Olga Savchuk
Ольга Савчук
Olga Savchuk in 2014
Country (sports) Ukraine
ResidenceNassau, Bahamas
Born (1987-09-20) 20 September 1987
Makiivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2004
Retired2018
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,642,228
Singles
Career record346–321 (51.9%)
Career titles0 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 79 (19 May 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2006)
French Open2R (2007)
Wimbledon1R (2006, 2008)
US Open1R (2006, 2007, 2010)
Doubles
Career record256–260 (49.6%)
Career titles3 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 33 (23 October 2017)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017)
French OpenQF (2017)
Wimbledon2R (2010, 2013, 2015)
US Open2R (2011, 2014, 2015, 2016)

Olga Mykolayivna Savchuk (Ukrainian: Ольга Миколаївна Савчук; born 20 September 1987) is a retired[1] 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 Romania Raluca Olaru Russia Nina Bratchikova
Germany Kathrin Wörle		 5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss 1–1 Feb 2010 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia International Clay Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova Argentina Gisela Dulko
Romania Edina Gallovits-Hall		 2–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 2–1 Apr 2014 Katowice Open, Poland International Hard (i) Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer Czech Republic Klára Koukalová
Romania Monica Niculescu		 6–4, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss 2–2 Mar 2015 Malaysian Open International Hard Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer China Liang Chen
China Wang Yafan		 6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Loss 2–3 Jul 2015 Bastad Open, Sweden International Clay Germany Tatjana Maria Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Sweden Johanna Larsson		 5–7, 4–6
Loss 2–4 Aug 2015 Baku Cup, Azerbaijan International Hard Russia Vitalia Diatchenko Russia Margarita Gasparyan
Russia Alexandra Panova		 3–6, 5–7
Loss 2–5 Jan 2017 Shenzhen Open, China International Hard Romania Raluca Olaru Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
China Peng Shuai		 1–6, 5–7
Win 3–5 Jan 2017 Hobart International, Australia International Hard Romania Raluca Olaru Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
China Yang Zhaoxuan		 0–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss 3–6 Feb 2017 Qatar Open Premier Hard Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova United States Abigail Spears
Slovenia 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 Australia Arina Rodionova China Han Xinyun
China 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 Russia Ekaterina Kirianova 6–3, 6–0
Loss 1. 7 September 2003 ITF Zhukovsky, Russia Clay Ukraine Alona Bondarenko 2–6, 3–6
Win 2. 31 October 2004 ITF Minsk, Belarus Carpet (i) Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova 6–4, 6–4
Win 3. 14 February 2005 ITF Bromma, Sweden Carpet (i) Finland Emma Laine 6–1, 6–2
Loss 2. 29 July 2007 ITF Washington, United States Hard Hungary Melinda Czink 5–7, 5–7
Loss 3. 19 November 2007 ITF Opole, Poland Carpet (i) Ukraine Oxana Lyubtsova 6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 4. 5 October 2009 ITF Tokyo Open, Japan Hard France Julie Coin 6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Loss 5. 14 May 2012 ITF Casablanca, Morocco Clay Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja 4–6, 4–6
Loss 6. 10 March 2013 ITF Irapuato, Mexico Clay Serbia Aleksandra Krunić 6–7(4), 4–6
Loss 7. 26 October 2013 ITF Casablanca, Morocco Clay Russia 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 France Iryna Brémond Russia Daria Chemarda
Russia Irina Kotkina		 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Loss 1. 28 October 2007 ITF Bratislava, Slovakia Hard (i) Australia Anastasia Rodionova Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová		 4–6, 4–6
Loss 2. 6 July 2008 ITF Cuneo, Italy Clay Russia Marina Shamayko Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
Estonia Maret Ani		 1–6, 2–6
Win 2. 4 July 2009 ITF Pozoblanco, Spain Hard Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Russia Nina Bratchikova
Romania Ágnes Szatmári		 6–3, 6–3
Loss 3. 10 May 2010 Open Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova France Claire Feuerstein
France Stéphanie Foretz		 2–6, 4–6
Loss 4. 27 September 2010 Ningbo International, China Hard United States Jill Craybas Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Chinese Taipei Chen Yi		 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 5. 11 October 2010 ITF Tokyo Open, Japan Hard Poland Urszula Radwańska United States Jill Craybas
Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn		 3–6, 1–6
Loss 6. 2 May 2011 ITF Prague, Czech Republic Clay Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko Belarus Darya Kustova
Australia Arina Rodionova		 6–2, 1–6, [7–10]
Loss 7. 15 May 2011 Open Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Russia Anastasia Pivovarova France Caroline Garcia
France Aurélie Védy		 3–6, 3–6
Win 3. 30 December 2011 ITF Tyumen, Russia Hard (i) Belarus Darya Kustova Russia Natela Dzalamidze
Russia Margarita Gasparyan		 6–0, 6–2
Win 4. 19 May 2012 ITF Casablanca, Morocco Clay Czech Republic Renata Voráčová Romania Elena Bogdan
Romania Raluca Olaru		 6–1, 6–4
Loss 8. 11 June 2012 Open de Marseille, France Clay Germany Kristina Barrois France Séverine Beltrame
France Laura Thorpe		 1–6, 4–6
Loss 9. 21 January 2013 Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon,
France		 Hard (i) Russia Margarita Gasparyan Switzerland Amra Sadiković
Croatia Ana Vrljić		 7–5, 5–7, [4–10]
Win 5. 9 March 2013 ITF Irapuato, Mexico Clay Russia Alla Kudryavtseva Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
Switzerland Amra Sadiković		 4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss 10. 14 April 2013 ITF Poza Rica, Mexico Hard Canada Stéphanie Dubois Bolivia María Fernanda Álvarez Terán
Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves		 2–6, 3–6
Win 6. 14 July 2013 Open de Biarritz, France Clay Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer Russia Vera Dushevina
Croatia Ana Vrljić		 2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 7. 15 November 2013 Al Habtoor Challenge, UAE Hard Russia Vitalia Diatchenko Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok		 7–5, 6–1
Loss 11. 2 June 2014 Open de Marseille, France Clay Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Beatriz García Vidagany		 1–6, 2–6
Loss 12. 15 November 2014 Al Habtoor Challenge, UAE Hard Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok Russia Alexandra Panova
Russia 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

Tournament2005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017W–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

Tournament2006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018W–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

References

  1. ↑ "Украинская теннисистка Ольга Савчук объявила о завершении карьеры".
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