Daria Serhiivna Snigur (Ukrainian: Дарія Сергіївна Снігур; born 27 March 2002) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 105 in singles, achieved on 14 November 2022. Snigur has won seven singles titles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit.
Career
Juniors
In 2017, the champions of tennis tournaments in the junior group Daria Snigur and Maria Dolzhenko signed contracts with the International Tennis Academy (ITA), established with the support of people's deputy Ihor Kononenko, according to which the ITA should fund training and away tournaments for young tennis players to reach 18 age.[1]
On the ITF Junior Circuit, Snigur reached a career-high ranking of No. 2, achieved on 28 October 2019, after reaching the final of the ITF Junior Finals.
On 12 July 2019, Snigur became the second Ukrainian junior champion at Wimbledon after Kateryna Volodko. After reaching her first Grand Slam junior singles final, she defeated Alexa Noel, in straight sets.[2]
2022: Professional debut & first top 10 win
She made her WTA Tour debut on grass courts at the 2022 Nottingham Open as a qualifier.[3]
She also made her Grand Slam main-draw debut as a qualifier at the US Open.[4][5] In the first round, she upset two-time Grand Slam champion and former world No. 1, Simona Halep. This was Snigur's first top-10 and career win at a major event.[6][7] In the second round, Snigur made 48 unforced errors and lost to Rebecca Marino, in straight sets.[8]
She finished the year ranked No. 106, on 7 November 2022, and reached a career-high ranking of No. 105 a week later.
2023: WTA Tour quarterfinal
At the Nottingham Open, she entered as a lucky loser and defeated French Open semifinalist, top 10 player and defending champion, second seed Beatriz Haddad Maia.[9]
At the Nottingham Open, she recorded her first top 20 win of the season by defeating compatriot and second seed, Marta Kostyuk.
She qualified for Wimbledon making her debut at this major and defeated Océane Dodin in the first round.
Performance timelines
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
* statistics correct as of 10 December 2019[update].
Notes
^ abThe first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009 until 2024. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.