Anastasiya Yakimova

Anastasiya Yakimova (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; born 1 November 1986) is a former tennis player from Belarus. She made it to the third round of the 2007 Australian Open, defeating Ai Sugiyama, a seeded player, on the way in the second round.

The last tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit she played in August 2017, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Career

Yakimova began the year by qualifying for the 2009 Sydney International. She defeated Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, Sophie Ferguson and Klára Zakopalová en route to qualifying. She faced Annabel Medina Garrigues in the first round and lost in three sets. She then headed to the Australian Open where she lost to Gisela Dulko, also in three sets. She played her first ITF tournament of the year at the $50k event in Cali, Colombia. As the fourth seed, Yakimova battled through to the final where she defeated Rossana de los Ríos to take her seventh ITF title.

She then qualified for both Indian Wells and Miami, two Premier Mandatory events. In Indian Wells, she defeated Varvara Lepchenko before falling to reigning champion Ana Ivanovic. In Miami, she beat fellow Olga Govortsova and then 13th seed Marion Bartoli to reach the third round. There she lost to Alisa Kleybanova.

At the 2009 Barcelona Ladies Open, Yakimova qualified and managed to make it to her first WTA Tour quarterfinal of the year. She defeated Sorana Cîrstea and Magdaléna Rybáriková, before falling to eventual champion, Roberta Vinci. She then played in the $50k Open Saint-Gaudens as the top seed. She made it to the final where she defeated Yanina Wickmayer for her second title of the year. Then, in Strasbourg she received main-draw entry without qualifying. She defeated Maret Ani in the first round, before falling to eventual finalist, Aravane Rezaï.

At the 2009 French Open, she was drawn against comeback player Maria Sharapova in the first round, losing in three sets.

In 2011, she won the $100k Bahamas Open.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Before 2009 Starting in 2009 Tier I Premier M Tier II Premier 5 Tier III Premier Tier IV & V (2–0) International (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	27 May 2006	İstanbul Cup, Turkey	Clay	Template:Flagicon Alona Bondarenko	Template:Flagicon Sania Mirza Template:Flagicon Alicia Molik	6–2, 6–4
Winner	2.	1 October 2007	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ekaterina Dzehalevich	Template:Flagicon Tatiana Poutchek Template:Flagicon Anastasia Rodionova	2–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Runner-up	1.	21 February 2010	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Olga Savchuk	Template:Flagicon Gisela Dulko Template:Flagicon Edina Gallovits-Hall	2–6, 6–7(8)

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 25 (13–12)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Oct 2002	ITF Minsk, Belarus	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Evgenia Linetskaya	2–6, 1–6
Win	1.	Feb 2003	ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal	Hard	Template:Flagicon Caroline-Ann Basu	6–3, 6–1
Loss	2.	Jul 2003	Bella Cup, Poland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marta Domachowska	5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Win	2.	Mar 2004	ITF St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Emma Laine	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	3.	Aug 2004	ITF Balashikha, Russia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Yvonne Meusburger	3–6, 7–6, 0–6
Loss	4.	Oct 2004	ITF Minsk, Belarus	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Olga Savchuk	4–6, 4–6
Win	3.	Nov 2004	ITF Poitiers, France	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian	7–5, 6–2
Win	4.	Oct 2005	Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ana Timotić	6–4, 6–1
Loss	5.	Apr 2006	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Martina Müller	6–7, 6–2, 0–6
Loss	6.	May 2006	ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon	Clay	Template:Flagicon Selima Sfar	4–6, 5–7
Loss	7.	Sep 2007	Open Denain, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Olivia Sanchez	2–6, 6–1, 1–6
Win	5.	Jul 2008	ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Anna Gerasimou	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Loss	8.	Oct 2008	ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon	Clay	Template:Flagicon Irina-Camelia Begu	2–6, 0–6
Win	6.	Nov 2008	ITF Phoenix, Mauritius	Hard	Template:Flagicon Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	3–6, 6–2, 1–0 ret.
Win	7.	Feb 2009	ITF Cali, Colombia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Rossana de los Ríos	6–3, 6–0
Win	8.	May 2009	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Yanina Wickmayer	7–5, 7–6(0)
Win	9.	Aug 2009	ITF Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Template:Flagicon Nikola Hofmanova	6–0, 6–4
Win	10.	Apr 2010	ITF Monzón, Spain	Hard	Template:Flagicon Zuzana Kučová	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	9.	Apr 2010	ITF Dothan Classic, United States	Clay	Template:Flagicon Edina Gallovits-Hall	1–6, 4–6
Win	11.	Mar 2011	Bahamas Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Angelique Kerber	6–3, 6–2
Loss	10.	May 2011	ITF Reggio Emilia, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sloane Stephens	3–6, 1–6
Win	12.	Sep 2011	Ningbo Challenger, China	Hard	Template:Flagicon Erika Sema	7–6(3), 6–3
Loss	11.	Apr 2012	ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ksenia Milevskaya	5–7, 7–6(5), 4–6
Loss	12.	Apr 2012	ITF Vic, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ksenia Milevskaya	4–6, 2–6
Win	13.	Aug 2015	ITF Las Palmas, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Irene Burillo Escorihuela	6–1, 6–7(3), 6–2

Doubles: 18 (11–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	31 October 2004	ITF Minsk, Belarus	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Darya Kustova	Template:Flagicon Irina Bulykina Template:Flagicon Katarína Kachlíková	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	1.	16 August 2005	Bronx Open, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tatiana Poutchek	Template:Flagicon Li Ting Template:Flagicon Sun Tiantian	6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	25 September 2005	ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mariya Koryttseva	Template:Flagicon Olena Antypina Template:Flagicon Hana Šromová	7–5, 6–2
Winner	3.	2 October 2005	Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Nadejda Ostrovskaya	Template:Flagicon Anna Bastrikova Template:Flagicon Nina Bratchikova	2–6, 6–2, 7–6
Runner-up	2.	30 January 2006	ITF Ortisei, Italy	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Tatiana Poutchek	Template:Flagicon Lucie Hradecká Template:Flagicon Vladimíra Uhlířová	4–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	14 May 2006	ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tatiana Poutchek	Template:Flagicon María José Argeri Template:Flagicon Letícia Sobral	6–4, 7–6
Winner	5.	13 May 2007	ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tatiana Poutchek	Template:Flagicon Mădălina Gojnea Template:Flagicon Monica Niculescu	7–5, 6–0
Winner	6.	29 July 2007	ITF Pétange, Luxembourg	Clay	Template:Flagicon Carla Suárez Navarro	Template:Flagicon Martina Müller Template:Flagicon Claudine Schaul	6–7, 6–1, 7–6
Runner-up	3.	12 November 2007	ITF Deauville, France	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Akgul Amanmuradova	Template:Flagicon Renata Voráčová Template:Flagicon Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	3–6, 5–7
Winner	7.	31 March 2008	ITF Patras, Greece	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tzipora Obziler	Template:Flagicon María José Martínez Sánchez Template:Flagicon Arantxa Parra Santonja	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	14 April 2008	Open de Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Renata Voráčová	Template:Flagicon María José Martínez Sánchez Template:Flagicon Arantxa Parra Santonja	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	1 September 2008	Maribor Open, Slovenia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Kyra Nagy	Template:Flagicon Carmen Klaschka Template:Flagicon Andrea Petkovic	0–6, 6–2, [3–10]
Winner	8.	6 October 2008	ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon	Clay	Template:Flagicon Chayenne Ewijk	Template:Flagicon Carmen Klaschka Template:Flagicon Laura Siegemund	7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	6.	9 February 2009	ITF Cali, Colombia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Frederica Piedade	Template:Flagicon Betina Jozami Template:Flagicon Arantxa Parra Santonja	3–6, 1–6
Winner	9.	19 April 2010	Dothan Tennis Classic, United States	Clay	Template:Flagicon Alina Jidkova	Template:Flagicon María Irigoyen Template:Flagicon Teodora Mirčić	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	10 May 2010	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Olga Savchuk	Template:Flagicon Claire Feuerstein Template:Flagicon Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	2–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	7 February 2011	ITF Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Arantxa Rus	Template:Flagicon Claire Feuerstein Template:Flagicon Ksenia Lykina	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Winner	11.	11 August 2017	ITF Las Palmas, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Carlota Molina Megías	Template:Flagicon Fatma Al-Nabhani Template:Flagicon Arabela Fernández Rabener	6–4, 6–3

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	3R	QR	1R	1R	Q1	1R	0 / 6	2–6
French Open	A	A	A	Q1	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	Q2	1R	1R	0 / 7	2–7
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	1R	1R	QR	1R	1R	2R	2R	0 / 6	2–6
US Open	A	A	A	A	QR	1R	Q1	Q1	1R	Q2	2R	Q1	0 / 3	1–3
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–4	2–3	1–1	0–4	0–2	2–3	1–3	0 / 22	7–22
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	A	2R	Q1	Q1	1R	0 / 5	2–5
Miami	A	A	A	A	QR	2R	2R	A	3R	Q1	2R	1R	0 / 5	5–5
Madrid	not held								A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Beijing	not held			not Tier I					A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai	not Tier I								A	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
Doha	not Tier 1							A	not held		NP5	1R	0 / 1	0–1
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Cincinnati	not held			not Tier I					A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Tokyo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1
Career statistics
Tournaments played	0	1	11	17	25	24	25	28	22	31	31	23	238
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Overall win–loss	0–0	4–1	26–11	37–17	36–25	39–24	24–26	44–26	36–20	36–30	42–29	23–24	0 / 238	339–233
Year-end ranking	–	–	288	177	101	69	121	113	98	121	62	253	$1,075,533

Doubles

Tournament	2005	2006	2011	2012	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	0 / 6	0–1
French Open	A	1R	A	1R	0 / 2	0–2
Wimbledon	1R	1R	A	Q1	0 / 2	0–2
US Open	A	2R	1R	A	0 / 2	1–2
Win–loss	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–2	0 / 9	1–7

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