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
ResidenceNassau, Bahamas
Born (1987-09-20) 20 September 1987
Makiivka, Ukrainian SSR (nowadays Ukraine)
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro2004
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,642,228
Singles
Career record346–321 (51.9%)
Career titles0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 79 (19 May 2008)
Current rankingNo. 844 (23 October 2017)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open3R (2006)
French Open2R (2007)
Wimbledon1R (2006, 2008)
US Open1R (2006, 2007, 2010)
Doubles
Career record256–260 (49.6%)
Career titles3 WTA, 1 WTA 125K, 8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 33 (23 October 2017)
Current rankingNo. 143 (26 November 2018)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017)
French OpenQF (2017)
Wimbledon2R (2010, 2013, 2015)
US Open2R (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
Tournament2005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017W–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
Tournament2006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018W–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
  1. https://www.segodnya.ua/sport/tennis/ukrainskaya-tennisistka-olga-savchuk-obyavila-o-zavershenii-karery-1166703.html
  2. "ITF Tennis".
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