Darja Semeņistaja (born 16 September 2002) is a Latvian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 87 in singles, achieved on 27 October 2025, and No. 119 in doubles, reached on 8 September 2025. Semeņistaja has won two singles and two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour.

Playing for Latvia Billie Jean King Cup team, she has a win-loss record of 4–6.

She has also won 16 singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Career 2021: Seven ITF Circuit titles 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, the fourth in Chornomorsk, Ukraine, at the end of August, and finally three in Cancún, Mexico in October.

2024: WTA 125 success Alongside Veronika Erjavec, Semeņistaja won the doubles title at the Canberra Tennis International, overcoming Kaylah McPhee and Astra Sharma in the final.

She won her first WTA 125 singles title at the Mumbai Open in February, defeating Storm Hunter in the final. Later that month at the ATX Open, Semeņistaja recorded her maiden WTA Tour main-draw match win, against wildcard entrant Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva, before losing to sixth seed Wang Xiyu in the second round.

Partnering Carole Monnet, Semeņistaja won the doubles title at the Țiriac Foundation Trophy, defeating Aliona Bolsova and Katarzyna Kawa in the final.

2025: Major and top 100 debuts Partnering Nina Stojanović, Semeņistaja reached the doubles final at the Canberra International for the second successive year, losing to Jaimee Fourlis and Petra Hule in a deciding champions tiebreak.

In April, she won her second WTA 125 singles title at the Open Internacional Solgironès, defeating Dalma Gálfi in the final.

Semeņistaja qualified to make her major debut at the US Open, losing to Peyton Stearns in the first round.

She reached the top 100 at world No. 90 in the rankings on 20 October 2025, following her title run at the Les Franqueses del Vallès W100 event. She became the 26th player to reach the milestone in the 2025 season.

2026: First WTA Tour quarterfinal At the Copa Colsanitas, Semeņistaja defeated fifth seed Ella Seidel and Despina Papamichail to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal, at which point her run was ended by top seed and eventual champion, Marie Bouzková.

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles Tournament2023202420252026W–L Australian OpenAQ2Q11R0–1 French OpenQ1Q2Q1Q20–0 WimbledonQ3Q1Q31R0–1 US OpenQ2Q11R1R0–2Win–loss0–00–00–10–30–4

WTA 125 finals Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Mumbai Open, IndiaHard Storm Hunter5–7, 7–6(8–6), 6–2Win2–0Solgironès Open, SpainClay Dalma Gálfi5–7, 6–0, 6–4Loss2–1Montreux Ladies Open, SwitzerlandClay Maja Chwalińska1–6, 2–6Loss 2–2Makarska Open, CroatiaClay Maria Timofeeva2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Canberra International, AustraliaHard Veronika Erjavec Kaylah McPhee Astra Sharma6–2, 6–4Win2–0Țiriac Foundation Trophy, RomaniaClay Carole Monnet Aliona Bolsova Katarzyna Kawa1–6, 6–2, [10–7]Loss2–1Jan 2025Canberra International, AustraliaHard Nina Stojanović Jaimee Fourlis Petra Hule 5–7, 4–6), [5–10]Loss2–2Solgironès Open, SpainClay Nina Stojanović Magali Kempen Anna Sisková6–7(1–7), 1–6Loss2–3Internazionale di Roma, ItalyClay Ekaterine Gorgodze Cho I-hsuan Cho Yi-tsen6–4, 4–6, [6–10]Loss2–4Open Villa de Madrid, SpainClay Irina Bara Irene Burillo Elena Pridankina6–4, 3–6, [3–10]Loss2–5Apr 2026Oeiras Ladies Open, PortugalClay Naïma Karamoko Veronika Erjavec Kristina Mladenovic2–6, 5–7

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 19 (16 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (1–1)W60/75 tournaments (3–1)W40/50 tournaments (2–0)W25 tournaments (3–1)W15 tournaments (7–0)Finals by surfaceHard (7–1)Clay (9–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Jul 2021ITF Prokuplje, SerbiaW15 Clay Alice Robbe 6–2, 2–6, 6–3Win 2–0 Jul 2021ITF Prokuplje, SerbiaW15 Clay Natalija Senić 6–0, 6–2Win 3–0 Aug 2021ITF Bratislava, SlovakiaW15 Clay Pia Lovrič 6–4, 6–3Win 4–0 Aug 2021ITF Chornomorsk, UkraineW15 Clay Nicole Fossa Huergo 6–3, 6–2Win 5–0 Oct 2021ITF Cancún, MexicoW15 Hard María Portillo Ramírez 6–3, 7–5Win 6–0 Oct 2021ITF Cancún, MexicoW15 Hard María Portillo Ramírez 5–7, 7–6(5), 6–0Win 7–0 Oct 2021ITF Cancún, MexicoW15 Hard Rachel Gailis 7–5, 7–5Win 8–0 Feb 2022ITF Cancún, MexicoW25 Hard Lina Glushko 4–6, 7–6(5), 6–2Win 9–0 May 2022ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW25 Clay Irina Khromacheva 6–4, 4–6, 6–1Win 10–0 Jun 2022ITF Ystad, Sweden W25 Clay Sofia Samavati 3–6, 6–3, 6–1Win 11–0 Feb 2023ITF Mexico City, MexicoW40 Hard Jana Kolodynska 7–5, 4–0 ret.Loss 11–1 Feb 2023ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.W25 Hard Carole Monnet 5–7, 6–3, 1–6Win 12–1 May 2023Prague Open, Czech RepublicW60 Clay Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro 2–6, 6–3, 6–4Win 13–1 Jul 2023Liepāja Open, LatviaW60 Clay Jessie Aney 6–4, 6–4Win 14–1 Jul 2023ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech RepublicW60 Clay Lea Bošković 6–7(6), 6–3, 6–1Win 15–1 Jan 2024ITF Bangalore, IndiaW50 Hard Carole Monnet 6–1, 3–0 ret.Loss 15–2 Sep 2024Šibenik Open, CroatiaW75 Clay Sára Bejlek 2–6, 0–6Loss 15–3 Sep 2025Lisboa Belém Open, PortugalW100 Clay Simona Waltert 2–6, 1–6Win 16–3 Oct 2025ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, SpainW100 Hard Linda Klimovičová 7–5, 7–6(4)

Doubles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (1–1)W60/75 tournaments (1–2)W40/50 tournaments (2–1)W25 tournaments (2–2)W15 tournaments (4–1)Finals by surfaceHard (6–5)Clay (4–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Sep 2020ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Olivia Gram Yuliya Hatouka Anna Kubareva 6–2, 5–7, [6–10]Win 1–1 Sep 2020ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Laetitia Pulchartová Darya Astakhova Anastasia Sukhotina 6–2, 6–7(8), [10–5]Win 2–1 Oct 2020ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Darya Astakhova María Lourdes Carlé Olivia Gram 6–4, 6–3Win 3–1 Oct 2021ITF Cancún, MexicoW15 Hard Anna Ulyashchenko Nadia Echeverría Alam Rushri Wijesundera 6–4, 6–4Loss 3–2 Feb 2022ITF Cancún, MexicoW25 Hard Maria Bondarenko Anna Rogers Christina Rosca 1–6, 4–6Loss 3–3 Mar 2022ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicW25 Hard Anastasia Tikhonova Irina Khromacheva Natalija Stevanović 1–6, 6–7(5)Win 4–3 Sep 2022ITF Pula, ItalyW25 Clay Zhibek Kulambayeva Lu Jiajing Anita Wagner 6–2, 6–2Win 5–3 Dec 2022ITF Valencia, SpainW15 Clay Marine Szostak Lucía Cortez Llorca Claudia Hoste Ferrer w/oLoss 5–4 Feb 2023ITF Mexico City, MexicoW40 Hard Suzan Lamens Sofia Sewing Berfu Cengiz 1–6, 6–1, [10–12]Win 6–4 Feb 2023ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic W25 Hard Sofia Sewing Eudice Chong Nefisa Berberović 6–3, 6–2Win 7–4 Jul 2023Liepāja Open, LatviaW60 Clay Daniela Vismane Çağla Büyükakçay Lina Gjorcheska 6–4, 2–6, [10–3]Loss 7–5 Jul 2023ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech RepublicW60 Clay Zhibek Kulambayeva Magdaléna Smékalová Tereza Valentová 2–6, 2–6Loss 7–6 Oct 2023ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, SpainW100 Hard Gao Xinyu Camilla Rosatello Angelica Moratelli 6–4, 5–7, [6–10]Win 8–6 Jan 2024Bangalore Open, IndiaW50 Hard Camilla Rosatello Li Yu-yun Eri Shimizu 3–6, 6–2, [10–8]Win 9–6 Jan 2024Pune Open, IndiaW50 Hard Alex Eala Naiktha Bains Fanny Stollár 7–6(8), 6–3Win 10–6 Apr 2025Wiesbaden Open, GermanyW100 Clay Zhibek Kulambayeva Jesika Malečková Miriam Škoch 4–6, 6–3, [11–9]Loss 10–7 May 2025Internazionali di Brescia, ItalyW75 Clay Gabriela Knutson Maja Chwalińska Sinja Kraus 0–6, 3–6

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