Anna Sergeyevna Danilina (
Russian: Анна Сергеевна Данилина;[1] born 20 August 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani
tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 10 in doubles by the
WTA. In singles, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 269. She is a Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, having won the
US Open in 2023 together with
Harri Heliövaara.
Danilina represented Russia, her nation of birth, until March 2011 when at the age of 15 she switched allegiances to represent Kazakhstan. As a junior, she reached a combined world ranking of No. 3 in February 2013.[2] Since turning professional, Danilina has won five WTA doubles titles and one WTA Challenger doubles title. She has also won one singles title and 27 doubles titles on the
ITF Circuit. Along with
Beatriz Haddad Maia, Danilina attained her
Grand Slam doubles breakthrough, reaching the women's doubles final of the
2022 Australian Open.
2021: First WTA Tour title, Major and WTA 1000 debuts, top 100
At the
Poland Open held in Gdynia, Danilina reached the final and won her first WTA Tour doubles title, partnering with
Lidziya Marozava.[5] As a result, she made her top 100 debut in doubles at world No. 96 on 26 July 2021. Afterwards she made her major debut at the
US Open, partnering
Yaroslava Shvedova.
2022: Historic Australian Open final and top 15 and WTA Finals
Danilina was playing an ITF tournament in Monastir, Tunisia, when
Beatriz Haddad Maia invited her to serve as her partner during the
2022 Australian Open, following an injury to
Nadia Podoroska. The team proved to work as they won the warm-up event
Sydney International.[6][7] At major-level, Danilina became the first Kazakhstani woman to reach the final, upsetting No. 2 seeds
Shuko Aoyama and
Ena Shibahara in the semifinal of the Australian Open.[8] Danilina and Haddad Maia won the first set against
Barbora Krejčíková and
Kateřina Siniaková, but following a comeback from the Czech duo lost the final.[9] However, with this performance, Danilina made her top-25 debut in the doubles rankings, and on 28 February 2022, she reached top 20. Danilina and Haddad appeared in most major tournaments afterwards, but did not go further than the second round, including at the
French Open. She still got to two ITF titles in-between,
Biarritz, partnering
Valeriya Strakhova, and
Madrid, with
Anastasia Tikhonova.[10] She declined to appear at
Wimbledon once the tournament was stripped of its ranking points for
banning Russians and Belarusians.[11] Afterwards, she won the
Poland Open for the second time, partnering
Anna-Lena Friedsam,[12] and reached the final of the
Cleveland Open with
Aleksandra Krunić,[13] while also reaching the quarterfinals of
Cincinnati and the
US Open alongside Haddad.[14][15]
At the
WTA 1000 in Guadalajara, Danilina and Haddad Maia reached the final in a rematch with Krejčíková and Siniaková. With that, she became the first Kazakhstani woman since Yaroslava Shvedova in 2016 to qualify for the
WTA Finals.[16][17] Thanks to this result, she also entered the world's top 15 in doubles for the first time.[18][19]
2023: Top 10 and Wimbledon debuts
She reached the top 10 in doubles on 9 January 2023 before the
Australian Open.
She made her debut at
Wimbledon with
Xu Yifan and in mixed doubles with
Nicolas Mahut as an alternate pair. At the
US Open, she won the mixed doubles with Finn
Harri Heliövaara, who she met at the sign-in line and decided to make a pair that wound up winning the entire event at Flushing Meadows.[20][21]
Performance timelines
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record; .
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, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
^
abThe first
Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the
Dubai Tennis Championships and the
Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 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 Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as
WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
References
^"Singles Rating". Juniortennis.ru (in Russian). Junior Tennis. Archived from
the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
Anna Sergeyevna Danilina (
Russian: Анна Сергеевна Данилина;[1] born 20 August 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani
tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 10 in doubles by the
WTA. In singles, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 269. She is a Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, having won the
US Open in 2023 together with
Harri Heliövaara.
Danilina represented Russia, her nation of birth, until March 2011 when at the age of 15 she switched allegiances to represent Kazakhstan. As a junior, she reached a combined world ranking of No. 3 in February 2013.[2] Since turning professional, Danilina has won five WTA doubles titles and one WTA Challenger doubles title. She has also won one singles title and 27 doubles titles on the
ITF Circuit. Along with
Beatriz Haddad Maia, Danilina attained her
Grand Slam doubles breakthrough, reaching the women's doubles final of the
2022 Australian Open.
2021: First WTA Tour title, Major and WTA 1000 debuts, top 100
At the
Poland Open held in Gdynia, Danilina reached the final and won her first WTA Tour doubles title, partnering with
Lidziya Marozava.[5] As a result, she made her top 100 debut in doubles at world No. 96 on 26 July 2021. Afterwards she made her major debut at the
US Open, partnering
Yaroslava Shvedova.
2022: Historic Australian Open final and top 15 and WTA Finals
Danilina was playing an ITF tournament in Monastir, Tunisia, when
Beatriz Haddad Maia invited her to serve as her partner during the
2022 Australian Open, following an injury to
Nadia Podoroska. The team proved to work as they won the warm-up event
Sydney International.[6][7] At major-level, Danilina became the first Kazakhstani woman to reach the final, upsetting No. 2 seeds
Shuko Aoyama and
Ena Shibahara in the semifinal of the Australian Open.[8] Danilina and Haddad Maia won the first set against
Barbora Krejčíková and
Kateřina Siniaková, but following a comeback from the Czech duo lost the final.[9] However, with this performance, Danilina made her top-25 debut in the doubles rankings, and on 28 February 2022, she reached top 20. Danilina and Haddad appeared in most major tournaments afterwards, but did not go further than the second round, including at the
French Open. She still got to two ITF titles in-between,
Biarritz, partnering
Valeriya Strakhova, and
Madrid, with
Anastasia Tikhonova.[10] She declined to appear at
Wimbledon once the tournament was stripped of its ranking points for
banning Russians and Belarusians.[11] Afterwards, she won the
Poland Open for the second time, partnering
Anna-Lena Friedsam,[12] and reached the final of the
Cleveland Open with
Aleksandra Krunić,[13] while also reaching the quarterfinals of
Cincinnati and the
US Open alongside Haddad.[14][15]
At the
WTA 1000 in Guadalajara, Danilina and Haddad Maia reached the final in a rematch with Krejčíková and Siniaková. With that, she became the first Kazakhstani woman since Yaroslava Shvedova in 2016 to qualify for the
WTA Finals.[16][17] Thanks to this result, she also entered the world's top 15 in doubles for the first time.[18][19]
2023: Top 10 and Wimbledon debuts
She reached the top 10 in doubles on 9 January 2023 before the
Australian Open.
She made her debut at
Wimbledon with
Xu Yifan and in mixed doubles with
Nicolas Mahut as an alternate pair. At the
US Open, she won the mixed doubles with Finn
Harri Heliövaara, who she met at the sign-in line and decided to make a pair that wound up winning the entire event at Flushing Meadows.[20][21]
Performance timelines
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record; .
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, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
^
abThe first
Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the
Dubai Tennis Championships and the
Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 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 Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as
WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
References
^"Singles Rating". Juniortennis.ru (in Russian). Junior Tennis. Archived from
the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.