Margarita Melikovna Gasparyan (Russian: Маргари́та Ме́ликовна Гаспаря́н; born 1 September 1994 ) is a professional Russian tennis player of Armenian descent living in Russia. On May 2015, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 116. On March 2015, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 91. She started playing tennis at the age of 5 and was coached by Ganiev Timur. Her backhand is renowned to be the best one-handed backhand among the young Russian tennis players on WTA Tour.
 Margarita Gasparyan at the 2015 Wimbledon Qualifying | |
| Full name | Margarita Melikovna Gasparyan |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Russia |
| Born | 1 September 1994 Moscow, Russia |
| Retired | Active |
| Plays | Right (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $70,353 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 82–50 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 9 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 116 (25 May 2015) |
| Current ranking | No. 116 (25 May 2015) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| French Open | 1R (2015) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2015) |
| US Open | Q1 (2014) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 60–29 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 8 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 91 (2 March 2015) |
| Current ranking | No. 91 (2 March 2015) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2015) |
| Last updated on: week of June 2, 2015. | |
Career
2012
In 2012, Gasparyan won four singles ITF titles, all under the category 25K. All of her singles titles coming in Russia. She was awarded an wildcard into the 2012 Kremlin Cup but lost to Lucie Šafářová in three sets.
2013
At the end of the 2013 season, Gasparyan was called by captain Shamil Tarpischev to be part of the Russian team for the 2013 Fed Cup Final against Italy, on 2 and 3 November. Afterwards she won her fifth ITF title, in Minsk.
2015
In May, Gasparyan made her Grand Slam tournament debut at French Open, where she lost in two sets to Ana Konjuh as a qualifier.
On June 29, she made her second Grand Slam main draw entry as a qualifier at Wimbledon, where she faced No. 1 seed Serena Williams in the first round. She broke Williams' serve early in the first set, but lost the match after yielding 11 of the final 13 games of the match.
WTA career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| WTA Tour Championships (0–0) |
| Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) |
| Tier II / Premier (0–0) |
| Tier III, IV & V / International (0–1) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 13 September 2014 | Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | 2–6, 1–6 |
ITF circuit finals
Singles: 10 (9–1)
| Legend |
|---|
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 25 March 2012 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet | 6–0 retired | |
| Winner | 2. | 5 May 2012 | Moscow, Russia | Hard (i) | 6–3 4–6 6–1 | |
| Winner | 3. | 14 May 2012 | Moscow, Russia | Clay | 4–6 6–4 7–6 | |
| Winner | 4. | 21 September 2012 | Yoshkar-Ola, Russia | Hard | 7–5 7–6 | |
| Winner | 5. | 11 November 2013 | Minsk, Belarus | Hard (i) | 6–4 6–4 | |
| Winner | 6. | 2 November 2014 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | 6–3, 6–0 | |
| Winner | 7. | 1 February 2015 | Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | Hard (i) | 6–4, 6–4 | |
| Winner | 8. | 22 February 2015 | Moscow, Russia | Hard (i) | 6–0, 6–4 | |
| Winner | 9. | 5 April 2015 | Croissy-Beaubourg, France | Hard (i) | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Runner-up | 10. | 10 May 2015 | Trnava, Slovakia | Clay | 7–5, 6–3 |
Doubles: 13 (8–5)
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 30 December 2011 | Tyumen, Russia | Hard (i) | 0–6 2–6 | ||
| Winner | 2. | 28 January 2012 | Karst , Germany | Carpet (i) | 6–7 6–2 10–8 | ||
| Winner | 3. | 19 March 2012 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet (i) | 3–6 7–6 10–6 | ||
| Winner | 4. | 17 September 2012 | Yoshkar-Ola, Russia | Hard (i) | 6–4 2–6 11–9 | ||
| Runner-up | 5. | 21 January 2013 | Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France | Hard (i) | 7–5 5–7 4–10 | ||
| Winner | 6. | 18 February 2013 | Moscow, Russia | Hard (i) | 6–4 2–6 10–5 | ||
| Winner | 7. | 3 June 2013 | Karshi, Uzbekistan | Hard | 6–2 6–1 | ||
| Runner–up | 8. | 23 September 2013 | Clermont-Ferrand, France | Hard | 7–5 4–6 8–10 | ||
| Runner–up | 9. | 8 February 2014 | Grenoble, France | Hard (i) | 1–6 4–6 | ||
| Winner | 10. | 29 March 2014 | Croissy-Beaubourg, France | Hard (i) | 6–2 6–4 | ||
| Runner-ups | 11. | 5 May 2014 | Trnava, Slovakia | Hard | 4–6 2–6 | ||
| Winner | 12. | 26 July 2014 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Hard | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
| Winner | 13. | 9 May 2015 | Trnava, Slovakia | Clay | 6–3, 6–2 |
References
External links
- Margarita Gasparyan at the Women's Tennis Association
- {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.
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