![]() ![]() It was the beginning of a five-match losing streak for the Russian before the COVID-19 pandemic halted the 2020 WTA Tour. Gracheva reached the final round of qualifying at the Australian Open with wins over Chloé Paquet and Olga Danilović, but fell at the final hurdle to former world No. 2020: Consistency on the WTA Tour, US Open third round, top 100 debut 447, and was labelled as one of the biggest rising stars. She ended the year with a 70–26 record, ending the year as the world No. She led Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova by a set and a break, but could not hold onto her lead as she fell in three sets. Playing at her home tournament, the Kremlin Cup, for the first time in her career, she qualified for the main draw and beat Ajla Tomljanović to reach the second round. She reached a career-high ranking of 121 after the tournament. In Valencia, she dropped just 22 games all week and beat Tamara Korpatsch to win her second consecutive title. In Saint-Malo, she earned top 100 wins over Aliona Bolsova (who reached the fourth round at Roland Garros) and Natalia Vikhlyantseva before defeating Marta Kostyuk in the final. Gracheva then returned onto clay, starting a 14-match winning streak with two consecutive titles at $60k events, the Open de Saint-Malo and the Open de Valencia. She was defeated in the final round by Richèl Hogenkamp, in two tight sets. Ĭompeting in a Grand Slam championship for the first time in her career, she advanced to the final qualifying round of the US Open after defeating Martina Trevisan and Danka Kovinić, in straight sets. Nonetheless, she secured herself a top 200 debut. 31, Hsieh Su-wei, in a final-set tiebreak. This time, she earned her first main draw win over Anna Blinkova in three sets, for her first top 100 win, and then fell to world No. Gracheva then competed on hardcourts for the first time since April at the Washington Open, where she qualified for the main draw once again. She lost to Han Xinyun in the first round, in straight sets. With her ranking qualifying her for some WTA tournaments, she made her debut on the WTA Tour at the Ladies Open Lausanne, where she qualified for the main draw by defeating Julia Grabher in the final round, losing just two games. Gracheva went on to win two $25k titles, the first in Caserta, Italy, and second at the Open Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole Hérault. She followed it up with an upset over 118th-ranked Nao Hibino at the $80k Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer. Coming through the qualifying rounds at a $25k event in Chiasso, she won the biggest title of her career and entered the top 400 for the first time in her career. 2019: Rapid rise in the rankings, ITF success, WTA Tour and top 125 debut ĭespite a sluggish start to the year which saw Gracheva reach just one quarterfinal on hard courts, she achieved good results on clay. She ended the year with a 28–13 winning record on the professional tour, as the world No. Gracheva had three top 300 wins, including one over Maryna Zanevska in the qualifying rounds of the Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge. Nonetheless, she was able to reach her first $25k quarterfinal in Périgueux and made her top 500 debut in July as a result. 2018: Last junior year, top 500 debut Īfter defeating Sofia Shapatava to win a $15k tournament in Antalya, Turkey to begin her 2018 season, Gracheva returned to playing her final junior tournaments and did not compete on the ITF Circuit for six months. 647 by the end of the year, after reaching three consecutive $15k tournaments in Hammamet, Tunisia, defeating the likes of Fiona Ferro in the process. Gracheva played her first professional events in 2017, starting off unranked but managed to reach a ranking of No. Gracheva reached a career-high ranking of 19 in her junior career, winning four Grade-2 events. She obtained french nationality in June 2023 and was approved to start representing France after receiving her passport. ![]() In March 2023 it was reported that Gracheva is in process of finalizing her naturalization application for French citizenship. In July 2019, she qualified for the Washington Open and won her first WTA Tour main-draw match, defeating Anna Blinkova. Gracheva made her main-draw debut on the WTA Tour at the 2019 Ladies Open Lausanne, where she qualified by defeating Julia Grabher in the final round. She has won seven singles titles at tournaments of the ITF Circuit. Gracheva has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. Varvara Andreyevna Gracheva (Russian: Варвара Андреевна Грачёва, IPA: ( listen) born 2 August 2000) is a Russian tennis player. ![]()
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