Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva

Andorran tennis player

Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva
Jiménez Kasintseva at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Andorra
Born (2005-08-09) 9 August 2005 (age 18)
Andorra
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro10 March 2020
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)[1]
CoachJoan Jiménez Guerra [2]
Prize moneyUS$ 365,390
Singles
Career record92–70 (56.8%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 121 (14 November 2022)
Current rankingNo. 318 (26 February 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2023)
French OpenQ1 (2022, 2023)
WimbledonQ3 (2022)
US OpenQ1 (2022, 2023)
Doubles
Career record22–23 (48.9%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 309 (31 October 2022)
Current rankingNo. 974 (26 February 2024)
Last updated on: 26 February 2024.

Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva (born 9 August 2005) is an Andorran professional tennis player. She won the 2020 Australian Open girls' singles title, defeating Weronika Baszak in the final. It was her junior Grand Slam debut, and she was the youngest player in the draw.[3]

Jiménez Kasintseva has won nine singles titles on the ITF Junior Circuit, as well as one doubles title. She achieved a career-high ITF Junior ranking of No. 1, on 9 March 2020.

Early life and background

Jiménez Kasintseva was born in Andorra to an Andorran father, Joan Jiménez Guerra, and a Russian mother, Yulia Kasintseva. Her father is a former tennis professional who reached a career-high ATP Tour ranking of 505. She spent three years of her childhood in the state of Kentucky in the United States, and speaks Spanish, English, French, and Russian fluently, in addition to her native Catalan.[4][5][6]

She began training with her father and coach in 2009, admiring fellow left-handers Rafael Nadal and Petra Kvitová.[7]

Career

Juniors

Grand Slam results - Singles:

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

Grand Slam results - Doubles:

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

Professional

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Madrid Open as a wildcard, also as the youngest and the first-ever player from Andorra to appear in a WTA tournament main draw, where she lost in the first round to Kiki Bertens.[8] She recorded her first WTA main draw win at the 2022 Korea Open.

She received a wildcard for the main draw at the 2023 Miami Open.[9] She also received a wildcard for the qualifying draw at the 2024 Miami Open.

Performance timeline

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

Current through the 2023 French Open.

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q2 Q3 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A Q3 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open 1R A 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Italian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–2 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Career statistics
2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 1 2 2 Career total: 5
Titles 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Hardcourt win–loss 0–0 2–2 0–1 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Clay win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
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 29%
Win % 0% 50% 0% Career total: 29%
Year-end ranking 373 156 303 $277,086

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (1–1)
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

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

Legend
W100 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard
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 Internacional de La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain W100+H Clay Mexico Renata Zarazúa United Kingdom Alicia Barnett
United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls 		6–4, 2–6, [10–8]

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 1 (title)

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

ITF Junior Circuit finals

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

Singles (8–2)

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)

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 Kiara Tóth Russia Maria Bondarenko
Latvia Darja Semenistaja 		6–3, 0–6, [8–10]

Notes

  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

  1. ^ "Victoria Jiménez KASINTSEVA". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. ^ her father
  3. ^ "Jimenez Kasintseva wins historic Australian Open girls crown". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Joan i Vicky Jiménez, tàndem guanyador" (in Catalan). 19 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Victoria Jiménez, la andorrana de 14 años que enamora en Melbourne" (in Spanish). 31 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Víctoria Jiménez, andorrana de 14 años, gana el torneo júnior: "Nadal es mi favorito de todos"" (in Spanish). 7 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Juniors wrap: Jimenez Kasintseva, Mayot earn AO2020 glory". Aus Open. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Former champions Bertens, Kvitova reach Madrid second round".
  9. ^ "Erika Andreeva, Brenda Fruhvirtova awarded Miami Open wild cards". 14 March 2023.

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