With her ranking qualifying her for some WTA tournaments, she made her debut on the WTA Tour at the Ladies Open Lausanne, where she qualified for the main draw by defeating Julia Grabher in the final round, losing just two games. Gracheva went on to win two $25k titles, the first in Caserta, Italy, and second at the Open Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole Hérault. She followed it up with an upset over 118th-ranked Nao Hibino at the $80k Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer. Coming through the qualifying rounds at a $25k event in Chiasso, she won the biggest title of her career and entered the top 400 for the first time in her career. 2019: Rapid rise in the rankings, ITF success, WTA Tour and top 125 debut ĭespite a sluggish start to the year which saw Gracheva reach just one quarterfinal on hard courts, she achieved good results on clay. She ended the year with a 28–13 winning record on the professional tour, as the world No. Gracheva had three top 300 wins, including one over Maryna Zanevska in the qualifying rounds of the Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge. Nonetheless, she was able to reach her first $25k quarterfinal in Périgueux and made her top 500 debut in July as a result. 2018: Last junior year, top 500 debut Īfter defeating Sofia Shapatava to win a $15k tournament in Antalya, Turkey to begin her 2018 season, Gracheva returned to playing her final junior tournaments and did not compete on the ITF Circuit for six months. 647 by the end of the year, after reaching three consecutive $15k tournaments in Hammamet, Tunisia, defeating the likes of Fiona Ferro in the process. Gracheva played her first professional events in 2017, starting off unranked but managed to reach a ranking of No. Gracheva reached a career-high ranking of 19 in her junior career, winning four Grade-2 events. She obtained french nationality in June 2023 and was approved to start representing France after receiving her passport. In March 2023 it was reported that Gracheva is in process of finalizing her naturalization application for French citizenship. In July 2019, she qualified for the Washington Open and won her first WTA Tour main-draw match, defeating Anna Blinkova. Gracheva made her main-draw debut on the WTA Tour at the 2019 Ladies Open Lausanne, where she qualified by defeating Julia Grabher in the final round. She has won seven singles titles at tournaments of the ITF Circuit. Gracheva has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. She should gain an advantage from a raucous Texas crowd.Varvara Andreyevna Gracheva (Russian: Варвара Андреевна Грачёва, IPA: ( listen) born 2 August 2000) is a Russian tennis player. In a match where I see very few differences, I have to give the edge to Stearns. Both women are solid from the ground and are not afraid to stand in and hit for hours. Despite being two months younger than her opponent, Volynets has more tour-level experience than Stearns and has seemed to turn a corner to start the 2023 season. Stearns picked up her first (and second) career Tour-level wins this week and is up to No. She decided to forgo her final two years of collegiate eligibility and has made an immediate mark on the WTA Tour. Stearns had a very decorated career in two years at the University of Texas, claiming the 2022 NCAA Singles Championship. Next-Gen Americans Peyton Stearns and Katie Volynets are set to square off in an Austin quarterfinal that has American tennis fans very intrigued. Kalinskaya provides an intriguing challenge for the American, but I believe she will be able to get to the net often and frustrate her opponent. She has top-ten talent it is just about her consistency. Collins dispatched compatriot Caty McNally 6-1 6-1 earlier this week and has looked very comfortable with her forehand in Austin. Collins got the best of Kalinskaya 7-5 5-7 6-4, but if that match showed us anything, we should be in for a treat on Friday in Austin. But who will advance? WTA Austin Quarterfinal Predictions Danielle Collins vs Anna Kalinskayaĭanielle Collins and Anna Kalinskaya squared off for the first time just over a month ago in Melbourne. We at LWOT have the preview and prediction for all matches in the capital of Texas. 4 seed Sloane Stephens and Varvara Gracheva. The 2022 NCAA Champion takes on compatriot Katie Volynets, but the match of the day in Austin is between No. Just three seeded players are left in the draw, though four Americans remain in contention on their home soil, including hometown favorite Peyton Stearns. The once 32-woman draw at the WTA 250 in Austin has dwindled to eight as they prepare for a very intriguing quarterfinal Friday.
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