# Vitalia Diatchenko

Vitalia Anatolyevna Diatchenko (Russian: Виталия Анатольевна Дьяченко, IPA: ; born 2 August 1990) is a Russian tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 71, achieved on 17 November 2014. On 21 February 2011, she peaked at No. 60 in the WTA doubles rankings.

## Career
### 2009: Grand Slam debut

Diatchenko's first Grand Slam tournament was Roland Garros, where she 2009 qualified for the main draw. In the tournament, she upset world No. 75 player Mathilde Johansson before she lost to then-world No. 1, Dinara Safina.
In 2009, she lost the finals of Pattaya Open along with Yulia Beygelzimer to opponents Tamarine Tanasugarn and Yaroslava Shvedova, in straight sets, and of Tashkent Open with Ekaterina Dzehalevich to Tatiana Poutchek and Olga Govortsova, in three sets.

### 2010

In 2010, she lost the final of the Portugal Open with Aurélie Védy to opponents Anabel Medina Garrigues and Sorana Cîrstea.
At the French Open, she was beaten in the third round of qualifying by Misaki Doi. At the Wimbledon Championships qualifying, she lost in the second round to Monica Niculescu in two sets. Diatchenko also participated in events on the ITF Circuit: she won the tournament in Darmstadt, Germany, where she defeated eighth-seeded German player Julia Schruff in the final.
Then she lost her fourth WTA Tour doubles final with partner Tatiana Poutchek, at Copenhagen to German pair Anna-Lena Grönefeld/Julia Görges.

### 2011: Top 60 debut in doubles, injury and hiatus

Vitalia lost in the qualifying at Melbourne in the second round to Sania Mirza in three sets. She then entered the qualifying at Dubai but lost in the first round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, after being 3–1 ahead in the second set.
Diatchenko qualified for the Wimbledon Championships for the first time in her career by defeating Julia Glushko, Maria Elena Camerin and Stéphanie Dubois for her first main draw in a Grand Slam tournament. In the first round, she was defeated by 25th seed Daniela Hantuchová in three sets. Vitalia was also defeated in the first round of the women's doubles with compatriot Maria Kondratieva, by Vera Dushevina and Ekaterina Makarova.
Seeded first at the GB Pro-Series event in Foxhills, she defeated fifth seed Marta Sirotkina in the quarterfinals. In her semifinal match, she retired whilst trailing 2–6, 0–2 to Johanna Konta.
On July 30, Diatchenko won the biggest singles title of her career so far at the President's Cup, an $100k tournament held in Astana. She beat sixth seed Akgul Amanmuradova in the final. She also won the women's doubles title with Galina Voskoboeva. They defeated Amanmuradova and Alexandra Panova in the final, also in two sets.
Vitalia participated in the Tatarstan Open in singles and doubles. Alexandra Panova was her doubles partner. Diatchenko was seeded fifth in the singles and first in the doubles. In the first round of the singles, she defeated Eugeniya Pashkova, in the second round Pemra Özgen, and in the quarterfinals Valentyna Ivakhnenko, all in straight sets. In the semifinals, Vitalia retired against wildcard and eventual champion, Yulia Putintseva, after suffering an ankle injury. In the doubles, after winning their first round and quarterfinal matches, Vitalia and Alexandra upset third seeds Evgeniya Rodina and Valeria Solovyeva in the semifinals. Due to suffering an injury in the semifinal match of the singles, Vitalia was unable to play the doubles final.
At the US Open, she beat Laura Siegemund in the first round of the qualifying stages, Sesil Karatantcheva also in two sets, and in the final round Marta Domachowska in three for a place in the main draw. It was the first time she qualified for the main draw of the US Open. In the first round, she was defeated by Zheng Jie.
In the Tashkent Open, she fought past Olga Govortsova in three sets before she lost to Alla Kudryavtseva in the second round. In the doubles, Vitalia and her partner Eleni Daniilidou beat Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiya Kichenok in the final, in straight sets. This was Vitalia's first time to win a WTA Tour doubles title in her career.
She qualified for the Ladies Linz but lost in the first round to Ksenia Pervak.
Playing doubles at the Kremlin Cup, Vitalia suffered a knee injury which ruled her out from playing tennis for six months.

### 2014: First WTA 125 title and career-high singles ranking

After a brief appearance on the WTA Tour and a return to the ITF Circuit, she played her first notable game for years at the Kremlin Cup, where the 140-ranked Vitalia eliminated No. 14, Dominika Cibulková, in the round of 16, until being knocked down by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Diatchenko completed the year by winning her first WTA 125 singles title at Taipei.

### 2018: Wimbledon 3rd round

In the first round of Wimbledon, she defeated former world No. 1, Maria Sharapova (ranked 22nd at the time). Diatchenko then defeated Sofia Kenin, advancing to the third round of a major tournament for the first time but Jeļena Ostapenko defeated her in straight sets.

### 2023

In April 2023, LOT Polish Airlines refused to board Diatchenko on a flight from Egypt to Corsica via Warsaw to play at a tournament, in line with travel restrictions for Russian passport holders introduced after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Diatchenko confirmed that she was unable to reach her destination and then returned to Moscow.

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

### Singles

Current through the 2023 Australian Open.
| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| French Open | 2R | Q3 | Q3 | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | A | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% |
| Wimbledon | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | A | Q1 | 1R | A | A | 3R | 1R | NH | 1R | A | A | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% |
| US Open | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | Q1 | A | A | Q2 | Q2 | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 15 | 4–15 | 21% |
| WTA 1000 |||||||||||||||||||
| Dubai / Qatar Open | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | NH | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Madrid Open | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | Career total: 47 | Career total: 47 | Career total: 47 |
| Overall win–loss | 2–5 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–8 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 1–6 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0 / 47 | 14–47 | 23% |
| Win (%) | 29% | 0% | 17% | 50% | – | 67% | 20% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 17% | 0% | 14% | 40% | – | Career total: 23% | Career total: 23% | Career total: 23% |
| Year-end ranking | 118 | 164 | 125 | 596 | — | 108 | 169 | 553 | 188 | 120 | 107 | 124 | 171 | 113 | | $1,687,744 | $1,687,744 | $1,687,744 |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L |
| Australian Open | A | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| French Open | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | A | 1R | NH | 1R | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 |
| US Open | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 3–3 |
| Win–loss | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 12 | 7–12 |

## WTA Tour finals
### Doubles: 7 (1 title, 6 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam
* WTA 1000
* WTA 500
* WTA 250 (1–6)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–5)
* Grass (0–0)
* Clay (0–1)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2009 | Pattaya Open, Thailand | International | Hard | Yuliya Beygelzimer | Tamarine Tanasugarn Yaroslava Shvedova | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2009 | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | International | Hard | Ekaterina Dzehalevich | Tatiana Poutchek Olga Govortsova | 2–6, 7–6$^{(1)}$, [8–10] |
| Loss | 0–3 | May 2010 | Estoril Open, Portugal | International | Clay | Aurélie Védy | Anabel Medina Garrigues Sorana Cîrstea | 1–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 0–4 | Aug 2010 | Kopenhagen Open, Denmark | International | Hard (i) | Tatiana Poutchek | Julia Görges Anna-Lena Grönefeld | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–4 | Sep 2011 | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | International | Hard | Eleni Daniilidou | Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–5 | Jan 2015 | Hobart International, Australia | International | Hard | Monica Niculescu | Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–6 | Aug 2015 | Baku Cup, Azerbaijan | International | Hard | Olga Savchuk | Margarita Gasparyan Alexandra Panova | 3–6, 5–7 |

## WTA Challenger finals
### Singles: 3 (3 titles)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2014 | Taipei Challenger, Taiwan | Carpet (i) | Chan Yung-jan | 1–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Nov 2019 | Taipei Challenger, Taiwan (2) | Carpet (i) | Tímea Babos | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–0 | Dec 2021 | Open Angers, France | Hard (i) | Zhang Shuai | 6–0, 6–4 |

### Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2022 | Veneto Open, Italy | Grass | Oksana Kalashnikova | Madison Brengle Claire Liu | 4–6, 3–6 |

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 28 (21 titles, 7 runner–ups)

* Legend
* $100,000 tournaments
* $75,000 tournaments
* $50/60,000 tournaments
* $40,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments
* Finals by surface
* Hard (18–4)
* Clay (2–2)
* Grass (1–0)
* Carpet (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2007 | ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom | 10,000 | Hard (i) | Iveta Gerlová | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Win | 2–0 | Dec 2008 | Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE | 75,000 | Hard | Urszula Radwańska | 7–5, 2–6, 7–5 |
| Win | 3–0 | Mar 2009 | ITF Moscow, Russia | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Vesna Manasieva | 2–6, 6–3, 4–1 ret. |
| Win | 4–0 | Jul 2010 | ITF Darmstadt, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Julia Schruff | 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–1 | Aug 2010 | Tatarstan Open, Russia | 50,000 | Hard | Anna Lapushchenkova | 1–6, 6–2, 6–7$^{(4)}$ |
| Win | 5–1 | Jul 2011 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan | 100,000 | Hard | Akgul Amanmuradova | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 6–1 | Dec 2013 | Ankara Cup, Turkey | 50,000 | Hard (i) | Marta Sirotkina | 6–7$^{(3)}$, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 7–1 | Mar 2014 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Naomi Broady | 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 7–2 | Mar 2014 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Naomi Broady | 2–6, 0–3 ret. |
| Loss | 7–3 | May 2014 | ITF Moscow, Russia | 25,000 | Clay | Anastasiya Vasylyeva | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 8–3 | Jul 2014 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan (2) | 100,000 | Hard | Çağla Büyükakçay | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 9–3 | Sep 2014 | ITF Moscow, Russia (2) | 25,000 | Clay | Evgeniya Rodina | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 9–4 | Sep 2014 | Royal Cup, Montenegro | 25,000 | Clay | Andreea Mitu | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 10–4 | Jun 2015 | Surbiton Trophy, UK | 50,000 | Grass | Naomi Osaka | 7–6$^{(5)}$, 6–0 |
| Loss | 10–5 | Dec 2016 | Ankara Cup, Turkey | 50,000 | Hard (i) | Ivana Jorović | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 11–5 | Aug 2017 | ITF Chiswick, UK | 25,000 | Hard | Viktória Kužmová | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 12–5 | Oct 2017 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Jaqueline Cristian | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 13–5 | Aug 2018 | ITF Chiswick, UK (2) | 25,000 | Hard | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | 6–1, 7–5 |
| Win | 14–5 | Feb 2019 | Open de l'Isère, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Harmony Tan | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 15–5 | Feb 2019 | GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Yanina Wickmayer | 5–7, 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 16–5 | Mar 2019 | Open de Seine-et-Marne, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Robin Anderson | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 17–5 | Apr 2019 | ITF Bolton, UK | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Jodie Burrage | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 18–5 | Apr 2019 | Lale Cup Istanbul, Turkey | 60,000 | Hard | Ankita Raina | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Win | 19–5 | Sep 2019 | ITF Penza, Russia | 25,000+H | Hard | Kamilla Rakhimova | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 20–5 | Feb 2022 | ITF Macon, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Cristiana Ferrando | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 20–6 | Jun 2022 | ITF Cantanhede, Portugal | 25,000 | Carpet | Francisca Jorge | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Win | 21–6 | Jun 2022 | ITF Santarem, Portugal | 25,000 | Hard | Isabella Kruger | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 21–7 | May 2023 | ITF Tbilisi, Georgia | 40,000 | Hard | Stacey Fung | 4–6, ret. |

### Doubles: 20 (13 titles, 7 runner–ups)

* Legend
* W100 tournaments
* W75 tournaments
* W50 tournaments
* W25/35 tournaments
* W10 tournaments
* Finals by surface
* Hard (8–3)
* Clay (5–2)
* Carpet (0–2)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2007 | ITF Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzogevina | 10,000 | Clay | Tamara Stojković | Vasilisa Davydova Karolina Jovanović | 6–1, 0–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Aug 2008 | ITF Moscow, Russia | 75,000 | Clay | Maria Kondratieva | Veronika Kapshay Irina Kuzmina | 6–0, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2008 | ITF Moscow, Russia | 25,000 | Clay | Eugeniya Pashkova | Tadeja Majerič Natalia Ryzhonkova | 6–0, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Sep 2008 | ITF Ruse, Bulgaria | 25,000 | Clay | Eugeniya Pashkova | Alexandra Panova Ksenia Pervak | 2–6, 7–6$^{(5)}$, [5–10] |
| Loss | 2–3 | Mar 2009 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | 25,000 | Carpet | Eugeniya Pashkova | Ima Bohush Darya Kustova | 1–6, 6–4, [8–10] |
| Win | 3–3 | Mar 2009 | ITF Moscow, Russia | 25,000 | Hard | Ekaterina Dzehalevich | Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Mar 2010 | ITF Minsk, Belarus | 25,000 | Hard | Maret Ani | Elena Bovina Irena Pavlovic | 0–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 4–4 | Apr 2010 | Soweto Open, South Africa | 100,000 | Hard | Irini Georgatou | Marina Erakovic Tamarine Tanasugarn | 6–3, 5–7, [16–14] |
| Win | 5–4 | Jul 2010 | ITF Darmstadt, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Laura Siegemund | Irina-Camelia Begu Erika Sema | 4–6, 6–1, [10–4] |
| Win | 6–4 | Sep 2010 | GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK | 75,000 | Hard | Irena Pavlovic | Claire Feuerstein Vesna Manasieva | 4–6, 6–4, [10–6] |
| Win | 7–4 | Oct 2010 | ITF Athens Open, Greece | 50,000 | Hard | İpek Şenoğlu | Eleni Daniilidou Petra Martić | w/o |
| Win | 8–4 | Jul 2011 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan | 100,000 | Hard | Galina Voskoboeva | Akgul Amanmuradova Alexandra Panova | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 8–5 | Aug 2011 | Tatarstan Open, Russia | 50,000 | Hard | Alexandra Panova | Ekaterina Lopes Andreja Klepač | w/o |
| Win | 9–5 | Nov 2013 | Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE | 75,000 | Hard | Olga Savchuk | Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Win | 10–5 | Jul 2014 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan | 100,000 | Hard | Margarita Gasparyan | Michaela Boëv Anna-Lena Friedsam | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 11–5 | Aug 2014 | Neva Cup, Russia | 25,000 | Clay | Ilona Kremen | Natela Dzalamidze Anastasia Pivovarova | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 12–5 | Nov 2014 | Dubai Tennis Challenge, UAE | 75,000 | Hard | Alexandra Panova | Lyudmyla Kichenok Olga Savchuk | 3–6, 6–2, [10–4] |
| Win | 13–5 | May 2016 | ITF La Marsa, Tunisia | 25,000 | Clay | Galina Voskoboeva | Victoria Kan Sabina Sharipova | 6–3, 1–6, [12–10] |
| Loss | 13–6 | Jul 2024 | ITF Don Benito, Spain | W35 | Carpet | Isabella Barrera | Tamara Kostic Olga Parres Azcoitia | 6–3, 4–6, [6–10] |
| Loss | 13–7 | Jul 2024 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan | W35 | Hard | Zhanel Rustemova | Anastasia Gasanova Ekaterina Shalimova | 6–7$^{(4)}$, 6–2, [7–10] |