# Anastasiya Yakimova

Anastasiya Yakimova (Belarusian: Настасся Аляксееўна Якімава; Russian: Анастасия Алексеевна Екимова; born 1 November 1986) is a former tennis player from Belarus. She made it to the third round of the 2007 Australian Open, defeating Ai Sugiyama, a seeded player, on the way in the second round.
The last tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit she played in August 2017, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

## Career

Yakimova began the year by qualifying for the 2009 Sydney International. She defeated Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, Sophie Ferguson and Klára Zakopalová en route to qualifying. She faced Annabel Medina Garrigues in the first round and lost in three sets. She then headed to the Australian Open where she lost to Gisela Dulko, also in three sets. She played her first ITF tournament of the year at the $50k event in Cali, Colombia. As the fourth seed, Yakimova battled through to the final where she defeated Rossana de los Ríos to take her seventh ITF title.
She then qualified for both Indian Wells and Miami, two Premier Mandatory events. In Indian Wells, she defeated Varvara Lepchenko before falling to reigning champion Ana Ivanovic. In Miami, she beat fellow Olga Govortsova and then 13th seed Marion Bartoli to reach the third round. There she lost to Alisa Kleybanova.
At the 2009 Barcelona Ladies Open, Yakimova qualified and managed to make it to her first WTA Tour quarterfinal of the year. She defeated Sorana Cîrstea and Magdaléna Rybáriková, before falling to eventual champion, Roberta Vinci. She then played in the $50k Open Saint-Gaudens as the top seed. She made it to the final where she defeated Yanina Wickmayer for her second title of the year. Then, in Strasbourg she received main-draw entry without qualifying. She defeated Maret Ani in the first round, before falling to eventual finalist, Aravane Rezaï.
At the 2009 French Open, she was drawn against comeback player Maria Sharapova in the first round, losing in three sets.
In 2011, she won the $100k Bahamas Open.

## WTA Tour finals
### Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

| Before 2009 | Starting in 2009 |
| Tier I | Premier M |
| Tier II | Premier 5 |
| Tier III | Premier |
| Tier IV & V (2–0) | International (0–1) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 27 May 2006 | İstanbul Cup, Turkey | Clay | Alona Bondarenko | Sania Mirza Alicia Molik | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 2. | 1 October 2007 | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | Hard | Ekaterina Dzehalevich | Tatiana Poutchek Anastasia Rodionova | 2–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
| Runner-up | 1. | 21 February 2010 | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | Clay | Olga Savchuk | Gisela Dulko Edina Gallovits-Hall | 2–6, 6–7$^{(8)}$ |

## ITF Circuit finals

* $100,000 tournaments
* $75,000 tournaments
* $50,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles: 25 (13–12)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1. | Oct 2002 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | Carpet (i) | Evgenia Linetskaya | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 1. | Feb 2003 | ITF Vale do Lobo, Portugal | Hard | Caroline-Ann Basu | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2. | Jul 2003 | Bella Cup, Poland | Clay | Marta Domachowska | 5–7, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Win | 2. | Mar 2004 | ITF St. Petersburg, Russia | Carpet (i) | Emma Laine | 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3. | Aug 2004 | ITF Balashikha, Russia | Clay | Yvonne Meusburger | 3–6, 7–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 4. | Oct 2004 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | Carpet (i) | Olga Savchuk | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3. | Nov 2004 | ITF Poitiers, France | Carpet (i) | Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 4. | Oct 2005 | Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia | Hard | Ana Timotić | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 5. | Apr 2006 | Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | Martina Müller | 6–7, 6–2, 0–6 |
| Loss | 6. | May 2006 | ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon | Clay | Selima Sfar | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 7. | Sep 2007 | Open Denain, France | Clay | Olivia Sanchez | 2–6, 6–1, 1–6 |
| Win | 5. | Jul 2008 | ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France | Clay | Anna Gerasimou | 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 8. | Oct 2008 | ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon | Clay | Irina-Camelia Begu | 2–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 6. | Nov 2008 | ITF Phoenix, Mauritius | Hard | Patricia Mayr-Achleitner | 3–6, 6–2, 1–0 ret. |
| Win | 7. | Feb 2009 | ITF Cali, Colombia | Clay | Rossana de los Ríos | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Win | 8. | May 2009 | Open Saint-Gaudens, France | Clay | Yanina Wickmayer | 7–5, 7–6$^{(0)}$ |
| Win | 9. | Aug 2009 | ITF Astana, Kazakhstan | Hard | Nikola Hofmanova | 6–0, 6–4 |
| Win | 10. | Apr 2010 | ITF Monzón, Spain | Hard | Zuzana Kučová | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 9. | Apr 2010 | ITF Dothan Classic, United States | Clay | Edina Gallovits-Hall | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 11. | Mar 2011 | Bahamas Open | Hard | Angelique Kerber | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 10. | May 2011 | ITF Reggio Emilia, Italy | Clay | Sloane Stephens | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 12. | Sep 2011 | Ningbo Challenger, China | Hard | Erika Sema | 7–6$^{(3)}$, 6–3 |
| Loss | 11. | Apr 2012 | ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain | Hard | Ksenia Milevskaya | 5–7, 7–6$^{(5)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 12. | Apr 2012 | ITF Vic, Spain | Clay | Ksenia Milevskaya | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 13. | Aug 2015 | ITF Las Palmas, Spain | Clay | Irene Burillo Escorihuela | 6–1, 6–7$^{(3)}$, 6–2 |

### Doubles: 18 (11–7)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 31 October 2004 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | Carpet (i) | Darya Kustova | Irina Bulykina Katarína Kachlíková | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 16 August 2005 | Bronx Open, United States | Hard | Tatiana Poutchek | Li Ting Sun Tiantian | 6–2, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 25 September 2005 | ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon | Clay | Mariya Koryttseva | Olena Antypina Hana Šromová | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Winner | 3. | 2 October 2005 | Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia | Hard | Nadejda Ostrovskaya | Anna Bastrikova Nina Bratchikova | 2–6, 6–2, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 30 January 2006 | ITF Ortisei, Italy | Carpet (i) | Tatiana Poutchek | Lucie Hradecká Vladimíra Uhlířová | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 14 May 2006 | ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon | Clay | Tatiana Poutchek | María José Argeri Letícia Sobral | 6–4, 7–6 |
| Winner | 5. | 13 May 2007 | ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon | Clay | Tatiana Poutchek | Mădălina Gojnea Monica Niculescu | 7–5, 6–0 |
| Winner | 6. | 29 July 2007 | ITF Pétange, Luxembourg | Clay | Carla Suárez Navarro | Martina Müller Claudine Schaul | 6–7, 6–1, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 12 November 2007 | ITF Deauville, France | Carpet (i) | Akgul Amanmuradova | Renata Voráčová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Winner | 7. | 31 March 2008 | ITF Patras, Greece | Clay | Tzipora Obziler | María José Martínez Sánchez Arantxa Parra Santonja | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 14 April 2008 | Open de Saint-Malo, France | Clay | Renata Voráčová | María José Martínez Sánchez Arantxa Parra Santonja | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 1 September 2008 | Maribor Open, Slovenia | Clay | Kyra Nagy | Carmen Klaschka Andrea Petkovic | 0–6, 6–2, [3–10] |
| Winner | 8. | 6 October 2008 | ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon | Clay | Chayenne Ewijk | Carmen Klaschka Laura Siegemund | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 9 February 2009 | ITF Cali, Colombia | Clay | Frederica Piedade | Betina Jozami Arantxa Parra Santonja | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 9. | 19 April 2010 | Dothan Tennis Classic, United States | Clay | Alina Jidkova | María Irigoyen Teodora Mirčić | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 10 May 2010 | Open Saint-Gaudens, France | Clay | Olga Savchuk | Claire Feuerstein Stéphanie Foretz Gacon | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 10. | 7 February 2011 | ITF Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | Arantxa Rus | Claire Feuerstein Ksenia Lykina | 6–3, 2–6, 6–4 |
| Winner | 11. | 11 August 2017 | ITF Las Palmas, Spain | Clay | Carlota Molina Megías | Fatma Al-Nabhani Arabela Fernández Rabener | 6–4, 6–3 |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | SR | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | QR | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 6 | 2–6 |
| French Open | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 2–7 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | 1R | QR | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 6 | 2–6 |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | QR | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | 2R | Q1 | 0 / 3 | 1–3 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0 / 22 | 7–22 |
| Premier Mandatory tournaments |||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 5 | 2–5 |
| Miami | A | A | A | A | QR | 2R | 2R | A | 3R | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 5–5 |
| Madrid | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Beijing | not held | not held | not held | not Tier I | not Tier I | not Tier I | not Tier I | not Tier I | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Premier 5 tournaments |||||||||||||||
| Dubai | not Tier I | not Tier I | not Tier I | not Tier I | not Tier I | not Tier I | not Tier I | not Tier I | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Doha | not Tier 1 | not Tier 1 | not Tier 1 | not Tier 1 | not Tier 1 | not Tier 1 | not Tier 1 | A | not held | not held | NP5 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Cincinnati | not held | not held | not held | not Tier I | not Tier I | not Tier I | not Tier I | not Tier I | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Tokyo | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||||
| Tournaments played | 0 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 22 | 31 | 31 | 23 | 238 | 238 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 4–1 | 26–11 | 37–17 | 36–25 | 39–24 | 24–26 | 44–26 | 36–20 | 36–30 | 42–29 | 23–24 | 0 / 238 | 339–233 |
| Year-end ranking | – | – | 288 | 177 | 101 | 69 | 121 | 113 | 98 | 121 | 62 | 253 | $1,075,533 | $1,075,533 |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2011 | 2012 | SR | W–L |
| Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 6 | 0–1 |
| French Open | A | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | A | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| US Open | A | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0 / 9 | 1–7 |