![]() Jiménez Kasintseva at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Barcelona, Spain |
Born | Andorra | 9 August 2005
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Turned pro | 2020 |
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Joan Jiménez Guerra |
Prize money | US$423,585 |
Singles | |
Career record | 114–84 |
Career titles | 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 121 (14 November 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 236 (1 July 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q3 (2023) |
French Open | Q1 (2022, 2023) |
Wimbledon | Q3 (2022) |
US Open | Q1 (2022, 2023) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 23–25 |
Career titles | 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 309 (31 October 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 914 (1 July 2024) |
Last updated on: 1 July 2024. |
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. She won nine singles titles on the ITF Junior Circuit, as well as one doubles title, and achieved a career-high ITF Junior ranking of No. 1 on 9 March 2020.
Early life and background
Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva was born in Andorra to an Andorran father, Joan Jiménez Guerra, and a Russian mother, Yulia Kasintseva.[1] Her father is a former tennis professional who reached a career-high ATP Tour ranking of 505.[2] 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.[3][4]
She began playing tennis at the age of three,[5] and currently trains in Barcelona with her father.[2][6] She speaks Spanish, English, French, and Russian fluently, in addition to her native Catalan.[7][8]
Junior career
In 2020, Jiménez Kasintseva won the Australian Open girls' singles title as the youngest player in the draw, defeating Weronika Baszak in the final.[9][10] 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.[11]
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)
Professional career
2021–2024: WTA Tour debut, ITF titles and WTA wins
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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.[12] That year, she won her maiden ITF singles title in Aparecida de Goiânia.[13] She also reached the final in Maspalomas, where she was defeated by Arantxa Rus.[14][15]
In 2022, she recorded her first WTA Tour wins at the Korea Open as a lucky loser over Chloe Paquet and eighth seed Rebecca Marino to reach her first WTA quarterfinal, where she was defeated by top seed Jeļena Ostapenko.[16] That year, she won her second ITF singles title in Loulé as the top seed in the tournament,[17] and won her first ITF doubles title at the Solgironès Open, partnered with Renata Zarazúa.[18] She also reached the singles final in Bendigo, but lost to Ysaline Bonaventure.[19][20]
In 2023, she received wildcards into the main draw at the Miami and the Madrid Open.[21][22] That year, she won two W25 titles, at Boca Raton and Austin.[23][24] In 2024, she received a wildcard for the qualifying draw in Miami.[25] She also received a wildcard for the main draw in Madrid, where she defeated Zhu Lin in the first round for her first WTA 1000 win,[26][27] before falling to 12th seed Jasmine Paolini.[28]
Performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
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 2023 French Open.
Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||
Australian Open | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
French Open | A | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Wimbledon | A | Q3 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
US Open | A | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
WTA 1000 | ||||||
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Miami Open | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Madrid Open | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
Italian Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Wuhan Open | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
China Open | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Guadalajara Open | NH | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
Career statistics | ||||||
2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % | |
Tournaments | 1 | 2 | 2 | Career total: 5 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
Hard win–loss | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
Clay win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
Grass win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% |
Win % | 0% | 50% | 0% | Career total: 29% | ||
Year-end ranking | 373 | 156 | 303 | $277,086 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2021 | ITF San Bartolomé, Spain | W60 | Clay | ![]() |
0–6, 1–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Nov 2021 | ITF Aparecida de Goiania, Brazil | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 1–2 | Jan 2022 | Bendigo International, Australia | W60+H | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Oct 2022 | ITF Loulé, Portugal | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 3–2 | Mar 2023 | ITF Boca Raton, United States | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 4–2 | Nov 2023 | ITF Austin, United States | W25 | Hard | ![]() |
6–0, 6–2 |
Loss | 4–3 | Jan 2024 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W35 | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 4–4 | May 2024 | ITF Otočec, Slovenia | W50 | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 4–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 4–5 | Jul 2024 | Open Araba en Femenino, Spain | W100 | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2021 | ITF Amiens, France | W15 | Clay (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1–1 | May 2022 | Solgironès Open, Spain | W100+H | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 2–6, [10–8] |
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
Singles: 1 (title)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 2020 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
5–7, 6–2, 6–2 |
ITF Junior Circuit finals
Legend |
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Category GA |
Category G1 |
Category G2 |
Category G3 |
Category G4 |
Category G5 |
Singles (8–2)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Grade | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Apr 2019 | ITF Tarragona, Spain | G5 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–7(5), 7–6(1) |
Win | 2–0 | Jul 2019 | ITF Limelette, Belgium | G4 | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–0 |
Win | 3–0 | Aug 2019 | ITF Barcelona, Spain | G3 | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
Win | 4–0 | Sep 2019 | ITF El Prat de Llobregat, Spain | G3 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–2, 6–0 |
Win | 5–0 | Nov 2019 | ITF Saint-Cyprien, France | G3 | Hard | ![]() |
6–7(3), 6–1, 7–6(3) |
Win | 6–0 | Dec 2019 | ITF Mérida, Mexico | GA | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(8), 6–2 |
Win | 7–0 | Oct 2020 | ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria | G1 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–1 |
Loss | 7–1 | Nov 2020 | ITF Villena, Spain | G1 | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 6–4, 6–7(8) |
Loss | 7–2 | Mar 2021 | ITF Villena, Spain | G1 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 8–2 | Jul 2022 | ITF Klosters, Switzerland (European Championships) |
GB1 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–3 |
Doubles (1–2)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Grade | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2019 | ITF Palermo, Italy | G3 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 5–7, [2–10] |
Win | 1–1 | Sep 2019 | ITF El Prat de Llobregat, Spain |
G3 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–2 | Nov 2019 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | G1 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 0–6, [8–10] |
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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