Natalia Konstantinovna Vikhlyantseva (Russian: Наталья Константиновна Вихлянцева; born 16 February 1997) is a former Russian tennis player. Her favourite court surface is grass.Vikhlyantseva edges Konjuh, faces Kontaveit in maiden WTA final
Vikhlyantseva has career-high rankings of 54 in singles, achieved on 23 October 2017, and 216 in doubles, reached in July 2019.
She has not played on the professional tour since August 2022. The ITIA listed her as a retired player on 23 June 2024.
Tennis career 2015–16 Vikhlyantseva made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Shenzhen Open where she received a wildcard. In her first WTA match, she defeated Anna-Lena Friedsam, in three sets. She lost in the second round against Simona Halep, in straight sets.
After winning two titles in 2016 on the ITF Circuit, she reached the semifinals of the Open de Limoges where she took top-seeded top-30 player Caroline Garcia to three sets.
2017: Top 100 debut and first WTA final Vikhlyantseva debuted at a Grand Slam tournament at the 2017 Australian Open where she reached the second round of the main draw, losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Her next tournament was the St. Petersburg Trophy for which she received a wildcard and beat Yaroslava Shvedova before upsetting No. 8 seed Daria Kasatkina in straight sets and receiving a walkover from top seed Simona Halep (who withdrew due to injury) in the quarterfinals. She lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Kristina Mladenovic. Despite her defeat, Vikhlyantseva ensured a top-100 debut with her campaign.
She reached her first WTA-level final at the Rosmalen Open, beating Cornelia Lister, former world No. 9 Andrea Petkovic, Arantxa Rus and fifth seed Ana Konjuh en route. She then lost to Anett Kontaveit.
After some poor results which followed, Vikhlyantseva reached the second round at the Stanford Classic and at the Linz Open before coming up with a surprise run to the semifinals of the Kremlin Cup, where she had her first ever top-20 win over compatriot Elena Vesnina in straight sets. It was Vikhlyantseva's second Premier semifinal of the year, and both of them came in Russia, her home country. However, her run was halted by Julia Görges in the semifinals, with a wrist injury hindering her from further success.
Performance timelines
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 2022 Prague Open. Tournament20152016201720182019202020212022Win %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA2R1R2RQ3Q1 A0 / 32–3French OpenAA1R1RQ2Q1Q1Q20 / 20–2WimbledonAA1R1RQ2NHQ1A0 / 20–2US OpenAQ11R1R1R1RQ1A0 / 40–4Win–loss0–00–01–40–41–20–10–00–00 / 112–11WTA 1000Qatar / Dubai OpenAAQ2AAQ1Q1A0 / 00–0Indian Wells Open AAQ12R3RNHQ1A0 / 23–2Miami Open1RA1R2R1RNHAA0 / 41–4Madrid OpenAAQ11RANHAA0 / 10–1Italian OpenAAQ11RAAAA0 /10–1Canadian OpenAAQ1AANHA0 / 00–0Cincinnati OpenAA2RQ2AAA0 / 11–1Wuhan OpenAAQ2AANH0 / 00–0China OpenAA1RAANH0 / 10–1Career statisticsTournaments22152010151Career total: 56Titles00000000Career total: 0Finals00100000Career total: 1Overall win–loss1–21–215–156–2010–100–13–50–10 / 5636–56Year-end ranking23016154134112145240303$1,376,832
Doubles Tournament20172018...2022Win %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open A1R A 0 / 10–1French Open1R A A0 / 10–1Wimbledon1R A A0 / 10–1US Open1R A A0 / 10–1Win–loss0–30–10–00 / 40–4WTA 1000Qatar / Dubai Open1RAA0 / 10–1
WTA Tour finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) LegendGrand SlamWTA 1000WTA 500WTA 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Rosmalen Open, Netherlands International Grass Anett Kontaveit 2–6, 3–6
WTA Challenger finals Doubles: 1 (title) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Båstad Open, Sweden Clay Misaki Doi Alexa Guarachi Danka Kovinić 7–5, 6–7(4–7), [10–7]
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments$80,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (1–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Oct 2014ITF Hilton Head, United States10,000 Clay Marie Bouzková 5–7, 1–6Loss 0–2 Aug 2015Neva Cup St. Petersburg, Russia25,000 Clay Polina Leykina 4–6, 3–6Win 1–2 Aug 2016ITF Plzeň, Czech Republic25,000 Clay Anna Kalinskaya 6–1, 6–3Win 2–2 Sep 2016Neva Cup St. Petersburg, Russia100,000 Hard (i) Donna Vekić 6–1, 6–2Loss 2–3 Dec 2016Dubai Tennis Challenge, U.A.E.100,000 Hard Hsieh Su-wei 2–6, 2–6Loss 2–4 Oct 2018Internationaux de Poitiers, France80,000 Hard (i) Viktorija Golubic 6–3, 1–6, 5–7
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Legend$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Sep 2015Open de Saint-Malo, France50,000 Clay Maria Marfutina Kristína Kučová Anastasija Sevastova 7–6(1), 3–6, [5–10]Win 1–1 Jan 2016ITF Wesley Chapel, US25,000 Clay Ingrid Neel Natela Dzalamidze Veronika Kudermetova 4–6, 7–6(4), [10–6]
Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation This table is current through the 2019 Fed Cup
Legend World Group / Zone Group Round Robin
Singles (5–1) EditionRoundDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LResult2017WG2Feb 2017 Moscow (RUS) Chinese TaipeiHard (i)Lee Ya-hsuanW 6–1, 6–22018WG2Feb 2018 Bratislava (SVK) SlovakiaHard (i)Viktória KužmováW 6–4, 6–2Jana ČepelováL4–6, 4–62019 Z1 RRFeb 2019 Zielona Góra (POL) PolandHard (i)Iga ŚwiątekW 6–0, 6–2 DenmarkClara TausonW 7–6(7–3), 6–1 SwedenJohanna LarssonW 7–6(7–1), 6–2
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