Olga Savchuk

Olga Savchuk
Ольга Савчук

Olga Savchuk in 2014
Country (sports)	Ukraine
Residence	Nassau, Bahamas
Born	(1987-09-20) 20 September 1987 Makiivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2004
Retired	2018
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,642,228
Singles
Career record	346–321
Career titles	0 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 79 (19 May 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2006)
French Open	2R (2007)
Wimbledon	1R (2006, 2008)
US Open	1R (2006, 2007, 2010)
Doubles
Career record	256–260
Career titles	3 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 33 (23 October 2017)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017)
French Open	QF (2017)
Wimbledon	2R (2010, 2013, 2015)
US Open	2R (2011, 2014, 2015, 2016)

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

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 player Karolína Plíšková, along with Daniel Vallverdú and since November 2020 along with Sascha Bajin.

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 Fed Cup team, Savchuk has a win–loss record of 21–8 in Fed Cup competition.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend (pre/post 2010) Grand Slam tournaments Tier I / Premier M & Premier 5 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	International	Hard	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Liang Chen Wang Yafan	6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Loss	2–3	Jul 2015	Bastad 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	Premier	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Abigail Spears Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 6–7(7–9)

WTA 125 tournament finals

Doubles: 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

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	23 June 2003	ITF Elektrostal, Russia	Hard	Ekaterina Kirianova	6–3, 6–0
Loss	1.	7 September 2003	ITF Zhukovsky, Russia	Clay	Alona Bondarenko	2–6, 3–6
Win	2.	31 October 2004	ITF Minsk, Belarus	Carpet (i)	Anastasiya Yakimova	6–4, 6–4
Win	3.	14 February 2005	ITF Bromma, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Emma Laine	6–1, 6–2
Loss	2.	29 July 2007	ITF Washington, United States	Hard	Melinda Czink	5–7, 5–7
Loss	3.	19 November 2007	ITF Opole, Poland	Carpet (i)	Oxana Lyubtsova	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	5 October 2009	ITF Tokyo Open, Japan	Hard	Julie Coin	6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Loss	5.	14 May 2012	ITF Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	4–6, 4–6
Loss	6.	10 March 2013	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	Clay	Aleksandra Krunić	6–7(4), 4–6
Loss	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

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

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	W–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

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	W–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

External links

• Olga Savchuk at the Women's Tennis Association
• Olga Savchuk at the International Tennis Federation
• Olga Savchuk at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Olga Savchuk at ESPN.com
• Olga Savchuk at Olympedia
• Olga Savchuk at Olympics.com
• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 June 2013)