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
Ольга Савчук

Olga Savchuk in 2014
Country (sports)	Ukraine
Residence	Nassau, Bahamas
Born	(1987-09-20) 20 September 1987 Makiivka, Ukrainian SSR (nowadays Ukraine)
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)

Winner — Legend (pre/post 2010) Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Tier II / Premier (0–1) Tier III, IV & V / International (3–5)

Finals by surface Hard (3–4) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	5 October 2008	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	Hard	Raluca Olaru	Nina Bratchikova Kathrin Wörle	5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
Runner-up	1.	21 February 2010	Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Anastasiya Yakimova	Gisela Dulko Edina Gallovits-Hall	2–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Winner	2.	13 April 2014	BNP Paribas Katowice Open, Poland	Hard (i)	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Klára Koukalová Monica Niculescu	6–4, 5–7, [10–7]
Runner-up	2.	8 March 2015	BMW Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur	Hard	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Liang Chen Wang Yafan	6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Runner-up	3.	19 July 2015	Swedish Open, Båstad	Clay	Tatjana Maria	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	2 August 2015	Baku Cup, Azerbaijan	Hard	Vitalia Diatchenko	Margarita Gasparyan Alexandra Panova	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	5.	7 January 2017	Shenzhen Open, China	Hard	Raluca Olaru	Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai	1–6, 5–7
Winner	3.	14 January 2017	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Raluca Olaru	Gabriela Dabrowski Yang Zhaoxuan	0–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Runner-up	6.	18 February 2017	Qatar Total Open, Doha	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Abigail Spears Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 6–7^(7–9)

WTA 125 Series Finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	2 November 2014	Ningbo International Women's Tennis Open, China	Hard	Arina Rodionova	Han Xinyun Zhang Kailin	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
Winner	1.	23 June 2003	Elektrostal, Russia	Hard	Ekaterina Kirianova	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	1.	7 September 2003	Zhukovskiy, Russia	Clay	Alona Bondarenko	2–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	31 October 2004	Minsk, Belarus	Carpet (i)	Anastasiya Yakimova	6–4, 6–4
Winner	3.	14 February 2005	Bromma, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Emma Laine	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	29 July 2007	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Melinda Czink[2]	5–7, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	19 November 2007	Opole, Poland	Carpet (i)	Oxana Lyubtsova	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	5 October 2009	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Julie Coin	6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Runner-up	5.	14 May 2012	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	10 March 2013	Irapuato, Mexico	Clay	Aleksandra Krunić	6–7^(4–7), 4–6
Runner-up	7.	26 October 2013	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Victoria Kan	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
Winner	1.	23 June 2003	Elektrostal, Russia	Hard	Iryna Brémond	Daria Chemarda Irina Kotkina	6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	28 October 2007	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Anastasia Rodionova	Renata Voráčová Barbora Strýcová	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	6 July 2008	Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Marina Shamayko	Renata Voráčová Maret Ani	1–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	4 July 2009	Pozoblanco, Spain	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	Nina Bratchikova Ágnes Szatmári	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	10 May 2010	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Anastasiya Yakimova	Claire Feuerstein Stéphanie Foretz	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	27 September 2010	Ningbo, China	Hard	Jill Craybas	Chan Chin-wei Chen Yi	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	11 October 2010	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Urszula Radwańska	Jill Craybas Tamarine Tanasugarn	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	6.	2 May 2011	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Lesia Tsurenko	Darya Kustova Arina Rodionova	6–2, 1–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	7.	15 May 2011	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Anastasia Pivovarova	Caroline Garcia Aurélie Védy	3–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	30 December 2011	Tyumen, Russia	Hard (i)	Darya Kustova	Natela Dzalamidze Margarita Gasparyan	6–0, 6–2
Winner	4.	19 May 2012	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Elena Bogdan Raluca Olaru	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	11 June 2012	Marseille, France	Clay	Kristina Barrois	Séverine Beltrame Laura Thorpe	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	21 January 2013	Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	Hard (i)	Margarita Gasparyan	Amra Sadiković Ana Vrljić	7–5, 5–7, [4–10]
Winner	5.	9 March 2013	Irapuato, Mexico	Clay	Alla Kudryavtseva	Aleksandra Krunić Amra Sadiković	4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Runner-up	10.	14 April 2013	Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Stéphanie Dubois	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Maria Fernanda Alves	2–6, 3–6
Winner	6.	14 July 2013	Biarritz, France	Clay	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Vera Dushevina Ana Vrljić	2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Winner	7.	15 November 2013	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Vitalia Diatchenko	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	11.	2 June 2014	Marseille, France	Clay	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Beatriz García Vidagany	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	12.	15 November 2014	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Lyudmyla Kichenok	Alexandra Panova Vitalia Diatchenko	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
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
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

1. https://www.segodnya.ua/sport/tennis/ukrainskaya-tennisistka-olga-savchuk-obyavila-o-zavershenii-karery-1166703.html
2. "ITF Tennis".

External links

• Olga Savchuk at the Women's Tennis Association
• Olga Savchuk at the International Tennis Federation
• Olga Savchuk at the Fed Cup
• Official website