Natalia Vikhlyantseva

2015–16

Vikhlyantseva made her WTA main draw debut at the 2015 Shenzhen Open where she received a wildcard. In her first match on WTA Tour, she defeated Anna-Lena Friedsam in three sets. She played in second round against Simona Halep and lost in straight sets.

After winning two ITF titles in 2016, she reached the semifinals of the Open GDF SUEZ de Limoges where she took top-seed and top 30 player Caroline Garcia to three sets.

2017: Top 100 debut and first WTA final

Vikhlyantseva debuted at a Grand Slam tournament in the main draw of the 2017 Australian Open where she reached the second round, losing there to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Her next tournament was the St. Petesburg Ladies Trophy where she received a wildcard and beat Yaroslava Shvedova before upsetting No.8 seed Daria Kasatkina in straight sets and receiving a walkover from No. 1 seed Simona Halep (who withdrew due to injury) in the quarterfinals. She lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Kristina Mladenovic. Despite her defeat, Vikhlyantseva ensured a top 100 debut with her campaign.

Vikhlyantseva reached her first WTA level final at the Ricoh Open, beating Cornelia Lister, former world No. 9 Andrea Petkovic, Arantxa Rus and fifth seed Ana Konjuh en route. She then lost to the Estonian Anett Kontaveit, who won her first title.

After some poor results which followed, Vikhlyantseva reached the second round at the Bank of the West Classic and Upper Austria Ladies Linz before coming up with a surprise run to the semifinals of the Kremlin Cup, where she had her first ever top 20 win over compatriot Elena Vesnina in straight sets. It was Vikhlyantseva's second Premier semifinal of the year, and both of them came in Russia, her home country. However, her run was halted by Julia Görges in the semifinals, with a wrist injury hindering her from further success.

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2017	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	International	Grass	Anett Kontaveit	2–6, 3–6

Singles (2–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	5 October 2014	Hilton Head Island, United States	Clay	Marie Bouzková	5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	22 August 2015	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Clay	Polina Leykina	4–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	7 August 2016	Plzeň, Czech Republic	Clay	Anna Kalinskaya	6–1, 6–3
Winner	2.	24 September 2016	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Donna Vekić	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	17 December 2016	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	2–6, 2–6

Doubles (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	20 September 2015	Saint-Malo, France	Clay	Maria Marfutina	Kristína Kučová Anastasija Sevastova	7–6(7–1), 3–6, [5–10]
Winner	1.	23 January 2016	Wesley Chapel, United States	Clay	Ingrid Neel	Natela Dzalamidze Veronika Kudermetova	4–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–6]

Singles (2–1)

Edition	Round	Date	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result	Team Result
2017 Fed Cup	WG II	12 February 2017 Moscow, Russia	Chinese Taipei	Hard (i)	Lee Ya-hsuan	Win	6–1, 6–2	Win 4–1
2018 Fed Cup	WG II	10 February 2018 Bratislava, Slovakia	Slovakia	Hard (i)	Viktória Kužmová	Win	6–4, 6–2	Loss 1–3
		11 February 2018 Bratislava, Slovakia			Jana Čepelová	Loss	4–6, 4–6