Darja Semeņistaja
Semeņistaja at the 2023 French Open | |
| Country (sports) | Latvia |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 September 2002 |
| Plays | Left-handed |
| Prize money | US$521,359 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 196–116 |
| Career titles | 2 WTA Challenger, 15 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 106 (1 April 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 124 (26 May 2025) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q2 (2024) |
| French Open | Q2 (2024) |
| Wimbledon | Q3 (2023, 2025) |
| US Open | Q2 (2023) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 109–76 |
| Career titles | 2 WTA Challenger, 10 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 127 (14 October 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 161 (26 May 2025) |
| Last updated on: 26 May 2025. | |
Darja Semeņistaja[1] (born 16 September 2002) is a Latvian tennis player.
Semeņistaja has career-high WTA rankings of No. 106 in singles, achieved on 1 April 2024, and No. 127 in doubles, reached on 21 October 2024.[1] In her career, she has won two WTA Challenger titles, one title in singles and one in doubles. She also has won 15 singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Playing for Latvia Billie Jean King Cup team, she has a win-loss record of 4–6.
Career
2021
In 2021, Semeņistaja won the most singles trophies on the ITF Women's World Tour, a total of seven titles. She won the first two in Serbia, winning Prokuplje's $15k events for two weeks in a row, then the third in Bratislava in mid-July,[2] the fourth in Chornomorsk, Ukraine, at the end of August,[3] and finally three in Cancún, Mexico in October.
2024
Alongside Veronika Erjavec, Semeņistaja won the doubles title at the Canberra Tennis International, overcoming Kaylah McPhee and Astra Sharma in the final.[4]
She won her first WTA 125 singles title at the Mumbai Open in February, defeating Storm Hunter in the final.[5][6] Partnering Carole Monnet, Semeņistaja won the doubles title at the Țiriac Foundation Trophy, defeating Aliona Bolsova and Katarzyna Kawa in the final.[7]
2025
Partnering Nina Stojanović, Semeņistaja reached the doubles final at the Canberra Tennis International for the second successive year, losing to Jaimee Fourlis and Petra Hule in a deciding champions tiebreak.[8]
WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 2 (2 titles)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2024 | Mumbai Open, India |
Hard | Storm Hunter | 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 6–2 |
| Win | 2–0 | Apr 2025 | Torneig Internacional de Tennis Femení Solgironès, Spain |
Clay | Dalma Galfi | 5–7, 6–0, 6–4 |
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Jan 2024 | Canberra International, Australia | Hard | Veronika Erjavec | Kaylah McPhee Astra Sharma |
6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Sep 2024 | Țiriac Foundation Trophy, Romania | Clay | Carole Monnet | Aliona Bolsova Katarzyna Kawa |
1–6, 6–2, [10–7] |
| Loss | 2–1 | Jan 2025 | Canberra Tennis International, Australia | Hard | Nina Stojanović | Jaimee Fourlis Petra Hule |
5–7, 4–6), [5–10] |
| Loss | 2–2 | Apr 2025 | Torneig Internacional de Tennis Femení Solgironès, Spain |
Clay | Nina Stojanović | Magali Kempen Anna Sisková |
6–7(1–7), 1–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 17 (15 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2021 | ITF Prokuplje, Serbia | W15 | Clay | Alice Robbe | 6–2, 2–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jul 2021 | ITF Prokuplje, Serbia | W15 | Clay | Natalija Senić | 6–0, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–0 | Aug 2021 | ITF Bratislava, Slovakia | W15 | Clay | Pia Lovrič | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–0 | Aug 2021 | ITF Chornomorsk, Ukraine | W15 | Clay | Nicole Fossa Huergo | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–0 | Oct 2021 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | W15 | Hard | María Portillo Ramírez | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 6–0 | Oct 2021 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | W15 | Hard | María Portillo Ramírez | 5–7, 7–6(5), 6–0 |
| Win | 7–0 | Oct 2021 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | W15 | Hard | Rachel Gailis | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Win | 8–0 | Feb 2022 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | W25 | Hard | Lina Glushko | 4–6, 7–6(5), 6–2 |
| Win | 9–0 | May 2022 | ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | W25 | Clay | Irina Khromacheva | 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 10–0 | Jun 2022 | ITF Ystad, Sweden | W25 | Clay | Sofia Samavati | 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 11–0 | Feb 2023 | ITF Mexico City, Mexico | W40 | Hard | Jana Kolodynska | 7–5, 4–0 ret. |
| Loss | 11–1 | Feb 2023 | ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | W25 | Hard | Carole Monnet | 5–7, 6–3, 1–6 |
| Win | 12–1 | May 2023 | Prague Open, Czech Republic | W60 | Clay | Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro | 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 13–1 | Jul 2023 | Liepāja Open, Latvia | W60 | Clay | Jessie Aney | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 14–1 | Jul 2023 | ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech Republic | W60 | Clay | Lea Bošković | 6–7(6), 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 15–1 | Jan 2024 | ITF Bangalore, India | W50 | Hard | Carole Monnet | 6–1, 3–0 ret. |
| Loss | 15–2 | Sep 2024 | Šibenik Open, Croatia | W75 | Clay | Sára Bejlek | 2–6, 0–6 |
Doubles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2020 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | Olivia Gram | Yuliya Hatouka Anna Kubareva |
6–2, 5–7, [6–10] |
| Win | 1–1 | Sep 2020 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | Laetitia Pulchartová | Darya Astakhova Anastasia Sukhotina |
6–2, 6–7(8), [10–5] |
| Win | 2–1 | Oct 2020 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | Darya Astakhova | María Lourdes Carlé Olivia Gram |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–1 | Oct 2021 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | W15 | Hard | Anna Ulyashchenko | Nadia Echeverría Alam Rushri Wijesundera |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Feb 2022 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | W25 | Hard | Maria Bondarenko | Anna Rogers Christina Rosca |
1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Mar 2022 | ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. | W25 | Hard | Anastasia Tikhonova | Irina Khromacheva Natalija Stevanović |
1–6, 6–7(5) |
| Win | 4–3 | Sep 2022 | ITF Pula, Italy | W25 | Clay | Zhibek Kulambayeva | Lu Jiajing Anita Wagner |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–3 | Dec 2022 | ITF Valencia, Spain | W15 | Clay | Marine Szostak | Lucía Cortez Llorca Claudia Hoste Ferrer |
w/o |
| Loss | 5–4 | Feb 2023 | ITF Mexico City, Mexico | W40 | Hard | Suzan Lamens | Sofia Sewing Berfu Cengiz |
1–6, 6–1, [10–12] |
| Win | 6–4 | Feb 2023 | ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. | W25 | Hard | Sofia Sewing | Eudice Chong Nefisa Berberović |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 7–4 | Jul 2023 | Liepāja Open, Latvia | W60 | Clay | Daniela Vismane | Çağla Büyükakçay Lina Gjorcheska |
6–4, 2–6, [10–3] |
| Loss | 7–5 | Jul 2023 | ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech Republic | W60 | Clay | Zhibek Kulambayeva | Magdaléna Smékalová Tereza Valentová |
2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 7–6 | Oct 2023 | ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain | W100 | Hard | Gao Xinyu | Camilla Rosatello Angelica Moratelli |
6–4, 5–7, [6–10] |
| Win | 8–6 | Jan 2024 | Bangalore Open, India | W50 | Hard | Camilla Rosatello | Li Yu-yun Eri Shimizu |
3–6, 6–2, [10–8] |
| Win | 9–6 | Jan 2024 | Pune Open, India | W50 | Hard | Alex Eala | Naiktha Bains Fanny Stollár |
7–6(8), 6–3 |
| Win | 10–6 | Apr 2025 | Wiesbaden Tennis Open, Germany | W100 | Clay | Zhibek Kulambayeva | Jesika Malečková Miriam Škoch |
4–6, 6–3, [11–9] |
| Loss | 10–7 | May 2025 | Internazionali Femminili di Brescia, Italy | W75 | Clay | Gabriela Knutson | Maja Chwalińska Sinja Kraus |
0–6, 3–6 |
References
- ^ a b Federation, International Tennis. "Darja Semenistaja Overview". Itftennis.
- ^ "Semeņistaja Bratislavā izcīna sezonas trešo ITF titulu". skaties.lv.
- ^ "Semeņistaja iekļūst Kankunas ITF turnīra finālā". skaties.lv.
- ^ "Champions crowned at Workday Canberra International 2024". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "Semenistaja saves championship point en route to Mumbai WTA 125 title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
- ^ "Darja Semenistaja Wins Singles Title At Mumbai Open Tennis Championships". NDTV Sports. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Bulgaru wins WTA 125 Bucharest with Halep on site; Teichmann wins Ljubljana". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "Ito defeats Wei in Canberra to capture first career WTA 125 title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 6 January 2025.