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Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva

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In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name is Kasintseva; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".

Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva
Jiménez Kasintseva at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Andorra
ResidenceBarcelona, Spain
Born (2005-08-09) 9 August 2005 (age 19)
Andorra
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2020
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachJoan Jiménez Guerra
Prize money$435,242
Singles
Career record122–88
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 121 (14 November 2022)
Current rankingNo. 187 (19 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2023)
French OpenQ1 (2022, 2023)
WimbledonQ3 (2022)
US OpenQ1 (2022, 2023, 2024)
Doubles
Career record23–25
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 309 (31 October 2022)
Current rankingNo. 920 (19 August 2024)
Last updated on: 21 August 2024.

Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva (born 9 August 2005) is an Andorran professional tennis player. At the age of 14, she won the 2020 Australian Open girls' singles title. On 14 November 2022, she reached her best WTA singles ranking of No. 121.

Early life and background

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Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva was born in Andorra to an Andorran father, Joan Jiménez Guerra, and a Russian mother, Yulia Kasintseva.[1] Her father is a former tennis professional who reached a career-high ATP Tour ranking of 505.[2] Her brother, Joan, also plays tennis. She spent three years of her childhood living in Kentucky in the United States, between the ages of four and eight.[3][4]

She began playing tennis at the age of three,[5] and currently trains in Barcelona with her father.[2][6] She speaks Spanish, English, French, and Russian fluently, in addition to her native Catalan.[7][8]

Junior career

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In 2020, Jiménez Kasintseva won the Australian Open girls' singles title as the youngest player in the draw, defeating Weronika Baszak in the final.[9][10] She was the first Andorran to win a junior major title, as well as the youngest player to win a major final since Coco Gauff at the 2018 French Open.[11] She has won eight singles titles on the ITF Junior Circuit as well as one doubles title, and achieved a career-high junior ranking of No. 1 on 9 March 2020.

Grand Slam performance

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- Singles:

  • Australian Open: W (2020)
  • French Open: QF (2021)
  • Wimbledon: SF (2021)
  • US Open: QF (2021)

- Doubles:

  • Australian Open: 1R (2020)
  • French Open: SF (2021)
  • Wimbledon: 1R (2021)
  • US Open: SF (2021)

Professional

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2021–2024: WTA Tour debut and ITF titles

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Jiménez Kasintseva at the 2022 French Open

At the age of 15, Jiménez Kasintseva made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard at the 2021 Madrid Open. She was the youngest player and the first from Andorra to compete in a WTA tournament main draw.[12] That year, she won her maiden ITF singles title in Aparecida de Goiânia.[13] She also reached the final in Maspalomas, where she was defeated by Arantxa Rus.[14][15]

In 2022, she recorded her first WTA Tour wins at the Korea Open as a lucky loser over Chloe Paquet and eighth seed Rebecca Marino to reach her first WTA quarterfinal, where she was defeated by top seed Jeļena Ostapenko.[16] That year, she won her second ITF singles title in Loulé as the top seed in the tournament,[17] and won her first ITF doubles title at the Solgironès Open, partnered with Renata Zarazúa.[18] She also reached the singles final in Bendigo, but lost to Ysaline Bonaventure.[19][20]

In 2023, she received wildcards into the main draw at the Miami and the Madrid Open.[21][22] That year, she won two W25 titles, at Boca Raton and Austin.[23][24] In 2024, she received a wildcard for the qualifying draw in Miami.[25] She also received a wildcard for the main draw in Madrid, where she defeated Zhu Lin in the first round for her first WTA 1000 win,[26][27] before falling to 12th seed Jasmine Paolini.[28]

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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

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Current through the 2023 French Open.

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q2 Q3 A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A Q1 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A Q3 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A Q1 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Indian Wells Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Miami Open A A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2
Madrid Open 1R A 1R 2R 0 / 3 1–3
Italian Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wuhan Open A NH A 0 / 0 0–0
China Open A NH A 0 / 0 0–0
Guadalajara Open NH A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 0 / 5 1–5
Career statistics
2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Tournaments 1 2 2 Career total: 5
Titles 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Hard win–loss 0–0 2–2 0–1 0 / 3 2–3
Clay win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–1 0 / 2 0–2
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
Overall win–loss 0–1 2–2 0–2 0 / 5 2–5
Year-end ranking 373 156 303 $277,086

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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Legend
W100 tournaments
W60 tournaments
W40/50 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (2–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2021 ITF San Bartolomé, Spain W60 Clay Netherlands Arantxa Rus 0–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Nov 2021 ITF Aparecida de Goiania, Brazil W25 Clay Hungary Panna Udvardy 6–3, 7–5
Loss 1–2 Jan 2022 Bendigo International, Australia W60+H Hard Belgium Ysaline Bonaventure 3–6, 1–6
Win 2–2 Oct 2022 ITF Loulé, Portugal W25 Hard Ukraine Katarina Zavatska 6–1, 6–4
Win 3–2 Mar 2023 ITF Boca Raton, United States W25 Hard United States Whitney Osuigwe 6–2, 6–2
Win 4–2 Nov 2023 ITF Austin, United States W25 Hard United States Hanna Chang 6–0, 6–2
Loss 4–3 Jan 2024 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W35 Hard Canada Carson Branstine 2–6, 2–6
Loss 4–4 May 2024 ITF Otočec, Slovenia W50 Clay Netherlands Anouk Koevermans 6–1, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 4–5 Jul 2024 Open Araba en Femenino, Spain W100 Hard Philippines Alex Eala 4–6, 4–6
Win 5–5 Sep 2024 Lisboa Belém Open, Portugal W75 Clay Spain Guiomar Maristany 6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
W100 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2021 ITF Amiens, France W15 Clay (i) France Elsa Jacquemot Australia Seone Mendez
Mexico María Portillo Ramírez 		4–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 May 2022 Solgironès Open, Spain W100+H Clay Mexico Renata Zarazúa United Kingdom Alicia Barnett
United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls 		6–4, 2–6, [10–8]

Junior finals

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Grand Slam tournaments

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Singles: 1 (title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2020 Australian Open Hard Poland Weronika Baszak 5–7, 6–2, 6–2

ITF Junior Circuit

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Legend
Category GA
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles (8–2)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Grade Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2019 ITF Tarragona, Spain G5 Clay Switzerland Sebastianna Scilipoti 6–2, 6–7(5), 7–6(1)
Win 2–0 Jul 2019 ITF Limelette, Belgium G4 Clay Belgium Amelia Waligora 6–4, 6–0
Win 3–0 Aug 2019 ITF Barcelona, Spain G3 Clay Netherlands Anouck Vrancken Peeters 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 4–0 Sep 2019 ITF El Prat de Llobregat, Spain G3 Clay Slovakia Vanda Vargova 4–6, 6–2, 6–0
Win 5–0 Nov 2019 ITF Saint-Cyprien, France G3 Hard United Kingdom Amelia Bissett 6–7(3), 6–1, 7–6(3)
Win 6–0 Dec 2019 ITF Mérida, Mexico GA Hard Canada Mélodie Collard 7–6(8), 6–2
Win 7–0 Oct 2020 ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria G1 Clay Belgium Sofia Costoulas 6–2, 6–1
Loss 7–1 Nov 2020 ITF Villena, Spain G1 Clay France Elsa Jacquemot 1–6, 6–4, 6–7(8)
Loss 7–2 Mar 2021 ITF Villena, Spain G1 Clay Russia Diana Shnaider 4–6, 3–6
Win 8–2 Jul 2022 ITF Klosters, Switzerland
(European Championships) 		GB1 Clay Switzerland Céline Naef 6–2, 6–3

Doubles (1–2)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Grade Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2019 ITF Palermo, Italy G3 Clay Germany Tea Lukic Italy Jennifer Ruggeri
Italy Arianna Zucchini 		6–3, 5–7, [2–10]
Win 1–1 Sep 2019 ITF El Prat de
Llobregat, Spain 		G3 Clay Spain Fiona Arrese Mata Italy Eleonora Alvisi
France Flavie Brugnone 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Nov 2019 ITF Cancún, Mexico G1 Hard Hungary Amarissa Tóth Russia Maria Bondarenko
Latvia Darja Semenistaja 		6–3, 0–6, [8–10]

Notes

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  1. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 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

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