Daria Saville

Daria Saville (née Gavrilova; born 5 March 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player who previously represented Russia until 2015.

She progressed through the draw with wins over Lauren Davis, Caroline Price, Tang Haochen, Robin Anderson and Sloane Stephens to set up an all-Russian final with Yulia Putintseva, emerging with a two-sets victory.

[10] In addition, Saville competed in the doubles event with fellow Russian Irina Khromacheva, progressing to the semifinal, before losing to eventual champions Tímea Babos and Sloane Stephens.

Following her success in junior tennis, Saville was awarded a wildcard into the main draw of the WTA Tour event in her hometown of Moscow.

As the reigning junior champion, Saville was awarded a wildcard into the qualifying draw for the main event, but lost her first match against Kurumi Nara.

The pair continued their partnership at the junior event of the French Open and claimed the title with a win over Montserrat González and Beatriz Haddad Maia.

In June, Saville qualified for the main draw at a WTA Tour event for the first time, at the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, there beating higher ranked players Anastasia Rodionova and Yuliya Beygelzimer to progress to the first round.

At the Australian Open, Saville earned a place in the qualifying draw based on her ranking for the first time.

In the final round of qualifying, she beat Zhou Yimiao in three sets, to earn a spot in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career.

However, following the withdrawal of Maria Kirilenko, Saville returned to the draw as a lucky loser, and beat Anabel Medina Garrigues in the first round.

In early October, Saville claimed the second singles title of her career, defeating Sabina Sharipova in straight sets to win the 25k event at Bangkok.

[11] In February, Saville won the 50k Burnie International in Australia, defeating top seed Irina Falconi in the final.

In the Miami Open, Saville beat second seed Maria Sharapova in the second round, claiming her first victory over a top-ten player.

Her next tournament was the Premier-5 Italian Open where she qualified by defeating higher ranked players Kurumi Nara and Sílvia Soler Espinosa.

Saville and Kyrgios were the eventual champions of the tournament, defeating the Ukrainian team of Elina Svitolina and Alexandr Dolgopolov in both singles matches.

In the Australian Open, she had wins against Lucie Hradecká, Petra Kvitová, and Kristina Mladenovic, but then lost in the fourth round to tenth seed Carla Suárez Navarro.

In October, Saville reached the quarterfinal at China Open, semifinal in Hong Kong and a week later, her first WTA Premier final in Moscow, in both doubles and singles.

For the second year in a row, Saville made it to the fourth round at the Australian Open beating Naomi Broady, Ana Konjuh and Timea Bacsinszky.

She began her clay-court season at the Charleston Open with a win over Alison Riske but losing in the round of 16 to the eventual champion and good friend, Daria Kasatkina.

Her best result on clay was at the Italian Open where she had to play the qualifying and reached the quarterfinals, before losing to Kiki Bertens.

In August, Saville won her first WTA Tour title at the Connecticut Open, defeating Dominika Cibulková in three sets.

[19] In March, she competed at the Indian Wells Open where she reached the third round, before losing to sixth seed Elina Svitolina.

Playing her final tournament before the French Open, she advanced to the quarterfinals of the Internationaux de Strasbourg being defeated by Chloé Paquet.

[28] At the Palermo Ladies Open, Saville lost in the first round to eighth seed and eventual champion, Jil Teichmann.

[38] In November, Saville represented Australia at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals defeating world No.

Saville began her season at the Adelaide International 1, defeating Caty McNally and Katie Boulter in qualifying, before losing to Iga Świątek in the first round.

In March, Saville made it through qualifying at Indian Wells, defeating Kamilla Rakhimova and Magdalena Fręch.

At the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Saville tore her ACL while playing against home favourite Naomi Osaka in her opening-round match.

[42] Saville was leading 4–2 in the first set tie-break when a protester invaded the court and threw puzzle pieces and confetti which disrupted play.

Saville then played the German Open in Hamburg where she reached semifinals, after beating the likes of Jasmine Paolini, Tamara Korpatsch and Jule Niemeier as well as other players in the qualifying rounds.

Saville in 2010
Saville at the 2014 Pan Pacific Open
Saville at the 2015 French Open
Saville at the 2016 US Open
Saville at the 2019 Sydney International