Margarita Gasparyan

Margarita Melikovna Gasparyan (Russian: Маргари́та Ме́ликовна Гаспаря́н; born 1 September 1994) is a Russian tennis player.

Margarita Gasparyan
Gasparyan at the 2016 French Open
Full nameMargarita Melikovna Gasparyan
Country (sports) Russia
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Born (1994-09-01) 1 September 1994
Moscow, Russia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2010
PlaysRight-handed
(one-handed backhand)
CoachCarlos Martinez
Prize moneyUS$ 1,229,892
Singles
Career record208–128 (61.9%)
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 41 (15 February 2016)
Current rankingNo. 110 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open4R (2016)
French Open1R (2015, 2016, 2019)
Wimbledon2R (2019)
US Open2R (2019)
Doubles
Career record116–62 (65.2%)
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 25 (6 June 2016)
Current rankingNo. 242 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2016)
French OpenSF (2016)
Wimbledon2R (2015)
US Open2R (2015, 2018)
Team competitions
Fed CupF (2013), 1–4 (20.0%)
Last updated on: 6 April 2020.

Gasparyan has won two singles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as nine singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 15 February 2016, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 41, while on 6 June 2016 she reached her best doubles ranking of No. 25. One of very few women to use a one-handed backhand, hers is perhaps second in quality only to Carla Suárez Navarro amongst current players.

In 2015, she won both her first singles and doubles titles during the same week, a feat she achieved at the Baku Cup. She was formerly coached by Elena Makarova,[1] and is currently coached by Carlos Martinez.[2]

Career

Born to an Armenian father, Melik, and a Russian mother, Lyudmyla, Gasparyan began playing tennis at age five. Her father was for a time a weightlifter, while her mother a biathlonist. Margarita's home club is CSKA Moscow.[3]

2010–14: Early career

Gasparyan started her pro career at the $10k tournament in St. Petersburg in mid-March 2010, losing in the first qualification round. Her first successful appearance was in another $10k tournament in Minsk, reaching the quarterfinals in singles and semifinals in doubles, respectively. Her first final was in Tyumen in doubles with Natela Dzalamidze in the very end of 2011, losing 0–6, 2–6 to Darya Kustova and Olga Savchuk.

In 2012, Gasparyan won four singles ITF titles, all under the category 25k. All of her singles titles came from Russia. She was awarded a wild card into the Kremlin Cup but lost to Lucie Šafářová in three sets.

At the end of the 2013 season, Gasparyan was called by captain, Shamil Tarpischev, to be part of the Russian team for the Fed Cup Final against Italy, on November 2 and 3. Afterwards, she won her fifth ITF title in Minsk.

The 2014 WTA Tour was for Gasparyan more productive especially by season's end in singles, while in doubles she improved as she won two major ITF tournaments out of four, one being a top-levelled tournament in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Gasparyan qualified for the Tashkent Open, but lost in the first round. She debuted at a Grand Slam tournament when she was in the qualifying draw at the US Open. At the end of the season, Gasparyan saw good results in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, winning one tournament.

2015: First WTA titles, Grand Slam main draw debut

Gasparyan won three ITF singles tournaments and one ITF doubles tournament, former being a top-level one. She achieved her first loss in an ITF final, also a $100k tournament, in Trnava, Slovakia, where she lost to Danka Kovinić, 5–7, 3–6. She then decided to play on the WTA Tour.

In May, Gasparyan made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at French Open, where she lost in two sets to Ana Konjuh as a qualifier. On June 29, she made her second Grand Slam main-draw entry as a qualifier at Wimbledon, where she faced No. 1 seed, Serena Williams, in the first round. She broke Williams' serve early in the first set, but lost the match after yielding 11 of the final 13 games of the match.

At the İstanbul Cup, Gasparyan was drawn to face eighth seed Tsvetana Pironkova after getting past the qualifying rounds. Despite winning the first set 6–0 and having two match points, she lost the match 6–0, 6–7, 6–7. Gasparyan won her first WTA title in Baku, defeating Patricia Maria Țig in the final. She became the first one-handed backhand player to win in the 2015 WTA season.[4] As a result, her singles ranking rose to a career-high No. 71. Gasparyan, also with her win in the doubles event alongside title defender Alexandra Panova, climbed to No. 84 in the doubles rankings. At the Connecticut Open, she fell in the first round of qualifying to Christina McHale. She also fell in the qualifying rounds at the US Open, losing to American wildcard Jessica Pegula in straight sets.

Gasparyan then lost in the second round of the Tashkent Open to German Anna-Lena Friedsam in straight sets. However, she won her second WTA doubles title of the year there with Alexandra Panova. At the Generali Ladies Linz, Gasparyan upset sixth seed Camila Giorgi in the second round, before losing to Friedsam again. At the Kremlin Cup, Gasparyan upset ninth seed Kristina Mladenovic in the second round but fell to eventual finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarterfinals. In her last tournament of the year, Gasparyan reached the quarterfinals of the WTA 125K Open GdF Suez Seine-et-Marne, before retiring in the match against former Grand Slam champion Francesca Schiavone after losing the first set in a tiebreak.

Gasparyan ended the season as world No. 62, her first season ending in the top 100 and winning her first WTA singles title.

2016: Top 50, French Open doubles semifinal

Gasparyan played in Brisbane, but fell in the final qualifying round. However, due to Maria Sharapova's withdrawal, Gasparyan was awarded a lucky loser spot.[5] However, she lost in the first round to compatriot Ekaterina Makarova. In Hobart, Gasparyan lost in the second round to Johanna Larsson.

In the Australian Open, she managed to reach the fourth round, her best to date Grand Slam performance, after upsetting 17th seed, Sara Errani, in the first round. She then fell to world No. 1, Serena Williams, in straight sets.[6]

At the inaugural St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Gasparyan reached the second round, before losing to fourth seed Ana Ivanovic. In Doha, she caused a big upset by outclassing 10th seed Karolína Plíšková in just 49 minutes. However, she failed to keep up the good momentum as she lost to Andrea Petkovic. At the BNP Paribas Open, Gasparyan defeated Olga Govortsova in the first round but lost to ninth seed Roberta Vinci in the second round despite having two match points.

She debuted for Team Russia at the 2016 Fed Cup against Belarus in the World Group Play-offs.

After Wimbledon, Gasparyan underwent surgery due to an injury, after which she was not able to participate over a specific time period. Among the tournaments she skipped were the Summer Olympics, where she planned to partner with Kuznetsova in doubles.[7]

2017–18: Recovery from injury

Gasparyan came back to tennis in late 2017, participating in the qualifying rounds of the Kremlin Cup. In 2018, she reached the final of a $25k event in Spain, losing to Paula Badosa Gibert. She then entered her first WTA tournament since coming back from injury, the Jiangxi International Open in Nanchang, China, reaching the second round where she eventually lost to Zhang Shuai.

She was granted a protected ranking and entered the main draw of the US Open without having to qualify. She was defeated by world No. 4 Angelique Kerber in straight sets.

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.

Singles

This table is current through the 2019 China Open.

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 4R A A 2R 1R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
French Open A A A 1R 1R A A 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Wimbledon A A A 1R 1R A A 2R NH 0 / 3 1–3 25%
US Open A A Q1 Q2 A A 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 3–3 0–0 0–1 3–4 0–1 0 / 11 6–11 35%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics A Not held A Not held P 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Year-end championships
WTA Finals Did not qualify 0 / 0 0–0  – 
WTA Elite Trophy[1] Did not qualify 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open A A A A 2R A A A P 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Miami Open A A A A 2R A A 1R P 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Madrid Open A A A A 1R A A 1R P 0 / 2 0–2 0%
China Open A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open[2] A A A A 2R A A A Q1 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Italian Open A A A A 1R A A Q1 P 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[3] A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 1 0 1 7 12 0 6 16 Career total: 43
Titles 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Career total: 2
Finals 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Career total: 2
Hard Win–Loss 0–1 0–0 0–1 10–4 8–7 0–0 11–5 3–7 2 / 18 32–25 56%
Clay Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–4 0–0 0–0 5–5 0 / 5 5–10 33%
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 4–4 0 / 2 0–6 40%
Overall Win–Loss 0–1 0–0 0–1 10–6 8–12 0–0 11–5 12–15 2 / 25 41–41 50%
Year-end ranking 231 318 217 62 115 — 105 87 $1,493,643

Notes

  • 1 WTA Tournament of Champions was held from 2009 to 2014, when WTA Elite Trophy replaced it.
  • 2 The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 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 two tournaments have since alternated status every year.
  • 3 In 2014, the Toray Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open.

Doubles
Tournament! 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A 2R A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
French Open A A A A A SF A A 0 / 1 4–1 80%
Wimbledon A A A A 2R 1R A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
US Open A A A A 2R A A 2R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 5–3 0–0 1–1 0 / 6 8–6 57%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NH A Not held A NH 0 / 0 0–0 0%
Year-end championships
WTA Finals Did not qualify 0 / 0 0–0 0%
WTA Elite Trophy1 Did not qualify 0 / 0 0–0 0%
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open A A A A A 2R A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Miami Open A A A A A SF A A 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Madrid Open A A A A A 2R A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
China Open A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 0%
WTA Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open A A A A A 2R A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Italian Open A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 0%
Canadian Open A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 0%
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 0%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 0%
Career statistics
20112012201320142015201620172018 2019 2020SRW–LWin %
Tournaments 1 1 1 3 7 9 0 3 Career total: 25
Titles 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 Career total: 3
Finals 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 Career total: 4
Hard Win–Loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 5–2 8–4 6–5 0–0 4–3 2 / 19 23–17 58%
Clay Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 9–2 0–0 0–0 1 / 4 9–4 69%
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Overall Win–Loss 0–1 0–1 0–2 5–3 9–5 15–8 0–0 4–3 3 / 25 33–23 59%
Year-end ranking 747 280 243 99 75 41 — 218 $1,493,643

1before 2015 known as WTA Tournament of Champions

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (2–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2015 Baku Cup, Azerbaijan International Hard Patricia Maria Țig 6–3, 5–7, 6–0
Win 2–0 Sep 2018 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Anastasia Potapova 6–2, 6–1

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (1–0)
International (3–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2014 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Alexandra Panova Aleksandra Krunić
Kateřina Siniaková		 2–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2015 Baku Cup, Azerbaijan International Hard Alexandra Panova Vitalia Diatchenko
Olga Savchuk		 6–3, 7–5
Win 2–1 Oct 2015 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan International Hard Alexandra Panova Vera Dushevina
Kateřina Siniaková		 6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
Win 3–1 Apr 2016 Prague Open, Czech Republic International Clay Andrea Hlaváčková María Irigoyen
Paula Kania		 6–4, 6–2
Win 4–1 Feb 2019 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Russia Premier Hard (i) Ekaterina Makarova Anna Kalinskaya
Viktória Kužmová		 7–5, 7–5
Loss 4–2 Aug 2019 Bronx Open, United States International Hard Monica Niculescu Darija Jurak
María José Martínez Sánchez		 5–7, 6–2, [7–10]

WTA 125K series finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2015 WTA Limoges, France Hard Oksana Kalashnikova Barbora Krejčíková
Mandy Minella		 6–1, 5–7, [6–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (9 titles, 2 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2012 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Carpet (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok 6–0, ret.
Win 2–0 May 2012 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Hard (i) Çağla Büyükakçay 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Win 3–0 May 2012 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Clay Daria Gavrilova 4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win 4–0 Sep 2012 ITF Yoshkar-Ola, Russia 25,000 Hard Nadiia Kichenok 7–5, 7–6
Win 5–0 Nov 2013 ITF Minsk, Belarus 25,000 Hard (i) Anastasiya Vasylyeva 6–4, 6–4
Win 6–0 Nov 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 25,000 Hard Elitsa Kostova 6–3, 6–0
Win 7–0 Feb 2015 ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France 25,000 Hard (i) Elitsa Kostova 6–4, 6–4
Win 8–0 Feb 2015 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Hard (i) Karine Sarkisova 6–0, 6–4
Win 9–0 Apr 2015 ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, France 50,000 Hard (i) Mathilde Johansson 6–3, 6–4
Loss 9–1 May 2015 ITF Trnava, Slovakia 100,000 Clay Danka Kovinić 5–7, 3–6
Loss 9–2 May 2018 ITF Les Franqueses del Valles, Spain 25,000 Hard Paula Badosa Gibert 4–6, 6–3, 2–6

Doubles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner–ups)
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2011 ITF Tyumen, Russia 50,000 Hard (i) Natela Dzalamidze Darya Kustova
Olga Savchuk		 0–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jan 2012 ITF Karst, Germany 10,000 Carpet (i) Anna Smolina Alexandra Artamonova
Marina Melnikova		 6–7, 6–2, [10–8]
Win 2–1 Mar 2012 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Carpet (i) Anna Arina Marenko Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Kateryna Kozlova		 3–6, 7–6, [10–6]
Win 3–1 Sep 2012 ITF Yoshkar-Ola, Russia 25,000 Hard (i) Veronika Kapshay Irina Buryachok
Valeria Solovyeva		 6–4, 2–6, [11–9]
Loss 3–2 Jan 2013 ITF Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France 25,000 Hard (i) Olga Savchuk Amra Sadiković
Ana Vrljić		 7–5, 5–7, [4–10]
Win 4–2 Feb 2013 ITF Moscow, Russia 25,000 Hard (i) Polina Monova Maryna Zanevska
Valeria Solovyeva		 6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
Win 5–2 Jun 2013 ITF Karshi, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard Polina Pekhova Veronika Kapshay
Teodora Mirčić		 6–2, 6–1
Loss 5–3 Sep 2013 ITF Clermont-Ferrand, France 25,000 Hard (i) Alyona Sotnikova Michaëlla Krajicek
Marta Domachowska		 7–5, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 5–4 Feb 2014 ITF Grenoble, France 25,000 Hard (i) Kateryna Kozlova Sofia Shapatava
Anastasiya Vasylyeva		 1–6, 4–6
Win 6–4 Mar 2014 ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, France 50,000 Hard (i) Lyudmyla Kichenok Kristina Barrois
Eleni Daniilidou		 6–2, 6–4
Loss 6–5 May 2014 ITF Trnava, Slovakia 100,000 Clay Evgeniya Rodina Stephanie Vogt
Zheng Saisai		 4–6, 2–6
Win 7–5 Jul 2014 ITF Astana, Kazakhstan 100,000 Hard Vitalia Diatchenko Michaela Boev
Anna-Lena Friedsam		 6–4, 6–1
Win 8–5 May 2015 ITF Trnava, Slovakia 100,000 Clay Yuliya Beygelzimer Aleksandra Krunić
Petra Martić		 6–3, 6–2

National representation

Team competition: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result W–L Date Team competition Surface Partner/Team Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2013 Fed Cup, Italy Clay Alexandra Panova
Alisa Kleybanova
Irina Khromacheva		 Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
Flavia Pennetta
Karin Knapp		 0–4

Fed Cup participation

This table is current through the 2019 Fed Cup[8]

Legend
World Group
World Group Play-off
World Group II
World Group II Play-off
Europe/Africa Group

Singles (0–2)
Edition Round Date Against Surface Opponent W/L Result Team result
2016 Fed Cup WG PO 16 April 2016
Moscow, Russia		 Belarus Clay (i) Victoria Azarenka Loss 2–6, 3–6 Loss 2–3
17 April 2016
Moscow, Russia		 Aliaksandra Sasnovich Loss 6–4, 1–6, 5–7

Doubles (1–2)
Edition Round Date Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Result Team result
2013 Fed Cup WG F 3 November 2013
Cagliari, Italy		 Italy Clay Irina Khromacheva Karin Knapp / Flavia Pennetta Loss 6–4, 2–6, [4–10] Loss 0–4
2019 Fed Cup E/A I 6 February 2019
Zielona Góra, Poland		 Poland Hard (i) Daria Kasatkina Alicja Rosolska / Iga Świątek Loss 0–6, 6–3, 3–6 Win 2–1
7 February 2019
Zielona Góra, Poland		 Denmark Anastasia Potapova Karen Barritza / Maria Jespersen Win 6–2, 6–2 Win 3–0

Top 10 wins
Season2010201120122013201420152016201720182019Total
Wins00000000112
# Player Rank Event Surface Round Score MGR
2018
1. Kiki Bertens No. 10 Linz Open, Austria Hard (i) 2R 7–5, 2–6, 7–6(7–3) No. 137
2019
2. Elina Svitolina No. 7 Birmingham Classic, United Kingdom Grass 1R 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 No. 62

References
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  4. "Margarita Gasparyan: Baku Champion". WTA. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  5. "Halep & Sharapova Out Of Brisbane". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  6. Clarey, Christopher (24 January 2016). "Sharapova Looks to End 17-Match Losing Streak Against Serena Williams". New York Times. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  7. "Мыскина: хотели, чтобы на Играх сыграл дуэт Кузнецова/Гаспарян, но у Риты травма" [Myskina: we wanted Kuznetsova and Gasparyan to play doubles at the Olympics, but Rita has been injured]. www.championat.com (in Russian). 14 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  8. Margarita Gasparyan at the Fed Cup
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