Olga Savchuk
Olga Mykolayivna Savchuk (Ukrainian: Ольга Миколаївна Савчук; born 20 September 1987) is a retired[1] professional tennis player from Ukraine. Savchuk grew up the city of Makiyivka in Donetsk province. She currently resides in Nassau, Bahamas.
Olga Savchuk in 2014 | |
Country (sports) | |
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Residence | Nassau, Bahamas |
Born | Makiivka, Ukrainian SSR (nowadays Ukraine) | 20 September 1987
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
Turned pro | 2004 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 1,642,228 |
Singles | |
Career record | 346–321 (51.9%) |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 3 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 79 (19 May 2008) |
Current ranking | No. 844 (23 October 2017) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2006) |
French Open | 2R (2007) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2006, 2008) |
US Open | 1R (2006, 2007, 2010) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 256–260 (49.6%) |
Career titles | 3 WTA, 1 WTA 125K, 8 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 33 (23 October 2017) |
Current ranking | No. 143 (26 November 2018) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017) |
French Open | QF (2017) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2010, 2013, 2015) |
US Open | 2R (2011, 2014, 2015, 2016) |
Last updated on: 26 November 2018. |
Her best accomplishment to date was reaching the third round of the 2006 Australian Open. Her career-high ranking was world No. 79, which she achieved on 19 May 2008.
Since the beginning of 2020 Savchuk is one of the two coaches of World No. 3 tennis player Karolína Plíšková, along with Daniel Vallverdú.
Career
On 5 August 2007, in Washington, D.C., Savchuk reached the Legg Mason USTA Women's Pro Circuit Finals as the No. 2 seed, but was defeated by Melinda Czink of Hungary, 7–5, 7–5.
Savchuk won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, 2008 Tashkent Open, and 2017 Hobart International where she both won with Raluca Olaru, and Katowice Open where she won with Yuliya Beygelzimer 2014. She has won one WTA 125K series doubles titles, at the Ningbo International Women's Tennis Open where she won with Arina Rodionova 2014.
She was also the runner-up in doubles final Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas with Anastasiya Yakimova 2010, BMW Malaysian Open with Yuliya Beygelzimer 2015, Swedish Open with Tatjana Maria 2015, and Baku Cup with Vitalia Diatchenko 2015.
She is the winner of three singles and seven doubles ITF Women's Circuit titles. On 23 October 2017 she peaked at world No. 33 in the doubles rankings.
Playing for Ukraine at the Fed Cup, Savchuk has a win–loss record of 21–7.
WTA Finals
Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 5 October 2008 | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | Hard | 5–7, 7–5, [10–7] | ||
Runner-up | 1. | 21 February 2010 | Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | 2–6, 6–7(6–8) | ||
Winner | 2. | 13 April 2014 | BNP Paribas Katowice Open, Poland | Hard (i) | 6–4, 5–7, [10–7] | ||
Runner-up | 2. | 8 March 2015 | BMW Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur | Hard | 6–4, 3–6, [4–10] | ||
Runner-up | 3. | 19 July 2015 | Swedish Open, Båstad | Clay | 5–7, 4–6 | ||
Runner-up | 4. | 2 August 2015 | Baku Cup, Azerbaijan | Hard | 3–6, 5–7 | ||
Runner-up | 5. | 7 January 2017 | Shenzhen Open, China | Hard | 1–6, 5–7 | ||
Winner | 3. | 14 January 2017 | Hobart International, Australia | Hard | 0–6, 6–4, [10–5] | ||
Runner-up | 6. | 18 February 2017 | Qatar Total Open, Doha | Hard | 3–6, 6–7(7–9) |
WTA 125 Series Finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 2 November 2014 | Ningbo International Women's Tennis Open, China | Hard | 4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–6] |
ITF Circuit Finals
Singles: 10 (3–7)
Finals by category |
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 23 June 2003 | Elektrostal, Russia | Hard | 6–3, 6–0 | |
Runner-up | 1. | 7 September 2003 | Zhukovskiy, Russia | Clay | 2–6, 3–6 | |
Winner | 2. | 31 October 2004 | Minsk, Belarus | Carpet (i) | 6–4, 6–4 | |
Winner | 3. | 14 February 2005 | Bromma, Sweden | Carpet (i) | 6–1, 6–2 | |
Runner-up | 2. | 29 July 2007 | Washington D.C., U.S. | Hard | 5–7, 5–7 | |
Runner-up | 3. | 19 November 2007 | Opole, Poland | Carpet (i) | 6–2, 4–6, 4–6 | |
Runner-up | 4. | 5 October 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | 6–7, 6–4, 6–7 | |
Runner-up | 5. | 14 May 2012 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | 4–6, 4–6 | |
Runner-up | 6. | 10 March 2013 | Irapuato, Mexico | Clay | 6–7(4–7), 4–6 | |
Runner-up | 7. | 26 October 2013 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | 4–6, 4–6 |
Doubles (7–12)
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 23 June 2003 | Elektrostal, Russia | Hard | 6–3, 1–6, 6–3 | ||
Runner-up | 1. | 28 October 2007 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Hard (i) | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
Runner-up | 2. | 6 July 2008 | Cuneo, Italy | Clay | 1–6, 2–6 | ||
Winner | 2. | 4 July 2009 | Pozoblanco, Spain | Hard | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
Runner-up | 3. | 10 May 2010 | Saint-Gaudens, France | Clay | 2–6, 4–6 | ||
Runner-up | 4. | 27 September 2010 | Ningbo, China | Hard | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 | ||
Runner-up | 5. | 11 October 2010 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | 3–6, 1–6 | ||
Runner-up | 6. | 2 May 2011 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | 6–2, 1–6, [7–10] | ||
Runner-up | 7. | 15 May 2011 | Saint-Gaudens, France | Clay | 3–6, 3–6 | ||
Winner | 3. | 30 December 2011 | Tyumen, Russia | Hard (i) | 6–0, 6–2 | ||
Winner | 4. | 19 May 2012 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | 6–1, 6–4 | ||
Runner-up | 8. | 11 June 2012 | Marseille, France | Clay | 1–6, 4–6 | ||
Runner-up | 9. | 21 January 2013 | Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | Hard (i) | 7–5, 5–7, [4–10] | ||
Winner | 5. | 9 March 2013 | Irapuato, Mexico | Clay | 4–6, 6–2, [10–6] | ||
Runner-up | 10. | 14 April 2013 | Poza Rica, Mexico | Hard | 2–6, 3–6 | ||
Winner | 6. | 14 July 2013 | Biarritz, France | Clay | 2–6, 6–4, [10–8] | ||
Winner | 7. | 15 November 2013 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | 7–5, 6–1 | ||
Runner-up | 11. | 2 June 2014 | Marseille, France | Clay | 1–6, 2–6 | ||
Runner-up | 12. | 15 November 2014 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard | 6–3, 2–6, [4–10] |
Performance timelines
Singles
Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | W–L |
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Australian Open | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q2 | Q3 | A | Q1 | A | 2–3 |
French Open | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | A | Q2 | A | 1–3 |
Wimbledon | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | 0–2 |
US Open | Q2 | 1R | 1R | Q3 | Q2 | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | A | Q2 | A | 0–3 |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–11 |
Doubles
Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | W–L |
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Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 6–10 |
French Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | QF | 1R | 5–9 |
Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 4–11 |
US Open | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 4–10 |
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 1–4 | 19–40 |
References
- Translated from the French Wikipedia page, accessed on June 27, 2006
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