Daria Alekseevna Gavrilova is a professional tennis player who was born in Moscow. In her career, she performed both under the flag of Russia and under the flag of Australia. Over the years, she has been able to achieve many successes, making her one of the most famous rackets in the world.
Carier start
The athlete was born on March 5, 1994 in the capital of Russia - Moscow. The biography of Daria Gavrilova begins with the fact that she began to play tennis from an early age, achieving great success in children's sports. Dasha's first major step in junior tennis was to participate in competitions under the auspices of ITF in 2008. With each season, gaining experience, she rose higher on the table of local classification.
Gavrilova’s first major success was the Orange Bowl in 2008, when she reached the quarterfinals, losing to Christina McHale. A year later, Dasha exceeded her previous result, at a tournament in the Czech Republic she did not have a literal one step to reach the finals of one of the most status championships. But just a few months later at the competitions in France, she was still able to take her first trophy.
First successes
In early June 2009, Gavrilova entered the Grand Slam tournament, performing well at all stages of the competition. Reaching the finals, she again conceded in the main match. But I didn’t have to get upset for a long time. In a couple of weeks, one of Gavrilova’s most successful doubles comes - reaching Ksenia Kirillova in the Wimbledon semifinal. In the fall of 2009, two US Open semifinals along with Irina Khromacheva, a victory in the Junior Confederations Cup, and two finals at the Eddie Herr International tournament are added to all successes.
In 2010, Daria Gavrilova became the most powerful tennis player in her age category. Several major successes, such as winning the Youth Olympics, the US Open and the second consecutive Confederations Cup, were able to raise Gavrilova to first place in the singles rating. In 2011, Daria slowed down a bit in junior competitions and ended her career in such tournaments. By the way, once she still managed to remind herself when, together with their proven partner Irina Khromacheva, they won the Roland Garros-2012 tournament.
Going for adult tennis
Since 2008, Daria Gavrilova gradually begins to combine youth and adult tournaments. The first adult competition was the WTA tournament, when at the start of the qualification of the Kremlin Cup, Dasha lost to her compatriot Anastasia Rodionova. In 2010, inspired by victories at children's tournaments, a Russian woman in Albuquerque first defeats Michel Larscher de Brito, who was one of the top 200 best rackets in the world.
Literally a year later, Gavrilova manages to reach the final of the adult tournament at the 25,000th arena in Moscow, and a few months later to win her first trophy in an adult career. Thanks to this victory, Gavrilova got a chance to participate in the Grand Slam tournament. In 2012, Daria Gavrilova unexpectedly for everyone begins to completely dominate in many major competitions. One of the most serious victories was the passage to the second qualifying round of the WTA tournament, when Anastasia Rodionova and Yanina Wikmeier were beaten. Great successes after this did not follow, besides the fact that Gavrilova was able to climb the list of 200 best tennis players in the world.
In January 2013, there was a turning point in the career of Daria Gavrilova. After the Russian woman managed to get into the second round at the Grand Slam tournament, she lost the final match, the coaching staff decided to change the development process of the tennis player. Such a serious step required the investment of large financial resources, which the national federation could not approve. Gavrilova began to look for new sponsors, which led to negotiations with the Australian Federation and the transition of Daria under their flag. At the end of the season, Gavrilova refused to play for the Russian team at the Confederations Cup, so that next year she would have the opportunity to play for a new country not only in the Cup, but also at the Olympic Games. After the contract was signed, Gavrilova, having received a serious injury, was eliminated for 9 months.
Daria Gavrilova was able to return to tennis games only in the middle of summer 2014, having won a trophy in the first major tournament after a serious injury. Playing in small tournaments, Gavrilova was able to stay in the middle of the top. Another major success was the tournament in Tokyo, where Gavrilova was able to break into the second stage of the main round. Between the seasons, Dasha won the Australian domestic tournament and replenished her trophy piggy bank with a victory in the Australian premier series. This tournament, by the way, helped to get closer to the first hundred of the best racquets in the world ranking. By the way, after this success, the official website of the tennis federation posted a photo of Daria Gavrilova on the main page.
Peak career
The peak of success came in March 2015, when Gavrilova climbed the rounds in the supertournament in the USA, knocking out even Maria Sharapova. After that, Daria took a short pause, but after leaving short-term leave she reached the quarter-finals in Cagnes-sur-Mer, and after that she made it to the semi-finals of the super tournament in Rome, beating one of the most powerful tennis players in the world - Anu Ivanovich. A series of victories allowed Gavrilova to climb to the 45th line of the world single rating.
In 2017, Daria Gavrilova was able to win one of the most important titles in her career, when in New Heyvan, being on the 26th line of the rating, she beat the representative of Slovakia - Dominika Tsibulkova. The victory brought Gavrilova the title of champion of the WTA tournament. The victory raised Daria to the 20th place. A little later, Gavrilova, participating in the competition of champions at the same WTA, could not defend the title, losing in the final to her new compatriot Ashley Barty.
Achievements
Daria Gavrilova - one of the strongest racquets in the world - represented Russia (before 2015) and Australia (after 2015) at major competitions. Winner of two WTA competitions, champion of the junior Grand Slam tournament in singles, winner of the Junior Grand Slam championship in doubles, champion of the Youth Olympics and finalist of the single tournament Les Petits As. The above trophies are just a small part of what Daria Gavrilova could have won over her wonderful career.
Interesting Facts
- The idols of Daria Gavrilova are tennis players Kim Clijsters, sisters Williams and Martin Hingis.
- As for personal life, Dasha is currently meeting with Australian Luke Saville, who occupies 186th place in the men's world ranking. At the Australian Open 2015 tournament, Gavrilova and Saville played in pairs.
- Over the course of her professional career, Daria Gavrilova was able to earn about $ 305,412.
- According to Daria, the trauma received in 2012 played a positive role in the development of her career.