Olga Savchuk

Olga Mykolayivna Savchuk (Ukrainian: Ольга Миколаївна Савчук; born 20 September 1987) is a retired[1] tennis player from Ukraine. Savchuk grew up in the city of Makiyivka in Donetsk province. She currently resides in Nassau, Bahamas.

Olga Savchuk
Ольга Савчук
Olga Savchuk in 2014
Country (sports) Ukraine
ResidenceNassau, Bahamas
Born (1987-09-20) 20 September 1987
Makiivka, Ukrainian SSR
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2004
Retired2018
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$1,642,228
Singles
Career record346–321 (51.9%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 79 (19 May 2008)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open3R (2006)
French Open2R (2007)
Wimbledon1R (2006, 2008)
US Open1R (2006, 2007, 2010)
Doubles
Career record256–260 (49.6%)
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 33 (23 October 2017)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017)
French OpenQF (2017)
Wimbledon2R (2010, 2013, 2015)
US Open2R (2011, 2014, 2015, 2016)

Her best accomplishment to date was reaching the third round of the 2006 Australian Open. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 79, which she achieved on 19 May 2008.

Since the beginning of 2020, Savchuk is one of the two coaches of top-ten tennis player Karolína Plíšková, along with Daniel Vallverdú.

Career

On 5 August 2007, in Washington, D.C., Savchuk reached the Legg Mason USTA Women's Pro Circuit final as the No. 2 seed, but was defeated by Melinda Czink of Hungary in two sets.

Savchuk won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, 2008 the Tashkent Open, and 2017 the Hobart International both with Raluca Olaru, and the 2014 Katowice Open won with Yuliya Beygelzimer. She won one WTA 125K series doubles titles, at the Ningbo International Open where she won with Arina Rodionova in 2014.

She was also runner-up in doubles finals in 2010 at the Copa Colsanitas with Anastasiya Yakimova, and in 2015 at the Malaysian Open with Yuliya Beygelzimer, the Swedish Open with Tatjana Maria, and the Baku Cup with Vitalia Diatchenko. On 23 October 2017, she peaked at No. 33 in the WTA doubles rankings.

She was the winner of three singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Playing for Ukraine at the Fed Cup, Savchuk has a win–loss record of 21–7.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)
Legend (pre/post 2010)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–1)
Tier III, IV & V / International (3–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2008 Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan Tier IV Hard Raluca Olaru Nina Bratchikova
Kathrin Wörle		 5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss 1–1 Feb 2010 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia International Clay Anastasiya Yakimova Gisela Dulko
Edina Gallovits-Hall		 2–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 2–1 Apr 2014 Katowice Open, Poland International Hard (i) Yuliya Beygelzimer Klára Koukalová
Monica Niculescu		 6–4, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss 2–2 Mar 2015 Malaysian Open, Malaysia International Hard Yuliya Beygelzimer Liang Chen
Wang Yafan		 6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Loss 2–3 Jul 2015 Swedish Open, Sweden International Clay Tatjana Maria Kiki Bertens
Johanna Larsson		 5–7, 4–6
Loss 2–4 Aug 2015 Baku Cup, Azerbaijan International Hard Vitalia Diatchenko Margarita Gasparyan
Alexandra Panova		 3–6, 5–7
Loss 2–5 Jan 2017 Shenzhen Open, China International Hard Raluca Olaru Andrea Hlaváčková
Peng Shuai		 1–6, 5–7
Win 3–5 Jan 2017 Hobart International, Australia International Hard Raluca Olaru Gabriela Dabrowski
Yang Zhaoxuan		 0–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss 3–6 Feb 2017 Qatar Open, Qatar Premier Hard Yaroslava Shvedova Abigail Spears
Katarina Srebotnik		 3–6, 6–7(7–9)

WTA 125K series finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2014 Ningbo International Open, China Hard Arina Rodionova Han Xinyun
Zhang Kailin		 4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–6]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (3–7)
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 23 June 2003 ITF Elektrostal, Russia Hard Ekaterina Kirianova 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up 1. 7 September 2003 ITF Zhukovsky, Russia Clay Alona Bondarenko 2–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 31 October 2004 ITF Minsk, Belarus Carpet (i) Anastasiya Yakimova 6–4, 6–4
Winner 3. 14 February 2005 ITF Bromma, Sweden Carpet (i) Emma Laine 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 29 July 2007 ITF Washington, United States Hard Melinda Czink 5–7, 5–7
Runner-up 3. 19 November 2007 ITF Opole, Poland Carpet (i) Oxana Lyubtsova 6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 5 October 2009 ITF Tokyo, Japan Hard Julie Coin 6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Runner-up 5. 14 May 2012 ITF Casablanca, Morocco Clay Arantxa Parra Santonja 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 6. 10 March 2013 ITF Irapuato, Mexico Clay Aleksandra Krunić 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Runner-up 7. 26 October 2013 ITF Casablanca, Morocco Clay Victoria Kan 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 19 (7–12)
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 23 June 2003 ITF Elektrostal, Russia Hard Iryna Brémond Daria Chemarda
Irina Kotkina		 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up 1. 28 October 2007 ITF Bratislava, Slovakia Hard (i) Anastasia Rodionova Renata Voráčová
Barbora Strýcová		 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 6 July 2008 ITF Cuneo, Italy Clay Marina Shamayko Renata Voráčová
Maret Ani		 1–6, 2–6
Winner 2. 4 July 2009 Pozoblanco, Spain Hard Andrea Hlaváčková Nina Bratchikova
Ágnes Szatmári		 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 10 May 2010 Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Anastasiya Yakimova Claire Feuerstein
Stéphanie Foretz		 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 27 September 2010 Ningbo, China Hard Jill Craybas Chan Chin-wei
Chen Yi		 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 11 October 2010 Tokyo, Japan Hard Urszula Radwańska Jill Craybas
Tamarine Tanasugarn		 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 6. 2 May 2011 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Lesia Tsurenko Darya Kustova
Arina Rodionova		 6–2, 1–6, [7–10]
Runner-up 7. 15 May 2011 Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Anastasia Pivovarova Caroline Garcia
Aurélie Védy		 3–6, 3–6
Winner 3. 30 December 2011 Tyumen, Russia Hard (i) Darya Kustova Natela Dzalamidze
Margarita Gasparyan		 6–0, 6–2
Winner 4. 19 May 2012 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Renata Voráčová Elena Bogdan
Raluca Olaru		 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 8. 11 June 2012 Marseille, France Clay Kristina Barrois Séverine Beltrame
Laura Thorpe		 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 9. 21 January 2013 Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France Hard (i) Margarita Gasparyan Amra Sadiković
Ana Vrljić		 7–5, 5–7, [4–10]
Winner 5. 9 March 2013 Irapuato, Mexico Clay Alla Kudryavtseva Aleksandra Krunić
Amra Sadiković		 4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Runner-up 10. 14 April 2013 Poza Rica, Mexico Hard Stéphanie Dubois María Fernanda Álvarez Terán
Maria Fernanda Alves		 2–6, 3–6
Winner 6. 14 July 2013 Biarritz, France Clay Yuliya Beygelzimer Vera Dushevina
Ana Vrljić		 2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Winner 7. 15 November 2013 ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Vitalia Diatchenko Lyudmyla Kichenok
Nadiia Kichenok		 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 11. 2 June 2014 ITF Marseille, France Clay Yuliya Beygelzimer Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Beatriz García Vidagany		 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up 12. 15 November 2014 ITF Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Lyudmyla Kichenok Alexandra Panova
Vitalia Diatchenko		 6–3, 2–6, [4–10]

Performance timelines

Singles
Tournament2005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017W–L
Australian Open A 3R 1R 1R A Q1 Q2 Q3 Q2 Q3 A Q1 A 2–3
French Open A 1R 2R 1R Q2 Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2 Q2 A Q2 A 1–3
Wimbledon Q1 1R Q2 1R Q1 Q1 Q2 Q2 Q1 Q1 A Q1 A 0–2
US Open Q2 1R 1R Q3 Q2 1R Q2 Q1 Q2 Q1 A Q2 A 0–3
Win–Loss 0–0 2–4 1–3 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–11

Doubles
Tournament2006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018W–L
Australian Open A A 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R A 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R 6–10
French Open A A 1R 2R 1R 1R A A 1R 2R 1R QF 1R 5–9
Wimbledon A A 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 4–11
US Open 1R A A 1R 1R 2R 1R A 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R 4–10
Win–Loss 0–1 0–0 0–3 2–4 2–4 2–4 0–3 1–1 1–4 3–4 2–4 5–4 1–4 19–40

References
  1. https://www.segodnya.ua/sport/tennis/ukrainskaya-tennisistka-olga-savchuk-obyavila-o-zavershenii-karery-1166703.html
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