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Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva
Andorran tennis player (born 2005) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 singles ranking of world No. 121 by the WTA.
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Early life and background
Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva was born in Andorra la Vella[1], Andorra to an Andorran father, Joan Jiménez Guerra, and a Russian mother, Yulia Kasintseva.[2] Her father is a former tennis professional who reached a career-high ATP Tour ranking of 505.[3] 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.[4][5]
She began playing tennis at the age of three,[6] and currently trains in Barcelona with her father.[3][7] She speaks Spanish, English, French, and Russian fluently, in addition to her native Catalan.[8][9]
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Juniors
In 2020, Jiménez Kasintseva won the Australian Open girls' singles title as the youngest player in the draw, defeating Weronika Baszak in the final.[10][11] 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.[12] 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
- 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)
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Professional
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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.[13] Jiménez Kasintseva lost to Kiki Bertens in the first round.[14] She won her maiden ITF singles title in Aparecida de Goiânia[15] and also reached the final in Maspalomas, where she was defeated by Arantxa Rus.[16][17]
Having gained entry as a lucky loser, Jiménez Kasintseva recorded her first WTA Tour wins at the 2022 Korea Open, defeating Chloe Paquet[18] and eighth seed Rebecca Marino to become the first Andorran to reach a first WTA quarterfinal[19] She lost to top seed Jeļena Ostapenko in the last eight.[20] She won her second ITF singles title in Loulé as the top seed in the tournament,[21] and won her first ITF doubles title at the Solgironès Open, partnered with Renata Zarazúa.[22] Jiménez Kasintseva also reached the singles final in Bendigo, but lost to Ysaline Bonaventure.[23][24]
In 2023, she received wildcards into the main draw at the WTA 1000 tournaments in Miami and Madrid, losing in the first round at both to Anna Kalinskaya[25] and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova[26] respectively. That year, she won two W25 titles, at Boca Raton[27] and Austin.[28]
She received a wildcard into the main draw at the 2024 Madrid Open, where she defeated Zhu Lin in the first round for her first WTA 1000 win,[29][30] before falling to 12th seed Jasmine Paolini.[31]
In March 2025, Jiménez Kasintseva was runner-up at the Antalya Challenger 2, losing the final to top seed Olga Danilović.[32] She also reached the final at the 2025 WTA 125 Makarska Open in Croatia, losing to Sára Bejlek.[33]
Performance timeline
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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 2025 US Open.
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WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 2 (runner-up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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Junior finals
Grand Slam tournaments
Singles: 1 (title)
ITF Junior Circuit
Singles (8–2)
Doubles (1–2)
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Notes
- 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.
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References
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