Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva

Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva (born 9 August 2005) is an Andorran junior tennis player. She won the 2020 Australian Open girls' singles title, defeating Weronika Baszak in the final. It was her junior Grand Slam debut, and she was the youngest player in the draw.[2] Jiménez Kasintseva has career-high WTA ranking of 175 in singles, achieved on 7 March 2022, and 630 in doubles, set on 22 November 2021. She made her WTA main draw debut at the 2021 Mutua Madrid Open as a wildcard, also as the youngest and the first-ever player from Andorra to appear in a WTA main draw, where she lost in the first round to Kiki Bertens.[3]

Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva
Jiménez Kasintseva in 2021
Country (sports) Andorra
Born (2005-08-09) 9 August 2005
Andorra
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)[1]
CoachJoan Jiménez Guerra
Prize moneyUS$ 93,092
Singles
Career record41–29 (58.6%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 175 (7 March 2022)
Current rankingNo. 175 (7 March 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2022)
Doubles
Career record13–13 (50.0%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 630 (22 November 2021)
Current rankingNo. 691 (7 March 2022)
Last updated on: 19 November 2021.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name is Kasintseva.

Jiménez Kasintseva has won eight singles titles on the ITF Junior Circuit, as well as one doubles title. She achieved her career-high ITF Junior ranking of No. 1 on 9 March 2020.

Jiménez Kasintseva began training with her father and coach, Joan Jiménez Guerra, who reached a career-high ATP Tour ranking of 505 in 1999. She admires fellow left-handers Rafael Nadal and Petra Kvitová.[4]

Junior career

Junior Grand Slam performance

Singles:

  • Australian Open: W (2020)
  • French Open: QF (2021)
  • Wimbledon: SF (2021)
  • US Open: QF (2021)

Doubles:

  • Australian Open: 1R (2020)
  • French Open: SF (2021)
  • Wimbledon: 1R (2021)
  • US Open: SF (2021)

Performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS 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; (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.

Singles
Tournament 2021 2022 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q2 0–0
French Open A 0–0
Wimbledon A 0–0
US Open A 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0
WTA 1000
Madrid Open 1R 0–1

ITF Circuit finals
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2021 ITF San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Spain 60,000 Clay Arantxa Rus 0–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Nov 2021 ITF Aparecida de Goiania, Brazil 25,000 Clay Panna Udvardy 6–3, 7–5
Loss 1–2 Jan 2022 ITF Bendigo, Australia 60,000+H Hard Ysaline Bonaventure 3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Mar 2021 ITF Amiens, France 15,000 Clay (i) Elsa Jacquemot Seone Mendez
María José Portillo Ramírez		 4–6, 3–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)
Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2020 Australian Open Hard Weronika Baszak 5–7, 6–2, 6–2

ITF junior finals
Legend
Category GA
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles (8–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Grade Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2019 ITF Tarragona, Spain G5 Clay Sebastianna Scilipoti 6–2, 6–7(5), 7–6(1)
Win 2–0 Jul 2019 ITF Limelette, Belgium G4 Clay Amelia Waligora 6–4, 6–0
Win 3–0 Aug 2019 ITF Barcelona, Spain G3 Clay Anouck Vrancken Peeters 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 4–0 Sep 2019 ITF El Prat de Llobregat, Spain G3 Clay Vanda Vargova 4–6, 6–2, 6–0
Win 5–0 Nov 2019 ITF Saint-Cyprien, France G3 Hard Amelia Bissett 6–7(3), 6–1, 7–6(3)
Win 6–0 Dec 2019 ITF Mérida, Mexico GA Hard Mélodie Collard 7–6(8), 6–2
Win 7–0 Jan 2020 Australian Open GA Hard Weronika Baszak 5–7, 6–2, 6–2
Win 8–0 Oct 2020 ITF Plovdiv, Bulgaria G1 Clay Sofia Costoulas 6–2, 6–1
Loss 8–1 Nov 2020 ITF Villena, Spain G1 Clay Elsa Jacquemot 1–6, 6–4, 6–7(8)

Doubles (1–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Grade Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2019 ITF Palermo, Italy G3 Clay Tea Lukic Jennifer Ruggeri
Arianna Zucchini		 6–3, 5–7, [2–10]
Win 1–1 Sep 2019 ITF El Prat de Llobregat, Spain G3 Clay Fiona Arrese Mata Eleonora Alvisi
Flavie Brugnone		 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Nov 2019 ITF Cancún, Mexico G1 Hard Amarissa Kiara Tóth Maria Bondarenko
Darja Semenistaja		 6–3, 0–6, [8–10]

Personal life

Jiménez Kasintseva was born in Andorra to an Andorran father, Joan Jiménez Guerra, and a Russian mother, Yulia Kasintseva. She spent three years of her childhood in Kentucky (United States), and speaks five languages fluently: Spanish, English, Catalan, French and Russian.[5][6][7]

References
  1. "Victoria Jiménez KASINTSEVA". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. "Jimenez Kasintseva wins historic Australian Open girls crown". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. "Former champions Bertens, Kvitova reach Madrid second round".
  4. "Juniors wrap: Jimenez Kasintseva, Mayot earn AO2020 glory". Aus Open. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  5. "Joan i Vicky Jiménez, tàndem guanyador" (in Catalan).
  6. "Victoria Jiménez, la andorrana de 14 años que enamora en Melbourne" (in Spanish).
  7. "Víctoria Jiménez, andorrana de 14 años, gana el torneo júnior: "Nadal es mi favorito de todos"" (in Spanish).
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