Daria Kasatkina (born 1997)
Born 1997 CE.
Daria Sergeyevna Kasatkina (born 7 May 1997) is a Russian-born Australian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles by the WTA, achieved in October 2022. Kasatkina has won eight WTA Tour singles titles and one title in doubles. Her best results at the majors are reaching the semifinals at the 2022 French Open and the quarterfinals of the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. Born in Russia to parents who were nationally ranked in athletics and ice hockey, Kasatkina began playing tennis at age six at the insistence of her older brother. She excelled as a junior, winning the European 16s championship and a junior major singles title at the 2014 French Open. Kasatkina quickly ascended the professional rankings, reaching No. 32 in the world while still 18 years old, and winning her first WTA Tour title in 2017 as a teenager at the Charleston Open. She rose to further prominence in 2018 by narrowly losing to fellow up-and-coming player Naomi Osaka at the Indian Wells Open in a match regarded as representing a new wave of women's tennis. Kasatkina also has won the biggest titles of her career at the Kremlin Cup and at the St.
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