3Sep 2022ITF Pula, ItalyW25Clay Zhibek Kulambayeva Lu Jiajing
Anita Wagner
6–2, 6–2
Win5–3Dec 2022ITF Valencia, SpainW15Clay Marine Szostak Lucía Cortez Llorca
Claudia Hoste Ferrer
w/o
Loss5–4Feb 2023ITF Mexico City, MexicoW40Hard Suzan Lamens Sofia Sewing
Berfu Cengiz
1–6, 6–1, [10–12]
Win6–4Feb 2023ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. W25Hard Sofia Sewing Eudice Chong
Nefisa Berberović
6–3, 6–2
Win7–4Jul 2023Liepāja Open, LatviaW60Clay Daniela Vismane Çağla Büyükakçay
Lina Gjorcheska
6–4, 2–6, [10–3]
Loss7–5Jul 2023ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech RepublicW60Clay Zhibek Kulambayeva Magdaléna Smékalová
Tereza Valentová
2–6, 2–6
Loss7–6Oct 2023ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, SpainW100Hard Gao Xinyu Camilla Rosatello
Angelica Moratelli
6–4, 5–7, [6–10]
Win8–6Jan 2024Bangalore Open, IndiaW50Hard Camilla Rosatello Li Yu-yun
Eri Shimizu
3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win9–6Jan 2024Pune Open, IndiaW50Hard Alex Eala Naiktha Bains
Fanny Stollár
7–6(8), 6–3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Federation. International Tennis. Darja Semenistaja Overview. Itftennis.
  2. News: Semeņistaja Bratislavā izcīna sezonas trešo ITF titulu. skaties.lv.
  3. News: Semeņistaja iekļūst Kankunas ITF turnīra finālā. skaties.lv.
  4. Web site: Champions crowned at Workday Canberra International 2024. Tennis Australia. 28 October 2024.
  5. Web site: Semenistaja saves championship point en route to Mumbai WTA 125 title . 2024-08-29 . Women's Tennis Association . en.
  6. Web site: Darja Semenistaja Wins Singles Title At Mumbai Open Tennis Championships. NDTV Sports. 29 August 2024.
  7. Web site: Bulgaru wins WTA 125 Bucharest with Halep on site; Teichmann wins Ljubljana. Women's Tennis Association. 28 October 2024.